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• Huge crack in earth detected in satellite images after earthquake in California

  08-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The earthquake that recently shook residents of California, was powerful enough to leave a crack visible in satellite images.As people in southern California communities such as Ridgecrest, continued to clear up from two of the biggest earthquakes in decades, scientists revealed the quake had left large cracks in some locations.“Ridgecrest earthquake before (4th July) & after (6th July) images from Doves, clearly showing surface rupture,” tweeted Will Marshall, the CEO and founde
  
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• California earthquake: 7.1 magnitude quake created crack so big it can be seen in satellite images

  08-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The earthquake that recently shook residents of California, was powerful enough to leave a crack visible in satellite images.As people in southern California communities such as Ridgecrest, continued to clear up from two of the biggest earthquakes in decades, scientists revealed the quake had left large cracks in some locations.“Ridgecrest earthquake before (4th July) & after (6th July) images from Doves, clearly showing surface rupture,” tweeted Will Marshall, the CEO and founde
  
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• Mexican government watchdog concerned about National Guard's detaining migrants

  08-07-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico's newly created National Guard has detained U.S.-bound migrants and the government should make public the rules governing their power to curb immigration, the head of the government's human rights ombudsman said on Monday.The National Guard is a security force created by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to bring down record homicide rates.
  
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• Pelosi Says Trump Seeks to ‘Make America White Again’ in Census

  08-07-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump’s administration Monday of wanting to “make America white again” with its plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.“You know his hat? ‘Make America white again.’ They want to make sure that people, certain people, are counted,” Pelosi said at a press conference on election security. “It’s really disgraceful and it’s not what our founders had in mind.&r
  
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• Al Gore blasts Trump environmental speech that fails to mention climate change

  08-07-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The former vice president describes the president's environmental speech as being "meant to deceive and deflect."
  
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• UN rights chief 'appalled' by conditions in US for migrants

  08-07-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Nations' human rights chief said Monday she was "appalled" by the conditions migrants and refugees face in U.S. detention facilities, intensifying a challenge to the Trump administration's immigration policies.United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said children stopped by border agents should never be held in immigration detention facilities or separated from their families, and detention should not be the norm for adults, either.
  
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• Swalwell becomes first major Democrat to drop out of 2020 race

  08-07-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Eric Swalwell officially ended his presidential bid on Monday after failing to gain traction in a crowded Democratic primary.
  
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• Barr: Mueller shouldn't 'subject himself' to testimony before Congress

  08-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Muller is testifying in open session before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17.
  
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• Swalwell Abandons Race, Seeks House Re-Election: Campaign Update

  08-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Eric Swalwell announced Monday that he’s exiting the presidential contest and will be seeking re-election to his House seat.The California congressman, who focused his campaign on toughening gun control, dropped out after just three months.“Today ends our presidential campaign,” he said in Dublin, California. He said his goal was to win and that his candidacy hadn’t been “a vanity project” or a means “to write a book.”Swalwell said t
  
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• Wall St. drops as Apple falls, Fed eyed

  08-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. stocks fell on Monday as Apple shares dropped following a broker downgrade and investors continued to weigh chances of an aggressive interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month. Apple Inc fell 2.2% and was the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The technology <.SPLRCT> index was down 0.7%, while the healthcare index <.SPXHC> fell 0.8%, weighed down by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent statement about an upcoming executive order that would lower prescrip
  
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• What does the Constitution say about citizenship and the census?

  08-07-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Does the Constitution spell out the Trump administration's argument for a citizenship question in the census?
  
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• Iran passes uranium enrichment cap set by endangered deal

  08-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran on Monday breached a uranium enrichment cap set by a troubled 2015 nuclear deal and warned Europe against taking retaliatory measures, as France decided to send an envoy to Tehran to try to calm tensions.The move came more than a year after Washington pulled out of the landmark accord between world powers and Tehran, which says it has lost patience with perceived inaction by the remaining European partners.After Tehran's latest step, US President Donald Trump held talks with his French coun
  
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• Here’s What the Feds Found in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Mansion

  08-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  James Estrin/New York Times via ReduxFederal authorities revealed Monday that a raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion turned up hundreds of nude photos of girls and young women; notes and messages that allegedly back up new sex-trafficking charges against him; and a massage table with sex toys.The details were disclosed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan as it laid out its reasons for asking the court to hold the billionaire financier without bail until trial.It said Ep
  
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• Woman suing L.A. fertility clinic claims she gave birth to someone else's babies in IVF mix-up

  08-07-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A couple in New York City is suing a Los Angeles fertility clinic, alleging they gave birth to someone else's children after an IVF mix-up.
  
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• Tracing the roots: Mapping a vegetable family tree for better food

  08-07-2019 21:41
  Scientists have challenged prior theories of the origins of three vegetables -- canola, rutabaga and Siberian kale -- by mapping the genetic family tree of these leafy greens.
  
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• US won't waver from Iran pressure as nuclear deal unravels

  08-07-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States will not waver from its course of maximum pressure against Iran, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday, as tensions rise and the U.S.-brokered nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and world powers appears to be unraveling with the Trump administration's pullout.Pence's assertion to a pro-Israel Christian organization that the U.S. "will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon" came on the same day that Iran began enriching uranium to 4.5 percent , breaking the limit se
  
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• Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex-trafficking claims that 'shock the conscience'

  08-07-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire financier, was charged with sex-trafficking and related offenses in a federal indictment unsealed Monday.
  
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• Vice President Pence to visit border amid outcry over conditions at migrant detention centers

  08-07-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to the southern border Friday, the same day that House Democrats are holding a hearing on migrant detention centers.
  
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• First lady Melania Trump in West Virginia for opioid talk

  08-07-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  First lady Melania Trump visited West Virginia on Monday to learn how a city at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic is grappling with the crisis."I am here to give you my support," Trump told participants in the roundtable discussion.West Virginia has the country's highest fatal opioid overdose rate and has struggled, like many other states, to confront the many aspects of the problem.
  
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• Mexican officials find 51 migrants in truck using giant X-ray

  08-07-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American migrants in hidden compartments inside a truck.Footage of the X-ray shows a ghost-like truck filled with the brightened silhouettes of the migrants, some sitting, others lying down along two levels in the crowded compartments.The migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Ecuador, 21 of whom were minors, are now in the custody of the country's National Migr
  
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• 1-year-old dies in fall from cruise ship in Puerto Rico

  08-07-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A 1-year-old girl apparently slipped from her grandfather's hands and fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico, police said Monday. Police Sgt. Nelson Sotelo told The Associated Press that the family of the child will remain in the U.S. territory until the investigation is complete. Authorities said the girl was traveling with her parents, two siblings and two sets of grandparents aboard the Freedom of the Seas, which docked in Puerto Rico on Sunday after a we
  
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• Rains strand Washington drivers, flood White House basement

  08-07-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A slow-moving rainstorm Monday washed out roads, stranded drivers and soaked basements, including the White House's, during a chaotic morning commute in the national capital region.Flooding led to electrical outages that closed the National Archives Building and Museum, according to a statement from the National Archives, which said the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were safe and not in any danger.National Weather Service meteorologist Cody Ledbetter said t
  
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• The Latest: French president sends adviser to Iran for talks

  08-07-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron is sending his chief diplomatic adviser to Iran following its decision enrich uranium beyond the threshold of the 2015 nuclear accord.The Elysee Palace said Monday that Emmanuel Bonne was returning on Tuesday to Tehran.Europe is under pressure to try to salvage the accord between Iran and world powers after the U.S. withdrew from it last year and restored heavy sanctions.
  
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• Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying girls as young as 14 for sex

  08-07-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Court documents unsealed Monday show Epstein is charged with creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls, with alleged victims as young as 14 at the time.
  
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• Double the speed of your Fire TV or Chromecast with one $14 gadget

  08-07-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Do you have a Fire TV Stick, a Fire TV Stick 4K, or a Chromecast? If you do, you undoubtedly love it… most of the time. When it's working perfectly and nothing interrupts your streaming, it's great. But there are a lot of times when things start to slow down and quality gets choppy, or the stream just drops out completely. Once in a blue moon, it's your internet provider's fault, but 99 times out of 100, it's your Wi-Fi causing the slowdowns. If you want to speed up your connection and st
  
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• Israel shoots down drone, discovers tunnel from Gaza

  08-07-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's military on Monday shot down a drone that crossed into its territory from the Gaza Strip and discovered an attack tunnel running under the Gaza perimeter fence.Gaza's militant Hamas rulers have developed a drone program with Iranian assistance.The Israeli military also said it exposed an attack tunnel during construction of its subterranean barrier around the territory.
  
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• SunTrust Is Latest Bank to Halt Financing of Private Prisons

  08-07-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- SunTrust Banks Inc., the lender merging with BB&T Corp., said it won’t provide future financing to companies that manage private prisons and immigration holding facilities.“This decision was made after extensive consideration of the views of our stakeholders on this deeply complex issue,” the Atlanta-based bank said in an emailed statement Monday.SunTrust’s decision follows similar moves by Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo
  
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• Saudi carrier cancels troubled Boeing 737 order for Airbus

  08-07-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing's campaign to restore the reputation of its best-selling plane after two deadly crashes suffered a blow with a Saudi airline canceling an order worth up to $5.9 billion in favor of a European rival of the U.S. manufacturer.Flyadeal, the budget airline arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp., ordered 30 A320neo jets from Airbus and took options on 20 more, meaning that its entire fleet will consist of planes from that company.It's a potentially troubling sign for Boeing, which has not seen cus
  
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• Warren raises $19.1 million for presidential bid in second quarter, third among crowd of rivals

  08-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren raised $19.1 million in the second quarter of the year, placing her in the top three for the period among top-tier rivals, her campaign announced in an email to supporters on Monday.The top second-quarter fundraising hauls among Democratic candidates reported so far have been by South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who raised $24.8 million, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who raised $21.5 million.More than two dozen Democrats are competi
  
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• Highway medians are a source of food for wildlife

  08-07-2019 20:01
  Vegetated highway medians are a proverbial buffet for small mammals, according to biologists. Animals such as weasels, mink, and chipmunks use the roadside bands of vegetation as habitat to find food.
  
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• First proof-of-concept demonstrates genetic sex selection in mammals

  08-07-2019 20:00
  A new study reveals a genetic system in mammals that enables two animals to mate and produce only females. A similar system based on identical principles would produce only males.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Triples Her First-Quarter Haul, Outraises Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris

  08-07-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamil KrzaczynskiSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) saw a massive fundraising surge in the last three months, lending further credence to her status as a frontrunner among a large 2020 presidential field. In an email shared with supporters on Monday afternoon, Warren's campaign manager Roger Lau said that in the second quarter of the year, the Massachusetts Democrat raised more than $19.1 million from more than 384,000 people making more than 683,000 donations. The average contribution was $28 and, ac
  
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• Toddler Falls Through Grandfather's Arms, Drops to Her Death on Cruise Ship

  08-07-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A 1-year-old American girl died after plummeting from a cruise ship in Puerto Rico.
  
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• Jessica Tarlov on Pelosi vs. progressives: I stand with my speaker

  08-07-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Jessica Tarlov says that if Democrats want to keep the House, they need to focus on moderates and the agenda instead of safe seats like the one held by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  
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• Life-threatening rains pound U.S. capital; White House basement offices leak

  08-07-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Driving rains flooded parts of Washington, D.C., on Monday, shatteringa daily record in just an hour, forcing 15 swift-water rescues from stranded cars and causing an undeniable leak in the White House.Seek higher ground now!" the National Weather Service warned amid torrential rains that dropped 3.3 inches (8.4 cm) at Reagan National Airport from 9 a.m. through 10 a.m. ET (1200-1300 GMT), shattering in one hour the previous record of 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) set in 1958.It was the seventh-wettest Ju
  
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• Could the Violent Protests in Hong Kong Backfire?

  08-07-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A July 1 protest is nothing new for Hong Kong. That’s the anniversary of Britain’s handover of Hong Kong to China.But this year, the protest turned violent—a sharp contrast to the largely peaceful protests that had taken place in the weeks preceding, when millions of people took to the streets to oppose a proposed extradition law that would permit individuals to be sent to China at Beijing’s bidding.Those earlier, peaceful protests had delivered results. The proposed extr
  
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• New leak seems to confirm the iPhone 11’s biggest design change

  08-07-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  We have just two more months to go until Apple unveils the iPhone 11, which means we're going to see more and more leaks in the coming weeks as the iPhone 11, 11 Max, and 11R (or whatever Apple ends up calling them) head to production. But we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect from this year's iPhones when it comes to design, and now we have a brand new leak that supports all the previous design leaks.All three iPhone 11 models will have a square-shaped camera module on the back t
  
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• Department of Justice hands 2020 census-related questions to new team of lawyers

  08-07-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice on Sunday announced that a new team of lawyers will take over 2020 census-related questions.
  
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• Venus flytraps: No escape for mosquitoes

  08-07-2019 19:11
  Venus flytraps are capable of detecting the movements of even the smallest insects. This mechanism protects the plant against starving from hyperactivity.
  
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• PHOTOS: Dangerous flash floods soak Washington, D.C.

  08-07-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A dangerous flash flood emergency hit Washington D.C. during the Monday morning commute. With up to three inches of heavy rain falling in the region, the National Weather Service said the area was already seeing significant flash flooding.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein: The billionaire paedophile with links to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew

  08-07-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The network of friends and associates maintained by billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, reached around the world.He was friends with Prince Andrew, hosted Bill Clinton at a private Caribbean island called Little St James, and flew Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa as part of a humanitarian project. He was an associate, too, of Donald Trump, and a regular for a time at his Mar-a-Lago club.“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” the now president, told New Yor
  
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• Iran minister vows to respond to UK detaining oil tanker

  08-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's defence minister vowed Monday to respond to Britain's detention of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar.The tanker's seizure "will not be tolerated by us and will not go without a response", said Amir Hatami, quoted by Iran's ISNA and Tasnim news agencies."This move is against international regulations and a kind of maritime piracy," he said during a ceremony at Bandar Abbas port in southern Iran.
  
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• F-35 in Trouble? Dispute with Lockheed Martin Means No More American F-35 Deliveries

  08-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  At the heart of the dispute is the government’s inspection of the planes during Lockheed’s production, which failed to discover problems with the fastenings, the sources said. A dispute with Lockheed Martin over a production mistake on the F-35 has prompted the Pentagon and at least two foreign countries from accepting deliveryof new aircraft.Corrosion “exceeding technical limits” was discovered during routine maintenance at Hill Air Force Base (AFB) last year. The Pentag
  
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• Trump shares fake Ronald Reagan quote predicting his presidency: 'Cute!'

  08-07-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has shared a made-up quote suggesting that Ronald Regan once knew, upon shaking a younger Mr Trump’s hand, that he would one day become president.Mr Trump shared the quote, which was posted in 2017 by a pro-Reagan Twitter account, on Monday, calling the political meme “Cute!”“For the life of me, and I’ll never know how to explain it, when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president,” the meme is captioned, alongs
  
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• Live fast and die young, or play the long game? Scientists map 121 animal life cycles

  08-07-2019 18:24
  Scientists have pinpointed the 'pace' and 'shape' of life as the two key elements in animal life cycles that affect how different species get by in the world. The findings have important implications for predicting which species will be the winners and losers from the global environment crisis.
  
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• The 2020 Nissan GT-R Starts at $115,235—and the Top Model Costs $200K

  08-07-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The most affordable Pure model with the merely $100,000 price tag has been dropped.
  
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• The 2020 Nissan GT-R Sees a Nearly $14,000 Base Price Increase

  08-07-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The most affordable Pure model with the merely $100,000 price tag has been dropped.
  
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• YouTube engineer on LSD-fuelled 4th July rampage leaves eight people hurt

  08-07-2019 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A YouTube software engineer has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder after taking LSD and ramming a stolen truck into strangers, according to police in northern California.Betai Koffi, 32, hurt eight people during a violent rampage after becoming “delusional” on the hallucinogenic drug, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said.Sergeant Spencer Crum said the tech worker initially lashed out at friends during Fourth of July celebrations at a rented home in Bodega Bay.
  
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• Trump shares fake Ronald Reagan quote suggesting Reagan predicted Trump's election — in 1987

  08-07-2019 17:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Monday shared a tweet that included a quote from former President Ronald Reagan saying Reagan “felt like” he was "shaking hands with a president" when he met Trump. The quote appears to be fake.
  
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• Former Rep. Scott Taylor announces US Senate bid in Virginia

  08-07-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican former Rep. Scott Taylor says he's running for U.S. Senate in Virginia, hoping to unseat Democrat Mark Warner in a state that's become increasingly hostile to the GOP. Taylor is an ex-Navy SEAL and state delegate who was once a fast-rising star in the Republican Party.
  
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