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• All those questions about Zika's threat even touch baseball

  06-05-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists know the Zika virus causes devastating birth defects but they can't yet tell how big a threat it is or what to do about it. It's not just pregnant women who are worried — now it's touched baseball.
  
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• Patriots top draft pick Jones hits the ground running

  06-05-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Cyrus Jones has spent his life in discipline-rich environments.
  
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• Margot Honecker, widow of former East German leader, dies

  06-05-2016 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Honecker, prominent member of the East German communist party, died in Chile where she had lived since 1992Margot Honecker, politician and widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker, has died in Chile at the age of 89, her family said.Honecker, who had lived in the country since 1992, died at home in the capital, Santiago, on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Turkish journalist sentenced for revealing state secrets

  06-05-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a prominent journalist to more than five years in prison hours after he escaped an attack by a gunman in a trial sharply criticized by international observers.
  
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• Radiohead ends suspense, announces weekend album

  06-05-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After months of cryptic signals, Radiohead has finally announced a Sunday release for the band's long-awaited ninth album. Radiohead revealed little else, including the title, but the band was expected to unveil an album shortly as the rockers open a tour of select cities on May 20. In one shift for Radiohead, the band released "Daydreaming" as well as the first single, "Burn the Witch," on streaming services including Spotify despite frontman Thom Yorke's long vehement criticism of the companie
  
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• Jeb Bush refuses to back Donald Trump

  06-05-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush says he will not vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in November's presidential election.
  
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• Security, traffic cameras record chilling advance of Canada wildfire

  06-05-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  By Liz Hampton GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta (Reuters) - An indoor security camera gave the world a haunting five-minute glimpse of one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history as it roared through a living room in Fort McMurray and the homeowner watched it burn on his mobile phone. The video from a fixed camera in James O'Reilly's home began with a seemingly serene shot of red walls, a brown couch and a glowing fish tank before the view turned to heavy smoke, ash and flames outside the window, the s
  
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• Florida death row inmates seeking clemency await court ruling

  06-05-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 400 inmates on death row in Florida could escape capital punishment under an expected ruling by the state supreme court on the hot-button issue. The court debated the case Thursday in a special session triggered by a US Supreme Court ruling in January that Florida's death penalty law was unconstitutional because it violated the Six Amendment's right to a jury trial. According to the high court, the Florida law gave too much say to judges in death penalty cases, rather than juries.
  
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• Officer arrested after three killed in Washington-area shooting spree

  06-05-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police on Friday arrested a federal officer suspected in a two-day shooting rampage in the Washington suburbs that killed his wife and two apparent strangers and revived memories of the "Beltway sniper" attacks of 2002. Eulalio Sevilla Tordil, 62, a police officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, was arrested in a doughnut shop near the site of the second of Friday's two shootings, police said. When two more shootin
  
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• 11-year-old's slaying spreads grief far beyond Navajo Nation

  06-05-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — She was a budding musician and talented artist, a girl whose death at the hands of a man who lured her into his van spread grief far beyond her home on the Navajo Nation.
  
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• US mulls selling Nigeria attack planes

  06-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States is considering selling Nigeria ground attack planes to help fight Boko Haram rebels, officials said Friday, despite concerns over the local military's human rights record. Nigeria's Western allies have vowed to assist the West African giant in its fight against the brutal Islamist group, but have been cautious of providing arms to troops regularly accused of extrajudicial killings. Washington is now, however, contemplating selling Nigeria a dozen A-29 Super Tucano ground attack
  
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• US gun-loving mom agrees to give talks about gun safety

  06-05-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Florida gun activist accidentally shot by her four-year-old son in March has agreed to deliver speeches about gun safety as part of a deal to avoid prosecution, officials said Friday. Jamie Gilt, 31, agreed with prosecutors to avoid a charge of negligence if she also completes a gun safety course, installs a mounted holster in her vehicle and provides proof of safe storage of firearms in her home, the state attorney's office said in a statement.
  
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• Ne-Yo, giant in R&B, sees new outlet in TV

  06-05-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A decade after Ne-Yo rose to stardom with his velvety yet infectious R&B, the singer is finding a renewed outlet through a fresh medium -- television. Ne-Yo was brought in as co-writer of the music for the ongoing second season of "Empire," the blockbuster drama on Fox television about the schisms within a founding family of hip-hop entrepreneurs. The result, Ne-Yo said, is a devoted fan base eager to buy the stream of singles released off "Empire," which has been renewed for a third season.
  
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• Square sinks as Dorsey-led firm's earnings disappoint

  06-05-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shares in online payments firm Square took a pounding Friday after the group led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey reported earnings that fell short of investor expectations. The San Francisco-based firm, which produces hardware and software for merchant and person-to-person payments, on Thursday reported a loss for the first quarter of $96.8 million, more than double the deficit from a year ago. Mark Palmer at BTIG Research said a concern was the looming expiration of the "lock-up" period after
  
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• The Latest: Officers trailed shootings suspect before arrest

  06-05-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the three fatal shootings in the Washington suburbs (all times local):
  
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• Town ousts woman living in tiny house she built in college

  06-05-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  HADLEY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who has been living in a tiny house she built as a college student is leaving town after voters rejected a proposal that would have made her dwelling legal.
  
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• Donald Trump to hold fundraiser for Chris Christie

  06-05-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump will hold a fundraiser to help New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pay off his own presidential campaign's debt and to raise money for the state's Republican Party later this month.
  
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• Berkshire operating profit falls short, book value rises

  06-05-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday confirmed that its first-quarter profit rose 8 percent, while operating results fell short of analyst forecasts as its BNSF railroad unit was hurt by falling oil prices and coal demand. The conglomerate, which operates roughly 90 businesses, nonetheless said its book value per share, measuring assets minus liabilities and Buffett's preferred gauge of growth, rose 1.2 percent from year end. Net income for Berkshire
  
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• Trump goes 0-for-3 with Bush family as Jeb vows to sit out – as it happened

  06-05-2016 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Obama speaks about Donald Trump’s calling out of House speaker Paul Ryan’s reluctance to endorse him, as tensions between Trump and the party deepenPaul Ryan declines to support Trump as Republican standard-bearerConfident Trump tells his West Virginia supporters: don’t bother votingDonald Trump’s taco bowl: what the hell is he eating – and is that his ex-wife? 10.04pm BSTNever say #NeverTrump... unless you’re a member of the Bush clan..@SpeakerRyan not suppor
  
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• US military admits troops are operating inside Yemen to combat al-Qaida

  06-05-2016 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Defense department publicly acknowledges for the first time that US troops are aiding Yemen’s government to fight al-Qaida affiliated forcesThe US military has for the first time publicly acknowledged that US troops are operating inside Yemen to help the country’s government and a Saudi-backed coalition confront al-Qaida affiliated forces. Defense department spokesman Navy captain Jeff Davis said on Friday that a “very small number” of military personnel has in recent wee
  
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• Convoy leads Canada fire evacuees through burning city to safety

  06-05-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rod Nickel and Liz Hampton WANDERING RIVER, Alberta (Reuters) - A convoy of evacuees from the Canadian oil hub of Fort McMurray made its way on Friday through the heart of an out-of-control wildfire on the only highway out of the region, passing through the burned ruins of the city. High winds and parched timber and brush from a spring heat wave stoked flames, which have engulfed 247,000 acres (101,000 hectares) in Canada's energy heartland since erupting on Sunday. Some 88,000 people were fo
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls Lindsey Graham 'an embarrassment'

  06-05-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern):
  
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• Ethiopia: Activist charged with terrorism over Facebook post

  06-05-2016 22:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A court in Ethiopia has charged a social media activist for inciting violence and other terror-related offenses citing Facebook posts as evidence.
  
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• Oil tanker washes up on Liberia beach with no crew or lifeboats

  06-05-2016 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and SenegalAn abandoned oil tanker has washed up on the shores of Liberia in west Africa, prompting an investigation – and speculation over the fate of the ship’s crew.
  The Tamaya 1, which is registered in Panama, ran aground on a beach near Robertsport earlier this week, apparently without a crew or lifeboats. On Thursday the Liberia national police and
  
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• US website: Images suggest NKorea preparing for nuke test

  06-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. website that monitors North Korea says the isolated nation may be preparing for a nuclear test in the near future.
  
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• Before massive Bangladesh heist, New York Fed feared such cyber attacks

  06-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  In the years before hackers stole $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, senior Fed security officials examined the risk of such an attack - but judged the prospect unlikely, bank sources told Reuters. The Fed managers worried that lax security procedures and outdated technology at some foreign central banks could allow cyber-criminals to commandeer local computers and breach foreign accounts at the U.S. central bank, according to interviews w
  
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• Can this GOP family find peace? Trump, Ryan to face off

  06-05-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump grudgingly agreed Friday to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan to work out their differences in the midst of an extraordinary display of Republican vs. Republican strife. But he said he had "no idea" if they would patch things up and it didn't really matter that much when compared to all the votes he'd won in this year's primary elections.
  
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• Judge in Prince's estate case authorizes DNA testing

  06-05-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The judge overseeing the Prince estate case has authorized genetic testing on a sample of his blood in case it's necessary to determine who's entitled to shares of the estate.
  
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• Obama on Trump: This is not a reality show

  06-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first remarks about Donald Trump's status as the GOP's presumptive nominee, President Barack Obama on Friday urged the media to undertake tougher scrutiny of presidential candidates.
  
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• NASCAR revises format for All-Star Race at Charlotte

  06-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Brad Keselowski doesn't want to take all the credit for wholesale changes to the All-Star Race format.
  
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• Feds propose limits on special sign-ups for Obama health law

  06-05-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it's moving to limit special sign-up periods under the president's health care law after insurers complained of abuses.
  
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• Nyquist not the buzziest of favorites for Kentucky Derby

  06-05-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Go ahead and pity Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist. He has the unenviable task of following in the hoof prints of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, and so far isn't getting the respect expected for the only undefeated horse in the race.
  
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• Judge's order reopens questions about what Paterno knew when

  06-05-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A new legal document that claims a boy told Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested him has dropped like a bombshell and reignited debate about what the Penn State coach knew about his longtime assistant decades before his arrest.
  
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• Before finding Price, doctor's son taught drug users to surf

  06-05-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrew Kornfeld's red-eye flight to bring a prescription drug to Prince has been described by his attorney as a "lifesaving mission" to persuade the superstar to start treatment for addiction.
  
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• Torn apart by Canadian wildfire, families face anxious future

  06-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  By Rod Nickel and Liz Hampton LAC LA BICHE/CONKLIN, Alberta (Reuters) - After she and her husband fled in different directions as a wildfire burned mercilessly through Canada's Fort McMurray, Erin Naughton faces another difficult task: how to keep her family going until they can return to the city they call home. Believing she will not be able to return to her scorched community for months, the restaurant manager is preparing to send her son and daughter to live with family in Edmonton in Albert
  
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• Curry returns to practice, still unlikely to play Game 3

  06-05-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State superstar Stephen Curry zipped around the court bouncing from spot to spot during his typical extensive post-practice shooting routine, driving to the basket past his regular practice coach Bruce Fraser.
  
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• Oregon outlines sweeping protections for transgender students

  06-05-2016 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Guidelines a contrast to anti-LGBT policies in other states as officials say schools should protect students’ rights to use bathrooms that match their identities Oregon schools should protect transgender students’ rights to use bathrooms that match their identities, according to sweeping new guidelines that provide a sharp contrast to recent anti-LGBT policies across the country.The state’s department of education, which sets standards for 197 public school districts, published
  
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• Canadian brewery ships cases of water to wildfire zone

  06-05-2016 22:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  One of Canada's largest breweries says it is donating up to 200,000 cans of emergency drinking water to firefighters and evacuees affected by the raging wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
  
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• Baby box program in Philadelphia encourages safe sleeping

  06-05-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Doctors and nurses hope to lower the city's high infant mortality rate by distributing baby boxes that encourage safe sleeping habits for newborns and their caregivers.
  
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• Egypt rights lawyer arrested, another detained in Cairo

  06-05-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian rights lawyer who had raised a legal suit against the president's decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia was arrested early on Friday and ordered held in custody for 15 days, pending investigation into a list of allegations, including attempts to overthrow the government.
  
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• London elects Khan as first Muslim mayor

  06-05-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London became the first major Western capital to elect a Muslim mayor on Friday as Labour claimed victory for its candidate Sadiq Khan despite setbacks elsewhere in Britain for the main national opposition party. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hailed Khan's win over Conservative Zac Goldsmith, after a bitter campaign in which Prime Minister David Cameron sought to link Khan to Islamic extremists.
  
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• Texas children tied outside had hundreds of scars, injuries

  06-05-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Two young children found chained and leashed outside a San Antonio home had suffered hundreds of scars and injuries from months, perhaps years, of abuse, a sheriff's official said Friday.
  
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• Khan's rise from London housing estate to city hall

  06-05-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London's new mayor Sadiq Khan has gone from a public housing estate in the British capital to running the city, a remarkable rise for the Pakistani immigrant bus driver's son. After a campaign that saw his main rival try to establish links between Khan and Islamist extremists, the Labour Party candidate now faces the task of bringing London's diverse communities together to keep it on its perch as a top world city. Born in London in 1970 to parents who had recently arrived from Pakistan, Khan wa
  
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• The Latest: Suspect threatened to 'commit suicide by cop'

  06-05-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the three fatal shootings in the Washington suburbs (all times local):
  
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• Hiring slowdown in April may signal caution about US economy

  06-05-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers signaled their caution about a sluggish economy by slowing their pace of hiring in April after months of robust job growth.
  
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• Baseball scraps Puerto Rico series amid Zika concerns

  06-05-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball has scrapped a series in Puerto Rico between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins amid concerns over the Zika virus.
  
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• PGA player DQ'd after hitting himself in head with putter

  06-05-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — PGA Tour golfer Zac Blair has been disqualified from the Wells Fargo Championship after hitting himself in the head with his putter — and then using the bent club to finish out the hole.
  
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• Mexico says officials should be fired for school sex abuse

  06-05-2016 22:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's federal Education Department is recommending local officials be fired for not preventing sex abuse at a Mexico City school for young children.
  
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• Kenya closing camps with hundreds of thousands of refugees

  06-05-2016 22:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Kenyan government says it will close two refugee camps, including one of the world's biggest, due to a lack of security and economic challenges.
  
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• Canada fire evacuee convoy halted due to smoke, flames: police

  06-05-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Police have temporarily stopped allowing evacuees stranded north of the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, to drive south through the burning city because of heavy smoke and huge flames near the highway, a police spokesman said on Friday. A convoy of some 1,500 vehicles started early on Friday, traveling in groups of about 50 with police escorts. Sergeant Jack Poitras said no drivers had needed to turn back partway through the drive. (Reporting by Liz Hampton; Writing by Allison Martell
  
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