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• Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson could be next PM - Cameron

  27-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kylie MacLellan ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson could be Britain's next prime minister despite heading the campaign to leave the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron said. Last year, Cameron, who has said he will not stand for a third term at a national election due in 2020, cited Johnson, along with Home Secretary Theresa May and Chancellor George Osborne, as potential successors. Cameron and Johnson now find themselves rivals on opposing sides of an in
  
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• Trump rules out presidential debate with Sanders

  27-05-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson FRESNO, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday ruled out a one-on-one debate with second-place Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders, killing off a potentially high-ratings television spectacle. The suggested debate would have sidelined likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton but given Sanders a huge platform ahead of California's June 7 primary. A day after saying he would welcome a debate with Sanders, Trump called the idea "inappropr
  
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• Italy navy: 135 saved, 45 bodies retrieved from migrant boat

  27-05-2016 23:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Italian navy says it has saved 135 migrants from a sinking boat and recovered 45 bodies in the Mediterranean.
  
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• Parents of woman killed in San Francisco sues city, feds

  27-05-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The parents of a woman killed on a San Francisco pier have sued the city and two federal agencies, accusing them of contributing to her death because the man charged in the slaying was in the country illegally.
  
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• Thunder look to close out defending champion Warriors

  27-05-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Thunder won't say they have to win Game 6 against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday to win the Western Conference finals.
  
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• After harrowing cave escape, operator considers safety

  27-05-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HORSE CAVE, Ky. (AP) — One day after 19 people trudged through neck-deep water in a harrowing escape from a flooded Kentucky cave, the operator of the spelunking attraction says he is analyzing the incident for any possible safety lessons.
  
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• The Latest: Fishermen helped save pilots after jets crashed

  27-05-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the crash of two Navy jets off the coast of North Carolina on Thursday (all times local):
  
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• DMC: Commissioner should apologize for harsh words about rap

  27-05-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and hip-hop icon Darryl "DMC" McDaniels says the New York police commissioner's recent comments — where he labeled rappers as thugs following a shooting at a hip-hop concert — is disrespectful and that the commissioner should apologize to rappers like Chuck D, Will Smith and Kendrick Lamar — performers whose songs do not promote violence and negative images.
  
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• Scientists find minivan-sized sponge, world's largest

  27-05-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers in Hawaii have been absorbed by a sea creature they discovered last summer, and their findings are pretty big.
  
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• El Faro's loss described as 'colossal' management failure

  27-05-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A second round of U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearings into the sinking of the freighter El Faro ended Friday, closing a sometimes contentious proceeding during which the disaster was characterized by one investigator as "a colossal failure" of management before he apologized and took back the comment.
  
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• No new signal from EgyptAir jet since day of crash, search intensifies

  27-05-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Eric Knecht and Tim Hepher CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - No new radio signal has been received from an EgyptAir jet since the day it crashed in the Mediterranean last week, sources close to the investigation said on Friday. A French official said the vessel would arrive on Sunday or Monday.
  
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• Photos: This Week in Pictures: May 21 - 27, 2016

  27-05-2016 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow.
  
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• WHO: 'World not prepared'

  27-05-2016 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan lashed out at family planning and mosquito control "failures" as root causes of the ongoing Zika crisis in an address to the World Health Assembly Monday.
  
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• Mayor welcomes Olympic probe

  27-05-2016 22:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Trump suggests U.S. should bomb Libya

  27-05-2016 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump on Friday suggested that the United States should bomb ISIS in Libya, a decision that would mark a serious escalation of the U.S. military campaign against the terrorist group. It's also a new position for Trump, who has argued both in favor of and against military intervention in Libya over the past five years.
  
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• Trump says he will not debate Sanders

  27-05-2016 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump on Friday said he would not debate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders because it would be "inappropriate" to square off against the candidate who currently trails Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary fight.
  
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• Putin warns Romania, Poland: you may now be in Russia's cross-hairs

  27-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Denis Dyomkin ATHENS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned Romania and Poland they could find themselves in the sights of Russian rockets because they are hosting elements of a U.S. missile shield that Moscow considers a threat to its security. Putin issued his starkest warning yet over the missile shield, saying that Moscow had stated repeatedly that it would have to take retaliatory steps but that Washington and its allies had ignored the warnings. Earlier this month
  
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• Putin says Crimea's status as part of Russia not up for discussion

  27-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  ATHENS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would not entertain any discussions about the status of Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed. "As far as Crimea is concerned, we consider this question is closed forever," Putin said at a joint news conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. "Russia will not conduct any discussions with anyone on this subject." (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
  
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• BMW recalls 120,000 cars over Takata air bags: Bild

  27-05-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW is recalling 120,000 cars in the United States for defective Takataair bags, German paper Bild reported on its website on Friday.
  
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• NBA's Thunder targeted by deceased McClendon's creditors

  27-05-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - This weekend, the Oklahoma City Thunder stands one game away from clinching a surprising spot in the NBA finals. At stake is a roughly 20 percent interest in the Thunder held by Aubrey McClendon, the indebted Oklahoma energy magnate who died in a car crash on March 2. Some of McClendon's creditors want a say over how the stake will be disposed of by his estate, viewing the basketball team as one of his few assets of value, according to a copy of a transcr
  
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• UN: Syria impedes humanitarian aid to besieged

  27-05-2016 22:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A top United Nations officials says deliberate interference, most notably by the Syrian government, continues to hinder the delivery of humanitarian aid to the over half million people trapped in besieged areas by the country's ongoing civil war.
  
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• Trump encourages Rubio to run again for Senate

  27-05-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of trading vicious insults, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are suddenly making nice.
  
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• Sanders pushes for debate with Trump; Trump declines

  27-05-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he will wait to debate the official Democratic nominee, and not debate Bernie Sanders, calling the Democratic nominating process "totally rigged."
  
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• NASA taking another stab at inflating space station room

  27-05-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is taking a second crack at inflating an experimental room at the International Space Station.
  
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• Louisiana expands hate crime law to protect police

  27-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aggression toward police officers in Louisiana is now classified as a hate crime, an unprecedented legal expansion roundly criticized by minority rights groups Friday. Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards -- the son of a former sheriff -- signed the bill in the southern state Thursday, expanding the state's list of those protected by hate crimes legislation to include law enforcement officials, firefighters and emergency paramedics. "The men and women who put their lives on the line every day, o
  
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• At least 1 dead, 3 missing in Texas flooding

  27-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — At least one person has died in Texas and three are missing after torrential rain caused floods that closed roads and schools, prompted evacuations, damaged homes and forced dozens of students to spend the night on campus, officials said Friday as they braced for more rains later in the day.
  
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• Holiday air travelers get a break from long security lines

  27-05-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Travelers who were dreading long airport security lines ahead of the Memorial Day weekend instead reported moving quickly through checkpoints Friday after authorities opened extra screening lanes and used ...
  
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• Trump pulls out of debate showdown with Sanders

  27-05-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he would not debate Democrat Bernie Sanders ahead of California's June 7 primary. "Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged ... it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher," Trump said in a statement. (Reporting by Alana Wise; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
  
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• Janet Yellen says Fed could raise rates in coming months

  27-05-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that an interest rate hike would be appropriate in the coming months if the economy keeps improving.
  
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• Couple's killings are latest blow to town rocked by mudslide

  27-05-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OSO, Wash. (AP) — In a clearing 10 miles up a gravel logging road, freshly cut hemlock branches cover the root well of a wind-toppled fir. Atop the boughs, a bouquet of red, white and blue carnations left by detectives marks the grim discovery they made here: the shallow grave of a local couple shot to death six weeks ago, apparently in a feud with a former neighbor who remains at large.
  
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• Defense secretary discusses concerns in South China Sea

  27-05-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — China could be erecting "a Great Wall of self-isolation" with its increasingly provocative moves against its neighbors, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday.
  
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• The Latest: John McEnroe says he'll help Raonic at Wimbledon

  27-05-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
  
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• Could Russia REALLY go to war with NATO?

  27-05-2016 22:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Editor's note: Ian Shields is Associate Lecturer in International Relations, Anglia Ruskin University.
  
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• 45 bodies found after Friday's migrant shipwreck: Italian navy

  27-05-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Italian navy has recovered the bodies of 45 migrants who drowned Friday in the latest Mediterranean shipwreck, while dozens of others are still feared missing, it said. Forty-five bodies were recovered and search efforts are ongoing," the navy said on Twitter. The latest tragedy struck just a day after up to 30 people were believed to have died in another shipwreck.
  
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• Johnny Depp ordered to stay away from wife over abuse claim: court official

  27-05-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Johnny Depp was hit with a restraining order on Friday after his wife appeared in court with a black eye and accused the Oscar-nominated star of assaulting her, an official told AFP. Amber Heard, who filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday and is seeking spousal support from the 52-year-old "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, says she is the victim of repeated attacks by Depp. "The judge issued a restraining order against Depp," the official told AFP, adding that Heard, 30, had shown up at LA's
  
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• Concert on beach heralds start of summer at Jersey shore

  27-05-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — As he belted out the words to "Nothin' But A Good Time," Poison singer Bret Michaels gave voice to the plans of residents and revelers alike as the unofficial start of summer arrived at the Jersey shore.
  
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• NY Democrat: Trump should return money to 9/11 recovery fund

  27-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is "a small man" for accepting $150,000 from a federal fund for small businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks and should return the money or donate it to charity, a New York Democratic congressman said.
  
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• Gang-rape internet video shocks Brazil

  27-05-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian police on Friday were investigating the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl whose attackers boasted about it by posting an online video of her that has horrified the country. Online social networks erupted with outrage over the video posted on Wednesday featuring the girl naked on a bed and the apparent rapists bragging that she had been raped by more than 30 men. "There are strong indications that the young woman was raped," Rio police chief Fernando Veloso told a news conference.
  
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• Police test bullets from shooting at T.I. concert in NYC

  27-05-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police conducted ballistic tests Friday to determine whether more than one gun was used in a shooting inside a hip-hop concert featuring artist T.I. that killed one person and injured three others.
  
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• Education Department replaces career college chain monitor

  27-05-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Friday appointed a new lawyer to oversee the turnaround of schools once owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., following an Associated Press review that found trouble at the schools and questioned the previous monitor's independence.
  
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• Yellen says Fed rate hike likely appropriate in coming months

  27-05-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates "in the coming months" if the economy picks up as expected and jobs continue to be generated, U.S. central bank chief Janet Yellen said on Friday, bolstering the case for a rate increase in June or July. "It's appropriate ... for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our overnight interest rate over time, and probably in the coming months such a move would be appropriate," Yellen said during an appearance at Harvard University. Although Yell
  
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• 7 of the world's best women's rugby players

  27-05-2016 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The final event of the Women's Sevens Series takes place in Clermont, France, from May 28-29.
  
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• Mississippi self-imposes scholarship cuts in football

  27-05-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has self-imposed scholarship reductions in football because of NCAA violations and is still investigating more allegations involving first-round NFL draft pick Laremy Tunsil.
  
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• Key Hillary supporter's offshore dealings surface in Panama Papers

  27-05-2016 21:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  One of Hillary Clinton’s key supporters – an Israeli billionaire who has donated more than $15 million to her presidential campaign and troubled family foundation – used a controversial Panamanian law firm to set up offshore companies and once admitted to a Senate panel that he used phony investment losses to dodge hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.
  
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• Death-defying school run

  27-05-2016 21:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Chicago police use algorithm to combat gun violence

  27-05-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chicago police department is using a unique algorithm in its battle against armed violence, to figure out who is most likely to be involved in a shooting, either as a victim or perpetrator. Under his guidance, the Chicago Police Department last week launched a drug and gang raid, arresting 140 people, more than 80 percent of whom were on the list.
  
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• Brazil police identify 4 of 30-plus men wanted in gang rape

  27-05-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence against women.
  
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• Trump vows to solve California's water crisis

  27-05-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring that: "There is no drought."
  
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• Police react as Chicago gun violence spills onto expressways

  27-05-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A rash of shootings on Chicago area expressways has authorities promising that they will keep an especially close eye on the roadways on the Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• 'Full House' property for sale if new family can swing $4M

  27-05-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Victorian that served as the exterior of the iconic 1980s' sitcom "Full House" is for sale, and the price tag for any would-be Tanner family is $4.15 million.
  
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