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• Unseen force pushing Milky Way across the universe

  31-01-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is being pushed across the universe by a large unseen force, according to new research. Although it may not seem like a friendly gesture, the newly discovered Dipole Repeller is actually helping our galaxy on its journey across the expanding universe.
  
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• Highlights: The Trump presidency on January 31 at 5:30 P.M. EST/2230 GMT

  31-01-2017 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday:
  
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• Stay in a secret palace in Rome?

  31-01-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  How times have changed for Roman nobles, who've long shied away from mingling with the masses.
  
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• Challenges to Trump's immigration orders spread to more U.S. states

  31-01-2017 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Massachusetts, New York and Virginia joined the legal battle against the travel ban, which the White House deems necessary to improve national security. San Francisco became the first U.S. city to sue to challenge a Trump directive to withhold federal money from U.S. cities that have adopted sanctuary policies toward undocumented immigrants, which local officials argue help local police by making those immigrants more willing to report crimes.
  
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• Trump cancels planned Milwaukee visit on Thursday

  31-01-2017 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump has canceled a previously planned trip to Milwaukee on Thursday.
  
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• Trump announcing Supreme Court pick Tuesday night

  31-01-2017 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was poised Tuesday to announce his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, one of the most consequential moves of his young administration and a decision with ramifications that could long outlast his time in office.
  
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• Opinion: What US defense chief must do in Japan, South Korea

  31-01-2017 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn.
  
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• Mattis' mission in Japan, South Korea

  31-01-2017 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn.
  
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• Jeffrey Hornung: What US defense chief must do in Japan, South Korea

  31-01-2017 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn.
  
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• The Latest: Chao sworn in as transportation secretary

  31-01-2017 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Johnny Depp's former business managers countersue actor

  31-01-2017 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp's former business managers are suing the actor, claiming that his lavish spending is to blame for his recent financial trouble.
  
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• Obama fights back: Former president's orbit resists Trump

  31-01-2017 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed by the Trump administration's first days, former President Barack Obama's loyalists, former aides and even his spokesman are speaking out and even actively resisting the new American leader. It's a warning to President Donald Trump that his actions won't go unchallenged by those who occupied the White House before him.
  
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• Elaine Chao has been sworn in as transportation secretary

  31-01-2017 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elaine Chao has been sworn in as transportation secretary.
  
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• US misfires in online fight against Islamic State

  31-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — On any given day at MacDill Air Force Base, web crawlers scour social media for potential recruits to the Islamic State group. Then, in a high-stakes operation to counter the extremists' propaganda, language specialists employ fictitious identities and try to sway the targets from joining IS ranks.
  
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• The Latest: Sept. 11 families speak out against travel ban

  31-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• iPhone sales lift Apple to record quarter

  31-01-2017 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple on Tuesday reported a rebound in iPhone sales to lift the tech giant to record revenue in the past quarter in quarterly results that topped most forecasts. The results showed strong demand for Apple's iPhone 7 models launched last years, even as profits dipped 2.6 percent to $17.9 billion. Apple said that it sold 78.3 million iPhones in the quarter, up five percent from the same prime holiday shopping period the prior year.
  
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• Trump pledges beefed up cybersecurity but doesn't sign order

  31-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to strengthen the government's ability to protect its computer networks, but then canceled plans to sign an executive order on cybersecurity without explanation. ...
  
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• Liverpool's Mignolet denies Chelsea, Watford stun Arsenal

  31-01-2017 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet went from zero to hero as Premier League leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at Anfield, while Arsenal's title challenge was torpedoed by Watford's shock 2-1 win on Tuesday. Antonio Conte's Chelsea grabbed the lead in the 25th minute when David Luiz cheekily took a quick free-kick that flashed past Mignolet, who was caught out while he lined up his defensive wall.
  
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• The Latest: 47 arrested in Senate office building protest

  31-01-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments in Congress (all times local):
  
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• France: New report says candidate's family made $1M as aides

  31-01-2017 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French presidential candidate Francois Fillon not only paid his wife for an allegedly fake job as a parliamentary aide, but also employed two of the couple's children for the same positions, a weekly newspaper is reporting. Altogether, the aide work brought Fillon's family nearly $1 million.
  
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• Stocks battle to a mixed finish as drugmakers rally

  31-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fought their way to a mixed finish Tuesday as drugmakers rallied, which mostly canceled out losses for industrial companies. Investors shifted their money to less risky investments for the second day in a row.
  
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• Vokes extends Burnley's home form, Leicester woes

  31-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wales striker Sam Vokes hit a late winner to snap Burnley's 10-match winless streak against defending Premier League champions Leicester on Tuesday. Vokes got on the end of a Michael Keane headed pass to tap in from close range in the 87th minute with the game looking set for a goalless draw. The result, a fifth consecutive win at Turf Moor, extended Burnley's remarkable home record of nine wins and 28 points from 13 games, a record only bettered only by the Premier League's current top three.
  
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• Romania's govt decriminalizes official misconduct

  31-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government adopted an emergency ordinance late Tuesday to decriminalize official misconduct, dealing a blow to the yearslong drive to curb corruption in the eastern European country.
  
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• Refugees anticipate family reunions, instead endure doubt

  31-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From married couples to mothers and daughters, President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from certain countries has created profound uncertainty for families in America and abroad. Many refugees in the U.S. had expected to reunite with their relatives any day, but will now have to wait.
  
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• After Trump order, volunteer lawyers descend on big airports

  31-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It had been a few years since attorney Roman Zelichenko left immigration law for a career in finance, and longer still since he pulled an all-nighter.
  
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• US official says 872 refugees to be allowed in

  31-01-2017 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite a presidential order suspending the U.S. refugees program.
  
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• Senate Democrats delay committee votes on Sessions, Mnuchin, Price

  31-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Cornwell and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday postponed votes on several of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, citing their responsibility to do a "thorough vetting," while Republicans accused them of unreasonable delays in considering the picks. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee exploited Senate rules to delay until Wednesday a vote on Senator Jeff Sessions' nomination to be attorney general.
  
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• Talk radio, intolerance in focus as Quebec seeks answers after shooting

  31-01-2017 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kevin Dougherty QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - In the wake of Sunday's fatal attack on a mosque in Quebec City, attention is turning to the role of populist talk radio stations and their possible role in whipping up resentment against Muslims. The day after the massacre at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, one local talk show host in Quebec City told his listeners several times that two hooded men shouting "Allahu Akbar!" had carried out the attack. "Is this Islamophobia or an Islamist
  
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• African leaders OK strategy for mass withdrawal from ICC

  31-01-2017 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders on Tuesday adopted a strategy calling for a collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. The non-binding decision came behind closed doors near the end of an African Union summit.
  
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• Argentina sets world record for most people floating holding hands – video

  31-01-2017 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Argentina sets the world record for the most people floating holding hands at one time. 1,941 people gathered to float in a line in a salty Lake Epecuen on Sunday. The Argentinian lake contains almost 10 times more salt than the sea, helping participants to float naturally Continue reading...
  
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• Trump faces wall of resistance to immigration order

  31-01-2017 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump has crushed the most defiant display yet of official opposition to his immigration and refugee restrictions -- but resistance continued to spread Tuesday, inside and outside the government. Trump's swift dismissal of acting attorney general Sally Yates for refusing to defend his executive order capped a night of high drama, Washington-style, that drew comparisons with a flurry of urgent housekeeping by Richard Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal. Trump came out
  
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• Speaker defends Trump ban as veep addresses GOP concerns

  31-01-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan defended President Donald Trump's divisive executive order on refugees and immigration Tuesday, while Vice President Mike Pence promised frustrated Republican senators better communication on major policy issues going forward.
  
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• A rare swing and miss from Under Armour in 4Q; shares plunge

  31-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Under Armour, typically a star on earnings day, suffered a rare miss in the fourth quarter, sending shares plunging 23 percent Tuesday.
  
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• Citing policy on supplements, NFL nixes GNC's Super Bowl ad

  31-01-2017 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nutritional supplement seller GNC intended to use a 30-second Super Bowl ad to revamp its image. But the NFL had other ideas. GNC said Tuesday it was notified that it will not be allowed to air the ad ...
  
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• Jury convicts man in Florida Keys bomb plot

  31-01-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury convicted a man Tuesday of a plot to detonate a nail-filled backpack bomb on a Florida Keys beach that prosecutors said was inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.
  
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• Democrats force delays in votes on 3 Cabinet nominees

  31-01-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked committee votes on three of President Donald Trump's highest-profile Cabinet picks Tuesday as spiraling partisan hostility over the fledgling administration's refugee curbs and other initiatives seemed to seep into Congress' work on nominations.
  
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• Yates' firing raises questions about tolerance of dissent

  31-01-2017 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's abrupt, late-night firing of the acting attorney general sends a message to his future Cabinet about his tolerance for public dissent.
  
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• Lobstermen question need for restrictions to help species

  31-01-2017 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some lobster fishermen expressed skepticism Tuesday about a plan to try to revive the dwindling southern New England lobster stock through new fishing restrictions.
  
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• Transgender Americans rush to change IDs for Trump era

  31-01-2017 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  On a recent Friday morning, Cazembe Jackson donned a sharp blue suit and green paisley tie and made his way to Atlanta's Midtown US passport office.
  
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• Trump already facing 41 lawsuits

  31-01-2017 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump the businessman was no stranger to lawsuits, both frivolous and substantive.
  
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• New President already facing 41 lawsuits

  31-01-2017 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump the businessman was no stranger to lawsuits, both frivolous and substantive.
  
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• Trump, radical Islam: EU chief says both are a threat to Europe

  31-01-2017 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union declared the Trump administration a "threat" on Tuesday, laying bare what many Europeans think privately and setting the stage for increased tension between the US and EU.
  
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• Trump is threat to Europe, says EU chief

  31-01-2017 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union declared the Trump administration a "threat" on Tuesday, laying bare what many Europeans think privately and setting the stage for increased tension between the US and EU.
  
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• 'Threat': European Union president trashes Trump

  31-01-2017 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union declared the Trump administration a "threat" on Tuesday, laying bare what many Europeans think privately and setting the stage for increased tension between the US and EU.
  
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• European Union president trashes Trump

  31-01-2017 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union declared the Trump administration a "threat" on Tuesday, laying bare what many Europeans think privately and setting the stage for increased tension between the US and EU.
  
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• Supreme Court 101: How it works, what's at stake

  31-01-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  The nation will be watching closely when President Donald Trump reveals his nominee for the Supreme Court Tuesday night.
  
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• 'Islamophobia killed Canadians': anti-Muslim rhetoric blamed in Québec attack

  31-01-2017 21:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Attack in typically peaceful city raises concern amid global turmoil as community leader bemoans politicians acting as ‘pyromaniac firefighters’Thousands of Canadians from coast to coast have sought to show their support for victims of a shooting spree on a Québec City mosque, as the country struggled to comprehend how one of Canada’s safest cities had become the setting for an attack described by the country’s prime minister as an act of terror. Just steps away fr
  
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• At a moment of uncertainty, Fed likely to leave rates alone

  31-01-2017 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is all but sure to leave interest rates alone when it ends a policy meeting Wednesday at a time of steady gains for the U.S. economy but also heightened uncertainty surrounding the ...
  
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• Canada shooting suspect rented apartment close to mosque: neighbors

  31-01-2017 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kevin Dougherty and Allison Lampert QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The French-Canadian student accused of killing six people during evening prayers in a Quebec City mosque had rented an apartment nearby, neighbors said on Tuesday, a sign he may have been targeting the house of worship. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was charged in court on Monday with six counts of premeditated murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon after Sunday evening's massacre at the Centre Culturel Isla
  
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• 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan sue EPA over water crisis

  31-01-2017 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan who say the Environmental Protection Agency mismanaged the water crisis that exposed thousands of children to lead poisoning have sued the U.S. government, seeking class action status for their claims. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Michigan on Monday, asserted that the EPA failed to warn them of the dangers of the toxic water or take steps to ensure that state and local authorities were addressing the crisis.
  
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