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• Tech cos. take stand against travel ban, risking backlash

  06-02-2017 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a strong stand against President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying high tech needs immigrants' ...
  
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• Suspect gets 30 years in Florida mosque fire

  06-02-2017 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter attended occasionally.
  
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• No women: March organizers plan strike

  06-02-2017 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  The organizers of last month's Women's March announced Monday their intention to hold a general strike at a date to be determined.
  
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• Patriots return to New England, receive warm welcome in cold

  06-02-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots fans filled the parking lots outside the team's stadium on Monday and lined up for hours outside the souvenir shop in near-freezing temperatures hoping to buy Super Bowl championship gear.
  
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• Scores of EPA workers object to Trump's pick to lead agency

  06-02-2017 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of current and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are speaking out against President Donald Trump's pick to head the department.
  
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• Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX oppose Trump immigration order

  06-02-2017 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla Inc and SpaceX on Monday joined a legal brief filed by businesses opposed to President Donald Trump's order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, according to a court filing. Musk agreed to become part of Trump's business advisory council in December, and has advocated discussing issues directly with the president. Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick quit the council last week amid mounting pressure over Trump's immigration policies. (This s
  
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• Slain ISIS Hostage's Family Gives to Aid Group They Say Failed Their Daughter

  06-02-2017 23:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The family is donating $120,000 to the organization in their daughter's name.
  
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• US stocks drop with oil prices

  06-02-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks began a heavy week of earnings reports on a down note Monday, with a drop in oil prices sending leading oil producers lower.
  
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• Misophonia: When chewing sounds enrage you

  06-02-2017 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  Though the sound of chewing may be unpleasant, most of us do not respond with a fight-or-flight reaction, a condition known as misophonia. A new study explored this phenomenon and discovered that, compared with most people, sufferers of misophonia have structural differences in the areas of their brains tasked with regulating emotions.
  
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• 'I don't know how the hell he caught that'

  06-02-2017 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  If wide receiver Julian Edelman hadn't made that catch, the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history may never have happened, and the New England Patriots wouldn't have been Super Bowl champions.
  
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• Brady: I don't know how the hell he caught that

  06-02-2017 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  If wide receiver Julian Edelman hadn't made that catch, the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history may never have happened, and the New England Patriots wouldn't have been Super Bowl champions.
  
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• Alaska town's new Inupiat name to stay -- for now

  06-02-2017 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters in the nation's northernmost town won't get a chance at the polls after all to repeal the community's new Inupiat Eskimo name after local officials shot down the idea.
  
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• White House turmoil rankles Washington more than Trump

  06-02-2017 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump's White House attempts to embark on a period of order and discipline, many in Washington are greeting the news with a collective eye roll.
  
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• Super Bowl hero James White has a history of coming up big

  06-02-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — James White was not the New England Patriots' featured running back when Super Bowl 51 started.
  
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• Russia banned from London World Athletics Championships: IAAF

  06-02-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cap-d'Ail (France) (AFP) - Russia will miss August's World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday, world governing body president Sebastien Coe said. Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from athletics was prolonged at the IAAF's Council meeting in Cap d'Ail near Monaco, could not be reintegrated into the sport before November. Double Olympic 1500-metre champion Coe was speaking after the IAAF Council approved the Taskforce's recommendation that Russia was
  
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• NFL Super Bowl TV ratings miss records but fourth all-time

  06-02-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New England's dramatic comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51 drew the fourth-largest viewership in US television history but trailed the past two NFL championship spectacles. Tom Brady led the greatest victory rally in Super Bowl history, sparking the Patriots from a 25-point deficit on Sunday to a 34-28 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in the first Super Bowl requiring overtime.
  
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• The stories of travelers arriving in US after ban is halted

  06-02-2017 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Court rulings halting enforcement of President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries have reopened the door to the United States for some people initially denied entry.
  
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• Viral Super Bowl Ad Highlights Wage Gap as Cheerleaders Sue NFL

  06-02-2017 22:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  A touching Super Bowl ad about gender discrimination comes just days after minimum-wage NFL cheerleaders filed a federal antitrust lawsuit.
  
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• Box office top 20: Shyamalan's 'Split' stays no. 1 again

  06-02-2017 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller "Split" led the box office for the third straight weekend thanks to a pair of underperforming debuts.
  
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• US stocks close lower, snap S&P 500's 3-day winning streak

  06-02-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Energy companies led U.S. stocks slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil declined, snapping a three-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says media underreporting attacks

  06-02-2017 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Montana examines death penalty after judge blocks executions

  06-02-2017 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana legislators are taking another look at whether to abolish the death penalty after a judge blocked the state from carrying out executions because it has no access to a drug used in lethal injections.
  
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• North Carolina's bathroom law puts NCAA events at risk: official

  06-02-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina is close to losing NCAA championship events for six years at a cost of more than $250 million because of a law that restricts bathroom access for transgender people, a local sports official told state lawmakers on Monday. The governing body for U.S. college athletics is reviewing bids to host events through spring 2022, including 133 from North Carolina cities and universities, said Scott Dupree, executive director of the Greater
  
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• Trump remarks latest evidence of health law repeal slowdown

  06-02-2017 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans insisted Monday that they're moving ahead on their effort to void the health care law, even as President Donald Trump's latest remarks conceded that the effort could well stretch into next year.
  
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• Gas pump advertising campaign targets Indiana fuel tax hike

  06-02-2017 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A trade association will soon adorn gas pumps across Indiana with ads opposing a Republican plan to use higher fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure repairs, a tricky sell in a conservative state much more accustomed to cutting taxes than raising them.
  
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• Rare snow shuts Seattle area schools, cuts power for 100,000

  06-02-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A snowstorm that blanketed Seattle and western Washington state into Monday morning prompted widespread school closures, flight cancellations and power outages for more than 100,000 electrical utility customers, officials said.
  
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• GOP insiders skeptical of orderly White House

  06-02-2017 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump's White House attempts to embark on a period of order and discipline, many in Washington are greeting the news with a collective eye roll.
  
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• Tapper: Trump's tweets a window into his soul

  06-02-2017 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper recaps President Donald Trump's busy weekend on Twitter.
  
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• Trump's ban hits appeals court as travelers arrive to tears

  06-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fierce battle over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final face-off at the Supreme Court. Travelers, temporarily unbound, tearfully reunited with loved ones at U.S. airports.
  
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• Trump vows US, allies will defeat 'radical Islamic terrorism'

  06-02-2017 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump vowed Monday that America and its allies would defeat the "forces of death" and keep radical jihadists from gaining a foothold on US soil, but did not offer details about his strategy to defeat the Islamic State group. In his first visit to US Central Command -- responsible for an area that includes the Middle East and Central Asia -- Trump also did not say whether he would scrap parts of the anti-IS mission in Iraq and Syria undertaken by his predecessor Barack Obama. "To
  
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• The Latest: White House confident about travel ban lawsuit

  06-02-2017 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the lawsuit involving President Donald Trump's executive order restraining immigration (all times local):
  
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• Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes

  06-02-2017 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land, a step that is expected to trigger international outrage and a flurry of lawsuits against the measure.
  
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• Ban dispute: Anchor, Trump aide spar

  06-02-2017 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Chris Cuomo spars with Sebastian Gorka, a top assistant to President Donald Trump, over the details of the travel ban.
  
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• West Bank: Israeli Knesset passes outposts bill

  06-02-2017 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Israel's Parliament passed legislation Monday that aims to legalize about 3,000 housing units on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. Many of these housing units are in what are known as outposts, small communities established without Israeli authorization. The new law, which is expected to be appealed, would offer Palestinians compensation for their loss.
  
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• Tech cos. take stand against travel ban

  06-02-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a strong stand against President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying high tech needs immigrants' ...
  
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• Wall Street slips as energy shares, oil prices drop

  06-02-2017 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday, led by the energy sector as oil prices dropped, while investors awaited the next run of major earnings reports and sought further clarity on President Donald Trump's economic policies.
  
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• Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban

  06-02-2017 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National security veterans and major U.S. technology companies expressed opposition to Donald Trump's temporary travel ban in a court case as his administration prepared on Monday to justify the measure, the most controversial policy of his two-week old presidency. Trump's executive order of Jan. 27, temporarily barring entry to the United States of people from seven Muslim-majority countries and halting the U.S. refugee program, was suspended by a federal j
  
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• New arrests in deadly 1993 Los Angeles apartment arson

  06-02-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detective work decades after fire swept through a Los Angeles apartment building filled with poor immigrants has led to arrests of alleged gang members and the prospect of murder charges for the deaths of seven children, three women and two late-term fetuses, authorities said Monday.
  
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• UN chief: IS on defensive in conflict areas but is adapting

  06-02-2017 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Islamic State extremist group is on the defensive in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria but is partially adapting to the pressure by moving to covert communications and recruitment and expanding its areas of attack.
  
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• Twenty-First Century Fox profit tops estimates, revenue misses

  06-02-2017 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' expectations, as its television unit benefited from hosting the baseball World Series and its cable news channel enjoyed strong ratings during the U.S. presidential campaign.
  
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• Russia banned from London World Championships: IAAF

  06-02-2017 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cap-d'Ail (France) (AFP) - Russia will miss August's World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday, world governing body president Sebastien Coe said. Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from athletics was prolonged at the IAAF's Council meeting in Cap d'Ail near Monaco, could not be reintegrated into the sport before November. Double Olympic 1500-metre champion Coe was speaking after the IAAF Council approved the Taskforce's recommendation that Russia was
  
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• S.E. Cupp: Spicer has a problem in Melissa McCarthy

  06-02-2017 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  The new target of SNL parody needs to embrace the attention--like many politicians have successfully done before him--and avoid angry Trumpian reactions, writes SE Cupp.
  
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• Who Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump's Policies? Trump Voters.

  06-02-2017 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump policies likely to hit supporters' finances
  
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• Immigration ban: Ex-Norwegian PM held

  06-02-2017 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  If you're the former leader of a European nation, the president of a major human rights organization and the owner of a diplomatic passport, you're not likely to encounter a long wait at airport immigration.
  
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• Held at the border: Ex-Norway PM questioned

  06-02-2017 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  If you're the former leader of a European nation, the president of a major human rights organization and the owner of a diplomatic passport, you're not likely to encounter a long wait at airport immigration.
  
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• Ex-Norwegian PM held at immigration over Iranian visa

  06-02-2017 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  If you're the former leader of a European nation, the president of a major human rights organization and the owner of a diplomatic passport, you're not likely to encounter a long wait at airport immigration.
  
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• Detained: Ex-Norway PM held at border

  06-02-2017 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  If you're the former leader of a European nation, the president of a major human rights organization and the owner of a diplomatic passport, you're not likely to encounter a long wait at airport immigration.
  
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• Senate in round-the-clock session to confirm Trump Cabinet

  06-02-2017 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats announced plans Monday to hold the Senate floor around the clock to protest Republicans' push to confirm President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the legal showdown over Trump's travel ban

  06-02-2017 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  America is awaiting a ruling on whether a judge’s temporary suspension of Trump’s ban will stand. So how did we get to this point, and what comes next?Travel ban: court hears challenges to suspension of Trump’s order – liveDonald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee admissions and banning travel to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries has produced a showdown in federal court and an unusually high-stakes test for the new presidency.Related: Trump tries t
  
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• AP source: Royals, Jason Hammel agree to $16M, 2-year deal

  06-02-2017 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals knew at some point they would have to move on from grieving over the sudden and tragic death of Yordano Ventura and address the difficult task of replacing him.
  
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