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• DNC Chairman Tom Perez Asks For Staff Resignations

  28-03-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Perez is in the midst of trying to rebuild the party in the wake of November's stunning election defeat.
  
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• French presidential candidate's wife under investigation

  28-03-2017 23:53 via cnn.com
  The wife of French presidential candidate François Fillon has been placed under formal investigation, a judicial source within the magistrate of the French National Financial Prosecutors' Office told CNN.
  
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• Man kills 3 home burglars; woman who aided robbers arrested

  28-03-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  
  A woman believed to have driven three burglars to an Oklahoma home where they were shot to death during a suspected home invasion has been arrested on murder and robbery warrants but the homeowner's son who shot them has not been arrested while police investigate whether he acted in self-defense under the state's "Stand Your Ground" law.
  
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• iOS 11’s big feature could be a massive Siri upgrade

  28-03-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  While there’s an abundance of iPhone 8 rumors to check out on a regular basis, we don’t see that many iOS 11 leaks. It's surprising, given that iOS represents one of the most important features of the iPhone and a reason why many people would not leave Apple’s platform for any competing mobile operating system. A new report out of Israel brings says that Siri will get a massive upgrade in iOS 11, revealing some of the new purported features of Apple’s smarter virtual assi
  
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• Photos of the day - March 28, 2017

  28-03-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  
  An Indian girl wearing a traditional clothe takes part in the procession to celebrate the Gudi Padwa, Maharashtrian’s New Year in Mumbai, India; Dust and smoke billows out from a residential house which was blown up during a gunfight between militants and Indian soldiers in Durbagh village of Chadoora, 15 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir; and, Tourists view cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, China.
  
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• Trump's climate order puts 'China first' in clean energy

  28-03-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is vowing to put "America First" — just not when it comes to the global clean energy race. The president on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order that experts say could leave the United States lagging behind China and other nations as manufacturers and investors throw trillions of dollars into renewable energy projects. The order will start unraveling the Obama administration's key efforts to address climate change. Flanked by coal miners and cabinet officials, T
  
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• ‘Carlos the Jackal’ Receives Third Sentence to Life in Prison

  28-03-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  The final chapter in a legal battle against the man who was once the world’s most wanted fugitive.
  
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• Uber diversity: low on women, like other tech companies

  28-03-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Uber's first report on employee diversity shows low numbers for women, especially in technical positions. In that regard, the company is similar to other Silicon Valley giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple.
  
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• 14-Year-Old Dies After Being Pinned Under Log at Beach While Snapping Pictures With Friends

  28-03-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Her family believes she broke her neck.
  
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• Dow breaks 8-day losing streak

  28-03-2017 23:07 via cnnmon.ie
  
  The Dow managed to avoid suffering its longest slump since Jimmy Carter was in the White House.
  
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• 3 Iraqis living in US accused of hiding ties to kidnapper

  28-03-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Adil Hasan and his wife, Enas Ibrahim, came to the U.S. in 2008 as refugees from Iraq, and have been living peacefully in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., ever since.
  
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• White House offers muddled message to states considering Medicaid expansion

  28-03-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House didn’t have a clear message for states looking to potentially expand Medicaid in the wake of the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA) failure, implying that the bill would have saved the program for low-income and disabled Americans by cutting nearly a trillion dollars from its funding.Press secretary Sean Spicer was asked during Tuesday’s briefing about possible expansions of Medicaid coverage in Kansas, Georgia and Virginia.The three states are in varyi
  
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• iOS 10.3 fixes a nasty Safari bug and includes hundreds of other security fixes

  28-03-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple yesterday released iOS 10.3 for the iPhone and iPad, an update that brought with it a number of interesting new features, including a new "Find My AirPods" feature and a brand new file system dubbed APFS (complete with full disk encryption) that Apple originally introduced at WWDC last year.
  Lurking beneath the surface of iOS 10.3, however, are a number of important security updates worth highlighting. iOS has always been a rather robust OS, but as the recent CIA leak from Wikileaks demons
  
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• US: US strike possibly killed civilians

  28-03-2017 22:49 via cnn.com
  The top US commander in Iraq said "there's a fair chance" that a US airstrike in west Mosul killed civilians on March 17.
  
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• Who will pick up the fight against climate change now?

  28-03-2017 22:40 via cnn.com
  Less than a week after the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, President Trump will sign an executive orderthat could spell the end of Obama-era environmental policy.
  
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• Russian storm over Trump's struggling presidency

  28-03-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  The darkening storm over Russia is now looming over President Donald Trump's innermost circle.
  
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• Russian storm over Trump's presidency

  28-03-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  The darkening storm over Russia is now looming over President Donald Trump's innermost circle.
  
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• Senate to vote April 7 on US Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch

  28-03-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Senate will vote April 7 on confirming Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the chamber's Republican leader announced Tuesday, amid debate over whether President Donald Trump's pick will receive the necessary votes."We're going to get Judge Gorsuch confirmed," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters.After a one-week delay, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Gorsuch's nomination Monday, then sending it to the floor for a full Senate vote, McConnell said.
  
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• Capturing the battle against ISIS in Mosul — photojournalist Zohra Bensemra

  28-03-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Algerian photojournalist Zohra Bensemra captured a series of heartbreaking images while covering the battle of Mosul. From elderly individuals weary from the ongoing warfare in Iraq to children bloodied from early brushes with violence. Her pictures show people holding up a white flag to signal that they are noncombatants and others crying on buses bound for safer areas. She told Yahoo News she hopes her works shows that “the human being is the same” regardless of “nationality
  
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• Wife of presidential candidate may face charges

  28-03-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  The wife of french presidential candidate Francois Fillon could face charges over allegations that her husband paid her from state funds for work she didn't do. CNN's Melissa Bell reports
  
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• Daughter of 'Full House' star on growing up in the public eye

  28-03-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Cameron Jones talks with singer and actress Natasha Bure about her new book, "Let's Be Real," which offers teenagers an honest approach to living life.
  
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• Hedge Fund Exec Swindled by Bernie Madoff Jumps to His Death From NYC Hotel

  28-03-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Charles Murphy's hedge fund lost $7 billion to Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
  
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• Female Honor Student Allegedly Plotted School Shooting: Cops

  28-03-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Nichole Cevario's father told officials the teen posed a threat to student safety.
  
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• Lamborghini won't target Nürburgring SUV record with Urus

  28-03-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  It’s been a long time coming, but the Lamborghini Urus SUV is nearly a reality.Motoring reports Lamborghini doesn’t have much interest in proving the Urus around the Nürburgring, as the Italian brand did with the Huracán Performante which just set the lap record at the German track.In fact, the Urus will house a completely different set of objectives than the brand’s super cars.
  
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• Supreme Court nominee to face confirmation vote April 7: U.S. Senate leader

  28-03-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate would have a final vote on April 7 on President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, even as more Democrats opposed his confirmationThe Gorsuch nomination, McConnell told reporters, will hit the Senate floor next week after the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approves him.McConnell added that Gorsuch will be “confirmed on Friday"
  
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• Bill Nye On Trump's Climate Orders: 'Clean Coal Is a Myth'

  28-03-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Bill Nye the Science Guy joins Lawrence to react to Trump's rollback of Obama climate change rules, Spicer's non-answer about whether the president still believes climate change is a hoax, and the Trump budget's proposed cuts to U.S. science agencies
  
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• Using stem cells to create an endless supply of blood

  28-03-2017 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  For decades, scientists have sought to create red blood cells in the lab -- a "holy grail" that some hoped could ease regional blood shortages, especially for people with rare blood types.
  
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• An endless supply of blood cells?

  28-03-2017 21:39 via cnn.com
  For decades, scientists have sought to create red blood cells in the lab -- a "holy grail" that some hoped could ease regional shortages in the blood supply.
  
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• An endless supply of blood blood cells?

  28-03-2017 21:39 via cnn.com
  For decades, scientists have sought to create red blood cells in the lab -- a "holy grail" that some hoped could ease regional shortages in the blood supply.
  
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• Rep. Schiff on the Russia investigation, Rep. Nunes, former AG Sally Yeats, and more

  28-03-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric talks with Rep. Adam Schiff (D- Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Rep. Devin Nunes's revelations to the press and White House staff, and more.
  
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• A walk through the devastation of West Mosul

  28-03-2017 21:34 via cnn.com
  CNN's Arwa Damon shows the dangers and challenges that face civilians in the wake of the battle against ISIS for West Mosul
  
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• Opinion: Trump's climate policies put China in charge of our future

  28-03-2017 21:25 via cnn.com
  In a rational world, people would take climate change more and more seriously as real-world evidence for its damaging effects mount.
  
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• Mark Lynas: Trump puts China in charge of our future

  28-03-2017 21:25 via cnn.com
  In a rational world, people would take climate change more and more seriously as real-world evidence for its damaging effects mount.
  
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• Trump dramatically changes US approach to climate change

  28-03-2017 21:19 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Tuesday at the Environmental Protection Agency, which officials said looks to curb the federal government's enforcement of climate regulations by putting American jobs above addressing climate change.
  
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• Scottish lawmakers back call for independence vote

  28-03-2017 21:17 via cnn.com
  Scottish lawmakers voted 69-59 in favor of an independence referendum Tuesday, setting Edinburgh on a collision course with the UK government.
  
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• Scots to vote on independence again?

  28-03-2017 21:17 via cnn.com
  Scottish lawmakers were poised to vote for an independence referendum Tuesday, setting Edinburgh on a collision course with the UK government.
  
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• White House Blasts Sally Yates Washington Post Story

  28-03-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The president has made no secret of his disdain for many print news outlets, but what exactly does he like to read?
  
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• Watch Amazing Makeup Transformation of Model With Vitiligo

  28-03-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Brooklyn-based beauty influencer Tameeca Dieujuste, better known as Khloe Dosh shared a stunning makeup transformation on Instagram that she did on a model named Carlene John, who has vitiligo.
  
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• Sean Spicer to journalist April Ryan: ‘stop shaking your head’

  28-03-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  During the daily White House press briefing Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer got into a heated exchange with April Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks. Ryan asked Spicer about the investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, to which Spicer said, “At some point, April, you’re going to have to take no for an answer.”
  
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• TV star disses senator, gets date

  28-03-2017 20:57 via cnn.com
  What started out as a diss on Hulu series "The Mindy Project" may lead to a dinner date between the show's actress Mindy Kaling and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
  
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• Mindy Kaling disses senator, gets date

  28-03-2017 20:57 via cnn.com
  What started out as a diss on Hulu series "The Mindy Project" may lead to a dinner date between the show's actress Mindy Kaling and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
  
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• Adele tells fans tour may be her last

  28-03-2017 20:53 via cnn.com
  British pop singer Adele told fans that she may not be touring anymore during a concert in Auckland, New Zealand.
  
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• Ex-EPA chief: Trump climate policy 'embarrassing'

  28-03-2017 20:47 via cnn.com
  Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator under President Obama, tells Christiane Amanpour Trump's executive order on climate "sends a horrible signal."
  
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• The biggest game changer in African fashion

  28-03-2017 20:46 via cnn.com
  An increasing number of designers on the continent are morphing from small tailor businesses into recognized and respected fashion houses, thanks to the internet.
  
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• ‘Stop shaking your head’: Spicer scolds reporter who asked how Trump administration plans to revamp its image

  28-03-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Sean Spicer sparred with veteran reporter April Ryan after she asked him how the Trump administration can “revamp” its public image while several controversies swirl around it.
  
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• Lafarge loses Paris 'beach' deal over support for Trump wall

  28-03-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The city of Paris on Tuesday dumped French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim as supplier of sand for the makeshift "Paris Plages" beach over the company's readiness to supply cement for US President Donald Trump's controversial border wall."We will do without their services," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's deputy Bruno Julliard told the city council, citing Lafarge's readiness to "work on the nefarious project" of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
  
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• U.S. sanctuary cities weigh response to Trump's threat to curb funding

  28-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Officials from so-called sanctuary cities met in New York on Tuesday to discuss their response to threats from the Trump administration to cut off some funding to cities and states that fail to assist federal authorities in arresting illegal immigrants.Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened on Monday to strip U.S. Justice Department grants from cities and other local governments that choose to shield illegal immigrants fromdeportation efforts under President
  
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• Messi banned before crucial match

  28-03-2017 20:25 via cnn.com
  It is proof that even one of the world's best soccer players is not above the law?
  
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• Lawyer says Trump administration moved to squelch testimony

  28-03-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates wrote in letters last week that the Trump administration was trying to limit her testimony at congressional hearings focused on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The hearing was later canceled by the House intelligence committee chairman.
  
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• Verizon wins another wireless speed test thanks to its last real advantage

  28-03-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Verizon has long had a reputation for the best service in America, with prices to match. Things are changing these days: other networks are catching up, and Verizon even has a reasonably-priced unlimited plan, which is something I thought I'd never live to see.
  But some things never change, and the latest Tom's Guide network test of all the cell carriers shows why Verizon is likely to remain in first place.The Tom's Guide test used so-called drive testing to compare average download speeds
  
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