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• Sean Spicer clashes with press over definition of a wall

  03-05-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary faces challenge from journalists over whether images showed walls or fences as he insists Trump is fulfilling his promise Sean Spicer on what a wall is. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
  
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• Attorney: Officer threatened black man before fatal shooting

  03-05-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The white police officer who shot a black man to death outside of a convenience store pointed a gun at the man's head and threatened to shoot him before they wrestled on the ground, lawyers for the slain man's family said Wednesday.
  
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• Witness: Violent All Nippon Airways Passenger 'Had PTSD'

  03-05-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  According to another passenger, the aggressor may have been suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  
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• No charges over black man's police shooting in Louisiana

  03-05-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Louisiana police will not face federal charges over the shooting of a 37-year-old African American man whose death sparked widespread protests, the US Justice Department said Wednesday, in a decision slammed by rights groups as a message of impunity.Alton Sterling's videotaped shooting in Baton Rouge was one of a series of police killing of black men that triggered nationwide protests spearheaded by the "Black Lives Matter" movement.Sterling was shot to death July 5, 2016 in a scuffle with two o
  
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• Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government bankruptcy

  03-05-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Puerto Rico announced a historic restructuring of its public debt on Wednesday, touching off what may be the biggest bankruptcy ever in the $3.8 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.While it was not immediately clear just how much of Puerto Rico's $70 billion of debt would be included in the bankruptcy filing, the case is sure to dwarf Detroit's insolvency in 2013.The move comes a day after several major creditors sued Puerto Rico over defaults its bonds.
  
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• 2017 Audi A6 3.0T Competition vs. BMW 540i, Cadillac CTS V-Sport, Jaguar XF S AWD, Mercedes-AMG E43 4MATIC

  03-05-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  One step down from the king-of-the-hill supersedans, these five aim to offer a balance of boardroom refinement and back-road frolicsomeness.
  
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• Google Docs Phishing Scam: Email Attack Hijacks User Accounts By Posing As Google Docs

  03-05-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  If you get an email asking you to open a Google Doc Wednesday, you might want to pause for a minute. An email phishing scam is quickly spreading to many Gmail users.
  
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• French election: Le Pen, Macron trade jabs in final TV debate

  03-05-2017 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  Far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen and independent centrist Emmanuel Macron came out swinging from the start of Wednesday's only televised head-to-head debate of the presidential election.
  
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• WATCH: Trump on Mideast peace: 'We will get it done'

  03-05-2017 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump promises "to do whatever is necessary" to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
  
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• WATCH: U.S. Navy ships operate in the Sea of Japan

  03-05-2017 22:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The U.S. Navy released video showing F/A-18 Hornets taking off and flying above South Korean and U.S. Navy ships, including the USS Carl Vinson, operating in the Sea of Japan.
  
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• Police say 2 Chicago officers shot in targeted attack

  03-05-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A manhunt was underway Wednesday after two plain-clothes Chicago police officers were shot and wounded as they sat in an unmarked vehicle in what authorities are describing as a targeted attack.
  
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• Putin pushes Syria safe zone plan

  03-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pushed a plan to set up safe zones in Syria that could see planes grounded but details remained hazy as a latest round of Kremlin-backed peace talks on the six-year war floundered.Putin held talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Moscow floated the proposal to set up four "de-escalation zones" in the war-torn country at a fresh round of negotiations involving Syria's regime and rebels in Kazakhstan.
  
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• Idea of impacting election made Comey 'mildly nauseous'

  03-05-2017 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey strongly defended Wednesday his decision to alert Congress just days before the 2016 election about his agency's investigation into emails potentially related to Hillary Clinton's personal server, telling senators while the idea of impacting the election made him "mildly nauseous," he would not change what he did.
  
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• FBI chief 'mildly nauseous' on election impact

  03-05-2017 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey will testify Wednesday on the Capitol Hill, the day after both the sitting US President and the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee sharply criticized him for his role in the outcome of last year's presidential election.
  
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• President Trump Makes Major Changes To School Lunches

  03-05-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  The USDA wants to make lunches "appealing" again.
  
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• Dunkin' Donuts Is Giving Out Free Frozen Coffee

  03-05-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  a.k.a. trying to win you back after the Coffee Coolatta fiasco.
  
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• 10 Surprising Starbucks Drinks That Have Less Than 100 Calories

  03-05-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Here's to flat abs.
  
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• China urges all sides in North Korea standoff to 'stop irritating' one another

  03-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday urged all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and "stop irritating each other," a day after North Korea said the United States was pushing the region to the brink of nuclear war.North Korea's state media published a rare, strong, criticism of China on Wednesday, saying Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear program were undermining relations with Beijing and worsening tensions.{nL8N1I5
  
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• Britain and EU spar over 'How to Brexit'

  03-05-2017 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Ahead of formal talks next month to officially separate the United Kingdom and EU, British Prime Minister Theresa May has accused EU officials of trying to affect the outcome of the UK election. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
  
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• Wall Street: Don't Listen to Donald Trump!

  03-05-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Early in Donald Trump's presidency, the stock markets would react to even a single tweet. Already, Wall Street is warning it doesn't take Trump literally anymore and is dismissing what he says and tweets.
  
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• This sophisticated phishing scam has the entire internet terrified

  03-05-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  A dangerous email phishing scam is doing the rounds today. Employees at multiple organizations that use Google for email, as well as thousands of personal Gmail customers, are all reporting the same scam.It starts with an email from a known contact, which says that the person has shared a Google Doc with you. You're invited to click the link to open, which redirects you to a legitimate Google sign-in page. You're prompted to select one of your Google accounts (remember: this is all using Google'
  
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• Republicans' health care hopes hanging by a thread

  03-05-2017 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sunlen Serfaty reports on the latest vote count.
  
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• Iran coal mine explosion kills 21: state media

  03-05-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  
  An explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday killed at least 21 workers and injured scores, state media reported.The blast occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0745 GMT) in the Zemestanyurt mine when workers tried to jump-start a locomotive."Twenty-one bodies of workers ...have been taken out of the mine ...So far there have been 69 injured," a regional official in Golestan province told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
  
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• College releases video of person of interest in alleged banana hate crime probe

  03-05-2017 21:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The campus police department is offering a $1,000 reward for information.
  
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• Obama details plans for Chicago presidential center

  03-05-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  
  By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled design plans for his Chicago presidential center, which he hopes will serve as a training site for future generations of leaders.The Obama Presidential Center will be built in the 500-acre (200-hectare) Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.The museum, the tallest of the three structures, will include public areas, offices and classrooms in addition to exhibition space, the Obama Foundation said in a
  
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• US tests nuclear-capable long-range missile

  03-05-2017 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  The Air Force on Wednesday launched its second test of a nuclear-capable long-range missile in a week, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command.
  
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• Lawrence: Comey's False Choice On Clinton Email Probe

  03-05-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey defended his handling of the Clinton email investigation by saying it wasn't politically motivated, but Lawrence O'Donnell argues that every decision Comey made involved politics.
  
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• 2 Children Taken From Home of Couple Blasted for Controversial YouTube Prank Videos

  03-05-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Michael and Heather Martin gained hundreds of thousands of followers by playing pranks on their children, many that were seen as cruel.
  
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• FBI Director Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill, and more: May 3 in photos

  03-05-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election; French soldiers patrol near the Eiffel Tower as part of the “Sentinelle” security plan in Paris; President Trump shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they deliver a statement at the White House. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
  
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• What to know about the case involving the Texas cop who shot a 15-year-old

  03-05-2017 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The former police officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in a Dallas suburb on Saturday has been identified as Roy Oliver.
  
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• Moment of explosion: US Army soldier's last photo

  03-05-2017 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  A young US Army soldier captured through her camera lens the explosion that took five lives -- including her own.
  
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• Authorities haven't found 'even a dollar' of El Chapo's $1bn drug fortune

  03-05-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  El Chapo faces a string of charges in a New York court and prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of more than $14bn in illicit earnings made by his cartel.Over nearly 30 years at the head of one of the most powerful crime organisations in the world, the jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is reputed to have built up a fortune worth at least $1bn.
  
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• The Latest: Obama says youth key to his presidential center

  03-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on former President Barack Obama's Chicago visit (all times local):
  
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• Girl Scout stands up to demonstrator at neo-Nazi rally

  03-05-2017 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  The juxtaposition in the photo is startling: On the left, gesturing angrily, is a right-wing demonstrator sporting black clothes, sunglasses and a shaved head.
  
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• Got a Pre-Existing Condition? Your Premium Could Rise Sharply Under New GOP Plan

  03-05-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. As House Republicans frantically seek support for legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, the biggest sticking p...
  
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• Russia, Turkey agree to lift nearly all trade restrictions: Putin

  03-05-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Russia and Turkey have agreed to lift nearly all remaining trade restrictions imposed in the aftermath of Ankara's downing of a Russian warplane in 2015, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday."You asked when we can speak about the lifting of the restrictions that emerged some time ago.
  
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• Putin, Erdogan call for Syria safe zones

  03-05-2017 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  Russia and Turkey are in favor of creating "de-escalation" zones in Syria in order to "cement" a ceasefire in the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  
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• WATCH: Gray whale defends calf from orcas

  03-05-2017 19:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Aerial footage captures a mother gray whale defending her calf from a group of killer whales in Monterey Bay, California. The calf was hurt, but survived.
  
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• Bill Maher says Democrats made white people 'feel like a minority' in 2016 election

  03-05-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  
  "The View" co-hosts discuss what factors swayed the election.
  
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• Holy crap, there's a backspace function on the iPhone calculator

  03-05-2017 19:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Friends, there are times when you stumble upon a tip so good that you must immediately share it with all in your vicinity.  That tip — courtesy of Twitter user @censoreddialogue — goes as follows: The iPhone calculator app has a backspace function. Rather than restarting a calculation after pressing a wrong number, swiping over an unwanted digit removes it. SEE ALSO: Don't hold your breath for a new iPhone 8 this yearPSA: you can backspace on the iPhone calculator pic.twitter.co
  
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• FBI director troubled he might have influenced election, but would not change what he did

  03-05-2017 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey will testify Wednesday on the Capitol Hill, the day after both the sitting US President and the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee sharply criticized him for his role in the outcome of last year's presidential election.
  
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• UK PM accuses EU officials of meddling

  03-05-2017 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has accused European Union officials of deliberately leaking misleading accounts of Brexit talks to affect the outcome of the UK election.
  
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• French election: Le Pen, Macron to face off

  03-05-2017 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  Millions of viewers are expected to tune in Wednesday night to see independent centrist Emmanuel Macron battle far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in the only televised head to head debate of the election.
  
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• French election: Le Pen, Macron face off

  03-05-2017 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  Millions of viewers are expected to tune in Wednesday night to see independent centrist Emmanuel Macron battle far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in the only televised head to head debate of the election.
  
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• WATCH: Comey 'mildly nauseous' to think FBI affected 2016 election

  03-05-2017 18:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  FBI Director James Comey said today it makes him "mildly nauseous" to think the bureau might have influenced the 2016 presidential election, responding to questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at an annual oversight hearing.
  
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• Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on controversial NY Times op-ed on climate change

  03-05-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  
  World-renowned astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke with Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about the controversial NY Times op-ed calling climate change into question. Tyson said if the Times wants to represent another political view, it should involve political solutions.
  
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• The Latest: Comey says WikiLeaks isn't journalism

  03-05-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on FBI Director James Comey's appearance Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (all times EDT):
  
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• Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on science as a partisan issue: ‘It’s the beginning of the end’

  03-05-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Neil deGrasse Tyson, world-renowned astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, spoke with Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about a controversial New York Times op-ed calling climate change into question. Tyson said that if the Times wants to represent another political view, it should involve political solutions.
  
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• Nigerian president misses cabinet meeting amid health fears

  03-05-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president missed his weekly cabinet meeting for the third straight time Wednesday as concerns mounted about his health, while his wife took to Twitter to defend him.
  
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• Trump vows to be Mideast 'mediator'

  03-05-2017 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to work as a "mediator, an arbitrator or a facilitator" to help broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians as he welcomed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the White House.
  
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