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• Kushner calls Lockheed CEO while brokering $100B Saudi arms deal

  19-05-2017 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and utility diplomat, Jared Kushner, shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call.
  
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• NYT: Trump brags to Russians about firing 'nut job' Comey

  19-05-2017 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump bragged to two top Russian officials last week that firing "nut job" FBI Director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, The New York Times reported Friday.
  
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• The Resistance Now: Trump trip may include 'not welcome' protests

  19-05-2017 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of thousands are expected to protest as Trump makes his first overseas trip as president; Hillary Clinton moves Onward; Trump discourages exerciseThe Resistance Now on FacebookSign up now for our weekly newsletter about the ResistanceTrump’s exceptionally turbulent week prompted even some Republicans to utter the word “impeachment”. Continue reading...
  
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• Venezuela opposition vows biggest demo yet on Saturday

  19-05-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela's opposition vowed to stage its biggest protests yet on Saturday in its drive for elections to remove President Nicolas Maduro from power in a deadly political crisis.Clashes at street demos have left 47 people dead since the protests erupted on April 1, according to prosecutors, who on Friday updated an earlier toll of 43."On day 50 of the resistance we will make the biggest show of strength so far in this period," said Juan Andres Mejia, one of a group of lawmakers leading the demons
  
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• Jonathan Tasini: Trump shows US human rights hypocrisy

  19-05-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's trip through the Middle East should puncture a myth Americans have been fed for generations: that this country's foreign policy lives up to its high-minded rhetoric on the advancement of human rights.
  
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• Fox News fires host accused of 'leaving room because IT technician was black'

  19-05-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Fox News grandee Bob Beckel has been fired after allegedly making racist remarks towards a black employee.In addition to a number of sexual abuse allegations, the network is also facing a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by 23 current and former employees.The lawyers handling the race case, Douglas Wigdor and Jeanne Christense, said Mr Beckel was fired because of an offensive comment he made to a black IT technician who came to service his computer earlier this week.
  
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• Woman Who Hired Princess Diana as a $5-an-Hour Nanny: 'I Fell in Love With Her'

  19-05-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The American businesswoman hired the then-teenager to look after her children in 1980.
  
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• Oklahoma jury that acquitted Tulsa officer says she had non-deadly options

  19-05-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Officer Betty Shelby, 43, was found not guilty on Wednesday of manslaughter by a Tulsa jury after a week-long trial for killing Terence Crutcher, 40, in September 2016."While Officer Shelby made a justifiable decision at the very moment she pulled the trigger according to her training, when reviewing the moments before she discharged her weapon, the jury wonders and some believe that she had other options available to subdue Mr. Crutcher before he reached his car," the jury foreperson said in a
  
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• Mom Tries - and Fails - to Wake Teen Who Fell Asleep Inside Locked Car

  19-05-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Even the sound of a car horn wouldn't wake her.
  
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• NBC's Hallie Jackson Trump Trip Notebook: We're On Our Way

  19-05-2017 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  ABOARD THE PRESS CHARTER — A smiling flight attendant fans out an array of newspapers. Want anything to read, he offers? "Nah, we're okay," one reporter jokes. "We wrote it."
  
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• Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner 'person of interest in Russia investigation'

  19-05-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has reportedly been identified as a “person of interest” in the ongoing investigation into possible ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign.The Washington Post said a senior adviser to Mr Trump was among people investigators wanted to speak to.A New York magazine reporter then said the person in question was Mr Kushner, 36, who is married to Mr Trump’s eldest daughter and who flew out of Washington on Friday night to
  
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• US judge dismisses discrimination suit by Texas 'clock boy'

  19-05-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  A court in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit by the family of a Muslim teen who was invited to the White House by Barack Obama after having constructed a clock that police mistook for a bomb.Ahmed Mohamed, who was 14 at the time, became an internet sensation after being handcuffed and detained for hours for bringing his "invention" -- a circuit board wired to a digital display -- to school in the Texas city of Irving, near Dallas.Ahmed said he merely wanted to show his work to a new teacher to impre
  
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• Iraqi officials: Car bombings in Baghdad kill 11 people

  19-05-2017 22:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Two car bombs in southwestern Baghdad killed 11 people, including four police officers, and wounded at least 20 late on Friday night, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials.
  
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• WATCH: Incredible lightning storm in Oklahoma

  19-05-2017 22:35
  
  Footage shows lightning storm illuminating the skies above Norman, Oklahoma.
  
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• 141 killed in south Libya airbase attack

  19-05-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  
  An attack on an airbase in south Libya has killed 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, a spokesman for his forces said on Friday.Members of the Third Force militia loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli on Thursday attacked the base used by Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), military sources said earlier.LNA spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari late Friday said the victims included civilians who worked at the Brak al-Shati airba
  
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• Chris Cornell Police Report Reveals New Details About Musician's Suicide

  19-05-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  
  A police report revealed new details surrounding the death of Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.
  
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• WATCH: Snowstorm in Colorado in May

  19-05-2017 22:32
  
  Colorado residents make the most of a massive snowfall in May by jumping on a snow-covered trampoline and having a snowball fight.
  
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• Officials identify White House 'person of interest' in Trump-Russia investigation

  19-05-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald and Melania Trump wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Friday.The FBI investigation into ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian officials has reached the White House, according to a damaging new report on Friday.
  
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• Vice-president leaves Afghanistan amid torture and rape claims

  19-05-2017 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Abdul Rashid Dostum has not faced justice over allegations of kidnapping and torture, despite government’s promises of justiceAfghanistan’s vice-president has left the country after a six-month standoff following allegations that he illegally detained a political rival and had him raped with an assault rifle. Abdul Rashid Dostum flew to Turkey on Friday evening reportedly for medical treatment, according to sources in the Afghan government. Dostum is believed to have alcohol problems
  
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• Boy, 5, saves parents who overdosed on heroin

  19-05-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  A 5-year-old boy ran for two blocks in the dark to get help after finding his parents unconscious early Thursday morning in Middletown, Ohio, police said.
  
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• Brazil's top prosecutor accuses Temer of obstructing justice

  19-05-2017 22:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Brazil's president is vowing to remain in power despite a damaging new corruption allegation, but Latin America's largest nation could very well be rudderless as long as he stays at the head of what one analyst is calling a "walking dead administration."
  
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• Report: Russia Probe Looking at Official in Trump White House

  19-05-2017 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two more major and potentially damaging reports about President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia surfaced as he left for his first overseas trip.
  
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• Multiple bombshells hit Trump after he boards plane, internet asks #HasDonaldLandedYet

  19-05-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  After a week in which theNew York Times andWashington Post traded bombshell reports, the pair dropped two scoops — just as Donald likes — at the same time Friday. The timing was odd — several hours earlier than the daily reports from earlier in the week — and inconvenient for Trump, who had just boarded a looong flight to Saudi Arabia. SEE ALSO: University sparks Twitter war after listing a 'Trumpism & U.S. Democracy' class The news lit up Twitter as we simultaneously
  
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• Brazilian president accused of obstruction of justice

  19-05-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Temer and a senior senator accused of corruption, Aecio Neves, were among those "who attempted to prevent the Car Wash investigations from advancing," Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot wrote in a court filing released Friday.The obstruction of justice accusation raised the stakes in a crisis threatening to topple Temer barely a year after the center-right politician took over from impeached leftist president Dilma Rousseff.Earlier, authorities had released what they said was a secretly recorded c
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About Trump's Overseas Trip

  19-05-2017 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Follow the events and itinerary over the next week as Trump meets with world government and religious leaders.
  
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• US court rejects registry of hobbyists' drones

  19-05-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  A US appeals court struck down a ruling Friday aimed at forcing recreational drone owners to register their tiny aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration.The FAA had ordered owners of small drones characterized as "model aircraft" to register them, with the aim of curbing illegal flights near airports or interfering with civil aviation, but critics said the move went too far.The decision by the federal appeals court in Washington was a snub for the FAA, which drew up the rule in 2015 af
  
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• Polling extended as Iranians deliver verdict on Rouhani

  19-05-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran's polls finally closed after Friday's election was extended to cope with the large numbers turning out to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and his troubled efforts to rebuild international ties and kickstart the struggling economy.Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate cleric who spearheaded a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, has framed the vote as a choice between greater civil liberties and "extremism"."The enthusiastic participation of Iranians in the election reinforces our n
  
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• Puerto Rico retirees will get bankruptcy committee: U.S. Trustee

  19-05-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  
  By Nick BrownNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog said on Friday it plans to appoint a committee of retirees in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy to negotiate for pensioners facing benefit cuts as part of the island's debt restructuring.Puerto Rico, carrying some $50 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, "clearly needs a retiree committee and sooner rather than later," the office of the U.S. Trustee said in a filing in federal court in San Juan.Puerto Rico filed th
  
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• Donald Trump told Russian officials that firing 'nut job' Comey 'eased pressure from investigation'

  19-05-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump told Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting that firing former FBI Director James Comey eased pressure caused by an investigation into Russia's influence in the 2016 campaign, the New York Times reports."I faced great pressure because of Russia.The President also reiterated that he was not personally under investigation.
  
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• Assange makes speech from embassy balcony: 'I cannot forgive or forget injustice'

  19-05-2017 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Sweden is dropping its investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on rape allegations, according to a prosecution statement released Friday.
  
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• Assange: 'I cannot forgive or forget injustice'

  19-05-2017 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Sweden is dropping its investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on rape allegations, according to a prosecution statement released Friday.
  
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• As the Russia story explodes, women's rights continue to be rolled back | Jessica Valenti

  19-05-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  As you watch the news obsessively and plan those impeachment parties, don’t forget about what’s at stake in the meantime• Get this newsletter via email – sign upI know it’s hard to think about anything outside of Trump and Russia these days, but while we’re all refreshing Twitter every two minutes, women’s rights are being rolled back across the country.At the end of June, four health clinics in Iowa will shut down because of legislation defunding Planned
  
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• Wikileaks: Ex-Swedish prosecutor says Sweden should've been more aggressive in Assange case

  19-05-2017 21:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  LONDON Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is off the hook, for the moment, regarding some of his problems.
  
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• What to know about the G7 and its annual summit

  19-05-2017 21:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Group of Seven, or G7, is the name for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  
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• Trump said firing ‘nut job’ Comey took pressure off Russia probe; White House official now ‘person of interest’: reports

  19-05-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Two more bombshell reports delivered a one-two punch to the Trump White House regarding the investigation into its potential ties to Russia.
  
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• The Latest: Juror says cop shouldn't return to patrol duty

  19-05-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• Thousands of AT&T and DirecTV workers are going on strike this weekend

  19-05-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  On Friday afternoon, thousands of AT&T employees walked off the job in protest of the company's inability to come to an agreement on union contracts with its workforce. Wireless workers from 36 states (and DC) will take part in the strike, along with wireline workers from California, Nevada and Connecticut and DirecTV technicians in California and Nevada. If an agreement can't be reached quickly, retail stores in several states will likely shut down this weekend as well.“We will n
  
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• The Latest: Top newspaper calls on Brazil leader to quit

  19-05-2017 21:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Latest on Brazil's political crisis (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Brazil's top prosecutor is accusing President Michel Temer of corruption and obstruction of justice.
  
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• Pit bull on the brink of euthanasia gets second chance as a police dog instead

  19-05-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Here's your daily reminder that dogs are amazing creatures. Leonard, a pit bull who had been put on the euthanasia list due to aggressive behavior, is set to become Ohio's first pit bull police dog. According to local ABC news, Leonard was brought to Union County Humane Society where staff members found Leonard's behavior too aggressive for adoption. This meant the next stop for Leonard would be euthanasia. SEE ALSO: Adorable pup loses a shocking 80 pounds and is now living his best life Fortuna
  
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• Officials: Palestinians injured during rallies for prisoners

  19-05-2017 21:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Palestinian officials say about 25 demonstrators were injured in clashes with Israeli forces during West Bank protests in support of hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners, now on the 33rd day of their fast.
  
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• Ryan says to send health bill to Senate after CBO score

  19-05-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Heavey and Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will send its healthcare overhaul plan passed this month to the Senate after it receives a final analysis by congressional reviewers, probably in a couple of weeks, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Friday.Ryan said in a radio interview that the delay was "out of an abundance of caution" until the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releases its findings on the legislation's costs and its impact on health insu
  
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• U.S.: Military solution to North Korea would be 'tragic on an unbelievable scale'

  19-05-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart and David BrunnstromWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that any military solution to the North Korea crisis would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale" and Washington was working internationally to find a diplomatic solution.North Korea has defied all calls to rein in its nuclear and missile programs, even from China, its lone major ally, calling them legitimate self-defense.It has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of str
  
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• Israeli Intelligence Furious Over Trump’s Loose Lips

  19-05-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  As the U.S. president heads to Israel for a show of unity, the country’s spies are alarmed at his disclosures to the Russians.
  
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• 'I Have a Sickness': Weiner Cries While Pleading Guilty to Sexting Teen

  19-05-2017 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Weiner, 52, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in lower Manhattan to transferring obscene material to a minor.
  
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• Twin Sisters Celebrate Turning 100 With Flower-Filled Photo Shoot

  19-05-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Centenarians Maria Pignaton Ponton and Paula Pignaton Pandolfi were photographed in fluffy skirts and flowers in time for their birthday.
  
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• A look at 100 awesome iOS 11 features we hope Apple introduces at WWDC

  19-05-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  WWDC is now just about two weeks away and Apple has done an unusually solid job of keeping upcoming iOS 11 features under wraps. Still, it's not as if Apple has been able to prevent any iOS 11 rumors from leaking out. Over the past few months, for example, we've seen indications that iOS 11 will feature enhanced Siri functionality, support for multi-user video chatting in FaceTime, peer-to-peer payments via Apple Pay, a Dark Mode option, smarter battery management software, and improved call qua
  
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• Amsterdam's red-light district cleaning up?

  19-05-2017 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  It was raw and in-your-face, sleazy yet seductive, but Amsterdam's famous Red Light District has been cleaned up and a new character is emerging.
  
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• Slain DNC Staffer's Family Orders Blabbing Detective to 'Cease and Desist'

  19-05-2017 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of slain Democratic staffer Seth Rich is threatening legal action against a private investigator they hired for promoting right-wing conspiracy theories about the unsolved murder of their son.
  
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• 'Kissing bug' disease deadlier than thought

  19-05-2017 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs.
  
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• What Is Ativan? Chris Cornell's Family Thinks Suicide May Be Drug-Related

  19-05-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  
  The singer-songwriter’s wife said she believes that the prescription anxiety medication Ativan, also known as Lorazepam, may have played a part in his suicide.
  
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