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• Leaked birth control rule would broaden religious exemption

  31-05-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Women's groups are threatening to take the Trump administration to court after a leaked, draft regulation revealed a plan to let employers opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.
  
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• 16-year-old girl accused of hacking Uber driver to death

  31-05-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl walked out of a suburban Chicago Walmart holding a machete and knife she'd stolen, climbed into an Uber car and began hacking at the driver, prosecutors said at a hearing on Wednesday. The driver died of his wounds Tuesday after giving police a description of the attacker that led to her arrest.
  
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• Clinton: Comey liked to talk about my emails but not investigation of Russians

  31-05-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton opened up Wednesday in an appearance at a tech conference, arguing reports of Russian interference in the election was ignored and that her campaign was plagued by sexism.
  
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• European Commission head says Trump doesn’t understand how Paris Agreement works

  31-05-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  EC President Jean-Claude Juncker said he tried to explain to Trump how the Paris Agreement withdrawal process works, but that this attempt failed.
  
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• Elon Musk threatens to quit role advising Trump if he pulls US out of Paris Agreement on climate change

  31-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Elon Musk has said he would have “no choice” but to leave his advisory role on a White House business council if Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.Mr Musk has been a key tech industry advisor for the White House.
  
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• Spicer says president and ‘small group of people’ know what ‘covfefe’ means

  31-05-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  During the daily White House press briefing, Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker asked press secretary Sean Spicer if people should be concerned about President Trump’s somewhat incoherent late night tweet that stayed up for hours. Spicer said no and added, “I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”
  
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• Now I Get It: What happens if Trump backs out of the Paris Agreement?

  31-05-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  It looks likely that President Trump is going to follow through on his campaign promise to “cancel” U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change. The accord, created to reduce the effects of climate change, was signed by nearly 200 nations — including the U.S. under the Obama administration. Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga takes a look the agreement and what it means if the U.S. officially backs out.
  
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• Tired of losing? Fox News expert says you too can have Trump’s ‘winning temperament’

  31-05-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump famously declared, “I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament.Dr. Keith Ablow, “a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team,” per the latter’s website, has undertaken the task of advising readers about how to emulate the president.
  
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• Nordic leaders troll Trump with 'orb' photo?

  31-05-2017 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Top leaders of five Nordic countries are rejecting claims that they "trolled" President Donald Trump by posing for a photo that is drawing comparisons to the US leader's now-infamous moment with a glowing orb during his trip to Saudi Arabia last week.
  
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• WATCH: College student has 'subway graduation' ceremony

  31-05-2017 22:09
  
  College student who got stuck on a subway train while heading to his graduation is thrown an impromptu ceremony by fellow riders.
  
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• Gal Gadot on growing up in Israel

  31-05-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with the star of ‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot about growing up in Israel, and about some wise advice her grandfather once gave her.
  
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• Tsonga stunned at home grand slam

  31-05-2017 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  The French love their tennis.
  
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• Franken Breaks News On Addt'l Reported Sessions-Kislyak Meeting

  31-05-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Al Franken reacts to reports investigators are looking into another undisclosed meeting between Jeff Sessions and Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak. He reveals lawmakers asked Comey to look into Sessions' contacts.
  
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• Sean Spicer says a ‘small group of people’ know what Trump’s ‘covfefe’ tweet meant

  31-05-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  According to White House press secretary Sean Spicer, the cryptic, now deleted tweet containing the word “covfefe” that President Trump sent in the wee hours of Wednesday morning actually meant something to a select group of people.“The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant,” Spicer said after Yahoo News asked about the tweet in a briefing with reporters on Wednesday.Spicer’s answer prompted widespread laughter and incredulous qu
  
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• Macron vows to renegotiate sale of French shipyard

  31-05-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Saint-Nazaire (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that his government would seek to renegotiate the sale of the STX France shipyard to Italy's Fincantieri, in order to "guarantee job preservation" at the site.Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will negotiate "a new shareholding structure" for the sale "in the coming weeks", Macron said during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire shipyard, the last gem in France's once-thriving shipbuilding industry.
  
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• Opinion: Trump flips a middle finger to the future

  31-05-2017 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  If the United States bails on the Paris Agreement on climate change, as CNN is reporting, the results could be catastrophic both for this country and the planet.
  
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• Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria

  31-05-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton weighs in on Kathy Griffin debate

  31-05-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Clinton said, "I hope we can all least agree that it's never funny to joke about violence toward anyone, and particularly in this political climate, toward our president."
  
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• FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family

  31-05-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Defendants with nicknames including "Paulie Roast Beef" and "Joey Glasses" were among 19 people charged with crimes ranging from murder to the illegal sale of cigarettes, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement.The most prominent defendants were Matthew Madonna, 81, a suspected street boss for the Lucchese family, Steven Crea Sr., 69, also known as "Wonder Boy," who is a suspected underboss, and suspected consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, 81.
  
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• Never-Driven 964 RSR Sells for $2.25 Million

  31-05-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The race-ready 911 RSR is one of the rarest 964 variants in existence. This example has only driven six miles since new.
  
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• Cape Town has under 10% of its water left

  31-05-2017 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa's second largest city.
  
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• Cape Town battles worst drought in a century

  31-05-2017 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa's second largest city.
  
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• Gordon Ramsay Spills 4 Ways To Cheat The System At Restaurants

  31-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Are you brave enough to do number three?
  
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• Ryan Edwards’ Fiancée Mackenzie Standifer Seemingly Confirms Drug Rumors

  31-05-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  “Here’s a thought… maybe instead of making assumptions and tearing people down, you could spend that time praying for us instead,” she tweeted
  
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• Pros and Cons of Induction Cooktops and Ranges

  31-05-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Every induction cooktop and range in Consumer Reports’ tests delivers fast cooktop heat and superb simmering. The power ...
  
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• Ohio sues five drug companies over opioid crisis

  31-05-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers that have fueled a sky-rocketing drug addiction epidemic.The suit, filed by Attorney General Mike DeWine, comes as a growing number of state and local governments are suing drugmakers and distributors, seeking to hold them accountable for a deadly and costly opioid crisis.Opioid drugs, including prescription painkillers and heroin, killed more than 33,0
  
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• Principal's Suicide in School Parking Lot Came Amid Adultery Allegations, Officials Say

  31-05-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Dennis Reeves was allegedly having an affair with his secretary.
  
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• Chilling video shows moments after attack

  31-05-2017 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Moments after a massive suicide bomb ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter on Wednesday, two local journalists rushed through the clouds of black smoke and burning cars to document the devastation on video before first responders arrived on the scene.
  
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• WATCH: Video shows moment US intercepts target ICBM

  31-05-2017 19:34
  
  On May 30, 2017, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency intercepted a target intercontinental ballistic missile, a test of the country's ground defense system, developed to counter the threat of missiles from North Korea and Iran.
  
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• Kenya inaugurates Chinese-built railway linking port to capital

  31-05-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  
  By Duncan MiririMOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence more than 50 years ago.The railway is part of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a multi-billion dollar series of infrastructure projects upgrading land and maritime trade routes between China and Europe, Asia and Africa.The railway was finished well ahead of sched
  
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• Gruesome anti-Trump photo shoot sparks outrage

  31-05-2017 19:32 via cnn.com
  
  Kathy Griffin is defending herself after drawing fierce criticism for participating in a photo shoot that featured her holding up a bloody head resembling President Donald Trump.
  
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• Comedian Kathy Griffin apologizes over photo holding replica of President Trump's bloody, decapitated head

  31-05-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  
  The president weighed in after comedian Kathy Griffin apologized for a controversial photo of her posing with a replica of President Donald Trump's decapitated head covered in blood.
  
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• Trump reportedly ready to abandon Paris climate accord; environmentalists warn: ‘Our kids will pay the price’

  31-05-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  
  A withdrawal from the Paris Agreement by the U.S — which would not take effect until 2020 — would be primarily symbolic.
  
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• NASA to send spacecraft to the edge of sun

  31-05-2017 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  Wearing a nearly 5-inch coat of carbon-composite solar shields, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will explore the sun's atmosphere in a mission that begins in the summer of 2018.
  
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• Death toll climbs from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka

  31-05-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The death toll from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka has climbed past 200, with 96 others missing, the government said Wednesday. The Disaster Management Center said 203 people were confirmed dead. More than 77,000 have been displaced and over 1,500 homes destroyed since rains began inundating the southern and western areas of the Indian Ocean island nation last Friday.
  
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• Actor Terry Crews on his unexpected career move

  31-05-2017 19:05 via cnn.com
  
  For former NFL player-turned-actor, Terry Crews, professional shifts are clearly nothing new, though his latest career turn is perhaps more unexpected than the last: the "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor launched his first ever furniture collection for the American brand Bernhardt Design during this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York this May.
  
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• Cockpit entry bid forces flight to turn around

  31-05-2017 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  A Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur was forced to turn back after a disruptive passenger tried to enter the cockpit, according to a statement from the airline.
  
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• Trump to keep Tel Aviv embassy -- for now

  31-05-2017 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is expected to renew the waiver that keeps the US embassy in Tel Aviv, avoiding, for now, a controversial move to Jerusalem, several senior administration and diplomatic sources told CNN.
  
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• Trump likely to keep US embassy in Tel Aviv

  31-05-2017 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is expected to renew the waiver that keeps the US embassy in Tel Aviv, avoiding, for now, a controversial move to Jerusalem, several senior administration and diplomatic sources told CNN.
  
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• Heavily-armed man arrested at Trump hotel in Washington

  31-05-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Alerted by authorities in Pennsylvania, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department detained a man from the state, identified as Brian Moles, 43, at around 1 am at the hotel a short distance from the White House.In his car, they recovered an AR-15 semi-automatic assault style rifle, a handgun and ammunition, police chief Peter Newsham told a news conference."The officers and our federal partners… averted a potential disaster in the nation's capital," Newsham said.
  
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• Man held in killing of 8 people often threatened violence

  31-05-2017 18:45 via yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Willie Cory Godbolt, the man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy and seven people he knew in rural Mississippi, has led a life marked by violence, starting with his own parents.
  
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• Turkey condemns US for arming Kurds with weapons ahead of Raqqa assault

  31-05-2017 18:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon has confirmed the first new shipment of arms to Kurdish fighters closing in on Isis in the militants’ de facto capital of Raqqa is on its way to Syria.Small arms including AK-47s and small-calibre machine guns as well as vehicles were being transferred to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a mainly Kurdish alliance of fighters, spokesperson Eric Pahon told reporters on Tuesday.The news was met with consternation in Ankara, where Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavus
  
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• Pentagon missile defense program scores direct hit

  31-05-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. interceptor scored a direct hit and appeared to result in the "complete obliteration" of a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean in what the Pentagon said Wednesday was a realistic test that mirrored the missile threat from North Korea and Iran.
  
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• U.S. says test shows missile defenses outpacing ICBM threat

  31-05-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. military said on Wednesday that a successful test of defenses against an attack from an intercontinental ballistic missile shows the United States is staying ahead of the evolving ICBM threat from countries such as North Korea.Vice Admiral Jim Syring, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, said Tuesday's test, at a cost of $244 million, portrayed a "very realistic" scenario based on American intelligence about where it believed North Korean or Iranian missile programs would be in 2
  
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• Private Space Billionaire Says He's 'Absolutely Convinced' Aliens Live Among Us

  31-05-2017 18:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Robert Bigelow, the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, won a $17.8 million contract from NASA in 2013.
  
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• Why this attack is so significant

  31-05-2017 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  A huge explosion ripped through the diplomatic quarter of Kabul Wednesday, killing dozens of people and blowing windows out of nearby buildings in one of the deadliest attacks in the Afghan capital in years.
  
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• This creepy ‘faceless fish’ species was just discovered in the depths of the ocean

  31-05-2017 18:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Despite ever increasing numbers of deep-sea expeditions, scientists continue to maintain that humanity has only a very cursory knowledge of the kinds of creatures that live in the depths of Earth's oceans. A month-long voyage off the coast of Australia has just discovered plenty of evidence to support that fact, including a fish with absolutely no face. 
  Easily the most interesting revelation from the scientists' journey, the faceless fish measures roughly 22 inches in length, and looks lik
  
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• Rolls-Royce’s Latest Car Costs $12.8 Million

  31-05-2017 18:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Inspired by a yacht, the Sweptail is the most expensive Rolls-Royce ever built
  
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• 11 American Contractors Injured in Kabul Explosion

  31-05-2017 17:42 via yahoo.com
  
  80 people were killed in an attack on Afghanistan’s capital. 300 more were wounded; 11 Americans were among them, but are not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Laptop Fire On JetBlue Flight Raises Concern About Laptop Ban

  31-05-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  
  While the proposed laptop ban would force plane passengers to check electronics larger than a cell phone, safety experts are now concerned about the risk of an on-board fire in the belly of the plane.
  
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