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• Russian hackers tried to hack US voting software days before election, leaked NSA document suggests

  05-06-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  A highly classified intelligence report says that Russian military intelligence executed a cyber attack on an American software supplier, and sent out more than 100 spear-phishing emails to local election officials in the days before the 2016 presidential election, a report obtained by the Intercept says.The classified report shows that Russian hackers may have infiltrated further into the US voting systems than previously disclosed.
  
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• WATCH: Trump tweets on 'travel ban'

  05-06-2017 23:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News talks about the possible consequences of Trump's candid tweets.
  
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• WATCH: White House unveils infrastructure agenda

  05-06-2017 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Trump administration announced plans to privatize the air traffic control system and overhaul the VA's electronic health care records.
  
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• Spicer taking on 'extra' White House duties

  05-06-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Sean Spicer's colleagues have denied the White House spokesman is on the outs, saying he has been given extra duties after his absence from the White House podium on Monday fueled speculation about his future.Spicer was replaced in the White House briefing room by his deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who rejected suggestions the embattled spokesman was stepping down."He is taking on a little bit of extra duty at this point," Huckabee said of Spicer's role.
  
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• Body found at horse park believed to be suspect in slayings

  05-06-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A body found Monday at a southern Indiana horse park is believed to be the man suspected of killing three people at a rural home where they all were living, police said.
  
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• 75th anniversary of Battle of Midway marked in San Diego

  05-06-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seven veterans of the Battle of Midway on Monday joined about 1,000 people aboard a retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to mark the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II's Pacific Ocean theater.
  
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• Donald Trump's privatisation plans 'would hand America's most important assets to special interests'

  05-06-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has announced his proposal to privatise the US's air traffic control system, part of his vision for a massive infrastructure overhaul that Democrats say could leave important assets in the hands of powerful corporations and special interest groups.Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer blasted Mr Trump’s infrastructure proposal, arguing that financiers would profit while average citizens will be stuck with the bill for projects aimed at trying to improve the nation’s wat
  
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• Man Jumps into Moving Car, Saves Seizure Victim

  05-06-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Authorities have hailed a northern Illinois man a hero after he jumped through the open window of a moving car to save the driver, who was having a seizure. The incident was captured by a police dashcam. (June 5)
  
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• Flint official resigns after using racial slur to describe residents who don't pay their water bills

  05-06-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  An official in Flint, Michigan, has been forced to resign after a recording of him using a racial slur to describe residents of the city surfaced.Phil Stair, a longtime employee of the Genesee County Land Bank, resigned after water activist and independent journalist Chelsea Lyons released the tape.Mr Stair, a white man, had made the comments while Ms Lyons was with him driving to a restaurant, according to Truth Against the Machine, an organisation where Ms Lyons is a reporter.
  
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• The Latest: Kuwait's urges Qatar emir to exercise restraint

  05-06-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The latest on the dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors (all times local):
  
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• Sources: Acting US ambassador to China quit over Trump climate decision

  05-06-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Acting US ambassador to China David Rank resigned from his post in Beijing over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, several sources familiar with the decision told CNN.
  
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• Lawrence: Trump's Miscalculation With Comey's Testimony

  05-06-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House says Donald Trump won't invoke executive privilege to block James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intel Cmte. Lawrence O'Donnell argues that's a critical mistake for the president.
  
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• Girl, 3, Puts on Police Uniform to Sell Lemonade and All Her Local Heroes Show Up to Support Her

  05-06-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Hannah Pasley, 3, has wanted to be a police officer ever since she saw one on television.
  
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• The mysterious disappearance of Sean Spicer

  05-06-2017 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  On Sunday night, the White House sent out its daily schedule -- as it does every day. Except, one thing was different: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, rather than her ostensible boss, Sean Spicer, would be giving the daily press briefing on Monday.
  
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• Saudi and allies cut Qatar ties in diplomatic crisis

  05-06-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia and several of its allies on Monday cut relations with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism, in the biggest diplomatic crisis to have hit the region in years.Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the Maldives also severed ties with gas-rich Qatar, which Riyadh accused of supporting groups, including some backed by Iran, "that aim to destabilise the region".Qatar denied any support for extremists and accused its neighbours of seeking to put the country under "guar
  
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• 1-year-old Ohio boy dies after suspected opioid overdose

  05-06-2017 22:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Authorities say a 1-year-old Ohio boy who was believed to have overdosed on opioids and was revived with an antidote drug has died
  
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• Family Believes They Were Robbed Until They See the Real Culprit - a Piano-Playing Bear

  05-06-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  
  The family was "shocked" to see the security video.
  
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• Trump lashes out at London's mayor, again

  05-06-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump continued a long-running feud with London's mayor on Monday, criticizing him on Twitter for the second day in a row in the wake of the deadly van and knife attack in the city.
  
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• Disgruntled employee kills five in Florida, takes own life: sheriff

  05-06-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  A US Army veteran who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said.Four people were killed at the scene, while a fifth died at the hospital, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told reporters.The business, Fiamma, makes awnings and other accessories for recreational vehicles.
  
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• Bill Cosby 'used power and fame to prey on woman'

  05-06-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The opening of his trial hears he committed "heinous crimes" but his lawyer says the accuser is lying.
  
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• Kabul to host peace summit after week of deadly violence

  05-06-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings and clashes last week that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds wounded.Much of Kabul remains on lockdown ahead of the conference, labelled the "Kabul Process", with tighter than usual security including more armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets."The Kabul Process is meant to reach a consensus with the region and the world for peace in Afghanistan
  
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• Two London Bridge attackers named

  05-06-2017 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane were among three men who carried out Saturday's terror attack, police say.
  
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• UK police release names, photos of assailants who killed 7

  05-06-2017 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  British police have identified two of the three men behind Saturday night's terror attack in London as 27-year-old Khuram Shazad Butt and 30-year-old Rachid Redouane.
  
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• Justices' ruling could help N Carolina Democrats rein in GOP

  05-06-2017 21:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down 28 state House and Senate districts in North Carolina because they violated the rights of black voters
  
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• Dylan explains secret to his songwriting

  05-06-2017 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Bob Dylan says he drew on themes he learned from classic literature in order to write songs.
  
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• Cosby's lawyers attack accusers' credibility

  05-06-2017 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  Prosecutors in the Bill Cosby indecent assault trial on Monday claimed the 79-year-old actor knew exactly what he was doing when he drugged and assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004 -- while the defense went after Constand and another Cosby accuser's credibility.
  
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• Travel ban tweet: Kellyanne Conway's husband criticizes Trump

  05-06-2017 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and one-time top contender of a key Justice Department job, took to Twitter Monday to criticize President Donald Trump for his morning travel ban tweets.
  
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• True cluelessness of Trump's travel ban tweets

  05-06-2017 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's tweets in the wake of the London massacre Saturday night have become the subject of much speculation: Will they reduce the administration's chances of victory for its executive order banning travel to the United States from six majority-Muslim countries when the ban is taken up by the Supreme Court?
  
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• 130 imams refuse to bury London attackers

  05-06-2017 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  More than 130 imams from Britain are refusing to offer Islamic burials to the three men who launched attacks Saturday night in London, killing seven and wounding dozens more.
  
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• WH: Trump won't try to block Comey from testifying

  05-06-2017 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump will not try to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying before Congress, deciding not to invoke executive privilege, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday at the White House briefing.
  
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• US police 'less respectful to black drivers'

  05-06-2017 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  A succession of high-profile police shootings and racial tensions swept the United States last summer. One year later, researchers are still trying to better understand the delicate relationship between police and the communities they patrol.
  
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• Qatari planes banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space

  05-06-2017 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The move by several Arab states to cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar may have far-reaching effects.
  
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• ANALYSIS: In Comey testimony, Trump faces showdown with forces he unleashed

  05-06-2017 21:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The fired FBI director is due to testify Thursday.
  
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• French Open: Halep living up to 'favorite' tag

  05-06-2017 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  Simona Halep entered the French Open under an injury cloud but she has brushed aside concerns about her ankle after cruising to the quarterfinals.
  
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• Trump will not block ex-FBI director's testimony: White House

  05-06-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Monday said Donald Trump would not use presidential powers to prevent ex-FBI director James Comey from testifying to Congress."President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey's scheduled testimony," the White House said in a statement.
  
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• Disgruntled former employee kills 5 in US

  05-06-2017 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Five people, including the shooter, are dead after a shooting at an Orlando, Florida business headquarters, CNN affiliate WFTV reports.
  
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• VA sec'y: New system of electronic health records underway

  05-06-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs will be overhauling its electronic health records, adopting a commercial product used by the Pentagon that he hopes will improve care for veterans and reduce wait times for medical appointments, Secretary David Shulkin said Monday..
  
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• How Bill Cosby's TV family has supported him

  05-06-2017 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  All eyes were on Bill Cosby Monday morning when he arrived at a Pennsylvania courthouse arm-in-arm with Keshia Knight Pulliam, the actress who played his youngest television daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show."
  
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• America's Cup 2017: Great Britain suffer broken wing and trail New Zealand 2-0 in semi-final

  05-06-2017 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain suffer a major blow to their America's Cup hopes as a broken wing derails the first day of their semi-final with New Zealand.
  
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• London Mayor: Disinvite Trump

  05-06-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Joy-Ann Reid relays remarks by London Mayor Sadiq Khan calling for Donald Trump's state visit to the UK to be cancelled in light of Trump's attacks on the mayor in the midst of a terror attack and antagonism of NATO allies.
  
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• French Open: Andy Murray reflects on 'terrible' London tragedy

  05-06-2017 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Andy Murray thanks the crowd for "coming out to support the tennis" following the "terrible" terrorist attacks in London and Manchester.
  
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• White House says Trump has no plans to block Comey’s testimony

  05-06-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  During the daily briefing on Monday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump will not exert executive privilege to block James Comey’s testimony to the Senate this week.
  
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• Trump's poll numbers are very, very bad

  05-06-2017 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  On March 11, 45% of Americans approved of the job Donald Trump was doing in Gallup's daily tracking poll. It's been all downhill since then.
  
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• The 11 most exciting new features coming to the iPhone and iPad in iOS 11

  05-06-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Sure, Apple may have held back a handful of top-secret iOS 11 features during its big WWDC 2017 keynote on Monday. After all, the company can't include anything obvious in its early iOS 11 builds that might pull back the curtain prematurely on iPhone 8 details. But we can't even think about the iPhone 8 right now because Apple just unleashed a truckload of hot new iOS 11 features.Whether or not you were following along live as Apple unveiled iOS 11 during its big WWDC 2017 keynote, you're obviou
  
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• Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily press briefing on June 5, 2017

  05-06-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, June 5, 2017, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders along with Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin hold the daily press briefing with the White House press corp.
  
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• Alex Honnold Scales Yosemite Landmark Without Ropes

  05-06-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Elite rock climber Alex Honnold reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park using only his hands and feet. The 31-year-old on Saturday became the first to climb the 3,000-foot (914-meter) granite wall alone without a safety harness or ropes to catch him if he fell, reports the Associated Press.
  
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• 15-year-old driver to be charged with attempted murder after officer dragged in Brooklyn.

  05-06-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  A 15-year-old driver who police said struck an NYPD officer while behind the wheel of a stolen car in Brooklyn will be charged with attempted murder of a police officer and first-degree assault.
  
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• Unplugged Power Cord Causes Canceled Flights for 75,000 People on British Airways

  05-06-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  
  We usually joke about someone tripping over a power cord. But over at British Airways this was no laughing matter.
  
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• Trump lashes out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan, again

  05-06-2017 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, a day after attacking his handling of the weekend's terror attack in the city.
  
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• 'Miracle Baby' Born Without a Nose Dies at 2 Years Old: 'This Will Hurt Deeply for a Long Time'

  05-06-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  
  It is an extremely rare condition.
  
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