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• Bloomberg says America should 'get behind' Trump

  21-06-2017 23:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "He's our president, and we need this country to be run well," Bloomberg told "The View" on Wednesday.
  
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• Jurors' names in Bill Cosby trial will be released

  21-06-2017 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The trial judge ordered the release of the names after the media filed a motion.
  
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• US emphasizes shared concerns with China over North Korea

  21-06-2017 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  Two top Trump administration officials insisted Wednesday that the United States and China share a common understanding about the threat posed by North Korea, one day after President Donald Trump tweeted that a Chinese attempt to bring the regime in line "has not worked out."
  
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• OAS nations make last-ditch effort to condemn Venezuela for crisis

  21-06-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  By Anthony EspositoCANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States pushed on Wednesday to condemn Venezuela's government for its handling of the political and economic crisis in the South American country, on the final day of a meeting of the Organization of American States, sources told Reuters.Foreign ministers from the 34-nation OAS bloc failed on Monday to agree on a resolution formally rebuking Venezuela,where at least 75 people have been killed in more than two months of protests.N
  
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• Reporter fired over prospective business deal involving arms sales with source

  21-06-2017 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Wall Street Journal reporter Jay Solomon was offered a 10% stake in fledgling firm by Farhad Azima, an aviation magnate who has ferried weapons for the CIAThe Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in prospective commercial deals – including one involving arms sales to foreign governments – with an international businessman who was one of his key sources.The reporter, Jay Solomon, was of
  
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• Wall Street Journal sacks top reporter over ethics violations

  21-06-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired a top correspondent over ethics violations after a news agency investigation uncovered potential business dealings with an Iranian-American businessman who was also a source.Jay Solomon, the newspaper's chief foreign affairs correspondent and author of a book on secret deals involving Iran, "is no longer employed by The Wall Street Journal," said a statement by the newspaper's parent Dow Jones, a unit of News Corp.
  
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• New York governor pardons 9/11 Ground Zero worker facing deportation under Trump administration

  21-06-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  The governor of New York State has pardoned an undocumented immigrant who worked on to help clean up ground zero following the September 11 terrorist attacks in order to help him fight deportation proceedings.Andrew Cuomo’s pardon regards a 1990 conviction for attempting to sell a controlled substance.After the 1990 conviction, Carlos Cardona helped with recovery work after two planes flew into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan in what was the deadliest terror attack on US soil.
  
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• Latest: Milwaukee chief: Jury agreed with me on shooting

  21-06-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest in the trial of a former Milwaukee police officer charged in a fatal shooting (all times local):
  
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• In N.Y. Penn Station fracas, Amtrak says repairs could cost $40 million

  21-06-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Amtrak's summer repair program at New York's Pennsylvania Station will cost the national passenger rail company $30 million to $40 million in wages, materials and other expenses, it said on Wednesday.The disclosure came in a letter from Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman decrying any plans for New York transit officials to stop making the state's regular lease payments to Amtrak.
  
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• Wall Street Journal fires correspondent over ethics conflict

  21-06-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in prospective commercial deals — including one involving arms sales to foreign governments — with an international businessman who was one of his key sources.
  
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• Family of Canadian imprisoned in North Korea wants more action

  21-06-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The family of a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in North Korea is concerned for his welfare after the death of an American student after imprisonment there, and wants Canada to work harder to secure his release, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.Hyeon Soo Lim, who served at one of the largest churches in Canada, was sentenced to hard labor for life in December 2015 for what North Korea says was an attempt to overthrow the regime.Family spokeswoman Lisa Pak said Lim's family wants to see a
  
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• Working Out and Still Not Losing Weight Here Are 7 Reasons Why

  21-06-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Watch the video to learn what common mistakes may be to blame for your frustration.
  
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• Mosul's Grand al-Nouri mosque 'blown up' by Isis fighters

  21-06-2017 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Iraqi military claims Islamic State has destroyed the mosque where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a ‘caliphate’ three years agoOne of Islam’s most venerated sites, the Grand Nouri mosque in Mosul, has been destroyed by explosions as Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants who had holed up nearby.Iraq’s military blamed Isis for levelling the mosque, almost three years after its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had ascended a pulpit inside to proclaim himself leader of a new
  
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• Mattis, Tillerson Slam North Korea After Warmbier Death

  21-06-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Senior U.S. officials are still trying to get China to help rein in the Hermit Kingdom.
  
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• Tim Kaine: U.S. strikes on Syrian forces ‘completely illegal’

  21-06-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Tim Kaine sharply condemned U.S. strikes on Syrian regime forces as “completely illegal.” He says President Trump needs a new AUMF.
  
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• Greg Gianforte sworn in to House days after pleading guilty to assault

  21-06-2017 23:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Gianforte assaulted Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on eve of his electionNewest member of Congress vows to ‘get things done’ for people of MontanaMontana congressman Greg Gianforte was sworn in on Wednesday, just days after pleading guilty to the assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of his election.Gianforte, a software entrepreneur, won a closely fought special House election in Montana last month, assuming the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke after he was appointed president
  
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• Woman in labor who demanded drug injection gets jail time

  21-06-2017 23:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A New Hampshire woman in labor who demanded that a friend inject her with heroin and methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and was sentenced to a year in jail
  
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• Why Going Solo Can Make a Marriage Better

  21-06-2017 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Going solo builds trust and makes for more interesting conversations at home.
  
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• Teen killed after leaving mosque was 'loved by so many people'

  21-06-2017 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police say the motive behind the murder of Nabra Hassanen, 17, was road rage.
  
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• Jurors in Bergdahl case will be quizzed about Trump

  21-06-2017 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The president regularly referred to the sergeant as a "traitor."
  
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• Google Maps adds indigenous lands in Canada after long omission

  21-06-2017 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Addition follows seven-year collaboration between company and indigenous communities, following what a cartographer called an ‘insulting’ exclusionMore than 3,000 parcels of land belonging to indigenous peoples in Canada have been added to Google Maps and Google Earth, in an initiative that seeks to remedy what one First Nations cartographer described as a historical exclusion.The project – which follows similar efforts by Google in the US and Brazil – was the fruit of se
  
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• Men in shorts, unite

  21-06-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Earlier this week, a man in the UK was sent home from work for wearing shorts -- a breach of company rules, despite the heat of summer. But rather than give in to outmoded, suffocating standards of traditional dress codes, Joey Barge had an idea: Wear a dress.
  
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• Mexico's monthly murder rate reaches 20-year high

  21-06-2017 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Data shows 2,186 murders were committed in May, surpassing May 2011 recordCrackdown on organised crime has consumed Mexico for more than a decadeMexico marked another murderous milestone in its conflict with organised crime as the monthly homicide rate hit its highest level in 20 years. Government statistics showed that 2,186 murders were committed in May, surpassing the previous monthly high of 2,131 in May 2011, according to a review of records that date back to 1997. Continue reading...
  
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• Son WhatsApps dad as ship compartment floods

  21-06-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Darrold Martin, whose son Xavier Martin was killed aboard the USS Fitzgerald, speaks to CNN's Brooke Baldwin about their bond.
  
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• Are Democrats really doomed by the GOP's win in Georgia?

  21-06-2017 22:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Karen Handel’s narrow win puts Republicans one step closer to repealing Obamacare, while its effects on the Democratic party’s psyche could be profoundThe result of the special election in Georgia on Tuesday did not guarantee re-election for Donald Trump, nor did it ensure continued Republican congressional majorities after the midterms. It was, however, a devastating defeat for Democrats.Although Jon Ossoff was running in a traditionally red district where country-club Republicans h
  
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• Clues from Georgia on Democrats' future

  21-06-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  This was the special House race Democrats thought they could win.Clearly, anti-Trump energy alone isn’t enough to beat Republicans not named Trump.Not that Jon Ossoff, the Democrats’ young, first-time candidate for an open House seat near Atlanta, was relying just on anti-Trump feeling to defeat his Republican opponent June 20.
  
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• Saudi 'Game of Thrones': Change is coming

  21-06-2017 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  The early-morning news rocked the Middle East: Saudi Arabia's King Salman had named his 31-year-son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the kingdom's new crown prince, removing the previous crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, and formally placing Mohammed bin Salman first in line to the throne.
  
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• This Is How Great-Power Wars Get Started

  21-06-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Not with a bang, but basic strategic confusion in Washington about the links between Syria, Qatar, Iran, and Russia.
  
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• Former police officer acquitted in fatal shooting of black man in Milwaukee

  21-06-2017 22:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Jurors found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was justified when he shot Sylville Smith, 23, after a brief foot chase following a traffic stopA Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city’s north side.Jurors found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was justified when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a
  
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• Pentagon chief blasts N.Korea over US student who died

  21-06-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  
  North Korea's treatment of an American student who died after being released from detention in a coma was inhuman and US patience with Pyongyang is running out, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Wednesday.Otto Warmbier, 22, suffered severe brain damage in North Korea and died on Monday following 18 months of captivity in North Korea after he was sentenced to hard labor for stealing a political poster from a hotel."To see a young man go over there healthy and, (after) a minor act of mischief, come h
  
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• Newlywed Convicted of Murder-for-Hire After Jury Deliberates for Just 90 Minutes

  21-06-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Dalia Dippolito has been found guilty of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband after three trials.
  
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• Russia cancels talks after US imposes new sanctions over Ukraine conflict

  21-06-2017 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  State department spokeswoman offers blunt response to cancellation amid rising tensions, as planes see another close encounter over Baltic SeaRussia has canceled a planned round of talks with the US in protest at new sanctions imposed this week over Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine. Related: US broadens Russia sanctions as Ukraine president visits TrumpContinue reading...
  
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• Milwaukee jury acquits ex-police officer of reckless homicide in fatal shooting of black man that sparked riots

  21-06-2017 22:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Milwaukee jury acquits ex-police officer of reckless homicide in fatal shooting of black man that sparked riots
  
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• Sean Spicer defends lack of press briefings by accusing 'snarky' reporters of wanting to be 'YouTube stars'

  21-06-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer has pushed back against accusations that the White House is displaying a “lack of transparency” by holding fewer on-camera briefings, saying that reporters who ask “snarky questions” just “want to become YouTube stars”.Over the duration of Mr Trump’s first six months as president, Mr Spicer has more routinely favoured off-camera press gaggles, which tend to shorter and more informal, over traditional telev
  
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• Russia cancels meeting with US on improving relations amid updated sanctions

  21-06-2017 21:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The meeting was meant to further Trump's strategy of better US-Russia relations.
  
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• Bestiality: which animals are most at risk

  21-06-2017 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  No reliable statistics exist on how many people engage in bestiality, but recent examples from academia and the news give us some cluesOn Tuesday, a co-worker sent me a link to an article on the Cairns Times (which turned about to be a fake news site) about an Australian man feared dead after attempting to have sex with a crocodile.A study last year – which used Foucault to make sense of the issue – looked at hundreds of members of the online zoosexual community, many of whom feelthe
  
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• Man Arrested in $400G Day Care Drug Sweep Where Cocaine Was Found Next to Kid's Bed: Cops

  21-06-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The LA City Attorney called it "an incredibly toxic combination of illegal drugs and day care."
  
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• Saudis, allies have list of demands for Qatar: US

  21-06-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia and its allies have drawn up a list of demands to be presented to Qatar, the United States said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump discussed the regional crisis with new Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.The latest moves came as Washington stepped up its efforts to resolve the thorny row between Qatar -- home to the biggest US air base in the Middle East -- and its neighbors, led by Riyadh."We hope the list of demands will soon be presented to Qatar and will be reasonable and
  
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• Rumor Mill: Harley-Davidson Considering Buying Ducati

  21-06-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Rumor Mill: Harley-Davidson Considering Buying Ducati Harley-Ducatison? An updated Sprint? Who knows? Word on the street is that Harley might snap up Ducati in the not-so-distant future. Yes, it’s simply a rumor so far (so take it with a big grain of salt),
  
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• Pit bull mauls 2 kids strapped in car seats inside minivan

  21-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A pit bull burst through a backyard fence, made its way into a nearby minivan and mauled two young children as they sat helplessly strapped into their car seats, police said.
  
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• Comedy host Noah 'stopped eight-10 times' by US police

  21-06-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Noah, who is South African and hosts "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, made the remarks after a Minnesota police officer was acquitted of all charges over the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Philando Castile last July.The Minnesota officer was acquitted last Friday over the shooting of Castile, who was in the vehicle with his girlfriend and her four-year-old daughter.Castile was initially singled out for a traffic stop because the officer thought he resembled a robbery suspect.
  
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• The Latest: Senators upbeat about special counsel meeting

  21-06-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee (all times local):
  
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• Report: T-Mobile and Sprint are finalizing plans for a merger

  21-06-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  T-Mobile and Sprint have been flirting with the notion of a merger like a pair of coy teenagers at a high-school dance, but we're seeing signs that something is finally going to happen. It's a logical move for both companies: the networks would get bigger, and they wouldn't need to have Twitter fights with each other anymore.
  It would also be terrible for anyone why buys a wireless plan in the US, but that's not stopping progress. A new report from a German newspaper says that Deutsche Telekom,
  
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• Health Care Declassified No. 3: Senate bill still under construction, a day before scheduled rollout

  21-06-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo News peeks behind the curtain of secrecy surrounding the Republican health care bill to learn what we can about what it may contain.
  
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• Officials: No Policy from Trump On Russian Vote Attacks

  21-06-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Government cybersecurity and intelligence officials say they haven't received directions from Trump about stopping Russian meddling in future elections, and that Russia targeted 21 election systems in 2016.
  
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• Macron appoints new faces to senior roles after four ministers resign

  21-06-2017 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  MoDem leader among four ministers to have quit in 48 hours, as French president appears to turn back on centrist alliesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has named a group of relative unknowns to senior government cabinet posts over traditional allies after a series of high-profile resignations.As a spokesman announced the names of ministers appointed, political analysts said many voters would be left asking: “Who?”Continue reading...
  
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• Police officer stabbed at US airport

  21-06-2017 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  A police officer was stabbed Wednesday at a Flint, Michigan airport, and the suspect is in custody, according to authorities.
  
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• Russia cancels talks with US over tightening of sanctions

  21-06-2017 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has canceled a meeting between senior US and Russian officials that was aimed at resolving problems in the relationship between the two countries.
  
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• German teenagers who shot toy gun at Thai king spark diplomatic incident

  21-06-2017 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy is being investigated for attempted criminal assault after shooting at king’s entourage with non-lethal weaponThe assassins ambushed the king at nightfall and fired their shots as the royal’s entourage passed in front of their lair.As the shooters were 13 and 14 years old, and their weapon of choice an airsoft gun loaded with plastic pellets, the incident that took place in a suburb of Munich on 10 June is unlikely to have consequences as historic as the ambush of A
  
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• Saudi king ousts nephew to name son as first in line to throne

  21-06-2017 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Mohammed bin Nayef replaced by Mohammed bin Salman, 31-year-old in charge of economy and war in Yemen King Salman of Saudi Arabia has ousted his nephew as crown prince and replaced him with his son, Mohammed bin Salman, confirming the 31-year-old as heir and consolidating the kingdom’s move to reassert its influence as a regional power.The move was announced by royal decree just after midnight, stunning the Saudi establishment, which has seen Bin Salman’s profile soar over the past t
  
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