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• Republicans try to pick up the pieces after healthcare defeat

  28-07-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  By Susan Cornwell and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters.John McCain, the maverick 80-year-old senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, cast the deciding vote in the dramatic early-morning showdown on the Senate floor as a bill to repeal key
  
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• APNewsBreak: Yellowstone park cracks down on sex harassment

  28-07-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As many as 10 workers in Yellowstone National Park's maintenance division will be disciplined after an investigation found female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems.
  
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• U.S. Hits Iran With More Sanctions in Response to Space Launch

  28-07-2017 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  The United States punished Iran on Friday for it launch this week of a satellite-carrying rocket into space by hitting six Iranian entities with sanctions.
  
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• Priebus exit marks latest step in White House purge of Republican loyalists

  28-07-2017 23:47 via theguardian.com
  The mild-mannered party official always seemed a strange fit with the president – and the GOP’s failure to pass health reform seemed to spell the endReince Priebus’s departure as chief of staff marks the latest and most significant step in the White House purge of party loyalists closely tied to the Republican national committee. Related: Trump fires White House chief of staff Reince PriebusContinue reading...
  
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• Steve Bannon Pushing For Tech Companies To Be Regulated As Utilities

  28-07-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  White House adviser Steve Bannon wants technology companies like Facebook and Google to be regulated as utilities.
  
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• NASA's Cassini Craft Found Molecules In Titan's Atmosphere That May Be The Basis Of Life

  28-07-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Cassini has made yet another discovery, molecules that could support life in Titan's upper atmosphere.
  
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• Court says Flint residents can sue Michigan over bad water

  28-07-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Residents in Flint who were exposed to lead-contaminated water can pursue constitutional claims against Michigan and city officials, a federal appeals court said Friday.
  
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• The Latest: Officers: Teen in Instagram crash combative

  28-07-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a California teen charged in a fatal crash that was livestreamed on Instagram (all times local):
  
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• Killer of 2, including 12-year-old on scooter, gets prison

  28-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who killed two people, including a 12-year-old girl riding a scooter, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Hamburg attack was by 'failed asylum seeker' who shouted 'Allahu Akbar'

  28-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  A man shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabbed to death one person and wounded six others in a supermarket in the German city of Hamburg on Friday. The attacker, who was born in the United Arab Emirates, was overpowered by passers-by and arrested. Olaf Scholz, the mayor of Hamburg, said the attack had been motivated by "hate" and added that the suspected attacker was a failed asylum seeker whose deportation had been blocked because he lacked identity papers. Map: Hamburg supermarket attack "I am outraged
  
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• What's Going to Happen to Obamacare?

  28-07-2017 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  With health care legislation on life support, the White House and Congress have not charted a clear course forward. But Obamacare's still under threat.
  
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• No suspension for Michigan judge who locked up 3 siblings

  28-07-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge who sent three children to juvenile detention for failing to see their divorced father during a fierce dispute over parenting time won't be suspended from the bench, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday.
  
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• A Super Rare Copy of Super Mario Bros Just Sold for $30,000 on eBay

  28-07-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Apparently it was originally sold at a special time
  
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• Trump replaces chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security chief John Kelly

  28-07-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  The news came at the end of a tumultuous week of White House infighting, notably pitting incoming communications director Anthony Scaramucci against Priebus.
  
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• North Korea Launches Another Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

  28-07-2017 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  North Korea has fired another intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon said Friday, ratcheting up tensions worldwide.
  
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• Trump replaces chief of staff

  28-07-2017 23:09 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump has selected Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Reince Priebus.
  
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• 4-Year-Old Asks Cop To Check Her Home for Monsters: 'We Didn't Find Any'

  28-07-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  On the day Officer David Bonday agreed to help, 4-year-old Sidney waited for him on the porch in her little police uniform, ready for duty.
  
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• Authorities: Prisoner kills assistant warden's stepdaughter

  28-07-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A prisoner abducted and killed an assistant warden's teenage stepdaughter after he escaped from a Louisiana prison, authorities said Friday. The inmate was later found dead after a standoff with police.
  
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• With less drama and more to lose than McCain, two GOP women cast equally crucial votes on health bill

  28-07-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., cast the decisive vote against the Senate health care bill after midnight Thursday.
  
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• Troops deploy in Rio de Janeiro amid increasing violence

  28-07-2017 22:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Thousands of Brazilian soldiers have begun patrolling in Rio de Janeiro amid a spike in violence.
  
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• AbbVie's drug for all types of hepatitis C wins EU approval

  28-07-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - AbbVie Inc said on Friday it had received European approval to market its drug for treatment of all six major forms of hepatitis C.The company said the approval of Maviret was supported by eight studies evaluating more than 2,300 patients in 27 countries.The drug is also under priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the company expects regulatory decisions in the coming weeks.The FDA last year approved a combination drug, a 12-week regimen by Gilead Sciences Inc
  
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• Lost Elderly Dog Reunites With Owner After Hunky Firefighter Rescues Him From Lagoon

  28-07-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  "You okay buddy? Don't do that anymore," the dog's owner Jose Ruiz said in an emotional video of their reunion.
  
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• Trump just endorsed police violence and people are horrified

  28-07-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  During a speech Friday about cracking down on the MS-13 gang, President Donald Trump pushed it too far when it came to the topic of police brutality. At one point during his speech at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, in front of a crowd of law enforcement, Trump urged officers, "please don't be too nice." SEE ALSO: The Boy Scouts are really, really sorry about that Trump speech He went on to talk about removing common arrest procedures like protecting a suspect's head whe
  
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• Suspected Boko Haram militants issue purported photo of three kidnapped oil survey team members

  28-07-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Suspected members of Boko Haram have released a photograph that appears to show three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in northeastern Nigeria, according to the university whose staff were part of the team and which distributed the image on Friday.The abduction of the oil survey team and a rescue attempt that led to multiple fatalities have led to a U-turn by the government and military, who earlier this month had said Boko Haram were defeated and all but eliminated.The team, which i
  
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• Hackers scour voting machines for election bugs

  28-07-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  By Jim FinkleLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Hackers attending this weekend's Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas were invited to break into voting machines and voter databases in a bid to uncover vulnerabilities that could be exploited to sway election results.The 25-year-old conference's first "hacker voting village" opened on Friday as part of an effort to raise awareness about the threat of election results being altered through hacking.Hackers crammed into a crowded conference room for the rare o
  
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• MS-13: a ruthless Latino gang that preys on its own

  28-07-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  The ultra-violent Latino street gang MS-13, which President Trump vowed to wipe out in a speech in suburban New York on Friday, is estimated to have some 10,000 members in the United States.Each of these units is loyal to the broader gang but has its own leader and functions differently, says Hector Silva of Insight Crime, a Washington-based center that studies organized crime in Latin America.Many were born in the United States.
  
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• 'Axis of Evil' still alive as North Korea, Iran launch missiles, flout sanctions

  28-07-2017 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Friday, the Pentagon confirmed.
  
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• Husband of Woman Murdered on Cruise Ship Weeps in Court as He's Charged With Murder

  28-07-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  After the murder, one of the couple's daughters was heard saying, "I knew my dad would do this."
  
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• Moderate Senators Seek Bipartisan Path Forward on Health Care

  28-07-2017 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  Now that Senate Republicans rejected all of its various versions of repeal of Obamacare, some are saying the answer is to work together.
  
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• Mayor demands immediate solution to Rome's water woes

  28-07-2017 22:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is demanding that the Italian government and Lazio region come up with a solution to prevent water rationing in the capital.
  
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• After Health Care Defeat, Trump Pushes Obamacare Implosion

  28-07-2017 22:05 via nbcnews.com
  President Trump returned to his previously floated health care fix declaring "let Obamacare implode" after the Senate failed to pass a repeal bill.
  
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• Brand new Ford cars found packed with marijuana… again

  28-07-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  If you're in the market for a new vehicle you have a seemingly endless number of cars, trucks, SUVs, and crossovers to choose from. If you fancy a shiny new ride that has been used in a drug smuggling operation, hauling hundreds of pounds of marijuana across the border from Mexico into the United States, you're options are a bit more limited, but Ford has you covered. In the latest episode of what is becoming a troubling-but-hilarious trend for the automotive brand, Ford rail cars packed with ne
  
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• Charlie Gard, Baby Taken Off Life Support Against Parents' Wishes, Dies in Hospice Care

  28-07-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  "Our beautiful little boy has gone; we are so proud of you Charlie," his mother, Connie Yates, said in a statement.
  
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• What this photo tells us about Scaramucci and Priebus tensions

  28-07-2017 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A body language expert breaks down an awkward Oval Office photograph.
  
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• Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation

  28-07-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew OsbornMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of U.S. sanctions, and said it was seizing two U.S. diplomatic properties.Moscow's decision, which had echoes of the Cold War, was announced by the Foreign Ministry a day after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved new sanctions on Russia.
  
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• House moves to extend choice program, end VA budget crisis

  28-07-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly approved a $3.9 billion emergency spending package to address a budget shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans.
  
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• British Infant Charlie Gard Has Died, Family Confirms

  28-07-2017 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  Charlie Gard, a the 11-month-old who spurred a debate about parents' rights over end-of-life care, died Friday morning.
  
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• McCain's moment: a 'no' on health care

  28-07-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  In a long career as a maverick Republican, it may have been John McCain's defining moment.Donald Trump and his Republicans had rejoiced when the cancer-stricken senator returned to Washington this week to vote on health care.With the plan hanging by a thread, Trump was acutely aware that McCain's vote would be a deciding factor.
  
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• President Trump Tells Police Officers Not To Be 'Too Nice' With Suspects

  28-07-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  While police departments are under pressure to clamp down on violence
  
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• Pakistan's prime minister resigns after high court ruling

  28-07-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's beleaguered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stepped down Friday after the Supreme Court ordered him removed from office over allegations of corruption, plunging the nuclear-armed nation into a political crisis.
  
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• Trump, vowing gang crackdown, urges cops ‘don’t be too nice’

  28-07-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  In a speech about the violent MS-13 gang, President Trump encouraged police officers not to be “too nice” with “thugs” when putting them in the back of police vans.
  
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• What happened when we tested Grenfell-like cladding?

  28-07-2017 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  See what happens when material similar to that used on Grenfell Tower is exposed to extreme heat.
  
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• Meet 'The Mooch': Who Is Anthony Scaramucci?

  28-07-2017 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  Donald Trump named Anthony Scaramucci his new White House communications director, despite his lack of communications experience.
  
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• The T-shirt that's getting people detained in Turkey

  28-07-2017 21:13 via cnn.com
  Turkey has a T-shirt problem.
  
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• The T-shirt that's getting people arrested

  28-07-2017 21:13 via cnn.com
  Turkey has a T-shirt problem.
  
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• After health vote, McCain heads home for cancer treatment

  28-07-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  US Senator John McCain will head to Arizona to resume his cancer treatment and will return to Washington after the summer break, his office said Friday, following his decisive vote to kill his party's health care reforms."During that time, Senator McCain will maintain a work schedule.The 80-year-old was diagnosed with brain cancer less than two weeks ago, after doctors discovered a brain tumor when the lawmaker underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye.
  
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• The Latest: Expert: Chicago, LA in range of North Korea ICBM

  28-07-2017 21:10 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Latest on North Korea's launch of its second intercontinental ballistic missile (all times local): 3:20 a.m.
  
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• US considers 'military response options' after latest North Korea missile test threatens Japan

  28-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  The United States was considering "military response options" on Friday night after North Korea carried out its second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. The Pentagon confirmed that the missile, which flew for 45 minutes, travelled an estimated 600 miles and landed west of Japan's Hokkaido island, was an ICBM. It flew for six minutes longer than the previous one, on July 4. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, has called a meeting of the national security council to a
  
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• Moon Found Orbiting Exoplanet For First Time Ever

  28-07-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Scientists might have found the first exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.
  
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• Chuck Schumer praises John McCain for rejecting healthcare bill – video

  28-07-2017 21:01 via theguardian.com
  The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, praises the three Republicans who broke with their party to reject the Republican healthcare bill, especially John McCain. Schumer told reporters at a news conference Friday: ‘I have not seen a senator who speaks truth to power as strongly, as well and as frequently as John McCain.’ Schumer also praised Maine’s Susan Collins and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski as tough women for voting down the bill‘Wait for the show’: How
  
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