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• Amazon Considers Opting Out of Queens, BROOKLYN DESIGNS Finds New Location, and More News This Week

  08-02-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
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• Trump May Ignore Deadline on Khashoggi Murder Report to Congress

  08-02-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The official said in an emailed statement that Trump maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when he feels it’s appropriate.The official said the White House would continue to consult with Congress on the murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist.
  
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• 13 suspected drug traffickers killed in Rio shootout

  08-02-2019 23:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Brazilian police shot dead at least 13 suspected drug traffickers on Friday during a shootout in a slum in Rio de Janeiro's bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa.
  
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• Stroke victim suing Holland America for not airlifting her from cruise

  08-02-2019 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  The woman has been left with "permanent, devastating physical, cognitive and neurological deficits," due to delayed care, the suit alleges.
  
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• Second Woman Accuses Fairfax of Sexual Assault

  08-02-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A second woman has come forward to allege that Virginia’s embattled lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, sexually assaulted her.Meredith Watson’s lawyers put out a statement on Friday detailing her claim that she was raped by Fairfax in 2000 when they were both undergraduates at Duke University.“Mr. Fairfax’s attack was premeditated and aggressive,” Watson’s lawyers said.
  
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• Trump campaign paid legal fees to firm representing Jared Kushner

  08-02-2019 23:31
  President Donald Trump's campaign has spent nearly $100,000 of donor money to pay legal bills to the firm representing Jared Kushner, Winston & Strawn.
  
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• Son Accused of Killing, Burning Mother Before Hanging Her Upside Down in Closet

  08-02-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after his mother was found to stabbed to death, her body badly burned and hanging upside down in a closet at a home in Crown Heights, sources told PIX11 News Friday.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections - source

  08-02-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration expects further military defections from Maduro's side, the official told Reuters in an interview, despite only a few senior officers having done so since opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president last month, earning the recognition of the United States and dozens of other countries."We're still having conversations with members of the former Maduro regime, with military members, although those conversations are very, very limited."The official dec
  
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• AP Explains: Venezuela's humanitarian aid standoff

  08-02-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela's interim president last month, vowing to oust President Nicolas Maduro from power and end the once-wealthy nation's deepening political and humanitarian crisis.
  
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• Frozen Cat Survives After Vets Thaw Her

  08-02-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Veterinarians in Montana revived a cat that was nearly frozen alive in Montana.
  
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• Famed sportscaster arrested for allegedly removing word 'plantation' from sign

  08-02-2019 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  The president of the Classics Plantations Homeowner’s Association said Wolf had complained about the word and wanted it removed.
  
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• AP Explains: Venezuela's humanitarian aid standoff

  08-02-2019 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela's interim president last month, vowing to oust President Nicolas Maduro from power and end the once-wealthy nation's deepening political and humanitarian crisis.
  
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• 6 heated moments during Whitaker's testimony, including a call to end the hearing before it started

  08-02-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Matthew Whitaker's appearance gave Americans a front-row seat to the fraught relationship between the Trump administration and the Democratic majority in the House.
  
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• America's anti-abortion forces now pushing hypocritical myths about motherhood

  08-02-2019 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  Anti-abortion advocates are attempting to paint motherhood as antithetical to abortion. In fact, many moms also have abortions — including me.
  
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• Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lt. Governor of Sexual Assault

  08-02-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A second woman has come forward accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault.
  
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• Mexico: Ex-first lady Rivera says she's divorcing Pena Nieto

  08-02-2019 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mexican former first lady Angelica Rivera says she is divorcing her husband, ex-President Enrique Pena Nieto.
  
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• US step closer to developing hypersonic missile that travels at five times the speed of sound

  08-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is racing to develop hypersonic missiles that can travel at five times the speed of sound, officials have confirmed.Heather Wilson, secretary of the US Air Force, said the effort was being made to keep pace with other nations like Russia and China while speaking on Friday at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.The US Air Force currently operates 80 satellites in space, the secretary added.
  
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• Northam Tells Staff He Won’t Resign over Racist Yearbook Photo

  08-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  During a cabinet meeting Friday afternoon, Virginia governor Ralph Northam told his staff that he will not resign despite the overwhelming condemnation he’s received from fellow Democrats this week following the emergence of a racist photo on his 1984 medical-school-yearbook page, according to the Associated Press.The yearbook photo, which depicts one man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan uniform, was first published on Friday by the right-wing website Big League Politics.Imm
  
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• Wells Fargo fixes outage issue that caused some paychecks not to appear in accounts

  08-02-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Wells Fargo say the issue that caused some trouble seeing paychecks and direct deposits in online and mobile banking accounts has been corrected.
  
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• US politicians put pressure on Brexit

  08-02-2019 22:50 via cnn.com
  Some members of the US Congress have issued words of advice for the United Kingdom as it continues Brexit negotiations: Anything resembling a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member, will not be looked upon kindly.
  
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• Groom charged with assaulting teen at wedding reception

  08-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A newlywed man is now facing a list of charges in Bucks County for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager at his own wedding.
  
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• 6 things we learned from Whitaker's testimony

  08-02-2019 22:50 via cnn.com
  Just days before he will leave the job, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker spent hours Friday answering -- and not answering -- a flurry of questions from members of the House Judiciary Committee. The questions were all over the map, but primarily focused on Whitaker's role overseeing the special counsel probe into Russian interference being led by Robert Mueller.
  
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• 6 things we learned about Mueller probe

  08-02-2019 22:50 via cnn.com
  Just days before he will leave the job, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker spent hours Friday answering -- and not answering -- a flurry of questions from members of the House Judiciary Committee. The questions were all over the map, but primarily focused on Whitaker's role overseeing the special counsel probe into Russian interference being led by Robert Mueller.
  
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• The 'who gon' check me, boo?' meme is a modern masterpiece

  08-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Nothing like a fresh meme to revive the senses and inspire some genuine chuckles.This week, a new meme went viral on Twitter, inspiring some very important tweets. The format is simple and allows for a myriad of possibilities, as any hearty format should. It goes like this: Twitter users come up with a protagonist to ask, "who gon' check me, boo?" along with a villain to answer, made up by a face of emojis, depending on the answer. > fourteenth century europeans: who gon check me boo?>
  
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• Larger groups seen crossing border as overall arrests drop

  08-02-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Central Americans are increasingly entering the United States illegally in groups of at least 100 people in rugged, remote stretches of the Mexican border, authorities said Friday upon releasing January figures that show total arrests fell for a second straight month.
  
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• Official: Virginia governor says he won't resign over photo

  08-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam told his top staff Friday that he is not going to resign over the racist photo that has roiled state politics, despite intense pressure to step down, according to a top administration official.
  
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• Fiji Water fires back in legal battle with photobomber from Golden Globes

  08-02-2019 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  Company claims woman known as Fiji water girl breached a contract.
  
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• Canadian judge sentences man who killed 6 at mosque

  08-02-2019 22:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A French-Canadian man who shot dead six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
  
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• Jeff Bezos extortion attempt explained

  08-02-2019 22:24 via cnn.com
  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote a blog post detailing an alleged extortion attempt by National Enquirer publisher AMI. But the backstory is much more complicated.
  
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• FDA questions Juul, Altria commitment to combat teen vaping

  08-02-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration is questioning whether electronic cigarette maker Juul and its new partner Altria are following through on pledges to help reverse the boom in underage vaping.
  
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• Highlights from Acting Attorney General Whitaker's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee

  08-02-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers pressed the acting attorney general on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Capitol Hill.
  
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• 2020 Vision: Klobuchar, Warren would like a moment of your time this weekend

  08-02-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  After a week in which the news was dominated by the State of the Union speech, focus will likely shift back to the 2020 race, as Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar are expected to formally announce their campaigns.
  
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• After Jeff Bezos, more allegations of intimidation against National Enquirer owner

  08-02-2019 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  The allegations could put even more intense scrutiny on American Media and its chief executive, David Pecker, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump.
  
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• John Dean: Rookie mistake at hearing

  08-02-2019 21:51 via cnn.com
  Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean criticized Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as being in over his head while giving testimony during a House Judicial Committee oversight hearing.
  
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• Forget chocolate, how about a cockroach for Valentine's?

  08-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Forget chocolate, flowers or a romantic dinner.A zoo in Texas is offering singles the chance to name a cockroach after their ex and see it fed to a meerkat live on camera on Valentine's Day.In a campaign dubbed "Quit Bugging Me!!!" the El Paso Zoo says the roach is a perfect Valentine's gift for those needing closure on a past relationship that didn't make the grade.
  
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• Iran opposition group calls for regime change in Paris march

  08-02-2019 21:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Several thousand supporters of an exiled Iranian opposition group marched through Paris on Friday, calling for an end to Iran's clerical regime 40 years after the Islamic revolution toppled Iran's monarchy.
  
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• Trump’s acting attorney general shuts down Congress questions on Mueller investigation: ‘Your five minutes is up’

  08-02-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Matthew Whitaker’s hearing in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee became combative on Friday as Democrats pressed the acting attorney general for information on the Russia probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Mr Whitaker, an appointee of Donald Trump, at one point caused the committee and audience members to gasp in disbelief when he avoided answering a question from the chairman by telling him his time had run out.“Mr Chairman, I see that your five minutes is
  
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• National Enquirer publisher denies breaking law in Jeff Bezos 'blackmail photos' row

  08-02-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The owner of the National Enquirer on Friday said it would investigate claims by Jeff Bezos that the tabloid had attempted to blackmail the billionaire by threatening to release sexually explicit photographs. American Media Inc (AMI) said it believed it had “acted lawfully” after Mr Bezos published emails appearing to show the tabloid asking him to retract suggestions that political motives drove their decision to reveal his extramarital affair, in return for not publishing the image
  
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• Northam's schoolmate says black students gave blessing on blackface photos. These students say no.

  08-02-2019 21:30 via nbcnews.com
  The scandal involving Virginia's governor has African-American alumni of Eastern Virginia Medical School reexamining their experiences.
  
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• Iran's leader celebrates Islamic Revolution's anniversary with cries of 'Death to Trump, Bolton and Pompeo!'

  08-02-2019 21:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appearing at an air force meeting, said the United States “was "the embodiment of evil, violence, crisis-making and warmongering.”
  
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• How FDR’s New Deal Laid the Groundwork for the Green New Deal—in Good Ways and Bad

  08-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Green New Deal, championed by politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is in some ways a product of the programs that inspired its name
  
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• UN to host informal meeting of Cyprus' rival leaders

  08-02-2019 21:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The United Nations says it will host a new informal meeting later this month between the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus.
  
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• Hall monitor shot at high school; adult suspect in custody

  08-02-2019 21:21
  Students and the remaining staff members are safe, the officials said.
  
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• National Enquirer owner responds to Bezos post, says it 'acted lawfully' in its reporting

  08-02-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  American Media Inc., owner of the National Enquirer, says in a statement that it "acted lawfully" after Jeff Bezos blasted the company Thursday.
  
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• Border Patrol overwhelmed by large groups of migrant families

  08-02-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday its resources were being stretched thin by larger and larger groups of Central American families left by smugglers in remote locations along the U.S. Mexico border.Until recently, most people caught crossing the border illegally were men from Mexico, but now Central American families and unaccompanied minors make up some 60 percent of those apprehended, data from the agency show.Many of the migrants who may seek passage with smugglers in their journey through Me
  
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• US envoy in Taliban talks seeks peace deal before July vote

  08-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is hoping Afghanistan can strike a peace agreement including the Taliban before elections scheduled for July, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday."It will be better for Afghanistan if we could get a peace agreement before the election, which is scheduled in July," the negotiator said, adding that there remained "a lot of work" to do.Khalilzad, who is leading talks with the Taliban, was at the US Institute of Peace in Washington to discuss an ongoing push for a political se
  
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• Train blockades present test for Mexico's leftist president

  08-02-2019 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Railroad blockades by radical teachers in Mexico are testing leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's commitment to nonviolence.
  
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• Eating pizza tonight? Here's why you should order the thin crust

  08-02-2019 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  A slice of pizza can contain as many as 48 grams of carbs, which is the equivalent of more than three slices of bread. Here's a better way to get your pizza fix.
  
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• Late nights go after Trump's tax returns

  08-02-2019 21:08 via cnn.com
  Late-night hosts had a field day with President Trump's refusal to release his tax returns.
  
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• The Latest: Booker stresses social justice in Iowa stop

  08-02-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on Sen. Cory Booker's first presidential campaign visit to Iowa (all times local):
  
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