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• Cuba denies military in Venezuela, charges U.S. readies intervention

  19-02-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump and members of the administration have charged that Cuba’s security forces and military control Venezuela’s and that troops are also on the ground there.“Our government categorically and energetically rejects this slander,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said at a Havana press conference, adding all of the some 20,000 Cubans in Venezuela were civilians, most health professionals.Communist-run Cuba has been a key backer of the Venezuelan
  
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• Why does the US President work so hard to stop investigations if he isn't worried about what they'll find?

  19-02-2019 23:36 via cnn.com
  The New York Times published a 4,536-word opus on President Donald Trump's two-year-long (and running!) attempt to thwart the multiple investigations into his 2016 presidential campaign and its ties to Russia.
  
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• Trump's Russia probe fixation in 1 line

  19-02-2019 23:36 via cnn.com
  The New York Times published a 4,536-word opus on President Donald Trump's two-year-long (and running!) attempt to thwart the multiple investigations into his 2016 presidential campaign and its ties to Russia.
  
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• FBI Probing Whether Smollett Sent Threatening Letter to Himself

  19-02-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI is working with the U.S. Postal Service to determine whether Empire actor Jussie Smollett sent himself a threatening letter in the days before the "hate crime" he is now under investigation for allegedly staging, two federal officials told ABC News Tuesday.The two Nigerian brothers who told Chicago Police last week that Smollett paid them to stage a racially motivated attack on him have also told the authorities that Smollett sent himself the threatening letter that arrived on
  
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• O'Rourke won't rule out being vice presidential candidate

  19-02-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke said Tuesday that he hasn't ruled out being a 2020 vice presidential candidate — even as he plans to decide in the next 10 days if he'll seek the presidency.
  
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• Bernie Sanders launches second run for US president

  19-02-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Sanders, 77, joins an already crowded field of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to run against Trump in 2020.A self-described democratic socialist, Sanders made an unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2016 whose progressive themes inspired a younger generation of voters."We are living in a pivotal and dangerous moment in American history," the senator from Vermont said in a video announcing his candidacy.
  
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• Virgin Galactic to make second key test flight to space

  19-02-2019 23:15 via cnn.com
  Virgin Galactic will attempt one of its highest and fastest test flights ever on Wednesday, and it could bring the company closer to its goal of launching paying customers to space this year.
  
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• The Latest: Governor says reviewing lapse in retrieving gun

  19-02-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting at a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois (all times local):
  
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• Third migrant dies in Border Patrol custody in as many months

  19-02-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A migrant man died in Border Patrol custody on Monday, following the deaths of two Guatemalan children in the agency's custody in December.
  
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• Trump's threat raises Venezuelan fears - and hopes

  19-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's threat to the Venezuelan military enraged government loyalists on Tuesday and raised hope among its critics in a potentially volatile standoff over aid shipments.Trump raised the tension on Monday when he warned Venezuelan military commanders would have "no safe harbor" if they did not abandon Maduro and start letting US food and medical aid into the country."It would be good if we could get some of the medicine and food that we are lacking, because we need it for sur
  
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• Chilean nuns relieved by Pope's recognition of abuse

  19-02-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Three former Chilean nuns who claim to have been sexually abused over two decades ago by priests in their religious order have hailed comments by Pope Francis earlier this month in which he recognized the abuse of nuns in the Catholic Church. Havovi Cooper reports
  
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• Global stocks mixed as US-China trade talks resume

  19-02-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks finished mixed on Tuesday following a meandering session as investors eyed ongoing US-China trade talks.
  
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• Citizen scientist discovers ancient astrophysical object

  19-02-2019 22:54 via cnn.com
  A volunteer citizen scientist working with a NASA project has found the coldest, oldest-known white dwarf, and it's surrounded by rings of dust and debris, according to a study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Researchers believe it may be the first white dwarf known to have multiple rings.
  
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• Democrats drop lawsuit against former acting attorney general

  19-02-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Senators Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono had sought to bar Whitaker from serving as attorney general, arguing that President Donald Trump violated the U.S. Constitution in November by depriving the Senate of its power to act on such appointments.Democrats have expressed concern that Whitaker could undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to win the 2016 election.
  
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• Former Trump adviser Stone ordered to appear in court over Instagram posts

  19-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Stone would need to show cause at a hearing on Thursday as to why the posts did not violate a gag order in the case or the conditions of his release.Stone, who is free on a $250,000 bond and is free to travel to certain U.S. cities without the court's permission, has pleaded not guilty to charges of making false statements to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the
  
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• Lesbian couple turned away by Indiana tax preparer four years after Mike Pence signed anti-LGBTQ law

  19-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A married lesbian couple in Indiana were turned away by a tax preparer when they attempted to file their taxes jointly last week, making them one of many victims of the state’s anti-LGBTQ laws.Bailey and Samantha Brazzel got married last July and decided to file their taxes jointly for the first time.The couple went to Carter Tax Service in Russiaville to meet with Nancy Fivecoate, a tax preparer Ms Bailey used for the last four years.
  
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• Venezuela shuts border with Caribbean islands ahead of aid efforts

  19-02-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro has rejected offers of foreign aid, denying there are widespread shortages and insisting that the country's economic problems are the result of sanctions by Washington.Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognized by dozens countries as the legitimate head of state, has said that food and medicine provided in part by the United States will enter Venezuela by land and sea on Saturday.The closure blocks movement of boats and aircraft between the western Venezuelan coastal state of
  
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• Trump aides are tempering his optimism about Kim summit boost

  19-02-2019 22:18 via cnn.com
  There were more cameras at his first summit with Kim Jong Un than the Academy Awards, President Donald Trump likes to boast to fellow foreign leaders.
  
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• US urges Pakistan to punish those behind Kashmir attack

  19-02-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States threw its support behind India on Tuesday and pressed Pakistan to punish those behind a suicide attack in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian security personnel."We have been in close communication with the government of India to express not only our condolences but our strong support for India as it confronts this terrorism," deputy State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters.Palladino said that the United States has been in contact with both countries since the Febru
  
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• NYT: Trump asked if prosecutor who supported him could be put in charge of Cohen probe

  19-02-2019 22:11 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump asked then-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker if a US attorney he appointed could oversee an investigation tied to himself after the US attorney in question had already recused himself from the probe, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
  
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• Ford Deals a Blow to Bolsonaro With Plan to Shutter Brazil Plant

  19-02-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The automaker expects to record $460 million in charges related to exiting the heavy-truck business in all of South America, according to a statement.It’s halting production this year at its São Bernardo do Campo assembly plant, which employs almost 2,800 workers building Cargo, F-4000 and F-350 trucks, plus the Fiesta small car.“We know this action will have a major impact on our employees in São Bernardo and we will be working closely with all our stakeholders on the
  
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• ISIS bride who wants UK return 'to have British citizenship revoked'

  19-02-2019 22:02 via cnn.com
  British teenager Shamima Begum, who left the UK to join ISIS in 2015 and has expressed a wish to return home, is to be stripped of her UK citizenship, her family's lawyer said Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: Consultant unaware how ballots were collected

  19-02-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a hearing outlining a ballot fraud investigation in an undeclared North Carolina congressional race for which a winner hasn't been finalized (all times local):
  
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• Protesters rally against anti-Semitism in France after more graves vandalized

  19-02-2019 22:00 via cnn.com
  Protesters are gathering Tuesday night in cities across France to march against anti-Semitism after a rise in such incidents in the country.
  
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• Walmart's grocery delivery pays off in fight with Amazon as online sales soar

  19-02-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Shoppers increasingly buying bread, milk and other groceries online, helped boost Walmart's e-commerce sales 43 percent in the last quarter
  
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• Mandy Moore says she was 'drowning' in her marriage to Ryan Adams

  19-02-2019 21:47 via cnn.com
  Mandy Moore is speaking out about her former marriage to singer Ryan Adams.
  
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• Chilean nuns find 'relief' in Pope's recognition of Church abuse

  19-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Three former Chilean nuns who claim to have been sexually abused over two decades ago by priests in their religious order have hailed comments by Pope Francis earlier this month in which he recognized the abuse of nuns in the Catholic Church.The three nuns, who had been members of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan order in the Chilean city of Molina, 130 miles south of Santiago, told Reuters in an interview on Friday that they were embraced and fondled during the 1990s and 2000s by several pries
  
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• Stop hawking young people's blood as a way to halt aging, FDA warns

  19-02-2019 21:35 via cnn.com
  Wannabe vampires, beware: The US Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday against using plasma infusions from young blood donors to ward off the effects of normal aging as well as other more serious conditions. Plasma, the liquid portion of the blood, contains proteins that help clot blood.
  
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• FDA warns against using young blood as medical treatment

  19-02-2019 21:35 via cnn.com
  Wannabe vampires, beware: The US Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday against using plasma infusions from young blood donors to ward off the effects of normal aging as well as other more serious conditions. Plasma, the liquid portion of the blood, contains proteins that help clot blood.
  
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• US enshrines a new national park

  19-02-2019 21:29 via cnn.com
  Indiana may have been the 19th state to enter the United States, but it took until 2019 for the Hoosier State to get its first national park.
  
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• Meghan McCain stuns Andrew McCabe on 'The View' with uncomfortable question

  19-02-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  'The View' co-host Meghan McCain made former FBI director Andrew McCabe uncomfortable during an interview Tuesday when she directly asked if he was a source for The New York Times. McCabe denied the allegations and attempted to explain his side of the story saying he was unsure as to why James Comey remembered their conversations differently.
  
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• NYT: Trump asked Whitaker if he could put prosecutor he appointed in charge of Cohen probe

  19-02-2019 21:27 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump asked then-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker if a US attorney he appointed could oversee an investigation tied to himself after the US attorney in question had already recused himself from the probe, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn: Mikaela Shiffrin 'in a league of her own'

  19-02-2019 21:25 via cnn.com
  She retired as the greatest female ski racer of all time, but Lindsey Vonn believes fellow American Mikaela Shiffrin is "in a league of her own" and will shatter all records as long as she stays healthy.
  
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• Scandals are multiplying as Vatican's historic clergy abuse summit looms

  19-02-2019 21:17 via cnn.com
  For the first time in Catholic history, nearly 200 church leaders from around the world will gather at the Vatican starting Thursday to confront the scourge of clergy who sexually abuse children.
  
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• 'Malthouse Compromise' on Brexit not dead: UK lawmaker after PM May talks

  19-02-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A eurosceptic British lawmaker said the "Malthouse Compromise" - an attempt to redraft the contentious Irish backstop in the Brexit deal - was "alive and kicking" after a meeting withPrime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday.Steve Baker, a member of a euroskeptic group in May's ruling Conservative Party, said: "The Malthouse Compromise is alive and kicking.
  
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• Oscars 2019: Who will win and who should win

  19-02-2019 21:05 via cnn.com
  An unprecedented lack of consensus among the guilds representing actors, directors, writers and producers has flummoxed Oscar prognosticators, with more genuine uncertainty surrounding the best picture race than is usually the case this close to Sunday's ceremony.
  
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• Pressure builds to get civilians out of last IS-held enclave

  19-02-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — Dozens of trucks arrived Tuesday at the outskirts of a besieged enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, signaling renewed efforts to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in the militants' last patch of territory along the Euphrates River.
  
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• White House pushed to sell nuclear tech to Saudis, report says

  19-02-2019 20:53 via cnn.com
  Despite a half-dozen warnings from National Security Council officials about the ethics and legality of a proposal to export nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, White House officials continued to push for it in the early months of the administration, promoting a lucrative project backed by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, according to a new report from congressional Democrats.
  
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• WH pushed to sell nuclear tech to Saudis, report says

  19-02-2019 20:53 via cnn.com
  Despite a half-dozen warnings from National Security Council officials about the ethics and legality of a proposal to export nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, White House officials continued to push for it in the early months of the administration, promoting a lucrative project backed by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, according to a new report from congressional Democrats.
  
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• Maryland town hopes to build Civil War memorial featuring large portrait of John Wilkes Booth

  19-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A small Maryland town is considering a controversial proposal to build a new Civil War memorial that would feature John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, along with other famous figures from the conflict.
  
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• Dems to investigate White House efforts to bring nuclear power to Saudis

  19-02-2019 20:53 via cnn.com
  Despite a half-dozen warnings from National Security Council officials about the ethics and legality of a proposal to export nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, White House officials continued to push for it in the early months of the administration, promoting a lucrative project backed by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, according to a new report from congressional Democrats.
  
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• Virtual makeovers are better than ever. Beauty companies are trying to cash in

  19-02-2019 20:50 via cnn.com
  Agustina Sartori might as well be a chameleon. Her lips keep changing color, from matte red to glossy cherry to shimmering peach.
  
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• The Mysterious RBG returns, alive, to Supreme Court bench, refuting conspiracy theories

  19-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court bench Tuesday to hear oral arguments for the first time since undergoing cancer surgery in December.
  
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• Conspiracy theorists are claiming Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead. She isn’t.

  19-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court bench Tuesday to hear oral arguments for the first time since undergoing cancer surgery in December.
  
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• Toddler with corn dog goes viral for Beyoncé dance

  19-02-2019 20:39 via cnn.com
  An almost two-year-old girl has gone viral after her uncle posted a video to Twitter showing her dance moves to Beyoncé's hit "Crazy In Love."
  
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• The Best Thing in IKEA's New Summer Collection Is . . .

  19-02-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Hint: It's going to transform your backyard BBQ setup
  
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• Mystery deepens in attack on 'Empire' star as cops release suspects

  19-02-2019 20:13 via cnn.com
  The brothers arrested and released in connection with the attack on actor Jussie Smollett are no longer suspects at this time, Chicago police said Monday.
  
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• Here's the worst thing Trump said to Andrew McCabe

  19-02-2019 20:12 via cnn.com
  You can debate whether acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe did the right thing when he authorized a counterintelligence investigation into whether President Donald Trump was acting at the behest of Russians. Or whether he was rightly admonished by the inspector general for his conversations about the probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server. Or even whether he is exaggerating in order to boost sales for his memoir of his time in the Trump administration.
  
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• Trump might have a solid case for emergency declaration, analysts say

  19-02-2019 20:06 via theguardian.com
  Though Trump himself suggested there is no real emergency, courts are unlikely to second-guess a president’s broad leewayMany legal analysts who watched Donald Trump declare a national emergency over immigration on Friday thought the president had weak legal grounds for doing so. In particular, many thought Trump hurt his own case by admitting, right there in the White House Rose Garden: “I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster.”“This quote
  
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• Heart attacks are on the rise among young women

  19-02-2019 20:00 via cnn.com
  The risk of having a heart attack appears to be rising among young women, according to a new study, and researchers are trying to figure out why.
  
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