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• Win a Louvre sleepover with Airbnb

  02-04-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  You probably can't afford Beyonce's wardrobe, but you might have a chance at living like Queen Bey thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from Airbnb.
  
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• Pope said Catholic women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality

  02-04-2019 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  "A living church can look back on history and acknowledge a fair share of male authoritarianism, domination, various forms of enslavement, abuse and sexist violence," Francis said.
  
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• 'My child is free': Congresswoman gives tearful speech about nonbinary loved one

  02-04-2019 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  At an Equality Act hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal made the deeply personal revelation.
  
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• 'Pretend you have a cold': Pelosi advises Biden on women

  02-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As former Vice President Joe Biden's camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behavior with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your distance.
  
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• Government to extend one-off energy payment to Newstart – politics live

  02-04-2019 23:44 via theguardian.com
  The budget is done and the (unofficial) election campaign begins. All the day’s events, live10.41pm BST One of the biggest criticisms of the budget is for the 25th year in a row, there has been no raise, in real terms, to Newstart.Given everyone from the business council to the social services groups have been talking about the need to increase it this time round, it seems the government has had a last minute about-face and decided to include Newstart recipients in the one-off energy assis
  
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• Mar-a-Lago: woman with malware and Chinese passports accused of illegal entry

  02-04-2019 23:43 via theguardian.com
  Yujing Zhang is charged with lying to federal agents and illegally entering a restricted area, and remains in custodyA woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing computer malware lied to Secret Service agents and briefly gained admission to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend during his Florida visit, federal prosecutors allege in court documents.Yujing Zhang, 32, approached a Secret Service agent at a checkpoint outside the Palm Beach club early Saturday afte
  
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• Trump Says Closing the Border May Be Necessary Despite Economic Cost

  02-04-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said Tuesday that the economic cost of closing the southern border would be worth bearing for the security such a move would provide the U.S.National security is “more important than trade,” and “the border’s going to be closed 100 percent” if neither Congress nor Mexico steps up with a solution to the flood of migrants from Central America hoping to reach the U.S., Trump said at the White House.“Border Patrol has done an incredible j
  
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• Nipsey Hussle shooting: Suspect Eric Holder arrested in rapper's death

  02-04-2019 23:40 via nbcnews.com
  The rapper, 33, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, died from gunshot wounds to his head and torso, authorities said.
  
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• Donald Trump is now saying 22 things a day that aren't true

  02-04-2019 23:38 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said during a meeting with NATO's secretary general Tuesday that his father was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
  
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• Nipsey Hussle updates: Struggle over handgun prompted stampede at memorial vigil, LAPD chief says

  02-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials in Los Angeles discussed the impact of the Nipsey Hussle's death on the city.
  
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• 'Something no human has seen before': The first-ever photograph of a black hole will likely be unveiled next week

  02-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  They've captivated us for decades, but we've never actually photographed a black hole before – until now.
  
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• Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns after 20 years

  02-04-2019 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Ailing Bouteflika, 82, submits resignation following mass protestsAlgeria’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has bowed to weeks of mass protests against rule and and resigned, abruptly putting an end to two decades in power.The 82-year-old leader announced his resignation on Tuesday night via a brief message from the presidency saying he had “notified the president of the constitutional council of his decision to end his mandate.” Continue reading...
  
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• Judge takes oversight of PG&E's wildfire prevention plans

  02-04-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he will closely monitor Pacific Gas & Electric's tree-trimming this year and barred the utility from paying out dividends to shareholders as part of a new, court-ordered wildfire prevention plan.
  
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• Brexit: Corbyn 'very happy' to meet May to discuss compromise plan - live

  02-04-2019 23:19 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the day’s politics as they happen, including Theresa May chairing a five-hour cabinet meeting to decide what to do about BrexitMPs seek to stop no-deal Brexit by tabling article 50 billNo-deal Brexit more likely by the day, says Michel BarnierUp to 20 Tories could vote against May in confidence vote - Davis 10.19pm BST The hard Brexit-supporting DUP have released a statement on Theresa May’s offer to Jeremy Corbyn and, like the assessments of members of the simila
  
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• Nokia’s new X71 has a stellar design that rivals that of the Galaxy S10

  02-04-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  HMD Global's Nokia 9 PureView might be the best Nokia phone you can buy right now, but the device isn't necessarily perfect. The phone features a "classic" Nokia handset design, which means it has thicker bezels than most consumers want, and relies on last year's top Snapdragon processor to power its penta-lens camera.One of its biggest rivals is Samsung's Galaxy S10 -- a phone that features a hole-punch display design, as well as the latest Qualcomm processor. The S10, however, only features a
  
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• Julian Assange has 'repeatedly violated' asylum terms, Ecuador's president says

  02-04-2019 23:17 via theguardian.com
  Lenín Moreno said ‘photos of my bedroom’ and his family were circulated online but did not directly accuse WikiLeaks founder Ecuador’s president, Lenín Moreno, has said the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had “repeatedly violated” the conditions of his asylum in the country’s London embassy, where he has lived for close to seven years.Speaking to the Ecuadorean radio broadcasters association on Tuesday, Moreno said under the terms of his asylum
  
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• University of Arizona will charge 2 students over protest of Border Patrol event on campus

  02-04-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Video showed two Border Patrol agents giving a classroom presentation, while people outside called them "Murder Patrol" and "an extension of the KKK."
  
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• Chinese woman charged with illegally entering Mar-a-Lago

  02-04-2019 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  Zhang was arrested Saturday after getting past a Secret Service checkpoint. President Trump was not on the grounds at the time, but nearby golfing.
  
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• Woman with two Chinese passports and malware arrested at Mar-a-Lago – live

  02-04-2019 23:06 via theguardian.com
  Yujing Zhang, 32, accused of lying to gain admission to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club over the weekendGo beyond the headlines: sign up to our US morning briefing 10.06pm BST10.00pm BST Senator Joe Manchin defends Biden, telling CNN that he had never seen the former Vice President “intentionally make anyone uncomfortable”. Sen. Manchin: on Biden -- to @jaketapper I believe anyone who thinks there space has been violated--- I can tell you I've been around Joe Biden for many, man
  
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• Congresswoman makes emotional speech about her gender-nonconforming child – video

  02-04-2019 23:01 via theguardian.com
  The US congresswoman Pramila Jayapal gave an emotional speech in the House of Representatives about her gender-nonconforming child while advocating for LGBTQ civil rights legislation, saying her child had discovered 'newfound freedom'. Jayapal, a representative from Washington state, spoke out during a judiciary committee hearing on the Equality ActCongresswoman gives emotional House speech on her gender-nonconforming child Continue reading...
  
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• GameStop forecasts surprise first-quarter loss, shares fall

  02-04-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of the company fell 7.52 percent to $9.34 in extended trading after GameStop also reported quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates.GameStop has struggled in the face of a changing retail landscape and in March named retail industry veteran George Sherman chief executive officer, its fifth CEO in just over a year.For the latest quarter, GameStop posted adjusted earnings of $1.60 per share, scraping past analysts' estimates of $1.58 per share.
  
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• Telecom analyst says approval for Sprint/T-Mobile deal less likely

  02-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The odds that Sprint Corp and T-Mobile will win approval for their $26 billion merger has fallen to 33 percent from 50 percent because of the U.S. states' apparent willingness to fight the planned merger, MoffettNathanson Research said on Tuesday.The deal, which could be challenged by the Justice Department, Federal Communications Commission, state attorneys general or utilities commissions, has been criticized because it would reduce the number of national wireless carriers available to consume
  
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• US Air Force again halts delivery of Boeing tanker over debris problem

  02-04-2019 22:45 via cnn.com
  For the second time in two months, the US Air Force has stopped accepting deliveries of new Boeing KC-46 tanker and refueling aircraft after debris was again found in some of the planes coming off the production line.
  
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• Palestinians pray for fish as Israel opens deeper waters

  02-04-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, as part of Egyptian-mediated efforts to ease the plight of 2 million residents of the blockaded Gaza Strip, Israel has extended the area where it permits Palestinians to fish.Israel keeps a naval cordon on Gaza, part of a blockade it and neighboring Egypt say is necessary to prevent arms smuggling by the Hamas Islamists that rule the coastal territory.Israel has long limited Palestinian fishing waters, and has varied the size of the zone.
  
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• Smollett Conspiracy Theories Target George Soros

  02-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Nuccio DiNuzzo/GettyThis story originally appeared in Right Richter, a newsletter by Will Sommer. Subscribe now to see what's happening in right-wing media from the safety of your inbox.A couple dozen protesters gathered in Chicago yesterday to demonstrate against the decision to drop charges against former Empire actor Jussie Smollett for his alleged hate crime hoax. But amid the signs criticizing Smollett and prosecutor Kim Foxx, there was one surprising name that drew protesters’ ire: b
  
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• DOJ to Oscars: Potential new Netflix rules could be an issue

  02-04-2019 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  Steven Spielberg reportedly planned to introduce rule changes that could block Netflix from competing for Oscars.
  
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• Algerian president resigns at 82

  02-04-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  Algeria's ailing 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned, according to a short statement published on Tuesday by the state-run Algeria Press Agency.
  
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• Trump keeps claiming his father was born in Germany. It was the Bronx.

  02-04-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The president's father was, in fact, born in the Bronx.
  
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• Pence calls for release of Americans held in Venezuela

  02-04-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence called on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to immediately release six American oil executives who have been jailed for more than a year without trial, but he acknowledged, practically in the same breath, that their freedom will be slow to come as long as Maduro remains in power.
  
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• Terrawatch: Cyclone Idai reveals secondary impact of climate change

  02-04-2019 22:30 via theguardian.com
  At least 180 people in Zimbabwe known to have been killed by landslides triggered by IdaiWhen we picture climate change it is often extreme weather that springs to mind: hurricanes, cyclones, droughts, heatwaves and floods. But secondary impacts, such as landslides, also present a major threat. Related: Hundreds dead or missing in devastation of Cyclone Idai – in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• If Trump closed the border with Mexico, the U.S. auto industry would shut down in days

  02-04-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Automotive and parts production would take months to restart. Even a short shutdown could weaken the US economy and push it into recession.
  
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• 2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Preview

  02-04-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Gets Bigger and Adds FeaturesToyota rolled out preliminary information on its 2020 Yaris hatchback today, ahead of its public unveiling at the New York International...
  
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• U.S. launches probe of FAA's training of Boeing 737 Max inspectors

  02-04-2019 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  Boeing's 737 Max jets have been grounded for over two weeks as the company works on a software fix for the plane's flight-control systems.
  
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• GOP tries to push vote on bill on babies surviving abortions

  02-04-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans started a long-shot drive Tuesday to force a House vote on a measure that could imprison doctors for five years if they don't try saving the lives of infants born during attempted abortions.
  
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• Almost 70 percent of Americans OK with gay presidential candidate

  02-04-2019 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  This marks a big shift since 2006, when 53 percent said they'd be “very uncomfortable” or have “reservations” about a gay or lesbian candidate.
  
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• Conservatives Say Students Censored Border Patrol. Now the University of Arizona Will Charge Them for Protesting.

  02-04-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Dianne Leeth / AlamyLaw enforcement at the University of Arizona said they plan to charge two students for protesting Border Patrol agents’ presence on campus last month. In a statement announcing the charges, the university’s president accused the students of infringing on “free speech” rights.The March 20 incident was tailor-made for right-wing outrage. A viral video shows a University of Arizona student standing outside a classroom and criticizing two Border Patrol age
  
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• Panel approves subpoenas on census citizenship question

  02-04-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic-controlled House panel voted Tuesday to subpoena documents and a witness related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
  
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• American Airlines' newest jet, the Airbus 321neo, takes off

  02-04-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Airbus A321neo has high-speed WiFi and power outlets at every seat, and promises better fuel economy.
  
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• House panel authorizes subpoenas on White House security clearances, 2020 census

  02-04-2019 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  The panel voted along party lines to subpoena the testimony of the former White House personnel security director to discuss the security clearance process.
  
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• Democratic hopeful Julián Castro rolls out first 2020 immigration plan

  02-04-2019 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  Castro would make crossing the border illegally a civil, not criminal, violation, the way it was enforced before President George W. Bush changed it.
  
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• iHeartMedia CEO on why audio 'is hot for the first time in decades'

  02-04-2019 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  "Audio is hot for the first time in decades, and people don’t quite appreciate the nuance of it," Pittman said in an interview.
  
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• Lithuanian man flies alone on huge plane to Italy

  02-04-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane: He was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800.
  
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• YouTubers prank on 6-year-old daughter sparks backlash

  02-04-2019 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  "We feel like we can't take good enough care of him at our house," the mother said to her daughter in a video.
  
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• Simple ways to pay significantly less for your prescription drugs

  02-04-2019 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  Sometimes by skipping insurance and paying the ‘retail’ price, you’ll pay less.
  
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• The Latest: Steve Wynn again denies misconduct accusations

  02-04-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on hearings in Massachusetts on sexual misconduct allegations at Wynn Resorts (all times local):
  
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• Bernie Sanders campaign touts its diversity and fights 'the narrative of 2016'

  02-04-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The leadership of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign held a press call with reporters on Tuesday where they touted figures showing the diversity of their staff and supporters.On his way to losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton in 2016, Sanders was dogged by the impression he was not popular with minorities and that many of his supporters were male “Bernie bros” who were hostile towards women.“The senator is really popular and supported by a diverse coa
  
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• Waco Biker Gang Shootout: DA Drops All Remaining Charges

  02-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Handout/ReutersNearly four years after nine men died and another 20 were injured in a brutal melée at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, the local district attorney announced Tuesday that he will dismiss the remaining 24 cases involved in the shooting—effectively closing the criminal matter that began on May 17, 2015.On that hot and bloody Sunday, a gun battle broke out between members of the Bandidos and Cossacks motorcycle clubs at a quiet outdoor shopping mall. In the afterm
  
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• British PM seeks new Brexit delay to approve deal

  02-04-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday she would ask the EU to delay Brexit again to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc next week, signalling she could accept a closer relationship with Europe to break months of political deadlock.In a move which enraged the Brexit-supporting wing of her Conservative Party, she also offered to work with the leader of the main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, who favours closer ties with the European Union.Corbyn responded saying he was "very happy" t
  
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• Trump, McConnell clash on closing the border

  02-04-2019 21:30 via nbcnews.com
  "If we don't make a deal with Congress, the border's going to be closed," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "100 percent."
  
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• VIDEO: Vallejo police release bodycam footage from deadly shooting in Taco Bell drive-thru

  02-04-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The Vallejo Police Department released body cam footage and 911 audio from a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened in a Taco Bell drive-thru in February.
  
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