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• Lori Lightfoot: What challenges lie ahead for Chicago's new mayor?

  03-04-2019 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  From gang violence to failing schools, how has Lori Lightfoot vowed to tackle problems of third biggest US city?
  
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• Lightfoot's win stirs hope for change in a divided Chicago

  03-04-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Lori Lightfoot's victory in the Chicago mayor's race signaled hope among voters that the nation's third-largest city may someday move beyond long-entrenched divides, racial and otherwise, that have left large parts of the metropolis feeling ignored by people in power.
  
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• Mitch McConnell detonates the nuclear option to speed up Trump nominees

  03-04-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kentucky Republican used the so-called nuclear option to help President Donald Trump get lower-level judicial and agency nominees to confirmation.
  
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• South Korea rolls out 5G services on phones, in race with U.S. and China

  03-04-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  South Korea will become one of the first countries to commercially launch fifth-generation (5G) services as it rolls out on Friday the latest wireless technology with Samsung Electronics' new 5G-enabled smartphone Galaxy S10.With one of the world's top smartphone penetration rates, South Korea is in a race with China, the United States and Japan to market 5G, hoping the technology will spur breakthrough in fields such as smart cities and autonomous cars, and drive up its economic growth that slo
  
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• Officials say Kim warned his generals ahead of Trump summit

  03-04-2019 23:46 via cnn.com
  In one of the clearest signs of just how much Kim Jong Un wanted an agreement at what became the failed Hanoi summit in February with President Donald Trump, CNN has learned that the North Korean leader gave specific orders to his generals to not carry out any unplanned activity in the days and weeks leading up the meeting, according to a senior South Korean official and a US defense official.
  
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• Chelsea 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: Stylish Blues brush aside Seagulls

  03-04-2019 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri says he is "lucky" to have so many squad options as a new-look side beat Brighton.
  
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• Joe Biden pledges to respect women's 'personal space'

  03-04-2019 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-US vice-president says he hears his accusers and concedes "social norms are changing".
  
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• Global stocks rise on US-China trade deal hopes

  03-04-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stock markets rose Wednesday on optimism over US-China trade talks, while the pound gained on the dollar amid hopes that British Prime Minister Theresa May's new political gamble could avert a messy "no deal" Brexit.
  
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• College admissions scandal: Judge warns defendants

  03-04-2019 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A judge recommends the accused seek legal advice before discussing the case with their children.
  
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• First Parent to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scandal

  03-04-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A dozen others appeared in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, where the 100-seat courtroom was standing room only.Among the parents were actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and attorney Gordon Caplan, the former co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.Moments earlier, Peter Jan Sartorio, a 53-year-old packaged-food entrepreneur from Menlo Park, California, filed notice of his intended guilty plea.
  
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• Chinese social media star vanishes as Internet fame soars

  03-04-2019 23:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  China’s latest Internet sensation, as The Washington Post reported, has been called the Vagrant Master or Master Shen on the Chinese Internet.
  
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• Man City ease past Cardiff to go top of Premier League

  03-04-2019 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City return to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable victory over Cardiff City at Etihad Stadium.
  
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• Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin warned about discussing U.S. college scam with their kids

  03-04-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Prosecutors had wanted U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley in Boston to go further and prohibit the 12 wealthy parents who appeared before her from talking about the case with their children without a lawyer present.While Kelley warned the parents that discussing the case with their children could expose them to potential obstruction of justice charges, she said she did not think the prosecution's proposed conditions on parental communications could work.Prosecutors said those schemes involved
  
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• Moise Kean: Italian media reaction to racist chanting

  03-04-2019 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Juventus' teenage forward Moise Kean was the target of racist abuse - but the response in the Italian media has been mixed.
  
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• Pittsburgh Is Moving Forward With Gun Reform After the Tree of Life Shooting. But the Legal Battle Is Just Beginning

  03-04-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Pittsburgh City Council approved three bills that would restrict assault weapons in a 6-3 final vote on Tuesday
  
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• Boeing faces reckoning in 737 Max crisis

  03-04-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  Two years ago, Boeing was on top. Its stock was up 40% over the previous year. It was one of the hottest stocks around. The outlook for sales and profit was bright. And the company was about to start delivering its new 737 Max jet.
  
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• McConnell is trying to leave a lifetime conservative legacy through judicial appointments: Today's talker

  03-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate majority leader, who blocked Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination, accuses Democrats of obstructionism.
  
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• St Mirren 0-2 Celtic: Neil Lennon's side close in on Premiership title

  03-04-2019 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Celtic took a step closer to retaining the Scottish Premiership title as they edged to a win over relegation-threatened St Mirren in Paisley.
  
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• Pence warns Turkey over its purchase of Russian missile system

  03-04-2019 22:42 via cnn.com
  Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey against going ahead with its planned purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system, hours after the Turkish foreign minister said the acquisition was "a done deal."
  
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• Pence: Turkey purchase of Russian missile system a danger to NATO

  03-04-2019 22:42 via cnn.com
  Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey against going ahead with its planned purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system, hours after the Turkish foreign minister said the acquisition was "a done deal."
  
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• Trump news: Congress votes to subpoena full Mueller report from attorney-general, as senior Republicans turn on president's 'catastrophic' border closure plan

  03-04-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas Wednesday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report as Democrats pressure the Justice Department to release the document without redactions.The committee voted 24-17 to give Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler permission to issue subpoenas to the Justice Department for the final report, its exhibits and any underlying evidence or materials prepared for the investigation. Mr Nadler has not yet said if he’ll send the subpoena
  
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• iPhone 5G release may be pushed back to 2021

  03-04-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  In a new investor note from Timothy Arcuri (obtained via CNBC), the UBS analyst writes that supply challenges may force Apple to delay its 5G compatible iPhone until 2021. With Apple still entangled in a legal battle with Qualcomm, Arcuri articulates that Intel may not be able to supply 5G modems at the scale Apple needs. What's more, Arcuri writes that striking a deal with other 5G modem providers like MediaTek represents an "unlikely solution."Consequently, Arcuri believes that there is an "in
  
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• Bouteflika asks Algerians for 'forgiveness'

  03-04-2019 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  In a letter published by state media, the outgoing president admits he made mistakes.
  
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• The insecurity of Donald Trump in one remarkable story

  03-04-2019 22:03 via cnn.com
  Buried in the middle of a richly reported and incredibly detailed New York Times profile of Rupert Murdoch, his family and the vast media empire he oversees is a remarkable anecdote about Donald Trump from the 2016 campaign that illuminates just how desperate the then-candidate was to prove that he was worthy of running for president.
  
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• Truckers, stores on U.S.-Mexico border struggle as Trump closure threat looms

  03-04-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his threat to close the border, or parts of it, saying Congress could avert such a shutdown by changing laws to fix what he called immigration "loopholes."Business leaders on both sides of the border have lashed out against the threat, saying a shutdown would hurt supply chains and $1.7 billion in daily trade at some of the world's busiest land crossings.Petra Gomez, 63, who owns discount store Buy 4 Less near the Otay Mesa crossing in California, opposite
  
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• 540 million Facebook records exposed on Amazon cloud servers

  03-04-2019 21:44 via cnn.com
  A vast collection of data on Facebook users was exposed to the public until recently on Amazon's cloud computing servers, researchers have found.
  
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• Rihanna's new 'Geisha Chic' highlighter pulled after fan backlash

  03-04-2019 21:30 via cnn.com
  A cosmetics brand founded by Rihanna says it pulled a planned makeup product after it was criticized as an appropriation of Asian culture.
  
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• Holly M. Karibo: Why lawsuits alone aren't the opioid solution we need

  03-04-2019 21:19 via cnn.com
  Unless something changes, in May the first of a recent round of lawsuits brought against the pharmaceutical industry over its role in widespread opioid addiction in the US will go to trial in Oklahoma. That suit is one among many brought by dozens of states.
  
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• Will Moisturizers With SPF Protect Your Skin?

  03-04-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  If your morning beauty routine involves applying both sunscreen and moisturizer, you may have decided to simplify things by using a moisturizer with SPF instead. That’s a fine move, assuming you ...
  
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• Bucklebury murder: Former Concorde pilot and wife found dead

  03-04-2019 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Tony Meadows, who was found dead with his wife Paula, previously told the BBC he flew the Queen in 1979.
  
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• House panel authorizes subpoena for Mueller report as Trump backs away from public release

  03-04-2019 20:53 via cnn.com
  The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a subpoena to obtain the full confidential report from special counsel Robert Mueller, sending a warning to Attorney General William Barr not to redact Mueller's report and setting the stage for a clash between Congress and the Trump administration.
  
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• Pence calls Germany stance in NATO 'unacceptable'

  03-04-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday strongly criticized Germany at NATO's 70th anniversary gathering, saying the ally's level of defense spending and work with Russia on a gas pipeline were "simply unacceptable."
  
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• White House won't clarify Trump's misrepresentation about his father's birthplace

  03-04-2019 20:39 via cnn.com
  The White House has not responded to CNN's repeated requests for comment over the last two days to clarify President Donald Trump's recent misrepresentation about his father's birthplace.
  
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• White House silent on Trump's misrepresentation about father's birthplace

  03-04-2019 20:39 via cnn.com
  The White House has not responded to CNN's repeated requests for comment over the last two days to clarify President Donald Trump's recent misrepresentation about his father's birthplace.
  
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• Dutch sea search stumbles on 'oldest' shipwreck

  03-04-2019 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A team searching for containers that fell into the sea in a storm has found a 16th Century wreck.
  
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• These Wireless Earbuds Last 50 Hours Per Charge

  03-04-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Get a pair now for over 50 percent off.
  
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• NATO chief defends alliance in US Congress

  03-04-2019 20:04 via cnn.com
  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered a pointed and robust defense of the trans-Atlantic alliance to Congress on Wednesday, stressing the need for unity in the face of deep global shifts and "unforeseen" challenges ahead.
  
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• The Ford Puma, a Fiesta-Based Crossover, Will Add to Ford's Growing SUV Lineup

  03-04-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  For now, the Puma is for Europe only, but we suspect that will change.
  
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• Brunei urges tourism while at the same time implementing draconian Sharia Law

  03-04-2019 19:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Culture. Heritage. Nature. Contemporary Asia. A distinctive, exciting, and undiscovered travel destination in Asia. It sounds like a whimsical haven, and it is part of the marketing materials being issued by Brunei’s Tourism arm in a reinvigorated push to draw tourists to the tiny, oil-rich monarchy. Problem is, the glossy allure comes at the same time the country is being cast under an ugly international spotlight for implementing the harshest array of Sharia Law regulations.
  
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• Marion Steinfels: When Joe Biden grabbed my arm ... he was trying to help me

  03-04-2019 19:52 via cnn.com
  I'll never forget the first time Joe Biden got a little close. Not long after joining his 2008 campaign for president, I found myself on a small plane with him traveling from a town in Iowa to O'Hare International Airport. Just as the plane started taxiing, he grabbed hold of my arm and became very animated.
  
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• Will President's departure quell Algeria's protests?

  03-04-2019 19:49 via cnn.com
  A day that many in Algeria had longed for but barely dreamed possible has now arrived. After two decades in power, the country's octogenarian ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika has bowed to mass protests and relinquished the presidency.
  
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• Is a second Brexit referendum becoming inevitable?

  03-04-2019 19:45 via cnn.com
  Amid the excitement of Prime Minister Theresa May suddenly being on speaking terms with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, something is happening in Parliament that could alter the course of Brexit.
  
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• John Kennedy on Biden Allegations: ‘This Is No Country for Creepy Old Men’

  03-04-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator John Kennedy (R., La.) on Wednesday said the invasive behavior ascribed to former vice president Joe Biden by two women was “creepy,” and suggested that the country would no longer tolerate politicians who are seen to abuse their power.“This is no country for creepy old men. And it needs to stop. Do I consider it inappropriate to smell someone's hair? To get so close that I smell their hair? Yes! I mean duh! Somebody gets close enough to smell my hair they might get to
  
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• NASA wants to land astronauts on Mars by 2033

  03-04-2019 19:39 via cnn.com
  NASA wants to accelerate its timeline for the next moon landing while keeping its eyes on a bigger prize: Mars.
  
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• Made a Mistake On Your Taxes? Don't Panic. Here's What to Do Now

  03-04-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Did you realize you made a mistake on your taxes after you filed? Here’s how to handle it.
  
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• The FDA Is Investigating a Possible Link Between Vaping and Seizures

  03-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Nicotine poisoning may be to blame
  
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• Apple announces Powerbeats Pro true wireless earbuds for $250

  03-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  As previously rumored, Beats earlier today officially unveiled a brand new pair of wireless Powerbeats headphones with an AirPods-inspired design. In other words, imagine the current Powerbeats3 design without the connecting cord.The new headphones, dubbed Powerbeats Pro, naturally incorporate many of the same technologies Apple recently introduced with AirPods 2, including hands-free Siri functionality and the company's brand new H1 chip. As an exercise-oriented pair of headphones, Powerbeats P
  
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• Woman buys out shoe store to help Nebraska flood victims

  03-04-2019 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  As devastating flooding continues to affect the US Midwest, stories of kindness and charity have emerged.
  
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• Woman buys out shoe store to help flood victims

  03-04-2019 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  As devastating flooding continues to affect the US Midwest, stories of kindness and charity have emerged.
  
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• ‘It Was a Clusterf*ck’: How the Waco Biker Shooting Case Fell Apart

  03-04-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via APKiller bikers could still be walking free in Waco, Texas, according to the county’s top prosecutor.McLennan County District Attorney Barry Johnson on Tuesday dropped all remaining charges related to the biker shooting in 2015 that left nine men dead and another 20 injured. Johnson told The Daily Beast he dropped the charges against 24 people because he claims his predecessor botched the case. As a result, he said, some people who may be responsible f
  
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