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• Jared Kushner: Investigations into Russian meddling more harmful than interference

  23-04-2019 23:54
  Jared Kushner made the case that the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election have been “way more harmful” to American democracy than Russia.
  
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• Some 156 people in 10 states infected with E. coli from ground beef: CDC

  23-04-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  No deaths have been reported but 20 people have been hospitalized after they were infected with the strain E. coli O103 since March 1, the CDC said on its website.The agency said an investigation is ongoing to determine the source of the contaminated ground beef that was supplied to grocery stores and restaurants."At this time, no common supplier, distributor, or brand of ground beef has been identified," the CDC said.
  
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• 'Marsquake' detected for first time, Nasa says

  23-04-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Nasa has detected a probable "Marsquake" for the first time. The suspected seismic event on the Red Planet was recorded using silicon sensors developed in the UK. A dome-shaped apparatus known as Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure [SEIS] landed on Mars last year equipped with the sensors, which were built with £4 million in funding from the UK Space Agency Nasa said the measuring of the quake, which occurred on April 6, marked the "birth of a new discipline - Martian seismology". Ch
  
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• Exclusive: ISIS suspect warned of Sri Lanka bombings

  23-04-2019 23:35 via cnn.com
  Early warnings from India's intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned.
  
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• Exclusive: ISIS suspect gave advance warning of bombings

  23-04-2019 23:35 via cnn.com
  Early warnings from India's intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned.
  
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• NASA probe records first likely 'marsquake' detected on red planet

  23-04-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported on Tuesday.The breakthrough came five months after InSight, the first spacecraft designed specifically to study the deep interior of a distant world, touched down on the surface of Mars to begin its two-year seismological mission on the red planet.The faint
  
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• Was the Sri Lanka terror attack preventable?

  23-04-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  CNN's Sam Kiley reports from Sri Lanka.
  
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• Judge sets May 14 hearing in Trump bid to block Congress demand on his finances

  23-04-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA, had faced an April 29 deadline for complying with the demand from the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee, Representative Elijah Cummings.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said the firm would not need to respond until one week after he rules on Trump's request for a preliminary suspension of the subpoena.Cummings and Republican Trump had jointly agreed to the new schedule, the judge said in his order.
  
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• Judge Andrew Napolitano breaks down debate over citizenship question in census

  23-04-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The law says you must answer census questions but the Constitution says you have the right to remain silent, explains Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano.
  
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• Delphi murders: Here's what we know about unsolved killings of two teen girls in Indiana

  23-04-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  It's been more than two years since the Delphi murders. Here's what we know now about the unsolved killings of Abigail Williams and Liberty Germany.
  
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• More than 12,000 Boy Scout members were victims of sexual abuse, expert says

  23-04-2019 23:13
  The scope of sexual abuse reports within the Boy Scouts of America was exposed in court testimony about another situation of child sex abuse.
  
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• A father grieves: 'Maybe I should have stayed and covered them with my body'

  23-04-2019 23:13 via cnn.com
  Matt Linsey's face is peppered with minute scars from the shrapnel and debris that hit him, as he recalls the split-second decision he and his two children made to run, rather than hide, just after the first of two bombs went off.
  
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• A father grieves: 'I should have covered them with my body'

  23-04-2019 23:13 via cnn.com
  Matt Linsey's face is peppered with minute scars from the shrapnel and debris that hit him, as he recalls the split-second decision he and his two children made to run, rather than hide, just after the first of two bombs went off.
  
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• Kim Foxx Receiving Death Threats After Dropping Charges Against Jussie Smollett

  23-04-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said State's Attorney Kim Foxx has received death threats, some of which had racially charged language, as she continues to face criticism after dropping charges against Jussie Smollett.
  
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• Daenerys and Sansa's passive aggressive 'Game of Thrones' talk is now a meme

  23-04-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A lot of viewers are feeling an exaggerated smiley-squint from Daenerys during her heart-to-heart  stand-off with Sansa in the most recent Game of Thrones episode. > Caption this. pic.twitter.com/g85egCy4Nc> > -- doom (@reallyhalalfood) April 22, 2019The Daenerys-Sansa exchange didn't get the same notice as, say, Brienne's knighthood or Daenerys' other big Stark one-on-one conversation, but it's pivotal all the same as it sets up a potential ongoing feud between the Mother of
  
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• Clinton: Trump Would Have Been Indicted If He Weren’t President

  23-04-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that President Trump would have been indicted over the actions described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report had he not been a sitting president."I think there’s enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted," Clinton said during her remarks at the Time 100 Summit. "The whole matter of obstruction was very directly sent to the Congress. And if you read that
  
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• Trump lawyer, Supreme Court justices clash over citizenship question on 2020 census

  23-04-2019 23:00
  President Trump’s top administration lawyer clashed with liberal justices of the Supreme Court over the government’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census
  
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• United Airlines employee accused of racial discrimination

  23-04-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A United Airlines employee is accused of calling a Houston actress a 'monkey' and other racial slurs.
  
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• We've Found the First Real Traces of "Marsquakes"

  23-04-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Working together, two space agencies find evidence that has eluded scientists for years.
  
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• Tides uncovered this century-old shipwreck

  23-04-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  The remains of a 100-year-old ship showed up on a Surf City beach in North Carolina on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Zookeeper attacked by Sumatran tiger identified

  23-04-2019 22:32
  The zookeeper was attacked by a Sumatran tiger inside the animal's enclosure.
  
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• Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, transferred to federal penitentiary

  23-04-2019 22:30
  Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is serving his 81-month sentence at United States Penitentiary Canaan. He is scheduled for release on Christmas 2024.
  
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• NASA's InSight mission 'hears' first quake on Mars

  23-04-2019 22:23 via cnn.com
  For the first time since landing on Mars in November, NASA's InSight mission has recorded and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake."
  
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• Israeli soldiers shoot blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian as he tried to flee

  23-04-2019 22:05 via cnn.com
  Israeli soldiers shot a blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of taking part in disturbances as he tried to flee.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Russian interference 'certainly had an impact' on the 2016 election

  23-04-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Amid efforts by President Trump and the White House to downplay the effectiveness of Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election, Clinton said it's clear that Moscow's efforts affected the outcome.
  
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• All not in favor of Trump's Buckingham Palace dinner date

  23-04-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump finally has a date on the calendar for a state dinner at Buckingham Palace — a visit more than two years in the making. The mere announcement of his June visit as the guest of Queen Elizabeth II stirred up fresh anti-Trump sentiment Tuesday among Brits who want to deny him a seat at the table.
  
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• Teen activist says future has been stolen by climate change

  23-04-2019 21:50
  Climate-change activist Greta Thunberg met British politicians at Parliament.
  
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• Boeing seeks to exit crisis mode as it reports results

  23-04-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Under growing scrutiny from investors and regulators, embattled US aerospace giant Boeing will have a chance this week to reset the narrative as it aims to pivot from two deadly crashes that have grounded a top-selling plane.The company will report earnings on Wednesday for the first time since a deadly March 10 plane crash plunged the company into crisis-mode.Then, on April 29, the company will face its shareholders at an annual meeting that includes challenges to the company on leadership stru
  
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• Neo-Nazi linked to group who said Prince Harry was a race traitor for marrying Meghan pleads guilty

  23-04-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Two teenage neo-Nazis, linked to a group that called Prince Harry a "race traitor"  for marrying Mehgan Markle, are facing jail after admitting terror charges. Polish national, Michal Szewczuk, 19, admitted two counts of encouraging terrorism and five of possessing documents that could be useful to a terrorist, when he appeared at the Old Bailey. His co-defendant, Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski, 18, had previously pleaded guilty to encouraging terrorism. The charges relate to a neo-Nazi group calle
  
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• Republican governor giving 2020 challenge to Trump 'serious consideration'

  23-04-2019 21:40
  Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan moved the ball forward regarding speculation surrounding a possible primary challenge against president Donald Trump on Tuesday.
  
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• UN waters down rape resolution to appease US's hardline abortion stance

  23-04-2019 21:36 via theguardian.com
  Measure on sexual violence in conflict passes after Trump administration threatened to veto document over references to reproductive healthThe UN has backed a resolution on combatting rape in conflict but excluded references in the text to sexual and reproductive health, after vehement opposition from the US.The resolution passed by the security council on Tuesday after a three-hour debate and a weekend of fierce negotiations on the language among member states that threatened to derail the proc
  
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• Winner of $768 million Powerball jackpot comes forward

  23-04-2019 21:30
  The winning ticket was sold in March at a Speedway in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
  
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• DHS Secretary: Separating Migrant Families ‘Not Worth It’

  23-04-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan said Tuesday that border authorities are not considering resuming the separation of migrant families, a practice that was ended by the Trump administration last year after it drew outrage from both sides of the aisle."We're not pursuing that approach," McAleenan said. "Prosecuting violations of the law does have a consequence and it does deter behavior but it [does] not work if you lose the public trust."The DHS secretary added that the
  
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• Frida Ghitis: The big risk after Sri Lanka attacks

  23-04-2019 21:19 via cnn.com
  In its fully justified effort to uproot the organization that carried out Sunday's attacks, the authorities may further spread the seeds of extremism, giving terrorists precisely what they want, Frida Ghitis warns. A cool head is crucial amid a complex nation's fragile peace.
  
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• Trump's unsettlingly erratic -- and unpresidential -- 24 hours on Twitter

  23-04-2019 21:15 via cnn.com
  It's hard to even imagine President Donald Trump's Twitter addiction getting worse, but we may be living through just that right now.
  
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• We stan: Merriam-Webster just added 640 new words

  23-04-2019 21:10 via cnn.com
  A word (heh) of warning: If you hate internet slang and buzzy pop culture words, this news isn't for you.
  
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• US successfully waters down UN resolution preventing rape as weapon of war

  23-04-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  The US successfully used the threat of its veto power on the UN Security Council to demand significant changes to a resolution on sexual violence.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Executes 37 People For Terrorism-Related Crimes

  23-04-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says 37 Saudi citizens were beheaded on Tuesday, all accused of terrorism.
  
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• David A. Andelman: Surprise -- Putin is the big winner from Trump's Iran oil boycott

  23-04-2019 21:02 via cnn.com
  The biggest winner from Donald Trump's clampdown on Iranian oil exports is Vladimir Putin and Russia. That much became clear even before Secretary State Mike Pompeo made the official announcement early Monday. Crude oil prices, already up 44% this year, jumped nearly 3% more.
  
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• North Korea's Kim will go into Putin summit needing a win

  23-04-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  TOKYO (AP) — When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin for their first one-on-one meeting, he will have a long wish list and a strong desire to notch a win after the failure of his second summit with President Donald Trump.
  
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• Democrats and Trump: What does it take to impeach a president?

  23-04-2019 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The release of the Mueller report has led to calls from some Democrats to impeach Donald Trump.
  
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• Clooney urges justice for ISIS sexual violence

  23-04-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Human rights lawyer and activist Amal Clooney is demanding justice for victims of sexual violence in conflicts, especially rapes and abuses by Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria. (April 23)
  
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• Indian intelligence provided specific information -- including the name of a bomber -- ahead of the attacks

  23-04-2019 20:33 via cnn.com
  Early warnings from India's intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned.
  
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• Harry and Meghan, Africa doesn't want you

  23-04-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, may be considering a move to Africa sometime after the birth of their child. Just as with their wedding, the proposed move is being framed in largely positive terms -- with Meghan wanting to explore her and her child's African roots.
  
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• Amazon customers can now return their items at Kohl's

  23-04-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Kohl's announced Tuesday that Amazon customers will be able to return items atall of its stores beginning in July
  
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• Jenna Bush Hager's mom Laura Bush has beautiful response to pregnancy guilt and infertility

  23-04-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Jenna Bush Hager is expecting her third child, and said she felt guilty knowing other women "want these babies." So she called her mom Laura Bush.
  
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• Egypt voters grant Sisi sweeping new powers

  23-04-2019 20:22 via cnn.com
  Egypt has voted to give President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sweeping powers that could keep him in office until 2030.
  
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• Walgreens to hike minimum age for store tobacco sales

  23-04-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other tobacco products.
  
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• Islamic State claims Sri Lanka blasts, as government says probe making progress

  23-04-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The claim, issued through the group's AMAQ news agency, was made after Sri Lanka said two domestic Islamist groups with suspected links to foreign militants were suspected to have been behind the attacks at three churches and four hotels.Three sources told Reuters that Sri Lankan intelligence officials had been warned hours earlier by India that attacks by Islamists were imminent.President Maithripala Sirisena said he would change the heads of the defense forces following their failure to act on
  
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• Two more defendants agree to plead guilty in college admissions bribery case

  23-04-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A former women's soccer assistant coach at USC and another parent have agreed to plead guilty in the nation's college admissions bribery case.
  
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