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• Dems vow to enforce subpoenas as Trump resistance grows

  30-04-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are steeling for an extraordinary fight with President Donald Trump as the White House stonewalls congressional oversight demands in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
  
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• Pompeo Claims Russians Convinced Maduro Not to Flee Venezuela For Cuba

  30-04-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was planning to flee the country amid a violent coup attempt that began Tuesday morning, but was convinced to cling to power by Russian authorities, who continue to support his socialist regime.“It's been a long time since anyone has seen Maduro. He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the Russians indicated he should stay,” Pompeo told CNN's W
  
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• The Latest: 7 Tennessee victims died of blunt force injuries

  30-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into seven people killed in rural Tennessee (all times local):
  
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• CNN and BBC pulled off the air by Venezuela's government

  30-04-2019 23:52 via cnn.com
  CNN was taken off the air by the Venezuelan government on Tuesday moments after the network broadcast a feed that showed military vehicles running over protestors in Caracas.
  
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• Teen asks wrong girl to prom — and it's caught on video for all to see

  30-04-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Video of a Nevada high school student asking the wrong girl to the prom captured about 2.5 million views after the teen posted the video to Twitter.
  
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• Pair arrested after women’s bodies found in London freezer

  30-04-2019 23:48 via theguardian.com
  Police detain two men on suspicion of murder after discovery in Canning TownPolice investigating the discovery of two women’s bodies in a freezer at a home in east London have arrested two men on suspicion of murder.A 50-year-old manwas arrested on Monday and has been released under investigation, while a 34-year-old man remains in custody following his arrest on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe

  30-04-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department's deliberations on whether to allow T-Mobile to proceed with its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint, according to a source familiar with the decision.The department's Antitrust Division, headed by Makan Delrahim, is reviewing the deal to determine if it will lead to higher prices for consumers or to slower innovation, as critics allege.The Federal Communications Commission also must approve the transaction for it t
  
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• EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow

  30-04-2019 23:29
  Legal claims mount from people who blame the herbicide for their cancer.
  
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• Trump Threatens Cuba as Maduro Cracks Down: Venezuela Update

  30-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Time stamp is Caracas time.U.S. President Donald Trump surveyed the events in Caracas today and saw Cuba as the antagonist.The Caribbean island’s socialist government has long had a presence in Venezuela, supplying the regime with personnel ranging from doctors to intelligence officers.
  
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• Dem. Rep. Scolds Pence for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ro Khana (D., Calif.) chastised Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday for encouraging anti-government protesters in Venezuela in their efforts to overthrow socialist president Nicolás Maduro.“The vice president shouldn't be interfering or inciting violence with Guaidó,” Khana said during an interview on MSNBC, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who called on his supporters to overthrow Maduro on Tuesday.“What we should be d
  
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• Student protesters occupy fraternity house, want it closed

  30-04-2019 23:20
  The demonstration is aimed at shutting down the Phi Psi chapter at Swarthmore.
  
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• 19 Indian students kill themselves after controversial exam results

  30-04-2019 23:18 via cnn.com
  Nineteen students have taken their own lives in the Indian state of Telangana since mid-April, after the release of intermediate examination results, officials say.
  
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• Five ways Trump's moves to stem asylum seekers have hit hurdles

  30-04-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Increasingly frustrated, Trump on Monday issued a presidential memorandum directing officials to make it harder for asylum seekers to apply for work permits and to charge them application fees - drawing immediate fire from the United Nations.Many asylum protections are codified in U.S. and international law.Meanwhile, the flow of migrants continues to swell.
  
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• Apple rallies as new services offset slump in iPhone sales

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple said Tuesday that profits in the past quarter dropped amid falling iPhone sales, but the results were above Wall Street expectations and sent shares sharply higher.The California tech giant reported a 16 percent drop in profits in the just-ended quarter to $11.6 billion, as overall revenues dipped five percent to $58 billion.Apple shares rallied more than five percent in after-hours trade, with the results showing better-than-anticipated results from its new products and services in the fi
  
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• Johnston County Sheriff makes arrest in 46-year-old murder case

  30-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Larry Joe Scott, 65, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1972 death of Bonnie Neighbors.
  
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• Trump's proposed fee on asylum seekers would burden the poor

  30-04-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Asylum seekers waiting to get into the U.S. sleep in small tents set up by the border, depending on volunteers and churches to bring them food and clothing. Some scrape together 25 cents to pay a toll to get on an international bridge where they can use a bathroom.
  
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• 77 lies and falsehoods the Mueller report called out

  30-04-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  • Read the full trail of untruths
  
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• The Latest: Woman killed in foyer of California synagogue

  30-04-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Southern California synagogue (all times local):
  
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• Woman sentenced to death for killing stepdaughter

  30-04-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Tiffany Moss has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for starving her stepdaughter to death in an Atlanta suburb in 2013.
  
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• Facebook unveils makeover it hopes will overwrite years of scandal

  30-04-2019 22:27 via cnn.com
  Facebook debuted a makeover for its main app on Tuesday, along with promises that there will be a major shift in how the company is run. But it's unclear how much will be a real change for the beleaguered company that reaches 2 billion people around the world, and how much is just a new coat of paint.
  
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• The New York Times ’ Anti-Semitism Is Shocking, but Not Surprising

  30-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, the New York Times got itself into hot water for printing a blatantly Jew-hating cartoon in its international edition. The cartoon depicted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an elongated dachshund, a Star of David hanging around his neck, leading a fat, blind, yarmulke-wearing Donald Trump through the streets. The implication: The nefarious, animalistic Jew is in control of the Jew-perverted president of the United States.The image is nothing new. In 1940, the Lustige Blatt
  
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• Elie Honig: William Barr now has to try to defend the indefensible

  30-04-2019 22:20 via cnn.com
  Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the Senate and on Thursday in the House, though CNN reported he is balking at the format on the Democratic-controlled House side and threatening not to appear. (Apparently the threat of follow-up questioning by congressional aides is too much for the nation's top prosecutor to withstand.) When Barr testifies in Congress this week -- even if he boycotts the House and only appears in the Senate -- he finally will face a fair fight.
  
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• Troops loyal to Guaido take cover as shots fired

  30-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops on Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (April 30)
  
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• U.S. envoy says top Venezuelan officials negotiated to help restore order

  30-04-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said on Tuesday opposition-led protests in Caracas were part of a broader effort negotiated with three senior officials in President Nicolas Maduro's government to restore constitutional order. Abrams, speaking to reporters at the State Department, said the talks involved Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court chief justice Maikel Moreno and presidential guard commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dela about restoring
  
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• Joe Biden's past 24 hours could not have gone more perfectly

  30-04-2019 21:55 via cnn.com
  After a decidedly rocky run-up to the official announcement of his presidential candidacy, Joe Biden has to be happy with where he finds himself in the race today -- particularly after a 24-hour run that simply could not have gone any better for him.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg announces privacy overhaul: ‘We don’t have the strongest reputation'

  30-04-2019 21:52 via theguardian.com
  At annual F8 developer conference, CEO focuses on ‘sense of intimacy’ and unveils plans for payments toolsEven Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t keep a straight face.The Facebook founder and chief executive repeatedly broke out in laughter as he announced a product roadmap for his company’s new “privacy-focused social platform” at its annual developer conference, F8, in San Jose on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Avengers: End Game — Bernie Sanders calls on Disney to use box office profits to pay workers ‘middle class wage’

  30-04-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has an idea of how Disney can write a “truly heroic” story following the box-office record shattering weekend from Avengers: End Game this past week: Spread the profits around.Mr Sanders, in a tweet, took the entertainment behemoth to task, criticising the salary of the company’s CEO, Bob Iger, and urging better pay for the rest of the employees there.Mr Iger makes a reported $65.6m a year from his post as the head honcho at Disney — a salary that is 1,400
  
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• Chase tried to motivate customers with lower bank balances. It backfired badly.

  30-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Chase Bank tried to offer customers on Twitter some #MondayMotivation to save money. The backlash was so strong the banking giant deleted their tweet.
  
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• Democrats say $2 trillion for infrastructure agreed to after meeting with Trump

  30-04-2019 21:38 via cnn.com
  Democratic congressional leaders announced Tuesday after a meeting with President Donald Trump that an agreement had been reached on the price tag for a potential infrastructure plan: $2 trillion.
  
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• Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China to change not guilty plea

  30-04-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  Jerry Lee, a former CIA officer accused of spying for the Chinese, is set to change his not guilty plea at a hearing in Virginia federal court on Wednesday.
  
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• Video shows military vehicle running over protesters

  30-04-2019 21:35 via cnn.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made his boldest attempt yet to seize power from President Nicolas Maduro, announcing an uprising alongside a group of soldiers in the capital Caracas and unleashing a day of street protests and skirmishes.
  
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• Military vehicle runs over protesters

  30-04-2019 21:35 via cnn.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made his boldest attempt yet to seize power from President Nicolas Maduro, announcing an uprising alongside a group of soldiers in the capital Caracas and unleashing a day of street protests and skirmishes.
  
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• FDA permits sale of Philip Morris IQOS tobacco-heating alternative to cigarettes

  30-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Following a review of about two years, the FDA determined that authorizing the device for sale in the U.S. market was "appropriate for the protection of public health" because the products produce "fewer or lower levels of some toxins than combustible cigarettes."Unlike combustible cigarettes, the IQOS devices heat tobacco-filled sticks wrapped in paper, which generates an aerosol that contains nicotine.Altria Group Inc, which sells Marlboro cigarettes in the United States, will market IQOS devi
  
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• APNewsBreak: Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army

  30-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  
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• Teen suicides spiked after '13 Reasons Why'

  30-04-2019 21:08 via cnn.com
  The rate of suicide among US boys ages 10 to 17 surged in the month after the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" premiered in March 2017, according to a new study.
  
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• CORRECTED-U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe

  30-04-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department's deliberations on whether to allow T-Mobile to proceed with its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint, according to a source familiar with the decision.The department's Antitrust Division, headed by Makan Delrahim, is reviewing the deal to determine if it will lead to higher prices for consumers or to slower innovation, as critics allege.The Federal Communications Commission also must approve the transaction for it t
  
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• Democrats and Trump agree to spend $2 trillion on 'big and bold' infrastructure plan

  30-04-2019 21:02
  Democrats met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss a bipartisan infrastructure package.
  
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• Key events leading toward uprising in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, accompanied by civilian protesters and a small contingent of heavily armed troops, called Tuesday for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolás Maduro. Here's a timeline of recent events leading up to that revolt:
  
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• Surfing legend Vincent 'Sunny' Garcia hospitalized

  30-04-2019 20:40 via cnn.com
  Surfing legend Vincent "Sunny" Garcia is in the intensive care unit at a hospital, according to the World Surf League.
  
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• Prosecutors oppose giving unredacted Mueller report to Trump adviser Stone

  30-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "The government does not intend to provide that portion of the report to counsel for Mr. Stone absent an order of the court to do so," prosecutor Jonathan Kravis told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a hearing in the case due to go to trial on Nov. 5.Jackson said she understood why Stone should not get a copy of the entire report but raised questions about why he might not be entitled to parts that relate to him directly, especially because some already is in the public version of t
  
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• Fire jets out of new black hole in all different directions

  30-04-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Nearly 8,000 light-years away from Earth, astronomers have discovered a black hole that keeps rapidly swinging out jets of plasma clouds into space, according to a new study.
  
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• Celebrate World Land Rover Day with These New 2020 Land Rover Defender Images

  30-04-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the new photos is our best look yet at the next-gen Defender.
  
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• Trump's Fed pick: Declining 'male earnings' is economy's biggest problem

  30-04-2019 20:17 via cnn.com
  Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's pick for the Federal Reserve, said Tuesday the biggest problem to the US economy over the years is the decline in "male earnings."
  
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• Donald Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One in bid to block info going to Congress

  30-04-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organisation have filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them releasing financial and banking records to Congress.  The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a Manhattan court, argues that the subpoenas issued for documents by two Democrat-controlled congressional committees overstepped the mark and should not be acted on.  Deutsche Bank was a longtime lender to Mr Trump before he took office. The US president's sons Don
  
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• Thai cave rescue boys sign Netflix deal for miniseries

  30-04-2019 20:00 via cnn.com
  The twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a flooded cave last summer will soon tell their story on Netflix. On Tuesday, they formally signed a deal with the online streaming giant.
  
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• Thai cave rescue boys sign Netflix deal

  30-04-2019 20:00 via cnn.com
  The twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a flooded cave last summer will soon tell their story on Netflix. On Tuesday, they formally signed a deal with the online streaming giant.
  
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• Marine reservist under investigation for photo of boots forming a swastika

  30-04-2019 19:48
  A Marine Corps reservist is under investigation for posting a photo on Instagram that showed four pairs of boots in the shape of a swastika.
  
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• 1-year-old girl bitten 'multiple times' at day care

  30-04-2019 19:40
  A 1-year-old girl came home covered in bite marks after spending the day at an Arizona day care, according to her parents.
  
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• Armored Vehicles Crush Anti-Maduro Protesters in Caracas

  30-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters loyal to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó were crushed under armored cars driven by pro-government forces during a violent uprising that racked the streets of Caracas on Tuesday after Guaidó launched a push to end socialist president Nicolás Maduro's regime.Violent clashes ensued Tuesday morning after Guaidó, who declared himself interim president of the nation earlier this year, finally called on his supporters to take to the streets in response to
  
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• Doctors define new type of dementia

  30-04-2019 19:27 via cnn.com
  Doctors have newly outlined a type of dementia that could be more common than Alzheimer's among the oldest adults, according to a report published Tuesday in the journal Brain.
  
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