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• US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast to counter Iran

  10-05-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns that Tehran may be planning to attack America forces or interests in the region.
  
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• Disaster bill clears House of Representatives amid feud over Puerto Rico aid

  10-05-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. House of Representatives approved a multibillion-dollar disaster relief bill on Friday, continuing a quarrel with President Trump and other Republicans who oppose providing more aid to Puerto Rico.
  
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• Bodum sues Starbucks for product disparagement over French press recall

  10-05-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Bodum Holding AG sued Starbucks Corp on Friday for alleged product disparagement in connection with the coffee company's recent recall of 230,000 co-branded French presses made from recycled materials.In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, Bodum said Starbucks had no basis to "unilaterally" conduct the May 1 recall because the Bodum + Starbucks presses were not defective and met required specifications.Bodum also accused Seattle-based Starbucks of creating the impression that Bodum
  
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• Standoff intensifies as Democrats subpoena Trump tax returns

  10-05-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  US House Democrats issued subpoenas Friday against top government officials demanding President Donald Trump's tax returns, the latest twist in the sharpening battle between the White House and opponents in Congress.House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal said he subpoenaed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service commissioner Charles Rettig after they missed two congressional deadlines to turn over six years of the president's personal and business tax data.
  
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• The best way for the US and China to end the trade war

  10-05-2019 23:40 via cnn.com
  Despite President Donald Trump's move on Friday to increase tariffs on $200 billion of China's exports, the end to the US-China trade war may soon be within reach. If and when that happens, the question will be whether the United States can achieve lasting commercial "peace" with China.
  
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• Democrats considering daily contempt fines on Trump officials: Schiff

  10-05-2019 23:40
  Rep. Adam Schiff said Friday that Democrats are using Congress' "inherent contempt” power to impose fines on Trump officials.
  
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• Pentagon bolsters force in Middle East with Marines and missiles to confront Iran

  10-05-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The Pentagon announces more forces will be sent to confront Iran.
  
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• U.S. House panel chairman subpoenas Trump's tax returns

  10-05-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  In the latest salvo of a political battle widely expected to end in federal court, Neal issued separate subpoenas to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig that seek six years of Trump's individual and business tax returns.Trump is stonewalling oversight investigations by Neal and five other Democratic committee chairs in the House of Representatives, prompting Democrats to warn Trump officials that they could face contempt citations along with heavy fines and even
  
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• US deploys more Patriot missiles to Middle East

  10-05-2019 23:26 via cnn.com
  The US has announced it will deploy additional Patriot missiles to the Middle East after US officials said intelligence indicates Iran and its proxies could be planning to threaten US forces and interests in the Middle East.
  
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• US deploys more Patriot missiles as Iran crisis heats up

  10-05-2019 23:26 via cnn.com
  • Trump tells Iran 'call me,' playing good cop to Bolton's enforcer
  
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• US deploying more Patriot missiles to Middle East

  10-05-2019 23:26 via cnn.com
  The US has announced it will deploy additional Patriot missiles to the Middle East after US officials said intelligence indicates Iran and its proxies could be planning to threaten US forces and interests in the Middle East.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani planning to ask Ukraine for potentially damaging information on Biden

  10-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  As the 2020 Presidential race ramps up, the president's lawyer says he plans to inquire with the Ukraine government on opposition research against former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Famed Apple designer says the iPhone UI is a design fail – here’s why he’s wrong

  10-05-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  In a famous 2003 interview with The New York Times, Steve Jobs laid out his -- and by extension, Apple's -- design philosophy."Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like," Jobs said. "People think it's this veneer -- that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."True to form, Apple's attention to detail is arguably unrivaled across the in
  
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• Toddler in Critical Condition After Being Sexually Assaulted in Virginia Motel

  10-05-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A toddler is in critical condition after being sexually assaulted in a Richmond motel.
  
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• Mueller won't testify next week, House chairman says

  10-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says special counsel Robert Mueller won't appear before his panel next week, despite the committee's hope that Mueller would testify May 15.
  
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• Trial date set for Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' tweet

  10-05-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The judge had on April 26 denied Musk's bid to dismiss the lawsuit brought by diver Vernon Unsworth, without explaining his reasoning.Unsworth, who said in his lawsuit he shared a house in the Thailand countryside with a 40-year-old woman who owned a nail salon, was part of a team that helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave last July 10.
  
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• Vanished stealth fighter is a mystery

  10-05-2019 22:47 via cnn.com
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports on the mystery of a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared during a routine training exercise over a month ago.
  
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• Inside search for stealth fighter that vanished

  10-05-2019 22:47 via cnn.com
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports on the mystery of a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared during a routine training exercise over a month ago.
  
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• Inside search for a stealth fighter that vanished

  10-05-2019 22:47 via cnn.com
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports on the mystery of a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared during a routine training exercise over a month ago.
  
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• What happened to 'Smallville' actress Allison Mack?

  10-05-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  In 2013, actress Allison Mack, then best known for her 10-season run on the television series "Smallville," posted a video to her YouTube channel titled "You asked, I answered."
  
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• U.S., China break off latest trade talks without a deal, as new tariffs rile markets

  10-05-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Fears that the China tariffs could mean higher prices for consumers have roiled financial markets and a deleted Trump tweet added to Friday's jitters.
  
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• Anti-abortion rally blasts lawmaker who badgered protesters

  10-05-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of anti-abortion protesters packed the street outside a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday to object to a state legislator's recent treatment of demonstrators at the site and call for his resignation.
  
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• More contempt citations ahead for Trump advisers: senior U.S. Democrat

  10-05-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said lawmakers may bundle numerous contempt citations from different committees into a single resolution that the full House of Representatives could then vote on."There obviously are going to have to be, perhaps from our committee and certainly from other committees, other contempt citations to enforce subpoenas," Nadler told reporters.
  
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• Mom who skipped her own college graduation to attend son's surprised with a degree

  10-05-2019 22:33
  Neither Sharonda Wilson nor her graduating son knew about the surprise at the graduation ceremony.
  
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• Colombia will not allow Venezuela border to be rebel sanctuary: Duque

  10-05-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Colombia will not allow its border with Venezuela to become a sanctuary for the leftist ELN rebel group, President Ivan Duque said on Friday, after local media published documents said to show Venezuela has given weapons to the group.Local media Red+ Noticias, which published the documents late on Thursday, said they are signed by Venezuelan military leaders and reference orders from President Nicolas Maduro that the armed forces treat the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels as their allies an
  
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• With the 2019 Hyundai Kona Iron Man Edition, MCU Means Marvel Car Universe

  10-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  It's so detailed, even Tony Stark's signature is engraved on the center console, and we love it three thousand.
  
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• What Makes a Driving Shoe a Driving Shoe?

  10-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  And why you should get a pair.
  
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• 'Where is my baby?': Car found, but 4-year-old Maleah Davis still missing, police say

  10-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Maleah Davis has been missing since last Friday after her stepfather says he was attacked on the side of the road while driving to the airport.
  
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• William Barr vs. Eric Holder: A Tale of Two Attorneys General

  10-05-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has declared it a “constitutional crisis” that Attorney General William Barr refuses to divulge the small parts of the Mueller report that contain grand-jury material. By a straight party-line vote, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.What did Pelosi think when Barr’s predecessor, Eric Holder, refused to divulge documents to a congressional committee and was held in contempt? “Ridiculous!” she sa
  
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• French prosecutor opens investigation over suspected Monsanto file

  10-05-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The French prosecutor on Friday said it had opened a preliminary investigation into a suspected file assembled by Bayer's seed maker Monsanto to influence various personalities in France.The probe was opened after a complaint was filed by daily newspaper Le Monde.According to Le Monde and other French media, Monsanto built up a file of some 200 names that includes journalists and law makers in the hope of influencing their positions on pesticides.
  
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• Almost 900 child recruits released from anti-Boko Haram militia

  10-05-2019 22:13 via cnn.com
  Almost 900 children who were recruited into the ranks of an anti-Boko Haram militia in Nigeria have been released, UNICEF said Friday.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks end volatile week with a late gain

  10-05-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Pentagon to transfer $1.5 billion to border wall from Afghan forces, other areas

  10-05-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved the transfer of $1.5 billion to build more than 80 miles (130 km)of barriers on the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Friday, including taking about $600 million from an account meant for Afghan security forces. The latest move was opposed by congressional Democrats, who also criticized a March transfer of $1 billion in military money to fund Republican President Donald Trump's wall. ...
  
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• Second Brexit referendum would be doing SNP's work, Boris Johnson claims

  10-05-2019 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Ex-minister hits out at campaigners pushing for a fresh vote Boris Johnson has accused supporters of a second Brexit referendum of “doing the work of the Scottish National party” by making a second Scottish independence vote more likely and threatening the union.In a speech in Aberdeen on Friday, the former foreign secretary and perennial Conservative leadership hopeful sought to turn the tables on remainers who argue that Brexit would increase the risk of a second independence refer
  
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• London Mayor: Trump isn't in the "same class" as Obama and Bush

  10-05-2019 21:56 via cnn.com
  Donald Trump is not worthy of his upcoming ceremonial state visit to Britain, suggested London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday, saying that the US President is not "in the same class" as his predecessors.
  
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• Nadler: Mueller will not testify before Congress next week

  10-05-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Nadler said he will subpoena Mueller if necessary.
  
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• Federal judge keeps UAW lawsuit over plant closings in Ohio

  10-05-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the United Auto Workers against General Motors over the closing of three plants should be heard in Ohio. The Warren Tribune Chronicle reports U.S. District ...
  
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• Bloomberg: Three new iPhone 11 models coming with reverse charging, big camera upgrades

  10-05-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  We're still several months out from the unveiling of Apple's next smartphones, but Bloomberg is out today with a new report detailing the three iPhone models the Cupertino company apparently has in store for later this year. According to Bloomberg, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has already begun production of the A13 processor that will power the 2019 iPhone models.The report goes on to note that all three iPhone models released this year will come equipped with the A13 chip,
  
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• Former FBI lawyer hits back at accusations of corruption at origins of Russia probe

  10-05-2019 21:18
  Former FBI general counsel James Baker made a rare public defense of the Russia investigation's origins Friday.
  
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• Kim and Kanye welcome fourth child

  10-05-2019 21:14 via cnn.com
  Baby No. 4 has arrived for Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West.
  
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• House Passes $19.1 Billion Disaster-Aid Package over Trump’s Objections

  10-05-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The House on Friday passed a $19.1 billion disaster-aid package despite the opposition of President Trump, who blasted the measure in a Thursday night tweet.> House Republicans should not vote for the BAD DEMOCRAT Disaster Supplemental Bill which hurts our States, Farmers & Border Security. Up for vote tomorrow. We want to do much better than this. All sides keep working and send a good BILL for immediate signing!> > -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2019The measure
  
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• House passes $19.1 bn disaster relief, Trump opposed

  10-05-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The US House on Friday approved $19.1 billion in disaster relief to help hard-hit communities like Puerto Rico, but President Donald Trump opposes the package which faces party bickering over funding.On the eve of the vote in the Democratic-controlled chamber, Trump urged Republicans to reject the "BAD DEMOCRAT Disaster Supplemental Bill" and continue negotiating on the emergency package aimed at providing recovery assistance to Americans affected by storms, wildfires and floods.At a Florida ral
  
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• Stand Out Form The Crowd With This Restomod Chevrolet Aerosedan

  10-05-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Classic cars are intriguing things to look at, but often at big shows you’ll find several versions of the same model — not ideal if your aim is to stand out from the crowd.Restomod cars are more popular than ever, giving enthusiasts the opportunity to own something totally bespoke.Currently for sale with Lost and Found Classic Car Co, the resto-mod machine in question is based on Chevy’s Fleetline Aerosadan.
  
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• After Southwest Airlines family boarding policy change, here are policies on other airlines

  10-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Southwest updated its family boarding policy after a same-sex couple said they faced discrimination by a boarding agent two years ago.
  
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• Judge Steps Aside from Decision on Special Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case

  10-05-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  A Cook County judge has denied a motion to recuse himself from the latest aspect of the Jussie Smollett case. However, JudgeLeRoy Martin Jr. said he will "transfer" the case to another judge in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety, as his son works for the Cook County State`s Attorney`s Office.
  
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• Iran Guards reject U.S. talks, senior cleric threatens carrier

  10-05-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States, and a senior cleric warned that a U.S. Navy fleet could be “destroyed with one missile,” as a U.S. aircraft carrier headed toward the Gulf.
  
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• Why Zuckerberg needed to impress Macron

  10-05-2019 20:39 via cnn.com
  One day after a Facebook co-founder called for the company to be broken up, Mark Zuckerberg met with a man with the power to influence whether that actually happens.
  
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• South Korea orders arrest of two Samsung Electronics officials over affiliate's accounting scandal

  10-05-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A South Korean court said on Saturday it had approved warrants to arrest two senior officials at Samsung Electronics in relation to an alleged accounting fraud at the tech giant's biopharma affiliate.The Seoul Central District Court said in a statement it had granted warrants to arrest the officials suspected of destroying evidence in the case.Prosecutors accused the two Samsung Electronics officials of ordering employees at biopharmaceutical firm Samsung BioLogics to destroy internal documents,
  
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• Democrats Bully Barr

  10-05-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats have lashed Attorney General William Pelham Barr to the horns of a dilemma: He must choose either to violate or to obey federal law, and then await the consequences.House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York and other Democrats subpoenaed Barr for a pristine copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russiagate report, complete with grand-jury testimony. Barr did not budge. The committee then voted 24–16 Wednesday to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.A
  
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• Josh Campbell: Comey was true to himself, unlike Barr and Rosenstein

  10-05-2019 20:22 via cnn.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey made news on two fronts at a CNN town hall Thursday: he concluded that President Donald Trump might well be compromised by the Russian government, and he offered a blistering assessment of top Justice Department leaders William Barr and Rod Rosenstein.
  
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