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• The Latest: AP sources: Panel, Trump Jr. agree to interview

  14-05-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a subpoena sent to Donald Trump Jr. (all times local):
  
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• William Barr Delivers Chilling Message to FBI for Trump

  14-05-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Photos from Getty/APIf you come at the king, you best not miss. That’s the message Attorney General William Barr is sending to FBI agents, whether intentionally or not. Barr has authorized yet another investigation into the FBI’s conduct probing links between Russian election interference and the Trump campaign. Even though two other entities are already investigating the same matter, reports indicate that Barr has appointed Connectic
  
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• Why this US restaurant owner gives out free meals

  14-05-2019 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Kazi Mannan experienced poverty growing up in Pakistan. Now he wants to help those in need.
  
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• Watchdog group counts 12 arrests at Russia cathedral protest

  14-05-2019 23:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A group that monitors police actions and political repression in Russia says at least 12 people have been detained in Russia's fourth-largest city while protesting plans to start construction of a cathedral in a city park.
  
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• NASA Asks for More than a Billion Dollars to Return to the Moon

  14-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency wants a lunar landing by 2024, but first it will need a whole lot of money from Congress.
  
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• Constance Wu won't get fired from 'Fresh Off the Boat'

  14-05-2019 23:25 via cnn.com
  Constance Wu is not in danger of losing her job on "Fresh Off the Boat," according to ABC president Karey Burke.
  
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• Pompeo's Moscow trip underscores red lines in US and Russia worldviews

  14-05-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  Mike Pompeo was clearly looking for a reboot with Russia when he arrived in the southern resort city of Sochi. But in talks that touched on nearly every flashpoint in US-Russian relations, the geopolitical differences between Moscow and Washington remained as stark as ever.
  
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• Comic mocks Trump's tariff tweet with '90s hit

  14-05-2019 23:10 via cnn.com
  Late-night hosts invoked "Game of Thrones" and Taco Bell to mock President Donald Trump's latest trade war with China.
  
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• Woman beaten to death with electric scooter

  14-05-2019 22:59 via cnn.com
  A woman was attacked and beaten to death with an electric scooter as she was walking down a street in Long Beach, California, authorities said.
  
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• May will put her Brexit deal to a vote -- for the fourth time

  14-05-2019 22:57 via cnn.com
  Can't wait to see what happens in the UK's Brexit saga? A new vote on an exit deal proposed by Theresa May now has a date: the week of June 3—the same week that Donald Trump begins his controversial state visit to the country.
  
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• Trump's 'little squabble' with China is actually a multi-front world conflagration

  14-05-2019 22:48 via cnn.com
  Who isn't President Donald Trump targeting with a trade war? China is the front line, clearly. But he's played tough with Mexico, Canada, the European Union and even India. Japan, the world's third largest economy, has evaded his ire, but Tokyo also hasn't yet agreed a trade deal with the US.
  
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• Sen. Tillis: We need to investigate FBI's questionable practices

  14-05-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Thom Tillis on Barr assigning US attorney to investigate Russia probe origins.
  
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• China trade talks at a halt, despite Trump's cheery tweets

  14-05-2019 22:33 via cnn.com
  Trade talks between the US and China have come to a halt, sources close to the discussions say, even as President Donald Trump puts an optimistic shine on new tariffs that are spooking markets and escalating tensions.
  
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• Mexico City declares pollution alert over smoke from fires

  14-05-2019 22:32 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mexico City declared a pollution emergency Tuesday because of smoke from brushfires that has cast a pall over the city of 9 million people.
  
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• Tim Conway, star of the 'Carol Burnett Show,' dies

  14-05-2019 22:30 via cnn.com
  Actor and comedian Tim Conway, best known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show," died on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, according to his publicist.
  
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• Why residents are leaving Trump Tower

  14-05-2019 22:26 via cnn.com
  Occupancy rates have plummeted at Trump Tower, making it one of the least desirable buildings in New York, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
  
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• Which states are seeking to make abortion illegal and who is behind it?

  14-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the US as more than a dozen states this year tried to outlaw the procedure A woman protests Georgia’s six-week abortion ban at the state capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, on 7 May.Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/ReutersAlabama lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the US on Tuesday night, outlawing abortion from the point of conception with exceptions only if the woman’s life is seriously at risk. The law is one example of a
  
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• Trump's Trade War With China Could Cost the Average Family Up to $2,300 a Year, Report Estimates

  14-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's trade war with China could cost the average American family of four up to $2,300, a report finds. 
  
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• Official says pro-company unions will melt away in Mexico

  14-05-2019 22:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A Mexican official says a majority of the country's labor contracts are probably fake, pro-company deals that provide only minimal wages and benefits.
  
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• Global stocks bounce back as Trump downplays U.S.-China trade fight

  14-05-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. and European stocks regained ground on Tuesday after President Donald Trump downplayed the U.S.-China trade war as "a little squabble" a day after a spike in tensions between the world's two largest economies rattled financial markets.Fears that the United States and China were spiraling into a fiercer, more protracted trade dispute that could derail the global economy have shaken investors in the past week.The MSCI index gained 0.49% on Tuesday.
  
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• Nucor shareholders reject proposal on disclosing lobbying details

  14-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Nucor Corp shareholders have rejected a proposal that would make the company report on its political lobbying, heading off efforts to make one of the most high-profile corporate actors in Washington more transparent.The largest U.S. steelmaker led the push for imposing tariffs on steel imports last year, now a signature part of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy.Trump had said tariffs were needed to save the industry from losing out to unscrupulous foreign competitors.
  
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• Trump's trade war with Xi is personal

  14-05-2019 22:14 via cnn.com
  Neither Donald Trump nor Xi Jinping can afford to blink.
  
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• Court ruling moves Temer closer to leaving jail

  14-05-2019 22:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A four-judge panel has voted to release former Brazilian President Michel Temer from jail while he faces an investigation into alleged corruption.
  
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• New security flaw in Intel chips could affect millions

  14-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world.
  
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• Ex-Congressman Weiner leaves halfway house

  14-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner left a New York City halfway house on Tuesday after completing his prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.
  
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• British foreign secretary slams opposition Labour Party’s ‘anti-Americanism’ over Trump visit

  14-05-2019 22:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday accused opposition MPs belonging to the left-wing Labour Party of “anti-Americanism” for their criticism of the decision to invite President Trump to the U.K. next month on a state visit.
  
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• Five U.S. abuse victims sue Vatican to release names of predator priests

  14-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Three brothers and two other men claimed in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Paul that the Church has kept secret the identities and records of more than 3,400 clergy accused of sexual abuse, including some top church officials.The men are asking the court to require the Vatican to make the information public and report all alleged crimes to law enforcement worldwide.
  
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• Dive team probes icy Alaska waters for missing passengers

  14-05-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dive teams plunged into the icy cold waters of a southeast Alaska inlet Tuesday, searching an area the size of 24 football fields for two cruise ship passengers missing after two sightseeing planes collided.
  
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• Woman survived Appalachian Trail stabbing by playing dead and hiking to safety, police say

  14-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, faces murder and assault charges in connection with the attack late Friday and early Saturday.
  
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• Joe Biden under pressure from left on climate change

  14-05-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden was forced into defending his environmental record Tuesday after a popular progressive in Congress demanded presidential hopefuls abandon a "middle-of-the-road" approach to combatting climate change."You never heard me say middle of the road.The 29-year-old House Democrat bemoaned lawmaker inaction 30 years ago -- when Biden served in the Senate -- as US space agency NASA warned them about the existential threat of climate change.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren rejects town hall on 'hate-for-profit racket' Fox News

  14-05-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator explained her reasons for refusing an invitation that others seeking the Democratic presidential nomination have accepted.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke: Vanity Fair cover was a mistake

  14-05-2019 21:46 via cnn.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke appeared on "The View" and addressed some of the criticism he's faced on the campaign trail.
  
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• Pompeo Warns Russia That U.S. Won’t Tolerate Election Interference

  14-05-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that he has informed Russia the U.S. will not tolerate further election interference from Moscow.Speaking at a press conference in Sochi, Pompeo said he'd told Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that “interference in American elections is unacceptable and if the Russians were engaged in that in 2020 it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been.”“We’ve said this not only about the Russians but ab
  
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• Fan driving van collides with Angela Merkel's jet on German runway

  14-05-2019 21:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An overzealous Angela Merkel fan jumped out of her van at Dortmund Airport Monday to take a picture of the German chancellor but forgot to put on the parking brake which led to a low-speed collision after the vehicle rolled into the nose of the jet.
  
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• Brazil cancels another UN climate change event

  14-05-2019 21:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  After backing out of hosting the 2019 U.N. climate summit, Brazil is now canceling a United Nations climate change event that was to be held in August in the city of Salvador.
  
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• Poland airs tougher sex abuse penalties amid church crisis

  14-05-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister on Tuesday vowed tougher punishments for those who sexually abuse minors after a new film spurred the country into grappling with the problem of abuse by priests.
  
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• How on Earth are SanDisk 400GB microSD cards down to just $57?

  14-05-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon has been running a fantastic sale on SanDisk microSD cards that matches all-time low prices on the two most popular sizes -- 128GB for $19.99 and just $11.50 for a 64GB card. If you want more space than that though, today is your lucky day because SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC UHS-I Cards are back in stock for just $56.99 each!Here's some more info from Amazon's product description:* Up to 400GB (1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.) to store even more hours of Full HD video
  
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• Woman plays dead to fend off knife-wielding man

  14-05-2019 21:21 via cnn.com
  A woman played dead so she could fend off a knife-wielding man accused of killing a hiker and threatening others in two separate incidents along the Appalachian Trail, according to law enforcement.
  
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• Attorney general taps top Connecticut federal prosecutor for review of Trump-Russia inquiry

  14-05-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr asked John Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to review the investigation of Russia's 2016 election meddling.
  
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• Owner of Mexico school that collapsed during earthquake, killing 19 children, arrested for manslaughter

  14-05-2019 21:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Mexican authorities have arrested the owner of an elementary school that was destroyed in 2017 in a 7.1.earthquake, killing 19 children and seven adults. Authorities say the fatalities likely could have been avoided if illegal construction work had not been performed at the school in 2010.
  
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• Boeing had zero new orders for jets in April

  14-05-2019 21:18 via cnn.com
  Boeing had no new orders for planes in April.
  
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• President Trump dismisses trade tensions as 'a little squabble with China'

  14-05-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The ramped-up trade tensions between the U.S. and China have roiled markets in recent days, but President Trump dismissed concerns and predicted victory on Tuesday when he spoke to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before embarking on a trip to Louisiana. Trump began by declaring “we’re having probably the greatest economy that we’ve had anywhere, any time in the history of our country.”
  
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• Turkey crackdown leaves terminally ill patients banned from seeking health care abroad

  14-05-2019 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Since the failed coup attempt in July 2016, hundreds of thousands of Turkish citizens have – often unknowingly – had their passports rescinded and have subsequently been barred from leaving the country for undetermined stretches of time, or have been blocked from having passports renewed. For some facing dire health consequences, the crackdown has proven something of a death sentence.
  
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• Donald Trump says he is 'absolutely' ready to send troops to confront Iran

  14-05-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump yesterday suggested he is ready to send “a hell of a lot” of troops to confront Iran in the Middle East amid warnings that the two countries are stumbling towards a war. The comments come amid mounting diplomatic and military tensions in the Persian Gulf after Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels attacked an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia and an unidentified attacker attempted to sabotage tankers. Mr Trump said reports that the Pentagon has already drawn up plans to deploy 120,000 s
  
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• US claims of Iran threat to coalition forces in Middle East rejected by British general

  14-05-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A British general has rejected claims from the White House that coalition forces in the Middle East are facing an increased threat from Iran or its allies.In recent days, Washington US has responded to what has claimed as a raised threat from Iran-backed militias to US and coalition forces fighting the remnants of Isis in Iraq and Syria, by dispatching an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and Patriot missiles. National security advisor John Bolton, a longtime advocate of regime change in Iran, has
  
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• Man pleads guilty to tossing 5-year-old over mall railing

  14-05-2019 20:52 via cnn.com
  The man accused of throwing a 5-year-old over a third-floor railing at Minnesota's Mall of America pleaded guilty to the crime Tuesday, according to the Hennepin County attorney's office.
  
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• 5,000-year-old mass gravesite reveals a family tragedy

  14-05-2019 20:52 via cnn.com
  When a mass grave containing 15 women, children and young men who lived 5,000 years ago was found in a southern Polish village, a mystery surrounded their demise.
  
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• Officer shoots and kills woman who said she was pregnant

  14-05-2019 20:49 via cnn.com
  A shaky cell phone video captured the moments before a Texas police officer shot and killed a woman who said she was pregnant.
  
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• Danish politician: 'Yes it's me on Pornhub'

  14-05-2019 20:49 via cnn.com
  A Danish politician has found a unique way to find voters — by taking out an advertisement on PornHub.
  
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• An abortion 'reversal'? The method is unproved, but Ohio lawmakers want women to consider it

  14-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in Ohio want every women seeking a medical abortion to be informed of a method for abortion "reversal," which critics call unethical.
  
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