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• Woman accused of killing teen and taking baby plotted it for weeks, authorities say

  17-05-2019 23:57 via cnn.com
  A Chicago woman accused of strangling a pregnant teen and cutting out her unborn baby had planned the killing for weeks, having first lied that she was expecting a child, and then using Facebook to find and lure her target, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Wynn and MGM in talks about sale of Encore Boston casino

  17-05-2019 23:49 via finance.yahoo.com
  Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts International said in a joint statement they've engaged in conversations about the potential sale of Encore Boston Harbor.This comes as Wynn is about to open the $2.6 billion Everett, Massachusetts, casino.The companies say the talks won't delay the Everett opening scheduled for next month.
  
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• Trump's diversion of billions for border wall faces first U.S. court test

  17-05-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  "As everyone knows the executive branch cannot build this wall without Congress," Douglas Letter, representing the House, told the U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California."The president asked for $8.1 billion to build the wall and Congress said no to that.This money was clearly denied by Congress under immense pressure."The House, 20 states and two advocacy groups asked Gilliam to block the transfer of funds to prevent the wall construction.
  
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• Attorney General Barr not satisfied with early answers he's getting on allegations of Trump campaign spying

  17-05-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  New revelations from Attorney General William Barr about the investigation into how the Russia probe started; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Michael McLellan indicted in murder of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar

  17-05-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The man accused of strangling 13-year-old Hania Aguilar has been indicted in the case.
  
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• Fox Poll: Voters give Barr negative ratings for his handling of the Mueller report

  17-05-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest Fox News Poll finds voters give Barr negative ratings for his handling of the Mueller report (35 approve, 44 disapprove), and by a 12-point margin more think he is “covering up” for the president than being transparent with the American people (45-33 percent).
  
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• US Treasury defies Congress subpoena for Trump tax records

  17-05-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected Friday a congressional subpoena for President Donald Trump's tax records, setting up a new court battle between the two sides of government.Mnuchin told Democratic Representative Richard Neal, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, that the committee "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose" to demand Trump's tax returns.Neal issued the subpoena on May 10, saying the confidential documents were necessary in carrying out oversight of taxat
  
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• Lawmaker tries to walk back 'consensual rapes' comment

  17-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker said he misspoke on the House floor Friday when he referred to "consensual rapes" during a highly charged debate on a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks , including in cases of rape and incest
  
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• This is where the Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon

  17-05-2019 23:14 via cnn.com
  On April 11, the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft attempted to land on the moon in the ancient volcanic field called the Sea of Serenity -- but it crashed instead. Now, NASA has released images that helped researchers discover the crash site.
  
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• Fellow Dem: De Blasio can seek presidency, but why would he?

  17-05-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — With friends like these, Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn't need enemies.
  
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• If Alabama were a country, this is how its abortion law would stack up

  17-05-2019 23:10 via cnn.com
  Alabama passed a near-total ban on abortion this week, strict enough to rival abortion rules in countries like Brunei, Guatemala and Syria.
  
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• Conrad Black: I assumed Trump's call about pardon was a prank

  17-05-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Media mogul Conrad Black speaks out about being pardoned by President Trump on 'Your World.'
  
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• Sanders to Propose Moratorium on Public Funding Of Charter Schools

  17-05-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) will call for a ban on for-profit charter schools and a temporary moratorium on funding for public-charter-school expansion in a campaign speech to be delivered Saturday, CNN first reported.In his Saturday speech in South Carolina, Sanders plans to endorse the NAACP's claim that charter-school expansion has had an adverse effect on African Americans who suffer from the resulting lack of funding for public schools. In order to combat this alleged harm, Sanders wil
  
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• How Architect I.M. Pei Achieved Greatness By Forever Testing and Challenging Himself

  17-05-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Famed architect I.M. Pei designed some of the greatest buildings across the globe in his more than half century career.
  
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• US approves missile sales to S.Korea, Japan

  17-05-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States said Friday it had approved more than $600 million in sales of air defense missiles to South Korea and Japan as tensions return with North Korea.The State Department said it had approved 94 SM-2 missiles used by ships against air threats, along with 12 guidance systems for a total cost of $313.9 million.It separately gave the green light to sell 160 anti-air AMRAAM missiles and related guidance equipment to Japan for $317 million.
  
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• Death row inmate dies 1 day after fellow inmate's execution

  17-05-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate died in prison on Friday, less than three months before his scheduled execution and less than a day after a fellow inmate was executed .
  
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• U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin rejects subpoena for Trump tax returns

  17-05-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  In a widely expected move, Mnuchin rejected a demand for the documents from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, saying the panel lacks "a legitimate legislative purpose" for obtaining the tax records that Democrats view as critical to their efforts to investigate Trump and his presidency."We are unable to provide the requested information in response to the committee's subpoena," Mnuchin said in a letter to Neal, released ahead of a 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) deadline for delivering
  
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• Missouri abortion ban: protesters disrupt debate as House passes extreme bill – video report

  17-05-2019 22:41 via theguardian.com
  The lower house of the Missouri general assembly passed a bill on Friday to prohibit women from seeking an abortion after the eighth week of pregnancy, days after Alabama enacted the most restrictive abortion law in the US.The House of Representatives gave its final legislative approval in a 110-44 vote after protesters were removed from the public gallery. Missouri senators overwhelmingly approved the legislation on Thursday.Missouri House passes extreme eight-week abortion ban &
  
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• The Latest: Court hears 2 cases against Trump's border wall

  17-05-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a California court weighing Trump's plan to seek Pentagon funding for border wall (all times local):
  
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• BMW X1 Recalled Because It Doesn’t Meet Federal Safety Standards

  17-05-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  BMW is recalling 106,182 of its 2016 to 2019 X1 SUVs. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the event of a crash where an occupant’s head contacts the B-pillar, the ...
  
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• Rape victim who had illegal abortion aged 13 condemns Alabama's new law as 'abomination'

  17-05-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A rape victim who had an illegal abortion at the age of 13 has argued that Alabama’s new law mandating a near total ban on abortion is an “abomination” which punishes “the woman for being a woman”.Maralyn Mosley, an 81-year-old, had her first illegal abortion 22 years before Roe v Wade – the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalised abortion nationwide in 1973.After being raped by a tenant at her aunt’s Birmingham boarding house, Ms Mosley's mother
  
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• 3 charged after pregnant woman found dead, baby cut from womb in Chicago

  17-05-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A Chicago woman who sold baby clothes to a pregnant woman and lured her back to her house with an offer of more clothing has been charged with murder after allegedly strangling the woman with a cord and cutting the infant from her womb, police said Thursday.
  
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• Chilling new details emerge in murder of Chicago woman whose baby was ripped from her womb

  17-05-2019 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  Authorities suspect that Clarisa Figueroa intended on raising Marlen Ochoa-Lopez's baby as her own after her 20-year-old son died of natural causes.
  
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• Huawei and suppliers make plans to face U.S. trade blacklist - Nikkei

  17-05-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is asking its top Asian chipmakers to maintain deliveries after Washington decided to curb the telecom giant's access to American technology, the Nikkei reported https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Huawei-and-suppliers-dust-off-backup-plans-to-prepare-for-storm on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd said it will maintain supplies for the time being even though it was assessing the impact of Washington'
  
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• Five things we learned from Archie's birth certificate

  17-05-2019 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Archie wasn't born at home, the top registrar didn't sign it, and other things we learned.
  
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• JetBlue switching to Pepsi from Coca-Cola

  17-05-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  JetBlue customers, be prepared for a major shake-up when you order a soda on your next flight.
  
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• Here's why there's rising tension between the US and Iran

  17-05-2019 21:22 via cnn.com
  CNN International correspondent Fred Pleitgen explains how tensions between the US and Iran have been on the rise since the United States pulled out of the Nuclear agreement.
  
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• Trump admin planning to fly immigrants to U.S. cities away from the border

  17-05-2019 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  Beyond South Florida, Homeland Security officials are considering other areas around the country where immigrants can be released, officials told NBC News.
  
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• Too much fruit juice linked to early death risk

  17-05-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  Many sugar-sweetened beverages have little to no nutritional value and lots of calories, and their harmful health effects have been well-documented. Now, a study links drinking too many sugary beverages -- and even 100% natural fruit juices -- to an increased risk of early death.
  
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• The Latest: Family: Pregnant woman's slaying 'a nightmare'

  17-05-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a pregnant Chicago woman whose baby was cut from her womb (all times local):
  
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• Missouri, latest US state to restrict abortion

  17-05-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Missouri House passed a bill on Friday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, making it the latest US state to pass restrictions on ending a pregnancy.The bill, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-led legislature and expected to be signed by the Midwestern state's Republican governor, would ban abortions from about eight weeks of pregnancy.Republican-led legislatures in several US states have recently passed bills restricting abortion access in a bid to eventually challe
  
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• Defiant Iran says it can 'easily' hit U.S. ships, works to counter sanctions

  17-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran said on Friday it could "easily" hit U.S. warships in the Gulf, the latest in days of saber rattling between Washington and Tehran, while its top diplomat worked to counter U.S. sanctions and salvage a nuclear deal denounced by President Donald Trump.Earlier this week, the United States pulled some diplomatic staff from its embassy in Baghdad following weekend attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf."Even our short-range missiles can easily reach (U.S.) warships in the Persian Gulf," Mohamm
  
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• The V-8 Engine Has No Future at Genesis

  17-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The next-generation G80 sedan will go no higher than a V-6, and the G90's Tau V-8 will eventually be phased out.
  
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• See broadcaster's unreal baseball catch

  17-05-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Baseball broadcaster Marc Schwartz was elated when a foul ball flew to the broadcast booth at an Atlantic League game.
  
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• Police officer charged in alleged plot to kill her ex-husband: Sources

  17-05-2019 20:28
  Officer Valerie Cincinelli, 34, has been a member of the NYPD since 2007.
  
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• Man makes unreal catch during game

  17-05-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Baseball broadcaster Marc Schwartz was elated when a foul ball flew to the broadcast booth at an Atlantic League game.
  
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• Man makes unreal baseball catch

  17-05-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Baseball broadcaster Marc Schwartz was elated when a foul ball flew to the broadcast booth at an Atlantic League game.
  
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• Missouri poised to become latest state with restrictive abortion ban

  17-05-2019 20:21
  The bill passed the state’s Senate and went back to the state’s House of Representatives for final sign off.
  
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• Why tech giants are investing in Africa

  17-05-2019 20:20 via cnn.com
  What if you could tell what was wrong with your plant by simply hovering your smartphone over it?
  
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• Want to live in 'Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco's house? You can – for $6.9M

  17-05-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "The Big Bang Theory" isn't the only thing coming to an end for Kaley Cuoco: she is also selling her California home. See what $6.9 million buys.
  
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• A camera phone that puts Samsung and Apple to shame now has 5G, too – but it’s banned in the US

  17-05-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Verizon just launched the Galaxy S10 5G, but Samsung is hardly the only company putting out 5G smartphones this year. International carriers have also started rolling out 5G networks and compatible smartphones, and UK carriers are the latest ones to prepare for their 5G launches. However, one of the first phones to deliver 5G experiences in Britain is a device that you'll have a hard time scoring in the States, even if you just want the older 4G version. That's because it's made by Huawei, the C
  
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• Taiwan first in Asia to pass same-sex marriage bill

  17-05-2019 19:59 via cnn.com
  Lawmakers in Taiwan have approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that makes it the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation. Matt Rivers reports.
  
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• How abortion bans like Alabama's dramatically impacts lower-income people

  17-05-2019 19:59
  Abortion bans have been seen by many opponents as an attack on women's bodies. But experts say there is a certain subset of people who are being further impacted.
  
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• Alabama abortion law raised hope for execution reprieve

  17-05-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A lawyer for a condemned inmate said he hoped Gov. Kay Ivey might a grant clemency request and block the execution after she talked about her belief that "life is precious" in signing a bill to virtually outlaw abortion in Alabama.
  
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• Probe says university ignored nearly 2 decades of 'shocking' sex abuse allegations

  17-05-2019 19:47
  An investigation has determined that Ohio State University officials ignored decades of accusations of sexual abuse against a long-time university doctor.
  
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• The life and legacy of 'Grumpy Cat'

  17-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The viral sensation died at the age of 7.
  
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• The farmer who cut off his own leg with a pocketknife

  17-05-2019 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  When Kurtis Kaser's leg got trapped he did not have a phone to call for help - but he did have a knife.
  
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• Iran issues new threat to US amid rising tensions

  17-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iranian commander says even their short-range missiles can reach warships in the Persian Gulf; Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon.
  
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• F-16 that crashed into building was armed with live ammo: Official

  17-05-2019 19:31
  TheF-16 that crashed at the end of the runway at March Air ReserveBase on Thursday afternoon was armed.
  
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• Planned Parenthood readies challenge to near-total abortion ban in Alabama

  17-05-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood president says near-total ban "will cost women's lives;" Ivey mum on whether she will sign it
  
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