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• The Latest: DR prosecutor vows no impunity in Ortiz shooting

  12-06-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The chief prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says that no one involved in the shooting of former Red Sox star will remain in impunity, not even in the intellectual author of the crime.Authorities say six suspects, including the alleged gunman, have been detained in the shooting of Ortiz at a popular Santo Domingo bar Sunday night.
  
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• The SkyDeck ledge of Chicago tower cracks under visitors' feet

  12-06-2019 23:55 via cnn.com
  Visitors to the Willis Tower's SkyDeck got an extra scare Monday when the attraction's protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces.
  
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• Historic protests take over the streets of Hong Kong: Reporter's Notebook

  12-06-2019 23:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Hong Kong protesters have faced tear gas.
  
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• Actress reveals she is a rape survivor

  12-06-2019 23:49 via cnn.com
  Actress Mira Sorvino, who has been one of the most vocal voices in the #MeToo movement, says she is a survivor of rape.
  
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• Ex-defense secretary: Why I couldn't work for President Trump

  12-06-2019 23:45 via cnn.com
  Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter says that he could not serve under President Trump, despite serving for five other US presidents, because of Trump's impulses.
  
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• Google releases first photos of Pixel 4

  12-06-2019 23:42 via cnn.com
  Google unveiled images of its forthcoming flagship Pixel 4 smartphone on Twitter Wednesday.
  
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• In Tehran, Japan's Abe urges Iran to play 'constructive role'

  12-06-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Tehran to play a "constructive role" for Middle East peace Wednesday during a rare diplomatic mission to the Islamic republic aimed at defusing US-Iran tensions.Iran has been locked in a bitter standoff with the United States since US President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal in May last year.Washington has since reimposed crippling unilateral sanctions -- which have forced Tokyo to halt its once-substantial purchases of Iranian oi
  
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• Deadliest mass shootings in modern US history

  12-06-2019 23:34 via cnn.com
  Here is a list of the deadliest single day mass shootings in US history from 1949 to the present.
  
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• This is why Jon Stewart is so mad about 9/11 funding

  12-06-2019 23:31 via cnn.com
  • What a first responder said to Stewart that got him so fired up
  
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• UPDATE 4-Jet.com falls by wayside as Walmart focuses on its website, online grocery

  12-06-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul at Jet.com, an online start-up it acquired in 2016 for $3.3 billion, after it failed to live up to the world's largest retailer's e-commerce ambitions.Walmart said it will integrate Jet.com's retail, technology, marketing, analytics and product teams with its own online business.Walmart's move reduces the scope and importance of Jet.com in its overall U.S. e-commerce business, which competes with Amazon.com Inc, according to interviews with
  
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• US being cast as 'disgraceful' villains is PR gold for the Women's World Cup

  12-06-2019 23:25 via cnn.com
  Every good story needs a good villain, and the Women's World Cup in France may just have discovered its very own.
  
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• The US women's team are the villains this World Cup needed

  12-06-2019 23:25 via cnn.com
  • Opinion: US women send a potent message
  
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• Trump announces 1,000 extra troops for Poland

  12-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will send 1,000 more troops to Poland to counter Russia, while criticizing Germany for making itself a "hostage" to Moscow by over-relying on Russian energy supplies.Details of the troop boost were thin but they fell far short of Poland's long-running hope for a permanent major US military base.About 5,000 US soldiers already deploy along with NATO forces in Poland as part of a rotating pool, rather than a fixed garrison.
  
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• Ron Goldman's sister says she spoke to Simpson jurors: They 'didn't do their job'

  12-06-2019 23:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were stabbed to death on June 12, 1994. Goldman's family speaks to ABC News.
  
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• Back surgery sidelines Howard Schultz’s exploratory campaign

  12-06-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Schultz said he underwent three surgeries after experiencing acute pain in Arizona.
  
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• Lawyer for man accused of killing Chinese student admits he did it

  12-06-2019 22:35 via cnn.com
  The attorney for Brendt Christensen, the man accused of killing a University of Illinois student from China, admitted Wednesday that his client did it, according to CNN affiliate WTTW.
  
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• Trump Jr. says there was 'nothing to change' in testimony

  12-06-2019 22:34 via cnn.com
  Donald Trump Jr. says that there was "nothing to change" in his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
  
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• The Latest: Japanese leader seeks to cool US-Iran tensions

  12-06-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The leader of Japan is visiting Iran to warn that an "accidental conflict" could be sparked amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered that message just hours after Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked an airport in Saudi Arabia, wounding 26 people.Abe's trip is the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate the crisis as Tehran appears poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow Doesn't Always Live With Her Husband. A Relationship Expert Says There Can Be Benefits to That.

  12-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  An expert breaks down why this can be good for a marriage
  
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• A 14-year-old collapsed and died during football practice at a Florida high school

  12-06-2019 22:13 via cnn.com
  A 14-year-old collapsed and died during football practice at a Florida high school Tuesday.
  
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• Trump says he hopes China and Hong Kong can work things out

  12-06-2019 22:03 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hopes things work out between the Chinese central government and Hong Kong demonstrators protesting changes to an extradition bill.
  
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• Trump ponders protest size and hopes they can work it out

  12-06-2019 22:03 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hopes things work out between the Chinese central government and Hong Kong demonstrators protesting changes to an extradition bill.
  
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• Lawmakers target Trump's plan to change Air Force One's color scheme

  12-06-2019 22:03 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump has been personally involved in conversations about changing the color scheme of Air Force One but congressional lawmakers are working to limit his options for a redesign of the iconic aircraft.
  
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• Up to 15 people stung by stingrays in California

  12-06-2019 21:56 via abcnews.go.com
  Up to 15 people were stung by stingrays in Coronado, California, according to a report.
  
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• 9/11 victims bill passes House panel after Jon Stewart's plea receives standing ovation

  12-06-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed a bill which would permanently reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund on Wednesday.The decision comes the day after comedian Jon Stewart appeared before the committee with an impassioned testimony in support of the Fund. The bill is a response to a February announcement that future payouts from the Fund would be cut by as much as 70 percent to offset surging claims from those who are ill, as well as from the families of those who have d
  
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• Love it or hate it, the US women's 13-0 win has your attention

  12-06-2019 21:54 via cnn.com
  • Opinion: US women send a potent message
  
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• Amy Bass: US women show that, yes, winning 13-0 IS ladylike

  12-06-2019 21:44 via cnn.com
  The US women's national soccer team's historic 13-0 win over Thailand -- the heaviest defeat in World Cup history -- has certainly gotten tongues wagging about how many goals scored are too many, or if that should even be a thing. It seems that even when the women win, they just can't win.
  
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• iRobot's Super Popular Roomba Vacuum is 40% Off Today

  12-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  But this deal is here today, gone tomorrow.
  
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• Former business partner won't say whether Trump lies

  12-06-2019 21:40 via cnn.com
  In an interview with CNN's Cristina Alesci, former executive vice president of the Trump Organization George Sorial, gave insight into Trump as a businessman.
  
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• Illinois Governor Signs Bill Scrapping Third-Trimester Abortion Restrictions

  12-06-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging bill protecting abortion rights in the state.The Reproductive Health Act states that "a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this state" and that an individual has a "fundamental right" to abortion."If you believe in standing up for women's fundamental rights, Illinois is a beacon of hope in the heart of this nation," Pritzker said before signing the law. "We trust women."T
  
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• Willis Tower's glass viewing ledge cracks under visitors' feet

  12-06-2019 21:23 via cnn.com
  Visitors to the Willis Tower's SkyDeck got an extra scare Monday when the attraction's protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces.
  
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• Trump calls battle over census citizenship question 'ridiculous'

  12-06-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  While claiming he has not been “overly involved in the census controversy,” President Trump called the question of whether to allow a question about citizenship on the 202 Census forms “totally ridiculous” Wednesday.
  
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• New Aston Martin DBX SUV Details Revealed by Preproduction Prototype

  12-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A new set of images gives us our best look yet at Aston Martin's upcoming crossover.
  
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• Illinois establishes abortion as 'fundamental right'

  12-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The governor of the US state of Illinois on Wednesday enacted a law establishing a "fundamental right" to abortion and removing old laws that criminalized the procedure.The law repeals criminal penalties on abortion providers, codifying what had already been de facto law through court rulings.The measure also requires private health insurance companies in the state to cover abortion procedures.
  
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• Activist group wants to fly 'Baby Trump' balloon over July 4th event

  12-06-2019 21:10 via abcnews.go.com
  A civic action group wants to fly the bright orange “Baby Trump” balloon that features his signature comb-over, at the Fourth of July festivities touted by the president.
  
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• Huawei files to trademark mobile OS around the world after U.S. ban

  12-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  LIMA/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei has applied to trademark its "Hongmeng" operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a U.N. body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as U.S. sanctions threaten its business model.The move comes after the Trump administration put Huawei on a blacklist last month that barred it from doing business with U.S. tech companies such as Alphabet Inc, whose Android OS is used in Huawei's phones.Since then, Hu
  
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• Hong Kong slams brakes on extradition bill amid massive protests

  12-06-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The afternoon violence marked a major escalation in the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s biggest political crisis in years.
  
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• Selena Gomez says Bill Murray was whispering 'dumb' stuff on the Cannes red carpet

  12-06-2019 21:00 via cnn.com
  Selena Gomez is talking about how Bill Murray went viral in a red carpet picture that was reminiscent of Murray's famous "Lost In Translation" ending.
  
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• Google just revealed the Pixel 4 months earlier than expected

  12-06-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  In a shocking turn of events, Google shared the first image of its next smartphone on Wednesday, confirming many of the leaks that have been spreading around the internet over the last few weeks. If Google sticks to the same release schedule it had for the Pixel 3, then the Pixel 4 won't officially launch until October, which makes this an incredibly early reveal. But there's no denying that it will get people talking.If you've been keeping up with the countless leaks in recent weeks, the produc
  
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• Jamie Dimon Draws a Bernie Sanders Taunt by Knocking Socialism

  12-06-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Dimon, speaking at a Business Roundtable event on Wednesday, said giving the government control of companies allows them to be used for political purposes, leading to deterioration.“I didn’t hear Jamie Dimon criticizing socialism when Wall Street begged for the largest federal bailout in American history—some $700 billion from the Treasury and even more from the Fed,” he wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Sara Netanyahu pleads guilty in illegal meals case as corruption probes loom over husband

  12-06-2019 20:28 via cnn.com
  Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to a plea deal on Wednesday morning in a case concerning illegally ordered meals at the Prime Minister's residence, according to a statement released by Israel's Justice Ministry.
  
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• Lam Urges a Return to Order After Protests: Hong Kong Update

  12-06-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The Legislative Council delayed its debate on the proposal after thousands of demonstrators -- most clad in black or white -- swarmed the government complex in central Hong Kong, eventually prompting scuffles with police at the chamber doors.The protesters called for Lam to withdraw the bill, which they argue would blow up the legal wall intended to keep the former British colony’s justice system separate from China’s.
  
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• B.I leaves K-Pop band iKon over drug report

  12-06-2019 20:16 via cnn.com
  K-Pop star B.I has said he is leaving the group iKon following a report that he tried to buy illegal drugs.
  
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• Ford recalls 1.2 million Explorer SUVs, 123,000 F-150 pickups over crash risk

  12-06-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co. issued several recalls, including more than 1.2 million Ford Explorer SUVs and more than 120,000 Ford F-150 pickup trucks.
  
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• 2020 Dem: Congress should investigate Trump before moving towards impeachment

  12-06-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Michael Bennet warned that any effort right now to remove Trump from office will likely fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.
  
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• Boris Johnson dodged questions on cocaine and Brexit. But it likely won't stop him being the UK's next leader

  12-06-2019 20:14 via cnn.com
  Long before Theresa May resigned as UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson had been favorite to replace her.
  
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• Bodies of Maryland couple who died at Dominican Republic resort returned to US

  12-06-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day were found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic on May 30.
  
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• Best of Late Night: Noah wrestles with Trump wrestling with impeachment

  12-06-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  How much did special counsel Robert Mueller's news conference change the game? Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel take a look.
  
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• Impeachment would send Trump and his ego into a tailspin. Democrats should just do it.

  12-06-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump sees Democrats' hesitancy as weakness and feels empowered by it. They should call his bluff. Impeachment is a fitting punishment and legacy.
  
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• Relatives ask jury to spare life of father who killed 5 kids

  12-06-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  One more group of family members asked a jury Wednesday to spare the life of a South Carolina father convicted of murdering his five children, saying they have been through enough pain already.The same jury that convicted Timothy Jones Jr. of killing his five children in their Lexington home in August 2014 is set to begin deliberating his fate Thursday morning.
  
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