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• The Latest: House clears Senate version of border aid bill

  27-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic-controlled House is sending President Donald Trump a bipartisan $4.6 billion Senate-drafted measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border.The bill passed on a bipartisan vote that capped a Washington skirmish in which die-hard House liberals came out on the losing end in a battle with the White House, the GOP-held Senate, and Democratic moderates.Final action came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned a plan to require more stringent care requirements f
  
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• White supremacists increase recruiting efforts at colleges, ADL says

  27-06-2019 23:21 via cnn.com
  White supremacists posted more propaganda on college campuses for the third year in a row as they tried to recruit members, the Anti-Defamation League said Thursday.
  
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• U.S. House passes Senate border aid bill, sends to Trump for signature

  27-06-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts to add additional migrant protections.Both the White House and the Senate opposed the changes House Democratic leaders had proposed, and a number of moderate Democrats also favored passing the Senate bill without changes.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
  
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• Pyongyang warns South Korea not to mediate North's talks with US

  27-06-2019 23:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  North Korea said Thursday that South Korea must stop trying to facilitate talks between Pyongyang and Washington as the North stepped up its pressure on the United States to salvage nuclear diplomacy between the two nations.
  
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• Amazon adds new option: Buy on Amazon, pick up at Rite Aid

  27-06-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon is adding a new way to get your packages: head over to another store's sales counter to pick it up.Starting Thursday, Amazon shoppers will be able to fetch their orders at more than 100 Rite Aid stores across the United States.It will expand to 1,500 Rite Aid locations by year-end.
  
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• Real, Unrestored, And Rare 1967 Ford Mustang GTA

  27-06-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s a one-of-one optioned vehicle to boot. You read that right. This is a one-of-one 1967 Ford Mustang GTA convertible with the Marti report to back it up. It’s a super rare find and is currently for sale through Shelton Classics in North Carolina for $34,995. Although most of the first-gen Mustangs featured most of the same design elements, each year received some slight upgrades. The 1967 model is undoubtedly the first year that these changes really became apparent and made t
  
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• Jony Ive to leave Apple and form his own design company

  27-06-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  In something of a bombshell revelation, Apple today disclosed via a press release that legendary designer Jony Ive is planning to leave the company later on in the year. Following that, Ive will open an independent design studio that will have Apple as one of its clients."While he pursues personal projects," the press release reads in part. "Ive in his new company will continue to work closely and on a range of projects with Apple."Ive of course played an instrumental role in resurrecting Apple
  
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• NASA's new mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn's moon Titan

  27-06-2019 22:58 via cnn.com
  NASA announced the latest mission in its New Frontiers program, called Dragonfly, which will explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It's the only moon in our solar system that has an atmosphere.
  
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• The Latest: Topping cap won't end Iran pact, official says

  27-06-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iranian official says Iran's growing stocks of enriched uranium don't violate the international accord aimed at curbing its nuclear development.Amid growing tensions with the U.S., Iran is poised to push its low-enriched uranium stocks beyond a 300-kilogram limit that is part of the 2015 deal with world powers.
  
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• Trump arrives in Japan for G-20. What to expect from meetings with China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Putin

  27-06-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump expects to tackle the trade war with China, tensions with Iran and stalled talks with North Korea during the G-20 summit.
  
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• Todd Graham: Debate coach grades the Democratic debaters

  27-06-2019 22:46 via cnn.com
  The dream of replacing President Donald Trump has inspired so many Democrats to run for president that they couldn't fit on a single stage. There's no shame in not recognizing all the debaters. Heck, sometimes I fail to recognize my own debaters, but that's never stopped me from doling out grades, as I'm doing now.
  
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• Democrats Turn Mueller Frustration Into Election Security Focus

  27-06-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic-led House of Representatives passed the first of a series of bills aimed at securing U.S. elections before 2020, responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings that Russia acted to swing the 2016 vote in President Donald Trump’s favor.The bills are an attempt to pressure Senate Republicans into joining efforts to protect state voting systems and punish foreign actors that try to interfere. While some provisions could pick up support from individ
  
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• Amy Bass: The real reason Rapinoe sets Trump off

  27-06-2019 22:43 via cnn.com
  Megan Rapinoe is on fire.And nothing gets under Donald Trump's skin like a woman on fire.
  
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• Mother of Missing Virginia 2-Year-Old Previously Convicted for Child Neglect

  27-06-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  It has been four days since a Virginia toddler was last seen. Police are continuing their search for 2-year-old Noah Tomlin.
  
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• Trump calls for US census delay after Supreme Court defeat

  27-06-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Thursday called for delaying the once-in-a-decade US census after the Supreme Court blocked his bid to add a question on citizenship -- a measure critics say would result in undercounting immigrants. Chief Justice John Roberts tipped the balance in a 5-4 vote by siding with the court's liberal minority, boosting those trying to stop the Trump administration from adding the question to the 2020 census. The decision said that the government's arguments were "contrived." H
  
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• Kevin Durant Sells Oceanfront Malibu Beach House for $12.15 Million

  27-06-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The NBA star bought the sleek four-bedroom home just last April for $12.05 million
  
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• Manafort pleads not guilty in NY Supreme Court to fraud charges

  27-06-2019 21:46 via cnn.com
  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday in New York State Supreme Court to fraud charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney's office.
  
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• The Story of How America's Mach 3 SR-71 Spy Plane Out Ran Missiles

  27-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "The spikes are full aft now, tucked twenty-six inches deep into the nacelles. With all inlet doors tightly shut, at 3.24 Mach, the J-58s are more like ramjets now, gulping 100,000 cubic feet of air per second. We are a roaring express now, and as we roll through the enemy’s backyard, I hope our speed continues to defeat the missile radars below."On Apr. 14, 1986, Operation El Dorado Canyon launched air-strikes against Libya in response to Libya’s bombing of a Berlin discotheque freq
  
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• The world needs to get serious about combating carbon emissions

  27-06-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  Innovation has helped humankind tackle some of its biggest challenges. Compasses made sea voyages safer, electric lightbulbs pushed back the limits of darkness, and vaccinations and antibiotics saved lives.
  
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• Fatih Birol: The world needs to get serious about combating carbon emissions

  27-06-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  Innovation has helped humankind tackle some of its biggest challenges. Compasses made sea voyages safer, electric lightbulbs pushed back the limits of darkness, and vaccinations and antibiotics saved lives.
  
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• Tillerson frustrated over Kushner

  27-06-2019 21:31 via cnn.com
  One evening during his tenure as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was out to dinner in Washington when the restaurant owner asked if he would like to say hello to the Mexican Foreign Minister, Luis Videgaray, who also happened to be at the same establishment. As they walked to the back of the restaurant Tillerson was shocked to find Videgaray, who Tillerson did not know was in town, dining with President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
  
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• Pelosi Caves, Will Hold Vote on Senate-Passed Border-Funding Bill

  27-06-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Update 5:48p.m.: The House passed a clean emergency spending bill on Thursday, just one day after it cleared the Senate. The bill, which passed 305-102, allocates $4.5 billion to alleviate the ongoing border crisis.House speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to hold a vote on the border-funding bill passed Wednesday by the Senate, marking a defeat for the progressive members of her caucus who demanded that the bill allocate more funds toward improving conditions for detained migrants and less toward e
  
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• Democratic debate: Tulsi Gabbard's sister jumps to her defense on Twitter, criticizes MSNBC

  27-06-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Tulsi Gabbard's Twitter account defended her during the Democratic debate, saying that MSNBC favored Sen. Elizabeth Warren over Gabbard.
  
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• Two women come forward to corroborate Donald Trump rape accuser E Jean Carroll's claim

  27-06-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Two friends of a woman accusing Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s have said she told them about the alleged attack at the time.  E Jean Carroll, an American journalist, claims Mr Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman more than 20 years ago.  The US president has strongly denied the allegation, saying Carroll was "totally lying" and adding that he had never met the magazine columnist.  On Thursday two wo
  
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• Controversial 'Straight Pride' parade gets approval from Boston to be held in August

  27-06-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The city approved the event application for the group Super Happy Fun America to host the parade Aug. 31.
  
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• G20 leaders begin arriving in Japan, expected to tackle climate change, US-China trade war

  27-06-2019 20:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Trade and global tensions, as well as the looming threat of climate change, are on the agenda as world leaders gather in Osaka, Japan for the Group of 20 summit on Friday.
  
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• Putin says oil output deal helped stabilize world markets

  27-06-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A deal between OPEC and other oil producers to curb oil output has played a positive role in stabilizing oil markets, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying in an interview on Thursday.Asked in the interview with the Financial Times if Russia would support extending the deal when it expires at the end of this month, Putin would not be drawn.The future of the output deal is expected to be on the agenda when world leaders meet this week for the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
  
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• Russia's Putin says liberal values are obsolete: Financial Times

  27-06-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that liberal values were obsolete because they had been rejected by the majority of the people in Western nations.Putin told the Financial Times newspaper that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made a cardinal mistake by adopting a liberal policy towards immigration from the Middle East.Every crime must have its punishment," Putin said in the interview.
  
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• Family of Murdered Student Sues University of Utah for $56 Million

  27-06-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey announced Thursday they are suing the school for $56 million.
  
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• Michigan AG sues to shut down oil pipeline in Great Lakes

  27-06-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Michigan's attorney general sued Thursday to shut down twin 66-year-old oil pipelines in the Great Lakes, saying they pose an "unacceptable risk" and the state cannot wait five to 10 years for Enbridge Inc. to build a tunnel to house replacement pipes running through the Straits of Mackinac.Democrat Dana Nessel's move came the same day she also sought to dismiss the Canadian company's request for a ruling on the legality of a deal it struck last year with former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to en
  
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• This Dark Ivy Green 1970 Ford Mustang Fastback Arouses Envy

  27-06-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Gives a whole new meaning to “green with envy.”It’s not out of the ordinary for muscle cars, especially the classics, to evoke envy out of those who lay their eyes on them. That being said, this 1970 Ford Mustang Sportsroof Fastback is no exception. What’s more, it’s painted in the stunning Dark Ivy Green Metallic color that accentuates all its curves and gives it that extra-special appeal. This beauty is currently up for sale through Ellingson Motorcars in Rogers,
  
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• Exclusive: Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts - sources

  27-06-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandexin late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the sources said.Western cyberattacks against Russia are
  
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• Huge crowd flocks to Istanbul mayor inauguration

  27-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A vast crowd gathered at Istanbul's town hall on Thursday to see the inauguration of new mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, whose landslide victory has boosted the opposition for the first time in years."Today is a celebration of democracy, a celebration of Istanbul," he told a sea of Turkish flags in the city's historical centre.None of Turkey's main television channels, seen as cowed by the government of President Recept Tayyip Erdogan, carried Imamoglu's speech.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein retained two new attorneys in his revolving door of lawyers

  27-06-2019 20:16 via cnn.com
  Harvey Weinstein retained two new attorneys to represent him against sex crimes charges, marking the latest additions in what has become a revolving door of legal teams in his case.
  
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• A mysterious fast radio burst was traced to a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away

  27-06-2019 20:07 via cnn.com
  For the first time, a single burst of cosmic radio waves has been traced to its point of origin: in this case, a galaxy about 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.
  
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• The Reason Russia All of a Sudden Scrambled Half Of Its Stealth Fighters

  27-06-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Rather, the unprecedented decision to utilize six of Russia’s most advanced fifth-generation fighters—approximately half of the currently available roster—in a VIP escort mission is the latest step in Russia’s ongoing Su-57 branding campaign.Several weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s IL-96-300PU presidential plane was flanked by no less than six Su-57 stealth fighter jets while en route to the 929th Chkalov State Flight-Test Center in southwestern Russia.
  
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• US Supreme Court handed Republicans a huge win

  27-06-2019 19:56 via cnn.com
  • Visual explanation of gerrymandering
  
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• 'We only want to sell our oil,' Iran official says before nuclear talks

  27-06-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's main demand in talks aimed at saving its nuclear deal is to be able to sell its oil at the same levels that it did before Washington withdrew from the accord a year ago, an Iranian official said on Thursday.Iran is threatening to go over the maximum amount of enriched uranium it is allowed under the deal in retaliation for crippling U.S. economic sanctions imposed in the past year.Senior officials from Iran and the deal's remaining parties will meet in Vienna on Friday with the aim of sav
  
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• Video: Parents fight off woman trying to kidnap their child at airport

  27-06-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Dramatic footage released by police shows every parent’s worst nightmare at a busy Atlanta airport.
  
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• Meghan and Harry to visit South Africa, Angola and Malawi

  27-06-2019 19:26 via cnn.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make a long-rumored trip to Africa this fall, stopping in South Africa, Angola, and Malawi, Buckingham Palace confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Mexican National Guard expands into capital to address crime surge

  27-06-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico's new militarized National Guard police force will expand to the capital Mexico City in an effort to tackle a deteriorating security situation, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday."We need a stronger presence of security forces and more protection for residents of the capital," Lopez Obrador said in his daily news conference.
  
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• Iran commemorates war dead amid tensions with US

  27-06-2019 19:20 via cnn.com
  Thousands lined the street's in Tehran, Iran, to commemorate the return of fallen soldiers from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s -- and to warn America about a new one. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.
  
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• First Democratic Debate Shows What the Party Stands For

  27-06-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- If nominations are about defining the party to itself, the Democrats on Night One of the first round of debates made it pretty clear who they are. Demographically diverse. Pragmatic. Liberal. Programmatic. Group-oriented. Competent.Yes, Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that, but so do Julian Castro, Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker. Some of the others, too, but those are the four who stood out to me. Yes, Klobuchar is relatively moderate, and Warren is relatively more pro
  
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• Family of Slain University of Utah Student Lauren McCluskey Files $56 Million Lawsuit Against School

  27-06-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Jill McCluskey/University of UtahUniversity of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey was gunned down on campus in October, and—according to her parents—nobody has been held accountable.Now, McCluskey’s family filed a $56 million federal civil-rights lawsuit against the school on Thursday over its “repeated failure” to respond to the student-athlete’s “multiple and continuing pleas for help” in the days leading up to her death.The 21-year-old was on the
  
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• Wisconsin gerrymandering case likely to end with GOP victory after Supreme Court ruling

  27-06-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court's gerrymandering ruling almost certainly will halt a Wisconsin lawsuit brought by Democrats that was to go to trial next month.
  
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• ‘Angry’ Rex Tillerson Says Jared Kushner Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy

  27-06-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Drew Angerer/GettyFormer Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claims the State Department was kept in the dark about key U.S. foreign-policy decisions during his time in the Trump administration because the president’s son-in-law had effectively set up his own shadow operation.Jared Kushner was privately working on strategic partnerships with foreign countries and meeting discreetly with world leaders outside the formal structures of the U.S. government, according to Tillerson, who told the Ho
  
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• WRAPUP 3-Boeing sees fix for latest 737 MAX software flaw in September

  27-06-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Co will take until at least September to fix a newly identified problem on its grounded 737 MAX, a company official told Reuters, meaning the workhorse jet's return to service will be delayed until October at the earliest, significantly longer than most airlines had expected.Boeing shares closed 3% lower on Thursday, after the Chicago-based company told air carriers that it would complete the latest software update for the 737 MAX by September after a new issue arose last week during a si
  
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• What is gerrymandering? Supreme Court rules on partisan election maps

  27-06-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The word is tossed around a lot, all the more so after the Supreme Court's ruling on partisan election maps. But what exactly is gerrymandering?
  
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• Man dumps bucket of water on homeless woman from San Francisco rooftop in viral video

  27-06-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The San Francisco Police Department classifies the attack as a misdemeanor battery, and will investigate if the victim comes forward.
  
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• Trump: What I say to Putin is none of your business

  27-06-2019 18:48 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump told reporters that his upcoming talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Japan are "none of your business." CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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