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• Uh oh: Trump’s attorney general asks Facebook for ‘backdoor’ messaging access

  03-10-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  US Attorney General Bill Barr is scheduled to make some remarks at a Justice Department event Friday focused on how tech companies promoting encryption has hampered government access to information.That's according to a New York Times preview of the event, which will come in tandem with a chilling demand from Barr: In a letter from President Trump's AG to Facebook dated October 4, Barr asks the social networking giant to immediately halt its plan to expand end-to-end encryption across the compan
  
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• Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations

  03-10-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The No. 1 U.S. automaker wants to boost productivity to offset financial pressure from a slowing global economy and investments in electric vehicles.The UAW is focused on increasing the share of profit going to workers, and closing wage gaps between full-time and temporary employees in GM factories.GM's unionized workers in the United States build some of the company's most profitable truck and sport utility vehicles.
  
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• The History of “Nine-O-Nine”, the B-17 Bomber that Crashed

  03-10-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The bomber involved in Tuesday’s fatal crash in Connecticut never made it to war, but served as a search and rescue plane and water bomber.
  
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• Banksy painting sells for way more than expected

  03-10-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  British artist Banksy's "Devolved Parliament," a satirical oil painting depicting the House of Commons filled with chimpanzees, has sold at auction in London for a record-breaking £9,879,500 ($12,200,000), after going on display in Bristol in March to mark the first missed Brexit deadline. The final sale price far exceeded auction house Sotheby's estimate of £1,500,000 to £2,000,000 ($1,900,000 to $2,500,000).
  
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• Ohio University suspends all fraternities over hazing claims

  03-10-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Ohio University on Thursday announced it was suspending all its fraternities following allegations of widespread hazing.Suspension of the 15 fraternities at the university was immediate and indefinite.It followed allegations within the past week of hazing at seven of the fraternities, as well as the expulsion in May of a fraternity following the alleged hazing of a freshman who died last year.
  
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• US reopens embassy in Somalia after 28 years

  03-10-2019 23:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The United States Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, has reopened after 28 years, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• IRS Employee Files Whistleblower Complaint Over Audit of Trump/Pence Tax Returns: Report

  03-10-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A career IRS official has filed a whistleblower complaint over inappropriate interference by at least one Treasury Department official in a mandatory annual audit of the president and vice president’s taxes.The House Ways and Means Committee was alerted to “possible misconduct” at the end of July, but The Washington Post shed more light on the situation Thursday when it reported that the individual was an IRS employee and revealed that the allegation pertained to Treasury
  
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• Some see rush to forgive as rush to forget racial violence

  03-10-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  When a white Dallas police officer who killed an innocent black man in his own living room was sent off to prison this week with a hug from the victim’s brother and the black judge on the case, some saw it as a moment of amazing grace and redemption.Many black Americans, though, saw something all too familiar and were offended.Some saw the rush to forgive as a rush to forget racial violence.
  
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• Giuliani's televised rage worries some Trump allies, but not the president

  03-10-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani's appearances have left some of Trump’s allies concerned the former New York mayor is doing more harm than good, but according to those close to the president, Trump still trusts Giuliani and is unlikely to rein him in.
  
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• McDonald's McRib is coming back for a limited time. How to find it

  03-10-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The McRib, McDonald's iconic barbecue sandwich, is set to return for a limited time as early as Monday, Oct. 7, in more than 10,000 U.S. restaurants.
  
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• Photos of starving grizzly bear family stirs concern for climate crisis

  03-10-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A Canadian photographer’s images of an emaciated grizzly bear family has sparked widespread concern for the effect of climate change on wildlife in the area.Rolf Hicker shared a series of photos on Facebook of the bears looking for food on the shores of Canada’s Knight Inlet.
  
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• Warren turns 'cougar' accusation into a talking point for her college debt plan

  03-10-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren turned an unfounded personal attack into an opportunity to promote her college debt forgiveness plan.
  
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• Scientists discovered a new partial skeleton of pterosaur and promptly named it 'Butch'

  03-10-2019 22:47 via cnn.com
  The fossil of a previously undiscovered pterosaur, known as a "flying lizard," has been named Lenton's iron dragon -- but you can call him Butch.
  
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• Tyshawn Lee murder trial: Chicago prosecutors urge jury for a 'just' ending to boy's short life

  03-10-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Closing arguments began Thursday in the case of Tyshawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed in one of Chicago's most horrific crimes.
  
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• Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo vandalized after 150th birthday celebrations, reports say

  03-10-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  An urn containing some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes was reportedly stolen from a government building in India, according to the Wire, an Indian news site.
  
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• Climate activists spray UK finance ministry with fake blood

  03-10-2019 22:10 via cnn.com
  Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion used a fire engine to spray 1,800 liters of fake blood at Britain's finance ministry in London on Thursday, in protest over what it says is the UK's contradictory stance on tackling climate change.
  
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• A ‘Limited’ Nuclear War Quickly Could Kill 90 Million People

  03-10-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  That’s the startling conclusion that a team of researchers at Princeton University reached when they simulated an exchange of small-yield “tactical” nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia.
  
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• Pence defends Trump over Ukraine call

  03-10-2019 21:57 via cnn.com
  Vice President Mike Pence claimed again Thursday he did not discuss former Vice President Joe Biden during a September meeting with the Ukrainian President -- but insisted the unfounded allegations against Biden and his son warranted an investigation.
  
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• Who could be impeachment managers? An early look

  03-10-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Several members of the Judiciary panel had long agitated for impeachment, arguing for a robust congressional response to the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller.Then came revelations from an intelligence community whistleblower about Trumps political pressure on Ukraine, a watershed event that brought most of the other Democrats onboard.Should Democrats draft articles of impeachment against Trump, as expected, and approve them, then impeachment managers would be appointed to present the c
  
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• Election Commission chair hints that Trump asking foreign countries for help against Biden violates law

  03-10-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  FEC chair Ellen Weintraub posted a reminder about U.S. election law following Trump's latest requests to foreign nations.
  
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• iPhone users, beware: 1,370 scam apps might’ve just been uncovered in the App Store

  03-10-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Policing a mobile applications marketplace is no easy feat when you're a tech giant the size of Google or Apple, both of which are constantly flooded with requests for new apps to be approved and both of which manage that inflow with a variety of tools that include human oversight and review.Google has been under fire in recent months over the discovery of hundreds of sketchy apps in its Google Play Store, apps found to be engaged in all manner of shady practices including serving as delivery me
  
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• North Korea tests submarine-launched missile a day after saying it will resume nuclear talks with US

  03-10-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after saying it would resume nuclear talks with the US, North Korea said it successfully test-fired a submarine-launched missile.
  
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• 4 dead in Paris police headquarters attack

  03-10-2019 21:19 via cnn.com
  • Video: Attacker was shot dead
  
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• 'I couldn't do anything to help them': witnesses on Paris police attack – video

  03-10-2019 21:18 via theguardian.com
  A witness said he heard gunshots and saw Paris police officers in tears when a police employee, who stabbed and killed four colleagues, was shot dead on Thursday. The perpetrator reportedly used a knife against other employees in his office and the courtyard of the building, which is near Notre DameParis police attack: administrator kills four at police headquarters Continue reading...
  
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• Ecuador president declares state of emergency over strike

  03-10-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Ecuador’s president declared a state of emergency Thursday to confront rowdy street protests and a nationwide transport strike over his decision to end government fuel subsidies and relax labor protections.Public transport in major cities and between provinces was virtually shut down, forcing many people to walk long distances to get to work.In Quito, university students tried to march to the government headquarters in the historic part of the city.
  
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• Michael Avenatti Takes Stormy Daniels to Court for Millions in Legal Backpay

  03-10-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastEmbattled lawyer Michael Avenatti is taking legal action against his ex-client Stormy Daniels for $2 million in legal fees from their infamous “hush agreement” lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Avenatti, who currently faces federal criminal charges set for trial next month, filed an attorney’s lien on Thursday. It alleges that despite “repeated demands that Ms. Daniels fulfill her contractual obligations a
  
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• North Korea says underwater-launched missile test succeeded

  03-10-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea said Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.Wednesday’s test of the Pukguksong-3 missile, which North Korea describes as a type of missile capable of being launched from a submarine, is seen as the North’s most high-profile weapons launch since it began diplomacy with the United States early last yea
  
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• 'He tried to have his cake and eat it': how Trump's Ukraine envoy lost his big gamble

  03-10-2019 21:06 via theguardian.com
  Before abruptly resigning Kurt Volker gambled that acting as a go-between for Rudy Giuliani could secure military aid for KyivWhen Kurt Volker agreed to work for the Trump administration in 2017, he told colleagues he hoped to navigate the president’s mercurial nature and his evident attachment to Vladimir Putin, and still pursue a traditional US policy of upholding Ukrainian independence and pushing back against Moscow.Many were sceptical and predicted a clash between the two approaches,
  
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• Will P&G split its stock? It hasn't happened in 15 years

  03-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The longest P&G; has allowed the stock to remain above $100 before a stock split: 11 months. We're at six months, 10 days and counting.
  
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• RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter: Amazing to Look At (But a Massive Failure)

  03-10-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Waste of money.
  
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• Fighting GM puts a financial squeeze on striking union workers

  03-10-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - (Reuters) - While striking workers at General Motors Co's U.S. auto plants continue walking picket lines for a third week to demand better pay and benefits, the financial pressure has mounted for union members like Frank Lee.Analysts estimate that GM could lose $1 billion from the labor dispute that began on Sept. 16 and is now the longest nationwide strike at the automaker since 1970.For GM, which had $24 billion in cash and marketable securities as of June 30, that cost is
  
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• A tropical wave is forming in the Caribbean as Lorenzo is expected to hit Ireland and the UK

  03-10-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time in several weeks, there are no named tropical storms or hurricanes anywhere in the Atlantic.
  
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• Impeachment Bombshell That Wasn't: Mysterious Packet Sends Rumor Mill Into Overdrive

  03-10-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- The cryptically worded request marked urgent from the State Department's independent watchdog set Congress on edge.The message, according to Steven A. Linick, the department's inspector general, was that he needed to meet -- and right away -- with senior congressional staff members to give them copies of documents related to the State Department and Ukraine. He signaled that they could be relevant to the House investigation into whether President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to i
  
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• New York sues big U.S. student loan servicer for abusing borrowers

  03-10-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  New York state on Thursday sued one of the largest federal student loan servicers, whose practices the U.S. government singled out for criticism earlier this year, saying it abusively treated borrowers working in lower-paying public service jobs.The lawsuit by state Attorney General Letitia James adds to a growing list of complaints by borrowers and regulators against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, which operates as FedLoan and American Education Services.James said FedLoan
  
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• Greta Thunberg hits back at Putin with Twitter bio

  03-10-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  After the Russian president described her as "a kind and very sincere girl" who doesn't understand the complexities of "the modern world," the 16-year-old responded by changing her Twitter bio to mock his dismissive words.
  
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• The Latest: Woman gets 10 years in prison in son’s death

  03-10-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A Phoenix woman who says her 2-year-old son fatally shot her 9-year-old son with a handgun that she left on a bed was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the 2017 killing.The sentence given Thursday to Wendy Lavarnia in the death of her son, Landen, marked the most lenient punishment available under the terms of her guilty pleas to manslaughter and attempted child abuse.A Phoenix woman who says her 2-year-old son fatally shot her 9-year-old son with a handgun that she left on a bed f
  
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• Police find giant cannabis farm in odd spot

  03-10-2019 20:22 via cnn.com
  Italian police found 500 marijuana plants after opening this door hidden behind shower tile.
  
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• Courtroom forgiveness: Botham Jean's brother hugged Amber Guyger, and the world took note

  03-10-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Brandt Jean's mother, Allison, said her son's hug shouldn't be misunderstood, and the Dallas Police Department still has work to do.
  
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• Paris Knife Attacker Converted to Islam 18 Months Before Attack: Report

  03-10-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The French police employee who killed four of his colleagues at the Paris police headquarters on Thursday was a recent convert to Islam, according to French television BFM TV.The 45-year-old attacker killed three police officers and an administrative worker, three men and one woman, before being shot and killed by police. Officials so far have not publicly released a motive, and are trying to discover if there was a terrorism link. The man’s wife has been taken in custody.Paris Mayor Anne
  
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• Camp Shelby accident: What you need to know about the camp where 22 paratroopers were hurt

  03-10-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Camp Shelby, where an accident occurred Wednesday, is unfamiliar to many. What is it? Where is it? What happens there? Find answers to your questions.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani says some of the documents State Dept. IG gave to Congress came from him

  03-10-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  After State Department Inspector General Steve Linick briefed Congress on Wednesday and handed over materials that some Democrats said amounted to a packet of “propaganda” apparently designed to smear former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani proudly told CNN that some of these documents originated with him.
  
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• School leaves 'bullied' child outside in cold with no coat and then reports him missing

  03-10-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman is suing school bosses in Chicago after her nine-year-old son was left outside in the cold without a coat.Yvonne Pinkston said her son, then a fourth grader at Fiske Elementary School in Englewood, Illinois, was deliberately locked outside of his school in near-freezing temperatures after he complained about being bullied by both students and staff.
  
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• Fate of Georgia ex-cop who shot naked man is in jury’s hands

  03-10-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Shortly after arriving, he killed 26-year-old Anthony Hill, an Air Force veteran, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD.The charges against Olsen include two counts of felony murder, two counts of violation of oath of office, and one count each of aggravated assault and making a false statement.Prosecutor Pete Johnson told jurors it’s unreasonable to believe that Olsen, who was bigger than Hill and had multiple weapons, was afraid of the unarmed, naked man and justified in
  
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• 3 Dead, 3 Critically Injured After Plane Crashes in Michigan

  03-10-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Three people are dead and three others are seriously injured after a small plane from Indiana crashed at an airport in Lansing, Michigan.
  
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• Explainer: Biden, allies pushed out Ukrainian prosecutor because he didn't pursue corruption cases

  03-10-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump has claimed Biden forced out Ukraine's top prosecutor in order to benefit his son. Former diplomats say the prosecutor wasn't doing his job.
  
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• Because of Larry Nassar, Michigan State has the most rapes reported in a year in campus safety report

  03-10-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The annual Clery Act report, which is mandated by the federal government, includes more than 1,000 rapes – most attributed to Larry Nassar.
  
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• University of Florida students and staff slam decision to pay Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle for speaking engagement

  03-10-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The University of Florida is facing backlash for paying Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, senior adviser for President Trump's reelection campaign, $50,000 in student activity fees to speak at a campus event this month.
  
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• ACLU challenges deportation of man to El Salvador

  03-10-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding that the federal government return a Salvadoran man to the United States after he was deported despite a court order allowing him to remain here.In its brief filed Wednesday, the ACLU of New Hampshire said that José Daniel Guerra-Castañeda was deported last month by U.S. Immigration and Enforcement to El Salvador and is in a crowded jail there.A federal judge in Boston ruled last month that Guerra-Castañeda could remain in the
  
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• Abby Huntsman Confronts Rachel Maddow: Aren’t You ‘Part of the Problem?’

  03-10-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow brought her media tour to promote her new book Blowout about corruption in the oil and gas industry to The View on Thursday, but just like Stephen Colbert earlier in the week, all the hosts really wanted to talk about was Trump’s impeachment inquiry. Maddow continued to predict that Trump will be impeached over his phone call with the Ukrainian president and this time suggested that the scandal could bring down Vice President Mike Pence as well. Referr
  
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• Sperm donor sues clinic after discovering he has fathered 17 children

  03-10-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A doctor is suing his medical school after discovering sperm he donated 30 years ago was used to father at least 17 children.Dr Bryce Cleary has filed a $5.25million (£4.23m) lawsuit against Oregon Health & Science University for allegedly breaking an agreement that his sperm would be used to father no more than five children.
  
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