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• He was born without fingers. Watch his priceless reaction to gift

  03-01-2020 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  An 11-year-old boy born without fingers received 3D printed hands and can grip and hold things for the first time.
  
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• Serious debate preceded Trump's decision to strike Soleimani

  03-01-2020 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump had been weighing the biggest risk of his presidency for days.
  
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• Police: Psychic said girl was possessed by demon, scammed mom out of $70K

  03-01-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to banish the spirit, police in Massachusetts said.
  
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• Iran’s retaliation could be hacking, not bombs

  03-01-2020 23:44 via politico.com
  
  Tehran is widely considered to be one of the world’s most malicious online actors.
  
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• Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?

  03-01-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After Friday's targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination?Although the United States and Iran have long been adversaries and engaged in a shadow war in the Middle East and elsewhere, the U.S. has never declared formal war on Iran.
  
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• Congress Leaders Briefed on Airstrike But Await Written Report

  03-01-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration will give Congress a written justification of the airstrike that killed a top Iranian general, a Republican senator said Friday, amid warnings from Democrats that President Donald Trump must seek congressional authorization for direct military action against Iran.Republican Senator James Risch, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he expects the White House to send the notification required under the War Powers Act to provide the legal rationa
  
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• Democrats battle White House over executive power and congressional oversight

  03-01-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two hearings in a Washington court brought the battle between the House and the White House into stark relief.
  
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• Over 200 Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to 'Reconsider' Abortion Rights Under Roe v. Wade. Pro-Choice Advocates Say They're Ignoring Public Opinion

  03-01-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 200 members of Congress told the Supreme Court that its landmark decisions on abortion, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, should…
  
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• In 1978, A Horrific Terror Attack Tore The Shah's Iran Apart

  03-01-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And reshaped history.
  
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• Trump: Iran's Soleimani was plotting 'imminent' attacks on diplomats, soldiers before US killed him

  03-01-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said he ordered the military strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani because the Iranian was plotting attacks against Americans.
  
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• United Methodist leaders propose splitting church over same-sex marriage tensions

  03-01-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of United Methodist leaders announced a proposed agreement Friday that could split the second largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.
  
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• Trump tweets about Obama starting a war with Iran to get reelected are coming back to haunt him

  03-01-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tweets from back in 2011 and 2012 in which Donald Trump predicted that President Barack Obama would start a war with Iran to secure his reelection have gone viral after the U.S. assassinated a top Iranian general, dramatically escalating its confrontation with Iran.
  
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• US deploys troops, Iran vows 'revenge' after Soleimani death

  03-01-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was "terminated" when he was on the verge of attacking US diplomats but he insisted that Washington is not seeking to topple Iran's government."Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act," Trump said in Florida.
  
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• Why Obama, Bush, and Bibi All Passed on Killing Soleimani

  03-01-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Until the Trump administration blew him away in Baghdad in the pre-dawn dark of Friday morning, Qassem Soleimani had made the very fact of his survival part of his considerable mystique. The powerful Iranian general commanded forces that had become the scourge of Iran’s adversaries abroad, especially the United States and Israel. Yet he came and went to the war fronts of the Middle East unscathed.In fact, conscious decisions were taken under the George W. Bush administration, even when Sol
  
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• United Methodist Church leader calls historic plan to split over same-sex marriage 'a welcome relief'

  03-01-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Methodist Church is now literally divided over the matter of same-sex marriage. Leaders of the Church announced a plan to formally split into two denominations in a nine-page document released Friday.The proposal, hoping to achieve "reconciliation and grace through separation," creates a new "Traditionalist Methodist" denomination that would uphold the ban on same-sex marriages and the ordination of LGBT clergy.This fracture within the church will restructure the nation's second-large
  
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• Donald Trump says killing of Qassim Soleimani was to 'stop a war' with Iran

  03-01-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump said he was not seeking a war with Iran, or "regime change," after assassinating the country's top general in an audacious drone strike. The US president said he had acted to prevent a plot against America by General Qassim Soleimani, who he called a "sick monster"and "the number one terrorist anywhere in the world." Mr Trump said: "We took action last night to stop a war, we did not take action to start a war. "Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contribut
  
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• Victim, 2 suspects identified in deadly Oakland Starbucks laptop theft

  03-01-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man who was killed while trying to retrieve a laptop after it was stolen at an Oakland Starbucks has been identified as 34-year-old Shuo Zeng. Two suspects arrested in the case have been identified as 22-year-old Byron Reed and 21-year-old Javon Eugene Lee.
  
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• Why now?: US lawmakers question strike's timing and legality

  03-01-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration has yet to publicly explain the legal justification for killing Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, prompting Democratic lawmakers to question whether the President had the authority to order the strike without Congressional approval and raise concerns that Iran's potential response was not fully considered.
  
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• Oil workers leave Iraq after Trump-ordered attack on Iran general

  03-01-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American oil workers are leaving Iraq after the US airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, a troubling sign as oil prices have spiked following the raised tension in the region.The workers began leaving just hours after Soleimani, a leader of the elite Iranian Quds Force, was killed by a targeted attack at an airport in Baghdad that US officials say was necessary to stop an “imminent threat” to American lives.
  
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• Volcano briefly erupts on Alaska island, sends up ash cloud

  03-01-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted Friday and sent up an ash cloud, prompting a warning for planes.Shishaldin Volcano shot ash to more than 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) and possibly 24,000 feet (7,315 meters), the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.The volcano is 679 miles (1,093 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage near the center of Unimak Island, the largest in the Aleutians and home to False Pass, a village of 40 people on the island's east side.
  
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• Analysts predict people will ditch restaurants and retreat into their homes in 2020, as the election looms and anxiety builds

  03-01-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Restaurant traffic is expected to decline again in 2020, due in part to the upcoming presidential election.
  
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• Trump Disavows Iranian Regime Change, Says U.S. Killed Soleimeni to ‘Stop a War’

  03-01-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Friday afternoon addressed the U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, saying the strike was meant to “stop a war” rather than start one.“We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,” Trump told reporters in Florida. “We do not seek regime change. However, the Iranian regime's aggression in the region … must end, and it must end now.”Soleimani, the
  
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• With the US and Iran on the brink of war, the dangers of Trump's policy of going it alone become clear

  03-01-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran is in deep crisis. The president’s approach has the support neither of America’s allies nor of its strategic rivals, China and Russia. And his policy – made even more confrontational by the shooting of a high-ranking Iranian official – has boxed him into a situation where, short of dramatic reversal, Washington and Tehran are edging close to war. By failing to forge policies in cooperation with allies, the U.S. was robbed
  
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• Ex-Mexican minister pleads not guilty in US to taking drug bribes

  03-01-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Mexican public security minister Genaro Garcia Luna, accused of taking huge bribes to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to ship drugs into the US, pleaded not guilty Friday in a New York court.The once-powerful Garcia Luna entered the federal courtroom in Brooklyn stooped over and looking crestfallen, to hear Judge Peggy Kuo read the charges against him.The arrest December 9 in Dallas of the man who was an architect of Mexico's war on drug trafficking was a stunning development.
  
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• Democrats warn against 'march' to war with Iran after Trump orders killing of Qasem Soleimani

  03-01-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic lawmakers said they were concerned President Trump acted hastily in ordering the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
  
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• Trump says U.S. killed Soleimani 'to stop a war'

  03-01-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said Friday that he ordered the targeted killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in order “to stop a war.”
  
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• Senate Leaders Extend Impasse on Trump Impeachment Trial

  03-01-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Congress is set to return to Washington next week with leaders still at a stalemate on the terms for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.Although most lawmakers remained on break, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer began the congressional year on Friday addressing a mostly empty chamber to trade accusations of partisanship and breaking with historical precedent.McConnell stuck to his demand that senators agree to basic terms to g
  
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• Warren Changes Stance, Breaking with Bernie in Support of USMCA

  03-01-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) said she would vote to pass the USMCA trade deal in the Senate during an interview Friday, despite saying in 2018 that she would not support “NAFTA 2.0.”Warren cited “improvements” made after months of negotiations between the White House and House Democrats as the reason for her switch, saying that the deal will “help open up some markets for farmers” with tighter labor standards, but shifted the focus to what she would pu
  
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• The U.S. Lost a (Fictional) War With Iran 18 Years Ago

  03-01-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Millennium Challenge 2002 was a military exercise that reminded the U.S. military that the enemy doesn't always do what you want it to do.
  
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• Argentine Fighter Wins $1 Million in NYC, Won’t Bring Prize Money Home

  03-01-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Emiliano “He-Man” Sordi, an Argentine martial arts fighter, won a $1 million purse in New York City. If he has his way, that’s just where the money will stay.“I’m not going to be so stupid as to take even one dollar back to Argentina,” Sordi wrote Thursday on Twitter after battering Jordan Johnson into submission to win the Professional Fighters League’s light heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden.Read More: Hottest Job in Argentina I
  
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• Federal judge allows Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to provide evidence for impeachment inquiry

  03-01-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge Friday allowed Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, to provide evidence subpoenaed by the House Intelligence Committee.
  
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• Iran Options Seem Narrow as It Seeks to Avenge Slain General

  03-01-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatened “severe retaliation” against the U.S. for the assassination of the country’s most prominent military commander, but he may be limited in what he can do.While Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told state TV that the Islamic Republic’s response can come “at any time and by any means,” U.S. sanctions have hobbled his nation’s economy. Any action that triggered a conventional war
  
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• Texas 'affluenza teen’ to be released; drug test questioned

  03-01-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man who became known as the “affluenza teen” for his unusual defense at a 2013 manslaughter trial was set to be released from a Texas jail after prosecutors raised questions Friday about a drug test that triggered an alleged probation violation.Ethan Couch, 22, avoided prison following his initial conviction for killing four people while driving drunk.Couch was arrested Thursday after probation officers reported that a drug monitoring patch he wears returned a “weak positive&
  
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• Opinion: Lessons from a high-powered, 64-year-old attorney's first brush with Alzheimer's disease

  03-01-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  A high-powered, 64-year-old attorney came to my office because he felt his memory was failing. He forgot clients' names in mid-conversation and was losing track of important details at work. Although he seemed completely fine on my initial neurological examination, he underwent a several hours-long neurocognitive evaluation, the best way to evaluate cognition in high functioning people.
  
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• Lessons from a high-powered, 64-year-old attorney's first brush with Alzheimer's disease

  03-01-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  A high-powered, 64-year-old attorney came to my office because he felt his memory was failing. He forgot clients' names in mid-conversation and was losing track of important details at work. Although he seemed completely fine on my initial neurological examination, he underwent a several hours-long neurocognitive evaluation, the best way to evaluate cognition in high functioning people.
  
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• Russian State Media Blames Impeachment for Trump’s Iran Strike

  03-01-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Kremlin and its state-run media are none too happy with Donald Trump and his decision to order the killing of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force. In an official statement, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the decision to liquidate Soleimani as a foolhardy “adventurist” step by the Trump administration, predicting that it will increase tensions in the entire region. “Soleimani was devoted to protecting Iran’s national
  
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• U.S. deportations of Guatemalans doubled over past decade

  03-01-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration stepped up deportations of Guatemalans in 2019, doubling the number of migrants sent back from the United States a decade earlier, data from the Central American country showed on Friday.Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a major policy focus and has continued to press the issue in the run-up to the November U.S. presidential election.Last year, the United States deported 54,547 people to Guatemala on 486 flights, the highest since at
  
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• Trump says Soleimani was plotting to kill more Americans - but was his mind actually on impeachment and 2020?

  03-01-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The parallels leap from the pages of history.On December 16 1998, just three days before he would be impeached by the House of Representatives, Bill Clinton delivered a televised address to inform the world he had ordered military strikes against Iraq – allegedly for breaching UN sanctions.
  
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• El Salvador families demand justice in past crimes by rebels

  03-01-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Relatives of people killed by guerrillas during El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war demanded Friday that prosecutors investigate some former leftist rebels for crimes against humanity.El Salvador's armed forces committed the majority of the killings and disappearances, and relatives have long demanded trials for former army officers.The demands involved alleged victims of two of the five rebel factions that made up the Farabundo Marti National Liberation front, known as the FMLN.
  
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• The Fed says interest rates are likely to remain at historically low levels — for now

  03-01-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal Reserve officials saw fewer risks to the economy at the end of 2019 and predicted there would be no need to adjust interest rates this year.
  
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• As the FDA cracks down on e-cigarettes, vapers are starting to become one-issue voters

  03-01-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vaping activists believe vaping saves lives because it helps people quit cigarettes — and they're letting politicians know their stance.
  
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• This is the bombshell Trump's team didn't want revealed

  03-01-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  • New York Times: Trump administration withholds emails on Ukraine aid
  • Burnett: Trump didn't want anyone to see this
  • Analysis: New Ukraine revelations turn up heat on Senate trial showdown
  
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• Soleimani Was Planning ‘Imminent Attacks’ against American Facilities in Middle East, Says Top U.S. Official on Iran

  03-01-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed Friday in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, had been plotting "imminent attacks" on U.S. facilities in the surrounding region that could have killed hundreds of Americans, a senior U.S. official said Friday.Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, said "solid intelligence" informed the administration's belief that Soleimani was planning attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.“The President&rsqu
  
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• Here's how much money 2020 presidential candidates raised in the last full fundraising quarter of 2019

  03-01-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With just a month to go before the Iowa caucuses, here's how President Trump and the Democratic candidates all stack up in the money race.
  
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• US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

  03-01-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 2007, U.S. commandos watched as a convoy carrying a powerful Iranian military leader made its way to northern Iraq.It was a prime opportunity to take out Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had been accused of aiding Shiite forces that killed thousands of American troops in Iraq.Fears about the repercussions and reverberations of a targeted killing of Soleimani persisted throughout the administrations of President George W. Bush, a Republican, and President Barack Obama, a Democrat, according to offic
  
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• US stocks were on a runaway train. Then Iran happened

  03-01-2020 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  The American drone strike targeting a top Iranian commander sent shockwaves across previously calm Wall Street.
  
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• A Texas judge said a hospital can take an 11-month-old off life support, but the family and some pro-life groups object

  03-01-2020 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Medical professionals have asked to keep broader political and religious issues out of what they believe is best for the baby.
  
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• How will Iran retaliate to Soleimani killing?

  03-01-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From mobilising its allies in the Middle East to blocking shipping in a strategic waterway or even launching a cyber attack far beyond its borders, Iran has no shortage of options to avenge the killing of top commander Qasem Soleimani by its arch foe the United States.Tehran's clerical leadership promised "severe vengeance... in the right place and time," but is nonetheless expected to carefully weigh the dangers of retaliation to a regime that has been in place since the ousting of the pro-Amer
  
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• Australian prime minister heckled out of town as country burns: 'You're an idiot'

  03-01-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted Thursday by angry residents of the town of Cobargo as bush fires made worse by climate change continued to ravage the country.
  
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• Pressure is mounting on fugitive Carlos Ghosn as authorities make arrests and the probe into his mysterious escape heats up

  03-01-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former executive may have broken Lebanese law by visiting Israel, a group of lawyers contend, potentially throwing his safe haven into jeopardy.
  
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