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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'In any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party'

  06-01-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When asked how she would fit into Congress during a potential Joe Biden presidency, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replied with a groan, "Oh, God."
  
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• Thirty killed in northeast Nigeria bomb blast on crowded bridge

  06-01-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge, sources told Reuters on Monday.Witnesses in the market town said more than 35 injured people were taken to the local hospital following the attack.Two sources with the Civilian Joint Task Force, a group of citizens formed to fight Boko Haram, confirmed the attack and the early death toll estimates.
  
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• Mississippi DA leaves murder case after multiple trials

  06-01-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mississippi prosecutor filed a court order Monday saying he won't be the one to decide whether to try a man a seventh time in a quadruple murder case.District Attorney Doug Evans recused himself in the case of Curtis Flowers and asked the Mississippi attorney general's office to decide whether to try Flowers again in the death penalty case.Flowers' attorney, Rob McDuff, said he is pleased Evans is stepping away from the case.
  
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• Charlottesville rally planner jailed for contempt of court

  06-01-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An organizer of a white nationalist rally in Virginia that erupted in violence in 2017 has been jailed for failing to comply with court orders in a federal lawsuit against him and other rally participants, according to the nonprofit backing the suit.A federal judge ordered Elliott Kline to jail Monday afternoon after finding that he remained out of compliance and in contempt of court, according to Amy Spitalnick, executive director of Integrity First for America.The judge had previously ordered
  
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• Egypt's president says interfaith bond saved country

  06-01-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi appeared at Coptic Christmas Eve Mass on Monday and praised the links between the country’s Christian and Muslim faithful, saying they have prevented the country from descending into sectarian strife like its neighbors.El-Sissi, who is a practicing Muslim, arrived at the cathedral in the middle of the Mass and was met by Coptic Pope Tawadros II on the doorstep before greeting churchgoers.Egyptian State television aired his appearance at the new cath
  
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• Astronomers detect gravitational waves created by massive neutron star collision

  06-01-2020 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  For only the second time, astronomers have detected gravitational waves that were created by the violent merger of two neutron stars, according to a new study.
  
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• Australian bushfire cloud visible in Chile and Argentina

  06-01-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000 kilometers (7,400 miles) away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities in the South American countries said on Monday.
  
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• Congressman defends posting fake Obama photo: 'No one said this wasn't photoshopped'

  06-01-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., stood by his decision Monday to post a fake photograph of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani despite the fact that the two men never met in person.
  
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• Pentagon mistakenly releases draft memo promising withdrawal from Iraq

  06-01-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This isn't your standard Trump administration memo leak.No, the memo released Monday that signifies the U.S's plan to exit Iraq is a full-fledged "mistake," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said more than an hour after it came out. It's a "draft" and "implies withdrawal," which "is not what happening," Milley said after the memo promised the opposite.A memo from the U.S. to an Iraqi leader of the two countries' joint operations in Baghdad started circulating Monday afternoon. U.S. fo
  
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• A federal court affirmed that Walmart should have paid California truck drivers during rest breaks — and the retail giant must pay drivers $55 million

  06-01-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal courts say that companies pay truck drivers during their rest breaks — though the federal agency that oversees trucking says otherwise.
  
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• Bolton Roils Impeachment Trial, Saying He’d Speak If Subpoenaed

  06-01-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said Monday he would testify if subpoenaed during President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial in the Senate, complicating Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan for swift proceedings with no witnesses.“I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Bolton said in a statement posted on his political action committee’s website.Bolton’s pronouncement in
  
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• Foretold 'uprising' hits cash-starved Mississippi prisons

  06-01-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Christopher Epps, a longtime Mississippi Department of Corrections employee, would later go to prison himself for collecting $1.4 million in bribes.Now, with a new governor's inauguration looming and a new prison chief to be selected, Mississippi leaders face choices.Phil Bryant, Mississippi’s outgoing governor, on Monday blamed gangs operating inside the prison system, saying prisons are difficult to manage “under the best of circumstances.” Bryant spoke specifically about the
  
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• Mysterious repeating fast radio burst traced to nearby galaxy

  06-01-2020 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Astronomers have traced the signal of an enigmatic repeating fast radio burst for only the second time -- and it's in a spiral galaxy similar to our own, not so far away.
  
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• Romney Vote Uncertain on Bolton Testimony: Impeachment Update

  06-01-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Senate returns to Washington this week with no agreement between Republican and Democratic leaders on how to proceed with President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.The Democratic-controlled House has yet to send the two impeachment articles to the Senate.Here are the latest developments:Romney Vote Uncertain on Bolton Testimony (4:54 p.m.)Republican Senator Mitt Romney says that “of course” he’d like to hear from former National Security Advisor John B
  
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• The US spent trillions trying to remake the Middle East. Trump's strike may have undone it all

  06-01-2020 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  • Defense chief contradicts Trump's Iran threat
  
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• America's Stealth Weapons: Can Iran Shoot Down a B-2 or F-35?

  06-01-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We might find out...
  
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• US general says letter suggesting Iraq withdrawal was a 'mistake'

  06-01-2020 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters "that's not what's happening."
  
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• Austin mom killing: What may have happened before Heidi Broussard's death

  06-01-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Documents show over the course of a month, Magen Fieramusca searched some form of "Heidi Broussard" online at least 162 times.
  
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• Photos of Jeffrey Epstein's cell and a noose made out of a bedsheet published by '60 Minutes'

  06-01-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Several photos believed to be of Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell taken after his death, and an image of a bedsheet that had been turned into noose, were made public by CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday night.
  
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• Maduro-backed Venezuelan legislator calls elections council main priority

  06-01-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Venezuelan lawmaker sworn in by the ruling socialist party as the new head of parliament said on Monday that naming a new electoral council to preside over free and fair elections was the body's main priority.President Nicolas Maduro's government announced Sunday that Luis Parra, who was expelled from the First Justice opposition party in late 2019 due to corruption allegations that he has denied, was now parliament chief.Despite wielding little real power, the mostly ceremonial legislative bo
  
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• Bolsonaro backs Trump amid US-Iran tensions

  06-01-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro offered his support to US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday amidst widespread criticism for the killing of a top Iranian commander.While many countries called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Brazil was one of the few to back Trump over the drone attack.
  
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• Conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein's death have reignited after the publication of autopsy photos. Here are the famous connections of the wealth manager who died in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

  06-01-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jeffrey Epstein once counted Donald Trump and Bill Clinton in his social circle, among other celebrity friends.
  
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• US military mistakenly releases letter suggesting Iraq withdrawal

  06-01-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters "that's not what's happening."
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein investigation finds letter in prison cell complaining about being locked in shower and 'giant bugs' crawling across his hand

  06-01-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein has made public several new pieces of evidence, including photos of his jail cell showing a number of bed sheets, prescription medicine and an apparent note written by the convicted sex offender complaining about jail conditions before his death.The paedophile financier was awaiting trial in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Centre in downtown Manhattan when his body was found in his cell in August. The ci
  
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• US military tells Iraq it is preparing to 'move out': official letter

  06-01-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US military informed its counterparts in Baghdad on Monday it was preparing for "movement out of Iraq," a day after the Iraqi parliament urged the government oust foreign troops. The head of the US military's Task Force Iraq, Brigadier General William Seely, sent a letter to the head of Iraq's joint operations command, a copy of which was seen by AFP. The letter said forces from the US-led coalition in Iraq would "be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepar
  
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• U.S. military tells Iraq it is preparing to 'move out': letter

  06-01-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. military has informed its counterparts in Baghdad on Monday it was preparing for "movement out of Iraq," a day after the Iraqi parliament urged the government to remove foreign troops.
  
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• Mother of Texas baby on life support talks amid court battle

  06-01-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman awaiting a court decision in her battle against a Texas hospital's plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment.“This situation takes away my job as a mother and lets other people who don't even know her decide whether her life is worth living,” Trinity Lewis said during a news conference outside the hospital.Doctors at Cook Children's Medical
  
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• 'Honest mistake' sets off alarm about US troops in Iraq

  06-01-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For a few tense hours Monday, the United States appeared to have announced that American troops were pulling out of Baghdad after nearly 17 years.“Here's the bottom line, this was a mistake,” Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said as he tried to unravel a knot of miscommunication that came at a time of already soaring tensions with the Middle East.The bungled message started when a draft letter from Marine Brig. Gen. William Seely began circulating on social me
  
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• A GOP congressman tweeted a fake picture of Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani smiling and shaking hands

  06-01-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar made headlines in 2018 after all of his siblings endorsed his opponent in the midterm elections.
  
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• Unique sex-abuse suit filed against Boy Scouts in US capital

  06-01-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from long-ago sexual abuse at the hands of scoutmasters and other leaders.The eight plaintiffs in the potentially ground-breaking lawsuit, identified as John Does 1 through 8, live in states where statute of limitations laws would prevent them from suing the BSA base
  
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• Republican senator suggests John Bolton testimony 'could help the president'

  06-01-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former National Security Adviser John Bolton grabbed headlines Monday when he somewhat surprisingly said he was "prepared to testify" should the Senate call him as a witness in the upcoming impeachment trial. But Republican senators aren't quite sure if they want to hear from him.Bolton's long been considered a potentially crucial witness since several current and former State Department and national security officials said in previous testimony before the House that he was concerned by Presiden
  
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• Was the US killing of Soleimani legal?

  06-01-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said he had been "terminated"; other US officials talked about a "targeted killing" and "lethal action."
  
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• The US says Qasem Soleimani's killing was not an assassination. But some legal experts are skeptical of the justification for its lawfulness

  06-01-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said he had been "terminated"; other US officials talked about a "targeted killing" and "lethal action."
  
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• Growing doubts on legality of US strike

  06-01-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said he had been "terminated"; other US officials talked about a "targeted killing" and "lethal action."
  
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• Iraqi Consulate in Detroit to Open Memorial Event for Qasem Soleimani

  06-01-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Consulate General of Iraq in Detroit will open a memorial event for slain Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the consulate announced Monday on its Facebook page."The Consulate General of the republic of Iraq in Detroit announces the opening of a register of condolences to the lives of the martyrs who have fallen as a result of the recent American raids in Iraq," the post reads. The event will take place on January 7 and 8 and is open to the public.Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolu
  
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• Netanyahu Distances From Soleimani Slaying, Says Israel Shouldn’t Be ‘Dragged’ Into It: Report

  06-01-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump’s closest ally on the international stage, is walking on a tightrope in crafting his reaction to the American strike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.On Sunday, for public consumption, Netanyahu issued a statement of praise, but restrained himself from the usual flourishes he indulges in when congratulating Trump, such as accompanying videos.In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu said, “Qassem Soleimani brou
  
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• Letter That Suggested U.S.-Led Coalition to Move ‘Out of Iraq’ Deemed Mistaken by Joint Chiefs Chairman [Updated]

  06-01-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said a leaked U.S. letter that suggested coalition forces were preparing to leave Iraq was a "draft" and a "mistake," contradicting reports that the U.S. planned to withdraw following a vote by Iraq’s parliament to expel foreign troops."That letter is a draft, it was a mistake, it was unsigned, it should not have been released," Milley told reporters. " . . . [It was] poorly worded, implies withdrawal, that is not what’s happening."R
  
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• Libya's Haftar forces seize control of Sirte as Turkey intervenes

  06-01-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces Monday seized the coastal city of Sirte from factions loyal to the Tripoli government, raising tensions as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the North African country.Sirte, some 450 kilometres (280 miles) east of the capital Tripoli, had been held since 2016 by forces allied with the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).
  
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• Growing doubts on legality of US strike that killed Soleimani

  06-01-2020 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said he had been "terminated"; other US officials talked about a "targeted killing" and "lethal action."
  
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• Kids, aged 12 and 13, shot by driver after throwing snowballs at passing cars

  06-01-2020 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Two children, ages 12 and 13, were shot after throwing snowballs at passing cars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police said.
  
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• Trump's order to kill Iran's top general has sparked a catastrophe of his own making and left him globally isolated

  06-01-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The deadly drone strike, which took place in Baghdad, has united Iraqis and Iranians against the US and Trump.
  
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• U.N. Libya envoy blames deadly military academy strike on Haftar ally

  06-01-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Nations Libya envoy said on Monday that a country supporting commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) was likely responsible for a deadly drone attack on a military academy in the capital Tripoli.At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday, the GNA health ministry said.
  
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• 'Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated': US Army general says he's still alive after terrorist attack in Kenya

  06-01-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This is yet another example of the lies, propaganda and fake news," US Army Gen. Stephen Townsend said in a statement.
  
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• Bolivia Readying Vote Rerun in Bid to End Post-Morales Crisis

  06-01-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian parties have less than a month to register candidates for an election rerun designed to resolve the political crisis the country finds itself since voting irregularities brought an end to Evo Morales’ 14-year government.Candidates must be submitted to the electoral authority by Feb. 3 for the vote that will take place three months later. All parties are allowed to run, including Morales’ Movement to Socialism, or MAS, according to Salvador Romero, president of
  
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• Lady Gaga tells Oprah: I was repeatedly raped at 19

  06-01-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, singer and actress Lady Gaga opened up about her mental health struggles.
  
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• Lady Gaga: I was repeatedly raped at 19

  06-01-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, singer and actress Lady Gaga opened up about her mental health struggles.
  
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• Uncertain impeachment schedule leaves 2020ers scrambling

  06-01-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Uncertainty over when the Senate will begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is complicating crunch-time campaigning for the five Democratic senators seeking the White House.Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado are facing the prospect of having to return to Washington this week to sit as jurors if proceedings begin.
  
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• All the U.S. Military Hardware Headed to the Middle East

  06-01-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It seems like everything in the U.S.'s arsenal is headed toward Iran.
  
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• US to start collecting DNA from people detained at border

  06-01-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide.The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely.A memo outlining the program published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security said U.S. citizens and permanent residents holding a “green card” who are detained could be subject to DNA testing, as well as asy
  
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• Maduro to Release 14 Political Prisoners Following Caracas Clash

  06-01-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela will release 14 political prisoners following negotiations with minority political parties one day after President Nicolas Maduro ousted opposition leader Juan Guaido and his backers from the National Assembly.The announcement is Maduro’s latest effort to sideline Guaido, who’s made the release of political prisoners a central part of his platform to oust Venezuela’s ruling regime. Guaido, recognized by the U.S. and dozens of its allies as the country&r
  
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