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• Yamaha warns not to climb into musical equipment cases after Ghosn escape

  14-01-2020 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Yamaha is reminding people that musical equipment cases are for musical equipment — not people — two weeks after fugitive auto titan Carlos Ghosn reportedly was smuggled out of Japan in one.
  
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• Senate Readies War Powers Bill to Limit Trump’s Iran Options

  14-01-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Senate is moving closer to a rebuke of Donald Trump over Iran, as Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said he has enough Republican votes to pass a resolution limiting the president’s ability to carry out a military attack against that country without congressional authorization.The move reflects bipartisan dissatisfaction over the administration’s varying justifications for the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, including a briefing las
  
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• Wisconsin court temporarily halts removal of more than 200,000 names from voter rolls

  14-01-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A panel of three Ozaukee County Circuit Court judges on Monday put on hold a decision that fined three members of the Wisconsin Election Commission $250 a day each until they voted to purge the names.The appeals court stepped in a day later, after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to take up the case.The appeals court ordered the lower court's order against the commissioners, and a Dec. 13 order to purge the names from voter rolls, "stayed until further order of this court," the court clerk w
  
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• What you need to know about the Microsoft Windows 10 patch

  14-01-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft has released a patch for a Windows 10 vulnerability that could expose you to breaches or surveillance, the National Security Agency says.
  
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• The Senate is preparing an 'unprecedented crackdown' on Capitol reporters ahead of impeachment

  14-01-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reporters trying to get into the Senate to cover President Trump's impeachment trial may be better off just watching a livestream.That's because the Senate sergeant-at-arms and Capitol Police are orchestrating an "unprecedented crackdown" on the press from the moment the articles of impeachment are walked from the House to the Senate, CQ Roll Call reports. Only one video camera will be allowed to capture that historic moment despite still photographers being allowed to do so during former Presid
  
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• I Want to Ride This Whale

  14-01-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At last, the beastly Airbus BelugaXL has hit the skies. Let’s take a closer look at the absolute unit.
  
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• India's Su-30 Fighters Now Come With Nuclear Brahmos Missiles

  14-01-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A deadly combo.
  
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• Democrats unveil billboard of Trump tossing paper towels

  14-01-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's Latinos for Trump rally in central Florida, state Democrats have paid for a billboard showing an image of the president tossing paper towels at a Puerto Rican church after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria.The Florida Democratic Party unveiled the billboard Monday in Kissimmee, a city outside Orlando with a large Puerto Rican population, including many who came to central Florida after the 2017 hurricane.
  
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• Senate Democrats say they have enough votes to curb Trump's war powers after strike on Iranian general

  14-01-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A vote on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war with Iran could come before the Senate next week.
  
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• Trump impeachment trial set to throw Democratic primary into disarray

  14-01-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It’s virtually certain that the trial will last beyond the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses. The bigger question is how much the trial might interfere with the Feb. 11 New Hampshire primary. 
  
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• Hot and dry Australia could join the ranks of 'climate refugees'

  14-01-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As global temperatures soar, Australia could become so hot and dry that the country's residents could become climate refugees, U.S. climatologist and geophysicist Michael Mann told Reuters.Australia is in the midst of one of its worst fire seasons on record, with bushfires burning since September and claiming the lives of 28 people, killing more than a billion animals and razing forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria."It is conceivable that much of Australia simply becomes too hot and dry for
  
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• Pelosi gambled and lost on the impeachment delay

  14-01-2020 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement Tuesday that the full House would vote on sending the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate this week -- a move that will formally trigger the start of the trial against the President in the upper chamber -- amounts to a stark concession that her plan to delay that action for nearly a month failed.
  
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• Pelosi gambled and lost on impeachment delay

  14-01-2020 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  • McConnell sets date for start of Senate trial
  
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• Hong Kong Could Be a Loser From the Trade Deal

  14-01-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- As the gateway for China’s trade with the world for more than 70 years, Hong Kong might be expected to benefit from the phase one deal that Beijing will sign with Washington on Wednesday. Chances are, things won't pan out that way. Consider the $200 billion increase in Chinese imports from the U.S. over the next two years that Washington hopes to see as a result of the agreement. Such a rise would involve nearly doubling inbound trade.That’s
  
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• Exclusive: 'I'm happy he did it' - in Beirut, wife of fugitive Ghosn slams Japanese justice

  14-01-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Carlos and Carole Ghosn, the former first couple of carmaker Nissan, are united again in Beirut."I'm done with Japan," said Carole Ghosn in an interview with her husband in a private house in Beirut.Two weeks ago, Carlos Ghosn made a dramatic escape from house arrest in Japan, where he was awaiting trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.
  
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• 17 children injured after plane dumped jet fuel over school playground

  14-01-2020 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  More than a dozen elementary school children are being treated after a plane dumped jet fuel over a school playground near Los Angeles.
  
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• Bernie Sanders says it would be 'great' if Cardi B runs for office

  14-01-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is encouraging rapper Cardi B to run for political office, the latest exchange of compliments and support between the unlikely duo.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard is running for president in 2020. Here's everything we know about the candidate and how she stacks up against the competition.

  14-01-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gabbard is one of the first two female combat veterans to serve in Congress and is its first-ever Hindu member.
  
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• The Navy’s Smallest Warship Gets a Big Laser Weapon

  14-01-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The USS Little Rock is the fourth ship to get a laser gun.
  
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• Amy Klobuchar is running for president in 2020. Here's everything we know about the candidate and how she stacks up against the competition.

  14-01-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar went from corporate lawyer to a county prosecutor, and now a US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate.
  
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• Syria says its air defenses intercept attack on airbase

  14-01-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syria’s air defenses confronted an aerial “aggression” from Israel that targeted an air base in the country's center late Tuesday, state media reported quoting a military official.The official quoted by the state news agency SANA said the attack targeted the T-4 air base in Homs province shortly after 10 p.m. local time.Israel has carried out dozens of airstrikes on Syria over the past years but it rarely comments on what it targets.
  
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• Senators worried over Trump's power to start a war with Iran are mounting a bipartisan challenge

  14-01-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Democrats on Tuesday said they have enough votes to pass a resolution to limit Trump's ability to attack Iran without congressional approval.
  
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• El Salvador's top Anglican bishop urges U.S. to not deport son

  14-01-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top Anglican bishop of El Salvador has urged the United States not to deport his son back to the troubled Central American nation, fearing brutal gangs who have threatened to murder the 34-year-old for refusing to work for them.Bishop David Alvarado said his son, Josue Alvarado, hopes to be granted asylum in the United States or Canada."If he returns, the gangs will go after him again," Bishop Alvarado said.
  
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• If a Second Korean War Happens, These Are the Weapons America Would Need to Win

  14-01-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Let's hope it never happens.
  
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• Dem senator says he has 51 votes to restrain Trump on Iran

  14-01-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Democratic senator said Tuesday he has at least 51 votes to support a bipartisan resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said the Senate could vote as soon as next week on the measure, which is co-sponsored by two Republican senators and has support from at least two more Republicans.Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky have co-sponsored the measure, and GOP Sens.
  
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• St. Louis prosecutor invokes 'Ku Klux Klan Act' in lawsuit

  14-01-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Louis's elected top prosecutor says the city, its police union and others violated a Civil War-era law by allegedly engaging in a racist conspiracy to force her from office and prevent her from reforming racist practices.In a lawsuit filed Monday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said the defendants violated the the Civil Rights Act of 1871, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act.WHAT IS THE KU KLUX KLAN ACT?
  
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• Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field

  14-01-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A half dozen White House hopefuls will gather on a debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night at a critical moment in the Democratic primary.For a Democratic field that was once the most diverse in history, the debate stage will be the starkest example yet of the challenges facing candidates of color.Andrew Yang, an Asian American entrepreneur who participated in last month's debate, didn't meet the thresholds for Tuesday's forum.
  
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• Airline employee obtained passenger's number and harassed her via text, suit alleges

  14-01-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  The texts came from an unfamiliar number. But the man on the other end of the conversation gave the impression that he knew her and could see her.
  
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• Pompeo sees Japan, SKorea FMs as new sanctions hit NKorea

  14-01-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Tuesday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts to discuss stalled nuclear talks with North Korea and stress the importance of America's relationship with both countries.The meeting in California came as the Treasury Department announced new sanctions on North Korea for failing to comply with a U.N. requirement to bring home guest workers that provide the isolated nation with much needed foreign currency.Pompeo's discussions with Japanese Foreign Minist
  
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• Bridgegate Convictions Questioned By Supreme Court Justices

  14-01-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism about the convictions of two allies of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for their roles in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.Hearing arguments in Washington on Tuesday, the high court questioned whether Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni committed criminal fraud under federal law, even if they lied about the reason they closed the lanes.The convictions stem from the 2013 “Bridgegate” scheme, which c
  
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• 'Red herring': Trump, Barr say killing of Iran's Soleimani was justified, whether or not threat was imminent

  14-01-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I do believe that this concept of imminence is something of a red herring," Attorney General William Barr said of the debate over killing Iranian Gen. Soleimani.
  
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• Black prosecutors back Gardner, say they've faced resistance

  14-01-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One day after St. Louis’ top prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit alleging a concerted and racist conspiracy to push her out of office, other black female prosecutors from across the U.S. defended Kim Gardner, saying they’ve faced the same resistance in their own communities.Six prosecutors, already in St. Louis for a university’s panel discussion, joined a rally Tuesday at a downtown courthouse to show support for Gardner.The St. Louis circuit attorney on Monday filed what she c
  
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• 'We can't change the rules midstream': DNC Chair Tom Perez defends commitment to diversity despite lack of it in Iowa debate

  14-01-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I take a back seat to no one in my commitment to diversity and inclusion," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.
  
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• How Hitler Doomed His Master Plan to Invade the Soviet Union (And Lost World War II)

  14-01-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A big mistake.
  
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• 9 things to watch in Tuesday night's Democratic debate

  14-01-2020 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  The final debate before the Iowa caucuses brings new challenges for the Democratic presidential field.
  
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• Body of missing Ohio teen found in neighbor’s chimney 'appears to be an accident,' police say

  14-01-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The body of Harley Dilly was found in the chimney of a vacant house, and his death appeared to be accidental, Port Clinton police said.
  
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• U.K. Government Agrees to Rescue of Regional Airline Flybe

  14-01-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Britain agreed to back a plan to rescue Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, from a collapse that would have left some of the most economically challenged parts of the U.K. with diminished transport links.The deal will allow Flybe to operate as normal to maintain flights and includes a review of the air passenger duty tax levy, the government said Tuesday. Support may include a state-backed loan, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named d
  
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• I flew Spirit Airlines and had a nightmarish 34-hour delay with terrible customer service, and I'll never use the airline again

  14-01-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  I've flown Spirit Airlines three times and have been consistently disappointed. My most recent trip was the worst travel experience of my life.
  
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• The cost of Trump's trade war: More losses for the US than he claims, but one big win

  14-01-2020 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is set to sign a "phase one" trade deal with China on Wednesday, but the agreement -- which has been almost two years in the making -- won't lift the tariffs he's imposed on Chinese-made goods.
  
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• McConnell sets start date for Trump impeachment trial

  14-01-2020 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  With Speaker Nancy Pelosi poised to transmit two articles of impeachment out of the House, the Senate is getting ready for a trial to start next week.
  
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• Microsoft Has Ended Support for Windows 7. Now What?

  14-01-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Update: This article was originally published on April 23, 2019. It has been updated to reflect the fact that Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 7 today. As of today, Microsoft will ...
  
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• Pope Benedict demands his name is taken off controversial new book criticising current Pope Francis

  14-01-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Abattle inside the Vatican over a book about priestly celibacy took an odd turn on Tuesday when Pope Benedict demanded his name be taken off it, a day before it was due to appear in bookshops. The book, From the Depths of Our Hearts, puts up a staunch defence of celibacy and was interpreted as a critical attack on Pope Francis, who is mulling whether to relax the stipulation in parts of the world where there is an acute shortage of clergy. It contains an essay written by Benedict and was due to
  
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• Students charged with shouting racial slurs sue UConn

  14-01-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two University of Connecticut students arrested for shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex sued the school Tuesday, citing free speech rights as they fight officials' attempts to remove them from school housing.Jarred Karal, of Plainville, and Ryan Mucaj, of Granby, both 21, filed the lawsuit in federal court, seeing undisclosed damages and a halt to disciplinary proceedings against them.The two students say the school is violating their First Amendment rights by bringing disc
  
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• Prosecutors say Lori Loughlin and other parents are withholding evidence in the college admissions scandal case

  14-01-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The prosecutors say that lawyers for the actress, as well as for other parents, aren't handing over information during the discovery process.
  
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• Lawyer for Lev Parnas trolls Trump with a new video

  14-01-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  The lawyer for Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani's indicted associates, tweeted out a video of Parnas posing with Donald Trump and some of his associates in an apparent attempt to troll the President. CNN's Kara Scannell has the latest.
  
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• Dave Chappelle endorses Andrew Yang for president: 'I'm Yang Gang!'

  14-01-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chappelle is set to perform two shows in South Carolina, a crucial early voting state, later this month to benefit Yang's campaign.
  
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• Venezuela’s Maduro Vows to Revive Petro Coin in His Annual Address

  14-01-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Nicolas Maduro pledged to revive Venezuela’s failed cryptocurrency for everything from oil sales to passport fees in his state of the union address to the Constituent Assembly on Tuesday.Maduro said state-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA would begin “exploratory sales” of 50,000 barrels a day in Petros, after which it would weigh selling all of the nation’s production in the elusive cryptocurrency. Going forward, taxes and utility bills will also be
  
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• U.S. Tariffs Set to Remain in Place Until After Election Under Trade Deal with China: Report

  14-01-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. will keep billions of dollars of tariffs on Chinese goods in place until after the 2020 election as leverage to keep Beijing from violating a phase-one trade deal, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.The $360 billion in scheduled tariffs is slated to be kept in place and only reviewed for potential trimming after the election — a detail that is reportedly not specified in the text of the agreement.The U.S. currently has heavy tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports, while Chi
  
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• New video shows that 2 missiles struck the Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran

  14-01-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The video shows that the plane continued to fly for a brief period after it was struck by the two missiles, which were fired about 20 seconds apart.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch's son lashes out against Fox and other News Corp outlets about climate change coverage

  14-01-2020 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Rupert Murdoch's son and his wife are lashing out against his father's sprawling media empire for how it covers the climate crisis, especially in light of the fires raging in the family's native Australia.
  
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