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• Graham, McConnell Back AG Barr Following Criticism of Trump Tweets

  13-02-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Thursday expressed “complete confidence” in Attorney General William Barr following an interview in which Barr complained that President Trump's tweets made it difficult for him to do his job.“President Trump, in selecting Bill Barr to be Attorney General, has done a great service to the people in the Department of Justice and our nation as a whole,” Graham said in a statement. “He is the right man at the right time to reform the
  
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• Police find body of 6-year-old South Carolina girl missing since Monday

  13-02-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Law enforcement officers have found the body of Faye Marie Swetlik, 6, after days of searching. The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
  
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• France's César Academy board quits en masse amid Polanski row

  13-02-2020 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The resignation of the entire César Academy board follows demands for "profound reform".
  
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• Trump says he would vote for a gay president

  13-02-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 45th president counts himself among the 76 percent of Americans who say they would vote for a gay candidate, like Pete Buttigieg.
  
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• Andrew Yang asks his gang to support Democrats everywhere in DNC email blast

  13-02-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrew Yang has a new mission.The Democrat and entrepreneur may have dropped out of the presidential race after primary votes closed in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but he's still all in for Democrats. He sent an email on behalf of the Democratic National Committee soliciting donations on Thursday — a slightly unexpected move for the man who was a bit of an outlier in the 2020 field.In his email, Yang acknowledged the "enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment" he'd seen from backers throughout
  
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• AOC criticises Michael Bloomberg over ‘unconstitutional, devastating’ stop and frisk past

  13-02-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Valerie Jarrett and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aren’t impressed by presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s apology over his role in New York’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy.Ms Jarrett, a longtime adviser to former President Barack Obama, said that Mr Bloomberg “needs to do a lot more than just apologise” for the policy during a segment on CBS This Morning on Thursday.
  
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• 'Unconstitutional, devastating': AOC criticises Bloomberg over stop and frisk past

  13-02-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Valerie Jarrett and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aren’t impressed by presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s apology over his role in New York’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy.Ms Jarrett, a longtime adviser to former President Barack Obama, said that Mr Bloomberg “needs to do a lot more than just apologise” for the policy during a segment on CBS This Morning on Thursday.
  
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• Hakim Ziyech: The street footballer set to become Chelsea's next big-money signing

  13-02-2020 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From captaining a club in crisis in his early twenties through to shining on Europe's biggest stage, Hakim Ziyech has experienced much on his journey from street footballer to becoming Chelsea's latest signing.
  
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• White House 'disappointed' in China's virus transparency

  13-02-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States feels let down by a lack of transparency from China over the new-coronavirus crisis, a senior White House official said Thursday, contradicting President Donald Trump's confidence in Beijing."We are a little disappointed that we haven't been invited in and we're a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese," Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, told reporters.Trump on Thursday again praised his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
  
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• U.S. announces partial Taliban truce amid signs that deal is near

  13-02-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has secured a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan that it hopes will allow it to strike a deal with the Taliban, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Biden Shores Up Staff in South Carolina, Nevada: Campaign Update

  13-02-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden is betting big on Nevada and South Carolina.The former vice president’s campaign is moving 60 staffers to those two states ahead of the Feb. 22 Nevada caucuses and the Feb. 29 South Carolina primary.After poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden has said he views the first four states as a group, highlighting South Carolina in particular as a state where he expects to do well.“The rest of the nation is out there,” Biden said.But there’s a ri
  
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• Global warming: The Earth just had its hottest January in recorded history

  13-02-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The new decade is off to a hot start. The Earth just had its warmest January on record, scientists announced Thursday.
  
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• Amazon's Catholics mull church future after pope's letter

  13-02-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roman Catholic priests, deacons and bishops across the Amazon voiced surprise, resignation and reluctant acceptance of Pope Francis' refusal to allow married men to be ordained priests, lamenting that their faithful will continue to be deprived of Mass and subject to competing evangelical churches that have made impressive inroads in the region.Francis sidestepped the issue in his big document on the Amazon released Wednesday.While he officially presented recommendations by the Amazon's church h
  
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• Former Self-Driving Car Operator Engineers Crash in Tempe, Cops Say

  13-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police arrested an Arizona man Wednesday for allegedly causing an autonomous car to ram his own vehicle. But what might sound like just another day in the desert paradise of Tempe got weirder when the suspect turned out to have a history as a vehicle operator linked to the manufacturer of the high-tech car in question, Google’s Waymo. According to Tempe police, Raymond Tang, 31, admitted to Tempe police that he was “brake checking” a Waymo car—or slamming the br
  
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• 'Ghost population' of ancient humans discovered

  13-02-2020 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  A mysterious population of ancient humans lived in West Africa about half a million years ago, and scientists believe their genes still live on in people today.
  
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• Amazon wins injunction in US 'Jedi' contract fight

  13-02-2020 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US judge hits pause on the US government contract after a challenge from Amazon.
  
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• As one Princess cruise is quarantined for COVID-19, another is hit with different illness

  13-02-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Caribbean Princess ship came back to Florida early after 345 passengers and 26 crew members fell ill with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
  
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• Four career prosecutors are the target of Trump's anger. Here's how they came up with a stiff sentence for Roger Stone.

  13-02-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors recommended Roger Stone serve seven to nine years in prison after factoring in his behavior, threats and obstruction of the prosecution.
  
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• Miami drive-by shooters hit two gay men and a lesbian

  13-02-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Men on ATVs allegedly shot into a car after seeing two men kiss, and a bullet hit a woman sitting outside her home nearby.
  
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• Premier League Darts: Fallon Sherrock draws with Glen Durrant on Premier League debut

  13-02-2020 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fallon Sherrock narrowly misses out on another stunning victory, drawing 6-6 with Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut appearance in Nottingham.
  
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• Huawei: US issues new charges of racketeering and theft

  13-02-2020 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US prosecutors have added racketeering and theft to a list of charges against the embattled telecoms company.
  
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• Quick-thinking customer knocks shoplifter off his feet

  13-02-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man in Georgia helped police stop a fleeing Walmart shoplifter.
  
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• Trump links travel programme ban with bid to unearth his tax returns

  13-02-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump appeared to offer New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a deal on a state immigration law if he agreed all investigations of his personal life and businesses are dropped.In other words, the president floated a this-for-that deal focused on a personal political benefit.
  
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• Limbaugh draws bipartisan criticism for Buttigieg remarks

  13-02-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh drew bipartisan criticism Thursday for saying the country won't elect Pete Buttigieg president because he's been “kissing his husband" on stage after debates.Limbaugh's comments came eight days after President Donald Trump awarded him the nation's top civilian honor during the State of the Union address.Limbaugh, a staunch Trump ally who recently announced he has advanced lung cancer, made the remarks on his nationally syndicated radio show.
  
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• After Parkland: David Hogg and other survivors open up in documentary on two-year anniversary of mass shooting

  13-02-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new documentary chronicles the lives of survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, two years after the attack.David Hogg, Victoria Gonzalez, Dillon McCooty and more feature in the 90-minute After Parkland, which documents students and parents’ efforts to advocate for gun legislation reform, while dealing with the personal aftermath of the shooting.
  
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• Women's Super League: Liverpool 2-3 Arsenal

  13-02-2020 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal boost their Women's Super League title defence with a tense 3-2 win at relegation-threatened Liverpool.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Endorses Kim Foxx despite Smollett Baggage

  13-02-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) released a slew of endorsements for state attorneys on Thursday, including one for Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney who was investigated for her decision to drop charges against former Empire actor Jussie Smollett."I am honored today to have the endorsement of Senator Sanders,” Foxx told Politico. “When I first ran four years ago on a platform that included a holistic approach to criminal justice reform, it was different than what prev
  
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• Barr swipes at Trump: Tweets make it 'impossible' to do job

  13-02-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barr made the comment during an interview with ABC News just days after his Justice Department overruled its own prosecutors — who had recommended in a court filing that Trump’s longtime ally and confidant Roger Stone be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison — and took the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek.Barr himself has been under fire for the reversal.
  
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• Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., breaks off Pine Island glacier in Antarctica

  13-02-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pine Island is one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica, NASA says. The break-off is "both terrifying and beautiful," one scientist said.
  
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• The best Presidents Day sales: What to skip and how to save more money

  13-02-2020 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Looking for a deal this weekend? Here's where bargain hunters should focus their efforts to save the most money.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to guest judge on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

  13-02-2020 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ocasio-Cortez teased the return of the show, which premieres Feb. 28 on VH1, saying in a tweet, "This was absolutely, 100% a peak experience."
  
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• Barr says Trump's tweets make it 'impossible to do my job'

  13-02-2020 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for tweeting about Justice Department cases in an extraordinary defense of rank-and-file prosecutors in an interview with ABC News.
  
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• US Senate votes to curb Trump's war powers on Iran

  13-02-2020 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The war powers resolution bans President Trump from attacking Iran without congressional approval.
  
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• 'Barking clown': Bloomberg fires back on Twitter after Trump taunts

  13-02-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * President calls former New York mayor ‘a loser’* Bloomberg says Trump is known as ‘a barking clown’ Donald Trump and his fellow billionaire and would-be presidential challenger, Mike Bloomberg, traded insults on Twitter on Thursday, with Trump dismissing the former New York mayor as a “loser” and Bloomberg describing him as a “barking clown”.Using a now-familiar line of attack that misstates Bloomberg’s 5ft 8in stature, Trump tweeted: &ldqu
  
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• Star Houston Astros players apologize for sign-stealing scandal

  13-02-2020 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I am really sorry about the choices that were made by my team, by the organization and by me," Jose Altuve said.
  
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• Trump says he may stop letting others listen in on calls with world leaders

  13-02-2020 22:08 via politico.com
  
  The president mused in an interview about scrapping the practice less than a year after one such call led to his impeachment.
  
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• An employer allegedly conspired with local police to have a black employee arrested before he could file a racial discrimination complaint — but their plot backfired.

  13-02-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Fesser confided in his boss about racial discrimination at work. Before he could file a complaint, his boss conspired to have him arrested.
  
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• 'Massive' 20-foot-long great white shark off Florida coast leaves scuba divers in awe

  13-02-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The "massive" great white shark was spotted near the Breakers Reef, a mile off the coast of Florida.
  
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• WWII damage to Big Ben just found

  13-02-2020 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  Workers have discovered "extensive" World War II bomb damage on the tower that houses London's famous Big Ben clock, which will force the cost of restoring it to rise by £18.6 million ($24.3m).
  
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• U.S., Iran use Swiss as go-between to negotiate release of Americans held in Iran

  13-02-2020 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Despite nearly going to war, the U.S. and Iran have kept a channel open to discuss the possible release of prisoners.
  
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• Rocket hits Iraq base hosting US troops: military

  13-02-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rocket slammed into an Iraqi base where American troops are stationed in the remote province of Kirkuk, Iraq's military and a US security source told AFP on Thursday night.It was the latest in a string of nearly 20 rocket attacks since late October on US troops stationed across the country as well as on the American embassy in Baghdad.According to three separate Iraqi security sources, the Katyusha rocket hit an open area on the K1 base at around 8:45pm local time (1745 GMT).
  
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• German president calls for country to stand up to extremism, nationalism on 75th anniversary of Dresden bombing

  13-02-2020 21:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Germany’s president called Thursday for his countrymen to stand up to extremism and nationalism, warning that hatred and a desire for authoritarianism are on the rise again in Europe, including in his country.
  
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• Court rules Apple must pay California workers during bag checks

  13-02-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Apple must pay employees for time spent waiting for their bags and personal electronic devices to be searched when they leave work.The decision means that the tech giant will have to pay millions of dollars to more than 12,000 hourly workers at California retail stores who fall under the mandatory bag-search policy.According to court documents, Apple employees are required to clock out before submitting to an exit search which can take from fiv
  
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• Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor

  13-02-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children's books.In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday, prosecutors told a judge that a sentence of 57 months in prison would be an “adequate and just” punishment for Catherine Pugh's “longstanding pattern of criminal conduct” and would deter other politicians from breaking the
  
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• Bernie Sanders calls James Carville a 'political hack' after the former Clinton adviser went on a rant against him

  13-02-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He is correct when he calls me a political hack, and I am correct when I call him a fanatical ideologue," Carville told Insider.
  
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• Microsoft sees $17 billion of market value erased in just 5 minutes after a judge grants Amazon's request to block a key cloud contract

  13-02-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft won the contract over Amazon last year in a surprise upset, but Jeff Bezos and Co. are making life difficult.
  
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• Where will the Yang Gang go next?

  13-02-2020 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andrew Yang attracted among the most loyal supporters in the race. So where will they go next?
  
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• 'Ghost population' of ancient humans may have mated with ancestors of modern humans

  13-02-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study found that genetic variation within West African populations is best explained by the presence of a new ancient human species altogether.
  
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• Misinformation causing 'infodemic'

  13-02-2020 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A representative from the World Health Organization wants tech firms to fight fake news on coronavirus.
  
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• 80-year-old widower in Oregon loses $200K in catfish romance scam

  13-02-2020 21:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The alleged con artist told the elderly man he was paying for a 500-ton lion sculpture to be shipped from China to an art gallery in Florida.
  
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