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• Amazon Considers Opting Out of Queens, BROOKLYN DESIGNS Finds New Location, and More News This Week

  08-02-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
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• Trump May Ignore Deadline on Khashoggi Murder Report to Congress

  08-02-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The official said in an emailed statement that Trump maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when he feels it’s appropriate.The official said the White House would continue to consult with Congress on the murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist.
  
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• New pressure over Khashoggi death, Trump ignores deadline

  08-02-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  With pressure mounting in Washington and Riyadh, the US president theoretically had until the end of the day to designate those responsible for the murder of the Washington Post columnist, who was strangled and dismembered by Saudi agents in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2."Consistent with the previous administration's position and the constitutional separation of powers, the president maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriat
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido won't rule out authorizing US intervention

  08-02-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's self-proclaimed acting leader Juan Guaido refused to rule out Friday the possibility of authorizing a US intervention to help force President Nicolas Maduro from power and alleviate a humanitarian crisis.Under Maduro's stewardship, Venezuela's economy has collapsed leaving the country wracked by hyperinflation, recession and shortages of basic necessities such as food and medicine.Earlier, Maduro vowed not to let in "fake humanitarian aid" and claimed Venezuela's crisis has been "fab
  
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• Son Accused of Killing, Burning Mother Before Hanging Her Upside Down in Closet

  08-02-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after his mother was found to stabbed to death, her body badly burned and hanging upside down in a closet at a home in Crown Heights, sources told PIX11 News Friday.
  
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• Frozen Cat Survives After Vets Thaw Her

  08-02-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Veterinarians in Montana revived a cat that was nearly frozen alive in Montana.
  
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• 6 heated moments during Whitaker's testimony, including a call to end the hearing before it started

  08-02-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Matthew Whitaker's appearance gave Americans a front-row seat to the fraught relationship between the Trump administration and the Democratic majority in the House.
  
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• US step closer to developing hypersonic missile that travels at five times the speed of sound

  08-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is racing to develop hypersonic missiles that can travel at five times the speed of sound, officials have confirmed.Heather Wilson, secretary of the US Air Force, said the effort was being made to keep pace with other nations like Russia and China while speaking on Friday at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.The US Air Force currently operates 80 satellites in space, the secretary added.
  
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• Northam Tells Staff He Won’t Resign over Racist Yearbook Photo

  08-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  During a cabinet meeting Friday afternoon, Virginia governor Ralph Northam told his staff that he will not resign despite the overwhelming condemnation he’s received from fellow Democrats this week following the emergence of a racist photo on his 1984 medical-school-yearbook page, according to the Associated Press.The yearbook photo, which depicts one man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan uniform, was first published on Friday by the right-wing website Big League Politics.Imm
  
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• Groom charged with assaulting teen at wedding reception

  08-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A newlywed man is now facing a list of charges in Bucks County for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager at his own wedding.
  
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• Larger groups seen crossing border as overall arrests drop

  08-02-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Central Americans are increasingly entering the United States illegally in groups of at least 100 people in rugged, remote stretches of the Mexican border, authorities said Friday upon releasing January figures that show total arrests fell for a second straight month.
  
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• FDA questions Juul, Altria commitment to combat teen vaping

  08-02-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration is questioning whether electronic cigarette maker Juul and its new partner Altria are following through on pledges to help reverse the boom in underage vaping.
  
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• Highlights from Acting Attorney General Whitaker's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee

  08-02-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers pressed the acting attorney general on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Capitol Hill.
  
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• 2020 Vision: Klobuchar, Warren would like a moment of your time this weekend

  08-02-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  After a week in which the news was dominated by the State of the Union speech, focus will likely shift back to the 2020 race, as Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar are expected to formally announce their campaigns.
  
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• Whitaker has time on his mind under Democratic grilling

  08-02-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tick-tock.
  
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• How congressional Democrats could fight a Trump wall national emergency declaration

  08-02-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress hasn't voted to overturn a presidential emergency in 44 years. But in 2005, one congressman threatened to – and the president blinked.
  
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• Acting U.S. attorney general snaps at Democrats over Russia probe

  08-02-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  In a combative congressional hearing, Whitaker said he had not talked to Trump about the probe into whether Moscow tried to tip the 2016 presidential election, or "interfered in any way" in the investigation since taking his role in November.Democrats, who took over the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee after last year's midterm elections, accused Whitaker of being evasive in front of the panel and frequently clashed with him.The hearing room erupted in gasps when Whitaker pushed back
  
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• Trump’s acting attorney general shuts down Congress questions on Mueller investigation: ‘Your five minutes is up’

  08-02-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Matthew Whitaker’s hearing in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee became combative on Friday as Democrats pressed the acting attorney general for information on the Russia probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Mr Whitaker, an appointee of Donald Trump, at one point caused the committee and audience members to gasp in disbelief when he avoided answering a question from the chairman by telling him his time had run out.“Mr Chairman, I see that your five minutes is
  
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• How FDR’s New Deal Laid the Groundwork for the Green New Deal—in Good Ways and Bad

  08-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Green New Deal, championed by politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is in some ways a product of the programs that inspired its name
  
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• Border Patrol overwhelmed by large groups of migrant families

  08-02-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday its resources were being stretched thin by larger and larger groups of Central American families left by smugglers in remote locations along the U.S. Mexico border.Until recently, most people caught crossing the border illegally were men from Mexico, but now Central American families and unaccompanied minors make up some 60 percent of those apprehended, data from the agency show.Many of the migrants who may seek passage with smugglers in their journey through Me
  
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• US envoy in Taliban talks seeks peace deal before July vote

  08-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is hoping Afghanistan can strike a peace agreement including the Taliban before elections scheduled for July, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday."It will be better for Afghanistan if we could get a peace agreement before the election, which is scheduled in July," the negotiator said, adding that there remained "a lot of work" to do.Khalilzad, who is leading talks with the Taliban, was at the US Institute of Peace in Washington to discuss an ongoing push for a political se
  
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• The Latest: Booker stresses social justice in Iowa stop

  08-02-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on Sen. Cory Booker's first presidential campaign visit to Iowa (all times local):
  
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• What we know about Bezos' letter accusing National Enquirer parent of blackmail

  08-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday night, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos published a letter accusing the parent company of the National Enquirer of blackmail. Here are 6 takeaways.
  
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• Kurdish-led forces ready for push on last IS pocket

  08-02-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria prepared Friday for a push on the last remaining speck of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" where diehard jihadists and their families are holed up.US President Donald Trump predicted that the once-sprawling proto-state's official defeat could be proclaimed as early as next week but operations have been paused for days on the main front line.Four years ago, IS controlled territory the size of Britain and administered millions of people, but the US-led coal
  
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• Tyson Told Five People of Fairfax Allegations before Going Public

  08-02-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Several months before going public with her sexual-assault claim against Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, Vanessa Tyson described the alleged attack to several of her colleagues at Stanford University, the New York Times reported Friday.During a lunch she hosted in the fall for fellow academics, Tyson described being sexually assaulted during the 2004 Democratic National Convention by a man who has since enjoyed political success.“What she told us was pretty much
  
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• Lawmakers Aim for Deal by Monday to Avoid Another Shutdown

  08-02-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Steven Palazzo, a GOP member of the House-Senate panel holding the talks, said he expects a deal “before the end of the weekend” that could be finalized on Monday.Another Republican on the negotiating panel, Representative Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee,said the GOP wants as much barrier funding as possible, and he hopes that the final amount is above $2 billion.House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said in a statement that Democrats want the figure t
  
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• Forget chocolate, how about a cockroach for Valentine's?

  08-02-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Forget chocolate, flowers or a romantic dinner.A zoo in Texas is offering singles the chance to name a cockroach after their ex and see it fed to a meerkat live on camera on Valentine's Day.In a campaign dubbed "Quit Bugging Me!!!" the El Paso Zoo says the roach is a perfect Valentine's gift for those needing closure on a past relationship that didn't make the grade.
  
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• Manafort Prosecutors Have Questions About $1 Million Condo Loan

  08-02-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Mueller’s prosecutors on Thursday told a court they needed to know more about the August 2017 loan, from a Nevada company called Woodlawn LLC. Manafort, the onetime chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, guaranteed the loan, which was secured by the family’s interest in a Manhattan condominium, according to court papers.As Manafort’s legal problems escalated, Woodlawn installed a Hollywood bit player named Joey Rappa as its “managing member” in public
  
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• Turkey, others to press for UN probe into Khashoggi killing

  08-02-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and other countries will soon submit a formal request to establish a U.N. committee to investigate the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Turkish foreign minister said Friday.
  
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• Virginia's black caucus, House Dems, in go-slow move, call for Ralph Northam's ouster. But governor stays silent

  08-02-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The measured approach could slow the sobering prospects for Democrats that the top three executive positions might be vacated..
  
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• Rep. Andy Biggs: Democrats are using Whitaker hearing to try and embarrass President Trump

  08-02-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, slams Democrats' 'bait and switch' tactics.
  
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• Woman breaks up fight between dogs before realising one is a mountain lion

  08-02-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman intervened in an apparent fight between two dogs, only to discover one of the combatants was in fact a mountain lion.“As she pulled the two animals apart, she realised that in one hand she held a juvenile male mountain lion, about 35 pounds, and not another dog as she expected,” said the Idaho department of fish and game in a statement.“Her husband responded and quickly dispatched the mountain lion as she held on to it,” added the IDFG.
  
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• Analysis: After Supreme Court abortion ruling, what’s next for Louisiana?

  08-02-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  State Rep. Katrina Jackson: 'I hope one day we can overturn Roe versus Wade, but that wasn't the aim of this law'
  
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• Negotiators on U.S. border security funds eye deal by Monday: lawmakers

  08-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite optimism among Senate and House of Representatives negotiators, contingency plans also were being made in case the talks falter.Rather than push the Department of Homeland Security and several other federal agencies into a second partial shutdown when their funding expires on Feb. 15, the group of 17 lawmakers were preparing a stop-gap appropriations bill to keep them operating beyond that date.Democratic Representative Nita Lowey, a lead negotiator, told Reuters in a brief hallway inter
  
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• From blowing frozen bubbles to throwing boiling water: Here's the science behind these viral cold-weather experiments

  08-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  While the cold weather deterred many from going outside during the recent polar vortex, others took advantage of the freezing temperatures and tested out different science experiments.
  
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• US officer at border shoots driver going to Mexico

  08-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A Customs and Border Protection officer shot and wounded a driver who was trying to enter Mexico at a crossing in Arizona, the agency said Friday.
  
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• Coca-Cola debuts Orange Vanilla, its first new flavor in more than a decade

  08-02-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Coca Cola's new flavor, Orange Vanilla Coke and Orange Vanilla Coke Zero Sugar, goes on sale nationwide Feb 25.
  
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• Refrigeration Systems Used by Supermarkets, Hospitals Left Exposed Online

  08-02-2019 19:44
  Thousands of instances of a temperature control system are exposed to remote attacks from the internet due to users’ failure to change default passwords and implement other security measures.
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• Where's my paycheck? Wells Fargo customers say direct deposits not showing up after outage

  08-02-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Social media users said Friday they were having trouble seeing paychecks and direct deposits in their Wells Fargo online and mobile banking accounts.
  
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• An Ominous Moment for the Pro-Life Movement

  08-02-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  In a 5–4 decision, Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s progressive wing to grant an emergency stay blocking enforcement of Louisiana’s admitting-privileges law.The Louisiana law appeared to violate a recent Supreme Court precedent called Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down a nearly identical Texas law.The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, surprisingly upheld the Louisiana law, holding that there were enough factual differences between Lou
  
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• NAACP president: Dehumanizing African-Americans with blackface has real consequences

  08-02-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Ralph Northam & Mark Herring's blackface admissions show that images have power to shape reality. Blacks have been paying the price for 400 years.
  
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• GOP Rep. Questions Dems’ Commitment to Stopping Gun Violence at Whitaker Hearing

  08-02-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative John Ratcliffe (R., Texas) questioned his Democratic colleagues’ commitment to preventing gun violence on Friday, citing their lack of questions pertaining to the issue during acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee.“Earlier this week my colleagues on the other side of the aisle indicated they had a great desire to reduce gun violence in this country.In fact we had an eight-hour hearing with six witnesses that ta
  
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• Gaza officials: Israeli fire kills 2 Palestinian teens

  08-02-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers on Friday as thousands held demonstrations along the perimeter fence separating Gaza and Israel.
  
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• Saudi Arabia's al-Jubeir says crown prince did not order Khashoggi killing

  08-02-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A top Saudi official on Friday reiterated his government'sposition that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not order the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and he declined to comment specifically on a newspaper report that the crown prince in 2017 said he would use "a bullet" on the journalist.On Thursday, the New York Times reported that a year before Khashoggi was killed, the crown prince told an aide he would use "a bullet" on the journalist if he did not return home and end his cr
  
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• Facebook status: Divorced. Why millennials 'killed' how you decouple in the digital age

  08-02-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  While younger people are bringing down the divorce rate, millennials who get divorced face new challenges that come with splitting in the digital era.
  
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• Wall Street down for third day as trade worries persist

  08-02-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Another round of talks is set for next week in Beijing, but President Donald Trump on Thursday fanned worries when he said he did not plan to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before the March 1 deadline set for reaching an agreement.The trade-sensitive industrials shed 0.63 percent while shares of chip companies, which get a huge chunk of their revenue from China, also slipped."The two big headwinds we are looking at is weakening data out of the eurozone and some uncertainty around the trade di
  
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• The Latest: Whitaker won't answer 'witch hunt' question

  08-02-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's appearance before a House committee (all times local):
  
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• Trump administration in 'direct contact with Venezuelan military and urging defections', says White House official

  08-02-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s administration is holding direct talks with members of the Venezuelan military and urging them to abandon president Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.Two weeks after opposition politician Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela’s president and a succession of countries, including the US, recognised him as its “legitimate” leader, a White House official said it was speaking with members of the armed forces and hoping for more defections.The official a
  
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• Merkel Opens Spy Agency's Massive New Berlin HQ

  08-02-2019 18:30
  Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday inaugurated the new, fortress-like Berlin headquarters of Germany's scandal-plagued BND foreign intelligence service.
  Located where the Berlin Wall once dissected the city, the huge 1.1-billion-euro ($1.25-billion) complex now houses 4,000 of the spy agency's 6,500 staff.
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• Acting Attorney General Says He Didn't Talk to Trump About Mueller Investigation in Tense Hearing

  08-02-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  It took just minutes for fireworks to emerge
  
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