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• After Ryan Adams expose, Mandy Moore chops her hair: I'm 'shedding dead weight'

  08-03-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  After a difficult and emotional few weeks, Mandy Moore is ready to power forward.
  
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• Chelsea Manning jailed for refusal to testify in WikiLeaks case

  08-03-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Chelsea Manning, who spent more than three years in prison for leaking US military secrets to WikiLeaks, was jailed again Friday for refusing to testify in a grand jury investigation targeting the anti-secrecy group.US District Judge Claude Hilton ruled Manning in contempt of court and ordered her held not as punishment but to force her testimony in the secret case, according to a spokesman for the US attorney in the Alexandria, Virginia federal court."Chelsea Manning has been remanded into fede
  
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• February Jobs Report Weakest in 30 Months

  08-03-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The economy produced only 20,000 new jobs in February for its weakest showing since September 2017, according to the Labor Department’s monthly report.While unemployment declined from 4 percent to 3.8 percent and employment in wholesale trade, professional and business services, and health care trended upward in February, construction jobs declined by 31,000, a possibly worrisome sign.Economic analysts offered a range of reactions to news of the weak job-creation numbers. Some, citing proj
  
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• Venezuela power flickers after worst blackout in decades

  08-03-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Power went out across the recession-stricken country on Thursday afternoon due to a problem at Venezuela's main hydroelectric plant, the government said, calling the event an act of "sabotage" by ideological adversaries.Neither Socialist Party officials nor state power company Corpoelec have provided further updates on the situation.Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who most Western nations recognize as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, criticized the government for bungling the country's energ
  
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• US indicts Venezuela ex-vice president Tareck El Aissami

  08-03-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States indictedVenezuelan industry minister and former vice president Tareck El Aissami on sanctions violations Friday, two years after naming him a narcotics "kingpin" for allegedly giving cover to drug traffickers.Aissami, a close ally of President Nicolas Maduro, and businessman Samark Lopez Bello were indicted together in New York and charged with violating US sanctions by using private jets to fly to meetings around the world.The indictment came as the US steps up pressure on the
  
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• How Florida police snared nearly 300 — including Robert Kraft — at spas used for sex trafficking

  08-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The investigation, which ensnared nearly 300 alleged suspected johns, including New England Patriots' Robert Kraft, sparked a national conversation.
  
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• Ex-Army intelligence analyst Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena

  08-03-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Manning had appeared before the grand jury on Wednesday but declined to answer questions in connection with what is widely believed to be the government's long-running investigation into Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange, citing her First, Fourth and Sixth Amendment rights under the Constitution.
  
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• Trump investigation designed to 'impeach or embarrass' president, furious leading Republican claims amid fury at Manafort sentence

  08-03-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has again attacked the “witch hunt hoax” embroiling his administration following the sentencing of ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, declaring the outcome proved “no collusion” with Russia as Democrats decried the lenience of Manafort’s 47-month sentence as a “miscarriage of justice”.Departing for Alabama to tour the state’s devastation by a recent tornado, the president found time to denounce his opposition as an “ant
  
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• Why expectant parents may want to hire a doula or designate a patient advocate

  08-03-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Duchess Meghan is reportedly working with a doula during her pregnancy. So what is a doula? And why would a royal, or anyone, want one?
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks mark 1st weekly loss since January

  08-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Don't expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican

  08-03-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  If Representative Doug Collins is right, Democratic-led congressional committees that have launched their own probes of Trump may be stuck with a Mueller investigation report that serves more as a general guidebook than a detailed roadmap of Russian interference and any Trump campaign collusion.Democrats, who control the House of Representatives, want congressional investigators to have access to Mueller's grand jury evidence and other information from the probe, fearing that Attorney General Wi
  
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• Dutch PM Rutte says path to Brexit breakthrough unclear

  08-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the path to a breakthrough on Brexit remained elusive, and he did not know what his British counterpart Theresa May meant when she said on Friday that only "one more push" was needed to reach a deal.With just three weeks left before Britain is due to leave the European Union, May used the expression in a last-ditch appeal to the European Union and a deeply divided domestic parliament."The Brexit date is getting ever closer.
  
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• Is a High-Performance Hyundai Sonata N in the Works?

  08-03-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  This rendering shows what the sporty sedan could look like.
  
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• Payless, Gymboree and Victoria's Secret are just some of the brands closing stores in 2019

  08-03-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  While 2019 is on track to be a record year for store closings, it's not expected to bring the same amount of empty retail space as last year.
  
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• A Full Timeline of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against R. Kelly

  08-03-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A history of controversies and allegations surrounding the singer
  
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• Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furor dies: group

  08-03-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  DEIR AL-ZOR, Syria (Reuters) - The baby of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday.Begum, whose two older children had also previously died, was stripped of her British citizenship last month on security grounds after she was discovered in a detention camp in Syria.The 19-year-old left London to join IS when she was 15.
  
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• Hezbollah calls on supporters to donate as sanctions pressure bites

  08-03-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday called on its supporters to donate money as it comes under increasing pressure from Western sanctions intended to isolate it financially.The United States deems all parts of Hezbollah a terrorist organization and has been steadily increasing financial sanctions against the Iran-backed movement."I announce today that the resistance is in need of its (popular base)," Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, adding that donations were needed to support the group's activ
  
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• Five female technoheroes you might never have heard of…

  08-03-2019 21:08
  Can you guess whom we chose for our #IWD2019 technoheroes? There are hints in the image...
  
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• Chelsea Manning jailed for contempt after refusing to testify in WikiLeaks grand jury investigation

  08-03-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Judge jails Chelsea Manning for contempt after she refused to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.
  
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• Founder of Florida day spa tied to Robert Kraft's prostitution case attended Trump's Super Bowl party, report says

  08-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The founder of a Florida day spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was busted for allegedly soliciting prostitution watched this year's Super Bowl at a party hosted by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Wild weather weekend to bring blizzard for Midwest, possible tornadoes in Southeast

  08-03-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive storm will bring wild weather to the U.S. this weekend: blizzard conditions in the Midwest and the chance for tornadoes in the South.
  
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• Apple will reportedly launch AR glasses powered by your iPhone within a year

  08-03-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple typically takes its sweet time to enter new product categories, but the wait may soon be over. According to the prolific analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning to launch its first augmented reality hardware by the second quarter of 2020. Apple's AR glasses have been repeatedly rumored over the years, but Kuo believes that mass production could begin as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, but the middle of next year at the latest.Apple's first-generation AR glasses will apparently be
  
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• Trump brands Democrats as 'anti-Jewish' party

  08-03-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump blasted Democrats as "anti-Israel" and "anti-Jewish" Friday after they passed a congressional measure opposing hate speech in general instead of specifically condemning alleged anti-Semitic comments by a Muslim congresswoman."I thought yesterday's vote by the House was disgraceful," Trump told reporters at the White House.The resolution was originally intended to deliver a direct rebuke of anti-Semitism following controversial comments by a Muslim Democratic congresswom
  
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• Israeli troops kill Palestinian during Gaza protests: health ministry

  08-03-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli military said over 8,000 Palestinians took part in the demonstration, throwing rocks and explosives toward soldiers, and that some tried to breach the fence into Israel.A spokesman for the military said troops "responded with riot dispersal means and fired in accordance with standard operating procedures".Israel's military said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on a compound belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, after explosives attached to balloons were
  
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• Wisconsin man jailed for kidnap-murder confesses in letter -report

  08-03-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Jake Patterson, 21, wrote to a reporter at KARE 11 News that he had acted "mostly on impulse" but does not "think like a serial killer," according to a copy of the Feb. 28 letter published by the Minneapolis-based television station.Patterson was charged in February with murder for the Oct. 15 shooting deaths of Closs' parents in Barron, Wisconsin, and for kidnapping the girl he is alleged to have targeted seemingly at random after spotting her boarding a school bus.KARE 11 News said the letter
  
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• 23 Republicans vote against resolution condemning antisemitism

  08-03-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  In total, 407 congressman and women voted to pass the resolution which defined antisemitism as “hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States”.All of the 23 who voted against, were Republican.
  
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• Video released of suspect in Silver Lake shooting

  08-03-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Police on Thursday released surveillance video of a shooting in Silver Lake, as the search continues for the gunman.
  
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• EU makes counter-offer as Brexit pressure rises

  08-03-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Friday proposed that Britain could leave the bloc's customs union after the divorce though the offer would not include Northern Ireland which will anger London.The last minute-bid by Barnier comes just days before British Parliament is due to vote on a withdrawal deal agreed between the two sides, in which the fate of the Irish border is seen as a key issue.Both the EU and Great Britain want to prevent a "hard border" that would bring controls b
  
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• Saudi app criticized for feature to control women's travel

  08-03-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The Saudi government app Absher is mostly a way for people to pay traffic fines and complete other administrative tasks electronically. But one feature isn't sitting well with civil-rights advocates: the ability for men to grant or deny a woman permission to travel.
  
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• Flaws in Smart Alarms Exposed Millions of Cars to Dangerous Hacking

  08-03-2019 19:06
  Serious vulnerabilities found in high-end car alarms could have been exploited to remotely hack millions of vehicles, including to track them, immobilise them and spy on their owners.
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• Over 5 million people could flee Venezuela by year's end: study

  08-03-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The crisis in Venezuela could have displaced more than five million people by the end of this year if there is no letup in the country's crisis, a report said Friday, comparing the flow with that of Afghanistan and Syria.The number cited in the report for the Organization of American States would be roughly double the 2.7 million the United Nations says have left Venezuela since 2015, a mass migration burdening Colombia and other neighboring countries."Without any significant change that could r
  
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• Jayme Closs kidnapping: Jake Patterson writes letter explaining ‘complicated’ reasons for abducting 13-year-old

  08-03-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months, has apologised to his former prisoner and claimed he had “complicated reasons” for the abduction.Mr Patterson said in the letter to a local NBC News affiliate that he would plead guilty to the charges he faces after the abduction, and the alleged earlier killing of the teen’s parents.“I knew when I was caught (which I thought would happen a lo
  
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• Sen. Martha McSally on Air Force handling of rape: 'They failed on the job. Big time'

  08-03-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  In a nationally televised interview, Sen. Martha McSally said she didn't even consider reporting her rape at the time because of the environment.
  
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• 7 Energy Stocks That Don't Need Higher Oil Prices

  08-03-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The best oil stock ideas from Bank of America.
  
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• Flight from Philadelphia to Orlando diverted to Raleigh due to medical emergency

  08-03-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Orlando has been diverted due to a medical emergency onboard the plane.
  
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• Mystery killer whales spotted by scientists off coast of Chile 'likely to be new species'

  08-03-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A killer whale that could be a new species is to be studied by scientists for the first time after it was seen off the coast of southern Chile.A team of international researchers have collected genetic samples from a group of orcas roaming the sub-Antarctic waters off the tip of South America.For decades, fishermen and tourists had returned with tales and even photos of killer whales in the region that look distinctly different from others.
  
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• Michael Cohen has an International Women's Day message for President Trump

  08-03-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen tells the president to come clean and apologize to Karen McDougal and Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels.
  
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• Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls to break up Amazon, Google, Facebook - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The presidential candidate says big tech companies are hurting small businesses.
  
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• Galaxy S10 phones on sale now: How to buy them, and if you should - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E are officially on sale. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• EU Makes New Offer Well Short of May's Demands: Brexit Update

  08-03-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Theresa May appealed to members of Parliament to back her deal or risk seeing Brexit canceled, as the European Union made a new offer in talks that falls far short of U.K. demands.Key Developments:Barnier makes a new offer on the backstop -- letting Britain exit the backstop, but keeping Northern Ireland in it.
  
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• Apple's star witness will testify in Qualcomm case after all - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This comes a day after Apple said the witness wouldn't appear.
  
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• Trump says he would be disappointed if North Korea resumed testing

  08-03-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  "I would be very disappointed if I saw testing."Trump's comments to reporters on the White House lawn before leaving to visit Alabama came after two U.S. think tanks and Seoul's spy agency said this week that North Korea was rebuilding a rocket launch site at Sohae in the west of the country.There have also been reports emanating from South Korea's intelligence service of new activity at a factory that produced North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the Unite
  
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• Mazda Miata, Fiat 124 Spider recalled for downshifts nobody asked for - Roadshow

  08-03-2019 18:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  The problem only affects models with automatic transmissions.
  
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• Fortnite season 8, week 2 challenges and how to deal damage with a pirate cannon - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  The best way to level up your Battle Pass tiers is to earn experience through challenges, and we've got the tips and maps to help you.
  
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• As Galaxy S10 phones go on sale, one big question looms - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Commentary: With five Galaxy phones and hungry competitors on the horizon, who are all these phones really for?
  
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• Warren Calls for Breakup of Tech Companies Like Amazon, Facebook

  08-03-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator is calling for legislation that would designate the companies as “platform utilities” and the appointment of regulators who would unwind technology mergers that undermine competition and harm innovation and small businesses.“Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist,” Warren wrote in a post on Medium Friday.
  
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• EA won't hold a traditional E3 press conference, focusing on streams instead - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  The company's reworking its EA Play fan event to focus on individual live streams this year.
  
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• Parents charged with child abuse after Olive Garden waitress posts photo on Facebook

  08-03-2019 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Tennessee parents were charged with child abuse and aggravated assaultafter an observant Olive Garden waitress posted about their distressingbehavior on Facebook
  
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• Captain Marvel: Your 5 biggest concerns addressed - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Commentary: Captain Marvel is a good superhero movie that probably won't offend your political sensibilities. Spoilers ahead!
  
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• Game of Thrones wants your blood - CNET

  08-03-2019 18:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  At SXSW 2019, fans could donate blood and bend a knee for the Iron Throne.
  
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