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• Police Praise Hero UNC Charlotte Student Who 'Took the Fight' to Gunman Before He Was Killed

  01-05-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Student Riley Howell, 21, "absolutely" saved lives and died a hero during at shooting at UNC Charlotte Tuesday.
  
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• Student killed in University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting 'died a hero'

  01-05-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the two students who were killed in a shooting at the University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday attempted to stop the gunman by jumpingon him
  
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• US to give migrants DNA tests to prove family ties

  01-05-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  US border authorities plan to give migrant families DNA tests to determine whether or not the adults and children are related, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday.A "Rapid DNA" test program is being launched in several places along the US-Mexico frontier, where tens of thousands of undocumented migrants have been crossing the border each month, many in family units asking for asylum."We know the problem we are seeing, we know these are fraudulent family units," an official s
  
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• Deutsche Bank Subpoena Deadline Pushed Back to Allow for Hearing

  01-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives has agreed to extend the time for Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. to respond to subpoenas seeking the bank records of President Donald Trump, his family and several of his companies, until seven days after a federal judge rules on the Trumps’ request to block them.
  
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• The Latest: BCA head: Damond probe thorough, independent

  01-05-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a Minneapolis police officer being convicted of murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who had called 911 (all times local):
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall St drops after Fed chair dampens rate-cut hopes

  01-05-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday and the S&P 500 snapped a three-day streak of record high closes as comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared to dampen hopes the central bank could move later this year to cut interest rates.In its policy announcement, the Fed held rates steady as expected and struck a cautious tone on inflation.
  
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• 2020 Democratic Candidates Call for Attorney General William Barr to Resign

  01-05-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSA host of 2020 Democratic candidates called for Attorney General William Barr’s resignation on Wednesday in response to his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.“AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he’s not a credible head of federal law enforcement,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted. “He should resign—and based on the actual facts
  
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• Barr calls Mueller's letter 'a bit snitty,' but won't give Senate notes from call

  01-05-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The attorney general delivers a halting response when asked if he would share his notes about a phone call with Robert Mueller.
  
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• Google’s awesome new privacy feature will auto-delete your location history

  01-05-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  We had our first hint this was coming thanks to a beta version of Google Maps from a few months ago, inside of which code was found that revealed Google was considering an excellent new privacy feature. And today, after getting a black eye from reports last summer that revealed Google was tracking and saving your location even when you thought you'd disabled the feature, Google announced the addition of a new privacy control available to users: Auto-deletion of your location history.The feature,
  
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• William Barr defiant amid calls to resign over his handling of Mueller report

  01-05-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A letter from Robert Mueller expressed concern that the attorney general’s summary did not reflect ‘the nature of this office’s work’The US attorney general, William Barr, has defended his handling of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as Democrats called for his resignation and accused him of deliberately misrepresenting the investigation’s findings in the president’s favor.Barr appeared before Congress on Wednesday, delivering his first public
  
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• University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting: What We Know Now

  01-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest: The alleged gunman has been identified as a former student Trystan Andrew Terrell. A vigil is planned for Wednesday. Exams are postponed.
  
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• Biden and Warren success spells bad news for Sanders

  01-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden’s entry into the presidential race and Elizabeth Warren’s impressive performance on the campaign trail are bad news for Bernie Sanders.Three polls released this week gave the former vice president a huge bump following his announcement that he was entering the crowded Democratic field, widening his lead over Sanders by a significant margin.
  
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• Trump seeks huge boost in emergency funds for migrant surge

  01-05-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $4.5 billion in immediate emergency funding, saying a surge in Central American children and families claiming asylum at the U.S. southern border had drained government resources.The money would come on top of the funding President Donald Trump has redirected to make good on a central pledge of his 2016 election campaign - to build a border wall to stop illegal immigrants - ahead of his looming 2020 presidential race.Trump's top aides also
  
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• Guatemalan migrant, a 16-year-old boy, dies in government custody in Texas

  01-05-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  For the third time since December, a migrant child died in government custody, raising questions about the treatment of minors along the border.
  
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• UNC Charlotte shooting: Two students killed in deadly campus shooting identified

  01-05-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Ellis Parlier, 19, and Riley Howell, 21, were killed Tuesday in a shooting on the campus of UNC Charlotte Tuesday.
  
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• Donald Trump's latest attacks on Joe Biden: More than 60 retweets

  01-05-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has what may have been his busiest morning ever on Twitter attacking Joe Biden
  
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• Putin Signs Controversial Internet Law

  01-05-2019 21:25
  President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a "sovereign internet" bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country's internet, a move decried by rights groups.read more
  
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• Trystan Terrell: Student arrested over deadly North Carolina university shooting

  01-05-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The man accused of shooting two people dead on a college campus has been filmed smirking as he told reporters: "I went into a classroom and shot some guys."Trystan Andrew Terrell made the chilling remarks as he was cuffed and taken into custody on Tuesday night, shortly after two people were killed and four injured at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte.The shooting began around 5.40pm, when Terrell entered an anthropology class and began shooting, according to witnesses, until h
  
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• 'You lied to Congress': Mazie Hirono attacks William Barr

  01-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  After a morning of dodging attacks, U.S. Attorney General William Barr caught one on the chin from Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, a Democrat who is known to aggressively question witnesses.
  
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• 2020 litmus test: All Democratic candidates should call for Trump impeachment proceedings

  01-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Our country faces an emergency. Presidential candidates who call for Trump impeachment proceedings to begin show they can be trusted to handle it.
  
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• 7 Best Performing Funds for Your 401(k)

  01-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Best investments to add to your 401(k).
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu slams global rise in anti-Semitism

  01-05-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced a rise in anti-Semitism around the world, at a ceremony on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day."The extreme left and the extreme right (around the world) agree on only one thing: their hatred of the Jews," Netanyahu said at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.Netanyahu said anti-Semitism was also found in a New York Times cartoon depicting him as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind US Presiden
  
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• Number of Venezuelans fleeing to Brazil surges during attempt to oust Maduro

  01-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Close to triple the usual number of Venezuelans fled to Brazil on Tuesday, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido led an attempt to oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro from power, according to Brazilian government data released on Wednesday.Some 850 Venezuelans came to Brazil on Tuesday by foot, the government said, compared with the usual range of between 250 and 300.The migrants arrived in Brazil's Roraima state, one of the country's most isolated and poor, which borders Venezuela and
  
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• U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela 'Possible' as Turmoil Continues

  01-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an attempted "coup" by opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been defeated
  
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• Pompeo, Lavrov trade accusations on Venezuela in phone call

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traded accusations in a phone call Wednesday that the other power was destabilizing Venezuela after an aborted military uprising.With the United States pushing to topple President Nicolas Maduro, Pompeo charged that Russia and Cuba were instrumental in keeping the leftist firebrand in power.Pompeo "stressed that the intervention by Russia and Cuba is destabilizing for Venezuela and for the US-Russia bilateral relationsh
  
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• 5 Great Gift Ideas for Mother's Day

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Mother’s Day is approaching fast, but there’s still enough time to pick up exactly the right gift to show Mom how much you care—and how much you’ve learned from her. If she brought you up to be a...
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. FAA directive enshrines changes to Boeing 787 Dreamliner

  01-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was mandating new flight control software and parts to Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner to address what it called an unsafe operating condition of certain products on the plane.The FAA's airworthiness directive to plane operators makes compulsory changes Boeing outlined in service bulletins in 2017 and early 2018 for certain areas in 787's tire and wheel "threat zones" that may be susceptible to damage, the company said.Boeing's carbon comp
  
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• Tension grows between U.S. and Russia over Venezuela standoff

  01-05-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Pompeo by phone that further "aggressive steps" in Venezuela would be fraught with the gravest consequences, the Russian ministry said.The U.S. State Department said Pompeo urged Russia in the call to stop supporting Maduro.On Tuesday, Pompeo accused Russia of intervening to persuade Maduro to abandon a plan to leave the country following a call by opposition leader Juan Guaido for Venezuela's military to help him oust Maduro.
  
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• Electrum DDoS Botnet Builds Army of 150,000 Hosts

  01-05-2019 20:07
  A botnet targeting the users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet managed to ensnare more than 150,000 hosts at its peak, Malwarebytes security researchers say. 
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• U.S. Ramps Up Threats to Use Force as Venezuela's Crisis Deepens

  01-05-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  While U.S. officials have repeatedly said that all options are on the table, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, top military leaders and National Security Adviser John Bolton all added new urgency to that message on Wednesday as they pressured Russia and Cuba to stop assisting Maduro’s regime.Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan canceled a trip to Europe to focus on Venezuela, and Bolton said the National Security Council will meet at 2 p.m. in Washington to focus on the crisis.
  
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• At Mueller report hearing, Republicans shift to Clinton and Obama

  01-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Reference to the Strzok-Page texts was an early sign that the Republican members would try to shift the hearing to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.
  
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• 'Masterful Hairsplitting.' Senate Democrats Criticize Attorney General Over Mueller Probe

  01-05-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Democrats criticized Attorney General William Barr for "misleading" in his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation
  
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• Hackers Had Access to Citrix Network for Five Months

  01-05-2019 19:30
  Software giant Citrix has shared more information about the recent data breach and it appears the hackers had access to the company’s network for roughly five months.
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• Hoda Kotb admits she 'forgot everything' about having a baby and, yes, she Googles

  01-05-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The "Today with Hoda & Jenna" host talked to People about adjusting to life with two kids.
  
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• Brazil president says Venezuela´s Guaido has not been defeated

  01-05-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was not defeated in his attempt to overthrow the leftist regime of Nicolas Maduro, saying a "crack" has been opened that could bring down the government."This is by no means a defeat ... I recognize the patriotic and democratic spirit of Juan Guaido in his struggle for the freedom of his country," Bolsonaro told reporters after a special meeting at the defense ministry to discuss th
  
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• Pompeo: U.S. ‘Military Action Is Possible’ in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that U.S. military action in Venezuela is on the table as the opposition to the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro, led by self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó, takes to the streets this week."If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do," Pompeo told Fox Business. "We would prefer a peaceful transition of government there, where Maduro leaves and a new election is held. But th
  
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• Stephen Moore claims 'decline in male earnings' is economy's biggest issue

  01-05-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve Board, Stephen Moore, claimed on Tuesday that the most critical issue the economy has faced over the past few decades is a drop in male earnings.
  
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• William Barr: 'Terrified' attorney general will not testify before House panel probing Russia report, says top Democrat

  01-05-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney general William Barr will not testify before a House committee probing the handling of the Mueller report, a senior Democrat has claimed, accusing him of being “terrified”.In the latest twist to the feud between the Trump administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill seeking to force officials to testify, Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler said Mr Barr would not appear before his committee.Mr Barr had been due to testify before the House of Representatives’ judiciary c
  
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• Trump Asks Congress for $4.5 Billion in Emergency Border Funds

  01-05-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The request doesn’t seek more funding for the wall, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News.The White House says that the Department of Homeland Security is in danger of running out of funds needed to deal with a surge in migration before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.Trump earlier this year declared an emergency to divert $3.6 billion in military construction funding to build a border wall, following a 35-day partial government shutdown.
  
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• San Francisco billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness

  01-05-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.
  
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• Majority of Encrypted Email Clients Vulnerable to Signature Spoofing

  01-05-2019 18:48
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• Venezuela unrest: More protests expected; John Bolton says U.S. waiting for Maduro to be removed

  01-05-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all.
  
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• Barr says Mueller report 'was my baby,' justifying summary

  01-05-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and employed an odd analogy to do so.
  
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• Border Patrol Arrests 424 Migrants in Largest Bust on Record

  01-05-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested 424 migrants attempting to cross the southern border on Tuesday in the “largest” collective arrest in the agency's history.CBP agents encountered and ultimately apprehended “a group of what seemed to be over 400 illegal aliens” early Tuesday morning near the border town of Sunland Park, N.M., according to an agency press release.Hours later, agents working at the Antelope Wells Port of Entry, roughly 160 miles west of S
  
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• Tim Cook knows Apple TV+ won’t compete with Netflix, and he says it’s not supposed to

  01-05-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple in late March unveiled its brand new Apple TV platform, which includes support for several stand-alone streaming apps, as well as its own Netflix-rival, Apple TV+. Weeks later, Disney came out with its own streaming service, Disney+, which will launch later this year. Unlike Apple, Disney actually revealed the price of its upcoming streaming package, a price that makes Disney+ extremely appealing. Add to that Amazon, HBO, Hulu, and YouTube, and it's pretty clear the streaming wars are well
  
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• Prince Harry to visit Netherlands next week - will he be a dad by then?

  01-05-2019 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Could it be a clue? Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's royal baby could be arriving before next Wednesday, when Harry goes to the Netherlands for a two-day visit.
  
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• The Incentive to Disrupt Elections has Never Been Higher

  01-05-2019 17:50
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• Schiff, Warren Call for AG Barr’s Resignation: ‘A Disgrace’

  01-05-2019 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) called on Attorney General William Barr to resign on Wednesday in response to reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller privately expressed frustration at the way in which Barr represented the findings of his investigation.“I was one of those making the case he never should have been confirmed and certainly not confirmed unless he committed to recusing himself from an investigation where he had an obvious bi
  
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• Cloud Security Firm DivvyCloud Raises $19 Million

  01-05-2019 17:41
  DivvyCloud, a US-based provider of security and compliance automation solutions for public cloud and container infrastructure, on Wednesday announced that it raised $19 million in a growth round, which brings the total raised by the firm to $29 million.
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• Japan's New Emperor Is Getting a One-Off Toyota Century Convertible

  01-05-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The new droptop Century limo will first be seen in October's coronation parade.
  
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