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Paris braces for 'ultra-violent' riots as moderate 'yellow vests' urge protesters to stay away

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Paris is bracing for a day of “ultra-violent” unrest on Saturday as moderate figureheads of the “yellow vest” movement urged protesters to stay away from the French capital on Saturday. The city is preparing for lock down with a string of stores, museums and landmarks, including the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Galeries Lafayette shut for security reasons. Luxury boutiques, restaurants and businesses on the Champs-Elysees and around the presidential palace are under orders to close. Many were being boarded up around the capital. Six French league football games have been cancelled around France. "According to our information, radicalised and rebellious people will try to mobilise tomorrow," warned interior minister Christophe Castaner. While he said the numbers would only number “several thousand,” he added: ”Some ultra-violent people want to take part.” He did not rule out “foreign” agitators being among them.  Twelve gendarmerie armoured vehicle s are to be deployed in Paris ag...

Donald Trump Goes On All-Caps Twitter Rant About 'NO COLLUSION'

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President Donald Trump went on an almost all-caps Twitter tear Saturday from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G6THJq via Latest News

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are discounted again on the Google Store - The Verge

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are discounted again on the Google Store    The Verge Until December 22nd, you can save up to $150 on the Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL. During Black Friday, we saw bigger price drops, but this is likely the cheapest you'll ... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RM7Z3s via Technology

Read Michael Cohen Sentencing Recommendations From Robert Mueller

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Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday did not recommend a specific sentence from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2B2roWN via Latest News

New Zealand police find body they believe is British tourist

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said Sunday they found a body they believe to be that of missing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RIrY2U via Latest News

Donald Trump Rages On Twitter Ahead Of Developments In Mueller Probe

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President Donald Trump sent a flurry of tweets criticizing special counsel from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EjmuZy via Latest News

Afghan 'Messi boy' forced to flee home

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The family of an Afghan boy who gained brief Internet fame after being photographed in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag in the colors of his hero, Argentine soccer idol Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home after a Taliban attack. Murtaza Ahmadi, now aged 7, grabbed world headlines two years ago when his brother made him a shirt out of a blue and white plastic bag, with Messi's name and number 10 playing number. "Murtaza became famous around the world and we are not able to walk free and go anywhere. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UraHgp via Latest News

US Marines ID dead crew member in Japan warplanes crash

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TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Marines have identified a fighter pilot who died after his jet collided with a refueling aircraft during training off Japan's coast, leaving five other Marines missing and one rescued. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L1zxPR via Latest News

Some Twitter Users Are Showing Support for Michael Flynn by Changing Their Handles

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Some of his supporters on Twitter are calling Flynn a "hero" who should be cleared from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PrkfUY via Latest News

On a crucial day in Russia probe, Trump unleashes Twitter fury at the world

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President Trump on Friday unleashed his Twitter fury at Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation hours before new memos from the special counsel's office were due to be filed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ekf5Jk via Latest News

Google's Android file manager now supports USB drives - Engadget

Google's Android file manager now supports USB drives    Engadget Files by Google (formerly Files Go) is helpful if you want an official means of managing the files on your Android phone, but there's been an obvious limitation... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2QFU81i via Technology

Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of lying about his contact with Trump administration officials

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Prosecutors with Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation revealed in a court filing on Friday evening that Paul Manafort lied to them about several contacts he had with senior Trump administration officials while he was under indictment. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E7tBU2 via Latest News

China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon: Xinhua

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China on Saturday launched a first probe ever to explore the dark side of the Moon, marking another milestone in its ambitious space program, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The probe, the Chang'e-4, is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the Moon, according to Xinhua. Previous spacecraft have seen the far side of the Moon, but none has landed on it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SxU9BC via Latest News

New Zealand police: 22-year-old British tourist was murdered

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said Saturday that they believe a 22-year-old British tourist who has been missing for a week was murdered, and they will lay charges against a man they detained earlier in the day for questioning. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zNej3I via Latest News

Paris braces for 'ultra-violent' riots as moderate 'yellow vests' urge protesters to stay away

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Paris is bracing for a day of “ultra-violent” unrest on Saturday as moderate figureheads of the “yellow vest” movement urged protesters to stay away from the French capital on Saturday. The city is preparing for lock down with a string of stores, museums and landmarks, including the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Galeries Lafayette shut for security reasons. Luxury boutiques, restaurants and businesses on the Champs-Elysees and around the presidential palace are under orders to close. Many were being boarded up around the capital. Six French league football games have been cancelled around France. "According to our information, radicalised and rebellious people will try to mobilise tomorrow," warned interior minister Christophe Castaner. While he said the numbers would only number “several thousand,” he added: ”Some ultra-violent people want to take part.” He did not rule out “foreign” agitators being among them.  Twelve gendarmerie armoured vehicle s are to be deployed in Paris ag...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: ‘Donald Trump Will Be, Must Be Impeached’

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MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell said Friday that President Donald Trump "will from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L4jZuB via Latest News

PHOTOS: 4th consecutive Saturday of anti-government protests in Paris

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Anti-government protesters faced off with French riot police in Paris on Saturday, hurling projectiles, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants in a fourth weekend of unrest that has shaken President Emmanuel Macron’s authority. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2En3OYV via Latest News

China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing

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China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. The Chang'e-4 lunar probe mission -- named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology -- launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the southwestern Xichang launch centre at 2:23 am (1823 GMT), according to the official Xinhua news agency. The blast-off marked the start of a long journey to the far side of the moon for the Chang'e-4 mission, expected to land around the New Year to carry out experiments and survey the untrodden terrain. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E8Ms12 via Latest News

Seeking asylum, migrants report being turned back at — or possibly just past — U.S. border

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President Trump’s order cracking down on asylum seekers at the southern border has been stayed by a federal judge, but a small group of determined migrants who made it through the border fence discovered that at least some Border Patrol agents appear to be enforcing it anyway. On the afternoon of Dec. 1, about 10 women and children, a small part of one of the caravans that traveled hundreds of miles through Mexico from Honduras, crossed the border fence near its western end on the beach near San Diego. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QkHTYK via Latest News

Robert De Niro's Mueller Pitches Scary Bedtime Story To 'Eric Trump' On 'SNL'

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Robert De Niro popped out of a closet on "Saturday Night Live" as Special from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EkdHGJ via Latest News

Dog that survived California wildfire guarded home for weeks

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A dog that survived the catastrophic wildfire in Northern California apparently protected the ruins of his home for almost a month until his owner returned. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zQDUJ8 via Latest News

Donald Trump Rages On Twitter Ahead Of Developments In Mueller Probe

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President Donald Trump sent a flurry of tweets criticizing special counsel from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EjmuZy via Latest News

Weekly poll results: second screens are loved, as long as they don't cost too much

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Dual screens are a potential solution to the selfie camera craziness - no notches, holes, sliders, pop-ups and so on, just use the rear camera and the second display as a viewfinder. In last week's poll dual screens proved more popular than foldable phones. Even a small second screen is fine, though there's a clear preference for larger panels. That said, a surprising number of people commented that they don't care about selfies and especially video calls. Well, we guess that should worry Instagram's management more so than phone makers. Anyway, by far the most popular option was... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2EpbWYO via IFTTT

Counterclockwise: remembering the Doom ports on mobile phones

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Once upon a time Doom was installed on more computers than Windows 95. Microsoft tried porting the game to boost the popularity of its new OS (an effort lead by one Gabe Newell), but Doom would be ported to just about every platform you can think of - including many phones. Our story begins before app stores were popular and worse, there were so many mobile operating systems. So this was a bit more complicated than putting a game up on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. CDoom was one of the earlier ports, published in 2001 for the Nokia 9210 Communicator (9210i and 9210c as... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2QEsAcO via IFTTT

Budget Galaxy S10 pictured with a case, flat screen design confirmed

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Samsung is doing a bold move by introducing a budget Galaxy S10 next year along with the regular premium versions and we've known for a while now that it's going to miss on the in-display fingerprint reader and will probably have a flat screen design to keep the cost low. Galaxy S10 Lite case renders The latest renders of the device further confirm the theory and show the device with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a flat screen design. We haven't seen those on a flagship Galaxy smartphone since forever. But while it skips a couple of cool features, the S10 Lite still... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Emewii via IFTTT

Japan also planning to stop using Huawei and ZTE equipment

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Huawei and ZTE have been no strangers to security and espionage scandals in recent years. And while it is hard to fully grasp the whole picture and accurately judge on any of the official accusations, it is already pretty clear that the two Chinese corporations are under direct fire by the USA. In fact, things have been unraveling very rapidly on an international scale for the pair, with many other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the UK taking preemptive steps of their own. Considering all this, plus the recent arrest of Huawei CFO it really comes as no surprise to... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2E5Xh3E via IFTTT

Google Phone app gets redesigned interface, it's all circles now

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Google's been redesigning the interface of its software across platforms rounding off sharp corners wherever possible - just look at the address bar of the Chrome browser you're probably reading this on. The push for circles is now finally fully embraced on the company's Phone app for Android, too. Old vs. New The Favorites tab of the default dialer app on Pixel phones had two contacts per row until now, while the other tabs had already switched to circles. The latest update brings consistency between the tabs with circles, circles everywhere, and the contacts are now three in... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2SyjU4Q via IFTTT

Samsung's Galaxy S10-series screen sizes revealed

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The famous leakster Evan Blass just published three renders that are supposed to be the upcoming Galaxy S10 lineup from Samsung. However, the post explicitly states that the images are based on a case manufacturer's expectations. According to the renders, the smallest and most affordable S10 Lite would have a 5.8-inch display with a punch hole for the camera in the middle while the regular S10 will sport a 6.1-inch panel with the same front-facing camera design. A case manufacturer's expectations for the Galaxy S10 lineup: pic.twitter.com/lrExjvalcb— Evan Blass (@evleaks) December 8,... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2zNbQ9E via IFTTT

[UPDATE] HMD reportedly delaying Nokia 8 Android Pie update on purpose

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Update: Nokia has reached out with a statement in response to this post: There is no purposeful delay. As soon as the upgrade to Android Pie is ready and we can be sure that it delivers the best experience for our fans, we will begin the update cycle. We are committed to a pure, secure and up-to-date Android experience which involves rigorous testing to ensure no part of that commitment is compromised. Original story follows: According to a report from PhoneArena an industry source claims that Nokia hasn't released the Android Pie updates for the Nokia 5, Nokia 6, and Nokia 8 even... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2B05iUO via IFTTT

Verizon enables eSIM on all 2018 iPhones

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On Wednesday, Apple pushed iOS update 12.1.1 that enabled eSIM support for more carriers around the world. AT&T was the first carrier to offer official support for eSIM on the iPhone and we wondered if Verizon was going to follow soon after. Last month, Verizon had to iron out some issues with the iPhone running on Verizon in a dual SIM configuration. Today, Verizon support tweeted that customers can begin activating Verizon lines on the iPhone XR, XS or XS Max using the built-in eSIM. This is an important question, and we are all about answers. Yes, you may activate the eSIM on your... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2PnNZCg via IFTTT

Xiaomi debuts three products in the US

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Today, Xiaomi held its first Mi Fan event in New York City where the company's goal was to create buzz about the Chinese brand that is slowly entering the US market. Less than 700 Mi Fans registered to attend the two-day event where Xiaomi showed off various products that the company offers around the world. Through tomorrow, Saturday December 8, Xiaomi is showing off its latest smartphones: the Mi MIX 3, the Mi A2, the Xiaomi Mi 8, and the POCOPHONE F1 - which is still the best value smartphone with a Snapdragon 845 CPU. The event also showcased the Mi Home app and its compatible... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2G63YWg via IFTTT

Deal: Sprint Samsung Galaxy S9 for just $216

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Although the Samsung Galaxy S9 is not even a year old, Best Buy is right now hosting a crazy deal for it. You can purchase one for a grand total of $216. That's insane, but there are a couple of caveats as you'd expect. First off, you need to either be a new Sprint customer or an existing one who adds a new line. Then, you're going to have to purchase the phone on the carrier's installment plan. That's it, however. If you don't mind any of those, then you'll pay only $9 per month for the Galaxy S9 over two years, adding up to that $216 sum we mentioned. There's no telling how long this... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2L1VqhZ via IFTTT

Huawei Mate 20 Pro update improves photo quality, biometric unlocking

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Huawei's Mate 20 Pro is now in the process of receiving another software update, following the one it got at the beginning of last month. This one comes over-the-air as a 523MB download, and once you install it you'll be on EMUI version 9.0.0.142 and will have the November 2018 security patch level. New Mate 20 Pro update The update improves camera performance and photo quality, optimizes Face Unlock performance as well as the in-screen fingerprint reader for faster unlocking, and it also comes with better positioning in Google Maps due to "optimized navigation performance".... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2zQNJXk via IFTTT

Oppo RX17 Pro review

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The un-flagship-y flagship from Oppo - the Oppo RX17 Pro or also known as the Oppo R17 Pro in China with the same hardware, though. A feature-rich device with sleek design, capable hardware and rather questionable use case of the third camera on the back. However, there are quite a few things that raise the coolness factor of the handset and the in-display fingerprint is one of them. Also, it's no secret that this phone is a close relative to the OnePlus 6T and we wished some of the features were carried over from the Oppo RX17 Pro. from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2EjLxvx via IFTTT

vivo NEX Dual Display Edition will be officially unveiled on December 11

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vivo has sent us an invite for a special event it's holding in Shanghai on December 11. This is when the smartphone that's been leaking a lot lately, which we assumed would be called NEX 2, will finally become official. The name, however, might be something else entirely. As you can see, in the invite vivo calls it the NEX Dual Display Edition. Right now it's unclear if that's the final moniker, but since this is an official invite we'd wager a guess that it is. vivo NEX Dual Display Edition launch invite The event will take place at 7:30 PM China time. The vivo NEX 2 (or NEX... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2E9qomX via IFTTT

Video teaser for the Huawei nova 4 makes us yearn to see it

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The Huawei nova 4 is coming in ten days on December 17 and will be Huawei's first crack at a phone with an in-screen selfie camera (and the second in the world). So naturally Huawei will do all it can to hype up the phone as much as possible in the days leading up to its announcement (and steal as much from Samsung's Galaxy A8s spotlight as possible). The latest is the first official video teaser of the Huawei nova 4, showing a phone cleverly masked in a sky full of stars. The nova 4 has taken some visual queues from the Huawei P20 Pro, especially the rear-mounted triple-lens array.... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2BVMQyi via IFTTT

Honor has an announcement planned for December 10 - but what is it

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Honor has scheduled an announcement for December 10, breaking the news through a teaser post on Weibo. The Huawei nova 4 with an in-display selfie camera is coming on December 17 and the flagship-grade Honor View 20 (again, with an in-display camera) will drop at an event in Paris on January 22. We're sure Huawei didn't choose the December 10 date by accident - Samsung's first Infinity-O smartphone, the Galaxy A8s, is coming on December 10. Honor teaser for December 10 If the promo poster isn't meant to tease a smartphone, we could be looking at a promo for Huawei's GPU Turbo... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2L2YZ7x via IFTTT

High-quality press renders of vivo NEX 2 show all sides of the phone

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In an interesting move vivo has released a heap of promotional press renders of the NEX 2 to Weibo. The images show the vivo NEX 2 from both sides, revealing the nearly bezeless front and the rear with the second screen and triple camera. The vivo NEX 2 seems to be available in black with either blue or red fading accents on the frame that lightly spill over to the top and bottom bezel (similar to the Oppo R11s' Starry Sky screen effect). vivo NEX 2 The images also confirm that the vivo NEX 2 will have speakers on either side, busting the rumor that the NEX 2 will use... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2BXin2E via IFTTT

HMD has sold around 70 million Nokia phones in two short years

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HMD Global recently turned 2-years old - the company was founded on December 1 2016. Barely a month later, its first phone hit the market - the Nokia 6. Since then the young company has sold around 70 million phones bearing the resurrected Nokia brand. Note that the number includes both the Android smartphones as well as the new feature phones. Its most popular phones are typically in the €300-400 price range. The Nokia 6.1 became the company's best-selling phone globally after it took the crown from the Nokia 7 plus. The Nokia 3.1 has been doing well too, in Germany at least. With the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2rowGr5 via IFTTT

Trump Announces William Barr As Attorney General Nominee

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President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he plans to nominate William Barr from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PwboBG via Latest News

John Kelly Out As White House Chief Of Staff By End Of Year

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White House chief of staff John Kelly will leave his post at the end of the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pr8H4g via Latest News

Donald Trump Picks Anti-Muslim Official For U.S. Ambassador To UN

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President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Friday morning that State from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SAqsjs via Latest News

Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of lying about his contact with Trump administration officials

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Prosecutors with Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation revealed in a court filing on Friday evening that Paul Manafort lied to them about several contacts he had with senior Trump administration officials while he was under indictment. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E7tBU2 via Latest News

More Evidence Of Illegal Activity Emerges In North Carolina Congressional Race

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ST. PAULS, N.C. -- The day after their absentee ballot arrived in the mail in from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G47UH6 via Latest News

PHOTOS: Haunting images of abandoned places across Northern Ireland

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These haunting images capture abandoned homes across Northern Ireland — complete with old prams, unopened food tins, toys and dusty wedding photographs. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L3EVBS via Latest News

Military officials unveil damage from powerful Alaska quake

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Last week's magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Anchorage caused multiple problems at the sprawling Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, including damage to steel frameworks, ceilings, and sprinkler and heating systems, military officials said Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2B4L4cz via Latest News

You can get All-Clad cookware at amazing prices this weekend

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All-Clad's 48-hour VIP sale is on this weekend--get your gifts while you can from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QConGs via Latest News

Chrissy Teigen Sets Off Twitter Uproar Over Gummy Bears

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Chrissy Teigen had Twitter users in turmoil Friday when she boldly said that from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L4t5HL via Latest News

Federal Prosecutors Recommend Substantial Prison Sentence For Michael Cohen

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Federal prosecutors and special counsel Robert Mueller's office filed court from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BX5B4z via Latest News

Mark Harris Would Support A New Election In North Carolina If Election Fraud Is Proved

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Mark Harris, the Republican candidate in a disputed race for North Carolina's from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rpEzMO via Latest News

Tennessee executes longest serving death row inmate using electric chair after court battle

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A death row inmate in Tennessee became the second person executed in the US state using the electric chair in just over a month. David Earl Miller, 61, was pronounced dead at 7.25pm at a maximum-security prison in Nashville on Thursday night. Earlier on Thursday, Governor Bill Haslam refused Miller’s request to commute his sentence to life in prison. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G4N2zn via Latest News

Russia insists detained Ukrainian sailors will face trial

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Russia on Friday insisted that Ukrainian sailors it captured after seizing their vessels will go on trial for violating its maritime borders, despite international calls for their release. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the 24 Ukrainian sailors currently in pre-trial detention will be put in the dock for violations of Russian and international law. "When the investigation is over, there will be a trial," he told reporters after a meeting in Milan of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G5yGi2 via Latest News