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Inside the Assassination of Imperial Japanese Admiral Yamamoto

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A daring tale. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34lnTaE via Latest News

The Mandalorian: How to watch the new Star Wars series on Disney Plus - CNET

Episode 6 drops today. from CNET https://ift.tt/35EL7dk via Mobiles

The Mercedes-Benz EQC EV won't go on sale in the US until 2021 - Roadshow

Mercedes is claiming that the pushback is due to massive interest in the vehicle in Europe. from CNET https://ift.tt/2YKfqMI via Mobiles

The 2020 Audi A6 Allroad gets US pricing and availability - Roadshow

Audi's tall wagon is back in the US market after a long hiatus and it's looking good. from CNET https://ift.tt/2PLVvZF via Mobiles

FCC endorses C-V2X mobile network that lets cars talk to each other - CNET

The agency's proposal would free airwaves for Wi-Fi, too. But it's bad news for the older DSRC car network technology. from CNET https://ift.tt/2rInly0 via Mobiles

As California thins forests to limit fire risk, some resist

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Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. With California’s increasingly warm, dry and overgrown landscape, wildfire has become a perpetual danger. State lawmakers committed more than $200 million annually to fire prevention efforts and Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend even more, motivated by infernos such as one last year that killed 85 people in Paradise, California, some who died in their cars while trying to flee. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PJ7cAA via Latest News

New Zealand military team recovers 6 more bodies after White Island volcano eruption, pushing death toll to 14

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The volcano's continued venting previously delayed plans by authorities to recover the bodies. Scientists believe another eruption is possible. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YN50fl via Latest News

House panel approves Trump charges, sets up impeachment vote

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US lawmakers took the grave step Friday of approving two charges against Donald Trump, setting up a full House of Representatives vote to impeach the president for abusing his powers and obstructing Congress. Democrats and Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee voted along strict party lines, 23 to 17, appearing somber as they put Trump on track to become only the third US president ever to be impeached. "Today is solemn and sad day," committee chairman Jerry Nadler said after the votes which occurred with surprising speed following a caustic, 14-hour debate the previous day. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PLK7gJ via Latest News

Why Bernie Sanders Walked Back His Endorsement of Cenk Uygur

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Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders withdrew his endorsement of Cenk Uygur, who has a long history of problematic statements from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tbOud3 via Latest News

29 photos show how climate change has ravaged the Arctic in the past decade

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NOAA's Arctic Report Card warns that climate change is transforming the Arctic. These photos show its dire effects on the region so far this decade. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pibxf2 via Latest News

Trump impeachment looms as U.S. House committee approves charges

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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. A divided House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along party lines to approve articles of impeachment charging Trump with abusing the power of his office over the Ukraine scandal and obstructing House Democrats' attempts to investigate him for it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35jAVGG via Latest News

Bulletproof vest did not fail in fatal shooting of Houston police officer, chief says

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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says body armor didn't fail Sgt. Christopher Brewster, who was killed while responding to a domestic violence call from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LPpAGV via Latest News

Business News Update BBC

New rail timetables come in on Sunday, with more and speedier services promised on some routes. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tgYcuW via Online Shopping

When a Mantis Shrimp Fights a Disco Clam, It Meets Its Match - WIRED

When a Mantis Shrimp Fights a Disco Clam, It Meets Its Match    WIRED from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2PktlGi via Technology

The latest iPad Air is now $100 off at Amazon, Target, and Best Buy - The Verge

The latest iPad Air is now $100 off at Amazon, Target, and Best Buy    The Verge These fantastic iPad deals show no signs of slowing down for the holidays    TechRadar View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/34kDEP0 via Technology

The FAA calculated that Boeing's 737 Max could crash a total of 15 times, killing more than 3,000 people, if it wasn't grounded and fixed

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If the Max suffered 15 crashes as bad as the two that actually happened, some 3,450 people would die, according to Business Insider's figures. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36zUxGZ via Latest News

Liability of cruise lines in question after deadly volcanic eruption

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Royal Caribbean told CBS News it is now "suspending tours of active volcanoes." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LT37Zl via Latest News

Italian museum 'optimistic' that painting found is stolen Klimt

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Directors of an Italian museum are optimistic that a painting found hidden in a wall this week is a Gustav Klimt work stolen two decades ago, a director said on Thursday. Preliminary indications appear that the painting of a woman found by gardeners on Tuesday inside an external wall on the museum's grounds could indeed by the "Portrait of a Woman" painted by the Austrian artist in 1916-1917. "What interests us the most is whether it's the original or not, rather than the theft investigation," said Massimo Ferrari, president of the Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art, a museum in Piacenza, in northwest Italy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PJtFgZ via Latest News

Rashida Tlaib deletes tweet falsely blaming Jersey City shooting on 'white supremacy'

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) deleted a tweet Thursday morning in which she falsely credited Tuesday's deadly shooting at a kosher deli in Jersey City, New Jersey to "white supremacy" when in fact, the suspected shooters were reportedly Black Hebrew Israelites.Tlaib deleted the post just minutes after it went up, but not before close observers were able to nab a screenshot. It didn't take long for the tweet to spread among influential political commentators, especially conservatives, like Dinesh D'Souza, who retweeted a post calling out the congresswoman's blunder.The shooting in the Jewish community in Jersey City left six people dead, including a police officer. Investigators say one of the suspects posted anti-Semitic and anti-police sentiment online, noted The Associated Press. Two of the civilian victims, Mindy Ferencz and Moshe Deutsch, were reportedly members of the Orthodox Jewish community in the neighborhood. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced on

Rep. Adam Schiff turns over Pence aide's classified letter to Judiciary Committee

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has submitted to the Judiciary Committee a classified letter from an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PiyJcQ via Latest News

USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Impeach President Trump

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The president's transgressions and stonewalling are so egregious that the House needs to defend the nation's system of checks and balances: Our view from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EbKsUm via Latest News

How North Korea Could Start a War: Test a Nuclear Weapon in the Atmosphere

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Ah, yes, the infamous 'Juche Bird'. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36CdrwV via Latest News

With son sitting with her, Rep. Martha Roby votes against Trump impeachment

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The retiring representative said she believed the impeachment process was flawed. She did not address the substance of the charges against Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RRIC34 via Latest News