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The Spring Budget was the most important economic statement of the year, but then it moved to the autumn. from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2p4HM2N via Online Shopping

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President Donald Trump suggested drug dealers in the United States should face harsher punishments, such as the death penalty or life in prison, during a campaign rally for congressional candidate Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania on Saturday. “I think it’s a discussion we have to start thinking about,” Trump said during the rally in Moon Township. “That means if we catch a drug dealer, death penalty,” Trump said of Singapore, recalling a conversation he had with the country’s president. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2tukHvS via Latest News

The community in Yountville, California are remembering the victims of the standoff: three staff members at the nation’s largest veterans home, one of whom was seven months pregnant. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DhZHIy via Latest News

A Florida sheriff’s deputy who resigned for staying outside Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School during last month’s mass shooting also warned other officers to stay away, according to newly released police radio recordings. Peterson, an armed school resource officer hired to protect students on the Parkland, Florida, campus, was forced to resign after it was discovered he did not engage the shooter. Peterson can be heard on the recordings giving commands as he waits outside the school and the first officers arrive. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2oYjdp1 via Latest News

Rachel Maddow reports on the teachers of West Virginia ending their record-setting strike after winning the raise they were demanding, and points out that West Virginia isn't the only state with teachers who are overdue raises. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2tzBNbN via Latest News

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's neighbor pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge for tackling the lawmaker in an attack his attorney says was triggered by a dispute over lawn maintenance. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2IeaBCJ via Latest News

A reckless driving suspect barricaded himself inside an apartment complex and shot at two officers through the door, leaving one dead. The suspect is now custody. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FqOPhn via Latest News

The US added an impressive 313,000 jobs in February, but wage growth cooled, according to the latest official employment report. It was the biggest monthly increase in American non-farm payrolls since July 2016. The January wage growth figure was revised down to 2.8 per cent. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2p16qBy via Latest News

The March 13 election has the potential to upend expectations about how safe even the reddest of Republican congressional districts will be in the 2018 midterms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GdOago via Latest News

“If money wasn’t a factor and the options were limitless, what would your partner be doing with their life? Do you know what excites them and lights a fire in their heart and soul? Knowing the answer to this question can help you encourage your partner to dabble in things that you know interest them. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2p3Jph9 via Latest News

A standoff at a veterans home in Yountville, California, ended Friday night with the deaths of three female employees and the gunman who took them hostage, the California Highway Patrol said. Police identified the shooter as Albert Wong, a military veteran they said was armed with a high-powered rifle. The gunman stormed the Veterans Home of California-Yountville in Napa County midmorning Friday during a farewell party for an employee. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GfjDPa via Latest News

The American aircraft carrier arrived this week in Vietnam, serving as a reminder to China that the U.S. will not stand for its claim to the South China Sea and the islands it has built there. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DhWBEq via Latest News

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cancelled scheduled events on Saturday on the second day of a visit to Kenya because he had been feeling unwell, a State Department spokesman said, adding that he would resume his programme on Sunday. "The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues back home such as North Korea and has cancelled his events for the day," spokesman Steve Goldstein told reporters travelling with Tillerson. "Some events will go ahead without him, while they are looking at the possibility of rescheduling others," said Goldstein, under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs at the State Department. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DjI236 via Latest News

China's rubber-stamp parliament is set Sunday to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote. The National People's Congress is all but certain to approve a constitutional amendment that has stunned many in China, sparking an unusual bout of criticism that censors have scrambled to extinguish. The move reverses the era of "collective" leadership and orderly succession that was promoted by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to ensure stability following the turbulent one-man rule of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2tBhqex via Latest News

The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ― but succinct ― wisdom. Each week, HuffPost Women rounds up hilarious 280-character musings. To see this week’s great tweets from women, scroll through the list below. Then visit our Funniest Tweets From Women page for our past collections. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2p4cNE7 via Latest News

The former Trump adviser Steve Bannon tells the French far-right Front National to wear the racism label, given by the 'globalists,' with honor. Rough cut (no reporter narration). from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2IgK73L via Latest News

A coffee shop has banned police officers dressed in uniform in an effort to prevent their customers from becoming upset by their presence. The ban began when Hasta Muerte in Oakland, California, denied a police officer’s request to buy a drink last month over fears for the “emotional safety” of other customers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2IgylGr via Latest News

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on a planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2HmZqGu via Latest News

Fifty-six years after it’s publication, Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved children’s book A Wrinkle In Time came to the big screen under the direction of Ava DuVernay, the Oscar-nominated black woman filmmaker from Compton. DuVernay’s version of the classic story comes with many changes, the most obvious being that the main protagonist Meg looks a lot different than how many readers may have imagined her. DuVernay’s creation is a representation of multifaceted black girlhood where positive traits, like love, hope and determination exist alongside anger, stubbornness and impatience. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FIKZj1 via Latest News