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Venezuela's government struggled to cope Friday with a massive electricity blackout that paralyzed much of the country as President Nicolas Maduro blamed the chaos on US sabotage. Maduro shut down offices and schools "in order to facilitate efforts for the recovery of electricity service in the country," Vice President Delcy Rodriguez tweeted. Power supply was gradually being restored to large areas of Caracas on Friday afternoon, as well as parts of Miranda state and Vargas, which contains the country's international airport and main port. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TCanOh via Latest News

NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan's capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbors, but also demanded that its archrival take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HpcLSi via Latest News

CHICAGO (AP) — News that a grand jury had indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Tzx9qf via Latest News

The president on Friday blasted a House resolution condemning hate. The bill passed with 234 Democrats and 173 Republicans voting yes, but 23 Republicans voted no. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NPuWBu via Latest News

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. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TGDfoE via Latest News

The freshman Democrat lawmaker calls the anti-Semitism controversy a 'learning experience. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UsMrdx via Latest News

Singer R. Kelly was released from jail Saturday after paying child support following a previous detention on sex abuse charges. The R&B superstar was taken into custody Wednesday after failing to come up with the $161,000 he owed in payments to his ex-wife and their three children. "I promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out," Kelly, 52, told journalists as he left prison. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H7L0y0 via Latest News

The Massachusetts senator spoke Saturday at the annual South by Southwest cultural festival in Austin, Texas, a day after proposing to take steps to break up companies like Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Co.’s Google if she’s elected. On Friday she called for legislation that would designate large technology companies as “platform utilities,” and for the appointment of regulators who’d unwind technology mergers that undermine competition and harm innovation and small businesses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XLcpuM via Latest News

The Dragon has returned to Earth.  SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule parachuted down to the Atlantic Ocean Friday morning, successfully capping the first test of a commercial spacecraft that will likely bring astronauts to the International Space Station — possibly in the next year.  The Crew Dragon capsule gently splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:45 a.m. ET after spending five days docked to the space station. The demonstration mission — which carried no humans but a dummy covered in sensors — is the first of at least one more test that NASA will use to determine if the Dragon capsule passes the space agency's rigid safety standards.  But it's a big first step.  After the capsule reached the space station last Sunday morning, NASA astronaut Anne McClain recognized the event on a live webcast: "We knew how significant it was and how important it was, really for the whole history of spaceflight. I've said it before: It is a new era," said M...

An October 2018 report from the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University projected that remodeling spending is expected to grow to more than $350 billion in the third quarter of 2019. Whether you're renovating your home for yourself, updating your home to sell or looking to spice up a living space that you rent, you'll see some new trends entering the interior design field this year -- and others easing out of the spotlight. An interior design trend, by definition, is the temporary popularity of a style, pattern, color or approach to decor. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HssAr0 via Latest News

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is an outspoken critic of President Trump. But she’s also critical of his predecessor. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HoOATV via Latest News

Authorities continued their search for a man who opened fire on a woman's vehicle after attempting to carjack her at a gas station in Rancho Cucamonga. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HpXl06 via Latest News

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 reverse the economic, political and social crisis in Venezuela, the total number of migrants and refugees could reach between 5.39 and 5.75 million by the end of 2019," said the report commissioned by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2J15DOk via Latest News

During a Q&A with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nye brings up climate change. from CNET https://ift.tt/2VRGMhx via Mobiles

Stan Lee's posthumous cameo is a loving nod to Smith's 1995 movie Mallrats. from CNET https://ift.tt/2IZ3KBt via Mobiles

They'll be at the center of a video series from Quiby, the upcoming streaming service from Hollywood player Jeffrey Katzenberg and tech maven Meg Whitman. from CNET https://ift.tt/2Cf7B7I via Mobiles

Our ongoing review of Samsung's cheapest Galaxy S10 is still uncovering what matters most. from CNET https://ift.tt/2UxO75G via Mobiles

It's been almost a decade since the worst nuclear disaster hit. Even now, robots are just getting close enough to see how big the problem is. from CNET https://ift.tt/2J0KIuB via Mobiles

Wonder Woman and Batgirl writer Gail Simone, one of Superheroine HQ's curators, talks about the importance of female superheroes: "People want these stories, and I want the gates wide open." from CNET https://ift.tt/2HbQ2ti via Mobiles

Director Peele follows up 2017's Get Out with a hotly anticipated doppelganger film. from CNET https://ift.tt/2Tug7KX via Mobiles