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The New Ford Focus ST Looks Awesome and Makes 276 Horsepower

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It's not too late for Ford to change its mind about bringing this hot hatch to America, is it? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2V6BDli via Latest News

Florida inmates use criminal skills to rescue baby from car

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A group of prisoners in Florida put their criminal skills to good use on Valentine’s Day – breaking into a car, to free a baby locked inside. The prisoners, on work-release, were repairing parking meters in Pasco County, north of Tampa, when they spotted the family in distress. The one-year-old child was trapped inside the car, with the keys inside. The family was unable to afford a locksmith and so, in the 56 degree Fahrenheit heat, the father was preparing to break the window. That is when the prisoners, in their black and white uniforms, offered to help, and worked in a team to pry open the front door just enough for one inmate to use a coat hanger to push a button that unlocked the 4x4’s door. In a video, which has gone viral, police are heard telling the father to "pop his head in the window" so "strange faces" would not scare the baby. Another person in the video, filmed by the baby’s mother Shadow Lantry, can be heard commenting on the "hilarious situati

Iran arrests 3 'terrorists' over suicide bomb attack

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Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Monday it has arrested three "terrorists" involved in last week's deadly suicide bomb attack on security forces in a region bordering Pakistan. "Safe houses in (the cities of) Saravan and Khash were identified and eliminated, and the terrorists based in them were arrested," the force said on its official Sepah news agency. The Guards said the three arrested had "produced, guided and supported" the vehicle used in Wednesday's suicide bombing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2BHLnuQ via Latest News

Emails show how fake university set up by ICE lured foreign students

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Emails obtained by the Detroit Free Press offer a glimpse into how a fake university in Detroit may have convinced students it was real. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2EgTmAX via Latest News

Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Poland on Monday withdrew from a European summit in Jerusalem, derailing the meeting and embarrassing its Israeli hosts, to protest claims by Israel's acting foreign minister that Poles collaborated with the Nazis and "suckled anti-Semitism with their mothers' milk." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SJSDRC via Latest News

Venezuela stages own concerts in response to Branson's Live Aid show

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Venezuela's government will stage two concerts on the Colombian border this weekend to compete with a "Live Aid"-style show announced by British billionaire Richard Branson to raise funds for food and medicine for the South American country. Increasingly internationally isolated President Nicolas Maduro, who denies there is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, says Western relief efforts coordinated by the opposition are part of a U.S.-orchestrated coup to overthrow him. Branson said last week he was organizing a concert on Feb. 22 to raise funds for aid for Venezuela in the Colombian border city of Cucuta, where donations provided by the United States and others are already being stockpiled. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2twreTX via Latest News

Man awarded £120m in compensation from Ford after being paralysed in car accident

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An Alabama jury has awarded $151.8m (£117.4m) to a young man paralyzed in a 2015 rollover accident involving a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, Ford and lawyers in the case said on Sunday. The jury awarded $100m in punitive damages and the rest in compensatory damages after finding that the 1998 Ford Explorer did not meet the company’s own safety guidelines, according to a court document seen by Reuters and lawyers for plaintiff Travaris “Tre” Smith. The document, released on Friday, said Ford “acted wantonly” in designing the vehicle. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SaWjXw via Latest News

GMC Acadia souped up with new engine, trim, and tech

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GMC has unveiled the refreshed Acadia for the 2020 model year complete with a new trim, a fresh look, and the latest GMC infotainment system. GMC announced on Monday that the Acadia has gotten its midcycle refresh, and now, the lineup looks more like a group of Sierra pickups from the front than mid-size SUVs. In addition to its new exterior styling, the Acadia has a new powertrain option and an assortment of new technologies including an enhanced infotainment system and heads-up display. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SSJANB via Latest News

Gisele Bundchen flaunts bikini bod, Tom Brady during family vacation

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Gisele Bundchen flaunts bikini bod and husband Tom Brady during a family vacation to Costa Rica. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Gvw5gN via Latest News

Group sees 'disconnect' between pope's words, actions on sex abuse

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A US-based group that compiles data on sexual abuse by Catholic clerics and bishops accused of covering it up fears that a bid by Pope Francis to tackle the scandals is a case of too little, too late. Speaking ahead of a Vatican summit of bishops this week to discuss the crisis, Anne Barret Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, complained of a "disconnect" between the pontiff's strong statements and his actions. The non-governmental organisation is taking part in a counter-summit of victims running alongside the Vatican event. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TXquD0 via Latest News

Japan's Abe Declines to Say If He Backed Trump for Nobel Prize

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Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line during a parliamentary committee meeting Monday when asked about Trump’s claim from Friday that the Japanese leader had put his name forward for the prize. “I am not saying it’s not true,” he told an opposition lawmaker, adding that the Nobel committee doesn’t reveal nominations and he would refrain from commenting. Abe praised Trump for his diplomacy with North Korea and helping to protect Japan, which relies on the U.S. military for its defense. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2tscvd2 via Latest News

Saudi official fires back after Iran blames attack on Riyadh

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Saudi diplomat on Monday fired back after Iran initially blamed the kingdom for an attack last week that killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GMwDON via Latest News

Official cites 'unlawful' balloting in U.S. congressional vote

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Kim Strach, executive director of the state election board, on Monday said investigators had uncovered a "coordinated, unlawful and substantially resourced absentee ballot scheme" orchestrated by a political operative working for Harris. Strach said operative Leslie McCrae Dowless hired workers to collect absentee ballot requests from voters and then return to retrieve the ballots, in violation of state law. Lisa Britt, who worked for Dowless on the absentee ballots, testified that he instructed his workers to fill in responses for races left blank to avoid “red flags” with the local elections board. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DNM4Db via Latest News

Amazon announces plans to make half of shipments carbon neutral by 2030

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Online retail giant Amazon has announced plans to make alf if its shipments carbon neutral by the year 2030. The company, which ships millions of packages a year to shoppers, said that it will achieve that goal by switching to renewable energy sources and by asking suppliers to reimagine their packaging. “It won’t be easy to achieve this goal, but it’s worth being focused and stubborn on this vision and we’re committed to seeing it through,” Dave Clark, Amazon senior vice president of worldwide operations, said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2BFnYKI via Latest News

Las Vegas snow: Up to 2 inches of snow falls on strip for 1st time in decade

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Wild weather in Nevada! Parts of Las Vegas, including the strip, are waking up to as much as 2 inches of snow. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Nc7BcZ via Latest News

Macau police investigate suspected murder at Sands casino resort: media

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Police in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau are investigating what they suspect is a rare murder in a five-star casino resort after a Chinese man was found stabbed in his bed, broadcaster TDM reported on Monday. Murder cases have been rare in the Chinese territory since Portugal ceded control of what had been a colonial backwater on the heel of China's southern coast 20 years ago. The suspected murder took place in Sands China's Conrad Macau hotel, TDM reported, citing police. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GsWBr6 via Latest News

Belgian Jewish museum trial interrupted as juror questioned

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The trial of a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish museum of Belgium was briefly interrupted on Monday as police were summoned to question a juror. "We cannot start the closing arguments under these conditions," judge Laurence Massart said, after recusing the juror for having communicated with outside parties. "This is probably a person in search of attention," said Sebastien Courtoy, the lawyer for the accused Mehdi Nemmouche, referring to the juror's work colleague. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GV0GUH via Latest News

Pence and Biden in Munich: Stark contrast shows how Trump is ruining relations with Europe

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Former ambassador: We're safer in NATO than outside it, but Donald Trump doesn't seem to realize that and is separating us from our closest allies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XaYKgn via Latest News

Saudi Prince Starts Asia Trip Pledging $20 Billion for Pakistan

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The two nations signed memorandums of understanding in the energy and agriculture sectors, including one for a $10 billion oil refinery in southwestern city of Gwadar, where China has helped build a deep water port. Saudi Arabia also signed a pact to provide Pakistan with crude oil and petroleum products on delayed payments to meets its energy needs. “We are creating a great future for Saudi Arabia and Pakistan,” Prince Mohammed, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, said at a reception by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday in Islamabad at the start of a two-day trip. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SMfHz2 via Latest News

7 Lawmakers Quit U.K.'s Labour Party Over Brexit and Anti-Semitism

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Seven U.K. lawmakers resigned in an act of protest against the party’s Brexit policy and persistent allegations of anti-Semitism. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Ei512k via Latest News