| New York Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Police Killing Of Black Man Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The New York attorney general's office is opening an investigation into the
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| Phil Bredesen is a Democrat who thinks he can win in Tennessee. He might be right. Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The former governor's surprise decision to jump into the race in December put Tennessee's Senate campaign on the national map, giving Democrats a slim chance at regaining control of the U.S. Senate this fall.
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| NYT: EPA Officials Reassigned, Demoted For Questioning Scott Pruitt's Spending Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON -- Several high-ranking officials at the Environmental Protection
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| Unfiltered: ‘I have never seen that many injured patients by high-velocity weapons all at once.’ Posted: 04 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT  "It was around noontime when all of our pages went off and we were notified that a mass shooting had occurred in Sutherland Springs, Texas," recalls Dr. Lillian Liao, a pediatric trauma surgeon and medical director at University Hospital in San Antonio. Moments earlier, 26-year-old gunman Devin Patrick Kelly opened fire on a packed Sunday church service using a semi-automatic rifle. In this third episode of "Unfiltered," a new weekly Yahoo News interview series documenting the real, unflinching and unapologetic voices of America, we learn what it's like for trauma surgeons to treat victims of assault rifle mass shootings.
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| PHOTOS: Immigrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Even though the Trump administration speaks of an immigration "crisis" on the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol statistics show the fewest apprehensions of illegal immigrants on the border in 46 years. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2017, there were 303,916 such arrests, the lowest level since fiscal 1971. Unable to get the U.S. Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, President Donald Trump will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said. (Reuters)
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| Pentagon reportedly favors Amazon for cloud contract, Southwest CEO hasn’t talked to Buffett, Apple poaches Google AI chief Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:57 AM PDT  Amazon, Southwest, Apple, CBS and Viacom are the companies to watch.
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| Jury Finds Adam Shacknai Responsible for Rebecca Zahau’s Hanging Death in San Diego Mansion Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:06 AM PDT  The hanging death of Rebecca Zahau in the Spreckles Mansion created a long-lasting mystery.
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| Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:15 AM PDT ![Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark]( "Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark") Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets during a march and demonstration in front of the offices of District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on April 4, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. It's the latest in a series of protests following the March 18 police shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark.
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| Ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and wife Judith divorcing: media Posted: 04 Apr 2018 01:12 PM PDT  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who rose to national fame in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and his third wife, Judith, are divorcing, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. After a 15-year marriage, Judith Giuliani, 63, filed a contested divorce proceeding in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, indicating an expected fight over their assets, including properties in New York and Palm Beach, Florida. "It is with great sadness I can confirm that Judith and I are divorcing," Rudy Giuliani, 73, told the Post.
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| Martin Luther King Jr.'s Daughter Reveals Topic Of Scathing Sermon He Never Got To Give Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:04 AM PDT  Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s surviving children gave powerful sermons
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| Police defend decision not to detain YouTube shooter hours before shooting Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:07 AM PDT  Nasim Aghdam, whom Northern California police found sleeping in her car early Tuesday, had been reported missing by her family in San Diego. But they say she was calm and cooperative.
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| 2019 Jeep Wrangler Pickup Renderings From Fourm Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:58 AM PDT  We won't see the long-awaited Wrangler Pickup until later in 2018, but these illustrations from a Jeep forum give a great preview of what it could look like.
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| Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces on Gaza border: ministry Posted: 03 Apr 2018 09:50 PM PDT  A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces on the Gaza border Tuesday, the health ministry in the strip said, as tensions remained high days after 17 people were killed when a mass demonstration led to clashes. The ministry identified the dead man as 25-year-old Ahmed Arafa, saying he was shot in the chest during clashes east of Bureij in central Gaza.
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| Nurse Fired For Saying Stephon Clark Deserved To Die Raises $20,000 For Herself Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:37 AM PDT  A California nurse who was fired from her job after saying Stephon Clark
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| Poisoned daughter better as UK-Russia dispute at UN worsens Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:49 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The daughter of a former Russian spy poisoned by a nerve agent said Thursday in her first public comment that she's recovering even as the international furor over the attack intensified, with Russia claiming intelligence services of other countries were probably behind it.
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| Missing CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham Found Dead Two Months After He Vanished Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:21 AM PDT  He vanished nearly two months ago
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| Florida car crash: Audio emerges of emergency response to collision that killed British family Posted: 04 Apr 2018 08:59 AM PDT  An audio recording has emerged of the aftermath of a car crash that killed four members of a British family in Florida. The group were returning from a visit to the Kennedy Space Centre when they turned their rental car into the path of a black Ford pickup truck. "Colombia and Sisson, Colombia and Sisson, three people unconscious," says one emergency responder in the recording.
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| Watch Ted Cruz's Reaction When Asked To Take A DNA Test To Prove He's Human Posted: 04 Apr 2018 10:01 PM PDT  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was issued an unusual challenge on Tuesday night when
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| Video blogger who opened fire at YouTube was angry with company, police say Posted: 04 Apr 2018 05:09 PM PDT ![Video blogger who opened fire at YouTube was angry with company, police say]( "Video blogger who opened fire at YouTube was angry with company, police say") By Paresh Dave and Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with "injustice and diseases" opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters because she was angry at a site she believed was suppressing her videos, police said on Wednesday. In Persian and English-language online postings, Nasim Najafi Aghdam, 39, had railed against the video-sharing site owned by Alphabet Inc's Google before wounding three people and killing herself on Tuesday at its offices in San Bruno, just south of San Francisco. In an English-language video posted to her YouTube account before the channel was deleted on Tuesday, Aghdam said, "I am being discriminated.
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| Big shark swings by cops just doing their job Posted: 04 Apr 2018 08:03 PM PDT  Cops are used to surprises on the job, but seldom a casual great white shark. South Australian Police looking to breathalyse and check up on boat operators last Friday were greeted by the animal, who cruised around them for about 10 minutes. SEE ALSO: Try not to get hypnotized by this 'shark whisperer' and his calming powers It's estimated the shark, nicknamed Noah by police, measured around 4.5 to five metres (14 feet) long. "I told the boys to back off a bit because the shark was right next to us," fisherman Mark Oaks told ABC News. "For probably the next 10 or 15 minutes we just sat around. The police brought the big boat in, which is where the footage from above the shark has come from." "Noah wasn't keen on being breath tested and our Water Operations Unit officers were happy to oblige!" South Australia Police wrote in a Facebook post. The great white shark is arguably one of the most feared species in Australian waters due to its threat to humans. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, however its exact population in the south-west of Australia remains unknown despite attempts to calculate it. WATCH: Jeff Goldblum is back in the amazing 'Jurassic World Evolution' video game
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| Woman Fired After Flipping Off Trump's Motorcade Sues Former Employer Posted: 04 Apr 2018 04:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Juli Briskman made headlines last fall after a photo of her
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| Bollywood actor Salman Khan guilty of poaching rare antelope Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:17 AM PDT  An Indian court jailed Bollywood star Salman Khan for five years for poaching on Thursday, lawyers said, a sentence likely to derail the career of one of the country's most popular actors. Khan, 52, was found guilty of violating wildlife laws by killing a blackbuck, an endangered species of antelope, in 1998. Four other Bollywood actors accused in the case were acquitted. The stocky Khan wore a black shirt and sunglasses as he entered the court followed by an entourage of aides. Television footage later showed police escorting him to jail in Jodhpur, in the western state of Rajasthan. Khan, one of India's biggest actors, has a checkered history of brushes with the law Television said Khan planned to appeal against the sentence. His lawyer, Anand Desai, told Reuters he had submitted a plea for bail which a judge will hear on Friday. The case was brought by members of a community known as the Bishnoi, who revere antelopes. The community has pursued the case against Khan for almost two decades and cheered the decision by setting off firecrackers near the courthouse and handing out sweets. Four other Bollywood actors accused in the case - Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre - were acquitted, prosecution lawyer Mahipal Bishnoi said. Some actors came out in Khan's support. "I feel this is too harsh. I do hope he gets the relief he deserves," Arjun Rampal said. Khan has had a history of run-ins with the law. In 2015, Bombay High Court overturned his conviction in a hit-and-run case in which he was accused of running over a group of people sleeping on a city sidewalk, killing one and injuring four. Last year, another court in Jodhpur acquitted Khan in a separate poaching case, ruling that there was no proof that Khan had killed an endangered gazelle. Khan has made a series of blockbuster hits in the last few years with the latest in December, "Tiger Zinda Hai", grossing more than 3 billion rupees ($52 million) at the box office. His next film, "Race 3", is an action thriller scheduled for release later in the year. The court's ruling against Khan, who has 32.5 million followers on Twitter and was promoting his movie last week, sparked worries among Bollywood traders. "If he doesn't get bail, then the jail term will have repercussions," said Girish Johar, a trade analyst. "He is a big star, and has a lot of big films lined up, all scheduled to be released over the next two years."
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| The Latest: US forces setting up positions in north Syria Posted: 04 Apr 2018 08:34 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
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| Jaime King's 4-Year-Old Son Hit With Broken Glass In Bizarre Car Attack Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:10 AM PDT  Actress Jaime King's 4-year-old son James was showered with glass as he sat
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| Four Marine helicopter crew presumed dead after California crash Posted: 04 Apr 2018 12:02 AM PDT  The helicopter was a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing based at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, Ca., according to a statement from the Marines. It is the largest and heaviest "heavy-lift" helicopter in the U.S. military.
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| Black Parkland Students Want Peers To 'Share The Mic' Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:53 AM PDT  Black students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are calling out the
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| Who is Nasim Najafi Aghdam? Suspect in shooting at YouTube headquarters identified by police Posted: 04 Apr 2018 09:10 AM PDT  Authorities identified 39-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam as the suspect in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. Law enforcement sources confirmed Aghdam died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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| This FBI Study Shows Just How Rare Female Mass Shooters Are Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:06 AM PDT  The suspected YouTube shooter was a woman
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| Is President Trump Working to Repair 'Damaged' Relationship With Tiffany? Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:14 PM PDT  The commander in chief's daughter has been seen much more often at the White House in recent days amid a report that she feels "awkward" around the family.
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| You're Doubling The Glycemic Index Of A Sweet Potato When You Bake It Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:46 AM PDT  A baked sweet potato is one of those rare things in life that's both good for
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| 8 Worst Muscle Cars Of The 1980s Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT |
| Turkey, Russia, Iran urge 'lasting ceasefire' in Syria Posted: 04 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  The presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia vowed to work for a lasting ceasefire after over seven years of civil war in Syria, following a summit aimed at boosting both peace prospects and also their influence in the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran's Hassan Rouhani and Russia's Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating for "the achievement of a lasting ceasefire between the conflicting parties", a joint communique said. The meeting in Ankara was the second such tripartite summit after the first hosted by Putin in November in the Black Sea city of Sochi, in a new symbol of an increasingly deep cooperation.
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| US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas, third crash in two days Posted: 04 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT  An American F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third US military aircraft crash in two days. "An Air Force F-16 assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed at approximately 10.30 am during routine training on the Nevada Test and Training Range," the Air Force said in a statement. "The condition of the pilot is not known at this time," it said. The crash followed two others the day before. In California, a Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter crashed with four crew aboard. A United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter like that which crashed in California, sits at North Island Naval Air Station Coronado Credit: Louis Nastro/Reuters "The status of all four is presumed dead pending positive identification," the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said. And in Djibouti, a Marine AV-8B Harrier jet crashed after the pilot ejected during takeoff. "Doctors said the pilot was in stable condition," US Naval Forces Central Command said. US Defense Department chief James Mattis secured a record budget last month for the Pentagon, which will allow investments that have been on hold for several years, including in the Navy, which is overstretched in foreign theaters, and the Air Force, which suffers rapid pilot turnover due to more lucrative private sector options.
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| US seizes pot-growing houses tied to China-based criminals Posted: 04 Apr 2018 05:14 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 Northern California houses purchased with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime organization and used to grow massive amounts of marijuana illegally, authorities said Wednesday.
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| Watch in horror as Donald Trump's hair attempts another daring escape Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:51 PM PDT  President Trump's hair is the subject of plenty of internet memes. The latest craze appears to be images of Donald Trump boarding Air Force One as he headed to West Virginia Thursday, his hair violently battling the fierce winds. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump's 'pee tape' controversy, explained What may look like just a blustery day could be the latest in escape attempts from Trump's infamous comb over. Image: Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty ImagesThere's hair that gets perfectly swept by the wind, there's hair that gets messy and tangled, and then there's Donald Trump's hair, which looks like it is trying to completely dislodge itself from his scalp. watching his hair blow in the wind is honestly hypnotic pic.twitter.com/k82Kl37Ejq — David Mack (@davidmackau) April 5, 2018 Using the wind as a disguise, the hair is writhing in an attempt to free itself and embark on a life of its own. Just look at that struggle. Image: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesBut much like Trump's sway on parts of the nation, his scalp maintains a strong, sticky grip on his hair. It's almost tranquil, in a weird,"let's focus on the ridiculousness of his hair instead of everything else going wrong in the world" sorta way. It's kinda zen. Kinda.Image: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesPerhaps one day Trump's hair will find freedom. Today is not that day. WATCH: Scientist Ivanka's accessories are Photoshopped separately
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| Sri Lankan PM survives no confidence vote Posted: 04 Apr 2018 12:10 PM PDT  By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of legislators voted to support his coalition government but the instability caused may damage its reform agenda. The opposition, eyeing fractures within the ruling alliance, had sponsored the trust vote against Wickremesinghe blaming him for failing to prevent an alleged scam https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-bond-arrest/sri-lanka-police-arrest-two-over-alleged-bond-scam-idUSL4N1PU07C in the bond market, and for failing to stop anti-Muslim riots https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-clashes-insight/police-politicians-accused-of-joining-sri-lankas-anti-muslim-riots-idUSKBN1H102Q that occurred last month.
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| Cardi B To Be First Co-Host Of 'The Tonight Show' With Jimmy Fallon Posted: 04 Apr 2018 06:44 AM PDT  Look, she don't dance now. She makes TV moves.
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| Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin: Teachers on strike are like 'teenagers who want a better car' Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:28 AM PDT  Teachers going on strike to demand a salary increase are like "a teenager wanting a better car," according to Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.
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| Hyundai Large SUV Could Be Called “Palisade” Posted: 04 Apr 2018 12:56 AM PDT  Kia Telluride's brother should be revealed early next year.
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| Police: Officers mistake pipe for gun, fatally shoot man Posted: 04 Apr 2018 07:38 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun on Wednesday fatally shot a man carrying a metal pipe, mistaking it for a firearm, police said.
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| Virgin Galactic completes first powered flight since fatal crash in 2014 Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:02 AM PDT  Virgin Galactic has completed its first powered flight since a fatal crash nearly four years, a milestone which Sir Richard Branson said brought space 'tantalisingly close.' The company has struggled to re-establish itself following the death of co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, who was killed when his aircraft crashed into the Mojave Desert in California in October 2014. Virgin Galactic had promised to send space tourists to the edge of Earth's atmosphere where they could see the curvature of the planet and experience weightlessness. But after Captain Alsbury's death, some customers who had already bought tickets demanded refunds, and the company spent years redesigning the craft, carrying out extensive engine testing and glide tests before attempting another supersonic flight. Virgin Galactic's Unity aircraft completed its first powered flight in the Mojave desert Credit: Virgin Galactic On Thursday the Unity spacecraft took up with a two member crew from the Mojave Air and Space port, lifted by the jet-powered mothership Eve. It then powered up for 30 seconds and landed safely. It puts Britain firmly back in the commercial tourism and launch provider space race, which until recently the US appeared to be winning. Branson said Virgin Galactic was 'back on track' and confirmed that the flight had reached Mach 1.6, more than 1.5 times the speed of sound. Announcing the success on Twitter, he added: "Data review to come, then on to the next flight. Space feels tantalisingly close now." The entire project has been dogged with problems. Two of the six flights made by SpaceShipOne suffered potentially catastrophic problems. And in 2007, an explosion killed three engineers. It is the first time Virgin Galactic has completed a power flight since the death of Captain Michael Alsbury in October 2014 Credit: Virgin Galactic Before the accident, Virgin Galactic said the first space tourism flights would begin in the Spring of 2015. Even in the November following the crash CEO George Whitesides said it would be 'months not years' until commercial flights began, but an investigation found there had been inadequate safety features and the team was forced to go back to the drawing board, unveiling a new design in 2016. Around 24 passengers pulled out and have had the $250,000 (£157,000) ticket price refunded. Although some may only have paid deposits, the company stands to lose more than £3 million in lost sales. High profile ticket-holders include Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and, until his death Stephen Hawking. In October, Virgin Galactic was given a huge $1 billion boost from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At the time, Branson said the company was just months away from sending a ship into Earth's atmosphere. Following the flight Virgin Galactic tweeted: "Touch down. Congratulations Mark "Forger" Stucky and Dave Mackay for a great milestone test flight"
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| Google staff protest company's involvement with Pentagon drones programme Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:32 AM PDT  Thousands of Google staff are protesting against the use of the company's technology in the Pentagon's controversial drones programme. The US Department of Defense's Project Maven, commenced last April, utilises the Silicon Valley search giant's artificial intelligence system to analyse vast amounts of footage captured by the US Army's unmanned surveillance planes around the world. Around 3,100 staff are thought to have signed a letter to Google boss Sundar Pichai, demanding that the company pulls out of the project.
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| Tired of winning yet? You're not alone. Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Donald Trump warned us that we'd win so much, we'd eventually grow tired of winning. But winning, in Trump's mind, wasn't about us. It was about him.
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| Adam Rippon Says He Received Death Threats For Being Gay Olympian Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:25 AM PDT  Adam Rippon's skating skills and brash personality turned him into one of the
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