| Venezuela opposition plans to get oil money from U.S. fund Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:46 PM PST  The fund would receive income accrued by state-run oil firm PDVSA's U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum Corp since last month, when U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, opposition legislator Carlos Paparoni told Reuters. Guadio, head of Venezuela's National Assembly, last month declared himself to be the South American country's interim ruler.
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:03 AM PST  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Latin American states urge Venezuelan soldiers to abandon loyalty to regime and let in aid Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:40 AM PST  A coalition of Latin American nations is urging Venezuela's military to allow badly needed food and medicine to enter the country as the bloc pushes for a peaceful transition of power in the South American nation. The call came Monday from the Lima Group, which is made up of nearly a dozen conservative Latin American nations and Canada. It has led the push to recognize opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido as Venezuela's rightful leader and seeks ways to remove President Nicolas Maduro. The coalition met Monday in Ottawa and issued a declaration saying Venezuela's soldiers must show loyalty to Guaido. The group also said the United Nations and the international community should be ready to step in with humanitarian assistance for Venezuela. The US and other countries have already pledged humanitarian aid for Guaido's administration, though it remains to be seen where and how it can enter the country without the military's support. Further, the bloc dismissed the idea of opening negotiations with Maduro, who has used past talks as a stalling tactic. International clamor for snap elections in Venezuela intensified on Monday as European powers recognised Mr Guaido as interim leader, after Mr Maduro rejected an ultimatum to call early voting. Britain, France and Spain were among 19 EU nations to side with Mr Guaido, following in the footsteps of key regional powers and the United States, which has refused to rule out a military intervention in the crisis-wracked country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the European Union of seeking to overthrow Mr Maduro in defiance of "democracy." "On one side you will say 'democracy, democracy, democracy' and 'ballot box, ballot box, ballot box' and later you will dare to topple the government by violence and ruse," Mr Erdogan told his ruling party lawmakers in parliament, referring to the European Union. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attending a military ceremony to commemorate the "27th Anniversary of the Military RebellionIA Credit: MARCELO GARCIA/ AFP Key Maduro ally Russia on Monday slammed what it called interference in the oil-rich but now poor Latin American country, saying it was an attempt to "legitimise usurped power." Mr Guaido thanked each EU country in turn on Twitter "for supporting all Venezuelans in this struggle we undertake to rescue our nation's democracy, freedom and justice." Claiming his legitimacy from the constitution, the 35-year-old National Assembly leader stunned the world when he proclaimed himself interim president on January 23, setting up a tense standoff with Mr Maduro - with both men heading rival massive street rallies in Caracas on Saturday.
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| Virginia AG Admits He Wore Blackface at College Party Posted: 06 Feb 2019 08:44 AM PST  Virginia attorney general Mark Herring, who would assume the governorship should Governor Ralph Northam and Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax resign due to their own scandals, admitted Wednesday that he wore blackface at a college party in 1980. "In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow and perform a song," Herring wrote in a statement. Herring's revelation is the latest in a string of scandals that have embroiled Virginia Democrats in recent days.
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| Afghan president says he will oppose peace deal without his government Posted: 05 Feb 2019 10:25 AM PST  Ghani's government has so far been shut out of the evolving peace talks between Taliban negotiators and U.S. envoys to end more than 17 years of war, with the hardline Islamist movement branding his government as a U.S. puppet. "At the end of any peace deal, the decision-maker will be the government of Afghanistan," Ghani told TOLO News, the country's largest private television station. "No power in the country can dissolve the government," he said, adding that he was ready to "stand and defend our country".
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| The Latest: I-80 reopens in Sierra but with restrictions Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:28 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. West (all times local):
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| Family Says They've Gone from Planning Wedding to Funeral After Crash Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:15 PM PST  Two families are mourning the death of a 21-year-old man who was killed in a car crash.
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| Sears, Kmart employees to bankruptcy judge: Don't let Sears 'be a pawn in Lampert's game' Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:14 PM PST  A group of current and former employees of Sears Holdings exhorted a federal bankruptcy judge to force the retailer to make concessions.
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| Pompeo demands that Venezuela let in US aid Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:14 AM PST  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday demanded that Venezuela's military let in US-backed humanitarian aid, which President Nicolas Maduro has alleged is a cover for invasion. "The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian aid. The US and other countries are trying to help, but Venezuela's military under Maduro's orders is blocking aid with trucks and shipping tankers," Pompeo tweeted.
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| U.S. banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:48 PM PST  Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Democratic Socialist and Wall Street critic joined the 60-member House Financial Services Committee in mid-January and more than a dozen lobbyists interviewed by Reuters say the 29-year-old activist and former bartender is too high-profile to ignore. Richard Hunt, chief executive of the Consumer Bankers Association, said he had not encountered a lawmaker like Ocasio-Cortez in more than 20 years in Washington.
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| Black man slain by police: Protest after officer is cleared Posted: 06 Feb 2019 03:06 PM PST  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The parents of a black man killed by a police officer who mistook him for a shooter at a shopping mall joined chanting protesters outside the Alabama attorney general's office Wednesday, a day after the state cleared the officer of wrongdoing.
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| Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam clings to office amid racist yearbook photo scandal Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:57 PM PST  Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam clung to his job amid indications that he might not be forced out if he refuses to quit.
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| Donald Trump Announces Plan to Meet With Kim Jong Un in Vietnam Later This Month Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:35 PM PST  The summit is set to take place on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28
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| Snow, ice to unleash treacherous travel over north-central US through Thursday Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:48 AM PST  Snow, ice and gusty winds will create areas of treacherous travel across the north-central United States into late week.
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| Tusk’s ‘Place in Hell’ Jibe Reflects Fear and Frustration in Brussels Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:30 PM PST  A longer-than-scheduled, bad-tempered phone call between May and Tusk a week ago prompted a surge of concern in EU circles that May is unable to get any divorce deal through Parliament, according to European officials who declined to be named. Tusk was horrified that May was still asking the EU for solutions to end the impasse rather than coming up with credible ones of her own. May visits Brussels on Thursday as part of her efforts to get the EU to change the most controversial part of the divorce deal -- the Irish border backstop.
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| Fox Business Network presenter blames schools teaching ‘fairness’ as poll shows support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:31 AM PST  A Fox Business Network presenter blamed the fact schools have being teaching children "fairness" after the organisation's own polling showed there was overwhelming support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a "wealth tax" for those earning more than $50m and has won support from both Democrats and Republicans. In response to the poll, Charles Payne, host of Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne, said: "The idea of fairness has been promoted in our schools for a long time.
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| Venezuelan army moves to block aid shipments, sparking US anger Posted: 06 Feb 2019 03:07 PM PST  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido warned the army of its responsibilities on Wednesday after soldiers blocked a key border bridge, sparking angry demands from the United States to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter the country. Venezuela's army had to choose between "a dictatorship that does not have an iota of humanity, or to side with the constitution" from which he takes his legitimacy, Guaido said in an interview on Colombian radio. "The Maduro regime must LET THE AID REACH THE STARVING PEOPLE," Pompeo said in a tweet.
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| Central African Republic signs peace deal with armed groups Posted: 05 Feb 2019 04:41 AM PST  Central African Republic signed a peace deal with 14 armed groups on Tuesday following two weeks of talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The peace deal was announced on Saturday by the African Union but the terms were not immediately released. Central African Republic has been rocked by violence since 2013 when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted then-president Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militia.
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| Idaho woman charged in connection to missing Colorado mom Posted: 05 Feb 2019 05:24 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — An Idaho woman charged with tampering with physical evidence connected to the disappearance of a Colorado mother is set to appear in court Friday.
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| Kristoff St. John's death calls attention to risks facing suicide loss survivors Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:42 PM PST  Young and the Restless star Kristoff St. John's death highlights the risks that face survivors of suicide loss. His son Julian St. John died in 2014.
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| North Korea and America’s Second Summit: Here’s What John Dale Grover Thinks Will Happen Posted: 06 Feb 2019 05:53 AM PST  "Trump needs to decide whether or not to continue to insist on Kim giving up his entire nuclear weapons program."
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| Apple Watch ‘fall detection’ feature credited with saving man’s life Posted: 04 Feb 2019 06:03 PM PST ![Apple Watch 'fall detection' feature credited with saving man's life]( "Apple Watch 'fall detection' feature credited with saving man's life") One of the more interesting things about the Apple Watch is how the narrative behind the wearable has seemingly done a 180. Early on, the Apple Watch was positioned as something of a fashion accessory. Remember, for instance, the outrageously expensive Apple Watch Edition? Today, in sharp contrast, Apple prefers to tout the device as a fitness tracker and health monitor. Over the last few months, we've seen quite a few stories involving the heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch being used to detect potentially life-threatening health conditions. Indeed, it's no exaggeration to say that the Apple Watch has helped save numerous lives at this point. And now comes word that the fall detection feature first introduced on the Apple Watch Series 4 has started saving lives as well. According to a report from NRK, a 67-year old from Norway named Toralv Østvang credits his Apple Watch with saving his life. The story is that Østvang experienced a serious fall in his bathroom whereupon his Apple Watch automatically contacted rescue personnel. Recall, the Apple Watch, upon detecting a fall, will send a message to local emergency services -- along with information regarding your location -- if it detects that a user has been immobile for a full minute following a fall. About a half hour after the fall, rescue workers arrived on the scene and found Østvang lying on his bathroom floor, unconscious and bloody. In the midst of the fall, Østvang also sustained three fractures to his face. The fall detection feature on the Apple Watch is obviously geared towards older folks and, as a result, is off by default unless a user happens to be 65 or older.
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| May Heads to Northern Ireland in Search for a Brexit Answer Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:51 AM PST  The embattled premier has until next week to secure changes to the backstop -- the insurance policy meant to keep the Irish border open in the absence of a broader trade deal -- that will satisfy anti-EU members of her Conservative Party and win her a majority in Parliament. To do so, she is trying to reopen talks with Brussels on the deal she spent 18 months negotiating before Parliament rejected it by a record margin last month.
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| Toyota cuts full-year profit forecast, warns over Brexit Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:37 AM PST  Japanese car giant Toyota slashed its full-year net profit forecast Wednesday after saying its nine-month figure had tumbled nearly 30 percent as it was hit by investment losses. The firm's senior managing officer Masayoshi Shirayanagi also told reporters there was no way to avoid a negative impact in the event of a no-deal Brexit -- days after fellow Japanese carmaker Nissan announced a cut in production in Britain. The maker of the Camry sedan and Prius hybrid now expects annual net profit of 1.87 trillion yen ($17 billion) instead of the 2.3 trillion yen it projected three months ago.
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| Another winter storm to bring snow, cold across Seattle, northwestern US at late week Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:09 AM PST  After Seattle received nearly 3 inches of snow from the winter storm earlier this week, another round of accumulating snow will overspread the area later Friday into Saturday.
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| The Latest: Venezuelan man urges military to let in US aid Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:12 PM PST  CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
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| Explore the 2019 Audi TT RS in Photos Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:22 PM PST |
| Former Hacienda nurse accused of sexually assaulting, impregnating patient pleads not guilty Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:08 PM PST  Nathan Sutherland pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and vulnerable-adult abuse Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
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| U.S. judge sets Manafort sentencing date in Washington case Posted: 04 Feb 2019 07:29 PM PST  U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced on March 13 for attempted witness tampering and conspiring against the United States, according to a court filing on Monday. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, the federal judge presiding over Manafort's case in Washington, had previously tentatively scheduled the sentencing hearing for March 5. Manafort pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy against the United States and began cooperating with prosecutors working on U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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| The Northam Controversy Is a Perfect Moment to Reflect on Our History Posted: 06 Feb 2019 03:30 AM PST  There is a strange serendipity to having the scandal over Virginia governor Ralph Northam's past racist behavior break at the start of Black History Month. It serves as a timely reminder of both America's racial sins and the progress that we've made to overcome them. From lynching to the rise and fall and rise of the Klan to legally enforced segregation, slavery was followed by more than a century and a half of second-class citizenship. And even in the decades since the worst aspects of Jim Crow were finally outlawed in the 1960s, the treatment of African Americans has remained unequal.
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| CeraVe is working on going vegan Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:17 AM PST  CeraVe is the latest beauty brand to pivot towards veganism. The prestige skincare brand is currently in the process of making its products more vegan-friendly in the US and Canada, with the goal of making its offerings more than 90 percent vegan by the year 2021, reports Allure. Currently, CeraVe products in North America feature a type of cholesterol derived from sheep's wool, but the brand hopes to replace this with a vegan version over the next few years.
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| Latvia seeks international treaty after ill-fated missile pact Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:02 PM PST  Latvia's foreign minister called Tuesday for long-term diplomacy to reach a new international agreement on intermediate-range missiles after the collapse of a landmark treaty between Russia and the United States. The NATO ally has supported the US decision to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, agreeing with Washington that a new Russian missile system violated the 1987 pact, but called for a new accord in its place. "I would advocate -- even if it is going to take a very long period of time, even if it may be a very, sometimes, complex and disappointing, from time to time, process -- it would be good to try to find a way forward on a multilateral arms control agreement in this area," Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics told AFP.
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| How to Determine Your Disposable Income Posted: 05 Feb 2019 11:16 AM PST ![How to Determine Your Disposable Income]( "How to Determine Your Disposable Income") Disposable income is an often-misunderstood term. This is why it's always a good idea to understand what disposable income is. Understanding how much disposable income you have can help you improve your budget.
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| Southwest Airlines: First Hawaii test flight is today Posted: 05 Feb 2019 05:59 AM PST ![Southwest Airlines: First Hawaii test flight is today]( "Southwest Airlines: First Hawaii test flight is today") Southwest Airlines appears to be inching ever-closer to launching its long-anticipated service to Hawaii with its first overwater validation flight.
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| Cornered in Syria, IS lays groundwork for a new insurgency Posted: 06 Feb 2019 07:13 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State gunmen came out of hiding in the middle of the night and set up a checkpoint on a rural road in eastern Syria. For several hours, they stopped those passing and searched through their mobile phones to check their allegiances, until they vanished again into the desert.
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| The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD Is Smart, Burly, and Can Tow up to 35,500 Pounds Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:04 PM PST  Upgraded powertrains, a beefier chassis, new styling, and a host of high-tech features up Chevy's heavy-duty game.
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| Milwaukee police officer killed while serving warrant Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:46 PM PST  A Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed while serving a warrant, according to medical examiner.
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| Highlights: Trump's big speech stresses border, healthcare, foreign policy Posted: 05 Feb 2019 11:32 PM PST ![Highlights: Trump's big speech stresses border, healthcare, foreign policy]( "Highlights: Trump's big speech stresses border, healthcare, foreign policy") U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered an 82-minute State of the Union address to Congress focused heavily on U.S.-Mexico border security, but providing few details on new policy initiatives. Here are some highlights of his speech: IMMIGRATION "Congress has 10 days left to pass a bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland and secure our very dangerous southern border." "My administration has sent to Congress a common-sense proposal to end the crisis on the southern border." "It includes humanitarian assistance, more law enforcement, drug detection at our ports, closing loopholes that enable child smuggling and plans for a new physical barrier, or wall, to secure the vast areas between our ports of entry. "This is a smart, strategic, see-through steel barrier, not just a simple concrete wall.
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