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Contributions to powerful gun lobby group the National Rifle Association (NRA) increased significantly last month in the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school. On 14 February, a shooter armed with an AR-15 rifle killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The data indicates that as student survivors of the shooting began mobilising a mass movement calling for stricter gun control laws, gun advocates took action in a different way. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pQwa4N

A Colorado man has been arrested after allegedly shooting his neighbour five times in the head because he thought he was beating his dog. Michael Kourosh Sadeghi, 32, was arrested for allegedly killing his 42-year-old Denver neighbour, Dustin Schmidt, after an incident in which he is said to have walked into his back yard and unloaded five shots into the back of the neighbour's head. Vicki Branaghan,— the victim's fiancee — who said she was in the backyard at the time, told the Denver Post that the gun shots followed after Mr Schmidt swatted his dog for trying to jump over their fence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GkgrFs

The Hart Tribe, as they were known, took spontaneous road trips, and they may have been on one when their SUV plunged off a cliff. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GmGRCx

At least 10 companies announced Thursday that they were pulling the plug on from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uxf8xh

Vili Fualaau, 34, allegedly had a dazed expression, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech when police in Burien stopped him on Feb. 2. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GmaAzp

President Trump took aim at Amazon on Twitter, claiming the company pays “little or no taxes” (Amazon pays local and federal taxes) and hurts small businesses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uCJ6jA

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It follows a March 27 Mega Millions drawing that was the twenty-third in a row without a jackpot-winning ticket. Friday’s 11 pm ET (0300 GMT) jackpot drawing will be for the tenth largest prize ever offered in the United States. The Mega Millions record is $656 million won in 2012. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pSSeuG

Tonight, students are calling for Howard University’s President to resign after it was discovered that the school fired six employees last year for “gross misconduct” after an auditors’ investigation found they misappropriated financial aid funds. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E87gBY

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile, the country's military said Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E64DAE

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg on Friday pilloried Fox News host Laura from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pSedlK

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A deported U.S. Army veteran has been granted U.S. citizenship, a move made possible by California Gov. Jerry Brown's pardon of a criminal offense last year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pQpqUA

Sgt. Bret Barnum and the now-missing teen shared a tearful embrace back in 2014. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IcbXgD

SACRAMENTO, Calif. ― Hundreds of mourners gathered in California's capital on from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GCFaEp

The two Koreas have set a date for a rare inter-Korean summit, following a high-level meeting that was held days after the nuclear-armed North's leader Kim Jong Un made his international debut with a surprise trip to China. "According to the will of both leaders, the South and North agreed to hold the '2018 South-North summit' on April 27 at the South's Peace House in Panmunjom," said a joint press statement, read out in turn by both delegations' leaders on Thursday. The meeting between Kim Jong Un, leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, and the South's President Moon Jae-in will be only the third of its kind, and will be followed by landmark talks with US President Donald Trump, which could come as early as May. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IiZdVg

President Trump selected his White House doctor, Ronny Jackson, to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin. If confirmed, Jackson would lead the government’s second largest agency. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GX9Iyn

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 10 more Iridium NEXT communications satellites into orbit. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H2ISVH

In Sioux County, where swine barns interrupt the vast landscape of corn-stubbled fields, exports of meat, grain and machinery fuel the local economy.

The Trump administration is expected to announce that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards.

The sale of in-game items has been hugely profitable for leading publishers, but continued growth of microtransactional revenue isn't a sure thing.

The United States says it has the support of the U.N. Security Council for a new package of sanctions against North Korea.

Apple has segmented its iPad product line well.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to dismiss a case about emails the government wants as part of a drug trafficking investigation.

The tech titan is taking a sensible approach to penetrating the mobile processor market.

More than half of pay-TV customers say they keep their subscription because it's bundled.

The head of an Idaho mining company says Montana officials appear to be trying to delay two mines proposed beneath a wilderness area, designating him a "bad actor" because of past pollution.

The U.S. government is asking a judge to force Beaverhead County to comply with state and federal drinking water standards after finding excessive contamination and numerous failures to monitor and report on a small Montana community's water system over nine years.

Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin wrote a New York Times op-ed reflecting on his service in President Trump's administration. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GlPJbf

David Hogg discusses Laura Ingraham's latest actions involving her attacks against him and her subsequent apology. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Glw67r

A man allegedly killed his wife and then was fatally shot by officers outside his son's high school from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2J3v261

MOSCOW (AP) — The latest on the nerve agent attack on an Russian ex-spy in Britain (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H09iHy

A Texas megachurch pastor stands accused of using his influence to lure from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IihAtw

An unannounced visit boosted both Beijing’s and Pyongyang’s leverage in negotiations, but Washington still seems to have no plan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E8fRoo

Rafael Caro Quintero, aka “The Prince,” is a fugitive on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list. The alleged leader of the world’s most powerful drug cartel gave an interview while hiding. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GJ6911

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has spoken with President Trump about the potential use of military funds for a border wall with Mexico, the Pentagon said on Thursday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E8D8GG

Rachel Maddow shares new reporting that Robert Mueller's investigation includes looking at Jeff Sessions contacts with Russians, while at the same time, Sessions is sending investigators to look at the conduct of the Trump Russia investigation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gk4dN0

Eight years after he was last deported to Mexico, a US army veteran is returning to California. A pardon last year from Governor Jerry Brown cleared the way for Hector Barajas, who was living in Tijuana, to secure citizenship. “Oh my god, this is great”, Mr Barajas said in a Facebook video during which he opened a document confirming the decision while wearing a uniform bristling with medals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uvi1i4

As Christian around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders. Here are some of the images from Holy Week.  from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gfj1wj

(Reuters) - A white Louisiana police officer was fired on Friday and a second suspended for the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man shot in a 2016 incident that inflamed the U.S. debate on racial bias in law enforcement, a police official said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2GpfWpv