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• Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly bad

  01-05-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's president has put virtually no measures in place to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now it's facing a surge in cases.
  
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• NKorea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors

  01-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he was seriously ill.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Suncheon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly unable to ru
  
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• N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors

  01-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly u
  
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• Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors

  01-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly u
  
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• White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response

  01-05-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said on Friday, calling it "counterproductive" to have individuals involved in the response testify. The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesman for the House of Representatives committee holding the hearing said the panel had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been b
  
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• States reopen theaters, restaurants amid coronavirus outbreak as experts warn of second wave

  01-05-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas reopens restaurants, Utah reopens salons. As several states lift coronavirus restrictions, many warn of a second wave if social distancing ends too soon.
  
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• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors, state media reports

  01-05-2020 23:44 via politico.com
  
  The report ends rumors about the dictator's health.
  
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• Accused embassy gunman said he feared Cuban organized crime

  01-05-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. opened fire with an AK-47 at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, spraying the front of the building with nearly three dozen rounds because he wanted to “get them before they could get him,” according to court papers.Alexander Alazo, 42, of Aubrey, Texas, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting early Thursday morning in northwest Washington.Rounds from the gunman pierced the bronze statue of Jose Marti, the Cuban writer and national her
  
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• People are getting this unexpected stimulus check. Should you keep it?

  01-05-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The IRS uses the most recent tax information it has on file to determine eligibility and send out payments.
  
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• NASA reprocessed Europa images from the ’90s to reveal stunning details

  01-05-2020 23:40
  
  NASA has reprocessed images of Jupiter’s moon Europa that were captured by its Galileo spacecraft back in the 1990s. The reprocessed versions of the images reveal the moon’s surface in stunning detail, highlighting what NASA refers to as ‘chaos terrain’ and a variety of details about the features found on the surface. The new versions of the images are made … Continue reading
  
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• Some top Democrats say they want the country to move past Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations, even though Biden is calling for an investigation

  01-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday morning, Biden appeared on nation TV and vehemently denied Tara Reade's allegations, but said he supports an investigation.
  
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• Tesla loses $13 billion in market value after Elon Musk tweets its stock price is 'too high'

  01-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Musk has had problems with the SEC for tweeting about the company’s stock in the past.
  
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• American hospitals have lost dozens of medical workers to the coronavirus. Here are some of their stories.

  01-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are risking their lives to save others.
  
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• When will national parks reopen? Some will start Monday

  01-05-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Parks are opening the way they closed, each in its own way.
  
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• Top Admirals Under Scrutiny as Navy Investigates Handling of Carrier Coronavirus Outbreak

  01-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The expanded investigation of the COVID outbreak on the carrier Roosevelt will focus on Capt. Brett Crozier's superiors.
  
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• Asia virus latest: India extends lockdown, Macau casino revenue plunges

  01-05-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's biggest virus lockdown is taking place in India, and it will be extended for two weeks beyond May 4, the government said Friday.The measures have spelled misery for millions of workers in India's informal economy.Sri Lanka also extended its lockdown for a second time, through May 11.
  
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• Trump news: President claims to have saved 'thousands of lives' as he revises down predictions of death toll

  01-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first press briefing on Friday after more than 400 days without a scheduled press briefing by the Trump administration.The last briefing was held by Sarah Sanders in March 2019, though the president has held his own free-wheeling briefings through the coronavirus pandemic and reporters scramble to get statements during Oval Office visits.
  
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• Trump news - live: President claims to have saved 'thousands of lives' as he revises down predictions of death toll

  01-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first press briefing on Friday, a shocking move after more than 400 days without a scheduled press briefing by the Trump administration. The last briefing was held by Sarah Sanders in March 2019.During questioning, Ms McEnany vowed to reporters she would never "lie" to the public while at the podium. Her briefing also included addressing issues relating to China and where the coronavirus originated, and the "injustice" surr
  
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• Prison sentence for 'Hot Pockets' heiress delayed amid coronavirus

  01-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Judge denies bid for house arrest but won't have surrender this month, as originally scheduled.
  
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• Conquering the Backlog Part 1: Gaming my way through quarantine

  01-05-2020 22:44
  
  Today is the first day of May, which means that 2020 is officially a third of the way over. It’s hard to believe, given all that’s happened this year, that we’re only four months into 2020. It’s a good time to look back at those New Year’s resolutions and take stock of your progress, but unfortunately for me, my progress … Continue reading
  
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• Disney live-action Hercules movie tipped in early development

  01-05-2020 22:43
  
  Hercules will be the latest animated Disney film to get a live-action makeover, according to a new report. The upcoming movie is said to be in the early stages of development at this time; it will follow other Disney live-action remakes of classic movies, including Alladin and The Lion King. Many questions about the new feature film remain. Disney has … Continue reading
  
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• Governor closes all roads into a New Mexico city

  01-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Effective immediately, all roads into Gallup, New Mexico, are closed.
  
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• Coronavirus drug remdesivir gets FDA emergency use authorization

  01-05-2020 22:17
  
  Experimental drug remdesivir has been given authorization by the FDA for COVID-19 treatment in the US, following promising early results in Phase 3 trials last month. The drug, initially developed by Gilead for ebola and other infections, can now be prescribed in hospitals to shorten the recovery time from coronavirus, though the FDA makes no claims about the efficacy of … Continue reading
  
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• Trump says new FBI notes exonerate Michael Flynn, analysts say that's not the case

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Critics said Trump is distorting the contents of notes about an FBI interview in which Flynn apparently lied about talks with a Russian ambassador.
  
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• Three couples who have been pushed into indefinite long-distance relationships describe how they're getting by during the pandemic

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Couples that live in different countries have to indefinitely postpone seeing each other as stay-in-place orders become increasingly common.
  
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• No soft landing for Biden on 'Morning Joe' interview

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If Joe Biden was looking for a soft landing place to address sexual assault allegations made by a former Senate staffer, he didn't find it Friday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”The 20-minute interview of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee conducted by Mika Brzezinski was blunt and frequently uncomfortable, a milestone media moment in the 2020 campaign.The former vice president had faced increased pressure to publicly address the accusations by Tara Reade that he had assaulted
  
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• McEnany dodges fireworks in return of White House press briefing

  01-05-2020 22:16 via politico.com
  
  She came with charts, a Trumpian “invisible enemy” reference and a video with the production value that President Donald Trump loves.
  
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• As Biden fends off sexual assault charge, National Archives says it has no relevant records

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Archives said it has no record of any files that might contain evidence of a sexual misconduct complaint against Joe Biden from 27 years ago.
  
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• New Trump press secretary promises never to lie

  01-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Promising "never" to lie and saying she prays for coronavirus victims, new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany hit a strikingly sunny tone on Friday in her debut press conference.The White House briefing room has symbolized the tempestuous, often outright hostile relationship between the media and President Donald Trump, who has broken with convention to act as his own spokesman -- and lead a relentless campaign of insults against the media.Things got off to a bad start right after Trum
  
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• WHO Adviser Says It’s ‘Likely’ Coronavirus Leaked from Lab, Slams Trump Admin Response to Pandemic

  01-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jamie Metzl, a member of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing, has speculated that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China."When they have outbreaks in China, the zoonotic jump [of the virus from animal to humans] tends to happen in the south in Guangdong or Yunnan Province, and not in Wuhan or in Hubei Province," Metzl told National Review. "They have the only level-4 virology lab in China, which happens to be in Wuhan and wa
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany: White House is ‘glad’ Biden went ‘on the record’ about Tara Reade allegations

  01-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany in her first press briefing says the White House is ‘glad’ Joe Biden chose to go ‘on the record’ denying the sexual assault allegations leveled against him.
  
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• Coronavirus: Immigration detention centres in crisis

  01-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are Covid-19 outbreaks in supply-strapped detention centres across the US.
  
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• A cyberpsychologist explains why you can't stop staring at yourself on Zoom calls (and everyone else is probably doing the same)

  01-05-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spending time on-camera can be more exhausting than having an in-person meeting, in part because you're missing a lot of the body language.
  
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• OnePlus crowdsourced Beta features revealed

  01-05-2020 21:51
  
  A release from OnePlus just revealed 5 user-recommended/suggested features that’ve been adopted as official updates for the future of OnePlus devices. This release builds on the previously-announced OnePlus Ideas program that’s… not entirely unlike the LEGO Ideas program. That’s a program in which everyday average users recommend ideas for the brand that the brand then uses if the ideas are … Continue reading
  
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• Prisoners in Iran 'disappearing', British inmate claims

  01-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prisoners with suspected coronavirus in Iran are “disappearing” due to illness or being given sleeping pills and sent back to crowded cells where the virus can easily spread, a British-Iranian father who is jailed on spying charges has claimed. Retired engineer Anoosheh Ashoori, 66, secretly recorded an audio diary detailing the chaotic conditions in Evin prison, Tehran, where he is serving a 10-year sentence for “spying for Israel”, which he strongly denies. Several inma
  
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• US prosecutors signal Honduras leader is target in drug case

  01-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  References to the Honduran president appear throughout U.S. prosecutors’ statements announcing drug trafficking charges against the former chief of Honduras’ national police this week.For months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan has been signaling that the ultimate objective of years of investigation and methodically built cases could be President Juan Orlando Hernández.“The noose is definitely tightening given the information that is coming out,” said
  
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• Kroger limiting ground beef, pork purchases in some stores

  01-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's biggest meat companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc, Cargill Inc, JBS USA and Tyson Foods Inc, have halted operations at about 20 slaughterhouses and processing plants in North America as workers fall ill, stoking global fears of a meat shortage.Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the country.
  
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• Mitt Romney sides with Democrats calling for $12 hourly raises for essential workers

  01-05-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has followed demands of pay raises for essential workers with a proposal of his own.Romney proposed Friday that essential workers "who are necessarily subject to greater risk of COVID-19" receive hourly bonuses of up to $12 in the form of a tax credit. His proposal comes a month after several Democratic senators suggested $13/hour raises for essential workers that would be retroactive from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Employers would have to opt in to what Romney
  
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• Why this Colorado Democrat is supporting Joe Biden, despite the sexual assault accusations

  01-05-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Polarized is a weekly series featuring Americans from all 50 states sharing their views on the 2020 elections. Click here if you would like to be a part of this projectAnn-Casey Hughes likes to know what she’s talking about.
  
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• NASA's Biggest Space Launch in Years Is Coming Up — But It Wants You to Stay Home to Watch

  01-05-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top officials warned the public against traveling to Florida for the May 27 launch of two NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station
  
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• Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs

  01-05-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON -- Senior Trump administration officials have pushed U.S. spy agencies to hunt for evidence to support an unsubstantiated theory that a government laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, according to current and former U.S. officials. The effort comes as President Donald Trump escalates a public campaign to blame China for the pandemic.Some intelligence analysts are concerned that the pressure from administration officials will distort assessments about
  
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• Valve delays Dota 2’s The International for 2020

  01-05-2020 21:19
  
  As with many other things, the COVID-19 pandemic has a had a dramatic effect on esports. While plenty of esports can be played online, many major tournaments favor in-person LAN matchups in front of a large crowd. That, obviously, can’t happen while stay at home and social distancing orders are in place, leading to the cancellation of many big tournaments. … Continue reading
  
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• 'Possibly criminally false or perjurious': Congress wants Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify about alleged predatory business practices

  01-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congress has some questions for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Mr Bezos on Friday asking him to appear before the panel after the Wall Street Journal reported last week that Amazon has used sensitive business information from third-party sellers on its platform to develop competing products.
  
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• Pokemon Quest Review: A free, fun game made to make you feel good

  01-05-2020 21:17
  
  Pokemon Quest is an extreme rarity of a smartphone game. It’s a mobile game that doesn’t stay in business by getting users addicted to “chasing the dragon.” You can actually beat this game. You can beat this game faster if you buy things with in-game purchases, but you absolutely, positively do NOT need to spend real money to play comfortably … Continue reading
  
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• WH press secretary says she will 'never lie' to the media

  01-05-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At her first briefing as White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany said she will never lie to reporters.
  
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• Plex Free Movies and TV gets huge library of new content from Crackle

  01-05-2020 21:12
  
  Home media server company Plex has announced an expansion of its free content streaming integrations with the addition of Crackle. The expansion is available for Plex users in the United States, the company announced on Friday, bringing thousands of new additions to the platform’s growing number of free streaming options. Because the content is integrated in the Plex app, you … Continue reading
  
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• Bill Gates says the world would need as many as 14 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine to stop the virus

  01-05-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We need to get them out to every part of the world, and we need all of this to happen as quickly as possible," Gates said of a coronavirus vaccine.
  
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• Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 kinds of assault weapons

  01-05-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New rules would make it illegal to sell or use 1,500 kinds of assault weapons.
  
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• Canada bans assault-style guns after Nova Scotia rampage

  01-05-2020 21:03 via politico.com
  
  Owners of the guns will have a two-year amnesty period to surrender the weapons, and Parliament will pass legislation to provide them with “fair compensation,” Trudeau said.
  
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• Michael Cohen reportedly has his early prison release rescinded

  01-05-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Cohen will reportedly not be getting out of prison early after all.Cohen, the former personal lawyer to President Trump who pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud, campaign finance violations, and lying to Congress, was informed earlier this month he would be able to serve the remainder of his three-year sentence at home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, his attorney said.But on Friday, ABC News reported that Cohen's early release has been rescinded, and other inmates at the New
  
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