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• Leaders 'aren't even pretending to be in charge': Obama

  16-05-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama indirectly criticized his successor Donald Trump during a virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, in rare public judgment from the former US president during the coronavirus pandemic. "More than anything this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," Obama told graduates from several dozen historically black colleges and universities. "A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge," he said as he
  
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• USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor comes down with tuberculosis as other sailors on the ship retest positive for COVID-19

  16-05-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The sailor was found to have tuberculosis as 13 other sailors who had been cleared to get back on the carrier retested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Hundreds demand justice for Arbery at Georgia rally

  16-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed during a pursuit by a white man and his son in Georgia, isn't just prison time for his killers — it's changes in a local justice system that never charged them with a crime, rallygoers said Saturday. Hundreds of people came to the Glynn County courthouse demanding accountability for a case in which charges weren't filed until state officials stepped in after a leaked video sparked national outrage. Gregory McMichael, 64, told police he and his
  
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• Wisconsin nurse went to bar to help sister reopen, now apologizes

  16-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I let my guard down and apologize for making anyone feel uncomfortable or at risk," said nurse Katie Koutsky, who was not wearing a mask when interviewed on TV at the bar.
  
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• GM chief confirms job cuts at autonomous car company Cruise

  16-05-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Auto giant General Motors (GM), the main shareholder in autonomous car company Cruise, confirmed Friday that the business will cut 160 jobs, or eight percent, of its workforce."It was a very prudent action," GM chief Mary Barra told an online conference organized by Bank of America, noting that the layoffs will not involve technical staff dedicated to the company's mission of developing self-driving vehicles."They've grown very quickly," she said of Cruise, which employs 2,000 workers largely in
  
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• New York tourist arrested after posting Hawaii beach photos

  16-05-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tarique Peters, 23, of the Bronx, arrived in Honolulu on Monday, said a news release from the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center.
  
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• How many people are dying of coronavirus in Mexico? It's hard to say

  16-05-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In cities across Mexico, morgues are full and funeral homes are jammed but nobody knows for sure how many people have died in the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Obama, in national commencement address, decries racial impact of COVID-19 deaths

  16-05-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Obama gives back-to-back virtual graduation speeches, to historically black colleges and to high school students nationwide.
  
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• Nevada Rep. Horsford acknowledges he had extramarital affair

  16-05-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada on Saturday acknowledged he had an extramarital affair with a woman who said the on-and-off relationship began in 2009 before ending last September. Horsford, 47, in a statement released to The Associated Press responded to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had an affair with Gabriela Linder, who previously had shared her story on podcasts and Twitter posts through a pseudonym before she was interviewed Friday by the newspaper. &ldq
  
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• Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech

  16-05-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation's response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials "aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”Obama spoke on “Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition,” a two-hour event for students graduating from historically black colleges and universities broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.“More than anything, this p
  
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• Governors across U.S. face tough choices as coronavirus takes its toll on state budgets

  16-05-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged lawmakers to put politics aside and focus on helping New York and other states receive funding from the federal government.
  
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• The FDA ordered an at-home coronavirus testing program funded by Bill Gates to stop testing until the agency gives approval

  16-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SCAN offers at-home test kits and is an extension of Gates' cutting-edge flu research program that found the first coronavirus case in the US.
  
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• Navy grants waiver allowing transgender sailor to serve openly

  16-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The service member, known only as Jane Doe, will be permitted to serve in accordance with her gender identity, as opposed to her sex assigned at birth.
  
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• Mom gives birth in parking lot, dad uses face mask to cut cord

  16-05-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Patrick said he rolled the face mask "up tightly like a tortilla and tied a knot around our son's umbilical cord."
  
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• Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

  16-05-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Businessman Félicien Kabuga is alleged to have financed the groups that carried out the 1994 genocide.
  
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• Fed says around 600 smaller banks tapped PPP facility in its first days

  16-05-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Around 600 banks, most of them small community institutions, tapped the Federal Reserve's Paycheck Protection Program facility for about $30 billion of loans as of May 6, the U.S. central bank reported on Saturday in its first detailed disclosure under the new program.The lenders used 3,676 PPP loans they had issued to small businesses as collateral for money from the central bank's PPP program, clearing room on their own balance sheet for further lending.The Fed said it had collected $2.5 milli
  
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• Fox News coronavirus coverage dropped by 20% as the network shifted to 'Obamagate' and hosts focused on anti-lockdown stories

  16-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus coverage has dropped 20% as the network traded it for stories on anti-lockdown protests and echoing Trump's comments.
  
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• Italy PM says taking calculated risk in rolling back lockdown

  16-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italian Prime MInister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday Italy was taking a calculated risk in rolling back lockdown measures from next week as the daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic fell to its lowest since March 9."We're facing a calculated risk, knowing that the epidemiological curve could rise again," Conte said in press conference to detail measures taken by the Rome to restart most economic activities and lift restrictions on people's movements.With shops allowed to open from Monday
  
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• Conquering the Backlog Part 3: Terraria Journey’s End messed up all my plans

  16-05-2020 21:00
  
  Another week is in the bag, which means it’s time for another progress report on my New Year’s resolution of working through my extensive backlog of games. I haven’t had as much free to time to play games this past week, but when I have had the time, I’ve been chipping away at Ori and the Will of the Wisps. … Continue reading
  
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• Qatar Airways' new policy is letting customers book 2020 travel from the US to nearly anywhere in the world for under $500 — but it still may be too soon to travel

  16-05-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A $494 ticket from Washington, DC to Yerevan, Armenia can be changed to New York to Singapore with no additional fees if the requirements are met.
  
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• First Break Made in Search for Colorado Mom Who Vanished on Mother’s Day

  16-05-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities said they’ve found a personal item belonging to a missing Colorado woman—the first break in a fruitless five-day search for the mom-of-two that has so far stumped investigators. Suzanne Morphew, 49, disappeared last Sunday while on a bike ride outside Maysville, Colorado. She was first reported missing by a neighbor that evening. Search crews of more than 100 investigators, eight tracking dogs and four drones, as well as members of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, South
  
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• What is orange wine? Ancient drink gains new popularity

  16-05-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People who see orange wine's bright hue may often assume it will be sweet and light, but winemaker Hardy Wallace said that is far from its actual taste.
  
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• Polish archbishop refers child abuse negligence case to Vatican

  16-05-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Polish Catholic Church's most senior archbishop notified the Vatican on Saturday of a Polish bishop accused of shielding priests known to have sexually abused children.The referral, unprecedented in the deeply religious country, will test procedures introduced by the Vatican last year to hold to account bishops accused of turning a blind eye to child sex abuse.The Vatican is now expected to assign an investigator to the case.
  
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• A senior Trump administration official said the president rebukes Fauci but supports Birx because 'she is charming and listens to him'

  16-05-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "She has found a way to shut down his bad ideas without making him feel diminished, unlike Fauci and some of the others," one official told CNN.
  
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• A tourist from New York was arrested after violating Hawaii's self-quarantine orders and documenting the breach on Instagram

  16-05-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 23-year-old from New York City was arrested after locals saw him posting photos of himself around Waikiki tanning and spending time at the beach.
  
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• Puerto Rico to hold statehood referendum amid disillusion

  16-05-2020 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced on Saturday that she will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a U.S. state, a move that comes amid growing disillusion with the island’s U.S. territorial status.For the first time in the island’s history, the referendum will ask a single, simple question: Should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a U.S. state?It’s an answer that requires approval from U.S. Congress and a question that outra
  
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• France says coronavirus death toll rises to 27,625

  16-05-2020 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French health authorities reported 96 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, as the country eases from a two month lockdown.This brings France'stotal to 27,625, the fourth-highest tally in the world, after the United States, Britain, and Italy, and just ahead of Spain.
  
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• House passes $3 trillion relief bill over Republican opposition

  16-05-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction from Rep. Denver Riggleman, Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee.
  
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• Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

  16-05-2020 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London’s Hyde Park.Police in several German cities enforced distancing rules as thousands of people gathered to express a mix of frustrations — at restrictions battering the economy and a perceived loss of civic freedom.The permitted number of 1,000 protesters was reached in
  
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• New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home, Cuomo says

  16-05-2020 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "That person got infected and went to the hospital or that person got infected and went home and infected the other people at home," Cuomo said during his daily news conference on the coronavirus outbreak.State data showed the number of new cases statewide has fluctuated between 2,100 and 2,500 per day."The infection rate among essential workers is lower than the general population and those new cases are coming predominantly from people who are not working and they are at home," he said.
  
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• FDA says some CBD oil recalled across US over risk of lead poisoning

  16-05-2020 19:13
  
  A batch of CBD oil that was distributed nationwide in the US has been recalled after it tested positive for high levels of lead. The FDA warns that consuming this CBD oil could potentially result in lead poisoning, a serious condition that could, among other things, result in kidney damage and shock. There haven’t been any consumer complaints related to … Continue reading
  
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• A barber who defied New York's stay-at-home order to give haircuts tested positive for COVID-19

  16-05-2020 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ulster County health commissioner Dr. Carol Smith said that learning of the barbershop's illegal activities was "extraordinarily disheartening."
  
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• Cuomo says car and race tracks in NY can reopen with no fans

  16-05-2020 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In another step toward reopening its economy going into the summer, New York will allow horse racing tracks and Watkins Glen International car track to reopen with the coronavirus outbreak easing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday.At his daily briefing, Cuomo said he could even envision a return of Major League Baseball in New York, also without fans.
  
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• 'Obamagate': Trump pleads with top Republicans to back new theory to help him win election

  16-05-2020 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has publicly pleaded with senior Republicans to back his "Obamagate" theory to help him win the next election.The president has been trying to popularise the phrase, sending out one word tweets saying "Obamagate" and accusing his predecessor of unspecified criminal offences. The accusations, which Mr Trump claims also implicate his likely Democratic opponent in November, Joe Biden, relate to investigations into the behaviour of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• New York tourist arrested in Hawaii for violating local quarantine rule

  16-05-2020 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The island state, with 638 Covid-19 cases, has been cracking down on those who refuse to comply with the 14-day mandated isolation * Coronavirus – latest US updates* Coronavirus – latest global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageAn adventurous but publicity-keen New Yorker is in hot water after heading to the picturesque and surfing-paradise state of Hawaii and finding himself under arrest when he apparently failed to follow local quarantine rules.The 23-year-old man was appreh
  
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• Legal experts say Trump's emergency powers are worrisome

  16-05-2020 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark.
  
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• Atlas 5 launch of military spaceplane delayed by clouds and high winds

  16-05-2020 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The launch is delayed 24 hours.
  
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• Massive fire at condominium complex on South Padre Island, Texas

  16-05-2020 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fire sent a cloud of flames and thick black smoke into the air.
  
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• Italy's daily coronavirus death toll dips to lowest since March 9

  16-05-2020 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The daily toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy fell to 153 on Saturday, its lowest since March 9, against 242 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases increased to 875 from 789 on Friday.The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 31,763 the agency said, the third highest in the world after those of the United States and Britain.
  
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• Scuffles as police lead away anti-lockdown protesters in London

  16-05-2020 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police officers were seen taking away two protesters, including the brother of Britain's former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Piers Corbyn.An unidentified woman wearing a mask with the message "use less" took part in the protest, holding a sign that said "stop violating our human rights."When asked by a reporter how her rights were being violated, she said "by locking me down, by forcing a vaccine".Britain has yet to officially determine a distribution policy regarding any future vaccination plan
  
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• Hospitalizations, intubations down in NY; 157 deaths reported

  16-05-2020 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that 157 COVID-19-related deaths occurred on Friday, up from 132 deaths on Thursday.
  
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• Countries could ignore patents for coronavirus treatments, vaccines if unavailable internationally

  16-05-2020 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While the leaders of several countries have called for a global, egalitarian approach to distributing a potential coronavirus vaccine or treatment, there's some concern that certain governments, including those in Washington, Beijing, and New Delhi, are intent on prioritizing domestic use, NBC News reports.The U.S. Health and Human Services Department expressed such a sentiment in a March statement, while an op-ed in China's state-run newspaper The Global Times said "China has to be by itself in
  
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• FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program

  16-05-2020 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN), which aims to monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus in the region, had said it was suspending its testing of patient samples collected at home after the Food and Drug Administration tightened guidelines to require emergency approval first."The FDA has not raised any concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of SCAN's test, but we have been asked to pause testing until we receive that additional authorization," SCAN said.The Gates Foundati
  
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• New York City man arrested in Hawaii after posting photos on Instagram

  16-05-2020 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We appreciate the assistance of local people who spot flagrant violations of our emergency rules on various social media sites and report them to the appropriate authorities," said Hawaii Attorney General Clare Connor.
  
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• Fitbit promises low-cost emergency ventilators made for COVID-19

  16-05-2020 17:55
  
  Wearables company Fitbit has announced intentions to manufacture emergency ventilators designed for use with COVID-19 patients. The ventilators will be made to meet demand, according to the company, which will make its ventilators available in the US and other countries. Fitbit plans to submit an Emergency Use Authorization request with the FDA to get its ventilators on the market during … Continue reading
  
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• Trump’s Very Normal Saturday Amplifying the Far-Right Blogger Shunned by Conservatives

  16-05-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s Saturday morning started like so many of his mornings do: with a very early Twitter tirade. The president praised lockdown protesters harassing a local TV reporter, retweeted a cartoon depicting Rep. Adam Schiff as the Joker, and lauded a video of a right-wing columnist who was shunned by conservatives for supporting a Holocaust denier.In a spree of at least 28 tweets starting Saturday morning, Trump retweeted the video of Michelle Malkin, a former Fox News contrib
  
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• A GOP congressman spotted walking around Congress without a mask said "there's just no need" to wear one because of herd immunity

  16-05-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Viruses do what viruses do," Florida representative Ted Yoho, a former veterinarian, told journalists.
  
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• Inside the Danish school that could hold the key to unlocking row with unions

  16-05-2020 17:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Headteacher Søren Friis stands outside the entry to the stairwell leading up to the first and second-year classrooms, saying good morning to each pupil and then giving each a squirt of alcohol gel in their right palm. Ten metres away at another stairwell, his colleague Irene Nielsen is doing the same. It's a month now since Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dropped in here at Lykkebo Skole on the day Denmark became the first country in Europe to reopen schools for pupils up to the age of 1
  
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• No students. No graduation. ‘Total devastation’ in college towns during coronavirus pandemic

  16-05-2020 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As states reopen, businesses in college towns are only now entering the traditional slow period. They've missed millions in revenue from graduation.
  
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• Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France

  16-05-2020 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested on Saturday (May 16) near Paris after 26 years on the run.He is accused of funding Hutu militias that massacred about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. The 84-year-old is Rwanda's most-wanted man - and had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head. French authorities say he was living under a false identity in a flat in a suburb near the capital. Kabuga was indicted in 1997 on seven criminal counts in relation to the Rwanda genocide, acco
  
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