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• Global warming is making hurricanes stronger, study says

  18-05-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Human-caused global warming has strengthened the wind speeds of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones around the globe, a new study released Monday said.
  
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• Fox News Host Warns Viewers After Trump Says He’s Taking Hydroxychloroquine: ‘This. Will. Kill. You.’

  18-05-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Moments after President Donald Trump shockingly declared that he has been taking the controversial anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as preventive treatment for the coronavirus, Fox News host Neil Cavuto warned viewers that the drug could literally kill them.“All right, that was stunning,” Cavuto gasped after Trump’s remarks concluded. “The President of the United States just acknowledged that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug that is really meant to treat
  
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• Trump rejected an invitation to address WHO while China's Xi accepted, in another example of the US retreating from global leadership

  18-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has been widely accused of removing US leadership from the world stage, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Dow Rockets 912 Points Higher on Vaccine Hopes

  18-05-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first early clinical results from the first vaccine candidate in human testing, a drug from Moderna (ticker: MRNA), showed promise, sparking a broad rally on Wall Street. It's undoubtedly a positive sign, and accompanied by an emphatic weekend interview from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowing as much central bank help for markets as was necessary, investors bid markets much higher on the dual dose of optimism. The news from Moderna sent MRNA shares up 20% as the company touted dat
  
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• McConnell chooses Rubio to lead Senate Intelligence Committee amid Burr investigation

  18-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will be the next head of the Senate Intelligence Committee.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Monday that Rubio would take over for Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who stepped down from the committee amid an FBI investigation into Burr's questionable stock dealings. Rubio's appointment leaves him in charge of the committee's Russia probe, at least until the investigation into Burr is complete.McConnell called Rubio "the natural choice for this temporar
  
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• Group of GOP state AGs calls on judge to dismiss Flynn case

  18-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general filed an amicus brief Monday supporting the Justice Department’s motion to drop its case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn.The group, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, argues that U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan should immediately grant the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss all charges against Flynn because “the federal judiciary has no authority to make the executive branch
  
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• Fox News' Neil Cavuto hastily warned viewers against using hydroxychloroquine after Trump said he's taking it to prevent coronavirus

  18-05-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News' Neil Cavuto was quick to counter President Trump's comments Monday about the controversial malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after the president said he was taking the medication to ward off the coronavirus.While Trump, who has long championed the hydroxychloroquine as a way to combat COVID-19 despite a lack of evidence, said he started taking the drug in the last two weeks after hearing some positive reviews, Cavuto wanted to make sure his viewers didn't start taking it just because the
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: Trump says he takes hydroxychloroquine as U.S. death toll tops 90,000

  18-05-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here are the latest coronavirus updates from around the world.
  
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• In Michael Flynn case, Judge Sullivan's gross overreach turns justice into mob rule

  18-05-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The case against Micheal Flynn is abusive and should be dismissed, as the Justice Department requests. But Judge Emmet Sullivan has other ideas.
  
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• Joe Biden calls on 'President Tweety' to stop tweeting, distribute financial relief to small businesses

  18-05-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Raw video: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden slams President Trump's handling of coronavirus response.
  
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• 'I cannot stress this enough: This will kill you.' Fox News host Neil Cavuto was shocked by Trump's announcement that he's taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus.

  18-05-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I only make this not to make a political point here, but a life-and-death point," Cavuto said. "Be very, very careful."
  
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• New York City is considering forced quarantines for people who test positive for COVID-19 but refuse to self-isolate

  18-05-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Mitchell Katz, the CEO of New York's public hospitals, said he expected that 99% of infected New York City residents would voluntarily isolate.
  
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• House tells Supreme Court its investigation into possible impeachable offenses isn't over

  18-05-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House Judiciary Committee also is looking into improper political influence in the Justice Department's handling of the cases of key Trump allies.
  
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• Trump hears restaurant owners' worries, sees good days ahead

  18-05-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Restaurant owners gave President Donald Trump a sobering accounting Monday of the widespread damage the coronavirus pandemic has dealt their industry and asked him to adjust a loan program for small businesses to address their concerns.The president put a hopeful spin on the situation, saying encouraging news on vaccines and treatment efforts could “negate” the bad news.The president was in good spirits as he met with the restaurant executives at the White House, noting that financia
  
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• Democrat Biden says he would kill Keystone XL pipeline

  18-05-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden’s campaign said on Monday that if elected president, the presumptive Democratic nominee would rescind the permit for Keystone XL pipeline, which effectively would doom the long-troubled project.In doing so, Biden would reverse actions taken by President Donald Trump, who in 2017 cleared the way for the $8 billion oil sands pipeline to built across the U.S.-Canada border.Trump, a Republican, had made building the pipeline a central promise of his presidential campaign.
  
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• Presymptomatic virus patients can contaminate environments: study

  18-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus was detected on several surfaces in hotel rooms where two presymptomatic Chinese students were quarantined before being diagnosed with the disease, according to a study released on Monday.For the study, published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers in China examined the hotel rooms of the two students, who returned to China from studying abroad on March 19 and March 20.On the morning of the second day in
  
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• Chinese parent in U.S. college admissions scandal fined $250,000

  18-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. judge ordered a Chinese woman who lives in Canada to pay a $250,000 fine after she admitted to paying $400,000 to secure her son's admission to the University of California, Los Angeles, through bribery as a purported soccer recruit.Xiaoning Sui, 48, appeared before a federal judge in Boston via a Zoom videoconference, in the second sentencing to take place remotely in the U.S. college admissions scandal because of the coronavirus pandemic.Sui's lawyer, Martin Weinberg, argued his client
  
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• Photos show people dining out, shopping, and getting their hair cut as Texas reports an influx of new coronavirus cases

  18-05-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On May 18, offices and gyms in Texas joined the state's salons, restaurants, and shopping malls that have been allowed to reopen at limited capacity.
  
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• Qatar halts all commercial activities until end of May

  18-05-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Qatar tightened restrictions on commercial activities on Monday, ordering all shops to close until the end of the month as part of measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.Qatar, where expatriates make up the majority of the population, has like other Gulf states seen the virus spread among low-wage foreign workers living in cramped quarters.
  
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• Florida Sen. Rubio named acting chair of intelligence panel

  18-05-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will temporarily become chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Republican leaders announced Monday, taking charge of the panel at a time of turnover and tension in the nation's intelligence community.Rubio will replace North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, who said last week that he would step aside after federal agents examining his recent stock sales showed up at his home with a warrant to search his cellphone.Friday was Burr's last day in the position.
  
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• Louisville police make major changes to policies in the wake of Breonna Taylor's death

  18-05-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louisville mayor Greg Fischer announced changes to the police department's policies on no-knock warrants and body cameras.
  
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• Apple slams 'false claims' after FBI says it provided 'effectively no help' accessing the Pensacola shooter's iPhones

  18-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple is hitting back against the Department of Justice.Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray in a press conference on Monday announced they obtained new evidence regarding the 2019 shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida by accessing the shooter's iPhones. But Wray said Apple provided "effectively no help."Barr also slammed Apple in the presser, saying the fact that the company designs its phones "in a way that only the user can unlock the contents, no
  
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• Trump says he's been taking hydroxychloroquine 'every day' for about 10 days

  18-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said for the first time that he has been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine "every day" for a week and a half.
  
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• The US Postal Service now has 5,000 employees in quarantine and only enough cash to last through September

  18-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Estimates for how long the USPS can last have fluctuated, but communicate the same thing: that without extra funding, the USPS doesn't have much time.
  
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• Uber's CEO told employees that he hopes — but doesn't promise — the company is done with layoffs in the future

  18-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has led Uber's profits to dip as much as 80% across the board. Uber has laid off 6,700 people this month in total.
  
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• Senator Rubio chosen as acting Intelligence Committee chairman

  18-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will serve as acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, after Senator Richard Burr announced he would step aside from the position during a federal investigation of his stock trades.Rubio, 48, has been an active Republican voice on national security and foreign policy matters throughout the nine years he has been in the Senate.
  
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• FDA: This Drug Could Kill You. Trump: I’m Taking It!

  18-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has been taking the unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive treatment for the coronavirus. Recent studies have shown that the drug has little to no effectiveness in treating the virus, and the FDA has issued a warning regarding its potentially deadly side effects.Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, the president took aim at ousted vaccine chief Dr. Rick Bright, who recently came forward with a whistleblower complaint abo
  
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• Donald Trump reveals he is taking hydroxychloroquine, the drug he touts as coronavirus treatment

  18-05-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has revealed he has started taking hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug he has repeatedly touted as a possible coronavirus treatment despite concerns about dangerous side-effects. The US president said he had been taking the drug daily in pill form for around 10 days and had discussed it with the White House doctor before doing so. Mr Trump said many front line workers were using hydroxychloroquine to prevent getting Covid-19, citing a letter he had received from a doctor talk
  
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• STD rates appear to be quietly skyrocketing across the US, as fewer people get tested and treated during the pandemic

  18-05-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I don't think people have stopped having sex, necessarily," David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors said.
  
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• California loosens requirements for reopening after hospitalizations continue to dip

  18-05-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Things are looking up in California, and it's prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to make it easier for the state's businesses to open again.On Monday, Newsom announced a change in the requirements a county must meet before its businesses can enter California's second reopening phase. They'll no longer have to report no COVID-19 deaths for 14 days, leaving all but five California counties eligible for the next phase.Under the new requirements, counties must prove they have stable hospitalization rat
  
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• Mexico begins lifting Covid-19 lockdown despite fears worst is still to come

  18-05-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 300 localities without confirmed virus cases are allowed to resume economic activities, but Amlo warns to maintain discipline* Coronavirus – latest US updates* Coronavirus – latest global updatesLocal authorities across Mexico have resisted President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s call to lift emergency coronavirus measures in municipalities without confirmed Covid-19 cases, warning that the pandemic is far from over.Mexico has registered nearly 50,000 Covid-
  
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• After California church defies state orders, 180 congregants are exposed to COVID-19

  18-05-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 180 people were exposed to coronavirus during an in-person church service held despite California's "stay-at-home" order.
  
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• Federal lawsuit calls officer in Breonna Taylor shooting a 'dirty cop' with a 'vendetta'

  18-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brett Hankison is one of three Louisville police officers on administrative reassignment during an investigation into Breonna Taylor's death.
  
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• Scientists say a blood test could identify children most at-risk for a rare inflammatory syndrome in reaction to the coronavirus

  18-05-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some doctors in England say they've identified a group of blood compounds which may help children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
  
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• India's coronavirus outbreak may soon trigger an unprecedented recession as millions of migrant workers travel from packed cities to rural villages

  18-05-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing is nearly impossible in packed, unhygienic slums at the center of the country's outbreaks.
  
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• India reports the largest coronavirus outbreak in Asia as millions of migrant workers travel from packed cities to rural villages

  18-05-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing is nearly impossible in packed, unhygienic slums at the center of the country's outbreaks.
  
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• Are lockdowns being relaxed in my state? Here's how America is reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  18-05-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The majority of states are moving forward with phased-in approaches that vary by county and city as the U.S. reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Oregon Supreme Court halts order nixing virus restrictions

  18-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Oregon Supreme Court late Monday halted a rural judge's order earlier in the day that had tossed out statewide coronavirus restrictions imposed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff had ruled that Brown erred by not seeking the Legislature’s approval to extend the stay-at-home orders beyond a 28-day limit.In a statement, Brown praised the Supreme Court action.
  
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• Libya unity govt seizes airbase in new blow for rival Haftar

  18-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Libya's UN-recognised government scored another battlefield victory Monday against strongman Khalifa Haftar, capturing a key rear base used by his fighters in a conflict now in its second year.Haftar, who controls swathes of eastern Libya, launched an offensive in April last year against the capital Tripoli, seat of the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).On Monday, the GNA said its forces had seized the strategic Al-Watiya airbase southwest of Tripoli, representing the latest in a
  
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• Trump news: President says he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for weeks after insisting coronavirus vaccine announcement coming soon

  18-05-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump claims he takes a daily pill of the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine "as a preventative" against coronavirus, despite no evidence that links the anti-malaria drug as a preventative medicine to combat Covid-19 infection. "What do you have to lose?" he told reporters on Monday.The president also attacked his predecessor Barack Obama for his criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus, saying the 44th president was “grossly incompetent” in
  
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• California Offers First COVID-19 Cash Aid to Undocumented Immigrants

  18-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES -- For two decades, Adolfo Luna has earned his family's keep as a musician, playing his accordion and singing at weddings and other events in Southern California. "I have been making an honest living, paying the bills and filing my taxes," Luna said. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, eliminating group gatherings -- and all his bookings.Since March, Luna, an immigrant from Mexico who is living in the United States illegally, has been trying to find construction work, factory work
  
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• Police have a new way to get into your iPhone. It's you.

  18-05-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A tool, previously unknown to the public, doesn't have to crack the code that people use to unlock their phones. It just has to log the code as the user types it in.
  
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• 'Air bridge' plan to avoid 14-day quarantine and save holidays abroad

  18-05-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Holidaymakers could be able to travel abroad this summer after the Government announced plans to create “air bridges” with other nations. The proposal, announced by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, would mean that holidaymakers would be able to travel to foreign resorts and return to Britain without entering quarantine. This week the Government is expected to announce a 14-day quarantine period for international arrivals. Anyone who breaches the quarantine faces fines of betwee
  
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• After enduring ventilators, body aches, fever, coronavirus survivors say states shouldn't be reopening

  18-05-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After enduring ventilators, body aches, and chills, coronavirus survivors say states reopening too soon could create a second wave of infections.
  
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• 70 cases of COVID-19 at French schools days after reopening

  18-05-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The affected schools are being closed immediately.
  
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• 70 cases of COVID-19 at French schools days after re-opening

  18-05-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TThe affected schools are being closed immediately.
  
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• Elaphrosaur: Rare dinosaur identified in Australia

  18-05-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The elaphrosaur roamed Australia 110 million years ago and was related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
  
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• Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shows it can produce an immune response

  18-05-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Early results from a phase 1 trial showed the vaccine was safe and prompted an immune response in humans.
  
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• A gang of hackers claims to have sold off all the data it has on President Trump and plans to auction its Madonna data next

  18-05-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The hackers behind the data dumps related to Lady Gaga and President Trump claim to have sold all their data related to Trump.
  
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• The coronavirus pandemic could indirectly cause measles outbreaks, CDC warns

  18-05-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The falling rate of routine vaccinations for young children in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic could lead to measles outbreaks in the future, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a report published Monday.Aside from hepatitis B vaccines, which are typically administered in the hospital at birth, the CDC found that vaccinations fell across all age groups among babies and toddlers after analyzing immunization data from Michigan. The decline is likely linked to
  
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