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• 911 call from Breonna Taylor shooting released: 'Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend'

  28-05-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I don't know what is happening," Kenneth Walker said. "Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend."
  
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• San Francisco is ordering everyone to wear a mask or cover their face in public when they're within 30 feet of someone they don't live with

  28-05-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Masks or face coverings will still not be required when exercising outdoors, such as while running, walking, or biking.
  
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• Fury after Pennsylvania lawmakers concealed COVID diagnosis

  28-05-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans in the US state of Pennsylvania faced calls for their resignation Thursday after a lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19 and they did not tell Democratic colleagues for a full week.Democrats in the state's House of Representatives erupted in anger for having their health and that of their families put at risk, with one calling the chamber's Republican leadership "callous liars" for withholding the information even as the House remained in session.Democrats said three other Republican
  
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• UN chief warns leaders pandemic may cause historic famine

  28-05-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.N. chief on Thursday warned the largest gathering of world leaders since the coronavirus pandemic began that it will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world,” with historic levels of hunger and famine and up to 1.6 billion people unable to earn a living unless action is taken now.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also told the high-level meeting on measures to help low- and middle-income countries cope with fallout from the crisis that it could lead to &
  
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• Trump says he would delete his Twitter account if it weren’t for ‘fake news’

  28-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At an event to sign an executive order that seeks to regulate social media companies, President Trump said he would delete his Twitter account if it weren’t for “fake news.” Trump has been critical of social media companies after Twitter linked to a fact-check page on two of his tweets regarding mail-in voting earlier this week.
  
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• People are accidentally throwing out their stimulus payments — because they look like junk mail

  28-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest round of stimulus checks was issued in the form of prepaid debit cards — in plain white envelopes that don't bear any federal markings.
  
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• People are accidentally throwing out their stimulus check — because it looks like junk mail

  28-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest round of stimulus checks were issued in the form of prepaid debit cards — in a plain white envelope that does not bear any federal markings.
  
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• A conservative strategist challenges Harvard. Advocates say a win brings back 'segregation.'

  28-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Every applicant has a different story to tell, and race can be a part of that story. Students deserve the opportunity to be recognized for it,” a graduating Asian American Harvard student told NBC News.
  
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• Trump's social-media executive order is 'totally out of line': Judge Napolitano

  28-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano explains why Twitter is not required to be a neutral public platform. Fortune executive editor Adam Lashinsky later says media organizations and big tech executives are worried about losing exemption from liability.
  
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• WH press secretary: Trump says he’s feeling ‘absolutely great’ after taking hydroxychloroquine

  28-05-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a press briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters President Trump said he’s feeling “absolutely great” after completing his treatment with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against the coronavirus. In April, the FDA cautioned against using the drug to treat COVID-19 outside of a hospital setting or clinical trial.
  
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• White House encourages hydroxychloroquine use for coronavirus again

  28-05-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany strongly endorsed the “prophylactic” use of hydroxychloroquine: that is, to prevent contracting the coronavirus.
  
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• NSA: Russian agents have been hacking major email program

  28-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier.The timing of the agency’sadvisory Thursdaywas unusual considering that the critical vulnerability in the Exim Mail Transfer Agent — which mostly runs on Unix-type operating systems — was identified 11 months ago,
  
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• New study shows more cancer patients die from COVID-19, but not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect.

  28-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People with cancer are more likely to die from COVID-19, but it's not their treatment that puts them at greater risk.
  
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• 'Stop killing black people': George Floyd's death sparks protests in Minneapolis, Memphis, LA

  28-05-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death of George Floyd continued to ripple across the U.S. on Wednesday night with protests in Minneapolis, Memphis and Los Angeles.
  
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• Could smoking be banned in Nevada casinos in wake of COVID-19? Don't count on it.

  28-05-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Banning smoking in Nevada casinos is not up to gaming authorities. Lighting up at card tables and slot machines is protected by law.
  
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• Police officers around the country sound off on Minneapolis policing that led to George Floyd death

  28-05-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Law enforcement officials around the country are publicly condemning the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was seen on video gasping for breath as a white officer held him down with a knee on his neck for close to eight minutes.
  
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• Fact check: Ex-officer involved in George Floyd’s death not pictured at Trump rally

  28-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ex-Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd's death was misidentified as a man who appeared with the president at an October rally.
  
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• Minneapolis official calls for naming 'disease' of racism a public health issue after George Floyd death

  28-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid the outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, one Minneapolis official has called for racism to be declared a public health issue.Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins spoke in a press conference on Thursday as the city grieves "yet another loss of black life," singing "Amazing Grace" as a tribute to 46-year-old Floyd, who died this week after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. The officer and three others have been fired."I am asking my
  
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• Defense secretary says coronavirus vaccine will be available within months, but experts skeptical

  28-05-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pentagon leaders expressed strong confidence Thursday that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by January, and possibly as early as this fall — claims that were met with skepticism by scientific experts.
  
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• New tropical hotspot may emerge in Atlantic amid busy start to hurricane season

  28-05-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two tropical storms have already formed prior to the official start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on June 1- and AccuWeather meteorologists say there are two factors behind the unusual occurrence. These weather factors could soon cause more storms to brew, but this time, forecasters are watching a new tropical hotspot of the basin.Tropical Storm Arthur, the first storm of the season, was named by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on May 16, the earliest-named tropical sys
  
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• Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for nationwide protests after George Floyd's death

  28-05-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Protest until something happens," Rev. Jesse Jackson said in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd while in police custody.
  
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• The most devastating takeaways from Netflix's new docuseries on Jeffrey Epstein and his 'molestation pyramid scheme'

  28-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Epstein's victims said they reported the sex trafficking ring to the FBI in 1996 — a decade before the financier received a controversial plea deal.
  
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• Officials call for police probe of white woman's 911 call on black man in Central Park

  28-05-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Efforts to intimidate Black people by threatening to call law enforcement draw on a long, violent and painful history, and they are unacceptable," the city's Commission on Human Rights said.
  
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• OANN Reporter Concocts Batshit Scenario to Push Trump’s Scarborough Murder Conspiracy

  28-05-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One America News reporter Chanel Rion on Thursday continued her habit of promoting President Donald Trump’s favorite conspiracies via loaded questions. This time, she asked White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany whether the president could ultimately depose MSNBC host Joe Scarborough to see if he murdered a former staffer.In recent weeks, the president has repeatedly and falsely accused Scarborough of killing his congressional aide Lori Klausutis in 2001, even going so far as to sugg
  
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• Rental cars may be about to flood the used car market as companies like Hertz go bankrupt. Here's why they're a great value for shoppers.

  28-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People often think of used rental cars as low-quality, but good deals can be had for careful shoppers.
  
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• Trump news: President threatens to 'shut down' Twitter as Pelosi calls social media order a 'distraction' amid coronavirus 'failure'

  28-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Thursday targeting social media companies following his threats to “strongly regulate” or “close down” platforms after Twitter fact-checked a pair of his tweets making false statements about the extent of voter fraud in the US.The president was incandescent with fury on Wednesday after Twitter moved to cast doubt on his spurious claims by directing readers to a topic page where they could “get the facts” on the iss
  
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• Trump news – live: President threatens to 'shut down' Twitter as Pelosi calls social media order a 'distraction' amid coronavirus 'failure'

  28-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Thursday targeting social media companies following his threats to “strongly regulate” or “close down” platforms after Twitter fact-checked a pair of his tweets making false statements about the extent of voter fraud in the US.The president was incandescent with fury on Wednesday after Twitter moved to cast doubt on his spurious claims by directing readers to a topic page where they could “get the facts” on the iss
  
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• Pharma chiefs see coronavirus vaccine by year-end, but challenges 'daunting'

  28-05-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pharmaceutical company executives said Thursday that one or several COVID-19 vaccines could begin rolling out before 2021, but warned the challenges would be "daunting" as it was estimated that 15 billion doses would be needed to halt the pandemic.Well over 100 labs around the world are scrambling to come up with a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, including 10 that have made it to the clinical trial stage."The hope of many people is that we will have a vaccine, hopefully several, by the en
  
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• Trump press secretary says president always tries to tell truth as she attacks social media

  28-05-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's press secretary said the president always intends to give truthful information as he prepares to sign an executive order against social media tech giants.Kayleigh McEnany said if anyone should be fact checked more it should be the mainstream media.
  
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• More than £3 million in drugs and cash seized in biggest Government-backed assault on county lines gangs

  28-05-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cash and drugs worth £3 million have been seized by police in the biggest operation against county lines gangs backed by a dedicated Government fund. The campaign - by four forces - saw police make more than 650 arrests, close nearly 140 “deal” lines supplying drugs from cities to suburban and rural towns and seize more than 100 weapons including guns and knives. Some 140 children being exploited by the gangs were also safeguarded in the raids conducted over five months from No
  
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• The White House won't explain why the official presidential Twitter account doesn't retweet Trump's most controversial tweets

  28-05-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The White House complies with the relevant records laws, including as they apply to social media platforms," a White House spokesman told Insider.
  
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• Myka Stauffer: Backlash after YouTubers give up adopted son

  28-05-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Myka Stauffer says her son's behaviour became too difficult but critics accuse her of exploitation.
  
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• Kuwait wants to spend over $1.4 billion on Patriot upgrades

  28-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kuwait seeks repairs to its Patriot system, along with new PAC-3 weapons.
  
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• Op-Ed: Hong Kong is the front line of a new cold war. If it burns, the world gets burned too

  28-05-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beijing is using the coronavirus crisis to crush Hong Kong's demands for more freedom, thinking the world is too busy to care.
  
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• It's a bad week to be named Amy Cooper

  28-05-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several Amy Coopers have received hate mail after being mistaken for the woman who called police on a Central Park birdwatcher.
  
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• The Democratic Party's 'biggest threat' in 2020 is disunity, pollster Stan Greenberg warns

  28-05-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A prominent Democratic pollster is warning former Vice President Joe Biden about the Democratic Party's biggest problem in 2020 — and offering "the obvious solution."Stan Greenberg, former lead pollster for Bill Clinton, in a recent presentation warned the Biden campaign that "the biggest threat" Democrats are facing in 2020 is "the lack of support and disengagement of millennials and the fragmentation of non-Biden primary voters," pointing to battleground surveys he has conducted, Politic
  
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• Minneapolis mayor says anger over George Floyd death 'not only understandable, it's right'

  28-05-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Anger and sadness that has been ingrained in our black community, not just because of five minutes of horror, but 400 years,” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
  
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• Republican lawmakers accused of hiding positive COVID-19 test result from Democrats, who call it 'immoral'

  28-05-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are demanding answers after learning that one of their Republican colleagues tested positive for COVID-19, shared that information with GOP leadership, but never informed them.
  
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• English court to weigh recognition of Maduro, Guaido in Venezuela gold case

  28-05-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An English court on Thursday said it would need to decide which of Venezuela's dueling political factions to recognize before ruling on President Nicolas Maduro's request for the Bank of England to hand over gold the country has in its vaults.Venezuela for decades stored gold that makes up part of its central bank reserves in the vaults of foreign financial institutions including the Bank of England, which provides gold custodian services to developing countries.The bank since 2018 has refused t
  
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• ‘Rich Mitch’: Republican group that infuriated Trump takes aim at Senate leader in new ad

  28-05-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A campaign group formed by anti-Trump Republican operatives has launched a TV commercial against the party’s leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who is up for re-election this November.Deriding him as “Rich Mitch”, the ad is being broadcast in the senator’s home state of Kentucky. It is the work of the Lincoln Project, an operation founded by veterans of various Republican campaigns united in their disgust for Donald Trump, as well as for their party’s acquiescen
  
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• Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints

  28-05-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  George Floyd's death in police custody is renewing criticism of Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) prosecutorial record.Before she became a senator and a top contender for former Vice President Joe Biden's vice presidential spot, Klobuchar spent eight years as the Hennepin County attorney, in charge of prosecution for Minneapolis. And while in that position, Klobuchar declined to prosecute multiple police officers cited for excessive force, including the officer who kneeled on Floyd's neck as he pro
  
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• Trump's draft executive order targeting social media companies sparks battle inside the White House

  28-05-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump White House has been embroiled in a vigorous internal debate over whether to issue an executive order aimed at punishing social media companies for perceived political bias.
  
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• Peruvian families bury multiple members amid pandemic

  28-05-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The men panted from exertion as they climbed the mist-covered hill carrying a coffin with another body in Peru’s largest cemetery, where the dead from the new coronavirus are being buried.With enormous effort, the five cemetery workers carried Flavio’s body to the grave, where brother Anthony, a soccer referee, was on the verge of tears.Multiple deaths in the same family are being registered in Peru, which the World Health Organization has called an epicenter of the pandemic in South
  
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• Rep. Jim Jordan on 2.1M filing for unemployment benefits in a week

  28-05-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, joins ‘The Daily Briefing.’
  
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• IKEA manager in Poland charged for firing worker over anti-gay comments

  28-05-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The manager was charged with religious discrimination for firing an employee who called homosexuality "an abomination" on the company's internal website.
  
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• Mitch McConnell stresses need to wear face masks in public

  28-05-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wading into a politically charged issue, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday preached the importance of wearing masks in public as the nation's economy reopens from the “cataclysmic" damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.During a tour of hospitals this week in his home state of Kentucky, the Republican leader has stressed wearing masks in public and following social distancing guidelines.“There should be no stigma attached to wearing a mask," McConnell said duri
  
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• Minneapolis mayor responds after night of protests and violence in wake of George Floyd's death

  28-05-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said protests and unrest after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man seen on video pinned to the ground by the neck while being arrested by a white police officer, were the result of “built-up anger and sadness” in the black community over the past 400 years.
  
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• Christian Cooper would rather talk about 'underlying current of racism' than Amy Cooper

  28-05-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This kind of racism can kill people. It could have killed my brother," said Christian Cooper's sister, Melody Cooper.
  
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• US charges North Korean bank officials in sanctions case

  28-05-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department unsealed charges Thursday against more than two dozen North Korean individuals accused of making at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments linked to the country's nuclear weapons and missile program.The case, filed in federal court in Washington, is believed to be the largest criminal enforcement action ever brought against North Korea.The 33 defendants include executives of North Korea's state-owned bank, Foreign Trade Bank, which in 2013 was added to a Treasury Departmen
  
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• Long Island serial killer victim IDed 2 decades later

  28-05-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman whose skeletal remains were found along a suburban New York beach highway, in an area where body parts of 10 other people had been strewn, was identified as a Philadelphia escort who went missing two decades ago, police said Thursday.Suffolk County police said the woman previously known as “Jane Doe No. 6” was identified through genetic genealogy technology as Valerie Mack, who also went by Melissa Taylor and was last seen in 2000 near Atlantic City, New Jersey.Determining th
  
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