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• Squad cars damaged, protesters struck with batons in Chicago

  30-05-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several police cars were damaged, including at least one set on fire, as protests continued Saturday over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes.Officers struck multiple demonstrators with batons amid the protest near the Trump Tower on the city's Near North Side, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a 9 p.m curfew that runs until 6 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• Trump justice department forces out top FBI lawyer in Flynn case – report

  30-05-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * NBC News: general counsel Dana Boente forced out on Friday* Fox News host Lou Dobbs slammed lawyer in April* Flynn transcripts show he discussed sanctions with RussianA top FBI lawyer who was criticised on Fox News for his role in the investigation of Michael Flynn has resigned after being asked to do so by senior figures at the Department of Justice, NBC News reported on Saturday.The FBI confirmed to NBC that Dana Boente, its general counsel and a former acting attorney general, announced his
  
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• FBI's top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump

  30-05-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trump.As a senior Justice Department official, Boente was involved in the investigation of Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.The Justice Department has since asked a judge to drop those charges, arguing that prosecutors should not have brought
  
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• Biden staff donate to group that pays bail in riot-torn Minneapolis

  30-05-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Campaign staff for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are advertising their donations to a group that pays bail fees in Minneapolis after the city's police jailed people protesting the killing of a black man by a white police officer.At least 13 Biden campaign staff members posted on Twitter on Friday and Saturday that they made donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which opposes the practice of cash bail, or making people pay to avoid pre-trial imprisonment.The group uses donations
  
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• SpaceX launches two NASA astronauts on historic mission

  30-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronauts launched to the International Space Station in a historic first for NASA and SpaceX.
  
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• The best workout socks for every type of workout - CNET

  30-05-2020 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From winter workouts to delivering compression therapy on the go, we have you covered.
  
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• FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation

  30-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss him said it came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray.
  
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• Bus Drivers in Minneapolis and New York City Have Refused to Help With Police Transportation

  30-05-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several transportation unions have issued statements of solidarity and demanding justice in George Floyd’s murder
  
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• Protesters in Philadelphia set police vehicle on fire

  30-05-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least two police vehicles were set ablaze on Saturday in Philadelphia as hundreds gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck.
  
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• NASA and SpaceX make history by launching Americans into space from US soil

  30-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on a roughly 19-hour journey to the International Space Station. It’s a mission nearly a decade in the making.
  
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• Protesters at White House push through barricade, climb on top of Secret Service vehicles

  30-05-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some in the crowd ripped away bike racks in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue Plaza.
  
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• Portland declares protest over George Floyd's death a "riot"

  30-05-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police declared the violent protests in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Friday night as "a riot" after demonstrators took part in various shootings, fires, and an attack on the city's Justice Center.
  
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• Hundreds of schools in South Korea reopened, only to close again as the country sought to avoid a spike in coronavirus cases

  30-05-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On May 28, Korean health officials announced 79 new coronavirus cases. Of those, 69 were reported at a distribution center in Bucheon.
  
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• Lake of the Ozarks pool partier tests positive for coronavirus

  30-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Missouri resident who arrived at the lake on Saturday "developed illness" on Sunday, according to a news release from Camden County.
  
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• SpaceX lifts off on historic private crewed flight to ISS

  30-05-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts lifted off for the International Space Station on Saturday, the first crewed space flight from US soil in nine years and the first ever by a commercial company.The two-stage rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off smoothly in a cloud of orange flames and smoke from Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for a historic flight to the orbiting ISS."Let's light this candle," Hurley said, right
  
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• SpaceX successfully launches Nasa astronauts into orbit

  30-05-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Donald Trump and Mike Pence witness launch in Florida* First attempt was cancelled minutes from blast-offA rocketship named Dragon breathed new fire into America’s human spaceflight programme on Saturday, carrying two astronauts on a much-anticipated adventure.The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew capsule from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) marked the first time since 2011 that humans had blasted off into orbit from US soi
  
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launches into space

  30-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Falcon 9 rocket with two U.S. astronauts aboard lifted off Saturday en route to the International Space Station. It had been nine years since NASA astronauts had been sent into space.
  
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• Coronavirus Illinois Today: IL COVID-19 cases top 117K with over 5K deaths as state enters Phase 3 of Governor JB Pritzker's reopening plan

  30-05-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Friday marked a big step forward in the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois as everywhere in the state outside of Chicago has now moved into Phase 3 of Governor JB Pritzker's reopening plan.
  
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• Watch SpaceX and NASA's Historic Crewed Launch to ISS

  30-05-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At 3:22 PM EDT Saturday afternoon, an American rocket carrying an American crew lifted off from American soil for the first time since 2011, carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station.
  
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• Dragon-riding astronauts join exclusive inner circle at NASA

  30-05-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken join NASA’s exclusive inner circle by catching a ride on a SpaceX rocket and capsule.It’s only the fifth time that NASA has put people aboard abrand new spacecraft line for liftoff. And it’s the first time the spacecraft belongs to a for-profit company in charge of the launch.The retired Marine colonel and former fighter pilot flew on NASA’s last space shuttle flight in 2011, closing out a 30-year era.
  
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• SpaceX and NASA successfully launch two astronauts into space

  30-05-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a historic first for the U.S. space program, a spacecraft designed, built, owned and operated by a private company -- SpaceX -- blasted off Saturday with two NASA astronauts aboard. Watch CBS News coverage of the liftoff.
  
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• Fox News reporter attacked, chased from demonstration

  30-05-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd.For several journalists across the country, the demonstrations were taking an ominous, dangerous turn.A television reporter in Columbia, S.C., was hurt by a thrown rock Saturday and a journalist in Minneapolis was shot in the thigh by a rubber bullet.
  
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• National Guard called in to quell violence in Los Angeles

  30-05-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fourth day of violence in Los Angeles prompted the mayor to impose a rare citywide curfew and call in the National Guard after demonstrators clashed repeatedly with officers, torched police vehicles and pillaged businesses in a popular shopping district.Mayor Eric Garcetti said Saturday he asked Gov. Gavin Newsom for 500 to 700 members of the Guard to assist the 10,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers.Garcetti said the soldiers would be deployed “to support our local response to ma
  
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• SpaceX rocket lifts off on historic private crewed flight

  30-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts lifted off on Saturday on an historic first private crewed flight into space.The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off smoothly in a cloud of orange flames and smoke from Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the 19-hour voyage to the International Space Station.
  
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• SpaceX and NASA usher in new era of human spaceflight with successful launch

  30-05-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The launch of the Crew Dragon capsule into orbit marks the first time NASA astronauts traveled into space aboard a commercially built spacecraft and rocket.
  
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• 'If you say you can't breathe, you're breathing': A Mississippi mayor defended the officer who stood on George Floyd's neck

  30-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Petal, Mississippi, Mayor Hal Marx tweeted Floyd likely "died of overdose or heart attack" and that Minneapolis police are being "crucified."
  
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• SpaceX's Crewed Launch Restores America's Status Among an Elite Group of Spacefaring Nations

  30-05-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With Wednesday's launch, the nation that for generations led the world in the exploration of space is now poised to reclaim that mantle.
  
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• Man fatally struck by FedEx truck during George Floyd protests in St. Louis

  30-05-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man had been caught by the trailer tire, pulled under and was eventually run over by the tire, authorities said.
  
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• MUSK MAKES HISTORY: SpaceX just launched 2 people into orbit for the first time, kicking off the rocket company's most important mission since its founding 18 years ago

  30-05-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The launch won't be a success until NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley reach orbit, about 12 minutes after liftoff.
  
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• U.S. CDC reports total of 1,737,950 coronavirus cases, 102,785 deaths

  30-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. EDT on May 29 versus its previous report released on Friday.The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
  
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• 'Outside agitators' blamed for violent protest wave

  30-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With Saturday's light of day, the true damage from overnight protests and riots in Minneapolis was beginning to be made clear.But officials from Minnesota on Saturday said the protests have taken on a more destructive tone due to an infiltration by extremists and outside agitators.Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington:"We have began analyzing the data of who we have arrested and begun doing what you might think is similar to doing what we are doing with COVID. It's contact tracing
  
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• Attorney General Barr: Peaceful protests over George Floyd 'hijacked' by 'far left extremist groups'

  30-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Addressing "rioting" in many cities, Attorney General Bill Barr said, "the voices of peaceful protest are being hijacked by violent radical elements."
  
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• Pope presides over virus prayer in hint normalcy returning

  30-05-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis prayed Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic and the development of a vaccine as he presided over an outdoor gathering that signaled a semblance of normalcy returning to the Vatican after a coronavirus lockdown lasting more than two months.Francis was joined in the Vatican Gardens by a representative sampling of people on the front lines of the emergency: a doctor, a nurse, a hospital chaplain, a pharmacist, a journalist and a civil protection official.A recovered COVID-19
  
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• Legal battle likely on criminal charges in George Floyd’s death

  30-05-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction and analysis from criminal defense attorney Brian Claypool on ‘America’s News HQ.’
  
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• Iran berates U.S. over police killing, slams racism

  30-05-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran took Washington to task on Saturday over the alleged killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer that sparked protests in the United States over racial injustice."Some don't think #BlackLivesMatter," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter."The U.S. government is squandering its citizens' resources," Zarif said in a tweet echoing a 2018 statement from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
  
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• Trump takes action against China over new Hong Kong security law

  30-05-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction and analysis from James Carafano, The Heritage Foundation vice president of national security and foreign policy on ‘America’s News HQ.’
  
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• Night of rage on Pennsylvania Avenue as protesters clash with Secret Service in front of the White House

  30-05-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters marched through the nation’s capital and engaged in hours of violent clashes with Secret Service officers.
  
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• Coronavirus began spreading in the US in January — predating President Trump's travel restrictions and the detection of community transmission, CDC says

  30-05-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CDC Director Robert Redfield said that the virus first circulated at low levels in the US so diagnostic tests would've missed it.
  
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• Airlines schedule major increase in flights in July as pressure mounts on ministers to ease quarantine

  30-05-2020 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have scheduled a dramatic increase in flights in July in anticipation that Governments will lift travel restrictions for holidaymakers and save the industry from potential collapse, according to data seen by The Sunday Telegraph. The companies which have already laid off tens of thousands of workers are banking on a “V-shaped” recovery by scheduling 161,200 passenger flights and 29.5 million seats for July, just eight per cent down on last year’s July timetables. The s
  
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• Elon Musk's biggest worry about SpaceX's first astronaut mission isn't the rocket launch — it's the spaceship's return to Earth

  30-05-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elon Musk's "biggest concern" is reentry — the final stage of SpaceX's biggest mission for NASA, when its astronauts must hurtle back to Earth.
  
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• U.S. military units put on four-hour standby amid Minnesota unrest

  30-05-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an extraordinary move, the Pentagon on Saturday said it put military units on a four-hour recall status to be ready if requested by Minnesota's governor amid civil unrest following the killing of a black man by a white Minneapolis police officer.It was unclear when the U.S. military last invoked such a short timeline to potentially recall U.S. troops, something it might do for contingencies such as natural disasters."At this time there is no request by the Governor of Minnesota for Title 10 f
  
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• Why the UK has no teeth when it comes to China and Hong Kong

  30-05-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China’s move to impose national security law in Hong Kong has drawn international outcry, including from the UK, over worries that the territory’s treasured liberties are coming to an end. Activists have welcomed greater international attention on the issue. But the UK’s window to pressure Beijing to change course in a meaningful way has largely closed. Hong Kong has experienced shrinking rights and freedoms for years. Elected lawmakers have been disqualified from their positio
  
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• Deleting Facebook, downloading VPNs: How Hong Kongers are preparing for a draconian law

  30-05-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hong Kongers are preparing for a new reality as China moves to impose new national security powers over Hong Kong that are seen by many as a "death knell" for the former British colony's freedoms.
  
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• Pompeo demands Russia free ill American accused of spying

  30-05-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday demanded that Russia free a former US marine accused of spying in Russia after the man underwent urgent surgery in a Moscow hospital.Fifty-year-old Paul Whelan had emergency hernia surgery late Thursday after suffering "severe abdominal pain," his brother David Whelan said in a statement Friday.Paul Whelan, who also holds Canadian, Irish and British citizenship, was detained in Moscow in December 2018 for allegedly receiving state secrets.
  
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• Fact check: Wearing a face mask will not cause hypoxia, hypoxemia or hypercapnia

  30-05-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Face masks have become controversial, resulting in misinformation. The claims that mask wearing limits oxygen and leads to CO2 poisoning aren't true.
  
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• Meet Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, 2 'badass' astronauts, engineers, and dads poised to make history for SpaceX, NASA, and the world

  30-05-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX's first mission with people will be piloted by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug "Chunky" Hurley aboard the company's Crew Dragon spaceship.
  
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• Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms makes plea to protesters: Not a protest, it's chaos

  30-05-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had an emotional message for violent protesters who brought 'chaos' to her city.
  
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• As Minneapolis burns, mayor takes heat for the response

  30-05-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  First-term Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey appeared to be doing everything right. When George Floyd, a handcuffed black man, died Monday after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes and ignored his “I can't breathe” pleas, Frey quickly expressed outrage and called for charges against the officer. Four officers were fired the next day, and on Friday, Officer Derek Chauvin was charged in Floyd's death.
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Also Voted by Mail

  30-05-2020 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As she’s undertaken a large-scale, multimillion-dollar effort to push back on Democratic attempts to expand vote-by-mail access before the election, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has been clear about one thing: She’s not conceptually opposed to absentee voting. In press calls, McDaniel has said she’s comfortable with states sending out applications for ballots that voters can send in by mail because they have a proper reason for not being able to
  
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• Cuomo signs bill granting front-line worker death benefits

  30-05-2020 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Saturday granting death benefits to the families of police officers, public health workers and other front-line workers who have died of the coronavirus.“You gave your lives for us, we will be there for your families going forward,” Cuomo said as he signed the legislation at his daily briefing on the virus.The bill passed by state lawmakers this past week provides an accidental death benefit that is more substantial than the regular death bene
  
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