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• At least 50 cases of coronavirus linked to surgeon flying from New York City to LA

  15-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 32-year-old nurse - among at least nine others - died from the coronavirus in April after a retired New York surgeon with the illness was admitted to a high end dementia care facility in Los Angeles.According to the LA Times, the nurse, Brittany Bruner-Ringo, died on 20 April. Since then, more information on the surgeon and the trail of infected individuals left in the wake of his travels have emerged.
  
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• US, China to hold top-level talks on tensions: reports

  15-06-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top Chinese official in Hawaii Wednesday in the powers' first senior-level talks since tensions skyrocketed over the coronavirus pandemic, reports said.Pompeo will hold talks with senior Chinese foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, The South China Morning Post said, quoting an unnamed source.Politico and CNN also reported on plans for the meeting.
  
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• NYPD disbanding anti-crime unit, another officer disciplined

  15-06-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NYPD announced Monday it is eliminating its anti-crime unit, a group of plainclothes officers who blend in to fight crime but have caused tension in relations with the communities.
  
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• NASA plans to hold a big Mars Perseverance rover stream this week

  15-06-2020 23:32
  
  NASA has announced plans to hold a big live-stream briefing this week about its Perseverance (“Mars 2020”) rover and the related mission, the space agency said on Monday. The briefing will take place on June 17 and include a number of experts and officials, including NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA’s Planetary Science Division director Lori Glaze. The Perseverance rover … Continue reading
  
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• Trump announces major US troop cut in 'delinquent' Germany

  15-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Monday he is ordering a major reduction in U.S. troop strength in Germany, a move widely criticized by members of his own party as a gift to Russia and a threat to U.S. national security.The U.S. currently has about 34,500 troops in Germany — far fewer than during the Cold War, when Germany was the central focus of American and NATO efforts to deter invasion by the former Soviet Union.In recent decades, Germany has hosted key American military facilities and pro
  
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• Dispatcher unafraid of being 'snitch' reports Floyd arrest

  15-06-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd called a supervisor to tell him what she saw, not caring if it made her look like a “snitch," according to a recording of the call made public Monday. In the call, the dispatcher calls a police sergeant and says what she was seeing on live video looked “different” and that she wanted to let him know about it. The dispatcher was in a 911 call cen
  
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• Man with viral 'Karen' who confronted someone stenciling 'Black Lives Matter' near his own home has been fired from his job at a financial services firm

  15-06-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Robert Larkins, the man with Lisa Alexander, was fired after a video of him confronting someone stenciling "Black Lives Matter" at his own home.
  
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• Trump on coronavirus testing: ‘If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any’

  15-06-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the White House on Monday, President Trump spoke about testing for the coronavirus in the U.S., saying, “If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”
  
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• Giant tortoise Diego, a hero to his species, is home

  15-06-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.Diego was shipped out from the Galapagos National Park's breeding program on Santa Cruz to remote and uninhabited Espanola.
  
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• Coronavirus deaths near 44,000 in Brazil, No.2 global hotspot

  15-06-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nearly 44,000 on Monday, according to Health Ministry data, as the country continued easing restrictions on circulation despite the world's second-worst outbreak after the United States.Brazil registered 627 new fatalities on Monday, down from an average of nearly 1,000 over the past week.Although Brazil's official death toll from the pandemic has risen to 43,959, the true impact is likely far greater than the data show, health expe
  
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• New lawsuit opposes plans to remove Lee statue in Virginia

  15-06-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six property owners along Monument Avenue in Virginia's capital city filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop Gov. Ralph Northam's administration from removing a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.Floyd's death has sparked global protests that participants have vowed to turn into a sustained movement focused on addressing racial injustice and police brutality.
  
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• Biden campaign and DNC raise more than $80 million in May

  15-06-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's the most the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has raised to date during the 2020 presidential election cycle.
  
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• UN chief takes Saudis off blacklist for harming Yemen's kids

  15-06-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s government off a global blacklist of parties whose actions have harmed children in conflict, a move that drew immediate protests Monday from human rights groups.The U.N. chief’s annual report to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict released Monday removed the coalition from a relatively new list of government forces and armed groups “that have put in place measures ... aimed at improv
  
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• U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who refuse to wear masks

  15-06-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As of now, major U.S. airlines may prevent anyone not wearing a mask from boarding and provide the coverings to passengers who have none. Once on board, however, flight attendants have little power to enforce the policy if passengers remove their masks. Carriers implementing the new policy include Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways , Southwest Airlines and United Airlines , Airlines for America said in a statement.
  
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• We can't wait 'another minute' for change: Atlanta mayor

  15-06-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bottoms told a media briefing that she felt after the death of Rayshard Brooks she could not wait for an advisory council to come up with recommendations to reform the police. "It was clear that we do not have another day, another minute, another hour, to waste," she said.
  
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• Phone service issues appear across USA: T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon

  15-06-2020 22:49
  
  On the afternoon of June 15, 2020, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint appeared to be having issues with connectivity. Phone voice calls and data connections seemed to be extremely slow and/or broken entirely for several hours. At 3:18 PM Central Time, CEO Neville Ray posted a Twitter message suggesting the network was being fixed. “Our engineers are working to resolve … Continue reading
  
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• Someone at AT&T thought these DC HBO Max comic books were a good idea

  15-06-2020 22:42
  
  Here’s something new for the “things nobody asked for and would never want anyway” pile: DC and WarnerMedia have teamed up to make a new comic series promoting HBO Max. Corporate team ups like this are nothing new, and indeed, Warner has been doing its best to position HBO Max as the hottest streaming service around, but we can’t help … Continue reading
  
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• 'Our police officers are to be guardians and not warriors': Atlanta mayor orders police to deescalate following killing of Rayshard Brooks

  15-06-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a series of executive orders for her city's police department to "immediately adopt" deescalation procedures following the police killing of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man shot by an officer in a Wendy's restaurant parking lot.Officers have a "duty to intervene" against other officers' use of deadly force, according to her order.
  
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• Coronavirus: Beijing tightens controls amid spike in local cases

  15-06-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese capital has seen 100 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, the WHO says,
  
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• Pokemon GO Battle League is down, it’s not just cheaters

  15-06-2020 22:25
  
  Right this minute in Pokemon GO, users may notice their inability to access Battle League gameplay. Generally, users are able to get in and battle other Pokemon GO trainers in a league which allows remote play – gamers all over the world can usually participate. But because of a few rotten apples – or a bit of rotten game code … Continue reading
  
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• Israel army says targets Hamas infrastructure after rocket fire

  15-06-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel retaliated by air and tank fire Monday against Hamas positions after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, the army said.The tensions came after Gaza rulers Hamas called for unity among Palestinians and "resistance" against Israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
  
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• Travelers accused of breaking quarantine set to leave Hawaii

  15-06-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twenty-one travelers arrested on suspicion of violating Hawaii's coronavirus quarantine order have agreed to leave the state because of threats, a member of the group said Monday.Kendra Carter said some of the harassment involved death threats.Carter wasn't arrested with the others last week because police decided to let her and another woman stay with their children.
  
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• West Virginia sees coronavirus outbreaks in churches

  15-06-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Less than a month after President Trump urged churches to reopen, West Virginia has reported a significant number of coronavirus outbreaks linked to houses of worship.
  
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• Common cholesterol drugs may trigger protective gut bacteria changes

  15-06-2020 22:06
  
  Newly published research details a ‘clear link’ between taking a common cholesterol-lowering drug and healthier gut bacteria. Though additional research is necessary to understand the full implications of this discovery, the study indicates that certain medications may be a useful preventative treatment in people who have less healthy gut bacteria, giving them a beneficial boost that may help reduce or … Continue reading
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Young people under 20 are half as susceptible to Covid-19, new study suggests

  15-06-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'Major breakthrough' as £5 steroid which slashes deaths for most severe Covid-19 patients to be rolled out Coronavirus resistance among children 'primed' by up to 12 common colds per year Deaths in London back to normal levels for first time during coronavirus crisis China reinstates travel curbs to contain 'severe' coronavirus outbreak Prince Charles reveals he lost taste and smell with coronavirus on first royal appearance since lockdown Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month You
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Spain considers quarantine for UK visitors unless Britain drops 14-day policy

  15-06-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two metre rule has no basis, say Oxford University experts Coronavirus resistance among children 'primed' by up to 12 common colds per year Tory MPs rage against the two-metre rule... but would cutting it save our pubs? Corona-cautious or gung-ho… where do you stand on the pandemic Fear-o-Meter? Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Spain is considering imposing a quarantine on visitors from the United Kingdom when it opens its borders next week in reciprocity to a similar measur
  
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• Under police pressure, France backs off ban on chokeholds

  15-06-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Under pressure from police, the French government backed away Monday from a ban on chokeholds during arrests.France’s interior minister announced a week ago that the immobilization technique would be abandoned, in the face of growing French protests over police brutality and racial injustice unleashed by George Floyd’s death in the U.S.On Monday, the national police director sent a letter to staff, obtained by The Associated Press, saying chokeholds will no longer be taught in police
  
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• Doctors "don't understand" COVID symptoms that linger for months

  15-06-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some "long-haulers" report shortness of breath, cough, headache and other coronavirus symptoms linger for months.
  
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• USAF Pilot Dies After F-15 Crashes Into the North Sea

  15-06-2020 21:59 via popularmechanics.com
  
  It's remains unclear what caused the fatal crash.
  
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• Protest live updates: Rayshard Brooks' widow speaks; Tulsa jaywalking arrest 'nonsense'; Minneapolis officers quit after George Floyd

  15-06-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rayshard Brooks' widow and family addresses media. Mom of Tulsa teen arrested for jaywalking speaks. Minneapolis cops quit. Latest protest news.
  
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• Is the U.S. Naval Buildup in the Pacific a Warning to China?

  15-06-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beijing had better believe it.
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg lays out the first steps in the fight against systemic racism

  15-06-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Whoopi Goldberg tells Andy Cohen the first steps to fight systemic racism. "People have to first look at people and see them for who they are," she says.
  
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• US Air Force’s new Grey Wolf helicopter needs to watch its weight

  15-06-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A congressional watchdog is concerned that weight gain could leave the MH-139 unable to meet speed and range requirements.
  
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• New York City police disband rough street unit amid pressure for reform

  15-06-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York Police Department is disbanding its aggressive anti-crime unit, a move aimed at turning alienated residents into crime-stopping allies, part of a nationwide push for policing reforms following the killing of George Floyd.In a major redeployment, the country's largest police force will reassign some 600 plainclothes officers in the anti-crime unit, the target of numerous complaints, to other duties, effective immediately, Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Monday."Make no mistake, this
  
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• Amy McGrath faces surprise primary showdown in Kentucky Senate race

  15-06-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amy McGrath is suddenly fending off an insurgent challenger: State Representative Charles Booker with just about a week to go before the primary.
  
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• T-Mobile is experiencing a 'voice and data issue' that's causing widespread outages for customers around the US

  15-06-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  T-Mobile said its engineers were "working to resolve a voice and data issue" affecting customers throughout the US.
  
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• Bobby Rush: Civil rights veteran says Chicago police union 'stands shoulder to shoulder with KKK'

  15-06-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congressman and civil rights veteran Bobby Rush compared Chicago‘s largest police union to the Ku Klux Klan on Sunday, saying the two organisations “are like kissing, hugging and law-breaking cousins”.In an interview with Politico, the Illinois Democrat said “the number-one cause that prevents police accountability, that promotes police corruption, that protects police lawlessness, is a culprit called the Fraternal Order of Police.”
  
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• Trump to sign police reform executive order on Tuesday

  15-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing, training and mental health resources, administration officials said.The order comes after Trump has struck a strict "law and order" tone in his response to protests around the country sparked by the death of African American George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis.Trump has faced criticism from Democrats for h
  
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• Lebanon army says arrests dozens after violent protests

  15-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lebanese army said Monday it had arrested dozens of suspects for "vandalism", after days of protests triggered by a plunging local currency amid the worst economic crisis in decades.Hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces at the weekend across the Mediterranean nation, after days of resurgent demonstrations against a ruling class deemed corrupt and impotent in tackling the spiralling crisis."The total number of arrests made by military intelligence between 11 and 15 June in diffe
  
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• 17-foot python captured in Florida Everglades

  15-06-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 17ft long python was caught in the Everglades, after a tussle with a man who calls himself the “Python Cowboy.”Mike Kimmel, who runs the Python Cowboy YouTube page, posted a video to his channel on Friday, that documented his journey to catch the snake.
  
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• Virus more efficient at infection after mutation; diseased lungs more receptive to virus

  15-06-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A genetic mutation in the new coronavirus that significantly increases its ability to infect cells may explain why outbreaks in Northern Italy and New York were larger than ones seen earlier in the pandemic.Scientists at Scripps Research in Florida say the mutated virus was seen infrequently in March, but by April accounted for some 65% of cases submitted from around the world to the GenBank database run by the National Institutes of Health.The mutation, designated D614G, increased the number of
  
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• Star Wars Celebration 2020 has been cancelled and we all know why

  15-06-2020 21:19
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed a lot of conventions and events as governments around the world attempt to slow the spread of the virus, and today we’ve got one more event to add to the list: Star Wars Celebration 2020. Disney has announced that ticketholders will be able to get refunds for their tickets and credits for merchandise pre-orders, but … Continue reading
  
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• COVID-19 far more dangerous for patients with heart disease or diabetes, CDC says

  15-06-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 is particularly dangerous for those 80, or with heart disease, or diabetes
  
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• Georgia House speaker says it's a 'shame' the state does not have a hate crime law

  15-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston joins Dana Perino on 'The Daily Briefing.'
  
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• Supreme Court Might Have Just Killed Military’s Transgender Ban

  15-06-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Monday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court that LGBTQ discrimination is illegal sex discrimination means that the U.S. military is now the last employer discriminating against transgender people. While the ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County doesn’t automatically kill the military’s transgender service ban, several attorneys said today’s ruling is the ban’s death knell —including one who will soon argue against the ban in court later.“Because the Supr
  
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• Streaming revolution: Protesters make point with viral clips

  15-06-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue last week, their signs and chants demanding police reform captured from within their ranks by dozens of camera phones.Citizen footage has played a role in previous protest movements: Rodney King’s violent arrest in Los Angeles in 1991 was filmed by a man on his nearby balcony with a camcorder, and images posted to social media were crucial to the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.Bystander video sparked it, with cellphone-be
  
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• Star Wars: Squadrons settles on key period in Empire’s history

  15-06-2020 21:05
  
  Since the dawn of Star Wars, George Lucas’s universe has expanded with stories from across the galaxy – and across time. In Star Wars: Squadrons, the gamer is dropped in to the cockpit of a starfighter at a key point in the history of the Rebellion, and the decline of the evil Galactic Empire. Much like Star Wars: Battlefront (2015), … Continue reading
  
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• Scientists just found the 'chemical fingerprint' of an alleged nuclear explosion that went undeclared in Russia

  15-06-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Radiation found by a group of scientists known as the "Ring of Five" has been shown to have come from a Russian nuclear facility.
  
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• Making it illegal for an adult to store a gun in a place where a child might access it could result in nearly 2,500 fewer gun deaths a year in the US, new research shows

  15-06-2020 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stricter background checks and prohibiting domestic abusers from owning guns are also policies that reduce gun violence.
  
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• Biden posts massive $81M cash haul for May

  15-06-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden pulled in $81 million for his election effort in the month of May, a massive sum that shows the extent to which Democrats have unified behind the former vice president as he seeks to defeat Republican President Donald Trump.Then on Monday, he broke his own single-event record by taking in $6 million during an online fundraiser with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a former primary campaign rival, that was attended by over 600 people.The amount of money Biden is pulling in suggests
  
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