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• 6 staffers setting up for Trump rally test positive for the coronavirus

  20-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Okla., have tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Infections ahead of Trump rally, virus numbers rise in Latin America

  20-06-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six Trump saffers tested positive for coronavirus as crowds ignored health warnings and gathered to hear the US president speak Saturday at his first rally since March, while cases and deaths rose in several Latin American countries.The figures were particularly alarming in Chile, where the death toll nearly doubled to more than 7,000 under a revised tallying method, and passed 20,000 in Mexico.Europe meanwhile chalked up more than 2.5 million cases.
  
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• 6 Trump campaign members in Tulsa test positive for the coronavirus ahead of rally

  20-06-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The news comes as Trump, the White House and the president's re-election campaign organization have been criticized for hosting an event in an enclosed, 19,000-seat arena in Tulsa.
  
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• 'Stay away': Black Tulsans urge Pence not to visit historic Greenwood neighborhood

  20-06-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “They’re using this to promote a message that they just don’t believe,” said one Greenwood resident.
  
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• 'He divides us': Tulsa residents are wary of Trump's rally — and the national spotlight

  20-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tulsa artist Gary Stivers said Trump was using the rally "like a show of force, trying to intimidate anybody from speaking otherwise."
  
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• American Airlines sued after Black man is removed from flight

  20-06-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The passengers said they were defending Elgin Banks, a Black man, after he was told to get off a Phoenix-bound flight for trying to change his seat.
  
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• Trump campaign told police to remove peaceful protester arrested outside Tulsa rally

  20-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the request of Donald Trump's campaign, police arrested an Oklahoma demonstrator on live television moments after she was seen praying outside the president's rally, though she said she had a ticket to attend.Sheila Buck, who was wearing an "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt to memorialise black Americans killed by police, was accused of "trespassing" by Tulsa officers who dragged her away from the city's BOK Centre on Saturday.
  
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• Trump said he was 'not involved' in US attorney Geoffrey Berman's ouster, potentially throwing a wrench into AG Barr's attempt to get rid of Berman

  20-06-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Berman said he had no intention of resigning shortly after AG Barr announced that Berman would be stepping down from his position.
  
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• Fact Check: Joe Biden wants to eliminate new fracking permits, not all fracking

  20-06-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A claim that former Vice President Joe Biden wants to ban fracking is not entirely true. He has publicly stated that he's opposed to a fracking ban.
  
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• AG Barr says Trump has fired Manhattan US attorney Geoffrey Berman after he refused to step down

  20-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Berman said late Friday that he will not step down until the Senate confirms a presidentially appointed successor.
  
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• Trump fires federal prosecutor investigating his own inner circle, attorney general says

  20-06-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr has sent a letter to Geoffrey Berman stating that he requested Donald Trump to fire the US attorney, escalating a tense standoff between the Justice Department and one of the most powerful investigative offices in the nation.The attorney general’s letter comes after Mr Berman — who is spearheading investigations into the president’s inner circle — said he had not resigned from his post and would remain in the position, following a sudden anno
  
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• US judge allows release of ex-Trump aide Bolton's book

  20-06-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US judge refused Saturday to block the release of a tell-all book in which President Donald Trump's former national security advisor describes him as corrupt and incompetent.With John Bolton's book already widely shipped to stores for sale next week, Judge Royce Lamberth wrote that it is too late for a restraining order sought by the Trump administration to halt the process.The DC district court judge said Bolton appeared to have failed to obtain written White House agreement that his memoir c
  
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• Manhattan prosecutor steps down, ending stand-off with Attorney General Barr

  20-06-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A stand-off over the independence of one of the country's most important prosecutor's offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the office that had been investigating President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani.Berman's confirmation of his departure came after Attorney General William Barr told him he had been fired by Trump at Barr's request, and that Berman's hand-picked No. 2, Deputy U.S. Attorney
  
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• DR Congo presidential aide gets 20 years for graft

  20-06-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A top aide to DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was handed 20 years hard labour for corruption on Saturday in a case that has tested the government's anti-graft credentials.Vital Kamerhe, 61, who served as the president's chief of staff, was convicted of diverting more than $50 million of public funds, the court in Kinshasa said.Much of the money was earmarked for building 1,500 social housing units under a programme announced by Tshisekedi after his inauguration in January 2019.
  
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• Tulsa braces for Trump's 'wild evening' amid unrest and coronavirus fears

  20-06-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Rally draws outrage from black communities * Campaign confirms six staffers tested positive for Covid-19The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma was braced on Saturday for Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic struck the US, claiming more than 118,000 lives, plunging the economy into recession and leading to widespread criticism of a botched response to a crisis that has seen the president’s approval ratings tank.The indoor rally, at Tulsa’s 19,000-capacity BO
  
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• The best Father's Day gifts for every kind of foodie dad - CNET

  20-06-2020 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These are the winners he didn't know he wanted.
  
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• Want to honor Pride Month? 5 ways you can be an ally to the Black LGBTQ+ community

  20-06-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Read a Black queer author. Donate to an advocacy group. Reach out and talk. Here's how to be an ally to the Black LGBTQ+ community.
  
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• 6 Trump campaign staffers in Tulsa test positive for COVID-19

  20-06-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The campaign said the staffers were immediately quarantined and will have no contact with rally attendees.
  
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• Juneteenth: Changing local politics, not just protests, vital for racial progress

  20-06-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's plenty of focus on Trump in November. But what about prosecutorial and other local and state elections?
  
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• Analysis: DOJ setback as move to block Bolton book fails

  20-06-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the release. (June 20)
  
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• iOS 14 rumors: 11 new features coming to your iPhone - CNET

  20-06-2020 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A redesigned home screen, multitasking capabilities, new apps and the expected launch date for Apple's next big iOS update.
  
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• Biden aide begins forming U.S. presidential transition team

  20-06-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A close adviser to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has begun forming a team to oversee the transition if the Democratic presidential candidate wins November's election and unseats President Donald Trump, according to a statement on Saturday.Longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman has recruited six people, including several former Obama administration officials, to an initial team that will later be expanded, a person familiar with the transition team said.Major party nominees set up transition team
  
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• 'No intention of resigning': US attorney in Manhattan vows to resist Barr's effort to oust him, continue probes

  20-06-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney in Manhatten, says he's not resigning and vows to continue investigations despite Attorney General William Barr's statement.
  
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• Chile reports more than 7,000 virus deaths under new counting method

  20-06-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Santiago (AFP) - Chile nearly doubled its coronavirus death toll Saturday to more than 7,000 under a new tallying method that includes probable fatalities from COVID-19.
  
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• North Korean defectors sometimes struggle to adjust to new life

  20-06-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 30,000 defectors have escaped through China, some paying thousands of dollars to brokers.
  
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• For the first time, Biden raises more cash in a month than Trump

  20-06-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The $74 million the president, RNC and joint fundraising committees raised is a record for them in monthly fundraising.
  
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• Scientists are searching the universe for signs of alien civilizations: 'Now we know where to look'

  20-06-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the discovery of thousands of exoplanets over the years, NASA Is now funding research into technological civilizations in the universe.
  
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• Muhammad Ali's son said his dad wouldn't have supported Black Lives Matter movement or protests over George Floyd's death

  20-06-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It's not just black lives matter, white lives matter, Chinese lives matter, all lives matter, everybody's life matters," Ali Jr. said.
  
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• Woman wanted after Atlanta Wendy's burns in shooting protest

  20-06-2020 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators said Saturday they have issued an arrest warrant for a woman in connection with a fire at a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta during protests over the police shooting of an African American man.Natalie White is a suspect in the arson and investigators are asking for help finding her, Atlanta Fire and Rescuesaid in a Twitter post.Demonstrators threw bricks and rocks at firefighters as they tried to get to the restaurant, and they couldn't start fighting the blaze until it had destroyed
  
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• Spain to allow Britons to visit from Sunday without quarantine

  20-06-2020 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain said on Saturday it would allow in British tourists from Sunday without requiring them to spend two weeks in quarantine, opening up to one of its largest tourism markets after the hit from the coronavirus pandemic.Britain is due to review its 14-day quarantine rule on June 29, three weeks after it was introduced."We will allow British visitors to enter Spain just like the rest of the European Union or Schengen area from 21 June freely and without the need for the quarantine," foreign minis
  
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• Vital Kamerhe: DRC president's chief of staff found guilty of corruption

  20-06-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vital Kamerhe was sentenced to 20 years hard labour after a trial marked by the murder of a judge.
  
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• Save up to $180 on Polar's best sports training and fitness watches - CNET

  20-06-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Whether you're training for a half-marathon, full marathon or ultra-marathon, there's a watch here for up to 30% off.
  
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• North Face, REI join Facebook ad boycott organized by civil rights groups - CNET

  20-06-2020 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Outdoor goods retailers North Face and REI sign up for the #StopHateforProfit campaign.
  
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• Fox News Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump

  20-06-2020 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction and analysis from former Obama campaign spokesperson, Zach Friend, on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
  
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• Seattle shooting: One person shot dead inside autonomous protest zone

  20-06-2020 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle police have launched a murder investigation after one person was shot dead and another critically injured inside the city's self-declared autonomous protest zone.The shooting occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, Seattle police said in a statement. They added that a 19-year-old man died from his injuries and another male remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Op-Ed: Barr's goal of dumping the Manhattan U.S. attorney has gotten a lot more complicated

  20-06-2020 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Geoffrey Berman refused to go quietly, and that thwarted the Trump administration's plans — at least temporarily.
  
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• Biden builds out his presidential transition operation

  20-06-2020 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former VP is preparing to take power amid twin health and economic crises.
  
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• The GMC Syclone by SVE means business - Roadshow

  20-06-2020 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fitting tribute to the OG.
  
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• Italy reports 49 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 262 new cases

  20-06-2020 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy reported 49 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, compared with 47 a day earlier, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose to 262 from 251 on Friday.The agency said a recalculation in the regional count meant two fewer cases were reported in previous days.
  
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• Popular children’s medicines recalled, but not for the reason you think

  20-06-2020 18:37
  
  The FDA published an advisory late last week revealing that multiple children’s medications have been recalled, including Robitussin and Dimetapp. The recall covers two lots of the over-the-counter medication, which are sold as products for coughing and colds in 4oz and 8oz sizes. According to the FDA, the recall was voluntarily initiated by GSK Consumer Healthcare after the issue was … Continue reading
  
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• Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

  20-06-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A pre-dawn shooting in a park in Seattle's protest zone killed a 19-year-old man and critically injured another person, authorities said Saturday.The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m. in the area near the city's downtown that is known as CHOP, which stands for “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest," police said.Video released later in the day by the Seattle Police appears to show officers arriving at the protest zone saying they want to get to the victim and entering as people yell at them that t
  
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• NC governor orders removal of Confederate statues in Raleigh

  20-06-2020 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crews on Saturday removed two Confederate statues outside the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh on order of the governor, the morning after protesters toppled two nearby statues.Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has long advocated removing the statues, said in a news release that removing the statues was a public-safety imperative.“If the legislature had repealed their 2015 law that puts up legal roadblocks to removal we could have avoided the dangerous incidents of last night,”
  
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• Beijing to set up new security office in Hong Kong

  20-06-2020 18:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's new law for the territory will also override any conflicting local law, state media says.
  
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• 14 great last-minute Father's Day gifts - CNET

  20-06-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There are only a few shopping days left before Dad's big day. We've got you covered with some great in-stock gadgets and deals you can get delivered just in time.
  
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• Does Dad need a new TV? Save up to $200 on the Hisense Quantum Series - CNET

  20-06-2020 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From 55 inches to 75 inches, there's a Hisense TV here for every room.
  
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• Trump wanted big crowds at his comeback rally in Tulsa. They didn't show up

  20-06-2020 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's first post-lockdown rally has generated outsized attention amid protests, coronavirus fears and the president's own unique showmanship.
  
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• Nebraska governor threatens to withhold federal coronavirus aid to counties that require face masks

  20-06-2020 18:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts explains the reasoning behind his threat to withhold $100 million of federal funding allocated to counties in his state.
  
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• Tulsa arena hosts thousands for Trump rally amid virus fears

  20-06-2020 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump showed up in an indoor arena Saturday night for a rally that some fear could help fuel nascent spikes of coronavirus cases in some places, concerns that were amplified after six staffers helping to set up the event tested positive for the virus.State and city health department officials were already bracing for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases from large outdoor demonstrations against police brutality held across the country.Now the Trump rally
  
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• Kazakhstan's ex-president is asymptomatic after positive coronavirus test, report says

  20-06-2020 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kazakhstan's powerful former president Nursultan Nazarbayev is feeling well and showing no symptoms associated with coronavirus despite a positive test, his spokesman told local news website Tengrinews on Saturday.Nazarbayev, 79, who resigned last year, remains an influential figure in the oil-rich nation of 19 million where he is seen as a guarantor of stability."The disease is asymptomatic," Ukibay told Tengrinews.
  
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• John Bolton: Judge rejects Trump bid to ban ex-adviser's book

  20-06-2020 18:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US judge denies the Trump administration's bid to halt publication of John Bolton's memoir.
  
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