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• Trump wants a park for statues of 'American heroes.' Just how might that work?

  04-07-2020 23:58 via politico.com
  
  Against a backdrop of tensions over Confederate monuments, Trump's executive order hits at a main theme of his reelection campaign.
  
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• Mexico's COVID deaths pass 30,000, world's 5th highest total

  04-07-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico topped 30,000 COVID-19 deaths Saturday, overtaking France as the country with the fifth-highest death toll since the coronavirus outbreak began.Officials reported 523 more confirmed coronavirus deaths for the day, bringing the nation's total to 30,366 for the pandemic.Mexico's total confirmed infections rose by almost 6,000 to 251,165, about on par with Spain, the eighth highest caseload.
  
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• Thomas Jefferson alongside Black great-grandson holds 'a mirror' to U.S.

  04-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shannon LaNier, a TV host in Houston, is pictured in a photo in Smithsonian Magazine alongside his direct ancestor, Thomas Jefferson.
  
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• Iran and North Korea: The Real Axis of Evil (As in Missile Allies?)

  04-07-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran's close relationship with the DPRK extends to missile development.
  
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• Trump and Barr are making false claims about mail-in ballots to scare us out of voting

  04-07-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The one thing most likely to undercut public confidence in the integrity of the ballot is the false narrative Trump and Barr are peddling.
  
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• See it again! Air Force, Military planes fly over Boston on Fourth of July

  04-07-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps flew over in five waves in what the defense department is calling a "Salute to great cities of the American Revolution."
  
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• Florida's new coronavirus cases break record, nearly tying New York's peak

  04-07-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases Saturday, it highest daily tally yet, nearly tying New York's high of 11,571 in April.
  
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• This Old Tank Helped Crush Saddam Hussein (It Was Meant to Crush Russia)

  04-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An impressive record for an aging weapon.
  
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• Should President Trump have been briefed on Russian bounty reports?

  04-07-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawmakers demand more answers from the administration about who knew what and when; Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane reacts.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell may 'never' speak about Prince Andrew and his ties to her and Epstein, her friend told the BBC

  04-07-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A friend of Maxwell told the BBC on Saturday that the socialite saw the prince as a friend and "she was never, ever, going to say anything about him."
  
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• A Nigerian Instagram star conspired to launder millions of dollars while flaunting his 'extravagant lifestyle' on social media, prosecutors allege

  04-07-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alleged scammer, "Ray Hushpuppi," 37, is facing charges related to his role as "key player in a large, transnational conspiracy," prosecutors said.
  
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• Two people critically injured after car plows into protesters on Seattle freeway

  04-07-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests
  
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• LGBT Pride activists protest in Paris against racial injustice

  04-07-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A pared-down LGBT Pride march drew thousands of people to the streets of Paris on Saturday, without the colourful trucks blasting out techno music but with powerful slogans demanding racial equality and protesting against police violence.The French capital's official Pride parade was postponed to November because of the coronavirus epidemic, but organisers decided to hold a march they said should be more politically driven and support the "Black Lives Matter" movement."Because of COVID, the norm
  
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• Protester Blamed ‘Black Man’ for Giving Her Molotov Cocktail Gear. Then Cops Found Note From a White Painter.

  04-07-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When 27-year-old Samantha Shader was first arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at police, she told detectives that the supplies—including glass bottles—were given to her by a group of Black men and women, according to federal court records.But weeks later, on Friday, police arrested a white man who admitted to providing the materials, 29-year-old Timothy Amerman. According to court records and a Facebook page that appears to belong to Amerman, he works as a painter in
  
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• USCIS has had to slow down during the pandemic. Some immigrants will benefit from this

  04-07-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus crisis and the budget shortfall the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is facing, somehow have turned in favor of immigrants with open processes, who must support their visa, green card and citizenship applications with more evidence or documents.
  
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• An antifa hoax about a 'peaceful flag burning to resist police' riled up right-wing groups in Gettysburg for no reason

  04-07-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite local news outlets and independent fact checkers debunking claims of a flag burning planned for July 4th, some protesters still showed up.
  
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• Exclusive: Huawei faces 5G ban in Britain within months

  04-07-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson is poised to begin phasing out the use of Huawei technology in Britain’s 5G network as soon as this year, in a major about-turn, The Telegraph can disclose. GCHQ is understood to have revised its previous assurance that the risks posed by the Chinese technology giant can be safely managed. A report due to be presented to the Prime Minister this week is expected to conclude that new US sanctions on Huawei will force the company to use untrusted technology that could make the r
  
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• Man in famous 9/11 photo dies from COVID-19 in Florida

  04-07-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man photographed fleeing smoke and debris as the south tower of the World Trade Center crumbled just a block away on Sept. 11, 2001, has died from coronavirus, his family said. The Palm Beach Post reported that Stephen Cooper, an electrical engineer from New York who lived part-time in the Delray Beach, Florida area, died March 28 at Delray Medical Center due to COVID-19. The photo, captured by an Associated Press photographer, was published in newspapers and magazines around the world and is
  
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• A new strain of coronavirus is more infectious but doesn't make people any sicker than before, according to a global study

  04-07-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the researchers who worked on the study told CNN that the new mutation is "now the dominant form infecting people."
  
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• The One Reason Donald Trump Needs to Fear Joe Biden (And Could Lose)

  04-07-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Likeability matters. It’s not everything, of course, and Joe Biden has weaknesses. But the 2020 contest is not a race between two people with similar high negative ratings, and that may matter to the public in November — it certainly could help explain Biden’s lead in the polls.
  
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• Epstein prosecutor who claimed Prince Andrew was not co-operating to give testimony next week

  04-07-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The prosecutor locked in a tussle to get Prince Andrew to give evidence about Jeffrey Epstein for much of this year will appear before a congressional committee this week, potentially throwing new light on the matter. Geoffrey Berman was the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, the unit leading the Epstein investigation, until last month when he was controversially sacked by the Trump administration for reasons that remain unclear. Mr Berman will appear before the House of Represen
  
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• Elon Musk denies Jeffrey Epstein toured SpaceX facilities

  04-07-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Musk's relationship to Epstein has been called into question following the recent arrest of Epstein's alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
  
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• China accuses Canada of meddling over Hong Kong law

  04-07-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China on Saturday accused Canada of meddling after Ottawa said it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong to protest a tough new national security law imposed there by Beijing.In a statement published on the website of the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, a spokesperson denounced what he said were Canada's "unwarranted comments" on the new law, saying Canadian leaders had "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs.""Some Western countries including Canada have been meddling in Hong K
  
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• A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT - CNET

  04-07-2020 19:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A space rock reportedly causes a sonic boom as it crashes into our atmosphere over Japan.
  
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• U.S. CDC reports 2,789,678 coronavirus cases, 129,305 deaths

  04-07-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It had earlier reported 52,492 cases 749 deaths.CDC did not respond to requests for clarification on Saturday.The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on July 3 compared with its previous report a day earlier.
  
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• U.S. CDC reports 2,785,023 coronavirus cases, 129,397 deaths

  04-07-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on July 3 compared with its previous report a day earlier.The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
  
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• Judge grants bond to ex-Atlanta cop charged with murder in Rayshard Brooks shooting

  04-07-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A judge says Garrett Rolfe is not a flight risk, granting bond to the ex-Atlanta police off'icer charged with murder in Rayshard Brooks' shooting.
  
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• Trump steps back, done with being 'daily voice' of coronavirus response

  04-07-2020 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president will leave the playing field to Pence and the administration's public health officials.
  
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• Coronavirus in South Africa: Deciding who lives and dies in a Cape Town township

  04-07-2020 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Without enough supplies of oxygen or staff, health workers in South Africa are making some difficult decisions.
  
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• Trump Faces a GOP Mutiny on the Russian Bounties

  04-07-2020 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The battle over intelligence and the Russian bounties amounts to a war by other means.
  
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• Curb Your Enthusiasm head Jeff Schaffer learned a key rule of comedy from Sasha Baron Cohen - CNET

  04-07-2020 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The creator of The League also discusses his show Dave, which stars comedian and rapper Lil Dicky, plus Brews Brothers on Netflix and the story behind the Festivus pole on Seinfeld.
  
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• Biden evokes MLK and George Floyd in Fourth of July message

  04-07-2020 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden's video message came hours after President Trump accused protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a "merciless campaign to wipe out our history."
  
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• Get a 2-pack of Anker PowerWave wireless charging stands for $26 - CNET

  04-07-2020 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Or get just one charging stand for $16
  
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• This early flip phone cost an astonishing $1,000 and proves just how far we've come - CNET

  04-07-2020 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Compared with other cellphones of its day, the Motorola StarTAC was an amazingly sleek, cutting-edge device.
  
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• Florida reports over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, breaking its single-day record twice in one week

  04-07-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York is the only other state that has seen more than 10,000 new cases in a day, with its peak passing in April.
  
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• Billy Graham, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass: Who Trump wants in the 'National Garden of American Heroes'

  04-07-2020 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's order says the "National Garden of American Heroes," should feature Harriet Tubman, Billy Graham and Frederick Douglass among others.
  
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• Iran: A Budding Drone Superpower? You Decide.

  04-07-2020 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Iranian Defense Ministry announced that it has acquired three new drones that are capable of flying almost 1,000 miles and from an altitude of up to 45,000 feet
  
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• Looking for a face shield? What to know and where to buy them

  04-07-2020 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Face shields are rising in popularity amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here's everything you need to know and where to buy face shields.
  
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• Alan Dershowitz wrote a Spectator column about Ghislaine Maxwell in which he says 'everyone should keep an open mind'

  04-07-2020 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maxwell, a longtime associate of financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been charged her with crimes related to the grooming and sexual abuse of young girls.
  
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• Get 25% off this sweet 100W USB-C MacBook charger - CNET

  04-07-2020 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Aukey Omnia 100W PD charger is usually $55. But this CNET-exclusive code will allow you to get it for just over $41.
  
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• The Latest: Columbus statue yanked, tossed into Inner Harbor

  04-07-2020 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Baltimore protesters have pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and thrown it into the city’s Inner Harbor.Protesters mobilized by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police have called for the removal of statues of Columbus, Confederate figures and others.
  
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• You have no idea they're sick. But contracting the virus could be especially lethal for them.

  04-07-2020 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "When I look at people going out into the public now, what I see is the prolonged time that I'm not going to get to be with my dad while he is losing his memory."
  
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• Turkey: Fireworks factory employees detained after explosion

  04-07-2020 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey’s official news agency says three people have been detained in connection to a massive explosion at a fireworks factory that left at least four people dead.Anadolu news agency reported Saturday that a manager and two supervisors were detained following Friday’s explosion in northwestern Sakarya province.Television footage on Friday showed a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke rising from the factory amid sounds of explosions.
  
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• Dems: Biden Could Shoot Me on 5th Ave. And I’d Still Vote for Him.

  04-07-2020 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a call-back to simpler times—before the unprecedented global pandemic and nationwide civil unrest—supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have co-opted a notorious joke made by President Trump four years ago on the campaign trail.The year was 2016, and there were just two weeks until the Iowa caucuses. Reality-TV star and real-estate mogul Donald Trump was the Republican frontrunner, and he was, well, confident about his chances.“I could stand in the middle
  
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• Trump sows division at Mount Rushmore speech as U.S. grapples with crises

  04-07-2020 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump made a direct appeal to disaffected white voters four months before Election Day.
  
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• Florida breaks record with 11,458 new virus cases. Miami-Dade and Broward hit highs, too

  04-07-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saturday’s update on new confirmed COVID-19 cases from the Florida Department of Health reflected the state, Miami-Dade and Broward record new single-day highs, rocketing past previous peaks.
  
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• Florida breaks record with 11,458 new COVID-19 cases. Miami-Dade and Broward hit highs, too

  04-07-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saturday’s update on new confirmed COVID-19 cases from the Florida Department of Health reflected the state, Miami-Dade and Broward record new single-day highs, rocketing past previous peaks.
  
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• Berlin metro to complete change of derogatory station name by year-end

  04-07-2020 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Berlin's public transport company BVG said on Saturday that completing the renaming of a city centre metro station with a name based on a derogatory word for Black people will take until the end of the year."Mohrenstrasse" metro station literally means Moor Street, using the medieval term for people from North Africa.BVG said on Friday it would change the station name, amid a worldwide reckoning with buried legacies of racism and colonial crimes underpinning many western societies, sparked by th
  
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• World War III: Russia Had a Horrific Plan to Crush NATO (That Means Nuclear War)

  04-07-2020 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nuclear bombing along with a rapid invasion were determined to be crucial to any such attack.
  
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• Florida, Texas post daily COVID-19 records as 'positivity' rates climb

  04-07-2020 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For a sixth straight day, Texas also registered an all-time high in the number of people hospitalized with the highly contagious respiratory illness - 7,890 patients after 238 new admissions over the past 24 hours.By comparison, New York state - the U.S. epicenter of the outbreak months ago, reported just 844 hospitalizations on Saturday, far below the nearly 19,000 hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients at the peak of its coronavirus crisis.During the first four days of July alone, a total
  
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