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Kids who grow up with dogs behave better than those who don’t, study finds. Here’s why

06-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com

It’s a win-win for the owner and dog.

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Disappointing photos show how small Mount Rushmore is in real life

06-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com

Mount Rushmore is considered one of the most famous monuments in the US, but the attraction appears disappointingly small in real life.

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U.S. Social Media Companies Cease Hong Kong Data Requests, Citing National Security Law

06-07-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com

Several U.S. social media companies have ceased reviewing requests by Hong Kong authorities to search residents' data, following China's implementation of a new national security law covering the territory.The new law gives the Chinese government sweeping power to arrest dissidents in Hong Kong or curtail their activities."We believe freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and support the right of people to express themselves without fear for their safety or other repercussions," Face

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What Pandemic? Melania and Ivanka Trump’s July 4th Fashion Show Was all About Them

06-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com

We all have those friends who continue to live their lives online, sharing their brunch and July 4th cookouts, ignoring the disastrous backdrop of a global pandemic and nationwide protests. Count Melania and Ivanka Trump among such social media showboats.Former Melania Trump Confidant to Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the ElectionEchoing Trump’s new strategy for handling the coronavirus crisis—“we need to live with it”—both women used the holiday

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Coronavirus: White House insists world sees US as ‘leader’ in pandemic as infections surge

06-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com

The White House has insisted that the US is being looked at as a “leader” in the fight against coronavirus, even as cases continue to spiral across the country.The latest comments came at a White House press briefing on Monday, when press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was questioned about the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

06-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities.The guidelines, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide additional pressure for universities to reopen even amid growing concerns about the recent spread of COVID-19 among young adults.Colleges received the guidance the same day that some institutions, including Ha

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Texas woman tied to slaying of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen appears in court

06-07-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com

Authorities have accused Cecily Aguilar of helping Spc. Aaron David Robinson dispose of Vanessa Guillen’s body after Robinson killed her.

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Portland Police See 240 Percent Yearly Increase in July Shootings

06-07-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com

Portland police have responded to 17 shootings so far this month, a 240 percent increase when the city saw five in the same timeframe last year, the department announced Monday.One shooting earlier this month injured a man, while another resulted in an infant child putting a spent bullet in her mouth, police revealed. In a statement, Portland police chief Chuck Lovell called the spike “alarming.”“Gun violence negatively impacts everyone in our community and the increase we are

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Charge filed against woman who called police on black birdwatcher

06-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com

Amy Cooper was shown on video falsely claiming that a black birdwatcher had threatened her life.

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Scientists Discover Tiny Dinosaur Relative

06-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com

Scientists report the discovery of a “shockingly small” predecessor to dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

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Galaxy Note 9 display color issue persists [UPDATE: Samsung response]

06-07-2020 23:37

There’s an update that was released this year for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 that turned the device’s display… sort green. A very similar issue seemed to appear on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra starting in at around the same time – in April of 2020. Samsung suggested that they were hard at work on the issue for the Galaxy … Continue reading

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Russian Village in 'Danger Zone' of Possible Nuclear Missile Test

06-07-2020 23:36 via popularmechanics.com

Nenoksa is once again the crosshairs after a radioactive accident last year.

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Fox News Anchor Debunks Trump’s ‘99% Totally Harmless’ COVID Claim

06-07-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com

Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto on Monday refuted President Donald Trump’s false claim that 99 percent of America’s confirmed coronavirus cases were “totally harmless,” tallying off a number of statistics to inform Fox viewers about how dangerous the virus is.During his Independence Day remarks, the president downplayed the severity of the disease that has already claimed more than 130,000 American lives, claiming without any evidence that of the millions of American COVID-19

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NASA's powerful Hubble space telescope has beamed back a striking photo of a 'fluffy' galaxy with a ghostly, empty center

06-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com

The photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows how newborn stars have used up all the gas at this galaxy's center.

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Airlines saw a spike in passenger volume for the July 4th holiday weekend, but the numbers are still dismal for the industry

06-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com

US airlines had their best weekend since March, but numbers remain far below normal, and new coronavirus spikes put the travel recovery at risk.

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Former Melania Trump Confidante to Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the Election

06-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com

Following months of legal drama, threats, and public controversy surrounding multiple books published by former Trumpworld insiders, yet another blockbuster Trump book is set to hit shelves this summer and contain “explosive” revelations about first lady Melania Trump, written by her once close adviser and friend of 15 years.According to people familiar with the project, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff—who was previously seen by the first lady as a loyal confidante and helped plan Pr

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Why China Fear the Power of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War

06-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com

This was China’s introduction to the power and flexibility of the aircraft carrier, something it obsesses about to this day.

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Colombia fuel tanker inferno kills seven and injures dozens

06-07-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com

The accident happened as people tried to siphon fuel from the overturned lorry on the north coast.

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U.S. says foreign students may have to leave if their school goes online-only

06-07-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com

The news comes as some colleges and universities, including Harvard, have announced they will hold online-only courses this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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U.S. to force out foreign students taking classes fully online

06-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com

Foreign students in the United States, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, will have to leave the country if their classes are all taught online this fall or if they transfer to another school with in-person instruction, a government agency said.It was not immediately clear how many student visa holders would be affected by the move, but foreign students are a key source of revenue for many U.S. universities as they often pay full tuition.China ranked first among countries of origin for inte

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U.S. Sends Major Military Muscle to the South China Sea

06-07-2020 23:22 via popularmechanics.com

The joint exercise included a B-52 bomber that flew all the way from Louisiana on a 28-hour-long mission.

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Horror movie fans can better handle pandemic stress, study finds

06-07-2020 23:22

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased stress levels among the general public — the concerns range from unemployment to more extreme things like fears about the breakdown of society or widespread death. New research has found that some people are better able to handle this stress than others, and they’re also more likely to love horror movies. The idea that … Continue reading

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Exonerated Central Park Five members speak out: ‘Not too many things have changed since 30 years ago’

06-07-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com

In 1989, five Black and Hispanic teens were falsely accused of raping and nearly killing Trisha Meili, a white woman jogging in Central Park.Known collectively as the Central Park Five, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise were convicted in two trials despite a lack of eyewitness testimony or DNA evidence and spent between six and 13 years in prison.Exonerated in 2002 after an investigation confirmed that a convicted murderer and rapist had committed the

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Five things I need to see from the Xbox Series X Games Showcase

06-07-2020 23:17

After weeks of waiting, we finally have a date for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X game reveal. The company will reveal a number of first-party games in development for the Xbox Series X in just a couple of weeks, on July 23rd at 9 AM PDT. While we wait for the 23rd to roll around, here are five things I need … Continue reading

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Surge in NYC shootings fuels police reform debate

06-07-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com

New York reeled from a spate of holiday weekend shootings Monday, with police fueling controversy by partially attributing them to reforms undertaken following the death in custody of George Floyd.The Big Apple was rocked by 45 shootings -- which resulted in 11 deaths -- over the long July 4th weekend, up from just 16 shootings for the same period in 2019.Terence Monahan, the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer, said "tremendous animosity" shown towards officers following the recent Black L

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Brazil's Bolsonaro says lungs 'clean' after coronavirus test

06-07-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus and his lungs were "clean," after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID-19 respiratory disease.Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down the impact of the virus, even as Brazil has suffered one of the world's worst outbreaks, with more than 1.6 million confirmed cases and 65,000 related deaths, according to official data on Monday.CNN Brasil and newspaper Estado de S.Paul

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A 'moral obligation': Milwaukee pushes to end hyper segregation in schools

06-07-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com

Board members hope to engage the broader community in developing a plan to desegregate schools and reduce inequities among schools across the region.

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Eating more probiotic foods could help improve depression

06-07-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com

New UK research has found eating a diet that includes probiotic foods, or a combination of both probiotic and prebiotic foods, may help ease depression and anxiety.To look at how pre- and probiotics could potentially be used as a therapeutic treatment for depression and/or anxiety disorders, UK researchers reviewed seven existing studies which had investigated the effect of eating a diet that includes pre- and probiotic foods on these mental health conditions.

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Scientists Suggest COVID-19 May Be Airborne in New Open Letter

06-07-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com

A group of 239 scientists have sent an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraging them to revise their statement about how the virus spreads to include airborne transmission, especially indoors.

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Trump administration bars international college students if their school's classes are all online

06-07-2020 23:02 via politico.com

Colleges could be in a tough spot if they want to keep international students enrolled.

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Aliens Are Out There But Still Pretty Rare, Study Says

06-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com

The search for extraterrestrial intelligent life could offer important insights into how long our own civilization can survive.

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US military apologizes to South Korea after its troops fired fireworks and reportedly brawled in the streets

06-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com

Over 70 police reports were filed and 200 police officers were deployed, according to South Korean news reports.

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'It was totally like a foreign country': South Koreans angered by US troops firing fireworks and brawling on the street

06-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com

Over 70 police reports were filed and 200 police officers were deployed, according to South Korean news reports.

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New York officials say a perfect storm of problems has made it an especially deadly summer in the city: 'It's guns. It's the gangs. It's the lack of jobs.'

06-07-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com

A recent surge in New York City shootings has continued into July 4 weekend, with 11 killed and more than 60 injured.

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Ofcom's verdict on China is historic - and personal, says British investigator forced into TV confession

06-07-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com

By Peter Humphrey Ofcom’s damning judgment on Monday against Chinese state television outfit CGTN for helping China’s police extract and broadcast forced and false confessions from untried prisoners is an important victory against the human rights abuses of the Chinese Communist Party dictatorship. During a two-year captivity ordeal in 2013-2015 on manufactured charges, I was twice submitted to this abusive practice, once while locked in a cage with steel bars. I and my wife were acc

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Google’s 6 new device types list next must-haves for home entertainment

06-07-2020 22:46

Google did some re-arranging and adding to its giant list of Google Assistant device types this week. This list is specifically for connections between devices and to Google Assistant, but the listing itself provides more than just info for aspiring creators. Google’s latest subset of types, Smart Home Entertainment Devices, allow us a peek at what Google’s analysts have seen … Continue reading

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Biden campaign rolls out new fonts from typeface powerhouse Hoefler & Co.

06-07-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com

The fonts are from the same company behind typefaces for the Obamas, Rolling Stone, Twitter, Tiffany & Co., the Guggenheim, Condé Nast and Nike.

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McDaniel: Trump campaign leading the way holding rallies with safety measures

06-07-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com

RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on precautions being taken ahead of Trump's New Hampshire rally.

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Franco's heirs clash with Spanish state over summer home

06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com

The Spanish state on Monday clashed in court with the heirs of Francisco Franco over who should control a mock-castle used by the fascist dictator as a summer home. Officials in the A Coruña areadonated the property as a retreat for Franco in 1938, when he was the leader of the Nationalists in the Civil War. Spain's Left-wing coalition government demanded its return last year, contending that the formal transfer of the site in 1941 was illegitimate. Franco’s family still enjoy use o

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DeSantis cuts $28 million from disease treatment at Florida prisons as pandemic's toll worsens

06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used his veto powers late last month to excise from the state budget a $28 million initiative to treat prisoners for hepatitis C and the coronavirus. It was one of many vetoes DeSantis made in the proposed $93.2 billion state budget.

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A former National Guard colonel apologized but will keep her professor job after saying sexual harassment is the 'price of admission for women' in the military

06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com

Betsy Schoeller said her Facebook comment about Vanessa Guillén was intended to provide a "voice" to the "culture of sexual harassment" women face.

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Major battery save coming to your devices via Chrome

06-07-2020 22:05

There’s a new feature coming to the Chrome web browser from Google that’ll drastically cut down on battery drain on multiple platforms. If you’re using a Windows PC, Mac (Apple), Linux (on a PC), Chrome OS, Android, or just Android WebView, you’ve got the potential to increase your device’s battery life by a noticeable amount. It all comes down to … Continue reading

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Iraqi jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi killed

06-07-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com

Renowned jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi was shot outside his home in Baghdad on Monday and died shortly thereafter at a local hospital, Iraqi officials told AFP.Hashemi was an authoritative voice on Sunni jihadist factions including the Islamic State group, but was also frequently consulted by media and foreign governments on domestic Iraqi politics and Shiite armed groups.The investigator assigned to the killing told AFP that Hashemi, 47, walked out of his home in east Baghdad and was gettin

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We Fought a U.S.-China War in the South China Sea. The U.S. Navy Lost.

06-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com

For more than a hundred years, the U.S. Navy has been using naval wargames to test ships, tactics and strategy.

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Microdosing THC confirmed effective for pain relief at minuscule doses

06-07-2020 21:56

The practice of taking very small, sub-perceptual doses of a compound — microdosing — is almost exclusively associated with psychedelics. Some medical marijuana users, however, have claimed that microdosing THC has its own benefits, something a new study substantiates. The research comes from Israeli medical technology company Syqe Medical, which reports that microdosing THC may have a profound impact on … Continue reading

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White House press secretary says Trump doesn't have a position on the Confederate flag but is against 'cancel culture'

06-07-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com

McEnany kept avoiding Trump's criticism of NASCAR banning the Confederate flag at races, instead pivoting to things like "cancel culture" and Gandhi.

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McEnany defends Trump’s tweet about Bubba Wallace and Confederate flag

06-07-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked on Monday about the president's tweet saying NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace should have apologized for his handling of an incident in which a noose-like rope appeared in his garage.

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Outrage as Mississippi election commissioner complains 'the Blacks' are registering to vote in high numbers

06-07-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com

A Mississippi elections official became the subject of social media fury over the weekend when she tweeted that she was "concerned" about an increase in black voters."I'm concerned about voter registration in Mississippi," Gail Welch, an elections commissioner in Jones County, Mississippi wrote. "The blacks are having lots [of] events for voter registration. People in Mississippi have to get involved, too."

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India Would Love to Return this Aircraft Carrier It Bought from Russia

06-07-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com

A real aircraft carrier for less than a billion dollars sounds almost too good to be true. And it was.

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Marine Units Deactivate in Aggressive Plan to Reshape the Corps

06-07-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com

At least four Marine Corps units have cased their colors in recent weeks as part of an aggressive plan to reshape the force,

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