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Facebook takes down accounts tied to Roger Stone

08-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com

Facebook on Wednesday said it has removed dozens of accounts linked to the hate group Proud Boys, to President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone and to employees of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, among others.A network tied to both Stone and the Proud Boys had fake accounts post about local politics in Florida, as well as Stone’s books, websites and media appearances, Facebook said.

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Elon Musk's Boring Company wants to hold its first tunneling competition - CNET

08-07-2020 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com

Can you dig it? No seriously, can you?

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Let the sun charge your stuff: Get a 20,000-mAh solar power bank for 50% off - CNET

08-07-2020 23:54 via feedproxy.google.com

RAVPower's power bank can be charged with wall power or solar, is rugged enough for a hiking trip and includes an LED flashlight.

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Galaxy Note 20 Ultra hands-on video leaks - CNET

08-07-2020 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com

The latest leak of the Samsung phone shows off the camera and S Pen.

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McEnany: The president will stand on the side of our children

08-07-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany responds to criticism of Trump's push to reopen schools.

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'Leave him': New court filings detail George Floyd's fatal arrest

08-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com

An attorney for former Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane filed a motion to dismiss charges, citing "lack of probable cause" for Lane's role in Floyd's death.

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Android 11 Beta 2 released with all sorts of fun bugs

08-07-2020 23:48

Today Google released Android 11 Beta 2 for a limited number of smartphones. Users can download the app with the full public Beta release system or with the Android Flash Tool. Users can also run the Android 11 Beta 2 on their desktop machine using the Android Emulator inside Android Studio – or with a GSI (generic system image) on … Continue reading

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FDA warns more hand sanitizer recalled over serious risk

08-07-2020 23:45

The FDA reported this week that more hand sanitizer has been recalled over the presence of a dangerous chemical that could, in a worst-case scenario, cause permanent injury to those who are exposed to it. This recall covers nearly 20,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, joining other hand sanitizer recalls announced earlier this month for the same reason. READ: The FDA … Continue reading

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Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid says America's biggest national security issue is the K-12 education system

08-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com

The US needs an education system that informs students about the world around them, retired Navy Adm. William McRaven said.

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Trump has 91% chance of winning second term, professor’s model predicts

08-07-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com

President Donald Trump has a 91 per cent chance of winning the November 2020 election, according to a political science professor who has correctly predicted five out of six elections since 1996.“The Primary Model gives Trump a 91 percent chance of winning in November,” Stony Brook professor Helmut Norpoth told Mediaite on Tuesday.

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Lightning strike kills Delaware County man, Philadelphia man

08-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com

Two men, one from Philadelphia and another from Delaware County, were killed during a lightning storm in northern Pennsylvania.

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Republicans renew complaints Twitter stifles president, conservatives

08-07-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com

Two U.S. Republican lawmakers accused Twitter on Wednesday of being biased against conservatives and demanded information about the social media platform's reactions to two tweets by President Donald Trump.Representatives Jim Jordan and James Sensenbrenner, in a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, said Twitter's content moderation was not neutral and that it more often took aim at conservatives.

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'I feel threatened': Unmasked Florida man's viral Costco outburst cost him his job

08-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com

"He absolutely does not represent our values and no longer works at our agency," the CEO of Ted Todd Insurance said Tuesday.

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Minneapolis PD Trained Officers to Use the Neck Restraint That Killed George Floyd: Docs

08-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com

The Minneapolis Police Department, in a training manual issued to all new officers, detailed how to execute the same neck restraint that killed George Floyd, lawyers for one of the officers involved in the May 25 incident argued in a Wednesday motion. The training manual, which provided pictures of the “non-deadly” maneuver in which officers put an arm or leg on the back of a suspect’s throat if they are resisting arrest, was filed Wednesday in a motion to dismiss the char

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Fox News Host Grills Betsy DeVos on ‘Reckless’ Plan to Reopen Schools

08-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com

President Donald Trump threatened to “cut off funding” to schools that don’t reopen amidst the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday. And his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is right there with him. On Fox News Wednesday afternoon, host Neil Cavuto repeatedly pressed DeVos on the administration’s official “schools must open” policy. But she didn’t budge, dismissing the risks to not only school children but especially to teachers and their families.

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George Floyd begged the police not to shoot him from the moment they arrived, bodycam transcripts show

08-07-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com

Floyd and another woman on the scene told the officers that he had been shot before and was worried about it happening again.

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George Floyd begged police not to shoot him from the moment they arrived, bodycam transcripts show

08-07-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com

Floyd and another woman on the scene told the officers that he had been shot before, and were worried about it happening again.

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Multiple children killed as crime spikes in Chicago

08-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com

Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones on the violence and tragedy sweeping major cities.

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Biden-Sanders task forces unveil joint goals for party unity

08-07-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com

Political task forces Joe Biden formed with onetime rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Party's progressive wing recommended Wednesday that the former vice president embrace major proposals to combat climate change and institutional racism while expanding health care coverage and rebuilding a coronavirus-ravaged economy.The groups, formed in May to tackle health care, immigration, education, criminal justice reform, climate change and the economy, sought to hammer out a

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Google Maps traffic lights update released to Android

08-07-2020 23:19

If you’re using an Android device that was released in the last few years and you use Google Maps, you’re in luck. Today, Google started releasing an update that adds traffic lights to maps. This isn’t going to be live in all places around the world right out the gate – this is just the start – but it’s a … Continue reading

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People are saying Viagra is now more accessible than birth control because of a Supreme Court ruling — here's the reality

08-07-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com

More employers no longer have to provide free contraception to employees, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Viagra usually isn't covered.

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The coronavirus may cause brain damage, even in patients with mild cases, a new study found

08-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com

The coronavirus doesn't just target your lungs; it can impact your brain, too. Research links COVID-19 to strokes, hallucinations, and swollen brains.

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Scrabble community mulls banning racial and homophobic slurs

08-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com

The vote by the community's advisory board comes after weeks of anti-racism protests around the world.

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Coronavirus: Harvard and MIT sue over US visa ruling

08-07-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com

Harvard and MIT say withdrawing visas from foreign students whose courses move fully online is "chaos".

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New oversight committee would restore faith in NYPD, AG says

08-07-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com

New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed sweeping changes Wednesday to boost oversight of the New York City Police Department, including forming an independent commission that would approve the department's budget and have the final say on officer discipline.“The police should not police themselves — period," James, a Democrat, told reporters.Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked James to investigate whether NYPD officers used excessive force to quell unrest and enforce a citywide curfew i

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Miami-Dade Teachers Union Applauds Latest Decision By Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho

08-07-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com

The President of the United Teachers of Dade is applauding the latest decision by Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho who is saying that schools will not reopen for classes until the county is in Phase 2 of the coronavirus reopening plan.

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US surpasses three million coronavirus cases

08-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com

Despite surges in new infections, the White House wants to press forward with school reopenings.

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A New York doctor who recovered from COVID-19 and treated over 800 infected patients warns of overwhelmed hospitals that will feel 'like you're in a war zone'

08-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com

Dr. Jake Deutsch said states with surging coronavirus cases like Arizona, Florida, and Texas need to act fast to avoid overwhelmed hospitals.

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India gold smuggling case sparks political row

08-07-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com

An investigation is under way after 30kg of gold was found in a package bound for the UAE's consulate.

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US rule targets disease-stricken countries to deny asylum

08-07-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections.The Homeland Security and Justice departments said in a joint proposal that denying asylum to people from high-risk countries would combat disease in the United States, in some cases stopping it before

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Georgia Cities in Open Revolt Against Governor Over Masks

08-07-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com

When Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she would sign a mask-wearing mandate Wednesday, she wasn’t just protecting her citizens—she was adding fire to a growing revolt over Gov. Brian Kemp’s refusal to require face coverings in Georgia. “Atlanta is going to do it today because the fact of the matter is that COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on our city, specifically black and brown communities with higher death rates,” said the mayor, who recently tested po

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Facebook removes false accounts linked to Brazil's Bolsonaro

08-07-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com

Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday that it has removed dozens of accounts, some used by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his lawmaker sons.“We could see that there were employees of these offices engaged,” Nathaniel Gleicher, the company’s head of cybersecurity policy, said in a call with journalists.Gleicher added that some of the content posted by the accounts had already been taken down for community standards violations, including hate spee

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Trump hails 'outstanding relationship' with Mexico president

08-07-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed his "outstanding relationship" with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as he welcomed him to the White House for the leaders' first one-on-one meeting."We've had a very outstanding relationship... The relationship between the United States and Mexico has never been closer than it is right now," said the billionaire Republican, who was elected in 2016 after campaigning heavily on a promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico.At the

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Potential Tropical Storm System Developing In The Carolinas, Could Move Northeast

08-07-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com

An area of low pressure spinning off of the coast of the Carolinas has a 70 percent chance of formation over the next five days. If it develops, it will become Tropical Storm Fay.

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Toyota just gave its 2021 TRD Pro trucks a sweet new paint job

08-07-2020 22:39

Toyota has given its burly 2021 TRD Pro trucks a handsome new finish, with the Lunar Rock paint option being added to its 4Runner, Tacoma, Sequoia, and Tundra models. Meanwhile, there are new Trail Special Editions of some of its most popular trucks and SUVs headed to dealerships in the fall. The new paint job replaces the old Army Green … Continue reading

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NASA picks four small US companies to make Artemis Moon tech

08-07-2020 22:38

NASA has selected four small companies in the US to ‘mature’ tech for its upcoming Artemis Moon missions. The combined value of these follow-on contracts will amount to around $17 million, according to the space agency, which previously awarded the companies contracts to develop and demonstrate these technologies. NASA anticipates the contracts helping speed up the development of Moon tech … Continue reading

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Coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in the US after falling for 2 months. Health systems are at risk of being overwhelmed.

08-07-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com

A surge in hospitalizations threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems in areas confronting the fastest-growing outbreaks.

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If Trump strips international student visas, these states will lose hundreds of millions of dollars

08-07-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com

Six states had half the international student enrollment.

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UN Council rejects Russia bid to limit Syrian aid deliveries

08-07-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a Russian resolution that would have cut back the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest to just one crossing point from Turkey.Western countries that voted against the resolution have insisted on keeping the two current crossings from Turkey, with strong backing from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and humanitarian groups.

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U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia

08-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com

A wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated U.S. Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture.Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police informed him on July 5th of the incident."I want to know why they did it," said Downey, who had hoped the statue would foster a dialogu

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Coronavirus in Australia: Melbourne begins new shutdown

08-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com

Five million residents are now barred from leaving home for six weeks, except for essential reasons.

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US to start Cyprus military training, defying Turkey

08-07-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com

The United States said Wednesday it plans to conduct military training with Cyprus for the first time, defying NATO ally Turkey, which warned of destabilization.The US Congress last year ended a decades-long arms embargo on the island, whose northern third is occupied by Turkey.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department for the first time will fund military training for the Republic of Cyprus as part of "our expanding security relationship."

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Steve Mnuchin’s Exclusive LA Country Club Got Millions in COVID Relief

08-07-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com

An exclusive California golf course that has counted Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin among its members is seeing plenty of the taxpayers’ green.The Riviera Country Club, located in a posh enclave of Los Angeles, received $2 million to $5 million in assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program—a multibillion-dollar initiative intended to carry small businesses and their employees through the COVID-19 pandemic. Mnuchin, whose Department of the Treasury has assisted in the opera

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'A gut punch': United Airlines to lay off up to 36,000 U.S. employees in October as travel remains depressed

08-07-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com

United said Wednesday that it will lay off up to 36,000 workers such as flight attendants and airport customer service agents, beginning Oct. 1.

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Chances of global warming to 1.5C within five years doubles under new modelling

08-07-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com

Global temperatures have a 20 per cent change of reaching 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, according to new analysis from the World Meteorological Organisation which doubles the likelihood from an earlier assessment. Analysis last year from the Met Office, which led on the new report, put the likelihood at 10 per cent. The Met Office said the higher figure was produced by using models from ten different climate centres around the world for the first time. The Paris Agreem

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U.S. envoy says U.N. vote on Russia bid to cut Syria aid access is 'good versus evil'

08-07-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft urged her Security Council counterparts on Wednesday to oppose a Russian bid to cut border access for aid deliveries to millions of Syrian civilians, describing the choice as "good versus evil."Russia and China cast vetoes on Tuesday to block the 15-member council from extending its approval for a year of aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey through two border crossings.Russia then put forward its own text that would only approve one of those cros

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Russia fails at U.N. in bid to cut Turkey border aid access to Syria

08-07-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com

A Russian bid to halve access for humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey to just one border crossing failed at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, garnering just four votes in favor from the 15-member body.Russia and China cast vetoes on Tuesday to block the council from extending its approval for a year of aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey through two border crossings.

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New York attorney general recommends reducing mayor's power over police

08-07-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com

New York Attorney General Letitia James recommended that New York City's mayor give up sole control over the city police commissioner's hiring, in a preliminary report released on Wednesday on her probe into the policing of recent protests."There should be an entirely new accountability structure for NYPD," James said in her report, noting that "the public lacks a way to have meaningful input on the policies and major decisions that NYPD chooses to make."

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Server who told CEO on racist tirade to leave California eatery gets thousands in tips

08-07-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com

“Get out, you are not allowed here,” she said in the video. “You do not talk to our guests like that. They are valued guests. Get out!”

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Ninja fires up his first-ever YouTube stream, but is this a permanent move?

08-07-2020 21:48

When Microsoft announced that it would be shutting down Mixer and offering streamers the chance to join Facebook Gaming, there was a lot of question over what would happen to Ninja and Shroud – two of Mixer’s biggest streamers. Ninja and Shroud had both built very successful streams on Twitch, and when Microsoft was pushing to make Mixer a competitor, … Continue reading

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