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• Returned of tainted Pemex boss spells trouble for Mexico's old elite

  15-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Once a rising star of Mexican politics, Emilio Lozoya could trigger a precipitous fall from grace of former colleagues if he returns to spill the beans on alleged corruption inside the government of the country's last president, Enrique Pena Nieto.Lozoya, who is being extradited from Spain to Mexico, is expected home this week to face a series of corruption charges dating back to his 2012-16 tenure at the helm of struggling Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, known as Pemex.Once vaunt
  
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• Second group of U.S. diplomats fly back to China amid frayed ties

  15-07-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A chartered commercial aircraft left Dulles airport outside Washington for the South Korean capital, Seoul, where passengers would transfer to another aircraft outfitted for medical operations before flying to the Chinese city of Guangzhou.The flight, only the second of many required to return more than 1,200 U.S. diplomats with their families, was the first since negotiations hit an impasse two weeks ago over conditions China wanted to impose on the Americans, prompting the State Department to
  
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• 87 People Arrested During Breonna Taylor Protest Outside Kentucky Attorney General's Home

  15-07-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  87 people were arrested and charged with a felony for protesting on Kentucky Attorney General's lawn to demand justice for Breonna Taylor
  
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• 3 Women Arrested For Attacking Spirit Airlines Employees

  15-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CBS4's David Sutta reports Danaysha Akia Cuthbert Dixon, Kaira Candida Ferguson and Tymaya Monique Wright are facing battery charges.
  
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• Former President Barack Obama's Twitter account appears to have been hacked as part of a cryptocurrency scam

  15-07-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden and the billionaires Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mike Bloomberg, and Warren Buffett were also apparently hacked.
  
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• Florida reported 100% positive COVID-19 tests from some labs. That's wrong, hospital system says.

  15-07-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lee Health hospital system says that its lab testing of potential COVID-19 cases has shown an overall positivity rate of about 18%.
  
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• Climate change: Siberian heatwave 'clear evidence' of warming

  15-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The heatwave would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, a study says.
  
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• Scientists fit beetles with tiny camera backpacks that reveal insect secrets - CNET

  15-07-2020 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A GoPro for creepy-crawlies puts scientists at the insects' eye level.
  
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• Denver Police Searching For Driver Of A Jeep Connected To Deadly Overnight Hit & Run

  15-07-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Denver Police are searching for the driver of a Jeep Cherokee involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash overnight.
  
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• Hackers take over major Twitter accounts to peddle Bitcoin scam

  15-07-2020 23:25
  
  Several prominent Twitter accounts were apparently hacked today in a widespread attempt to spread a cryptocurrency scam. It’s unclear the full scope of the security breach, but at least several accounts, including ones belonging to Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Apple, Uber, Coinbase, and Bitcoin, were used to publish tweets containing a link to a crypto scam website encouraging the public … Continue reading
  
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• Iran admits its troops shot down a passenger jet and killed 176 people due to a string of colossal failures

  15-07-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A big mistake by elite Iranian troops set in motion a series of errors. "Such a failure initiated a hazard chain," Iran admitted in a new report.
  
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• Best meal delivery kits for 2020: Sun Basket, Blue Apron and more - CNET

  15-07-2020 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These convenient meal kit services deliver weekly menus and preportioned ingredients to enthusiastic but time-poor home cooks. And with shelter-in-place lockdowns, they're more useful than ever.
  
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• 2021 Ford Bronco: Pricing, trims, specs, release date and more - Roadshow

  15-07-2020 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here's all the meaty bits you need to know about Ford's amazing new Jeep Wrangler fighter.
  
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• Ivanka Trump defends Goya post that watchdogs call unethical

  15-07-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly treated, arguing that she has “every right” to publicly express her support.Government watchdogs countered that President Donald Trump's daughter and senior adviser doesn't have the right to violate ethics rules that bar government officials from using their public office to endorse specific products or groups.The White Hou
  
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• U.S. steps up crackdown on MS-13 gang, to seek death penalty of accused leader

  15-07-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it was stepping up a crackdown on the international criminal gang MS-13 and would seek the death penalty against an alleged New York gang leader facing murder charges.The department also said it was bringing terrorism-related charges against a MS-13 member for the first time, as well as charges against alleged leaders of gang cells known as the "Hollywood Locos" and "Los Angeles Program."The Trump administration's Justice Department has vowed to "go
  
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• Biden gets widest lead yet in national poll — and there is 'no upside, no silver lining,' for Trump

  15-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Quinnipiac University's Wednesday poll gives former Vice President Joe Biden his best chances yet of winning the 2020 presidential election.Voters back Biden over President Trump 52 percent to 37 percent, up from 49 percent to 41 percent from a month ago, the national poll shows. And while things can drastically change in the next 16 weeks, "this is a very unpleasant real-time look" at Trump's probable future, Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy says.A movement of independents to Bi
  
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• A North Carolina city council voted unanimously to give all its Black residents reparations, but they still have a long way to go

  15-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The city council of Asheville, North Carolina, unanimously voted to provide reparations to Black residents during a meeting on Tuesday.
  
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• Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

  15-07-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says.International scientists released a study Wednesday that found the greenhouse effect multiplied the chance of the region’s prolonged heat by at least 600 times, and maybe tens of thousands of times.In the study, which has not yet gone through peer review, the team looked at Siberia from January t
  
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• Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates appear to have had their Twitter accounts hacked as part of a bitcoin-giveaway scam

  15-07-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Their accounts posted tweets containing what claimed to be their bitcoin addresses, with Musk's tweeting he's "feeling generous because of COVID-19."
  
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• Ethiopia says rising waters at mega-dam a 'natural' part of construction

  15-07-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ethiopia on Wednesday acknowledged that water levels behind its mega-dam on the Blue Nile River were increasing, though officials said this was a natural part of the construction process.The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it in 2011, with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan worried it will restrict vital water supplies.Addis Ababa has long intended to begin filling the dam's reservoir this month, in
  
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• This Southern metro area has become the epicenter of the coronavirus — and food insecurity

  15-07-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “People have to go around to different sites to get enough food,” Nina Fabian, a pastor, says. "“They’re not giving you a story. You see it in their faces."
  
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• Governor Wolf imposes new restrictions in Pennsylvania as COVID-19 cases surge

  15-07-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pennsylvania is imposing broad new statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants and larger indoor gatherings, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday.
  
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• Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

  15-07-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a move the Trump administration says will speed up reporting but one that concerns some public health leaders.The CDC director said Wednesday that he's fine with the change — even though some experts fear it will further sideline the agency.The CDC has agreed to step out of the government's traditional data coll
  
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• 2021 Ford Bronco vs. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon: Comparing specs - Roadshow

  15-07-2020 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After 25 years, Ford is back with a hardcore SUV to take on Jeep's iconic Wrangler. Let's dig into the numbers, because it's game on.
  
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• U.S. Pulls Troops From Afghan Bases Despite Taliban Violence

  15-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The drawdown is part of an agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban that could lead to withdrawal of American forces by May 2021 or earlier.
  
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• Fact check: ADA does not provide blanket exemption from face mask requirements

  15-07-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Americans with Disabilities Act does not provide blanket protections that allow people to assert they can't wear a mask.
  
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• Arctic heat wave "essentially impossible" without climate change

  15-07-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A town in Siberia recently hit a record 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, and scientists say the role of climate change is "truly staggering."
  
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• Hackers took over dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Apple, and Uber and used them to post bitcoin scam links

  15-07-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The scam began when several high-profile cryptocurrency Twitter accounts were compromised and posted malicious links.
  
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• 'They're like war zones': Trump criticizes mayors —Democratic ones — over crime surges

  15-07-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday criticized the leadership of cities he likened to “war zones,” hinting that he may seek to have the federal government intervene to bring down crime rates.
  
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• Tech entrepreneur dismembered in Manhattan condo

  15-07-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators say a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was targeted and executed in his Lower East Side apartment this week and sources say there appeared to be a professional attempt to cover it up.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration

  15-07-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is assailing Joe Biden for immigration proposals that Biden actually isn't proposing.Trump's account of what his Democratic presidential rival says he'd do with people in the country illegally is false in almost every detail.Trump issued his heated indictment of Biden's immigration policies and other plans in a sprawling performance from the Rose Garden on Tuesday and carried on with the theme Wednesday.
  
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• Flight delay melee: Spirit passengers arrested after kicking and punching employees and tossing phones, food and shoes at them

  15-07-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three Philadelphia women who were mad about a flight delay were arrested at Fort Lauderdale Airport after kicking and throwing items at Spirit staff.
  
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• Education Secretary Betsy DeVos threatens to withhold school funding

  15-07-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have threatened to withhold federal funding from schools that don't fully reopen with in-person classes this fall. But Alexandra Hudson, a former special assistant to DeVos, says she does not have the power to do this. Hudson joined CBSN to discuss the controversy.
  
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• Coronavirus: US disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci calls White House attacks 'bizarre'

  15-07-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr Anthony Fauci says recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him are "nonsense".
  
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• Black residents have died from COVID-19 at nearly 6 times the rate of white residents in D.C.

  15-07-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's been widely reported that Black Americans are dying at a higher rate than white Americans from the coronavirus, but the disparity is particularly pronounced in the nation's capital, American Public Media reports.The fatality rate among Washington, D.C.'s Black residents is 5.9 times higher than for white residents, the largest gap among the nation's big cities. It's double the difference in Chicago, triple New Orleans, and nearly quadruple Detroit's, all major cities that have clear dispari
  
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• Colorado police release body-cam video of arrest outside Target after cellphone footage goes viral

  15-07-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Loveland police released body camera footage of a recent arrest incident at a Target parking lot. The footage was posted on the department’s Facebook page.
  
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• Mississippi Is Replacing Its State Flag, But a Confederate Emblem Still Flies Over Georgia

  15-07-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The actual Confederate flag—not the battle flag—is almost identical to the current state flag of Georgia, and that’s not a coincidence
  
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• Fauci bullish on prospects for U.S. vaccine, not worried about China winning race

  15-07-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While there are no guarantees, "I feel good about the projected timetable," Fauci told Reuters in an interview.Fauci said Moderna's results were especially promising because the vaccine appeared to offer the type of protection seen in a natural infection.
  
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• CNN Anchor Rips GOP Lawmaker Suing Over Mask Mandates: ‘You’re Not a Doctor’

  15-07-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Wednesday clashed with a Republican state lawmaker who is suing over mask mandates, eventually pointing out that he is not a “public health expert” while noting he’s already had one case tossed out.With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations spiking in Florida as the nation deals with a prolonged surge, Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini has attempted to challenge county ordinances in the state requiring face masks in businesses, claiming the
  
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• Nissan just debuted its first major EV since the Leaf took the world by storm in 2010, and it may be a game-changer for the struggling brand

  15-07-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nissan dropped the wildly successful Leaf back in 2010, but hasn't done much since when it comes to new EVs — that is, until now.
  
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• African American History Museum Publishes Graphic Linking ‘Rational Linear Thinking,’ ‘Nuclear Family’ to White Culture

  15-07-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Museum of African American History and Culture has published a graphic on its website that suggests concepts such as "rational linear thinking," the "nuclear family," and an emphasis on "hard work" are specific to "white culture."The article, titled "Talking About Race," delves into white privilege and "the way that white people, their customs, culture, and beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups" are "compared.""Whiteness and the normalization of white racial iden
  
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• Joe Biden opens up biggest national poll lead over Trump since securing nomination as independents abandon president

  15-07-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden has opened up his biggest poll lead over Donald Trump since securing the nomination, with a new nationwide survey showing him with a 15-point advantage in the race for the White House.Registered voters back the former vice president over the incumbent 52 - 37 per cent, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released on Wednesday. The same poll one month ago gave Mr Biden a lead of eight points, 49 - 41 per cent.
  
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• Fauci on White House campaign to discredit him: 'It's only reflecting negatively on them'

  15-07-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States continue to climb, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and member of President Trump's coronavirus task force, says he isn't sure why the White House is actively trying to discredit him.
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro, infected with COVID-19, touts unproven drug

  15-07-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday again extolled the supposed virtues of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19, as he said that he again tested positive for the coronavirus, a week after he first announced he had become infected.Like close ally U.S. President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro has been quick to sing the praises of hydroxychloroquine, despite scant scientific evidence that it works against the novel coronavirus.Since catching the virus, Bolsonaro has said he remain
  
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• With primary win, Gideon reaps $3.7M more for Collins fight

  15-07-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With her victory in Maine's Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, Sara Gideon is reaping a crowdsourced windfall of $3.7 million, which will be added to her $23 million war chest.The fund was created for Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ eventual challenger during the Senate fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation in 2018.Creators of the fund said it would be turned over if Collins voted to confirm Presidential Donald Trump's controversial appointee.
  
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• WEB EXTRA: Caught On Video

  15-07-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three women are facing battery charges after authorities say they attacked Spirit Airlines employees at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday evening.
  
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• I'm a public school teacher and I want to return to my classroom. But not like this.

  15-07-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  My school didn't even have enough toilet paper or soap before the pandemic. How will we implement proper measures to protect against the coronavirus?
  
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• Trump aides warn president: Mental fitness attacks on Biden could be used against you

  15-07-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fresh push comes despite increasing warnings from Republican strategists that the message stands to backfire in several ways.
  
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• 20-year-old Clovis man dies after losing control of motorcycle while on Highway 168

  15-07-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dale and Donna Letson were waiting for their only child to return home from an early morning ride last Saturday when they got the worst news imaginable.
  
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• Lung radiation shows promise for COVID-19 pneumonia; smoking raises risks

  15-07-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A low dose of radiation to the lungs of COVID-19 pneumonia patients can help them recover more quickly, a small study suggests.Doctors at Emory University in Atlanta treated 10 such patients with lung radiation and compared them to 10 patients of similar ages who received usual care, without radiation.The radiation group was "a little older, a little sicker, and their lungs were a little more damaged ... but despite that we saw a strong signal of efficacy," Emory's Dr. Mohammad Khan told Reuters
  
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