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• Photos show how outdoor classes and other coronavirus-fighting measures usher kids to school in relative safety around the world

  18-07-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Outdoor classrooms have been in use for over 100 years. The US wrings its hands about heading back to school this fall, ignoring many playbooks.
  
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• Facebook loses Disney Plus ad dollars amid boycott, report says - CNET

  18-07-2020 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Disney, one of the social network's largest advertisers, put the brakes on Facebook ads for its streaming service, says The Wall Street Journal.
  
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• One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words

  18-07-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Daniel Lewis Lee, a condemned man and convicted murderer, was asked if he wanted to make a final statement from the execution chamber, with its institutional green-tiled walls and plate-glass interior window, moments before he too would die. Lee's execution, one of two that I witnessed this past week at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, played out slowly, after painstaking hours of final, futile legal appeals, before prison officials administered a lethal injection and th
  
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• 85 children under age 2 tested positive for coronavirus in 1 Texas county, as U.S. sets new record

  18-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nueces County health director said 85 children under age 2 have tested positive, including 52 under 1 year old. "These babies have not even had their first birthdays yet," she said.
  
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• Anthony Fauci said New York is an example of how to 'correctly' confront soaring coronavirus cases

  18-07-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City is slated to enter Phase 4 of its reopening on July 20, three months after the city counted a peak of 10,000 new cases per day.
  
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• Kanye West shared an image of his face carved into Mount Rushmore as he preps his 2020 candidacy

  18-07-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kanye West announced July 4 his intention to run for president, and confusion has since followed whether he actually intends to run or not.
  
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• Berlin, Rome, Paris threaten sanctions on states interfering in Libya

  18-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France, Italy and Germany are "ready to consider" sanctions on foreign powers violating an arms embargo in Libya, a joint statement by their leaders said Saturday.The statement did not directly name any foreign actors funneling arms to Libya but multiple powers have been sending fighters and weapons, fuelling a bloody proxy war that reflects wider geopolitical rifts and divisions in the Middle East and within NATO.While forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar are backed by Russia, Egypt and the
  
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• WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases for second day in a row

  18-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The biggest increases reported on Saturday were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report.The previous WHO record for new cases was 237,743 on Friday.Deaths rose by 7,360, the biggest one-day increase since May 10.
  
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• Chicago protesters' attempt to tear down Christopher Columbus statue ends in violent clash with police

  18-07-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters reportedly threw cans and fireworks at officers, and police responded by attacking protesters with batons and pepper spray.
  
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• Azerbaijan warns of risks to Caspian energy exports from conflict with Armenia

  18-07-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Azerbaijan warned on Saturday about security risks to the oil and gas it supplies to European markets due to the outbreak of hostilities at its border with Armenia.Elshad Nassirov, vice president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR, said on a conference call some of the energy infrastructure involved in shipping Caspian oil and gas to world markets is located in the vicinity of the current military operations.Fifteen servicemen from Azerbaijan and Armenia and one Azeri civilian have died since S
  
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• Prosecutor in Jodi Arias murder case agrees to be disbarred

  18-07-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former Arizona prosecutor known for winning a conviction in the Jodi Arias murder case agreed on Friday to be disbarred in an ethics case in which he was accused of sharing the identity of an Arias juror and sexually harassing female law clerks in his office.
  
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• Felony charges were dropped against 87 peaceful demonstrators arrested during a Breonna Taylor protest

  18-07-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The charges were dismissed "in the interest of justice and the promotion of the free exchange of ideas," an official said.
  
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• Trump, in brief Twitter statement on John Lewis, says he's 'saddened' by death of 'civil rights hero'

  18-07-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump issued a two-sentence statement on Twitter saying he was 'saddened' by the death of civil rights icon John Lewis.
  
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• Best meal delivery kits for 2020: Home Chef, Sun Basket, Blue Apron and more - CNET

  18-07-2020 21:28 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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• Kuwait's ruler hospitalised, crown prince steps in

  18-07-2020 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwait's crown prince stepped in as partial ruler on Saturday after the hospitalisation of the 91-year-old emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, state news agency KUNA said.
  
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• Dozens of babies infected by coronavirus in Texas as state struggles to contain the spread

  18-07-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of babies have contracted the coronavirus in one Texas county alone, officials said, as the state continued to hit record numbers of daily deaths.Health officials made the grim announcement as the state reported a record 174 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, numbers that are expected to climb further still. It was the third consecutive day the state recorded more than 100 deaths.
  
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• New studies clarify which drugs help and which hurt for COVID-19

  18-07-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New studies give more information about what treatments do and don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that deliver reliable results.
  
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• FDA approves pooled coronavirus testing in hopes of boosting testing capacity

  18-07-2020 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an effort to ease the diagnostic logjam the United States is facing with the coronavirus surging in various parts of the country, the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday granted an emergency use authorization for pooled COVID-19 testing.Quest Diagnostics will now be able to group up to four samples together and will only test them individually if the batch comes back positive. This approach — which has been used in Germany, China, Israel, and South Africa, among other countries &md
  
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• Gov. Cuomo applauds NY's still-dropping coronavirus numbers, says he's 'alarmed' by states with rising cases

  18-07-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered more good news Saturday in the state's ongoing fight battle against COVID-19 while expressing his dismay over the growing number of cases in the nation's hot spots. The latest statewide New York numbers continued to decline, with the number of hospitalized patients down by 22 on Friday compared to the day before. The number of newly admitted patients ...
  
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• 'Black Lives' mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time

  18-07-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A “Black Lives Matter” mural painted on the street in front of President Donald Trump's namesake New York City tower has quickly become a target for vandalism, defaced with bucketfuls of paint three times in less than a week.In the latest incident, two women were arrested around 3 p.m. Saturday after police said they poured black paint on the block-long mural outside Trump Tower on Manhattan’s chic Fifth Avenue.Bystander video showed police officers surrounding one of the women
  
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• The city where George Floyd was killed has declared racism a public health emergency

  18-07-2020 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution Friday to help end racism and build "an active, anti-racist culture."
  
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• Trump's Fox News Sunday interview will include Biden battleground ads

  18-07-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Democrat seeks to present himself as leader for pandemic-hit US* Trump clashes with interviewer over false Biden claimJoe Biden will run campaign ads during Donald Trump’s eagerly awaited interview with Fox News Sunday.The president sat down with Chris Wallace, one of the most respected US political interviewers, at the White House on Friday, for his first Sunday show interview in more than a year.A clip showed Trump claiming Biden wanted to defund police, and had included the policy in
  
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• Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland

  18-07-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city’s mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the state’s attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them.Federal agents, some wearing camouflage and some wearing dark Homeland Security uniforms, used tear gas at least twice to break up crowds late Friday night, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.Protests against systemic racism a
  
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• Kuwait's ageing emir in hospital, crown prince takes over some duties: state news agency

  18-07-2020 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kuwait's 91-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah was admitted to hospital on Saturday for medical checks, and the country's crown prince will temporarily carry out some of his duties, the state news agency KUNA reported.It said Sheikh Sabah, who has ruled the OPEC oil producer and U.S. ally since 2006, would undergo a number of medical checkups, but it gave no further details.A royal order was issued assigning Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, the emir's designated succe
  
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• Atlanta lowering flags indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis

  18-07-2020 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Atlanta will lower flags to half-staff indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis, who represented the city for more than 30 years in Congress before his death, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Saturday.Bottoms made the announcement in a statement that said words can’t describe the loss of Lewis, who made a career of politics in the city after years as one of the nation's premier civil rights leaders.Arthur Blank, the owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, noted the city lost two civil rights icons
  
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• Details released about plane crash involving Earnhardt Jr.

  18-07-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a pilot struggled to open a crashed airplane's wing emergency exit as the aircraft started to burn before the race car driver and his family managed to escape from the main door, according to new details about the 2019 accident.
  
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• 'Our ICU beds are full': Covid-19 cases surge across American south and west

  18-07-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Congress looks at another economic stimulus as US logs more than 70,000 new cases a day* US faces terrifying autumn as Covid-19 surgesCovid-19 cases are surging across much of the American south and west, as familiar scenes of weary doctors and nurses in packed hospitals replay across a new region.In Washington, Congress is gearing up to pass another economic stimulus package. Optimistic economists once thought such a package could be unnecessary. But Covid-19 is now expected to continue to hu
  
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• Massive fire in historic cathedral in Nantes, France is being investigated for potential arson, officials say

  18-07-2020 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A large fire that burned through the historic Saint-Pierre-et-Saint Paul cathedral may have been set ablaze, according to Nantes mayor.
  
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• Best smart home devices that aren't made by Amazon or Google - CNET

  18-07-2020 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We took Amazon and Google out of the running (just this once) to see what other great smart home products are out there.
  
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• China to offer more financial support for flood-hit areas

  18-07-2020 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's banking and insurance regulator on Saturday announced measures to further increase credit and lending support and insurance protection for areas that suffered from recent floods.The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) said in a statement that financial institutions in the flood-hit areas cannot blindly withdraw, delay or cut credit lines to the companies who have good development prospects but whose operations were suspended by the floods.The regulator also encourag
  
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• Has Trump incidentally squashed his own argument about the Supreme Court?

  18-07-2020 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump may be dissatisfied with some recent Supreme Court decisions, but voters who want the bench to lean conservative don't seem too worried about the direction it's going, The New York Times reports, and that could potentially have an effect on the 2020 election.Trump won some supporters in 2016 who were wary of his candidacy but felt his presidency was necessary to shift the balance of the country's highest court, and Trump did indeed fill two vacancies with justices who are conside
  
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• Trump news - live: President says he’s ‘saddened’ by John Lewis’ death after Barack Obama led heartfelt tributes for the civil rights hero

  18-07-2020 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump said he was "saddened" to hear the news of Congressman John Lewis' death after the civil rights leader died on Friday. This comes after Congresswoman Karen Bass, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, told the president he should not issue a statement so people could "mourn in peace".The president ordered earlier for the flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and other public buildings for the remainder of the day.
  
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• President says he’s ‘saddened’ by John Lewis’ death after Barack Obama led heartfelt tributes for the civil rights hero

  18-07-2020 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump said he was "saddened" to hear the news of Congressman John Lewis' death after the civil rights leader died on Friday. Earlier on Saturday, Congresswoman Karen Bass, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, told the president he should not issue a statement so people could "mourn in peace".The president ordered earlier for the flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and other public buildings for the remainder of the day.
  
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• The Trump campaign is running several anti-TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram accusing the Chinese app of 'spying on you'

  18-07-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ads come as the Trump administration threatens to instate a country-wide ban on TikTok over its ties to China.
  
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• Fact check: What's true and what's false about face masks?

  18-07-2020 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Looking to cut through the mixed messages about face masks and COVID-19? Here's a roundup of fact-checks on the topic.
  
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• After intel briefings, Biden warns of election interference

  18-07-2020 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden said on Friday that he has received intelligence briefings as he warned that Russia, China and other adversaries were attempting to undermine the upcoming November election.
  
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• Joe Biden warns of potential Russian interference in the upcoming election after receiving intelligence briefings

  18-07-2020 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned that Russia is again trying to interfere in the upcoming presidential election.Mr Biden issued the warning at a fundraiser on Friday evening, when he revealed that he had begun receiving briefings again due to his status as the nominee.
  
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• Olympic figure skater Alexandrovskaya dies aged 20

  18-07-2020 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, who represented Australia at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, has died aged 20 after falling out of the window in Moscow, her coach said on Saturday.There was no immediate comment from Russian law enforcement agencies but Alexandrovskaya's coach Andrei Khekalo told AFP the young woman had fallen from a sixth-floor window in central Moscow.Russian media said she had left a note reading "Lyublyu (I love)", suggesting it could have been a suicide.
  
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• Trump Honors Civil Rights Hero John Lewis with Impersonal Proclamation Sent From the Golf Course

  18-07-2020 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  John Lewis, who spent his life and career as a civil servant battling tirelessly for civil rights, died Friday at the age of 80. Late Saturday morning, after hours of silence, the White House issued a proclamation calling for the flag to fly at half-staff on White House and public grounds, military posts, and more. The document, made public as the president golfed at his club in Virginia, is about as impersonal as it gets.“As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service
  
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• UN chief: World 'at the breaking point' due to inequalities

  18-07-2020 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year’s massive anti-racism protests and have been further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.“COVID-19 has been likened to an X-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have built,” Antonio Guterres said as he delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture.The U.N. chief's address marked what would
  
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• China coronavirus: 'Wartime state' declared for Urumqi in Xinjiang

  18-07-2020 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, has a small number of infections but strict counter-measures.
  
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• Mexican cartel shows its might as president visits its heartland

  18-07-2020 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video depicting a military-style convoy of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels circulated on social media on Friday as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited the group's heartland.
  
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• Dr. Fauci: 'What we have got to do is reset' the US coronavirus response with 3 basic moves

  18-07-2020 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wearing a mask, avoiding crowds, and closing bars are on the very top of Fauci's list to contain the spread of the coronavirus across the US.
  
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• Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak

  18-07-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives.There have been 54 confirmed cases since June 1 in Mbandaka, a transport hub in Equateur province, including 22 deaths, according to figures released by the country's health ministry on Friday.The outbreak is DR Congo's 11th since Ebola was identified in 1976.
  
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• The once humble pickup has gone full-on luxury — here are my favorite swanky features

  18-07-2020 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Today's full-size pickups can easily hang with Audi, BMW, and Mercedes when it comes to luxury appointments.
  
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• Death toll in Turkish migrant boat sinking rises to 54

  18-07-2020 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death toll from a migrant boat disaster in Lake Van in eastern Turkey has risen to 54, the governor's office said on Saturday, after three weeks of search operations.The boat, which sank on June 27, is believed to have been carrying 55 to 60 migrants, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.Nine bodies were recovered from the lake on Saturday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 54, the governor's office said.
  
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• Following Rep. John Lewis' Death, Support Grows Online for Renaming Selma's Pettus Bridge After the Civil Rights Icon

  18-07-2020 17:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The bridge is named in honor of Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general in the Civil War and a Grand Dragon in Alabama's Ku Klux Klan
  
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• Former GOP senator's tribute exemplifies bipartisan reverence for Rep. John Lewis

  18-07-2020 17:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was known for his humble, calm demeanor, as well as his penchant for forgiveness. The civil rights leader famously met with and accepted an apology from a Ku Klux Klan member who beat him in 1961, and in 1998 he penned an op-ed in The New York Times saying that while he could not forget that former Alabama Gov. George Wallace championed segregationist policies, he "deserves to be remembered for his effort to redeem his soul" in the later years of his life.That at
  
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• Presidential portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were moved to a scarcely used White House room that is no longer shown on public tours, aides say

  18-07-2020 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move comes months after President Trump made headlines for refusing to follow White House tradition to unveil former President Obama's portrait.
  
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• One Texas county says it's had 85 babies less than 1 year old test positive for coronavirus

  18-07-2020 17:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nueces County has the fastest growth in new cases on average of any other metropolitan Texas county, one official said.
  
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