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• New York COVID hospitalizations at new low since mid-March, Cuomo says

  25-07-2020 23:55 via nydailynews.com
  NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that the state's COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU patients were at a new low since mid-March, and urged its residents to continue following the protocols that fueled New York's declining coronavirus numbers. The latest statewide figures indicated hospitalizations on Friday were down to 646, the lowest figure since March 18, while the number of ...
  
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• North Korea's Kim says COVID-19 'could be said to have entered the country': KCNA

  25-07-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border this month, state media said on Sunday.If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities, who have so far said the country has no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.Kim declared a state of emergency and imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong, calling it a "critical
  
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• North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected COVID-19 case

  25-07-2020 23:43 via ca.news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media said on Sunday.If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities.Kim convened an emergency politburo meeting in response to what he called a "critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the coun
  
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• North Korea declares emergency in border town as first suspected COVID-19 case reported

  25-07-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media said on Sunday.If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities.Kim convened an emergency politburo meeting in response to what he called a "critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the coun
  
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• Chicago Activists, Community Leaders Struggle With 'Very Polarizing' Deployment of Federal Agents

  25-07-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As gun violence continues to plague the city of Chicago, President Donald Trump announced that federal agents will be deployed to the city
  
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• Competing protesters converge on Breonna Taylor's hometown

  25-07-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of armed, predominantly Black, activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during demonstrations Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group.Police closed streets and set up barricades to keep the two groups apart as tensions remained on edge in Louisville, where protests have flared for months over the death of Taylor, a Black woman killed when police busted into her apartment in March.Earlier in the day, three people were shot at a park
  
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• Live updates from weekend protests: Armed militia groups in Louisville; judge blocks Seattle's pepper spray ban

  25-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky's Attorney General pleaded with armed demonstrators to remain peaceful Saturday as opposing militia groups face off in downtown Louisville.
  
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• Fact check: South Dakota's COVID-19 infection, jobless stats aren't as good as claimed

  25-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A popular meme notes that South Dakota didn't have any stay-at-home orders (true) and that it has had hardly any COVID-19 (false).
  
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• Tear gas fired again; Portland protest standoff continues

  25-07-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal agents again repeatedly fired tear gas to break up rowdy protests in Portland, Oregon, that continued into the early morning Saturday as demonstrations that have happened every night for two months showed no signs of letting up.Authorities say six federal officers were injured and one person was arrested.Demonstrations have happened in Oregon’s largest city nightly since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis in May. President Donald Trump said he sent federal agents to Portland to
  
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• Republican Rep. Ted Yoho resigns from a Christian non-profit's board after verbally attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  25-07-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The non-profit said it "sought [Yoho's] resignation" after determining his attack on AOC didn't reflect "values of respect and compassion."
  
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• Tear gas deployed as thousands join Portland's 57th night of protests

  25-07-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One person was stabbed as the crowds dispersed several hours later, Portland police said in a statement.
  
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• Police declare riot at Seattle protests, make arrests

  25-07-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle police declared a riot Saturday following large demonstrations in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood and deployed flash bangs and pepper spray to try to clear an area near where weeks earlier people had set up an “occupied protest zone” that stretched for several blocks.Earlier, protesters in Seattle broke through a fence where a youth detention facility was being built, with some people setting a fire and damaging a portable trailer, authorities said.
  
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• Israelis continue protests against PM's handling of pandemic

  25-07-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis held several demonstrations across the country against their prime minister Saturday, with the main protest taking place in Jerusalem outside the official residence of Benjamin Netanyahu.The protests have been going on for the past few weeks, sparked by what critics see as a government failure to handle the coronavirus crisis after initially keeping the threat of the virus at bay.Corruption charges against Netanyahu have further fueled the demonstrations.
  
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• US consulate in China readies for closure as diplomatic row rages

  25-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Workers removed the US insignia from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday, one day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff.The Chengdu mission was ordered shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas, with both sides alleging the other had endangered national security.The deadline for the Americans to exit Chengdu remained unclear, but AFP reporters saw a worker on a small crane removing a
  
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• Live updates from weekend protests: Armed militia groups meet in Louisville; judge blocks Seattle's pepper spray ban

  25-07-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky's Attorney General pleaded with armed demonstrators to remain peaceful Saturday as opposing militia groups face off in downtown Louisville.
  
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• Biden steps up attacks on Trump as White House race heats up

  25-07-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Karl Rove breaks down the Biden campaign's attack strategy against the president.
  
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• A California grocery store worker was suspended after pepper-spraying a customer who refused to wear a mask and rammed her with a shopping cart

  25-07-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to local news, a company spokesman said that the employee was suspended because they did not follow company guidelines.
  
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• Thousands demand Netanyahu resign over virus handling

  25-07-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis protested Saturday in Jerusalem and other cities including Tel Aviv, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation over his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.In Jerusalem they rallied outside Netanyahu's residence holding up signs accusing him of corruption, a reference to the premier's indictment in January for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three cases.Protesters also slammed a law passed this week that gives the government special power
  
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• Georgia's Ossoff quarantines after wife positive for virus

  25-07-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is in isolation as is his wife, who contracted COVID-19, Ossoff confirmed Saturday.Ossoff, 33, said his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, has mild coronavirus symptoms and that he's showing symptoms, too.“Jon has not held or participated in an in-person campaign event in over a month and will remain in isolation until medical professionals clear both him and Dr. Kramer,” said Miryam Lipper, Ossoff's campaign communications director, in a statemen
  
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• Florida passes New York as US state with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases

  25-07-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida has reported more than 414,000 cases of the coronavirus, with over 12,000 new cases reported Saturday. California remains the hardest-hit state.
  
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• Trump news: President rails at ‘Venezuela on steroids’ Democrats as coronavirus cases climb and unrest continues in Portland

  25-07-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump lashed out at his Democratic rivals in Washington by branding them “Stone Cold Left – Venezuela on steroids!” after the House of Representatives voted in favour of the No Ban Act, moving to repeal his travel ban on visitors from several Muslim-majority countries.The president has meanwhile described the coronavirus as a “downer” and a “dampner” on his poll numbers as the US came close to its record single-day rise in cases on Friday, seeing
  
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• A North Carolina private school reopened amid national concerns over in-person classes. Days later a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.

  25-07-2020 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school said the staff member was asymptomatic and passed a temperature check, WRAL reported. Sixteen students had come in contact with them.
  
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• Live updates from weekend protests: Armed militias arrive in Louisville; accidental gunshots reported

  25-07-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Louisville, police shut down streets to prepare for two armed militias that were planning demonstrations. And the latest updates from Portland, Chicago and other cities.
  
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• The CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are set to testify before Congress in a historic antitrust hearing next week. Here's what's at stake for each company.

  25-07-2020 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here's what to expect when the CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon testify to Congress during Wednesday's big tech antitrust hearing.
  
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• 12 people infected with the coronavirus were falsely told they'd tested negative — and at least one was hospitalized

  25-07-2020 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kevin Evans, a Delaware resident who was told he was negative on July 21, was hospitalized two days later after vomiting and falling unconscious.
  
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• All travellers to UK from Spain to face quarantine, Scotland says

  25-07-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All travellers to the United Kingdom from Spain arriving after midnight (2300 GMT) on Saturday will have to quarantine themselves for 14 days to ensure they do not spread coronavirus, Scotland's government said on Saturday."Spain will be removed from the list of countries exempt from quarantine requirements due to an increased number of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last few days," Scotland's government said in a statement."The decision, also made by the devolved administrations in Nort
  
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• Daily coronavirus cases in Arizona are declining, but the state's fatality rate is rising fast

  25-07-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida on Saturday reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus infections within the previous 24-hour period, bringing the the state's total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 414,511. On the other side of the Sun Belt, Arizona is seeing daily infections decline, seemingly without experiencing an elevated plateau, but the death rate -- a lagging indicator -- is increasing.With its latest tally, Florida has surpassed New York -- which has reported 411,200 cases -- as the
  
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• A 28-year-old TV reporter who was diagnosed with cancer said the only reason she got tested was because of a viewer's email

  25-07-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Victoria Price, a WFLA reporter in Tampa, said she likely wouldn't have caught her thyroid cancer early enough if not for a viewer's concerned email.
  
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• Republicans say Milwaukee murder may be linked to support for Trump

  25-07-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Party says killing of Bernell Trammell may have been political * 60-year-old supported Trump and Black Lives Matter, locals sayThe Wisconsin Republican party has called for a federal investigation of a fatal shooting on Thursday, to ascertain whether it was motivated by animosity towards Donald Trump.Bernell Trammell, a 60-year-old African American man who was a well-known figure in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, was shot and killed at around 12.30pm on Thursday. Police did not imme
  
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• UK quarantines travellers from Spain in sudden blow to Europe's revival

  25-07-2020 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain abruptly imposed a two-week quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases, a dramatic and sudden reversal on Saturday to the opening of the European continent to tourism after months of lockdown.The quarantine requirement takes effect from midnight (2300 GMT on Saturday), making it almost impossible for travellers to avoid it by rushing home.The British foreign ministry also advised against all but essential travel to mainland Spain, a move likely to
  
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• Iranian passenger flight incident a grim echo of U.S. downing of airliner in 1988

  25-07-2020 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The downing of Iran Air flight 655 "continues to be a national trauma for many Iranians," Arshin Adib-Moghaddam told NBC News.
  
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• A white man reportedly yelled offensive racial slur at Black teen who offered him a donut

  25-07-2020 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The guy started yelling, using the n-word on him," the teen's mother told the Boston Globe. She said her son had been offering leftover donuts to strangers.
  
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• German cruise ship, Mein Schiff 2, sails with 1,200 people on board in first return voyage

  25-07-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The German cruise line TUI Cruises has restarted operations with its “Mein Schiff 2” sailing for the first time since the industry was shut down because of the coronavirus, with 1,200 people on board.
  
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• CDC warns of a 'rapidly growing' Salmonella outbreak amid more than 200 reported infections

  25-07-2020 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, the CDC reported that a total of 212 people from 23 states have been infected with Salmonella with a total of 31 hospitalizations.
  
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• Malaysia arrests Bangladeshi migrant who criticised government on TV

  25-07-2020 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Bangladeshi man criticised the treatment of undocumented workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Chinese Researcher Arrested by FBI in San Francisco

  25-07-2020 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  She's accused of lying on her visa application and to FBI investigators to conceal her connection to China's military.
  
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• Congress is gearing up to grill the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple in an antitrust hearing Wednesday — here's how to watch it

  25-07-2020 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  You can watch Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai testify before Congress on July 29 at noon ET via live stream.
  
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• Here's a running list of countries barring American tourists from entering as the US coronavirus outbreak surges to new heights

  25-07-2020 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Countries are slowly reopening their borders as they bring their coronavirus outbreaks under control, but US travelers are blocked from many.
  
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• Fight for police-free schools has been years in the making

  25-07-2020 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The group of protesters started out small, just a handful of students who told officials at school board meetings why they wanted police out of Madison, Wisconsin, schools.The move may seem sudden, but it follows years of well-organized, student-driven action.
  
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• U.S. House panel reschedules Big Tech CEO hearing for Wednesday

  25-07-2020 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A congressional hearing on digital marketplace competition featuring the chief executives of four of the largest American tech companies has been rescheduled for Wednesday, a House subcommittee said on Saturday.The CEOs of Facebook, Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google and Apple were to have testified on Monday before the House Antitrust Subcommittee.All four tech company CEOs - Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook - are to appear virtually,
  
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• Evacuations in Texas as Hurricane Hanna intensifies before making landfall

  25-07-2020 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hurricane developing near Texas has prompted evacuations and emergency warnings from local officials as the storm was expected to bring flash flooding and life-threatening storm surges to a region badly hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic.Storm Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, was forecast to make landfall on the Texas coast on Saturday, threatening one of the nation's Covid-19 hot spots.
  
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• State officials warn it would take 8-20 weeks to implement Trump's proposed 'sliding scale' for unemployment benefits

  25-07-2020 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House wants to end the $600 weekly unemployment checks and replace them with payments of up to 70% of a worker's previous wages.
  
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• After giving birth to her baby boy, Ciara belted out 'Happy Birthday' from her hospital bed while wearing a face mask

  25-07-2020 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ciara wore a face mask while serenading her newborn son, Win Harrison Wilson, on Thursday. Win is Ciara's second child with husband Russell Wilson.
  
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• ICE bars newly enrolled international students from entering the US if their classes will be online only

  25-07-2020 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The announcement comes after ICE rescinded its guidelines preventing all international students from staying in the US if courses went fully online.
  
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• Armenians and Azerbaijanis clash in Moscow

  25-07-2020 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Azerbaijanis and Armenians have engaged in a series of fights and violent rampages in Moscow, venting their anger over recent cross-border clashes between the two ex-Soviet nations.Moscow police said Saturday they have detained over 30 people on charges of involvement in fights and disturbances.In St. Petersburg, police detained dozens Saturday in a bid to prevent another big fight between Azerbaijanis and Armenians.
  
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• China makes $1bn loan to Latin American and Caribbean countries for access to coronavirus vaccine

  25-07-2020 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China has announced a $1bn loan to Latin American and Caribbean countries to pay for access to a coronavirus vaccine, according to the Mexican government.The announcement, by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, followed a virtual meeting with his counterparts on Wednesday.
  
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• Jared Kushner has reportedly refused to aid the House GOP's election wing

  25-07-2020 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House GOP is on the outside looking in, and it doesn't look like the Trump re-election campaign or the Republican National Committee are planning to help out despite their deep pockets, The Washington Post reports.Some Trump officials reportedly consider donating to the House a wasteful investment since it seems unlikely the party will be able to regain the majority in the lower chamber of Congress. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has apparently specifically asked President T
  
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• Douglas weakens, but Hawaii could still see severe impact

  25-07-2020 17:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hawaii geared up on Saturday to face a hurricane that threatened to pummel the islands with dangerous surf, strong winds and flash floods even as residents grappled with escalating numbers of coronavirus cases.Powerful storms are familiar to many in Hawaii who have spent the past several summers preparing for tropical cyclones.Luke Meyers, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, urged people get ready by learning about the hazards where they live.
  
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• Climate expert suggests Biden will have to 'admit there will be tradeoffs' to reach zero carbon goal

  25-07-2020 17:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Climate activists and scientists have generally received former Vice President Joe Biden's plan to eliminate U.S. carbon emissions by 2035 warmly, but there will likely be some backlash ahead, especially regarding a potential reliance on wind and solar alternatives, The Guardian reports.David Keith, a climate and energy expert at Harvard University who co-authored research in 2018 that found America's transition to solar and particularly wind would require up to 20 times more land area than prev
  
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• Where does the Black Lives Matter movement go from here?

  25-07-2020 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This Saturday marks two months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked a nationwide movement toward racial justice. What's next for Black Lives Matter?
  
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