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• Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

  26-07-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Republican gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette* Senator wants to ‘save’ US history from New York TimesThe Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton has called the enslavement of millions of African people “the necessary evil upon which the union was built”.Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, made the comment in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published on Sunday.He was speaking in support of legislation he introduced o
  
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• John Lewis crosses Alabama bridge one final time

  26-07-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The body of American civil rights icon and lawmaker John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday.It was on this spot in 1965 that Lewis, along with Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and others marching on Selma, Alabama seeking to register to vote was met by state troopers, dogs, tear gas and billy clubs.The then-25-year-old activist was beaten bloody, his skull cracked.Fifty-five years later, state troopers saluted as a caisson bore him across the landmark one last time. Lewis, who died
  
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• A California couple say they were maced by woman in a dog park for not wearing face masks

  26-07-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The couple told a local news outlet they filed a police report against a woman who sprayed mace at them in a confrontation at a San Diego dog park.
  
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• 2020 Emmy nomination predictions: Tiger King, Picard or Schitt's Creek? - CNET

  26-07-2020 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Remember these awesome TV shows from the past year? They could be in the running for Emmy nominations, scheduled to be announced next week.
  
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• 'Wall of vets' join Portland protests to protect free speech

  26-07-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The military veterans joined the protests one week after a navy veteran was struck by a federal officer after approaching them to ask a question.
  
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• Rare Hawaiian hurricane, packing strong winds and rains, approaches islands

  26-07-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hurricane Douglas bore down on Hawaii on Sunday packing torrential rains and damaging winds as it churned just east of the islands in the central Pacific, forecasters said, with one local leader urging residents to be prepared for the worst.Douglas was expected to make landfall or pass close to the main Hawaiian islands from Maui to Kauai later in the day or into the evening, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Sirens blared on Maui on Sunday morning as palm trees swayed in the w
  
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• Chicago mayor defends her decision to work with federal agents but says they can't 'play police' when 'they don't know the first thing about our city'

  26-07-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lightfoot said she wasn't working with Trump and that the situation was not similar to Portland, where federal agents showed up without an invitation.
  
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• Chris Wallace says Biden campaign turned down request for interview

  26-07-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace requested an interview with Joe Biden and the former vice president’s campaign team says ‘he was not available.’
  
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• Garrett Foster: Police investigate shooting at Austin Black Lives Matter protest

  26-07-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Garrett Foster was pushing his fiancée's wheelchair when he was shot dead by someone in a car.
  
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• Hurricane Douglas: Parts of Hawaii brace for Category 1 storm

  26-07-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maui, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau are expected to get up to 15 inches of rain, with large breaking waves.
  
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• Local reparations efforts are good but not enough, advocates say

  26-07-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Proponents of federal reparations argue that localized efforts at atonement, while appreciated, cannot make amends for the deep-seated, multigenerational harm done by slavery.
  
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• Who was Edmund Pettus? Selma bridge got its name from Confederate general, KKK leader

  26-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It became an iconic site of in the battle for equality, but the Edmund Pettus Bridge is named after a former Confederate general and KKK leader.
  
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• Yes, Neowise is fading. But meteor showers Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are on the horizon.

  26-07-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Comet Neowise may be fading away, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to look at it in the night sky.
  
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• Mountain rescuers heft ailing St. Bernard off English peak

  26-07-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but the tables were turned Sunday in northern England.Sixteen volunteers from the Wasdale mountain rescue team took turns carrying Daisy, a 121-pound (55 kilogram) St Bernard, from England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike.The mountain rescue team spent nearly five hours rescuing Daisy, who had collapsed Friday evening while descending the mountain with her owners.
  
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• Morocco shuts down major cities after spike in coronavirus cases

  26-07-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Morocco will stop people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from midnight to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the interior and health Ministries said on Sunday.The cities to be locked down include the economic powerhouse of Casablanca as well as Tangier, Marrakech, Fez and Meknes.The country eased a nationwide lockdown a month ago, though international flights are still suspended except special flights by national airlines carrying Moroccans or foreign residents.
  
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• People in the US have reported receiving packages marked as jewelry that actually contain mysterious seeds from China

  26-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An agriculture official said Kentucky was "the 4th known state to report suspicious packages appearing to originate from China containing seeds."
  
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• People in the US have been receiving packages of jewelry that actually contain mysterious seeds from China, report says

  26-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has asked recipients not to plant the seeds that might be an "invasive plant species."
  
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• Seattle protest: Police and anti-racism demonstrators clash at march

  26-07-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man was also killed in Austin, Texas at one of many marches in support of protests in Portland, Oregon.
  
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• Map: Track Hurricane Douglas

  26-07-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Follow the path of the first hurricane of the season in the eastern Pacific as it heads near Hawaii.
  
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• Mnuchin says GOP coronavirus relief package will be released Monday

  26-07-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News host Chris Wallace pressed Mnuchin on why a GOP plan hasn't been introduced.
  
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• A plane crashed in a Utah neighborhood, killing three people and setting a woman on fire in her home

  26-07-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six people were on board the plane that took off from South Valley Regional Airport in Utah Saturday. The three survivors are being hospitalized.
  
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• As $600-a-week benefit nears end, White House suggests short-term unemployment bill

  26-07-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With time running out on $600 weekly benefits, Republicans have had difficulty agreeing on a new proposal. A stopgap bill may be needed, officials say.
  
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• Some travelers still take trips abroad during COVID-19 pandemic: 'I feel safer exiting America'

  26-07-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 has grounded a lot of activities, mostly international travel. Three people are taking the risk because they feel safer abroad.
  
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• Kim Jong Un Finally Admits Coronavirus Is in North Korea

  26-07-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea just announced its first case of COVID-19, casting blame most conveniently on a defector who had fled to South Korea and then re-defected back to the North, supposedly bringing the bug with him.That’s the spin that North Korea’s state media, KCNA, is putting on the case after a meeting of the politburo of the Workers’ Party, at which Kim Jong Un himself made a rare appearance Whether he was there in person or “virtually,” on screen, was not clear. But th
  
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• Southwest CEO says airline is 'in intensive care' but isn't planning to lay off or furlough workers for now

  26-07-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have warned about furloughs and layoffs due to reduced air travel, but Southwest Airlines says unlike its competitors, it won't follow suit.
  
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• Witness: Driver gunned down armed protester in Texas capital

  26-07-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Man reportedly was shot after approaching vehicle that had sped through demonstrators; driver detained, police say.
  
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• Hill Republicans begin jockeying for power in a possible post-Trump world

  26-07-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fight over coronavirus aid has revealed lawmakers looking past a dire November and toward potential new power structures to come.
  
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• How a Chinese agent used LinkedIn to hunt for targets

  26-07-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dickson Yeo, a PhD student-turned-agent, targeted Americans that had access to private information.
  
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• Bill & Ted Face the Music gets surprise cameo from George Carlin - CNET

  26-07-2020 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rufus returns. A Comic-Con at Home panel for Bill & Ted Face the Music reveals the late comedian will be in the new movie.
  
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• Trump news: President ignores multiple crises to brag about golf game as White House officials admit coronavirus testing failures

  26-07-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump spent his weekend at Bedminster, New Jersey resort, in the company of scandal-hit ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre before toasting wealthy prospective donors at an evening fundraiser for his re-election campaign on Saturday, then taking to Twitter to brag about his exploits on Sunday.While the president was enjoying himself, the year’s first tropical storm from the Atlantic – Hurricane Hanna – made landfall in southern Texas, as it downgraded to a tropical storm, and
  
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• COVID-19 is a disaster for people with disabilities. Without 30-year-old law, it would be worse

  26-07-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Without the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed 30 years ago, the pandemic would be worse for people with disabilities. It's still very hard.
  
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• Madrid insists Spain 'safe' despite coronavirus surge

  26-07-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Spanish government insisted Sunday that despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, the country was safe to visit.Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya was moving to allay fears after some countries reimposed travel restrictions on Spain."Spain is a safe country," she told reporters.
  
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• Ted Cruz says more Chinese consulates in U.S. 'may well be closed'

  26-07-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told CBS News' Margaret Brennan during an appearance on Sunday's edition of Face the Nation that more Chinese consulates in the U.S. "may well be closed" after the one in Houston shut down over allegations of spying and intellectual property theft.The senator, of course, can't unilaterally make that decision, but Washington's latest actions, including shuttering the Houston consulate and declaring Beijing's South China Sea claims to be unlawful, suggest that the White Hou
  
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• Get a refurbished UE Boom 3 Bluetooth speaker for just $89 - CNET

  26-07-2020 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is about the lowest price we've ever seen for the popular can-shaped speaker with the Magic Button on top.
  
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• Fortnite Galaxy Cup event: Last chance to unlock Galaxy Scout skin

  26-07-2020 19:35
  
  In case you forgot, today is your last chance to unlock the rare Galaxy Scout skin in Fortnite mobile. The skin is offered as part of this weekend’s Fortnite Galaxy Cup event, which offers up a female variant of the Samsung Galaxy skin first introduced back in 2018. Not everyone who wants the skin will get it, however — here’s … Continue reading
  
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• News Analysis: How bad could U.S.-China relations get?

  26-07-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last week marked the end of U.S.-China engagement. The two powers may now be sliding toward a severance of relations and even outright military conflict.
  
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• Pelosi says Congress 'can't go home' until a new coronavirus relief package is passed

  26-07-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawmakers are currently scheduled to return to their home districts at the beginning of August for the entire month and time is running out.
  
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• Police in Australia won their Supreme Court bid to stop a Black Lives Matter protest

  26-07-2020 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The protest was blocked after police raised concerns that it would "breach public health orders" and lead to a spike in coronavirus infections.
  
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• Azar: "The presumption should be to get our kids back to school"

  26-07-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Schools around the country are weighing how best to reopen in the fall as the coronavirus crisis worsens in many states.
  
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• Nearly 2 dozen lifeguards in New Jersey test positive for coronavirus after hosting social gatherings

  26-07-2020 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After hosting two social gatherings two weeks ago, 11 lifeguards from Harvey Cedars and 12 from Surf City have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Cruz slams Pelosi for "shoveling cash at the problem"

  26-07-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cruz said on "Face the Nation" a coronavirus relief package pushed by House Democrats fails to focus on the global pandemic and economic hardship facing the country.
  
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• John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses Selma bridge on way to Montgomery one final time

  26-07-2020 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Solemn crowds watched as Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, was borne by caisson over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
  
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• White House pushes for slashing expanded jobless benefits despite rises in unemployment, coronavirus

  26-07-2020 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans have pushed to cut the expanded unemployment benefits in upcoming legislation because they claim it discourages people from working.
  
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• Pelosi says Congress "can't go home without" a deal on coronavirus relief package

  26-07-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their proposed coronavirus relief package Monday.
  
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• White House chief of staff says Trump won't extend the weekly unemployment boost because it 'paid people to stay home'

  26-07-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The $600 weekly boost to federal unemployment benefits created in March is set to expire without renewal or replacement on July 31.
  
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• Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US

  26-07-2020 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend, with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles in California and Virginia.A protest against police violence in Austin, Texas, turned deadly when a witness says the driver of a car that drove through a crowd of marchers opened fire on an armed demonstrator who approached the vehicle.
  
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• Kudlow says next round of coronavirus relief will include $1,200 checks and extension of eviction moratorium

  26-07-2020 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "There's a $1,200 check coming, that's going to be a part of the new package," Kudlow said during an interview with "State of the Union" on CNN.
  
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• Pro-Trump super PAC losing the money race to Democrats

  26-07-2020 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president's advisers and donors have been growing increasingly concerned by the relative absence of an outside defense against Biden as Trump’s poll numbers have sunk.
  
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• MLB is back: How to watch Yankees vs. Nationals, Braves vs. Mets today without cable - CNET

  26-07-2020 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The opening weekend of the unprecedented 2020 season wraps up today with a full slate of games.
  
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• Jake Tapper Grills Coronavirus Testing Czar: Are You ‘Afraid’ of Upsetting Trump?

  26-07-2020 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN anchor Jake Tapper took Assistant Secretary of Health Adm. Brett Giroir to task over the continuing issues with coronavirus testing, asking the coronavirus testing czar if he is “afraid” of bringing these problems up with President Donald Trump.During a contentious 20-minute interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, Tapper repeatedly pressed Giroir on the weeklong delays in coronavirus testing results Americans are experiencing.“Are you happy where test
  
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