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• Gun sales spike among African-Americans: 'Our ancestors died for us to vote, they also died for us to be able to carry guns'

  03-08-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Americans panic, they buy guns — lots of them. During the first six months of 2020, amidst the global coronavirus pandemic, gun retailers reported a record 10.3 million firearm transactions, according to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). And while various demographic groups are buying guns in 2020, African-Americans currently account for the highest increase in gun purchases.
  
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• Marijuana may interfere with dozens of common prescription drugs

  03-08-2020 23:58
  
  A new study out of Penn State warns that the various cannabinoids found in cannabis (“marijuana”) may interfere with a variety of prescription medication, including commonly prescribed drugs. Research into this topic is particularly important in light of the growing use of cannabinoids for medicinal purposes. Among other things, the researchers encourage doctors to explore the potential of cannabinoid-medication interactions … Continue reading
  
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• Israel launches air strikes on Syria after thwarted border attack

  03-08-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel launched air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria late Monday, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights.In Damascus, the state-run news agency Sana said Israeli helicopters rocketed Syrian army positions near Quneitra in the south but caused only material damage.The Israeli army said its fighters jets, attack helicopters and other warplanes struck Syrian army positions in retaliation for the attempt to lay explosives in the Golan Heig
  
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• White House-USAID liaison fired after series of anti-LGBTQ tweets

  03-08-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a series of tweets, the political appointee said she had been attacked for her "Christian beliefs."
  
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• Gun sales among African-Americans see sharp rise

  03-08-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Americans panic, they buy guns — lots of them. During the first six months of 2020, amidst the global coronavirus pandemic, gun retailers reported a record 10.3 million firearm transactions, according to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). And while various demographic groups are buying guns in 2020, African-Americans currently account for the highest increase in gun purchases.
  
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• Trump news: President defends criticism of Dr Birx and responds to 'witch hunt' investigation into alleged bank fraud

  03-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump railed against mail-in ballots all day on Monday, claiming new legislation in Nevada would make a Republican win “impossible” while calling for New York to re-do several close congressional primary elections. The state has struggled to count mail-in and absentee ballots more than a month after Election Day.After Nancy Pelosi attacked Dr Deborah Birx for working with Trump, the coronavirus taskforce coordinator warned the US pandemic was now more widespread. That prompted
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. has a long history of spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories online

  03-08-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter's temporary suspension of Donald Trump Jr.'s account on Tuesday came amid the president's son's long history of sharing misinformation online.
  
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• Leaked report shows DHS targeted Americans who fought against ISIS in attempt to tie antifa to foreign power

  03-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Department of Homeland Security intelligence report leaked to The Nation has some experts skeptical of the department's motives.The report targeted several left-wing American activists whom the department would normally be prohibited from gathering intelligence on unless they had reason to believe the individuals were operating on behalf of a foreign power. The people named in the report, many of whom have identified with far-left causes, do have connections abroad — they traveled to Syr
  
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• An impassioned obituary for a 79-year-old coronavirus victim blames Trump for his death, then calls out Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and people who refused to wear masks

  03-08-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Dave did everything he was supposed to do, but you did not," David W. Nagy's widow wrote in her husband's obituary.
  
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• Coronavirus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations continue

  03-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Slow negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill continued Monday afternoon. Republicans are upset that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t drop her expansive wish list even as concerns are growing that the White House needs to be more sure-footed in the negotiations.
  
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• Trump news - live: President defends criticism of Dr Birx and responds to 'witch hunt' investigation into alleged bank fraud

  03-08-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump will not leave the White House “peacefully” following an election defeat in November, the Democratic House majority whip James Clyburn has predicted.That warning comes as Mr Trump's continued attacks against mail-ballots, which he claimed on Monday would make a Republican win in Nevada “impossible” after the state passed new legislation introducing mail-ballots for all residents.
  
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• Trump says coronavirus is "receding" even as deaths rise

  03-08-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president continues to to tout his administration's actions even as one of his top health advisers warns the outbreak "is extraordinarily widespread"
  
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• Panama proposes flying Haitian migrants home after clash

  03-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The government of Panama said Monday it has proposed giving some Haitian migrants flights back to their homeland after frustrations boiled over at the remote camps where they are stuck.The camps in Panama’s southern Darien province also house some Cuban and African migrants, but about 80% of the 2,000 migrants there are from Haiti.Public Safety Minister Juan Pino said Monday he offered improved medical services or repatriation flights to the migrants, who want to travel overland to the U.S
  
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• Kaepernick shirt was attack dogs' target at Navy Seal event

  03-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US Navy Seals have launched an investigation after the footage from an event last year emerged.
  
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• Marines Want New Shoulder-Fired Rockets with Smaller Blast Signature than M9 Pistol

  03-08-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Army recently released a request for proposal on behalf of the Marines for the M72 LAW Fire from Enclosure munition.
  
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• Police arrested the captain and owners of an NYC party boat that threw an 'illegal party' with almost 200 guests

  03-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 170 guests were aboard the party boat, which has a 600-person capacity. Arrests were made for operating an "unlicensed bar" and violating "social distancing provisions."
  
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• Illinois officials call to abolish history classes in the state until an 'alternative' is set up to highlight underrepresented groups

  03-08-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illinois Democratic State Representative LaShawn K. Ford is demanding the history of minority groups to be taught in state schools.
  
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• The FAA could let the Boeing 737 Max resume flying next month — here are all the changes airlines must make before takeoff

  03-08-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FAA proposed the final changes to be made to the Boeing 737 Max before it can fly again, and released a summary of its review of the plane.
  
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• Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos heads for exile under corruption cloud

  03-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who is facing investigation at home and abroad for corruption, announced Monday that he will go into exile.The 82-year-old revealed he would leave the country in a letter to his son, the current King Felipe VI who accepted his decision and thanked him, the royal palace said in a statement."Guided by the conviction to best serve the people of Spain, its institutions, and you as king, I inform you of my decision at this time to go into exile outside Spain," Juan Ca
  
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• Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order Blocking Blanket Private School Closures

  03-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maryland governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday voiding Montgomery County’s order banning in-person schooling at non-public schools. “Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines,” Hogan said in a statement. “The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and inconsistent with the powers intended to be delegated to the county health of
  
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• Trump under investigation for bank and insurance fraud in New York, new court filing suggests

  03-08-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's recent court filing suggests President Trump and his company, The Trump Organization, may be under investigation for possible bank and insurance fraud, The New York Times reports.The filing was made in response to a lawsuit by Trump's attorneys who have argued prosecutors were acting in "bad faith" by issuing a "wildly overbroad" subpoena seeking Trump's personal and corporate tax returns. Vance didn't disclose anything specific about what compelled him to
  
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• House panel calls new postal chief to explain mail delays

  03-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a September hearing to examine operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deliveries across the country.The plan imposed by Louis DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser who took over the top job at the Postal Service in June, eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and orders that mail be kept until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late.Rep.
  
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• Trump Attacks Dr. Birx in an Attempt to Keep a Loyal Soldier in Line

  03-08-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump attacked Dr. Deborah Birx for the first time on Monday after the White House coronavirus task force coordinator said she believed the virus had entered a “new phase” and that counties with significant community spread should not reopen schools in the fall.Birx’s comments came on CNN just two days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized her in a meeting with administration officials, calling her “the worst.” One Democratic aide said
  
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• Splash Mountain log flume ride sinks at Disney World's Magic Kingdom

  03-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain hit rough waters Sunday as Twitter users posted video of a submerged log flume ride they were in moments earlier.
  
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• An artist's BLM cartoon was pulled, and an unendorsed apology ran in its place

  03-08-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “This is a complete step back in the wrong direction,” the artist said.
  
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• 'I am being silenced over white feelings from a gag comic': Black comic artist on her work being pulled from newspapers

  03-08-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “This is a complete step back in the wrong direction,” the artist said.
  
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• California governor says COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, trending down

  03-08-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rates of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions were all trending downward in California in the latest counts, the governor said on Monday.Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said that despite that good news, the state's Central Valley agricultural region was still being hit hard by the coronavirus."This virus is not going away," Newsom said at a daily coronavirus briefing.
  
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• Boaters Invaded SpaceX's Splashdown Zone. That's a Terrible Idea.

  03-08-2020 21:23 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Two words: nitrogen tetroxide.
  
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• 'Rest in paradise': Georgia teen loses his mom and dad to COVID-19 in same week

  03-08-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Hunter,17, lost his father on July 26 and his mother on July 30. He said they "were a regular family just trying to stay safe."
  
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• U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design changes

  03-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is proposing requiring four key Boeing Co737 MAX design changes to address safety issues seen in two crashes that killed 346 people and led to the plane's grounding in March 2019.The agency is issuing a proposed airworthiness directive to require updated flight-control software, revised display-processing software to generate alerts, a revision of certain flight-crew operating procedures and changes in the routing of some wiring bundles.
  
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• U.S. FAA lays plan for Boeing 737 MAX's return; hurdles remain

  03-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is proposing requiring four key Boeing Co737 MAX design and operating changes to address safety issues seen in two fatal crashes that led to the plane's grounding in March 2019.The agency is issuing a proposed airworthiness directive to require updated flight-control software, revised display-processing software to generate alerts, a revision of certain flight-crew operating procedures and changes in the routing of some wiring bundles.Wh
  
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• Microsoft could pay billions for TikTok. It's a tremendously risky move that will put CEO Satya Nadella's strategy to the ultimate test.

  03-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's no other way to put it: Microsoft's decision to buy TikTok is weird. But it could be Microsoft's best chance to take on Facebook.
  
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• Judge Esther Salas decries shooting that killed son, injured husband in emotional statement

  03-08-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an emotional statement, federal judge says those on the bench need privacy protections. A man dressed as a FedEx worker opened fire at her home.
  
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• House panel investigates DHS office over Portland, other protests

  03-08-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation on Monday into the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office, including its actions in Portland, Oregon, and its involvement in other anti-racism protests across the country."The reporting regarding the monitoring of peaceful protesters, creating and disseminating intelligence reports about journalists and protesters, and potential exploitation of electronic devices is deeply troubling," Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a
  
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• Who CARES about the unemployed? How COVID benefit bill died in the Senate

  03-08-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats passed a bill extending them in May, but Republicans were unable to agree on their own legislation that would have extended the benefits while also cutting them.
  
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• GM alleges Fiat Chrysler spent millions to bribe UAW leaders

  03-08-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  General Motors is asking a federal judge to reconsider his dismissal of a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler based on new allegations that FCA bribed union officials and GM employees with millions stashed in secret foreign bank accounts.GM alleges that bribes were paid to former United Auto Workers Presidents Dennis Williams and Ron Gettelfinger, as well as Vice President Joe Ashton.
  
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• Joe Biden's veepstakes: A closer look at Kamala Harris

  03-08-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California Sen. Kamala Harris, former Democratic presidential candidate, is considered a frontrunner for Joe Biden's running mate; Douglas Kennedy reports.
  
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• Detective Recalls Gut-Wrenching Moment Doomsday Mom’s Kids Were Found

  03-08-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After nearly nine months of searching, investigators found 7-year-old J.J. Vallow—still clad in red pajamas and “tightly wrapped” in black plastic—in the backyard of doomsday author Chad Daybell’s Idaho home, a detective testified Monday. The little boy’s head, arms, and feet were bound in duct tape.Several feet away, authorities discovered “a mass of burnt flesh and charred bone” they later determined to be the remains of 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, i
  
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• Wildfire east of Los Angeles grows, forces thousands from homes

  03-08-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fire, dubbed the Apple Fire by local firefighters and not related to technology company Apple Inc, has already forced about 8,000 residents from their homes in Riverside County.The blaze was first reported in Cherry Valley, a community about 75 miles (120 km) east of Los Angeles.The Apple Fire is just the third wildfire in California this year to burn over 10,000 acres and it is expected to quickly become the state's biggest blaze so far this fire season.
  
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• Diesel truck soot likely sparked major California wildfire

  03-08-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California wildfire raging through dry brush and timber east of Los Angeles, forcing thousands of people from their homes, was likely sparked by burning soot from the exhaust of a diesel truck, investigators said on Monday.The blaze, dubbed the Apple Fire, has scorched more than 26,000 acres (10,500 hectares) since erupting last Friday in the Riverside County community of Cherry Valley, about 70 miles (120 km) east of Los Angeles, and was only 5% contained as of Monday, fire officials said.The
  
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• As cruising resumes in some parts of world, multiple cruise ships affected by new COVID-19 cases

  03-08-2020 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While most of the cruise industry remains on pause, some cruise lines have begun to resume operations in international waters.
  
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• Jobs for data scientists — once the 'sexiest job in the 21st century' — are down due to the pandemic

  03-08-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harvard Business Review once said data scientist would be the "sexiest" job of this era, while Glassdoor called it the best job in the country.
  
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• Poll gives Democrats bad news in key Senate race

  03-08-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines, running for reelection, holds a 6-point lead against Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock in a race that will help decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Monday by Emerson College.
  
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• Airlines can't stop you bringing your own booze aboard — but they can forbid you from drinking it

  03-08-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As carriers stop selling drinks to reduce contact with flight attendants, some passengers are pushing the rules by bringing their own alcohol aboard.
  
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• Marines ID all 9 people killed in sea-tank sinking

  03-08-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Marine Corps has identified all nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in the water off the Southern California coast.
  
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• Biden VP prospect Karen Bass claims Scientology hadn't been 'exposed' before her 2010 praise of it, despite several high-profile media probes in the 1990s and 2000s

  03-08-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There had been dozens of media reports and investigations over the Church of Scientology's alleged abuses prior to 2010.
  
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• Minneapolis City Council reportedly set to decide on dismantling city's police department

  03-08-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Since the death of George Floyd, 10 percent of the city's police force has resigned, been fired, is in the process of leaving or has taken medical leave; reaction from law enforcement veteran Randy Sutton, founder of The Wounded Blue.
  
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• Points of Progress: Where women are seeing gains, globally

  03-08-2020 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In good news this week: There’s still work to be done, but women’s rights are making progress across the world. A look at some recent highlights.
  
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• Tanzanite: Tanzanian miner earns millions after second rare find

  03-08-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saniniu Laizer sells a Tanzanite stone for $2 million (£1.5m), months after a similar find.
  
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• 'Pioneer Woman' Ree Drummond talks stretchy 'pandemic pants,' shares Instant Pot recipe

  03-08-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "They’re black yoga pants... and I have not worn anything, but black yoga pants since" mid-March says "The Pioneer Woman" host Ree Drummond.
  
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