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• Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking an 'indefinite' leave of absence

  07-08-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Falwell Jr. was heavily criticized this week after he posted and deleted a photo of himself on a yacht with his pants unzipped and arm around a woman.
  
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• The most inactive creatures ever discovered

  07-08-2020 23:47
  
  Creatures shown in a study published this month can survive with lower energy requirements than any life previously discovered by humanity. Some of the undersea sediment-dwelling microbes shown in this study have survived “under extreme energy limitation for millennia, thus calling into question the limit for life. If you thought your teenage grunge rock cousin was lazy, wait ’till you … Continue reading
  
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• Democrats are playing 'political chicken' during coronavirus pandemic: Charlie Hurt

  07-08-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt reacts to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, lashing out at PBS' Judy Woodruff during an interview where she suggested the anchor was a GOP advocate. He later talks about the New York Attorney General suing to dissolve the NRA and how the negotiations are going in Congress over additional stimulus for unemployed Americans.
  
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• California county will pay people diagnosed with coronavirus $1,250 to stay home

  07-08-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California county has approved a pilot programme that will provide residents who test positive for coronavirus a stipend of $1,250 (£957) to stay at home.Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors has set aside $10m (£7.6m) for the programme, which will enable it to provide payments to 7,500 people in the area.
  
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• Bars over schools: Why your kids will probably learn from home this fall

  07-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawmakers and educators battle over how to reopen schools safely this fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Rare syndrome linked to COVID-19 found in nearly 600 U.S. children: CDC

  07-08-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) is a rare but severe condition that shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, including fever, rashes, swollen glands and, in severe cases, heart inflammation.It has been reported in children and adolescent patients about two to four weeks after the onset of COVID-19.With rising COVID-19 cases, there could be an increased occurrence of MIS-C, but this might not be apparent immediately because of the delay in development of symptoms, said the
  
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• President Trump says Joe Biden is no longer worthy of the Black vote following diversity remark

  07-08-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden compares diversity of Blacks and Latinos; reaction on 'The Five.'
  
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• 'Most sophisticated tunnel in history' found on Mexican border

  07-08-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A tunnel that stretched more than 1,300 feet across the Mexican border has been discovered by federal agents who labelled it the “most sophisticated tunnel in US history”.The unfinished tunnel was exposed by special agents in Arizona on Tuesday and was equipped with a ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, a rail system and extensive reinforcement.
  
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• Fort Hood commander's transfer on hold amid investigations

  07-08-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Army leaders have delayed the planned transfer of the Fort Hood commander, as a team of independent investigators heads to the base to determine whether leadership failures contributed to the murder of a soldier earlier this year, and several other deaths.Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, commander of Fort Hood, Texas, was slated to go to Fort Bliss, which is near El Paso, and take over leadership of the 1st Armored Division.Command of a division is a key step in an Army officer's career.
  
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• The US Space Force is getting an official second in command

  07-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A familiar face is set to become the service's first vice chief of space operations.
  
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• Ningaloo Reef: Second woman injured by whale at Australia tourist hotspot

  07-08-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  She is the second person in less than a week to be injured by a humpback whale at Ningaloo Reef.
  
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• Woman confronting vandals covered in paint during renewed Portland protests

  07-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters in Portland allegedly threw white paint over a woman, as demonstrators clashed with police for a third consecutive day.On Friday, following two days of protests marred by vandalism, more than 200 people clashed with police, as two other Black Lives Matter protests marched peacefully through the city.
  
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• Pompeo rejects Congress' subpoenas for IG, Biden probe info

  07-08-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rejected congressional subpoenas issued for him and for the State Department to provide information and testimony to lawmakers about two politically charged developments.The refusals set the stage for an escalation in the confrontation between the State Department and the Democratic-controlled House ahead of November's elections.In letters sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Pompeo and the State Department’s acting legislative affairs chief
  
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• Nintendo Switch Airpod Case

  07-08-2020 23:19 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  
  Nintendo Switch Airpod Case – Make your Airpod case look cool with this Nintendo Switch Airpod Case!
   
  This fits Airpods Generation 1 and 2.
  The material used in this case is made of high-quality soft silicone material, which is tough and durable and not easily deformed. Comfortable and soft feel. Can protect your Apple Airpods pro porfrom dust, dirt, scratches and impacts.Multi-function-A precise charging port cutout ensures convenient, unobstructed charging Compatible with wire
  
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• iPhone 12 release dates may split for Pro cameras

  07-08-2020 23:17
  
  The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will likely split down the middle, with release dates for the 12 coming first, then the Pro at a later date. A note came from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on the subject, with a focus on camera quality. The issue seems to have been with the lenses used a few models when put under … Continue reading
  
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• Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls

  07-08-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black girls on the ground and handcuffing two of them after mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, a district attorney said Friday.The traffic stop happened in Aurora, where officers are also being investigated following the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain after he was placed in a chokehold last year.Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson and the department are coo
  
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• An Air India plane crashed while landing at a notoriously tricky airport — here's why 'tabletop' runways can be so treacherous

  07-08-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  These mountaintop runways leave little margin for error, and can create optical illusions that threaten to fool pilots.
  
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• Stimulus bill talks hit another dead end after 2 weeks of negotiations

  07-08-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congressional Democrats and White House leaders didn't solve anything during a Friday meeting meant to hammer out the next CARES Act, closing out a second week of negotiations with next to nothing to show for them.The main problem, CNN's Phil Mattingly reports, is that Democrats don't have the votes to support any bill under $2 trillion and Republicans won't accept anything over it. Those sticking points led to what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called a "disappointing meeting" w
  
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• Intelligence community warns Russia wants to hurt Biden, while China 'prefers' Trump not be reelected

  07-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Following a push from Democratic lawmakers to be more forthcoming in declassifying evidence of foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election, a top counterintelligence official on Friday published new, specific details about how Russia, China and Iran are seeking to manipulate American voters.
  
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• New York is moving homeless people into luxury hotels to protect them against coronavirus and wealthy neighbourhoods aren't happy

  07-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York was in the midst of a record homelessness crisis even before the coronavirus hit. Some 60,000 people were filling municipal shelters across the city every night. Nearly a third of that number was living in dorm-style facilities for single adults, sharing bathrooms, dining areas and sleeping facilities.“When Covid struck, we recognised very quickly this was a recipe for disaster,” said Jacqueline Simone, of Coalition for the Homeless, a New York charity. The problem was only
  
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• NASA is getting rid of old, offensive space nicknames

  07-08-2020 22:28
  
  NASA is taking steps to eliminate its use of offensive, inappropriate, or otherwise problematic nicknames given to various cosmic regions and objects. The decision comes amid growing calls for more diversity and inclusion, a process that involves tearing down old problematic structures that may be insensitive at best or, more often than not, actively harmful. The change is kicking off … Continue reading
  
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• Intelligence official says Russia and China are lining up on opposite sides of the U.S. election

  07-08-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A top intelligence official says Russia is using a "range of measures" to take down former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election, while China prefers that President Trump doesn't win.William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, released a statement on Friday detailing the "intentions and activities" of U.S. adversaries in the presidential election, which describes how intelligence officials are "concerned" primarily about China, Ru
  
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• ‘Con artist’ fakes daughter’s death — and his own — to trick wife in Virginia, feds say

  07-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russell Geyer used an app to disguise his voice while posing as an attorney in Florida to get money from his wife, according to federal prosecutors.
  
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• Court rules House can enforce McGahn subpoena, but law professors say Trump's stalling already did its job

  07-08-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's been more than a year since the Trump administration blocked House Democrats' attempt to secure testimony from former White House Counsel Don McGahn, a pivotal figure in the Mueller investigation. At the time, it appeared to be what former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara called a "stalling tactic," and a way for the Trump administration to "run out the clock" to a point where McGahn's testimony didn't matter anymore.Indeed, President Trump's impeachment trial came and went without a word from M
  
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• AMA updates progress of vaccine trials in US

  07-08-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a speech, delivered via livestream, the president of the American Medical Association laid out the progress being made in developing a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. (Aug. 7)
  
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• ‘I’m Not Scared’: She Faces Life in Prison After Allegedly Buying Red Protest Paint

  07-08-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Madalena McNeil is accused of buying red paint before a protest. Under aggressive new criminal charges, it could mean she spends the rest of her life in prison.McNeil, 28, was among four people charged Tuesday for their alleged actions at a July Salt Lake City, Utah, protest over a district attorney’s decision that the fatal police shooting of a young man was justified. Protesters allegedly splashed red paint on the DA’s office, broke windows, and hung signs calling for justice for t
  
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• 2 transgender teens sue Arizona's Medicaid program for refusal to cover chest surgery

  07-08-2020 21:58 via nydailynews.com
  Two transgender teens in Arizona are challenging the state's Medicaid ban on surgical treatment for gender dysphoria. The two plaintiffs, named in court documents as 15-year-old D.H. and 17-year-old John Doe, are both teens enrolled in Arizona's Medicaid program, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. They are seeking male chest reconstruction surgery as a treatment for ...
  
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• Condemned Tennessee inmate pushes for DNA tests in his case

  07-08-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Tennessee inmate scheduled to be executed in December continued to push Friday for DNA testing of the evidence in his case, arguing that would exonerate him.Pervis Payne, 53, has always maintained his innocence in the 1987 stabbing deaths of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie Jo.At the time of Payne's trial, DNA testing of evidence was unavailable, and no testing has ever been done in his case.
  
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• Fauci warns COVID-19 vaccine may be only partially effective, public health measures still needed

  07-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "But the chances of it being 98% effective is not great, which means you must never abandon the public health approach."The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 5 million people in the United States and killed more than 160,000.As infections have spiked around the country after states started to open up, public health experts, including Fauci, have stressed the importance of steps that each American can take, including social distancing, washing hands and wearing masks.
  
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• Miami men with Ukrainian political ties laundered money, DOJ says

  07-08-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Department of Justice filed civil forfeiture complaints this week in Miami federal court accusing two Ukrainian oligarchs and their Miami-based associates of stealing money abroad and laundering it in the United States by moving it through a Ukrainian-owned bank and into Miami companies operating as “slush funds” for real estate investment.
  
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• Scientists mutate fish with disturbing results

  07-08-2020 21:36
  
  Research published this week showed an experiment run by scientists with mutation on their minds. In the experiments, scientists altered single genes of zebrafish and recorded the results. Their aim was to study the evolution of the jaw. They created fish with fused upper and lower jaw cartilages, unable to close their mouths. Developmental plasticity was the name of the … Continue reading
  
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• Trump's latest fundraising attempt is reportedly a Facebook scam against his own supporters

  07-08-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump would love to have dinner with you, for the low, low price of a $10,000 fine.The Trump campaign blitzed supporters this week asking for donations in exchange for the chance to attend a "VIP dinner" with the president in Southampton, New York on Aug. 8, but Popular Information's Judd Legum, who investigated the contest, says the fundraising attempt is a pretty blatant "scam."The ads, which reportedly cost the campaign $100,000 to run on Facebook, failed to mention that anyone resi
  
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• More charges for man accused of preying on homeless women

  07-08-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More victims of a man accused of luring homeless women with the promise of food and shelter only to sexually assault them have been identified, Phoenix police said Friday.Authorities said 51-year-old Robert Incorvaia is facing more charges a week after Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested him for three counts of sexual assault and four counts of kidnapping.Incorvaia has been re-booked on 10 counts of sexual assault and six counts of aggravated assault, Sgt. Tommy Thompson said.
  
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• Hulu has a new annual plan, and there’s a good reason to get it

  07-08-2020 21:27
  
  Hulu has announced a new plan that mirrors a similar offering from its family-friendly sibling, Disney+. The two existing plans — the one with ads and the one without ads — aren’t going anywhere and consumers will continue to pay for them monthly like usual. However, a third option — an annual plan — has joined them for those who … Continue reading
  
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• US Postal Service announces cost-saving changes amid vote-by-mail fears

  07-08-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Measures will not result in immediate reduction of workforce, USPS said amid reports of severe mail delays across USThe United States Postal Service (USPS) is implementing cost-saving measures, including a management hiring freeze , the US postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, announced on Friday, amid reports of severe mail delays across the US and concern that Donald Trump is maneuvering to weaken the agency to make it difficult to accommodate an expected influx of mail-in votes.The changes will no
  
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• Maryland Health Official Will Allow Private Schools to Open following Lawsuit Threat

  07-08-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The health officer for Montgomery County, Md., issued an executive order on Friday allowing private schools in the county to open for in-person classes, following pressure from the governor's office as well as a looming lawsuit.Health officer Travis Gayles issued an order last week mandating that all schools in the county, including private schools, conduct remote learning until at least October 1. While Gayles said that coronavirus transmission in the county was too high to reopen schools, Gove
  
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• Canada 'knows the root cause': China hints at Huawei retaliation as it sentences two Canadians to death

  07-08-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Canada “knows the root cause” behind recent death sentences for Canadians facing drug charges, the latest escalation in conflict between both countries following the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reportedly said the judicial system in China “handles cases independently” while discussing the recent death sentences for two Canadian nationals charged in separate cases with transp
  
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• U.S. imposes sanctions on Hong Kong officials

  07-08-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam along with the current and former police chiefs and eight other officials for their role in restricting political freedoms in the territory.The sanctions were imposed under an executive order U.S. President Donald Trump signed last month to punish China for its moves against dissent in Hong Kong.This move serves as the latest action by the Trump administration against Beijing in the run-up to Trump's November r
  
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• The COVID-19 Unemployment Crisis May Be Turning Around for Veterans

  07-08-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans fell by more than two percentage points to 8.2% in July.
  
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• 'Please consider': Hyatt message asked guests for donations to the hotel amid COVID-19 pandemic

  07-08-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hotel guest was surprised to see a solicitation for donations to the hotel in his Hyatt room in Seattle.
  
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• Mauritius declares emergency as stranded ship spills fuel

  07-08-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius declared a “state of environmental emergency” late Friday after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel.Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced the development as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near environmental areas that the government called “very sensitive.”Mauritius has said the ship was carrying nearly 4,000 tons of fuel and cracks have appear
  
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• US intel: Russia acting against Biden; China opposes Trump

  07-08-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, the country’s counterintelligence chief said in the most specific warning to date about the threat of foreign interference.U.S. officials also believe China does not want Trump to win a second term and has accelerated its cr
  
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• Partisan divide among Americans who believe 'it is safe now' to reopen persists as COVID-19 cases rise, survey finds

  07-08-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans and Democrats remain divided on when business and activities should reopen.
  
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• Postmaster general says Postal Service is not "slowing down election mail"

  07-08-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louis DeJoy denied claims that the Postal Service is slowing down the delivery of election mail.
  
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• History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020

  07-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up between now and the end of the year, Republicans should fill it. Given the vital importance of the Court to rank-and-file Republican voters and grassroots activists, particularly in the five-decade-long quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, it would be political suicide for Republicans to refrain from filling a vacancy unless some law or important traditional norm was against them. There is no such law and no such norm; those are all on their side. Choosing not to fi
  
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• Biden will soon pick a running mate. Here are the front-runners

  07-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his potential vice president.Following widespread protests over racial injustice and police brutality, pressure increased on Biden to choose a woman of color.Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian parents, fits the bill.
  
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• When Acura says listen to the 2021 TLX, you listen good

  07-08-2020 20:43
  
  “You can listen to it, but you can’t drive it” is not normally what you want to hear when you’re faced with a brand new sports sedan like the 2021 Acura TLX. After all, our biggest question about the new TLX is whether it’ll drive as well as it looks, with its Acura Precision Concept and Type S Concept inspired … Continue reading
  
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• Robber snatches California man's life savings in front of bank

  07-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Francisco Cornejo walking to his car after making a hefty withdrawal from his account. He was carrying 200-thousand dollars when a robber attacked him and ripped away Conejo's bag of money.The thief escaped with the money and has yet to be arrested.
  
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• Republicans Go All-in on Kanye West Campaign as a Way to Sink Joe Biden

  07-08-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans with ties to Trump’s re-election are openly working to put rapper Kanye West on swing states’ ballots to pull votes from Biden.
  
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• No pajamas allowed during remote classes at Illinois school district, officials say

  07-08-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school district says its dress code will be “flexible” during online learning.
  
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