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• NASA shows off the most striking Mars images that you can download

  12-08-2020 23:51
  
  NASA has spent years investigating Mars up close and personal with its various rovers and spacecraft, the latter of which includes the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This spacecraft orbits Mars, using onboard cameras to snap images of the Red Planet below. This has resulted in a huge number of images, some of which are so strikingly beautiful that they look … Continue reading
  
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• Desi Twitter erupts with jokes, praise and criticism over Kamala Harris

  12-08-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Kamala Harris about to Bole chudiyan, bole kangna y’all into some handcuffs," one person wrote on Twitter.
  
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• When Kamala Harris faced political heat, Joe Biden's son Beau had her back

  12-08-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Up until Beau Biden's death in 2015, Kamala Harris had a friendship with the Delaware politician — and by extension his father Joe Biden.
  
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• Federal judge refuses to block campus sexual assault rules

  12-08-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual assault.The rules, which take effect Friday, expand the rights of the accused, narrow the definition of sexual harassment and reduce the scope of cases that schools are required to investigate, among other changes.In a suit challenging the rules, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia argued that the policy woul
  
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• Venezuela inflation accelerating, parliament says

  12-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crisis-wracked Venezuela's yearly inflation rate rose to over 4,000 percent in July, the opposition-controlled parliament said on Wednesday.The National Assembly has been releasing inflation figures since 2017 due to a lack of data from the government of President Nicolas Maduro.July's inflation was 55 percent, up from the 19.5 percent in June, opposition legislator Alfonso Marquina said.
  
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• Nigeria court fines pirates for seizing ship in Gulf of Guinea

  12-08-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three men have been ordered to pay about $52,000 (£40,000) each for kidnapping a ship's crew for ransom.
  
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• Litman: Michael Flynn's latest day in court adds up to a probable win for Trump, partisanship and corruption

  12-08-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The likely bottom line of the Flynn saga: The man who compromised U.S. national security, and then lied about it, will walk.
  
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• DeVos' sexual misconduct rule will take effect Friday after legal blocks fail

  12-08-2020 23:02 via politico.com
  
  Joe Biden has vowed to put a “quick end” to the controversial Title IX policy change if he becomes the next president.
  
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• Surface Duo feels like a stopgap

  12-08-2020 23:00
  
  There’s no denying that Microsoft’s new Surface Duo has the wow-factor. A waif-like clamshell of soft-touch metal, that smoothly hinges open to reveal not one but two touchscreens – complete with Surface Pen support – it’s hard not to look at it and think of a sci-fi movie prop. Yet Microsoft aims to put its futuristic gizmo on sale next … Continue reading
  
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• Mauritius oil spill: Almost all fuel oil pumped out of MV Wakashio

  12-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There has been a race against time to remove the fuel oil, amid fears that the ship will break up.
  
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• A Florida sheriff banned his deputies from wearing face masks the same day the county saw its highest number of COVID-19 deaths

  12-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deputies in Marion County, Florida, are prohibited from wearing masks, according to an email obtained by the Ocala Star-Banner. So are visitors.
  
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• Census officials face subpoenas if they refuse interviews

  12-08-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Democrats on Wednesday threatened to subpoena top officials at the U.S. Census Bureau after they refused to give interviews to an oversight committee over why the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident was cut short by a month and will stop at the end of September.U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said in a letter to Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham that she would use “compulsory measures" to get the eight officials to appear if
  
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• Harris VP choice signals tougher stance on pollution under Biden

  12-08-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By bringing U.S. Senator Kamala Harris onto the ticket, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has signaled support for the enforcement of U.S. anti-pollution laws and for suing companies that pollute, environmental groups said.Biden emphasized Harris’ environmental credentials when he announced the senator from California as his choice for vice president on Tuesday, noting lawsuits she had launched both as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and then as the stat
  
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• Ohio drop box restrictions add new front to mail-in voting battle

  12-08-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Drop boxes are set to take center stage in the "2020 voting wars."On Wednesday, Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose released a statement spelling out the rules and regulations for drop box usage during general election voting, and some viewed it as a red flag that could suppress voter turnout.LaRose says legitimate drop boxes will be placed only at county boards of elections, and that "boards of elections are prohibited from installing a drop box at any other location." But Democra
  
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• Republicans fret over Trump team's reaction to Harris pick

  12-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite plenty of time to prepare, the president's reaction to Biden's running mate is raising concerns among Republicans.
  
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• Party with 400 people shut down during students’ first weekend back at ECU, cops say

  12-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police say the number of parties was still a far cry from past opening weekends at East Carolina University.
  
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• 'Don't get muzzled': Sarah Palin shares the lessons she learned in 2008 with Kamala Harris

  12-08-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Don’t get muzzled – connect with media and voters in your own unique way," wrote Palin, who was often at odds with John McCain's campaign advisers.
  
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• DeVos publicly absent as critical decisions are made on public school reopenings

  12-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As public schools grapple with the challenge of reopening during a pandemic, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is getting criticism for her low profile.
  
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• Team Trump Isn’t Even Hiding Its Support for QAnon Kooks Anymore

  12-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump campaign and a top House Republican group are rallying around a QAnon conspiracy theorist expected to win a seat in the House this November, even attacking a GOP lawmaker who criticized the conspiracy theory that the FBI considers a domestic terrorism threat. QAnon believer Marjorie Taylor Greene won a Republican primary run-off in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District on Tuesday. Because Greene’s district is heavily Republican, her primary win all but guarantees that
  
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• This is what it looks like in Sturgis, South Dakota, where hundreds of thousands of unmasked bikers are partying like the coronavirus isn't real

  12-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bikers at the Sturgis Rally say they're enjoying the freedom and crowds they haven't been able to experience elsewhere during the pandemic.
  
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• Suspect robbed a man and raped a woman on South Beach sands, police say

  12-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A bike, tattoos and a woman’s gold chain around his neck identified the suspect police were looking for after last week’s armed robbery and rape on the sands of Miami Beach, police said.
  
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• Florida sheriff orders deputies not to wear masks, bans civilians in masks from office

  12-08-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Now, I can already hear the whining and just so you know I did not make this decision easily," Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said in a memo to staff.
  
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• 3 charged with threatening R. Kelly accusers

  12-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
  
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• Fact check: Kamala Harris is a natural-born U.S. citizen and eligible to serve as president

  12-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A post claims Kamala Harris is not eligible to serve as president because of her parents' citizenship. That's false. Harris was born in the U.S.
  
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• Boston University announced students can still receive their degrees after they die, but the school says it has nothing to do with the pandemic

  12-08-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boston University spokesman Colin Riley said plans for a posthumous degree policy were in place long before the novel coronavirus outbreak began.
  
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• Tear gas at Portland protests raises concern about pollution

  12-08-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The presence of U.S. agents has diminished in Portland, Oregon, but city officials are still cleaning up tear gas residue from the streets, dirt and possibly the storm drains after the chemical was used frequently by both police and federal officers during more than two months of often-violent protests over racial injustice.The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services cleaned and took samples from six storm drains last week around the federal courthouse and a building with a police station and
  
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• Syrian president slams US sanctions in speech to parliament

  12-08-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday slammed the latest US sanctions as a further "escalation" aimed at "strangling" his country, ravaged by war and economic crisis.Assad made the comments in his first address to the new parliament elected in July, in a sitting held at the presidential palace to allow for social distancing."The escalation to strangle the Syrian people continues," he said.
  
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• Top Democrats say Mnuchin sought meeting on coronavirus aid but showed no movement

  12-08-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sought a new meeting on coronavirus aid but showed no sign of moving from his stated position on new legislation."An overture was made by Secretary Mnuchin to meet ... (but) the White House is not budging from their position concerning the size and scope of a legislative package," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement.Mnuchin initiated cont
  
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• Florida sheriff bans deputies and visitors from wearing face masks

  12-08-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Now, I can already hear the whining and just so you know I did not make this decision easily and I have weighed it out for the past 2 weeks," Sheriff Billy Woods said in an email to employees.
  
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• South Dakota's Noem to build security fence around residence

  12-08-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Dakota officials said Wednesday they plan to build a security fence budgeted for $400,000 around the official governor’s residence to protect Gov. Kristi Noem.Noem's office did not give specifics on any threats, but her spokeswoman Maggie Seidel said her security team recommended the fence.Noem's administration had proposed the fence last year, but she abandoned the plan.
  
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• Trump has reportedly privately said he intends to replace Mark Esper after November election

  12-08-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It doesn't sound like Defense Secretary Mark Esper will remain at his post for long after the November election, regardless of whether President Trump is re-elected, Bloomberg reports.Trump has reportedly said he intends to find someone else to run the Pentagon if he wins in November, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. And one source said Esper himself has told people close to him he intends to leave no matter the outcome, so, if the reports are accurate, the two do at least appear
  
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• State Department rejects further probe of diplomat's remarks

  12-08-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A report Wednesday by the State Department’s internal watchdog confirms news accounts that staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Britain have accused Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets and the U.S. ambassador, of making “insensitive” and “inappropriate” remarks.Johnson denies the allegations.State Department officials replied to the watchdog office that no further investigation is necessary because Johnson is “well aware of his responsibility to set the right
  
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• Critics slam Trump 'suburban housewife' tweet as racist, sexist 'dog scream' play for white voters

  12-08-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's tweet warning 'the suburban housewife' about an invasion came after rival Biden chose a woman of color, Kamala Harris, as his running mate.
  
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• Airbnb is suing a guest who threw a party after 3 people were injured in a shooting at the short-term rental

  12-08-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airbnb says the guest booked the short-term rental under false pretenses, acted with negligence, and violated public health orders.
  
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• One in 10 'virus deaths' was from other causes

  12-08-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 10 per cent of coronavirus deaths reported by Public Health England (PHE) were not related to Covid-19, the body has admitted. The Department of Health has been urgently reviewing the way in which it records deaths after Oxford University noticed in July that former coronavirus patients were being included in mortality figures even if they had recovered and then died of something else. On Wednesday, the true extent of the problem emerged when PHE published a report showing that 3,664 peop
  
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• Almost 10 per cent of coronavirus deaths were not related to Covid-19, PHE admits

  12-08-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 10 per cent of coronavirus deaths reported by Public Health England (PHE) were not related to Covid-19, the body has admitted. The Department of Health has been urgently reviewing the way in which it records deaths after Oxford University noticed in July that former coronavirus patients were being included in mortality figures even if they had recovered and then died of something else. On Wednesday, the true extent of the problem emerged when PHE published a report showing that 3,664 peop
  
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• Trump says fear of 'low income housing' will bring 'the suburban housewife' to his side

  12-08-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president has attacked Joe Biden by trying to appeal to a community that no longer exists.
  
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• An admitted KKK leader has been sentenced to 6 years in prison after driving a truck through a crowd of protesters in June

  12-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Virginia man who boasted to police of his Ku Klux Klan rank was sentenced to six years in prison after driving his truck into a crowd of protesters.
  
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• Fox News Insists That Joe Biden Didn’t Really Pick Kamala Harris

  12-08-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It took Fox News no more than an hour after Joe Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate to start dabbling in wild speculation and conspiracy theories about the hidden, nefarious reasons behind the pick. In the day after the ex-veep and presumptive Democratic nominee announced his running mate, Fox News hosts pushed a number of unsupported theories largely centered around two themes: Harris forced her way onto the ticket and intends to usurp or overtaken Biden; and/or Biden is
  
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• These pretty floral face masks come with a filter—and they're on sale

  12-08-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A face mask with an added layer can provide even greater COVID-19 protection, and this one's on sale—get the details.
  
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• Trump says ‘suburban housewife’ will vote for him. What do polls, 2018 election show?

  12-08-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He tweeted they are “thrilled” he did away with an Obama-era fair housing regulation.
  
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• Critics say Portland protests have been co-opted by 'white spectacle,' but Black activists say they're staying focused on Black lives

  12-08-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president of the Portland NAACP called the demonstrations "white spectacle." Portland activists say the reality of the movement is more nuanced.
  
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• France 'on the brink' of being placed on travel quarantine list

  12-08-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France was “on the brink” of being removed from quarantine-free travel on Wednesday evening, as ministers met to finalise its status. The Government’s 'Covid Cabinet', chaired by Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, met on Wednesday to discuss implementing a mandatory 14-day quarantine on travellers arriving from the country. Sources said the decision was on a “knife edge” after a week of fluctuating cases. On Wednesday, the French health ministry reported 2,524 ne
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: Nasal spray might help fight COVID-19; Kentucky Derby bets on smaller crowd; Florida sheriff bans masks

  12-08-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scientists in California develop say their nasal spray "AeroNabs" can help against COVID-19. Texas surpasses 500K cases. Latest news.
  
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• Suspects in recent Chicago looting will likely bail out of jail quickly; Kim Foxx weighs in

  12-08-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Suspects in this week's looting across Chicago will likely bail out of jail quickly.
  
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• UK Royal Air Force sends plane to help monitor migrant crossings

  12-08-2020 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain's Royal Air Force has sent a maritime patrol aircraft to help support border control operations in the English Channel after an increase in migrants seeking to cross from France.Taking advantage of hot weather and calm sea conditions, hundreds of people have crossed the Dover Straits over the past week, many in overloaded rubber dinghies, a development described as "unacceptable" by British ministers."The aircraft will track vessels and pass information to the Border Force who will then
  
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• A father filmed a racist encounter with a white woman who called him the n-word and phoned the police over a parking spot

  12-08-2020 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 34-year-old was picking up his children from his aunt's apartment complex when an elderly resident accosted him.
  
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• Macron warns Iran against 'interference' in Lebanon

  12-08-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday warned Iran against any interference in Lebanon after the gigantic blast last week that has prompted a political crisis in the country.In telephone talks with President Hassan Rouhani, Macron emphasised the "necessity for all the powers concerned... to avoid any outside interference and to support the putting in place of a government which can manage the emergency," the Elysee said.Lebanon's government under Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned this w
  
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• 1 Crew Member Hurt After Bullet Strikes Air Force Helicopter Over Virginia

  12-08-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A UH-1N Huey with 1st Helicopter Squadron was on a training mission when its crew was forced to make an emergency landing.
  
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• Schools in Harris Co. ordered to delay start of school to September

  12-08-2020 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  What happens after Sept. 8? Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is scheduled to lay out the plan for public and non-religious private schools.
  
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