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• Turkey's president warns attack against Turkish ships will pay 'high price'

  13-08-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a "high price" and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning.
  
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• Mexico to keep US border closed to non-essential travel

  13-08-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico plans to extend the closure of its shared border with the United States for another month to non-essential travel, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday.The current agreement runs through Aug. 21, but Ebrard said it does not make sense to reopen the border at this time.“We already told the United States that we're of the idea that it's extended because of what we have along the strip on their side,” Ebrard said, referring to a surge in cases in the sout
  
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• US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese 'foreign mission'

  13-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese government educational programmes are "advancing Beijing's global propaganda", the US says.
  
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• He used social media to pimp a 14-year-old in Miami airport hotels, cops say. He’s 17

  13-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 14-year-old runaway told cops she got sold for sex at hotels across the street from Miami International Airport up to five times a day, according to a police report. The first statutory rapist called himself “Slime,” the girl said. He paid in Percocet.
  
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• Hand sanitizers made in China, Texas, North Carolina now on the FDA’s Do Not Use list

  13-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FDA’s Do Not Use hand sanitizer list, once a roll call of Mexican-made hand sanitizers with methanol, now includes hand sanitizers from China, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Utah.
  
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• Commissioner says local Democrats won’t stop him from tweeting about hydroxychloroquine

  13-08-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even as a local Democratic Party official threatens to call for his removal from public office, Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola said he will not delete his Twitter account or stop sharing articles promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
  
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• Pinterest makes it easier to search content using a variety of skin tones

  13-08-2020 23:34
  
  Board-based curating platform Pinterest is making it easier for its users to search for products based on a variety of skin tones, something that is particularly useful when it comes to makeup and fashion products. While the platform already featured skin tone-based searches, it wasn’t terribly useful due to its limited skin tone ranges and accuracy. This time around, Pinterest … Continue reading
  
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• In dramatic shift, half of Americans fear difficulties voting in November election, poll says

  13-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's a dramatic spike in fears about voting from the 2018 midterm election, when only 15% of voters said they anticipated difficulties.
  
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• Epic uses Apple’s own 1984 ad against it over Fortnite lawsuit

  13-08-2020 23:29
  
  It’s been a busy day for Apple and Epic Game. This morning, Epic rolled out a new direct payment feature in the iOS and Android versions of Fortnite. This, as you might have already guessed from the phrase “direct payment,” allowed Epic to sidestep the App Store and Google Play Store, keeping the 30% cut that both stores would have … Continue reading
  
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• Antifa website redirected to Biden’s campaign site causes right-wing conspiracy meltdown

  13-08-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The website for anti-facist group Antifa redirected to Joe Biden‘s campaign website on Wednesday, which led some people to claim that the Democrats are connected to the organisation.For a few hours on Wednesday, Antifa.com redirected to JoeBiden.com, the campaign website of the presumptive Democratic candidate for president, before it returned back to the original page of the group Donald Trump has described as being run by “anarchists.”
  
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• LGBTQ group revokes endorsement of Miami School Board incumbent for anti-trans stance

  13-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a rare move, SAVE Dade, a group that aims to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people against discrimination, has revoked its endorsement of a Miami-Dade County School Board member seeking reelection.
  
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• Fact check: Obama did not resettle 70,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota

  13-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar's district received a majority of resettled Somali refugees is false.
  
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• California megachurch defies state coronavirus order and allows thousands for Sunday services

  13-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California megachurch pastor has defended the decision to open his church to thousands of people for Sunday services, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California, has held multiple Sunday services over the last few weeks, which have been attended by at least 6,000 people, pastor John MacArthur told CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Verizon’s cheapest 5G phone may soon be LG’s

  13-08-2020 23:10
  
  The least expensive 5G-capable smartphone carried by Verizon right this minute is a Samsung Galaxy. There’s the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW, as put on sale earlier today, hundreds of dollars cheaper than the next-most-inexpensive 5G phone on the carrier. The LG Q92 5G may soon take that title. Images leaked today suggest the new mid-range smartphone from LG could … Continue reading
  
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• 'Chaos and confusion': Post Office cuts fuel worries over mail voting

  13-08-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Post Office shake-up fuels worry for mail voting
  
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• Portland State disarms campus police after Black man's death

  13-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland State University said Thursday it will disarm its campus police force, more than two years after officers from the department shot and killed a Black man who was trying to break up a fight close to campus.Portland State President Stephen Percy said the decision to have officers patrol the campus unarmed is the first step in a broader policy to re-imagine safety at the state-funded university in the heart of the city.Activists had been calling for Portland State to disarm campus police l
  
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• Jared Kushner Is Working on More Middle East Pacts With Israel

  13-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With 89 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that marks a significant step in establishing peace in the Middle East—a promise Trump made in his first 100 days in office.Speaking with reporters Thursday, Trump joked that he wanted the pact, an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations, “to be called the Donald J. Trump accord.” National Security Adviser Robert O’Bri
  
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• Biden says wearing masks for at least the next three months is key to safe school reopening

  13-08-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, are urging governors to enact and enforce strict face mask mandates for at least the next three months.The Democratic president and vice presidential hopefuls are calling on everyone to wear masks while out in public, whether indoors or outdoors, through the fall.
  
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• 'From golden showers in a sex club to tax fraud': Michael Cohen releases explosive foreword to Trump book

  13-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has released a foreword to his new book in which he calls the president "a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man," and accuses him of cheating in the presidential 2016 election.Mr Cohen also makes reference to "golden showers in a sex club in Vegas," without specifically stating that the president took part in such acts, and alludes to "catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump's clandestine lovers."
  
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• Former U.S. Fed Chair Yellen among those appearing at Biden economic briefing

  13-08-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is among those who appeared at a briefing on the economy for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his campaign disclosed on Thursday.Yellen, who ran the U.S. central bank from 2014 to 2018, appeared by video at the first joint economic briefing attended by both Biden and his new running mate, Senator Kamala Harris.Harris joined the regular briefings that Biden takes on both the public health and economic consequences of the coronavirus crisi
  
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• YouTube cracks down on videos intended to disrupt the election

  13-08-2020 22:37
  
  As the US presidential election nears, many companies are detailing the measures they’ve taken to prevent their platforms from being used as a tool to manipulate the public and interfere in politics. YouTube is the latest among them, revealing the steps it is taking to address the potential abuse of its streaming platform as a means for election interference. Which … Continue reading
  
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• The best 5 affordable Chromebooks for back-to-school or distance learning - CNET

  13-08-2020 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These models boast big screens and each cost less than $600.
  
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• Postal workers are sounding the alarm as mail sorting machines are removed from processing facilities

  13-08-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's not just business as usual at the United States Postal Service.While President Trump is publicly saying he plans to block funding for the USPS so that Democrats can't achieve their goal of expanding mail-in voting across all states ahead of the November election, the Postal Service is also facing some internal changes.Vice News' Motherboard reported Thursday that USPS is quietly removing mail sorting machines — the very machines that are responsible for sorting ballots. There's no off
  
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• Top U.S. health official says approval of COVID vaccines unlikely before November

  13-08-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a call with reporters, Francis Collins said he thinks testing a vaccine in at least 10,000 people could potentially give enough evidence of safety and efficacy to clear it for wider use."I would not expect to see, on the basis of what we know scientifically, that we would be at the point where the FDA could make such a judgment until considerably later than October 1st," Collins said, referring to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.President Donald Trump said last week it was possible the
  
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• 2020 Audi A3 Sportback SLine 35 TDI Review - Improved Design?

  13-08-2020 22:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Get the excellent Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 for $100 off - CNET

  13-08-2020 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This comfortable and great-sounding successor to the venerable QuietComfort 35 II is just $300 right now.
  
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• Watch Microsoft justify Surface Duo

  13-08-2020 22:18
  
  It’s fair to say that Microsoft’s newest hardware is proving divisive, with Surface Duo splitting opinion between those who think it’s potentially the future of computing, and critics who say it’s just too expensive. The dual-touchscreen clamshell will cost a heady $1,400 when it goes on sale in September, and now Microsoft has released its thirty minute briefing video on … Continue reading
  
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• COVID-19 rumors, myths and conspiracies responsible for over 800 deaths, study finds

  13-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fake cures and false information are taking their toll
  
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• Today only, get A Total War Saga: Troy and two other games for free from Epic - CNET

  13-08-2020 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Remnant and The Alto Collection will continue to be freebies for the rest of the week, but this is your only chance to snag the $50 Troy.
  
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• Verizon Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW released: Is it worth the money?

  13-08-2020 22:05
  
  Today we’re taking a brief look at the newly released Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW as released by Verizon in the summer of 2020. This device was released as a sort of alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S20, complete with 5G connectivity. Users were given the option to pay approximately $550 retail or around $15 a month for 24 months. … Continue reading
  
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• Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants

  13-08-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegation, calling it “meritless” and “hasty.” The findings detailed in a letter to the college’s attorneys Thursday mark the latest action by the Trump administration aimed at rooting out discrimination in the college application process, following co
  
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• The 12 fastest-selling new cars during the pandemic are almost all SUVs

  13-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The list is topped by the Chevrolet Trailblazer, which spent an average of 19 days on the market between March and June 2020.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects GOP request to block Rhode Island from accepting absentee ballots without witnesses

  13-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rhode Island dropped a requirement that absentee ballots be signed in front of two witnesses or a notary due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Apple sued by Fortnite creator Epic after game's removed from App Store over direct payments - CNET

  13-08-2020 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple appears to have removed the popular game from its App Store, following a move by Epic Games to circumvent Apple's fee for in-game purchases.
  
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• Kamala Harris reacts to Trump and Biden referring to presidential impeachments as ‘lynchings’

  13-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris reacts to the use of the term ‘lynching’ by former Vice President Joe Biden to describe the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998.
  
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• Clinton says she hopes Harris gets 'less sexist' treatment on U.S. campaign trail

  13-08-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she hopes Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, and women running for political office in the future will receive "less sexist" media coverage than she did in 2016."I still hope, especially with Kamala on the ticket, that the coverage of women running for president or vice president will be less sexist, less sensationalist and less trivializing," Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state, said during an online forum hosted by ne
  
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• AMC is reopening theaters with 15-cent tickets to celebrate its 100th anniversary - CNET

  13-08-2020 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Throwback movies like Inception, The Empire Strikes Back and Black Panther will be shown opening day.
  
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• What the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings reveal about Kamala Harris

  13-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kamala Harris’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the Supreme Court won the senator praise for her prosecutorial skill.
  
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• Self-driving car only lanes? They're coming to an autonomous corridor in Michigan - Roadshow

  13-08-2020 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new public-private endeavor will see a 40-mile stretch between Detroit and Ann Arbor outfitted with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles.
  
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• Georgia governor to drop mask lawsuit against Atlanta mayor and city

  13-08-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city, possibly ending a months-long feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID-19.Kemp had sued Bottoms and the city of Atlanta to stop enforcement of a local mask mandate aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.While the governor is to drop the lawsuit, filed last month, his office said it may still pursue an executive order to
  
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• France bolsters Mediterranean presence as Turkey tensions worsen

  13-08-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France on Thursday prepared to beef up its military presence in the Mediterranean as tensions rose, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to warn of a "heavy price" if a Turkish ship exploring for gas in disputed waters is attacked.
  
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• Read Apple's response for removing 'Fortnite' from the App Store after Epic Games skirted the tech giant's controversial 30% fee

  13-08-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines that are applied equally to every developer," reads Apple's statement.
  
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• Joe Biden, Kamala Harris to give DNC convention speeches in Wilmington, Delaware

  13-08-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will deliver their convention speeches at the Chase Center in Wilmington next week, the Biden campaign said Thursday.
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic has reduced emissions, but it's not enough to fend off climate change - Roadshow

  13-08-2020 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new study shows any positive effects from reduced emissions resulting from the coronavirus pandemic are short term at best.
  
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• Apple deleted Fortnite from the App Store [Update: Epic sues Apple]

  13-08-2020 21:42
  
  Earlier today, Epic rolled out a new direct payment method for Fortnite on iOS and Android. With this new system, Fortnite players have the option of paying Epic directly for in-game purchases in exchange for a 20% discount on the items or V-Bucks they’re buying. That’s a big perk for players, and if they end up paying Epic directly, the … Continue reading
  
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• California Parents Sue State over School Closures, Describe ‘Emotional Struggles’ Caused By the Lockdown

  13-08-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California parents held a press conference Thursday to discuss their lawsuit against the state over Governor Gavin Newsom's new coronavirus restrictions ordering most school districts to begin the fall semester with online-only instruction.More than a dozen parents filed a lawsuit against California after the governor rolled back the state's reopening plans last month and put 33 of the state’s 58 counties on a "watchlist," requiring them to offer only online classes until their coronavirus
  
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• Trump campaign, Republican groups sue Iowa election officials over absentee ballot forms

  13-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The suits seek to invalidate tens of thousands of ballot request forms already being returned, requiring voters to resubmit before an Oct. 24 deadline
  
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• Uber and Lyft just lost their bid to delay a court order in California that says their drivers must be classified as employees

  13-08-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Wednesday, both companies threatened to shut down their ride-hailing services in the state if a 10-day delay wasn't granted by a judge.
  
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• Don't panic, but a Lodge cast-iron griddle pan is $15 right now - CNET

  13-08-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plus, more seriously good cast-iron cookware deals at Amazon.
  
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• Apple pulls Fortnite from App Store after game adds direct payments - CNET

  13-08-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The app no longer appears in the App Store, following a move by Epic Games to circumvent Apple's fee for in-game purchases.
  
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