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• Judge rules Florida teachers' lawsuit can move forward

  15-08-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President of the Florida Education Association Andrew Spar explains the reasoning behind the lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's department of education
  
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• Potty Piano

  15-08-2020 23:29 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  
  Potty Piano – Play a jingle while you take a tinkle!
  HILARIOUS POTTY PIANO: The BigMouth Inc. PottyPiano allows you to play a jingle while you take a tinkle. Got to take a #2? Who needs a magazine when you can learn a tune or two from the included song book.
  EASY TO USE: This hilarious pottypiano fits around the base of your toilet and requires zero assembly. 3 button cell batteries are included and ready to use. Simply just turn on the piano and let your feet take it away!MAKES A GR
  
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• Power back in California after brief rolling blackouts

  15-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California’s utilities on Saturday night are bringing back power to thousands of customers across the state after a brief outage, according to the authority that operates the power grid.The California Independent System Operator (California ISO) said in a statement that the brief rolling blackouts throughout the state were caused by the failure of a power plant and the loss of wind power.California ISO said it ordered the end of rolling blackouts about 6:48 p.m., when wind power increased.
  
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• The USPS will reportedly halt plans to remove blue collection boxes until after the election

  15-08-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The USPS warned 46 states earlier this week that not all mail-in-ballots may be delivered in time for the November presidential election.
  
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• Protesters slam U.S. postmaster outside his home amid mail-in worries

  15-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A small group of demonstrators held a noisy protest outside the Washington condo of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy amid growing concerns that he is gutting the U.S. Postal Service to help President Donald Trump win reelection in November.Blowing vuvuzelas and banging pots and pans, about 75 people surrounded DeJoy's upscale Washington condo and waved signs saying "Postmaster Saboteur," "LET AMERICA VOTE" and "Deliver DeMail, Depose DeJoy."
  
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• Coronavirus: South Africa eases lockdown as 'outbreak reaches peak'

  15-08-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Africa's president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country's economy.
  
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• Trump claims he "doesn't know" what postmaster general is doing

  15-08-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump also pushed for college football to go ahead with the 2020 fall season.
  
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• Coronavirus spread in Georgia is 'widespread and expanding,' says report

  15-08-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia's governor is expected to sign a new order Saturday that will allow local governments to require masks on public property but not in businesses.
  
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• Fact check: Kamala Harris didn't say she'd send police to take firearms via executive order

  15-08-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris never said that she would sign an executive order to allow police to take people's guns away.
  
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• Georgia trooper charged with murder in shooting of Black man. 'He was a kind soul,' widow says at vigil.

  15-08-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A NAACP leader called the slaying of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis another example of a Black man being killed unlawfully by a white police officer.
  
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• Stone Mountain in Georgia closes ahead of white nationalist rally, counterprotest

  15-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A far-right group applied to hold a large rally at Stone Mountain Park, home to the largest monument to the Confederacy. The permit was denied, but some groups said they would gather anyway.
  
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• Trump said police officers would be 'protected' to 'fight back' against protesters in confrontations

  15-08-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump said his presidential agenda would be "pro-cop all the way" in a speech to the New York police union, which gave him their endorsement.
  
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• How the Kamala Harris pick is playing with Indian Americans, a fast-growing and influential voting bloc

  15-08-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kamala Harris' bid could galvanize Indian Americans, a growing political force that could help Democrats win in key battleground states in November.
  
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• Belarus leader says Putin offers help as pressure builds

  15-08-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said Saturday that Russia's Vladimir Putin has offered to help ensure the country's security, as opposition protesters kept up the pressure on the veteran leader over his claim to have won re-election.
  
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• Crews battle wildfires amid brutal heat wave in California

  15-08-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Firefighters struggled to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles on Saturday as forecasters warned that the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and humidity levels to drop across California.In Northern California, the National Weather Service warned responders to beware of a rare fire tornado.A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up around noon, sending up a cloud of smoke as it headed toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National
  
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• Venezuelan Americans make their way into U.S. political arena

  15-08-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuelans in the United States, many of whom for years clung to the belief that they would return to their lives in their homeland, have unpacked their suitcases, acquired U.S. citizenship and begun to participate more actively in the American political landscape, seeking to raise their voices to an influential decibel, much like Cuban Americans, according to experts.
  
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• Former culture secretary Nicky Morgan emerges as early front-runner to chair BBC

  15-08-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Tory Cabinet minister Baroness Morgan has emerged as an early frontrunner to chair the BBC, although any appointment has been pushed back so the Government can advertise the job. Lady Morgan, who as Nicky Morgan MP was Culture Secretary until February this year, is understood to have been one of two candidates informally approached for the £100,000-a-year job. Number 10 denied claims that an announcement was due to have been made later this month. However, that has now been delayed
  
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• Police move in after fights break out during Georgia protest

  15-08-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that's home to a giant Confederate memorial, large numbers of police moved in to disperse the crowds when fights broke out. Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military gear, gathered in downtown Stone Mountain where they faced off against a few hundred counterprotesters, many of whom wore shirts or carried signs expressing support for the Black Lives M
  
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• Days after deal with UAE, anti-Netanyahu protests resume

  15-08-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, resuming their calls for the embattled leader to step down despite his historic agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates.While Netanyahu has tried to play down the protests, the gatherings appear to be getting stronger.Thousands of people thronged central Jerusalem late Saturday, blaring horns, hoisting Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Ne
  
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• South African leader lifts lockdown restrictions after COVID-19 infections fall

  15-08-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy.In a televised address, Ramaphosa said the government would end the ban on alcohol and tobacco, allow restaurants and taverns to return to normal business, subject to strict hygiene regulations, and remove the ban on travel between provinces."All indications are that South Afric
  
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• Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close

  15-08-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors seize buildings run by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, alleging corruption.
  
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• Truck driver in school bus crash helps free trapped kids, then collapses

  15-08-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 25-year-old driver of the rental truck died of his injuries at a hospital.
  
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• Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexican drug capo Amado Carrillo

  15-08-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed Julio César Carrillo — a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
  
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• Trump will deliver speech on Biden's 'record of failure' hours before DNC acceptance speech

  15-08-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to give his acceptance speech during the last act of the mostly-virtual Democratic National Convention next Thursday at 10 p.m. E.T.Just a few hours before, though, President Trump is heading to Old Forge, Pennsylvania, to deliver his own remarks on "Joe Biden's record of failure," the president's re-election campaign announced Saturday.> NEWS: Trump officially set to speak in PA Thursday as counter
  
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• CDC clarifies that science does not imply people are immune to coronavirus in the 3 months after infection

  15-08-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Growing research shows that people who recover from COVID-19 develop some immunity, but experts don't yet know how long that lasts.
  
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• 'Traitor': Protesters gather at home of USPS chief demanding his resignation after sweeping cuts ahead of election

  15-08-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters gathered outside the US Postal Service chief's home in Washington DC on Saturday following national outcry over steep cuts to the agency and Donald Trump's threats to mail-in ballots ahead of November's presidential election.Roughly 100 people marched to the luxury apartment building of postmaster general Louis DeJoy, a Trump ally and top donor to his campaign, who was appointed to the role earlier this summer.
  
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• FDA approves saliva-based coronavirus test viewed as 'major game changer'

  15-08-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued an emergency use authorization for the SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by the Yale School of Public Health.The test, which processes saliva samples to rapidly determine whether a person is infected with the coronavirus and does not require any type of swab or specific collection device, could be one of the first "major game changers in fighting the pandemic," said Andy Slavitt, a former acting administrator of the Centers for Me
  
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• 'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action

  15-08-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days.A pensive Harris sits on the floor, dutifully looking ahead, a child in the center of an experiment in racial integration.Fifty years after she was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley’s public schools, Harris is now the first Black woman and first Asian American woman named to a major party p
  
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• Can Trump do the impossible? He thinks so

  15-08-2020 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maybe it was the beautiful sunset, or the crowd of tough-looking men cheering his name, or even some reassurance from secret polling, but Donald Trump did not sound like a president who risks humiliation in less than 80 days.
  
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• Far-Right Militia, Pro-Confederacy Groups, Anti-Facists Face Off in Tense Stone Mountain Protest

  15-08-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Far-right militia, pro-Confederacy groups and anti-fascist counter-protestors faced off on Saturday in tense scenes at Stone Mountain, Georgia, home of the largest monument to the Confederacy. To prepare for the confrontation, park officials closed off entry to the giant rock carving of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson. The city suspended bus services and urged residents to avoid the city center entirely “out of an abundance of caution.”Nevertheless, a small
  
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• Exclusive: China continues to harass exiles on British soil, claim victims

  15-08-2020 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China is suspected of orchestrating a sinister campaign to suppress prominent critics living in Britain from speaking out against the ruling Communist Party by harassing, intimidating, and surveilling them while they are in the UK, the Telegraph can reveal. Simon Cheng Man-kit, a former British consulate employee in Hong Kong who was tortured by Chinese secret police, said he had been followed at least three times in the last two weeks. Mr Cheng, who has been granted asylum in the UK, has been v
  
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• Broken cable at iconic Arecibo Observatory damaged its radio telescope

  15-08-2020 19:04
  
  There are many radio telescope facilities worldwide, but one of the most famous and iconic is located in Puerto Rico. The radio telescope is at the Arecibo Observatory, and recently a cable there mysteriously failed leading to damage to the telescope. Officials are still unsure what caused the cable to fail. The failure happened on Monday, August 10, when an … Continue reading
  
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• 'I don't know what he's doing': Trump praises USPS chief and claims Democrats withholding Postal Service funding for election

  15-08-2020 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump heaped praise on US Postal Service postmaster general Louis DeJoy, one of his campaign's top donors who he appointed to the role earlier this summer, during a winding, early evening press conference on Saturday.The president spoke for around 40 minutes where he called Mr DeJoy a great businessman but claimed that he didn't "know what he's doing" at the agency.
  
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• Ford Performance teases 2021 Ford GT Heritage Edition

  15-08-2020 18:53
  
  The Ford GT is one of the most rare and valuable American supercars ever produced. There are a few even more limited versions of the Ford GT in the mix, including the Heritage Edition models that wear liveries meant to pay homage to successful racing cars in Ford’s past. One of the coolest Heritage Edition cars were the iconic blue … Continue reading
  
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• Fact check: No evidence that BLM protest, Arizona train derailment are related

  15-08-2020 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Facebook post blamed Black Lives Matter protesters for a July 29 train derailment in Tempe, Ariz. Investigators haven't suggested criminal activity.
  
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• Thousands of volunteers neck-deep in oil battle noxious fumes amid cleanup efforts

  15-08-2020 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “It’s a people’s factory, a mobilization zone for Mauritians,” said environmental activist David Sauvage.
  
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• A Nevada county mailed out 1.3 million ballots for its primary election but 1 in 5 were never delivered

  15-08-2020 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The June primary was Nevada's first election conducted fully through mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic but 223,000 were never delivered.
  
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• Hunger strikers for Breonna Taylor end protest after 25 days

  15-08-2020 18:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After going nearly a month without food, hunger strikers seeking action against LMPD officers involved in Breonna Taylor's death ended their protest.
  
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• Huge recall reveals you may have recently eaten contaminated shrimp

  15-08-2020 18:30
  
  Last week, the FDA published an advisory pointing the public to a voluntary recall from Kader Exports, which is warning consumers to throw away certain shrimp products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. Because the discovery of this potential issue happened so late, the FDA notes that a considerable amount of this shrimp that was distributed — possibly all of … Continue reading
  
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• Indian Americans Don’t Want Kamala Harris Pigeon-Holed. But They Don’t Want to See Her Biracial Heritage Erased Either

  15-08-2020 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Asian Americans don't want Kamala Harris to be pigeon-holed—but they don't want her biracial roots to be overlooked any longer
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey 'will not back down' in east Med standoff

  15-08-2020 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is in a standoff with EU-member Greece over oil and gas exploration rights.European Union foreign ministers on Friday said Ankara's actions were antagonistic and dangerous after a meeting requested by Athens.Tensions between NATO members Greece and Turkey have risen in the past week after Turkey sent the Oruc Reis survey vessel,
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez given only 60 seconds to speak at Democrat Convention

  15-08-2020 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats have been plunged into a bitter row ahead of their national convention next week after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the firebrand left-wing congresswoman, was given just 60 seconds to speak. Ms Ocasio-Cortez, 30, a lightning rod for proponents of policies like the Green New Deal and universal healthcare, will get less time than John Kasich, the Republican former governor of Ohio, and Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul. Her remarks will also be pre-recorded. She responded by po
  
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• Dr Fauci says Tucker Carlson 'triggers some of the crazies' to threaten him

  15-08-2020 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Following threats against his family after he clashed with Donald Trump over coronavirus warnings, Dr Anthony Fauci has claimed that Fox News host Tucker Carlson "triggers some of the crazies" by promoting the criticisms lobbed at him."I'm not concerned about what he [Carlson] says," Dr Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, told The Washington Post during an interview on Friday. "I think you could say that when he does that, it triggers some of the crazies in society to start th
  
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• A North Carolina man was charged with murder in the shooting death of his 5-year-old neighbor

  15-08-2020 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cannon Hinnant's father told local news the child was riding his bike outside when he was shot in the head.
  
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• A parasite feasts on a fish's tongue until it's gone. Don't worry, humans can't get it.

  15-08-2020 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When it latches itself onto the fish’s tongue, it feeds on the tongue’s blood vessels until it replaces the tongue. But it's nothing to worry about.
  
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• Q&A: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why?

  15-08-2020 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends mail ballots as a way to vote without risking exposure to the virus at the polls.The Post Office has lost money for years, though advocates note it’s a government service rather than a profit-maximizing business.
  
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• Ship leaking tons of oil off Mauritius has split apart

  15-08-2020 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said Saturday, with remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters.Oil barriers were in place and a skimmer ship was nearby.Most if not all the remaining 3,000 tons of fuel had been pumped off the ship in the past week as environmental groups warned that the damage to coral reefs and once-pristine coastal areas could be irreversible.
  
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• Belarus leader seeks Putin's help as pressure builds

  15-08-2020 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The opposition in Belarus kept up the pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko with a new demonstration in Minsk on Saturday, while the strongman sought the support of his main ally, Russia's Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Germany intensive care unit occupation at lowest level since pandemic even as cases increase

  15-08-2020 17:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of intensive care beds occupied by Covid-19 patients has hit a new low in Germany despite an uptick in recorded cases in recent weeks. The pattern is similar in other Europe countries. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s official disease control body, confirmed in its daily report on Friday evening that 230 intensive care beds were currently being occupied by coronavirus patients - less than one percent of the total number. It marks the continuation of a decline in the need for
  
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• Pumpkii home robot is like a Roomba that can scoop litter boxes

  15-08-2020 17:00
  
  A newly introduced home robot called Pumpkii is made specifically for pet owners (assuming they have a dog or cat, that is). The robot promises a variety of functionality that enables it to keep pets entertained, help owners interact with their pets from a distance, and more. One of the robot’s most unique features is an extension arm equipped with … Continue reading
  
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