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• Former CIA officer charged with spying for China, conspiring with relative who was also ex-CIA

  17-08-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former CIA officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma is accused providing U.S. secrets to China in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash and gifts.
  
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• Howard Dean says enthusiasm for Biden doesn't matter because voters have 'had it' with Trump

  17-08-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Regardless of what happens at the Democratic National Convention this week, Howard Dean said he has no doubt that Democrats will vote in high numbers this fall during the presidential election.
  
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• 'Go away!' Workers heckle Belarus leader as support collapses around him

  17-08-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The workforce at state-run enterprises in Belarus has long been a pillar of support for the country's beleaguered president. Now that's changing.
  
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• UNC shifts to remote learning 1 week into the semester after coronavirus positive rate spikes

  17-08-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just one week into the fall semester, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill undergraduate students will once again shift to remote learning, the university announced Monday.The move comes after four clusters of coronavirus cases broke out among students, and the the university's COVID-19 positivity rate more than quadrupled from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent last week.> The decision comes after the University's COVID-19 positivity rate rose from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent last week. https:/
  
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• Ex-Trump official says U.S. 'less secure' due to president's actions, endorses Biden

  17-08-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former high-ranking Trump administration official said on Monday the United States is "less secure" under the Republican president as he endorsed Democratic challenger Joe Biden for November's election.Miles Taylor, who served at the Department of Homeland Security between 2017 and 2019, including as chief of staff, said he "witnessed the damning results firsthand" of what he called President Donald Trump's "personal deficiencies.""Today the nation has fewer friends and stronger enemies than w
  
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• The postmaster general once called the president's leadership style 'self-destructive' and said he'd be fired if he worked for Trump

  17-08-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I'd be fired," Louis DeJoy said in 2005. "That attitude that you are the most important person is self-destructive," he added, referring to Trump.
  
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• DHS chief of staff under Trump endorses Biden, describes 'terrifying' dealings with president

  17-08-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the Department of Homeland Security's top officials under President Trump is now turning against himMiles Taylor, who worked as DHS chief of staff under Trump, announced in a Monday ad and a Washington Post op-ed that he would be supporting former Vice President Joe Biden this fall. While he once hoped Trump would "soberly accept the burdens of the presidency," Taylor said in the op-ed that "he did not rise to the challenge," and thus Taylor had no choice but to speak out against his re-e
  
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• DNC adds Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  17-08-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Actresses Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross and Julia Louis-Dreyfus join an already star-studded lineup for the Democratic National Convention.
  
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• Son fakes own kidnapping in FaceTime call to trick his dad, Mississippi cops say

  17-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He was tied up and had a gun pointed at his head, according to officials.
  
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• An 82-year-old Texas man waited more than a week for his heart medication to arrive, thanks to USPS delays

  17-08-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to testify next week before the House Oversight Committee about his cost-cutting measures at the USPS.
  
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• A 47-year-old man kept getting drunk from alcohol produced in his own gut. Doctors cured him with a poop transplant.

  17-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Auto-brewery syndrome is an illness where a person's body produces alcohol inside their gut, which can lead to drunkenness without consuming alcohol.
  
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• Former top-ranking Trump official endorses Biden, saying working under the current administration was 'terrifying'

  17-08-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "What we saw week in and week out, for me, after two and a half years in that administration, was terrifying," the former Trump official said.
  
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• Colleges' best-laid coronavirus plans quickly come undone

  17-08-2020 22:55 via politico.com
  
  Schools are scrambling after experiencing an uptick in infections within days of students returning to campus.
  
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• State senator charged with 'injury' to Confederate monument

  17-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Louise Lucas faces charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000, Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene said during a news conference.Lucas is a longtime Democratic legislator and a key power broker in the state Senate, joining the chamber in 1992.The charges were filed the same week Virginia lawmakers are taking up dozens of criminal justice reforms during a special legislative session.
  
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• Some New Jersey and Pennsylvania counties are under a new kind of quarantine now that large bugs native to China and South Korea have infested the region

  17-08-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Residents are asked to check their cars for the spotted lanternfly, which the NJ Department of Agriculture describes as an "excellent hitchhiker."
  
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• Semi truck splits in half after bridge collapses into a Missouri river, photos show

  17-08-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The truck was more than four times heavier than the weight limit of the bridge, police say.
  
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• US Postal Service under scrutiny over mail-in voting

  17-08-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the escalating political battle over whether the U.S. Postal Service can handle the likely flood of mail-in ballots in the 2020 election.
  
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• FBI agents arrest Puerto Rican representative for alleged involvement in conspiracy to defraud to government

  17-08-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FBI agents have arrested Puerto Rico Representative María Milagros Charbonier over her alleged connection with a long-term conspiracy theory to defraud the government through means of bribery, theft, kickbacks and money laundering.A federal grand jury of the District of Puerto Rico returned a 13-count indictment against Ms Charbonier, as well as her husband Orland Montes-Rivera, their son Orland Gabriel Montes-Charbonier, and her assistant Frances Acevedo-Ceballos for their alleged partic
  
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• Georgia college students throw massive party despite COVID-19

  17-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We are disappointed that many of our students chose to ignore COVID-19 public health guidance by congregating in a large group without social distancing or face coverings," a UNG rep said in a statement.
  
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• COVID-19 kills ‘unusually large number’ of mink in Utah, USDA officials say

  17-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mink are the first in the U.S. to test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, USDA says.
  
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• Howard Dean on DNC: ‘It doesn't matter how much enthusiasm there is for Biden’

  17-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who chaired the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009, told Yahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward that he believes that, in order to defeat President Trump, Democrats “just have to be decent.” According to Dean, for this week’s Democratic National Convention to be a success, the party doesn’t need to build enthusiastic support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign; rather, the focus should be on making
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican John Kasich trade barbs before they both speak at the Democratic convention

  17-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ocasio-Cortez called Kasich "an anti-choice extremist" who's "not a friend to workers" hours before he was scheduled to speak at the convention.
  
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• Officials made false statements about dropping charges against Jussie Smollett, special prosecutor says

  17-08-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A special prosecutor has concluded there were "substantial abuses of discretion" in the Jussie Smollett case and that officials involved made false or misleading statements to the public. Special prosecutor Dan Webb on Monday detailed the findings of his investigation into how the Cook County state's attorney's office handled the case against the Empire actor, and the probe did not conclude that officials broke the law, The New York Times reports. However, Webb's investigation established "abuse
  
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• Michelle Obama warns at DNC that Trump is 'in over his head'

  17-08-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, former first lady Michelle Obama told party members that "when they go low, we go high.”After four years of President Donald Trump, she came back to give it to them straight.“If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me they can; and they will, if we don’t make a change in this election,” Mrs. Obama told her party in a blunt and emotional appeal that capped the first night of the Democrats' convention.
  
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• Mink at two Utah farms test positive for COVID-19

  17-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People who had contact with the animals have also tested positive for the virus, which causes COVID-19 in humans, the agency said.Tests were carried out after unusually large numbers of mink died at the farms, the agency said.The animal, which is bred for its fur, is known to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, the agency said, after mink carrying the virus were found on four of the 155 farms in the Netherlands.
  
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• 'Just kind of sucks': Disappointed Milwaukee a ghost town for the Democratic convention

  17-08-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The four-day event has gone virtual and the tens of thousands of hoped-for visitors are nowhere to be found.
  
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• COVID-19 will hit colleges when students arrive for fall semester. So why open at all? Money is a factor.

  17-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While many colleges have switched to online classes, some still plan to reopen for fall semester. They're almost certain to see coronavirus outbreaks.
  
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• Former CIA officer charged with providing secrets to China in case out of 'spy novel'

  17-08-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department is accusing a former CIA officer of providing secrets to China.
  
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• Former CIA officer charged with providing secrets to China in a case out of a 'spy novel'

  17-08-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department is accusing a former CIA officer of providing secrets to China.
  
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• Trump retweets purported audio of Biden call with Ukraine from 2016

  17-08-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump has retweeted an audio recording that U.S. intelligence officials have described as part of a Russian campaign to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
  
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• 'Definitely awkward': University freshmen get online welcome

  17-08-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sarah Showich, an 18-year-old theater major, was looking forward to joining tens of thousands of other students on Monday for a first day of classes on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.Welcome Week, held last week, in normal years has a carnival-like atmosphere.This year, all the receptions, movie nights, trivia meet-ups, concerts and the pomp and circumstance of the convocation ceremony for incoming students were held online.
  
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• Police tried to talk to man about car theft — but he stole their car, WA cops say

  17-08-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man went on a joy ride in Seattle, police said.
  
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• The VA Is Using AI to Shorten its Mail Processing Time on Claims Intake

  17-08-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The VBA receives more than 550,000 pieces of mail initiating a claim or providing supportive documentation per month.
  
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• 10 of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s employees test positive for coronavirus

  17-08-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 10 employees at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith‘s production company have tested positive for Covid-19, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.On Saturday, production company Westbrook Inc released a statement to Variety that read: “We received 10 positive tests and the crew members quarantined and remain in quarantine.”
  
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• Hikers horrified as teen slips, plunges off rocks in South Dakota, officials say

  17-08-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Video shows hikers screaming as the teen tumbles from Falling Rock.
  
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• 'We are staring into the abyss - Hizbollah has no place in Lebanon's future' says former PM's son

  17-08-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The son of Lebanon’s murdered prime minister Rafic Hariri has called for the Iranian-backed militia Hizbollah to end its involvement in Lebanese politics and allow the country to rebuild following this month’s devastating blast at Beirut port which killed more than 200 people. Bahaa Hariri, the 54-year-old son of the Lebanese prime minister who was killed by a massive car bomb in 2005, said the blame for the huge explosion at Beirut port lay squarely with Hizbollah, which he said con
  
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• Louisiana man goes from hospital security guard to medical student

  17-08-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russell Ledet hopes to use his story to inspire black youths "to make an impact".
  
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• Proposed effort could revive Mississippi's rebel-themed flag

  17-08-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Mississippi residents are rebelling against the Legislature's decision to retire a Confederate-themed state flag, and they are being encouraged by conservative legislators who fought the change.Organizers of a group called Let Mississippi Vote said Monday that they are starting an initiative to put the retired flag and three other flag designs on the statewide ballot.“What the legislators did, in my opinion, was 100% wrong,” said the group's leader, Dan Carr.
  
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• Greenland's melting ice sheet has passed the point of no return, scientists say

  17-08-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Glaciers on Greenland have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking, a study suggests.
  
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• Why the Unrest in Chicago Has Been Decades in the Making

  17-08-2020 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The situation in Chicago did not come out of nowhere. It is the result of decades of choices about who matters in the eyes of the government.
  
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• Embattled Belarus president offers referendum on constitutional changes

  17-08-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We held elections already. Until you kill me, there will be no other elections," Lukashenko says as demonstrators demand his resignation.
  
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• Restaurant chain in China apologizes for suggesting menu items based on customer weight

  17-08-2020 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Customers stepped on a scale to weigh themselves to get recommendations for food before ordering their food.
  
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• Here's when Bay Area heat wave will end

  17-08-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stay strong, Bay Area. The light at the end of this heat wave tunnel is in sight.
  
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• Trump embraces CNN poll showing him closing in on Biden, but recent surveys show ex-VP ahead

  17-08-2020 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump slammed a "fake" CNN poll in June that found him down 14 points but was not as critical of a recent one that showed he had surged 10 points.
  
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• Postmaster general agrees to voluntarily testify on USPS changes

  17-08-2020 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify before a House panel on USPS changes; Fox News contributor Mike Huckabee reacts to the developments and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressing the DNC.
  
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• JetBlue confirmed its much-anticipated London flights will be delayed — here's what we know about the planned service so far

  17-08-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JetBlue announced its first foray into the European market in April 2019. Less than a year later, the US closed its borders to the continent.
  
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• Scientists Just Discovered 11 New Penguin Colonies (From Space!)

  17-08-2020 20:00 via popularmechanics.com
  
  It's a bird breakthrough.
  
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• Scientists Just Discovered 11 New Emperor Penguin Colonies. From Space.

  17-08-2020 20:00 via popularmechanics.com
  
  It's a bird breakthrough.
  
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• Swarm of earthquakes in Mexico shakes parts of Southern California, Arizona, USGS says

  17-08-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least seven earthquakes have hit Baja California in 24 hours.
  
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• Grid operator: 3.3 million California homes could lose power

  17-08-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Up to 3.3 million homes in California may lose power Monday as part of rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the state's electric grid as a dayslong heat wave engulfing the West Coast creates an energy shortage, according to the operator of the grid.The California Independent System Operator says it will likely order utility companies to turn off power starting around 4 p.m. as demand for electricity to cool homes soars during the hottest part of the day beyond the power available in the grid.Ca
  
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