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• James Comey, who led controversial FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails, wears 'Elect More Women' T-shirt

  18-08-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former FBI director posted a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt with the message "Elect More Women."
  
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• Turn your home office desk into a standing desk for $120 - CNET

  18-08-2020 23:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Save $80 on an adjustable monitor and keyboard riser that lets you bring the best of your office's work environment home.
  
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• Man convicted in death of Michael Jordan's dad to be paroled

  18-08-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of two men convicted in the murder of Michael Jordan’s father in 1993 will be released from prison in three years, state officials said Tuesday. The N.C. Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission announced in a three-paragraph statement that it has granted parole to Larry Demery, who is to be released in August 2023, news outlets reported. The 2023 release date arises from a portion of Demery's parole agreement stipulating he will take part in a program which provides scholastic a
  
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• Panasonic is launching a cubicle for your work-from-home setup in September - CNET

  18-08-2020 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Make home feel just like the office.
  
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• Google makes it easier to browse your past searches on jobs, recipes, shopping - CNET

  18-08-2020 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The company rolls out an update to activity cards designed to improve how you retrace past searches.
  
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• ‘Lottery Lawyer’ Scammed Jackpot Winners Out of Millions in Mafia-Tied Scheme: Feds

  18-08-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For years, New York attorney Jason Kurland was the “go-to” lawyer for lottery winners.Having represented dozens of lucky people across the country—whose total winnings estimated $3 billion—the attorney appeared on CNN and CNBC as a “lottery law expert,” offering advice on how winners can protect their sudden infusion of cash.“The biggest mistake people make is doing it on their own,” Kurland said in a 2019 interview, stressing that it’s impor
  
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• Cindy McCain details husband's friendship with Biden for DNC

  18-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.It's a continuation of a major theme that Democrats have pushed through the first night of the convention — an effort to broaden the party's appeal to occasional Republicans and disaffected Trump voters.In an advance clip from the vid
  
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• FBI: Predator Priest in Ohio Abused Boys for Decades

  18-08-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Warning: This post may contain content that is disturbing to readers.A Catholic priest in Ohio was arrested Tuesday for child sex trafficking and is accused of grooming and abusing at least two victims since the '90s.The FBI cuffed Michael Zacharias, 53, after morning Mass at St. Michael the Archangel in Findlay. The pastor is charged with coercion and enticement, sex trafficking of a minor, and sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud, or coercion. According to the feds, Zacharias was taken
  
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• Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review: A beautiful, ultrapremium phone packed with high-end features, but... - CNET

  18-08-2020 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G is possibly the right phone in the wrong situation. Unfortunate timing means it's too expensive for a steep global recession and its feature set will be too much phone for many.
  
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• TV networks are reportedly afraid of giving the RNC too much airtime, so they cut the DNC's time short too

  18-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Major broadcasters only offered the Democratic National Convention an hour of airtime for a different reason than they usually do, The Daily Beast reports.Most presidential election years, TV networks limit the parties' conventions' airtime to an hour, saying viewers would lose interest if they were longer. But this year, they told Democrats they could only have an hour of airtime because they feared giving Republicans more time than that, multiple sources told The Daily Beast.Democratic officia
  
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• Colleges grapple with coronavirus as students return

  18-08-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Notre Dame University became the latest college to move classes online due to the coronavirus, after nearly 150 students tested positive.“It is very serious, and we must take serious actions,” university president the Rev. John Jenkins said in an address to students and staff Tuesday.Tuesday’s action follows the decision by officials of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to switch to remote learning starting Wednesday, as the virus makes its mark on colleges &mdash
  
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• Car-sized asteroid just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record

  18-08-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronomers didn't even know about the asteroid until after it had already crossed our path.
  
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• Trump news – live: President pitches 'toll' on US-Mexico border to pay for wall as USPS chief suspends cuts to agency

  18-08-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's appointed postmaster general Louis DeJoy has said he will suspend any changes he makes to the United States Postal Service (USPS) until after the election to avoid accusations that the agency, at the president behest, has interfered with November elections.This decision comes just one day after Mr DeJoy agreed to speak before the House Oversight Committee on 24 August to address budget and service changes in the USPS, following growing national outcry and cuts to service. House Sp
  
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• Get muscle relief with this well-reviewed massage gun for $38 - CNET

  18-08-2020 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Save $64 on a six-speed, 20-watt massager with eight interchangeable heads.
  
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• Postmaster General Reverses Course On USPS Changes After Pennsylvania, Several States File Lawsuits

  18-08-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KDKA's Andy Sheehan reports live on the latest developments of the USPS and mail-in ballot controversy sweeping the nation.
  
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• Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal

  18-08-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down coronavirus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.The measure will also include $10 billion for the embattled Postal Service, said one top GOP aide.The agency has become the focus of a campaign-season battle over whether it will have enough resources to handle an expected flood of mail-in ballots for this November's presidential and
  
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• Dr. Fauci is 'cautiously optimistic' that by the end of 2021 there will be enough coronavirus vaccine shots for all Americans

  18-08-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci suspects that if Americans want a coronavirus vaccine, they'll be able to get one before next year is up.
  
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• Arizona Teachers Waged a Sickout Over Coronavirus Concerns, and Organizers Say Other School Districts Could Be Next

  18-08-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As some politicians and parents pressure schools to reopen, teachers are pushing back.
  
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• USA's first male 'murder hornet' captured in Washington state

  18-08-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scarily nicknamed "murder hornets," the Asian giant hornet, the world's largest at 2 inches, can decimate entire hives of honeybees.
  
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• How Intel will keep Moore's Law cranking for years to come - CNET

  18-08-2020 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maybe your 2025 laptop won't suck.
  
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• Closest-ever asteroid to pass Earth and not hit it squeaked by on Sunday - CNET

  18-08-2020 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At least it was small.
  
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• 'Stop the fear mongering!': Peeved cruise-goers tell the CDC they're ready to set sail despite the pandemic

  18-08-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC asked the public for input on how to restart cruises, and the responses show that lots of travelers are ready to get back on the water.
  
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• Tension with Washington helps fuel Turkey-Venezuela alliance

  18-08-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is an economic relationship; the murkier aspects have attracted the scrutiny of the U.S. Treasury Department.There is solidarity in their anti-U.S. rhetoric, even if the United States is a key trading partner of Turkey.The personal relationship between the leaders of Venezuela and Turkey is warm, partly forged by mutual words of support during domestic attempts to force them from power.
  
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• UN chief demands 'immediate and unconditional release' of Mali president

  18-08-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Nations head Antonio Guterres demanded "the immediate and unconditional release" of Mali's president and members of his government Tuesday after they were seized by rebel soldiers.
  
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• Pelosi says House still plans to vote Saturday on Postal Service bill

  18-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the postmaster general's announcement of a pause to changes in service ahead of the Nov. 3 election did not go far enough and the House still planned to vote on Saturday on a Postal Service bill."This pause only halts a limited number of the Postmaster’s changes, does not reverse damage already done, and alone is not enough to ensure voters will not be disenfranchised by the President this fall," Pelosi said in a statement.
  
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• ‘Not enough’: Pelosi demands USPS vote despite postmaster general suspending changes

  18-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will carry on with a planned Saturday vote on a bill to give the United States Postal Service a $25bn infusion to help with mail-in ballots, calling the Donald Trump-allied postmaster general’s move to suspend efforts Democrats saw as trying to tilt the presidential election an “insufficient first step.”The postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, said he will suspend changes he was making within the United States Postal Service (USPS) until after No
  
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• License plate tracking for police set to go nationwide - CNET

  18-08-2020 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A company that makes a license plate reader announces a national network for law enforcement to follow car movements. It's already in more than 700 cities.
  
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• Bipartisan Senate committee strongly implies Trump lied to Mueller

  18-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian interference in the 2016 hinted pretty strongly at the possibility that President Trump lied to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller during his own investigation, which ended last year.The bipartisan Senate investigation did not find any evidence that Trump or his presidential campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election, but there is some language in the report implying the president may have twisted the truth.In a written respon
  
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• Girl who prayed for end to gun violence is killed in shooting, Wisconsin police say

  18-08-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “God, can you make it better?” Anisa Scott prayed. “They won’t stop shooting, they won’t stop killing.”
  
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• Even after lockdowns, we're still spending a lot more money online - CNET

  18-08-2020 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's been a big year already for online grocery and electronic sales, and traditional retail is suffering.
  
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• 'Put your masks on': Mom warns others about COVID-19 before dying

  18-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The family hopes that by hearing about their mother's experience with coronavirus, others will protect themselves from the coronavirus.
  
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• EA launches rebranded membership service EA Play - CNET

  18-08-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Merging its Origins and Access services, EA Play will offer members early access to some of the company's games, as well as in-game bonuses.
  
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• Hiker rescued in New Mexico after being lost in the woods for two weeks

  18-08-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man suffered from chronic back pain and again injured his back while hiking and could not stand or walk," the Santa Fe Fire Department said.
  
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• We now have the best evidence yet that everyone develops long-term coronavirus immunity after infection — and it's not just about antibodies

  18-08-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Research shows that COVID-19 patients — including those with asymptomatic or mild cases — develop T cells that can fight the virus if it returns.
  
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• The differences between Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards - CNET

  18-08-2020 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From processing to issuing, we break it all down.
  
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• Biden is reportedly not leasing his own campaign plane, ending a decades-long tradition of presidential candidate jets

  18-08-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Campaign planes have allowed presidential candidates to crisscross the country in a single day to maximize exposure in the build-up to an election.
  
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• Tens of Thousands Are Protesting in Belarus. Here What's Behind the Uprising Against President Lukashenko

  18-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After President Lukashenko's disputed re-election, protesters are calling for an end to police violence and holding new elections.
  
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• Apple is expected to release a larger iPhone 12 Pro later this year — here's everything we know about Apple's next high-end iPhones so far

  18-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max are expected to come with larger displays, a Lidar sensor for augmented reality, and a new design.
  
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• Is law implementing Amendment 4 a poll tax? Federal appeals court hears both sides

  18-08-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a case that could have major ramifications ahead of the November election, a panel of federal judges in Atlanta questioned lawyers Tuesday about Florida’s decision to require felons to pay off all court fees and fines before voting.
  
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• TV News Networks Worried About Airing Two Hours of Trump’s Convention

  18-08-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over the last few U.S. presidential election cycles, the major television networks have chosen to broadcast just one hour each night from the respective parties’ political conventions, usually out of concern that anything more would impact viewership numbers and ad revenues. But this year, another explanation was offered for keeping the broadcasts short: uncertainty over what airing President Donald Trump’s coronation event might look and sound like. Multiple sources told T
  
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• US Senate report goes beyond Mueller to lay bare Trump campaign's Russia links

  18-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bipartisan intelligence panel says that Russian who worked on Trump’s 2016 bid was career spy, amid a stunning range of contactsA report by the Senate intelligence committee provides a treasure trove of new details about Donald Trump’s relationship with Moscow, and says that a Russian national who worked closely with Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 was a career intelligence officer.The bipartisan report runs to nearly 1,000 pages and goes further than last year’s in
  
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• South African farmers protest attacks

  18-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of farmers on tractors, excavators, harvesters, trucks or horses took to the streets of the small South African town of Mookgophong on Tuesday, protesting what they said was a spike in attacks on farms.
  
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• Anderson Cooper rips apart MyPillow CEO as a 'snake oil salesman' in jaw-dropping interview

  18-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN's Anderson Cooper just went after the CEO of MyPillow as a "snake oil salesman" over his touting of an unproven coronavirus cure in a jaw-dropping, nearly half-hour interview.Cooper spoke with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Tuesday afternoon after Axios reported that President Trump has "expressed enthusiasm" for an unproven COVID-19 treatment, Oleandrin, being promoted by Lindell, who has a financial stake in the company that develops it.The CNN host grilled Lindell in the more than 20 minute
  
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• Pompeo likely to visit U.N. on Thursday in pursuit of sanctions on Iran: diplomats

  18-08-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, diplomats and a U.N. official said.To trigger a return of the sanctions, the United States will submit a complaint to the 15-member U.N. Security Council about Iran's non-compliance with the nuclear deal, even though Washington quit the accord in 2018.
  
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• Pelosi celebrates walkback of Postal Service changes: ‘They felt the heat’

  18-08-2020 21:09 via politico.com
  
  The House speaker insisted she would continue with a $25 billion bill to boost the Postal Service.
  
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• Former counterterrorism chief: Trump defeat may prompt right-wing terror attacks

  18-08-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former head of the National Counterterrorism Center said he would not be surprised if right-wing domestic terrorist groups stage attacks in the United States around this November’s presidential election.
  
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• Postmaster general says he'll pause cutbacks that threatened voting — but service slowdowns might persist

  18-08-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The embattled postmaster general is set to testify in front of the Senate on Friday and the House on Monday over concerns about funding and the election.
  
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• South Dakota tallies 460,000 vehicles during Sturgis rally

  18-08-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew more than 460,000 vehicles during the 10-day event, according to a count South Dakota transportation officials released Tuesday.Sturgis officials said they expected fewer people to show up this year, estimating they would see between 250,000 and 300,000 people during the 10-day event.The South Dakota Department of Health issued a warning on Tuesday that one person who spent several hours at a bar on Main Street in Sturgis has tested positive for CO
  
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• First night of virtual Democratic convention draws 19.7 million viewers on 10 U.S. TV networks

  18-08-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former first lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders, a former presidential contender, were among the key speakers rallying support for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris.Obama and Sanders also spoke on the first night of the 2016 convention, which nominated Hillary Clinton for president.
  
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• Debut of Democratic National Convention draws 18.7 million viewers, big drop from 2016

  18-08-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders were among the key speakers rallying support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California.Monday night’s preliminary ratings represent people watching across six broadcast and cable TV networks, from 10:00 p.m. EDT until 11:15 p.m. EDT.
  
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