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• Trump says he will likely visit Wisconsin city where police shot Black man in back

  29-08-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will likely visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city that has seen unrest since a white police officer shot a Black man in the back."Probably so," Trump told reporters in Texas, when asked if he would visit the city where the officer shot Jacob Blake, who is paralyzed from the waist down and remains in hospital.A 17-year-old is being held by authorities in Kenosha on suspicion of shooting three people who were protesting the shooting of Blake.
  
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• Fact check: Ballot envelopes with prepaid postage are already first-class mail

  29-08-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Adding a stamp will not get a prepaid mail-in ballot to its destination any faster, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
  
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• Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer and was just 43. What's the risk for young people?

  29-08-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Actor Chadwick Boseman was just 43 when he died from colon cancer, one that is increasing affecting young Americans.
  
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• Biden: Troops, their families will never have to question what side I'm on

  29-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden speaks at a National Guard Association of the United States virtual conference.
  
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• Portland protesters occupied mayor's presumed condo complex

  29-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police declared a riot at another protest after a fire was set at the police union building.
  
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• MLK's 12-year-old granddaughter called for 'genuine equality' on the anniversary of the 'I Have a Dream' speech

  29-08-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The first phase was civil rights, and the new phase is genuine equality," Yolanda Renee King said as she spoke from the Lincoln Memorial in DC.
  
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• Trump administration halts election security briefings for Congress, citing leaks

  29-08-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States' top intelligence office told lawmakers it will largely stop holding in-person briefings on election security, officials said on Saturday, signaling it does not trust lawmakers to keep the information secret.President Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified the House and Senate intelligence panels on Friday that it would send written reports instead, giving lawmakers less opportunity to press for details as the Nov. 3 election approaches.
  
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• Trump administration halts election security briefings, Democrats complain

  29-08-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States' top intelligence office told lawmakers it will end in-person briefings on election security because there had been leaks from congressional committees, officials said on Saturday.President Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified the House and Senate intelligence panels on Friday that the office would send written reports instead, giving lawmakers less opportunity to press for details as the Nov. 3 election approaches.An official in Ratcli
  
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• A former Department of Homeland Security official said Trump is letting right-wing extremists 'start a race war'

  29-08-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Domestic terrorism expert Elizabeth Neumann told Yahoo News those at the RNC who cast protesters as a dangerous threat were putting on a "sideshow."
  
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• Berlin police break up "anti-coronavirus" protest of 18,000

  29-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 3,000 officers were deployed to help maintain the demonstration after anti-restriction and far-right supporters took to social media to call on people to arm themselves and take part in the protest.
  
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• Thousands gather in Israel for anti-Netanyahu weekly rallies

  29-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in Jerusalem in a continuation of summer-long weekend rallies demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a corruption trial and accusations of mishandling the coronavirus crisis.Smaller protests also took part in other parts in Israel, including overpasses and outside Netanyahu’s private house in the upscale town of Caesaria.At the main rally in Jerusalem, protesters gathered at the entrance of the city and marched
  
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• 8 juicy details from the new Melania Trump tell-all book

  29-08-2020 22:11 via politico.com
  
  For his inauguration, the president wanted a North Korean-style military parade, right down to the “goose-stepping troops and armored tanks.”
  
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• 'I knew I was going to die': Shrimpers rescue each other from sinking boats while riding out Hurricane Laura

  29-08-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shrimpers performed daring mid-storm rescues to save each other during Hurricane Laura. But Cameron Parish's shrimping industry remains in doubt.
  
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• Derek Chauvin, former officer accused in George Floyd's death, wants murder charges dismissed

  29-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorneys for Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis officer accused of killing George Floyd, have asked a judge to dismiss the murder charges against him.
  
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• The Trump-radical Republicans' convention message: "It’s all wonderful!"

  29-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Well, except for that COVID-19 pandemic thing, but you can’t blame us for that"
  
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• Trump’s law and order campaign is "falling flat" in the Midwest: report

  29-08-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump’s push to scare Midwestern voters with a “law and order” anti-crime message is tone-deaf
  
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• 50,000 people in Iowa will need to request another absentee ballot after a judge sided with the Trump campaign and invalidated their requests

  29-08-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against Iowa counties over their decision to pre-fill voter's information on absentee ballot request forms.
  
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• California residents didn't want controlled burns near their homes. Some of those homes then burned in a wildfire.

  29-08-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts say prescribed burns are key to avoiding destructive wildfires. But the concerns of some homeowners sometimes stands in the way.
  
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• Marijuana is only legal in 11 states but a House vote coming next month could expand legalization to the entire US

  29-08-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The MORE Act, if passed by Congress, would remove marijuana from the controlled substances list and erase criminal records with marijuana charges.
  
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• Biden, aiming at Trump, says he won't use military as 'prop'

  29-08-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden said on Saturday that as president, he would never use the military “as a prop or private militia” and accused President Donald Trump of employing U.S. forces to settle “personal vendettas" and violate citizens' rights.The Democratic presidential nominee, in a virtual address to the National Guard Association of the United States' general conference, said Trump recommended "that you should be deployed to quote, ‘dominate,’ your fellow citizens for exercisi
  
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• Biden trolls Trump and purchases 'Keep America Great' web domain, using it to call out 'Trump's failures'

  29-08-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The website, KeepAmericaGreat.com, opens with a black and white image of Trump and the words, "Promises Made, Promise Broken."
  
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• Climate change may make extreme hurricane rainfall much more likely

  29-08-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The findings are alarming," said the lead author of the study.
  
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• Indian forces clash with Kashmir Muslims marking holy month

  29-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas Saturday on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir, injuring dozens of people who had ignored a ban on religious gatherings, witnesses said.
  
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• Hundreds protest against police brutality in Downtown San Jose

  29-08-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A spokesperson for the mayor said Saturday morning that protesters spray painted expletives, fired paint balls and burned a flag outside of house.
  
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• Top US general says military will not escort Donald Trump from the White House if election disputed

  29-08-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's most senior general has declared the military will not intervene if Donald Trump were to decline to leave the White House following a disputed US election. In a letter to Congress, Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not envisage soldiers playing any role if Republicans and Democrats did not agree on the result. Mr Trump has repeatedly voiced concerns that the election will be undermined by fraud during widespread mail-in voting amid the coronavirus pand
  
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• The Hundred Years' War over face masks - and why we’ll all be wearing them soon

  29-08-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There has been little as divisive in this pandemic as the debate over face masks. It’s a battle waged on many fronts, some political, others scientific. It raises not only thorny issues about identity politics and the culture wars that plague us but important questions about the way in which we weigh and act on scientific evidence. As the winter approaches and we are pushed indoors, expect the battle to intensify as we look for ways to mitigate transmission of the virus in offices, and eve
  
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• Turkey launches new military drills as East Med tensions mount

  29-08-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Saturday launched new military drills in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece accused Turkish jets of an incursion as tensions mount in a maritime standoff between the NATO members.
  
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• Proving "a different world is possible," ExxonMobil dropped From Dow Jones after 92-year run

  29-08-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don't take us down with them."
  
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• Rumor says 2022 Corvette Z06 will get a high revving naturally aspirated V-8

  29-08-2020 19:49
  
  In the past, Rumors have suggested that the 2022 Corvette Z06 will have a twin-turbo engine midship. However, a new report indicates that the engine won’t have turbos after all. The Z06 will use a naturally aspirated 5.5-liter flat-plane twin-cam V-8 engine that revs to 9000 RPM according to this new rumor. The turbo version of Corvette V-8 will be … Continue reading
  
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• If the police officer who shot Jacob Blake can prove he feared an 'imminent risk of death or great bodily harm,' his shooting could be legally justified

  29-08-2020 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An officer shot Jacob Blake while he had his back turned toward them. If they reasonably feared for their lives, it may be legally justified.
  
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• NASA assigns astronaut Jeanette Epps to first operational Boeing Starliner-1 mission

  29-08-2020 19:32
  
  NASA has announced that it has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to the first operational crewed flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. That mission will launch the astronauts to the International Space Station, where Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada aboard the ISS for a six-month expedition. The launch is currently planned for 2021 and will … Continue reading
  
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• Trump's RNC polling bounce more about 'subtraction on the Biden side,' pollster suggests

  29-08-2020 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's post-Republican National Convention polling bounce was particularly evident among white and suburban voters, a new Morning Consult poll shows.Overall, the RNC helped Trump shrink Biden's previously 10-point lead to a six-point advantage, 50 percent to 44 percent. Among suburbanites, Biden led by 14 points after the Democratic National Convention (54 percent to 40 percent), but after the RNC finished, that had dwindled to a 50-42 margin. Trump also increased his lead from two po
  
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• 'How dare we not vote?' Black voters organize after DC march

  29-08-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tears streamed down Brooke Moreland’s face as she watched tens of thousands gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to decry systemic racism and demand racial justice in the wake of several police killings of Black Americans.As the campaign enters its latter stages, there's an intensifying effort among African Americans to transform frustration over police brutality, systemic racism and the disproportionate toll of the coronavirus into political power.
  
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• N.J. teen gets bill for police overtime after BLM rally

  29-08-2020 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New Jersey teen thought she was only exercising her First Amendment right when she organized a rally in support of Black Lives Matter. Not long after, she received a bill for thousands of dollars from the mayor, CBS New York reported. The mayor has since said he is rescinding it.
  
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• The Sims 4 is getting its own major Star Wars crossover

  29-08-2020 19:01
  
  Only months after the end of Fortnite‘s big Star Wars crossover comes a similar tie-in with another popular game: The Sims 4. This time around, players will be able to interact within the Star Wars universe, blending the humor and style of The Sims with popular characters like Stormtroopers and objects like the Millennium Falcon. The new expansion, which is … Continue reading
  
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• New Yahoo News-YouGov Poll: Biden’s lead over Trump shrinks to 6 points after the RNC — his smallest margin in months

  29-08-2020 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Yahoo News-YouGov poll shows Joe Biden's lead over President Trump shrinking to 6 points — his smallest margin in nearly two months. 
  
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• Top Brazil official says no halt to Amazon protections

  29-08-2020 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil’s environment ministry said it will continue operations to curb deforestation and fires in the Amazon and other regions, reversing an earlier announcement that it would halt such operations starting Monday.The decision was published on the ministry’s website late Friday after Vice President Hamilton Mourão said Environment Minister Ricardo Salles acted “hastily” when he said the government had run out of money for operations against deforestation.
  
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• Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win

  29-08-2020 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Film-maker says enthusiasm for president in swing states is ‘off the charts’ and urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to voteThe documentary film-maker Michael Moore has warned that Donald Trump appears to have such momentum in some battleground states that liberals risk a repeat of 2016 when so many wrote off Trump only to see him grab the White House.“Sorry to have to provide the reality check again,” he said.Moore, who was one of few political observers to pr
  
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• A toddler who drifted out to sea on a unicorn floaty was rescued by a passing ship

  29-08-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 4-year-old girl was found floating on a unicorn floaty nearly a mile off the coast of Greece when the crew of a passing ferry spotted her.
  
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• Normalcy returning to Pakistan's monsoon-drenched Karachi

  29-08-2020 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Normalcy began slowly returning to Pakistan's financial capital Karachi on Saturday after flood waters from days of monsoon rains that killed 47 people receded, enabling relief work in the city of 15 million.The heavy rains hit the southern port city Aug. 23, forcing people to evacuate to other areas of Karachi.It downed power lines, causing widespread outages leaving large numbers of people without electricity and mobile phone service.
  
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• Study suggests hibernation was an ancient adaptation to harsh winters

  29-08-2020 18:17
  
  The image seen below is an illustration of a creature called a Lystrosaurus. The strange-looking creature had claws on its digits, a beak reminiscent of a turtle, and a pair of tusks. Scientists believe that the creature was able to survive the harsh winters in Antarctica by hibernating. The researchers believe that this could be the oldest animal on record … Continue reading
  
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• First confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection is ‘not surprising,’ doctors say

  29-08-2020 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Researchers in Hong Kong confirmed the first known case of coronavirus reinfection, but many doctors and public health officials say it isn't that surprising given what we know about waning immunity from other coronaviruses.
  
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• Mauritius oil spill: Thousands march in Port Louis

  29-08-2020 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Massive amounts of oil spilled into a wildlife sanctuary, and 39 dead dolphins have been discovered.
  
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• University of Alabama told professors to not tell students about COVID-19 cases among their classmates

  29-08-2020 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school has counted over 500 coronavirus cases, but emails reported by the Daily Beast show university officials told professors to not speak up.
  
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• A teen activist in New Jersey received a $2,500 bill to pay for police presence at a Black Lives Matter protest she organized

  29-08-2020 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Mario Kranjac of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, said the bill covered police presence and their overtime hours.
  
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• Ford may build the Bronco R if race teams want it

  29-08-2020 17:42
  
  The all-new Ford Bronco is official, and we know exactly what it looks like and the options it will offer. Before we knew that the first glimpse we had a production vehicle was in the Bronco R prototype that was raced in Baja. Ford’s Chief Product Development & Purchasing Officer, Hau Thai-Tang, recently talked about the possibility of Ford producing … Continue reading
  
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• '7 bullets, 7 days': Protesters march for Blake in Kenosha

  29-08-2020 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With chants of “One person, one vote!" and "No justice, no peace!” a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Wisconsin courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence and share messages of change, a week after an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back and left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.The diverse group of protesters also chanted “Seven bullets, seven days!” — a reference to the number of times Blake was shot last Sunday — as they marched
  
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• ULA Delta 4 Heavy rocket launch aborted seconds before liftoff

  29-08-2020 17:19
  
  The United Launch Alliance was set to launch a rocket in the early morning hours of August 29. The launch of the ULA Delta 4 Heavy rocket was meant to put a National Reconnaissance Office classified spy satellite into orbit. Liftoff was planned for 3:28 AM Eastern but was aborted during the ignition sequence. Launch of NROL-44 was aborted only … Continue reading
  
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• Kanye West is suing Wisconsin and Ohio in a last-ditch effort to appear on the ballot

  29-08-2020 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Wisconsin Election Commission said in a 5-1 decision that West's campaign missed the deadline to register as a candidate by 14 seconds.
  
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• You're entitled to your opinion about mask-wearing, but not at 30,000 feet

  29-08-2020 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Passengers can be removed from flights for a litany of reasons. Refusal to wear a mask adds one more infraction to the list.
  
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