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• Macron in Lebanon calls for speedy government formation

  31-08-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron called Monday for the swift formation of a crisis government in Lebanon following the designation of a new prime minister.
  
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• I.Coast former president, ex-rebel leader, file election papers

  31-08-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro on Monday filed their candidacies for a tense presidential election in October.
  
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• Pokemon GO stops working on some iPhones and Android 5 in October

  31-08-2020 23:51
  
  This week Niantic sent out a release stating that Pokemon GO would no longer work with a certain set of phones and operating systems starting in October, 2020. All phones will see a major Pokemon GO update in October of 2020. At that time, Niantic will end support for Android 5 (and lower), as well as iOS 11 and lower. … Continue reading
  
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• AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins late-stage U.S. study

  31-08-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trial participants will receive either two doses of the experimental vaccine, dubbed AZD1222, four weeks apart, or a placebo, the company said.The trial is being conducted under U.S. government's Operation Warp Speed program, which aims to acceleratedevelopment, manufacturing and distribution of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.U.S. President Donald Trump has said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available before the Nov. 3 presidential election, much sooner than most experts ant
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro pardons opposition lawmakers

  31-08-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday pardoned more than 100 lawmakers and associates of opposition leader Juan Guaido "in the interests of promoting national reconciliation," the government said.
  
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• U.S. Senate's McConnell eyes revamped coronavirus relief bill, Mnuchin tells Fox Business

  31-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senate's top Republican will "hopefully" unveil a new bill next week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday.Asked about the collapse of talks with Democrats over aid legislation, Mnuchin told Fox Business Network that he and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have been speaking regularly with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
  
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• New report deepens mystery around Trump’s sudden and suspicious visit to Walter Reed hospital

  31-08-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly prepared to take over the presidential duties
  
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• Trump administration finalizes coal plant pollution rollback

  31-08-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The change will allow utilities to use cheaper technologies and take longer to comply with pollution reduction guidelines that are less stringent than what the agency originally adopted in 2015.It's the latest in a string of regulatory rollbacks for coal power under Trump — actions that have failed to turn around the industry's decline amid competition from cheap natural gas and renewable energy.The latest rule change covers requirements for cleaning coal ash and toxic heavy metals such as
  
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• New lawsuit asks DeSantis to take another shot at appointing qualified justice

  31-08-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A state lawmaker on Monday asked the Florida Supreme Court for an expedited hearing to order the governor to appoint a qualified candidate to the Florida Supreme Court after the court rejected his previous pick as unqualified.
  
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• NASA shares stunning photo of Earth painted with sunrise shadows

  31-08-2020 23:25
  
  NASA has captured thousands of images from space, many of which are made available on the agency’s website. Though many of these images aren’t terribly exciting, some of them have proven stunning, particularly ones showing off our own planet in a way we can’t perceive from the surface. The latest example of this kind of content is a new image … Continue reading
  
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• Former NYPD lieutenant says responsibility for violence across America rests on shoulders of mayors, governors

  31-08-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former NYPD Lt. Joe Cardinale joins Neil Cavuto on 'Your World.'
  
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• Detroit turns island park into COVID-19 memorial garden

  31-08-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Detroit island park was transformed Monday into a drive-thru COVID-19 victims memorial as policy makers across the U.S. moved forward with plans to reopen schools and public spaces.Hearses led processions around Belle Isle Park in the Detroit River, where more than 900 large photos of local coronavirus victimsprovided by relatives were turned into posters and staked into the ground.As the death toll continued to rise around the world, officials announced plans to bring children back to school
  
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• Inflatable Latex Floating Suit

  31-08-2020 23:13 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  
  Inflatable Latex Floating Suit – Artist SiiGii designed an inflatable latex floating suit is what we need right now!Titled Floating Above Limits, the creation is part of SiiGii’s wider collection S.A.D: Sun Allergy Diaries.
  Made entirely of latex, the suit wraps around the head like a swimming cap to ensure maximum sun protection and features two main inflatable areas around the body and behind the head which allows the body to float perfectly.
  “I grew up on the beach. At
  
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• Gas station altercation leads to shooting death of man

  31-08-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Houston Police Department said the suspect ran off after an altercation with the victim. The two photos above were captured on surveillance.
  
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• Ron Jeremy hit with 20 more sexual assault charges involving 13 women

  31-08-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Porn star Ron Jeremy has been hit with new sexual assault charges.Prosecutors on Monday filed 20 additional counts of sexual assault and groping against Jeremy, and he now faces 28 total counts of sexual violence, the Los Angeles Times reports.Jeremy was previously charged with sexually assaulting four women in incidents ranging from 2014 to 2019, with this coming after he had been publicly accused of sexual misconduct. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Monday said the new cha
  
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• 'This elevates it to angry': Doctors say CDC, FDA missteps cross the line into politics

  31-08-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If you don't trust the agencies that are telling you to do this, then you don't have your key weapons to fight against a pandemic," one doctor said.
  
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• Biden hits back on Trump's attacks: 'Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters?'

  31-08-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting,” Biden said. "It’s lawlessness, plain and simple."
  
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• 'Antifa hunter' gets 3 years in prison for online racist threats

  31-08-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Florida man who called himself “the Antifa hunter” as he began an online campaign to terrorize and harass people who opposed his white supremacist ideology was sentenced on Monday to more than three years in prison.
  
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• Trump thinks violence and chaos on the streets is good for his reelection, and he's not trying to hide it

  31-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump is apparently willing to watch America burn, as long as it helps keep him in the White House for another four years.
  
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• House committee to subpoena Postmaster General DeJoy over withholding documents from Congress

  31-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats want documents related to delays at the Postal Service and in election mail, plus communication between Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and President Trump's campaign.
  
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• Self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl is under investigation in connection to the deadly shooting of a right-wing protester in Portland

  31-08-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An estranged sister identified Reinoehl as the man seen in video from the shooting to The Oregonian and called him "impulsive and irrational."
  
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• Trump pushes to keep tax returns from NY prosecutor, eyes possible Supreme Court appeal

  31-08-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor have his tax returns, saying "the deck was clearly stacked against" him, and said he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene if necessary.The argument was made in a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, which on Tuesday will hear arguments on Trump's bid to delay Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's subpoena for the tax returns during Trump's appeal.
  
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• Judge orders Georgia to extend deadline for absentee ballots

  31-08-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday ordered Georgia to extend its deadline for accepting mail-in ballots for November’s general election from the close of polls on Election Day until three days later.Georgia law says absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on Election Day.U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ordered that absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and arrive at county election offices by 7 p.m. three business days later be counted.
  
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• COVID-19 often goes undiagnosed in hospital workers

  31-08-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A high proportion of COVID-19 infections among U.S. healthcare personnel appear to go undetected, according to a report on Monday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• China's New Plane Sure Looks Like an American Hawkeye Knockoff

  31-08-2020 22:41 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The KJ-600 will take the country’s carrier fleet to the next level. We’ve seen it before.
  
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• Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend offered plea deal if he would claim Taylor was part of ‘organized crime syndicate’

  31-08-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend was offered a plea deal if he would claim that she was part of an “organized crime syndicate.”Jamarcus Glover, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend and the focus of the no-knock raid which took her life, pled not guilty to drug charges Friday.
  
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• Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend offered plea deal if he would admit Taylor was part of ‘organized crime syndicate’

  31-08-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend was offered a plea deal if he would admit that she was part of an “organized crime syndicate.”Jamarcus Glover, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend and the focus of the no-knock raid which took her life, pled not guilty to drug charges Friday.
  
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• Appeals court rules it can't enforce congressional subpoena of McGahn

  31-08-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ruling is a victory for former White House counsel Don McGahn, who has resisted efforts by House Democrats to force him to testify about President Trump.
  
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• Ubisoft crushes PS5 backward compatibility hopes for older PlayStation games

  31-08-2020 22:29
  
  As we head into the next generation of game consoles, backward compatibility is a topic that comes up frequently. Just as it has been for a number of years now, Microsoft is pushing hard for backward compatibility in the next generation, promising gamers that not only will they be able to play Xbox One games on the Xbox Series X, … Continue reading
  
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• Apple Silicon roadmap leak tips 12″ MacBook reboot and 2021 iMac

  31-08-2020 22:29
  
  The first MacBook powered by Apple silicon will arrive later this year, at least according to industry insiders, and it’ll reportedly be sporting a 12-inch Retina display. The insiders go on to claim that Apple will release the first iMac system sporting its own silicon next year, as well, and that this alleged model may also feature Apple’s own GPU … Continue reading
  
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• Wisconsin special session on police reform lasts less than a minute. GOP not interested.

  31-08-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Evers, a Democrat, expressed disappointment, "There's no sense of urgency from Republicans."
  
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• Zoom's stock soars as it reports blockbuster earnings with 355% revenue growth

  31-08-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zoom once again beat Wall Street expectations, blowing past estimates and reporting 355% revenue growth year-over-year.
  
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• Trump defends accused Kenosha gunman, declines to condemn violence from his supporters

  31-08-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday sided with a 17-year old charged with killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying the accused gunman was trying to get away and would have been killed by demonstrators if he had not opened fire. Trump on Tuesday will visit Kenosha, the site of protests against police brutality and racism since Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times by police on Aug. 23 and left paralyzed. On the third night of protests, Kyle Rittenhouse, 1
  
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• Waiter fired from restaurant after telling boss he had COVID-19, Michigan lawsuit says

  31-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The restaurant violated special rights workers have during the pandemic, the lawsuit says.
  
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• After 3 unplanned shutdowns at Turkey Point nuclear plant, feds launch ‘special inspection’

  31-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After three unplanned nuclear reactor shutdowns over three days this month, federal regulators have launched a “special inspection” at Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point plant.
  
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• 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye priced up for 797hp mayhem

  31-08-2020 22:12
  
  Pricing for the 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye, the latest recipient of the automaker’s supercharged V8, has been confirmed today, just in case you needed the “most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world” on your driveway. Announced in July, the newest Hellcat Redeye packs 797 horsepower from the engine last seen in the discontinued Challenger SRT Demon. … Continue reading
  
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• Trump's Kenosha visit highlights his reelection message: Only Trump will keep you safe

  31-08-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With protests continuing to rage in Kenosha, Wis., over the Aug. 23 police shooting of African-American Jacob Blake, President Trump will travel there Tuesday on a visit to the key swing state that will echo his “law and order” campaign message.
  
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• 'The virus is real...it moves fast and it kills' -WHO

  31-08-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Berlin police broke up a mass protest against coronavirus curbs on Saturday and arrested 300 in the German capital after demonstrators failed to keep their distance and wear masks as instructed.Elsewhere in Europe, about 200 anti-mask activists held a rally in Paris to protest against sanitary measures, with slogans such as "No to the health dictatorship" and "Let our children breathe."In London, several hundred demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square calling coronavirus a hoax and demanding
  
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• Abu Dhabi crown prince says committed to Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

  31-08-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Abu Dhabi crown prince said on Monday that the United Arab Emirates is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV reported.In a statement read by UAE's foreign minister Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan said to the Palestinian community in the country that the normalistion deal with Israel was a sovereign decision in the favour of peace."Peace is a strategic choice, but not at the expense of the Palestini
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro pardons dozens of political opponents

  31-08-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Venezuelan government said Monday that it had pardoned more than 100 people, including dozens of political opponents who are in prison, have taken refuge in foreign embassies in Caracas or fled the country.The move comes ahead of congressional elections set for Dec. 6 that the movement led by U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó says it is boycotting because conditions for the vote are not fair.The names listed in the pardon don’t include prominent opposition leaders such a
  
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• Michel Barnier blocks fisheries talks as France blasts Britain's 'unrealistic' Brexit demands

  31-08-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, is refusing to open discussions on Britain's new fisheries proposals until the UK budges on other issues, it has emerged. Mr Barnier, who is meeting David Frost, the UK's lead negotiator, in London on Tuesday, is insisting on "parallelism" – where multiple aspects on a range of issues must be agreed before moving forward. Britain is keen to move on and progress talks, and the pair are meeting outside of the scheduled negotiating timetable to try t
  
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• Kenosha mayor says Trump shouldn't visit Tuesday because the community is still healing

  31-08-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, Kenosha, Wis., Mayor John Antaramian said he requested that President Trump not visit the city on Tuesday because it is in the process of healing after the shooting of Jacob Blake.
  
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• Hamas says deal reached to calm violence with Israel

  31-08-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gaza’s Hamas rulers said Monday they have reached an agreement through international mediators to end the latest round of cross-border violence with Israel.Under the deal, Hamas is to halt the launches of explosives-laden balloons and rocket fire into Israel, while Israel said it will ease a blockade that has been tightened in recent weeks.The Israeli restrictions have worsened living conditions in Gaza at a time when it is coping with a new coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Apple AirTag release tipped by insider

  31-08-2020 21:37
  
  A report today from China suggests that Apple is preparing to reveal their Apple AirTag device. This is a device that works with wireless sensor technology to act as a “loss prevention tag” of sorts. Much like the many, many similar sorts of tags we’ve used and reviewed over the past decade, Apple’s AirTag will likely work with NFC, Bluetooth, … Continue reading
  
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• A top White House coronavirus adviser is reportedly pushing the Trump administration to adopt a controversial 'herd immunity' strategy

  31-08-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The strategy would allow the coronavirus to spread through most of the population to build resistance.
  
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• Sonos headphones patent hints at just how they’ll work

  31-08-2020 21:34
  
  The upcoming Sonos headphones have broken cover, with a newly-granted patent for the wireless headphones detailing their potential design and functionality. Rumored since early in 2019, the headphones are designed to integrate with Sonos’ wireless speaker system, as well as potentially include voice control. It’s a significant departure for Sonos, which so far has focused on home audio systems. Last … Continue reading
  
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• Public Schools Will Struggle Even More as Parents Move Kids to Private Ones During the Pandemic

  31-08-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some experts say this school year will reveal an educational divide "like we’ve never seen before."
  
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• As online and streaming platforms kill off traditional television, conventions have become more irrelevant that ever

  31-08-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Putting the potentially outdated notion of a "convention bump" aside, Nielsen and streaming numbers do say something about the presidential race.
  
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• As online and streaming platforms kill off traditional television, conventions have become more irrelevant than ever

  31-08-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Putting the potentially outdated notion of a "convention bump" aside, Nielsen and streaming numbers do say something about the presidential race.
  
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• Delta, American drop domestic change fees, matching move by United

  31-08-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta Air Linesand American Airlinessaid on Monday they are permanently dropping domestic change fees, mirroring an announcement by rival United Airlineson Sunday in a push to woo back travelers.Atlanta-based Delta said the elimination of change fees is effective immediately and includes tickets purchased for travel within the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.Low-cost rival Southwest Airlineshas never charged a change fee for its tickets.
  
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