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• A Brooklyn couple was pulled off a New York City ferry in handcuffs after they refused to wear masks

  06-09-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The husband and wife were issued summonses for disorderly conduct after refusing the captain's orders to put on a mask or disembark, the NYPD said.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: San Diego State students forced indoors; Kentucky sets weekly records for most deaths, cases; US nears 190K deaths

  06-09-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of San Diego State University students have been ordered to stay indoors over Labor Day weekend. Speeding tickets soar. Latest news.
  
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• These gourmet hot dogs and hamburgers deserve center stage this Labor Day - CNET

  06-09-2020 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  And they'll take you through tailgating season too.
  
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• Jacob Blake shares message from hospital bed

  06-09-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 29-year-old and father of six also described the constant pain he feels in the minute-long clip posted on Twitter.
  
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• Belarus crowds defy heavy military presence to demand end to Lukashenko's rule

  06-09-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Huge crowds of protesters on Sunday flooded the Belarusian capital of Minsk, braving a massive deployment of forces to urge strongman Alexander Lukashenko to quit power. More than 100,000 people are estimated to have taken to the streets over the past three weekends and Sunday's event may have been larger still. Troops, water cannon, armoured personnel carriers and armoured reconnaissance vehicles were deployed to the city centre but protesters from all walks of life - from parents with children
  
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• Majority of Young Adults in the U.S. Now Live With Their Parents: Report

  06-09-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of 18 to 29 year olds living at home hit a low of 29% in 1960 and it has risen over the decades
  
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• ‘Reckless & selfish.’ Huge Burning Man bash leads mayor to close San Francisco beach

  06-09-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “You are not celebrating. You are putting people’s lives at risk,” Mayor London Breed wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Director Ridley Scott confirms a new Alien film is in the works - CNET

  06-09-2020 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  But don't expect a return to the world of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
  
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• The Trump campaign has legal battles in 5 states to limit mail-in voting expansions

  06-09-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump campaign has been involved in litigation in Iowa, Nevada, New Jersey, Montana, and the Navajo Nation in Arizona to stifle efforts to expand voting by mail.
  
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• U.S. judge temporarily halts plan to wind down census

  06-09-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to halt plans to wind down data collection by Sept. 30, handing a preliminary victory to municipalities and civil rights groups that want a later deadline for the nation's once-in-a-decade population count.U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said her temporary restraining order, issued on Saturday, would remain in effect until Sept. 17, when she will hold a hearing in a lawsuit filed by the municipalities and advocacy groups.The litigation focuses on a
  
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• Search Underway After Sailor Goes Missing from Carrier Nimitz

  06-09-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Search-and-rescue efforts are underway in the North Arabian Sea,
  
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• Amazon bans foreign plant sales following delivery of mystery seed packages - CNET

  06-09-2020 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  All summer, people have been receiving unsolicited packages of seeds, mostly from China. Amazon's move appears to be in response.
  
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• Jacob Blake sends message to supporters from hospital

  06-09-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He says in a video to supporters that he is in pain but there is a "lot more life to live".
  
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• US Surgeon General tells states to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by November 1

  06-09-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are currently three coronavirus vaccine trials undergoing the third phase of testing in the US.
  
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• Several boats sink in pro-Trump boat parade in Texas that drew hundreds of supporters

  06-09-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No one was seriously injured Saturday, according to law enforcement. Numerous boat parades have been held by Trump supporters around the nation.
  
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• Mnuchin says both GOP, Pelosi agree to avoid shutdown

  06-09-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Both parties need to agree to a government funding bill by the end of the month to avoid a shutdown.
  
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• Typhoon Haishen: Japanese urged to stay alert as storm blows in

  06-09-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Typhoon Haishen hits the southern islands, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: San Diego students forced to stay indoors; Maine wedding led to 147 cases and 3 deaths

  06-09-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of San Diego State University students have been ordered to stay indoors over Labor Day weekend. Speeding tickets soar. Latest news.
  
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• 'We do have two systems of justice in America': Kamala Harris says Barr, Trump in 'different reality' on race

  06-09-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harris qualified her previous call for the officer in Jacob Blake's shooting to be charged, conceding she is "not in full possession of the facts."
  
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• Donald Trump 'hired an Obama look-alike so he could fire him on camera'

  06-09-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump so hated Barack Obama that he hired a look-alike to sit in his office so he could "fire" him, according to claims in a new book from the president's former lawyer, Michael Cohen. In Disloyal, out on Tuesday, Mr Cohen alleges that his old boss was “a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man.” The lawyer, 54, is currently under house arrest, having been freed from prison early during the coronavirus pandemic. He was sentenced to three years in Decem
  
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• 'Fire on all sides': California wildfires prompt evacuations

  06-09-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twenty evacuees were taken to hospitals, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said on Twitter on Sunday, as the Creek Fire that started on Friday night rapidly grew to burn some 45,000 acres (18,210 hectares), forcing evacuations and road closures in the Fresno area in central California.The blaze was 0% contained on Sunday afternoon, while nearly 15,000 firefighters were battling some two dozen fires across the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal
  
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• USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy gave bonuses to former employees who donated to GOP candidates, new report says

  06-09-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several former employees of DeJoy's former business told The Washington Post they felt compelled to make political donations to GOP candidates.
  
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• "Now," says AOC, "where's his unaltered calendar?": House Democrats subpoena USPS' Louis DeJoy

  06-09-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If the USPS is surprised we are issuing a subpoena," said Ocasio-Cortez, "it's because they weren't listening"
  
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• Rep. John Garamendi responds to Trump campaign claiming Biden will ruin economic recovery

  06-09-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Official Biden campaign surrogate Rep. John Garamendi joins 'America's News HQ' to discuss Biden's campaign strategy.
  
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• "Abject failure": Biden slams Trump on Venezuela, Cuba policy

  06-09-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Venezuelan people are worse off, living in one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. The country's no closer to a free election,” said Biden.
  
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• Sheriff: Five boats sank in Texas Trump parade, no injuries

  06-09-2020 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump, but no one was injured or killed, officials said Sunday.Boaters began calling for help “almost immediately” after the procession for Trump’s reelection got underway on a lake west of Austin on Saturday, according to Kristen Dark of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies ultimately responded to 15 distress calls and received three other reports of boats taking on water.
  
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• Coronavirus rising in 22 U.S. states

  06-09-2020 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As little as three weeks ago, cases were increasing in only three states, Hawaii, Illinois and South Dakota, according to an analysis comparing cases for the two-week period of Aug. 8-22 with the past two weeks. On a percentage basis, South Dakota had the biggest increase over the past two weeks at 126%, reporting over 3,700 new cases. Health officials have linked some of the rise to hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists who descended on Sturgis, South Dakota, for an annual rally in August.
  
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• Labor Day weekend crowds spark COVID-19 concerns

  06-09-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health officials say beach visits with social distancing are the safest bet.
  
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• Police were called on a Black man in Ohio after someone thought he had a gun but it turned out he just talking on his cellphone

  06-09-2020 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An anonymous woman called in a 911 tip about a man "in a black Mustang with a gun," and said she was "pretty darn sure" he had a pistol, local news reported.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon warns Covid deaths could start rising in Scotland as cases surge to four-month high

  06-09-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has warned that Covid-19 deaths and hospital admissions could start rising again shortly in Scotland after the large number of cases in four months. Scottish Government figures disclosed 208 new cases were recorded in the previous 24 hours, the highest daily total since May 8. The total included 92 more cases in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area, where Ms Sturgeon has banned people from visiting other households following a spike in cases linked to outdoor gathe
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer's Extinction Rebellion condemnation was 'shamefully slow', says Oliver Dowden

  06-09-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sir Keir Starmer's response to the blockading of national newspapers' printing plants by environmental protestors was "sadly and shamefully slow", Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said. Mr Dowden, whose role in Government is to champion the press, said the delay in responding allowed left-wing Labour MPs to express support for the activists despite widespread criticism over the implications for the freedom of the press. The Labour leader put out a statement on Sunday morning condemning the ac
  
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• San Diego State ordered students to stay in their dorms as COVID-19 cases rise due to a 'plague of parties'

  06-09-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SDSU President Adela de la Torre told The San Diego Tribune school officials are urging students to be proactive in distancing and getting tested.
  
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• Matt Hancock urges young people not to 'infect their grandparents' as coronavirus cases spike

  06-09-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Hancock has appealed to young people not to “infect their grandparents”, as nearly 3,000 new cases were announced on Sunday, the highest daily total since May. Describing Sunday’s toll of 2,988 as “concerning”, the health and social care secretary said the rise in cases among young people risked a spike across the population as a whole. It follows 1,175 announced on Saturday. Public Health England (PHE) said there had been broad increases across the whole of En
  
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• Typhoon Haishen: Millions asked to evacuate as Japan braces for storm

  06-09-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About eight million people are asked to shelter from the second storm to hit the region in a week.
  
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• Lungs damaged by coronavirus can repair themselves in three months

  06-09-2020 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lungs can repair themselves after a serious bout of coronavirus in just three months, a new study has revealed, raising hope patients will not be living with debilitating symptoms for years on end. Doctors said trials showed nearly half of patients in trials showed no evidence of lung damage at 12 weeks. Although they confirm longstanding fears that Covid patients can suffer serious effects weeks after recovering from the virus, the results are the first to show that these tend to heal over time
  
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• Navajo Nation calls for investigation into Fort Hood deaths

  06-09-2020 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navajo Nation has joined calls for an accounting of the deaths at Fort Hood after one of its members became the latest soldier from the U.S. Army post to die this year. Corlton L. Chee, a 25-year-old soldier from Pinehill, New Mexico, died Wednesday after he collapsed following a physical fitness training exercise five days earlier, according to officials at the central Texas post. The Navajo Nation Council praised Chee in a statement Friday and urged the Army to thoroughly investigate his a
  
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• Rep. Val Demings says President Trump was 'walking around with a gasoline can' while 'America was on fire' during civil unrest

  06-09-2020 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Val Demings of Florida told ABC News the president has been stoking tensions amid protests when he should be "trying to sow peace and calm."
  
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• Early voting begins, and mail-in ballot requests show Democrats with an edge in 4 key states

  06-09-2020 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  N. Carolina kicked off early voting on Friday, starting to send absentee ballots to over 640,000 residents, a dramatic hike from past election years.
  
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• COVID-19 Update: Positivity rate drops, East Bay mall reopens, some indoor services resume in Alameda County

  06-09-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California has a total of 727,239 cases of COVID-19, according to latest data released Saturday morning.
  
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• Businessman racially discriminated by wife who made Australia rant, tribunal rules

  06-09-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Australian businessman has been awarded a payout of more than £100,000 after winning a racial discrimination case against his British wife who said she hated his country's "mentality", a tribunal has ruled. Duncan Bendall took his wife, Fiona, and their company The Female Social Network (TFSN) to an employment tribunal claiming he was discriminated against because he is a man and due to his nationality when he was pushed out of the firm. He also claimed unfair dismissal after she ousted
  
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• Dozens of people arrested as violent Portland protests continue

  06-09-2020 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of people gathered for protests against police violence and racial injustice Saturday night in Portland, Ore., as often violent nightly demonstrations that have happened for 100 days since George Floyd was killed showed no signs of ending.
  
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• Oregon rejects GOP voter statement, says it was submitted 29 seconds late

  06-09-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Oregon Republican Party’s statement for the state voters’ pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and will not appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, according to officials.
  
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• Epic suing Apple and Google over Fortnite bans: Everything you need to know - CNET

  06-09-2020 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A battle royale has begun between three epically large companies. And we have a pass to all the action.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says East Med is test of EU's sincerity

  06-09-2020 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EU's stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity, calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkey's row with Greece.NATO allies Turkey and Greece have been locked in a dispute over hydrocarbon exploration in the sea's disputed waters and the extent of their continental shelves.Provocative comments and steps by European politicians on regional matters would not help achieve a solut
  
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• Typhoon Haishen: Millions ordered to evacuate as Japan braces for storm

  06-09-2020 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About eight million people are ordered to shelter from the second storm to hit the region in a week.
  
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• Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's new time-twister missing the wow factor - CNET

  06-09-2020 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Spoiler-free: Nolan's latest movie races to beat the clock and coronavirus, but it's not his best.
  
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• Bernie Sanders is convinced Trump won’t concede if he loses November election

  06-09-2020 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former presidential hopeful and Sen. Bernie Sanders is convinced, however, that President Donald Trump is set to dishonor that tradition, should he lose his bid for re-election in November.In an interview with Politico, the Vermont independent stated that he believes there is a good chance that Trump will refuse to concede defeat if his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, is elected this fall.Sanders said this isn’t “just idle speculation,” being that Trump said it himself.
  
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• More Americans prefer Biden's response to protests, poll suggests

  06-09-2020 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More Americans seem to prefer former Vice President Joe Biden's response to demonstrations against police brutality than the one exhibited by President Trump, a new CBS/YouGov poll shows.Of those surveyed, 49 percent said they believe the Democratic presidential nominee is trying to "calm the situation down" compared to 39 percent who said the same of Trump. On the flip side, 47 percent of voters said Trump is "encouraging fighting," while only 30 percent think Biden is doing so.> New CBS pol
  
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• More than 20 NYU students suspended for breaking coronavirus rules, school says

  06-09-2020 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school did not provide details on student suspensions, but tweeted the update after less than a week of in-person instruction.
  
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• The moon is rusting, and Earth is to blame - CNET

  06-09-2020 18:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Researchers find rust on the moon, which is weird but not entirely unexplainable.
  
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