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• Coronavirus: New outbreak detected in Shropshire town

  26-07-2020 23:59
  
  Officials in Shropshire fear they may be witnessing the early stages of a new outbreak of the coronavirus after 21 people tested positive in one town.Two positive cases of the virus had already been identified in Craven Arms last week.
  
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• Coronavirus in numbers: UK confirmed deaths at 45,752

  26-07-2020 23:57
  
  The Government has confirmed 45,752 have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, up 14 from the day before.
  
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• Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

  26-07-2020 23:54
  
  Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project* Republican gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette* Senator wants to ‘save’ US history from New York Times
  
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• Sho No! Angels' Ohtani doesn't record out in return to mound

  26-07-2020 23:52
  
  Shohei Ohtani didn’t record an out in the two-way star's long-awaited return to the mound for the Los Angels Angels, allowing the first six Oakland batters to reach base before his day was done Sunday.The right-hander from Japan gave up Marcus Semien's leadoff single and three straight walks before a mound visit and Mark Canha’s two-run single.Robbie Grossman singled in another run, and Angels manager Joe Maddon replaced Ohtani with Matt Andriese down 4-0.
  
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• Story hits 2 HRs after Kluber exit, Rockies top Rangers 5-2

  26-07-2020 23:51
  
  Trevor Story homered twice for Colorado after Corey Kluber left his Texas debut with shoulder tightness, and the Rockies beat the Rangers 5-2 on Sunday.Kluber, who was acquired in an offseason trade with Cleveland, lasted just one inning and 18 pitches in his first start in almost 15 months.Finally back on the mound after his comeback attempt last year ended with an oblique injury in a rehab start, the 34-year-old Kluber struck out David Dahl to start the game.
  
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• Premier League round-up: Liverpool leaves on a high, as Watford and Bournemouth are relegated

  26-07-2020 23:49
  
  An action-packed final day of the Premier League season saw a top-four finish for Manchester United Chelsea, and relegation for Watford and Bournemouth. Here are all the key results.
  
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• Suspect In Custody After Protester In Austin Shot Dead, Police Say

  26-07-2020 23:47
  
  The victim has been identified by his mother as Garrett Foster.
  
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• Blue Jays will play first home game in Buffalo Aug. 11

  26-07-2020 23:42
  
  July 29 to Aug. 2 — on the road in Washington and Philadelphia.The team said in a statement Sunday there needs to be infrastructure modifications at Sahlen Field, where the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons usually play.The Blue Jays will play in a minor league park in Buffalothis season because health officials in Canada were worried about frequent travel by players throughout the U.S., one of the countries hardest by the pandemic.
  
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• Kiermaier's triple in 10th lifts Rays over Blue Jays, 6-5

  26-07-2020 23:40
  
  Kevin Kiermaier's first hit of the season, a two-run triple into the right field corner in the 10th inning, gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.Tampa Bay's defensive whiz delivered the second walkoff hit of his career after the Rays scored twice in the ninth to force extra innings, then fell behind again 5-4 when Blue Jays pinch-runner Santiago Espinal stole third base and scored on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s sacrifice fly off Chaz Roe (1-0).
  
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• Chatwood dominates, Cubs hit 3 HRs in 9-1 romp over Brewers

  26-07-2020 23:38
  
  Tyler Chatwood pitched three-hit ball over six innings, Willson Contreras homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Sunday to take two of three in their opening series.Chatwood (1-0) gave the Cubs just the sort of outing they were looking for after working mostly out of the bullpen last season.Contreras smacked an RBI double in the Cubs' four-run fourth and a long solo homer in the seventh.
  
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• Florida teachers suing the state over emergency order to reopen schools

  26-07-2020 23:28
  
  Mercedes Colwin, Fox News legal analyst, and Robert Schalk, Defense Attorney, weigh in on 'America's News HQ.'
  
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• Carriage Carries Casket of Rep. John Lewis Over Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama

  26-07-2020 23:27
  
  A horse-drawn carriage carried the casket of American civil rights icon John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the last time on July 26.Lewis was a key figure in the civil rights movement and participated in a march across the bridge 55 years earlier. At the anniversary of the march earlier in 2020 the congressman said he thought he “was going to die” when he and other protesters were badly injured by police during the march. Lewis suffered a skull fracture
  
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• Pirates manager Shelton argues through mask, gets 1st ML win

  26-07-2020 23:26
  
  Pittsburgh's Derek Shelton staged baseball's first major, socially distanced umpire argument, then got his first victory as a big league manager as the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Sunday.Colin Moran and Jose Osuna homered, and Mitch Keller pitched five solid innings for the Pirates.Shelton came out to argue with plate umpire Jordan Baker in the third inning after pitcher Derek Holland was ejected from the dugout for arguing balls and strikes.
  
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• Minnesota Couple Wears Nazi Face Masks To Walmart After State Mask Mandate

  26-07-2020 23:21
  
  A woman seen wearing the mask insisted that she is "not a Nazi" and that she was making a political statement.
  
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• Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up

  26-07-2020 23:15
  
  She was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars and determined off-screen fighters.No one was better suited than Olivia de Havilland to play the sainted Melanie Wilkes in “Gone With the Wind” or more tenacious about the right to appear in the films of her choosing.Fans and actors alike owe much to de Havilland, the Oscar-winning performer who became, almost literally, a law unto herself.
  
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• Trump says he won't throw out first pitch at Yankees game

  26-07-2020 23:09
  
  President Donald Trump won’t be throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month after all.Trump tweeted Sunday that he won’t be able to make the trip because of his “strong focus” on the coronavirus, vaccines and the economy.Trump has been trying to show voters that he is taking the virus seriously by holding briefings and canceling Republican convention events set for Jacksonville, Florida.
  
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• Trump now says he won't throw first pitch at Yankees game

  26-07-2020 23:09
  
  In a tweet Sunday, Trump blamed the turn of events on his “strong focus” on the coronavirus, vaccines and the economy.Just three days ago, Trump revealed during a White House briefing that he'd throw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15.Trump made the announcement on Major League Baseball's opening day Thursday as former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera watched from the briefing room.
  
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• Rare Hawaiian hurricane, packing strong winds and rains, approaches islands

  26-07-2020 23:09
  
  Douglas was expected to make landfall or pass close to the main Hawaiian islands from Maui to Kauai later in the day or into the evening, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Sirens blared on Maui on Sunday morning as palm trees swayed in the wind and white-cap waves crashed against the island's shores, video aired on local television showed.
  
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• Hezbollah says all-out war with Israel unlikely in coming months

  26-07-2020 23:07
  
  The deputy leader of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iran-backed movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last week."The atmosphere does not indicate a war ... It's unlikely, the atmosphere of war in the next few months," Sheikh Naim Qassem said in an interview with pro-Damascus television station al Mayadeen.Tensions rose along Israel's frontier with Syria and Lebanon after Lebanon's Hezbollah militia s
  
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• Ruiz, Santander homer, Orioles hold off Red Sox 7-4

  26-07-2020 23:05
  
  Rio Ruiz and Anthony Santander hit two-run home runs to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Sunday.José Iglesias added four hits for the Orioles, who took the final two games of the season-opening series.Baltimore’s Wade LeBlanc (1-0) gave up two home runs but settled down over 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and four hits while striking out four.
  
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• Prince Harry was ‘Incandescent With Rage’ at the Racism Meghan Markle Faced

  26-07-2020 23:01
  
  Prince Harry was “incandescent with rage” when he realized the amount of racism leveled at Meghan Markle, and cut off friends who disparaged her. “Is this about race? Is it snobbery?” Harry would ask himself of those who questioned their relationship.The latest revelations from Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand’s Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, extracts of which have been running in the U.K. Times and Sunday Times, includ
  
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• Former Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri guides Juventus to ninth consecutive Serie A title

  26-07-2020 23:01
  
  Juventus have clinched the Serie A title for a ninth consecutive season after beating Sampdoria on Sunday night.The Bianconeri, managed by former Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri, continued their dominance of Italian football which has seen them win the domestic title every year since 2011 with a 2-0 win in Turin.
  
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• A Suitable Boy review – a very British, Indian period drama

  26-07-2020 23:00
  
  A Suitable Boy review – a very British, Indian period drama. It is beautiful, expensive and groundbreaking in its casting, yet Andrew Davies’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s tome still feels uncomfortable old-school
  
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• Morning mail: hospital staff infected, BLM ultimatum, second Thai Rock warning

  26-07-2020 22:58
  
  Morning mail: hospital staff infected, BLM ultimatum, second Thai Rock warningMonday: How Australia’s frontline healthcare workers are getting coronavirus. Plus, the former Manus detainee free today but ‘overwhelmed with guilt’
  
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• Chris Wallace says Biden campaign turned down request for interview

  26-07-2020 22:50
  
  ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace requested an interview with Joe Biden and the former vice president’s campaign team says ‘he was not available.’
  
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• Garrett Foster: Police investigate shooting at Austin Black Lives Matter protest

  26-07-2020 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Garrett Foster was pushing his fiancée's wheelchair when he was shot dead by someone in a car.
  
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• Cron homers in 9th as Tigers knock off Reds 3-2

  26-07-2020 22:49
  
  C.J. Cron hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers got to Cincinnati's bullpen for the second straight day in a 3-2 victory over the Reds on Sunday.Miguel Cabrera reached on a leadoff walk before Cron connected against Michael Lorenzen (0-1), sending an opposite-field drive deep to right.The Reds got one back when Freddy Galvis and Aristides Aquino opened the bottom half with consecutive doubles.
  
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• Cousin of John Lewis reflects on his life, legacy

  26-07-2020 22:49
  
  Sisaundra Lewis, the cousin of the late Rep. John Lewis, joins 'America's News HQ' to reflect on the life and legacy of the civil rights icon.
  
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• Trump takes rain check on Yankees pitch blaming busy schedule

  26-07-2020 22:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has announced that he will not after all throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the New York Yankees next month, blaming his busy schedule – despite having just spent another weekend at one of his own golf courses.
  
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• John Bussey on violent protests in several US cities

  26-07-2020 22:47
  
  John Bussey, Wall Street Journal Editor, joins 'America's News HQ' to discuss violent protests occurring in several U.S. cities amid an election year.
  
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• Barcelona B miss out on promotion to Segunda after play-off defeat vs Sabadell

  26-07-2020 22:44
  
  Barcelona B missed out on a place in Spain's second tier after losing their promotion play-off against fellow Catalan side Sabadell on Sunday night.The club's youth team, who were without Riqui Puig and Ansu Fati after both had featured for the senior side in recent games, advanced to the final game after beating Badajoz on penalties on Thursday.
  
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• Driver shoots man dead during Texas protest, police say

  26-07-2020 22:43
  
  A man was killed after a driver opened fire into a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Austin, Texas, according to police reports.As a march processed through the street in the state's capital city on 25 July, a car turned right into the crowd as it accelerated through a red light at an intersection, video shows.
  
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• Starwatch: full moon joins Jupiter and Saturn in southern sky

  26-07-2020 22:40
  
  Starwatch: full moon joins Jupiter and Saturn in southern sky. At midnight on 2 August, people around globe will be able to see grouping high in the sky
  
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• Labour demands legislation to protect social media users against hate after Wiley's 'vile' anti-Semitic Twitter rant

  26-07-2020 22:38
  
  More legislation is needed to protect people online after social media giants' "failure" to tackle hate speech on their websites, says the Labour Party.Jo Stevens, shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, said the UK “desperately” needed legislation forcing platforms to act because “self-regulation isn’t working”.
  
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• France's Macron appoints new junior minister for European affairs

  26-07-2020 22:38
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron named Clément Beaune as his government's new junior minister for European affairs, replacing Amélie de Montchalin, the Elysée Palace said on Sunday.Beaune, 37, was among eleven junior ministers — six of them new entries — appointed by the president, who has now completed his reshuffled 42-member government, led by Prime Minister Jean Castex.As Macron's Europe advisor, Beaune has been an influential voice in sha
  
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• Labour urges government to usher in ‘desperately’ needed social media regulation

  26-07-2020 22:29
  
  Labour has attacked the government’s failure to introduce “desperately” needed legislation to force social media companies to keep people safe online and tackle accounts spreading abuse.It follows a series of posts from the social media accounts of grime star Wiley, who shared antisemitic views and conspiracy theories over the weekend – provoking widespread condemnation and calls for him to be suspended from the platform.
  
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• Yanks don't let Nats toot own horn, beat 2019 champions 3-2

  26-07-2020 22:28
  
  The Yankees did not let the Washington Nationals toot their own horn — the reigning World Series champs had an actual, honest-to-goodness trumpet in their dugout — because Gleyber Torres homered in the seventh inning and hit a go-ahead single in the eighth to rally New York to a 3-2 victory Sunday.On a sunny afternoon, with the temperature topping 90, the Yankees trailed 2-0 entering the seventh before the Nationals’ bullpen blew the lead.New York took two of three games in the
  
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• Indians' Carrasco wins first start since leukemia diagnosis

  26-07-2020 22:25
  
  Carlos Carrasco started again.More than a year since being stricken with leukemia, Carrasco struck out 10 in six-plus innings and José Ramírez homered twice as the Cleveland Indians clobbered the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Sunday to win two of three in the delayed season-opening series.Ramírez hit a three-run homer left-handed in the fourth and added a solo shot from the right side in the sixth for the Indians, who finally put some solid swings together against Kansas City's
  
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• Trump aims barb at Reagan Foundation in fundraising coin kerfuffle

  26-07-2020 22:18
  
  Trump aims barb at Reagan Foundation in fundraising coin kerfuffle* Campaign and Republican party told to stop selling ‘iconic’ coins* President ties predecessor to Washington Post, a familiar target
  
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• Dan Martin: music journalist of 'passionate enthusiasms' dies aged 41

  26-07-2020 22:15
  
  Dan Martin: music journalist of 'passionate enthusiasms' dies aged 41Former NME and Guardian journalist was known for championing underdogs
  
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• 'Runs are currency': Rory Burns insists pressure is always on as England opener

  26-07-2020 22:09
  
  'Runs are currency': Rory Burns insists pressure is always on as England opener* Burns and Dom Sibley deliver opening century partnership* Surrey captain scores personal best of 147 runs in third Test
  
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• John Lewis: US civil rights icon's body crosses Selma bridge a final time

  26-07-2020 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The late civil rights activist is taken over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.
  
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• Morocco shuts down major cities after spike in coronavirus cases

  26-07-2020 22:05
  
  Morocco will stop people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from midnight to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the interior and health Ministries said on Sunday.The cities to be locked down include the economic powerhouse of Casablanca as well as Tangier, Marrakech, Fez and Meknes.The country eased a nationwide lockdown a month ago, though international flights are still suspended except special flights by national airlines carrying Moroccans or foreign residents.
  
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• Twitter and Instagram must explain why rapper's "abhorrent" anti-Semitic posts were left up for so long, says Priti Patel

  26-07-2020 22:04
  
  Priti Patel has demanded that social media firms act quicker to remove “appalling hatred” from their sites amid widespread outrage over anti-Semitic posts by the grime artist Wiley. The Home Secretary has demanded a “full explanation” from Twitter and Instagram for allowing the posts to remain visible for more than 12 hours after they were published. Police are investigating a series of comments made by the musician on Friday that led to him being banned from both platfor
  
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• Former NAACP president on fight for racial equality today, compared to 1960s

  26-07-2020 22:03
  
  Ben Jealous, former NAACP president honors the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis on ‘America’s News HQ.’
  
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• Pedro Chelsea exit confirmed as team-mates 'serenade' forward in changing room send-off

  26-07-2020 22:00
  
  Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has paid tribute to winger Pedro Rodriguez after making his final league appearance for the club on Sunday.The 32-year-old penned a short-term extension to his contract to see out the season with the club but will join AS Roma on a free transfer upon the conclusion of the campaign.
  
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• Surrey chief executive Richard Gould warns over reduced crowd numbers

  26-07-2020 21:58
  
  Cricket fans were the first to experience live sport since lockdown began, in a two-day pilot event at The Oval in south London.
  Up to 1,000 supporters sat in alternate rows equipped with hand sanitiser stations to watch the Surrey v Middlesex friendly.
  Surrey chief executive Richard Gould said the first day was "a definite success" - but warned operating with reduced crowd numbers may not be viable in the long term.
  
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• Civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis crosses Selma bridge for last time in Alabama

  26-07-2020 21:58
  
  The late civil rights leader John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama for the list time on Sunday.The Georgia congressman was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  
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• Emotional Dean Smith says Aston Villa surviving Premier League 'feels better than promotion'

  26-07-2020 21:55
  
  Aston Villa boss Dean Smith declared staying up felt better than promotion last season after securing survival with a 1-1 draw at West Ham.Jack Grealish took centre stage as Villa, promoted via the play-offs during the last campaign, escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth.An emotional Smith, who lost his Villa-supporting father Ron to coronavirus during the enforced break, said his team's survival "feels better than getting promoted."
  
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• ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge's blockade

  26-07-2020 21:53
  
  Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records, a news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of officers.ProPublica posted the database Sunday, explaining in a note to readers that it isn't obligated to comply with Judge Katherine Polk Failla's temporary restraining order because it is not a party to a union lawsuit challenging the release of such records.Deputy Managing Editor Eric Umansky said ProPubli
  
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