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• Obama's DNC speech content was 'a letdown': Michael Goodwin

  20-08-2020 23:57
  
  New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin says he felt the content of President Obama's speech was, at times, unfair toward President Trump. Fox News contributor Ed Rollins agrees Obama is a great orator but that his speech didn't do enough to lift Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
  
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• Brazil coronavirus cases tops 3.5 million, fatalities exceed 112,000 - health ministry

  20-08-2020 23:56
  
  Brazil reported 45,323 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,204 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday.Brazil has now registered 3,501,975 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 112,304, according to ministry data.
  
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• Falcons' Neal, back from Achilles injury, feels 100 percent

  20-08-2020 23:52
  
  Falcons strong safety Keanu Neal knew he faced a tough task after tearing his Achilles in Week 3 last year.Neal had missed 15 games the season before with a torn knee ligament, so the heel injury meant he would face another long road back to the field.The most recent time Neal played a full season, in 2017, he made the Pro Bowl.
  
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• Carol Burnett seeks to be guardian of teen grandson

  20-08-2020 23:52
  
  Carol Burnett and is seeking to become the legal guardian of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse.The 87-year-old television comedy legend and her husband Brian Miller filed documents in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday to take custody of her 52-year-old daughter Erin Hamilton's son Dylan.“Due to addiction issues and other circumstances that my daughter, Erin, has been struggling with impacting her immediate family dynamic, my husband and I have petition
  
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• As Indianapolis 500 nears, sound of silence is deafening

  20-08-2020 23:51
  
  There is no sign of the familiar sweet smells of food staples like turkey legs and deep fried Oreos.The traditional signs welcoming race fans to town are missing, as are the lawn chairs along the berm of Crawfordsville Road in the shadow of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.The 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday, weather permitting.
  
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• Nielsen says 22.8 million watched convention's third night

  20-08-2020 23:50
  
  Television viewership Wednesday for the third night of the Democrats' virtual convention, which featured speeches by vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, rose to 22.8 million viewers.The Nielsen company said the Democrats reached 19.7 million for Monday's first night and 19.2 million for the second night.Four years ago, the third night of Hillary Clinton's nominating convention was seen by 24.4 million viewers.
  
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• Bob Brown launches legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania

  20-08-2020 23:47
  
  Bob Brown launches legal challenge to native forest logging in TasmaniaState-sanctioned felling is ‘based on a monumental lie’, former Greens leader says
  
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• RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne dies aged 34

  20-08-2020 23:41
  
  RuPaul paid tribute to DeVayne on social media.
  
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• Soccer Aid 2020: Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney to manage England in charity match

  20-08-2020 23:34
  
  Wayne Rooney will manage England at Soccer Aid for Unicef at Old Trafford this September.England's all-time top scorer will take to the Old Trafford dugout alongside Sam Allardyce, who has been named co-manager, while David Seaman has been appointed goalkeeping coach.
  
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• Xeris Pharmaceuticals Appoints John Shannon President and Chief Operating Officer

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Xeris Pharmaceuticals Appoints John Shannon President and Chief Operating Officer August 20, 2020 CHICAGO--(BUSINESSWIRE)--Aug. 20, 2020-- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: XERS), a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its novel formulation technology platforms to develop and commercialize ready-to-use (RTU) injectable and infusible drug formulations, today announced that its Board of Directors has promoted John P. Shannon to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, effec
  
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• Why are there still so few Black executives in America?

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Nike has been talking this talk for the past quarter century: Diversity, inclusion, equality. The company's ads, which famously encouraged America to "Just Do It," have celebrated disabled athletes, female participation in sports and Colin Kaepernick, the outcast NFL player...
  
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• Watch baby wolverines scamper as the species returns to Mount Rainier after 100 years

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Extremely rare wolverines have returned to Mount Rainier National Park for the first time in more than 100 years, park officials said. Scientists found the first reproductive female wolverine and ......
  
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• Utah Sets Pandemic Safeguards For People With Disabilities

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Utah became the fifth state...
  
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• US Would Retaliate If Bounties On Troops In Afghanistan Were True: Trump

  20-08-2020 23:33
  President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to retaliate if other countries were found to have offered bounties for attacks on US troops in Afghanistan, but he gave no indication whether his stance... ......
  
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• US, China Have Agreed To Hold Call On Trade In "Near Future": Official

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  Beijing and Washington will soon hold a call on trade, China's commerce ministry said Thursday, after reports that planned high-level talks on the "phase one" agreement between the two countries were... ......
  
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• Trial Set In Civil Suit Over 2017 Park Police Shooting

  20-08-2020 23:33
  A judge on Thursday set a November trial...
  
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• Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. Receives Nasdaq Notice Regarding Non-Compliance With Continued Listing Standards

  20-08-2020 23:33
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 20, 2020-- ......
  
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• Tech gains send indexes higher even most other stocks fall

  20-08-2020 23:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major indexes...
  
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• Students and staff who don't wear masks in Utah schools can be charged with a misdemeanor

  20-08-2020 23:33
  K-12 students and teachers in Utah now can be charged with a misdemeanor for not wearing a mask. Gov. Gary Herbert issued an order on July 17 requiring masks on school property and buses. While Utah does not have a statewide...
  
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• Sri Lanka to draft new Constitution

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Presidential powers set to be restored ......
  
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• SoCal Helicopter Pilot Killed Fighting Fires Near Fresno

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  A 52-year-old helicopter pilot from Southern California and former high school coach was killed Wednesday in a crash while fighting a wildfire near Fresno. Mike Fournier was piloting a Bell UH-1 helicopter, contracted to perform water drops over a brush fire in Central California, when the airship went down Wednesday morning in Coalinga, an hour from Fresno. The helicopter was about 11 miles south...
  
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• SAIC Wins $133 Million U.S. Navy Contract for Engineering and Integration Services to Ensure Mission Readiness

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Company will continue to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana with a range of mission support services RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- U.S. Navy awarded a $133 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) to continue providing mission engineering and integration services to the Maneuver, Engagement and Surveillance Systems Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Indiana. Under the contract, SAIC will deliver engineering, technic
  
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• Roundup: Italy's COVID-19 infections at highest level since May 16

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  ROME, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Italy finds itself at a crossroads in its fight against the global coronavirus outbreak, with some government officials questioning whether the country should walk back some of its efforts to reopen the country's beleaguered economy. On Thursday, the country reported 840 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That is the highest one-day infections since May 16, and it represents the 11th time in 14 days Italy registered more than 400 cases in a si
  
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• Report On 2018 Turnpike Fatality Urges New Focus On Tunnels

  20-08-2020 23:33
  The National Transportation Safety...
  
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• Real estate agent fired after removing Black Lives Matter signs from Colorado yards

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  A Denver resident was walking his dog the morning of Aug. 1 when he noticed a woman taking down “Black Lives Matter” signs in the neighborhood where he lived, KMGH ......
  
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• Q&A: How COVID-19 changed your retirement savings strategies

  20-08-2020 23:33
  COVID-19 has had an affect on nearly all aspects of our lives, including our finances. Here, Mary Lucas, SVP, director of financial planning at UMB Bank, shares her answers to some of the most common questions she's been fielding retirement savings during the pandemic. We've seen that there's been a rush to cash - meaning people are moving their assets out of the stock market and into cash they can have on hand. How prevalent has this been, especially for those who are retired or approaching ret
  
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• Penske Automotive Group Announces Repayment of $300 Million Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 and Refinancing of $550 Million of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022

  20-08-2020 23:33
  BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Automotive Group, Inc., (NYSE: PAG) a diversified international transportation services company, today announced that the Company has repaid in full, at scheduled maturity, its $300 million Senior Subordinated Notes (the '2020 Notes') due August 15, 2020. The 2020 Notes were repaid using availability under the Company's U.S. revolving credit facility, leaving the Company with over $800 million in available liquidity under its revolvin
  
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• NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to coronavirus concerns

  20-08-2020 23:33
  ALBANY, NY (AP) — New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of an outbreak — like coronavirus — under a new state law signed Thursday. New Yorkers can now vote by absentee in any......
  
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• Netflix is 'deeply sorry' for 'inappropriate artwork' used for film about kids' dance group

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Netflix is apologizing for "inappropriate" artwork used for an upcoming film about a young aspiring dancer. "Cuties," originally titled "Mignonnes," is a French-language film centered on 11-year-old Amy who becomes a member of a dance group dubbed the "Cuties." It's slated to stream on Netflix Sept. 9. Artwork shared by writer Claire Heuchan and others on Twitter showed the film's cast – all children – in midriff-baring...
  
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• Lyft and Uber granted emergency stay, won't shut down California service

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft were granted an emergency stay, nullifying their vows to shut down in California tonight. An appeals court allowed ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors in California while an appeal works its way through the court. Lyft had said it would shut down due to a recent ruling requiring companies to classify "gig" workers as full time employees. "This is not something we wanted to do, as we know millions of
  
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• Learn About the SeedTree Program in Rural Nepal

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Posted August 20, 2020 On Tuesday, September 1, at 6:00 pm, the Camden Public Library will host Dr. Brian Roth and Carol Kamala Kinsey for an online presentation about their experiences in Nepal with an organization called SeedTree. The program will be held on the Zoom platform. Email [email protected] to...
  
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• Kentucky: Elderly Whites Protest For Slain Black Woman

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Unable to march in the...
  
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• Joe Biden Is "Your Worst Nightmare," Says Donald Trump

  20-08-2020 23:33
  US President Donald Trump told voters just outside his opponent Joe Biden's Pennsylvania birthplace that the Democrat has sold out American workers and would be a "nightmare" if he got into power. ......
  
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• 'Is this a coded cry for help?': Pompeo ripped for using Lisa Simpson GIF to ...

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outraged both fans of "The Simpsons" and Democratic supporters after he used a GIF of a crying Lisa Simpson to mock House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Democratic National Convention speech on Wednesday.It was the second time Pompeo had used the same GIF from the animated series to taunt Pelosi. The first occasion was after Pelosi dramatically ripped up her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address...
  
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• Iran Warns Against US Push For Sanctions "Snapback" In UN Letter: Report

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  The United States has no right to trigger the reimposition of all UN sanctions on Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister said in a letter to the United Nations, calling on members of its Security Council... ......
  
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• International Space Station crew searching for source of cabin air leak

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Crew members on the International Space Station are searching for the source of an air leak in a cabin. The International Space Station seen...
  
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• How many Trump advisers have been criminally charged? Manafort, Stone and Steve Bannon makes 7

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, seven former advisers who served at the White House or...
  
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• Harris' multicultural story resonates with me, nomination gives Asian American women voice

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Wednesday night's historic nomination of Sen. Kamala Harris for vice president is cause for celebration for women, especially women of color. She is building on the achievements of other women and people of color in American politics. Women have always faced barriers to elected office, and Harris’ background as an Asian American and Black woman, born to immigrants from India and Jamaica, makes her journey even more inspirational. Her story of being raised in a multicultural household reson
  
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• George Floyd Mural In Minneapolis Defaced With Black Paint

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  Someone has defaced a giant mural of George Floyd at the Minneapolis intersection where he died in May....
  
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• Fox Sports pulls Thom Brennaman from this season's NFL broadcasts after 'abhorrent' slur

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Fox Sports' NFL broadcasts this season will not include Thom Brennaman as one of the play-by-play announcers. The network made the announcement Thursday, less than 24 hours after Brennaman used a homophobic slur on a live microphone during a telecast of a Cincinnati Reds baseball game. The Reds suspended Brennaman indefinitely from their TV broadcasts, and Fox's...
  
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• Five Notre Dame football players test positive for COVID-19; practice halted for second consecutive day

  20-08-2020 23:33
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame football’s self-imposed hiatus from practice stretched to two days on Thursday after its cumulative numbers from two rounds of COVID-19 testing this week rolled in. The entire 116-man roster (including walk-ons) was tested both Monday and Wednesday. The cumulative result from those 232 tests was five positives. All...
  
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• Empty mailboxes, missed rent: US Postal Service's struggles have real-world impacts

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Empty mailboxes, uncounted ballots, late medication, missed rent payments – those are among the real-world impacts of the struggles of the U.S. Postal Service. Many of those issues, documented this summer across the USA TODAY Network, predate the feverish debate about whether mail is delayed by the Postal Service's efforts to cut overtime, remove mail processing equipment and even move blue collection boxes. Top Democrats allege the Trump administration is kneecapping the Postal Service to
  
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• Dover Announces Acquisition of Solaris Laser S.A.

  20-08-2020 23:33
  Expands Laser Technology Offerings of Marking and Coding Solutions Business DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., August 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Dover (NYSE: DOV) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Solaris Laser S.A. ('Solaris'), which is now part of the Markem-Imaje business unit, a trusted global manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions within Dover's Imaging & Identification segment. Based in Europe, Solaris supplies advanced fiber, ultraviolet and CO2 laser
  
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• Coronavirus Lockdowns Used To Justify Shutting Down Bank Branches And Removing ATMs

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  Banking officials are saying...
  
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• Concern grows as Mexico president talks of investigation

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s insistence on a public airing of a rapidly widening corruption scandal could complicate the investigation and open the case to criticism that it’s more about political payback than justice. Since the former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company was extradited from Spain last month, the president has been saying he wants the public to see the details of the alleged corruption that has now impl
  
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• California fires turn deadly as evacuees worry about their homes, Covid-19, and excessive heat

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  California's lightning-sparked infernos are torching wide swaths of the state, killing a utility worker, demolishing homes and forcing people to evacuate in the sweltering heat during a pandemic. Besides having the most Covid-19 cases nationwide, California's crises this week include dozens of major wildfires and surprise power outages as residents endure a blistering heat wave. "Not only are we dealing with Covid, but with also the heat and now the fires," evacuee Cheryl Jarvis said Thursday. T
  
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• California firefighters `taxed to the limit' seeking help

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state's firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. ......
  
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• California firefighters `taxed to the limit’ as wildfires continue to grow in number, size

  20-08-2020 23:33
  
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. The fires have destroyed 175 structures, including homes, and are threatening 50,000 more, said Daniel Berlant, an assistant deputy director with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injur
  
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• Baxter to Present at the Morgan Stanley Virtual 18th Annual Global Healthcare Conference

  20-08-2020 23:33
  DEERFIELD, Ill. - August 20, 2020 Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a leading global medical products company, will present at the virtual Morgan Stanley 18th Annual Global Healthcare Conference via webcast on Wednesday,...
  
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• Barnes & Noble Education Announces Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Webcast

  20-08-2020 23:33
  BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED)today announced the Company expects to report fiscal 2021 first quarter earnings results on Thursday, September 3, 2020 before the market opens. The Company will host an investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 3, 2020 to review the...
  
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