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• Many Americans still looking for financial help because they've lost their job

  10-09-2020 23:58
  
  884,000 Americans filed for new unemployment benefits last week.
  
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• Kushner Thought Trump Wasn’t Campaigning Enough During COVID Crisis: Book

  10-09-2020 23:58
  
  As the White House increasingly shifted to re-election mode in the early months of 2019, Jared Kushner told his father-in-law one of the key promises of his 2016 campaign had to be fulfilled to make his 2020 reelection chances “super-strong.” “Number one, build the wall and get the immigration numbers down. That’s a promise that’s not being kept,” Kushner said to the president, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, noting it was “the sig
  
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• Hamstrung by Covid-19, PSG loses its Ligue 1 kickoff to Lens

  10-09-2020 23:58
  
  Paris Saint-Germain kicked off their season in the worst possible fashion on Thursday as their virus-depleted team fell to a 1-0 defeat at newly-promoted Lens.PSG came into their first match of the new domestic season with seven of their star players missing after testing positive for coronavirus, including Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.They started the match with their third-choice goalkeeper Marcin Bulka and it was the 20-year-old who handed Lens the win with an awful blunder 11 minutes after the b
  
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• Michael Holding condemns England and Australia for not taking a knee

  10-09-2020 23:53
  
  Michael Holding condemns England and Australia for not taking a knee* Gesture dropped for forthcoming one-day international series* Holding says excuses from teams are ‘lame’ and ‘flimsy’
  
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• Steelers' Banner grateful, eager after winning starting job

  10-09-2020 23:52
  
  Zach Banner looks back at the early stages of his NFL career and doesn't like what he sees: an overweight, poorly disciplined kid letting the opportunity of a lifetime slip through his fingers.A fourth-round pick by Indianapolis in 2017, Banner was cut by the Colts at the end of training camp.“Look how big I looked,” Banner said.
  
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• South Australia ordered to apologise to family of Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by 14 guards

  10-09-2020 23:49
  
  South Australia ordered to apologise to family of Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by 14 guards. State ombudsman finds ‘serious shortcomings’ in Department for Corrective Services’ conduct after death of Wayne Fella Morrison
  
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• Division rivals Ravens, Browns confront 'unknowns' in opener

  10-09-2020 23:49
  
  The Baltimore Ravens are poised to follow a bizarre training camp with a season opener shrouded in mystery.“A lot of unknowns," Ravens coach John Harbaugh acknowledged.About the only thing for sure is that Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the multi-faceted reigning NFL MVP, will be the focal point of an offense that last year set a league record with 3,296 yards rushing.
  
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• Amazon: Brazilian official killed by arrow near indigenous tribe

  10-09-2020 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rieli Franciscato, who worked to protect tribes, was hit in the chest near an indigenous site in Brazil.
  
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• Judges: Trump can't exclude people from district drawings

  10-09-2020 23:48
  
  A panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from the process of redrawing congressional districts.The federal judges in New York, in granting an injunction, said the presidential order issued in late July was unlawful and the harm it would cause would last a decade.The judges prohibited Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the U.S. Census Bureau, from excluding people in the countr
  
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• President Trump fights back against media firestorm over Bob Woodward book

  10-09-2020 23:44
  
  Trump spars with media over comments about downplaying COVID; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• South Dakota governor says study blaming motorbike rally for 260,000 coronavirus infections ‘completely false’

  10-09-2020 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>State has reportedly seen 126 per cent increase in cases over last two weeks</p>
  
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• Jussie Smollett maintains innocence in rare new interview

  10-09-2020 23:42
  
  Jussie Smollett, the former 'Empire' actor who was famously accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself, expressed his frustration at not being able to speak out in a rare new interview.
  
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• Afghan government to start peace talks with Taliban

  10-09-2020 23:41
  
  Afghan government to start peace talks with Taliban. Negotiations to end the long civil war were agreed as part of a withdrawal deal signed by the US
  
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• Sen. Tom Cotton on his inclusion in President Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees

  10-09-2020 23:40
  
  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joins Neil Cavuto on 'Your World.'
  
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• Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic

  10-09-2020 23:37
  
  Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced she would reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths that some experts worry could once again spike.“We cannot lower our guard,” said Gov. Wanda Vázquez.The island of 3.2 million people has reported more than 500 deaths, along with more than 17,000 confirmed cases and another 19,000 probable ones.
  
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• Puerto Rico reopening beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic

  10-09-2020 23:37
  
  Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced she would reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths that some experts worry could once again spike.“We cannot lower our guard,” said Gov. Wanda Vázquez.The island of 3.2 million people has reported more than 500 deaths, along with more than 17,000 confirmed cases and another 19,000 probable ones.
  
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• Joe Biden decries Trump’s 'almost criminal' Covid response

  10-09-2020 23:31
  
  Joe Biden decries Trump’s 'almost criminal' Covid response
  
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• Jones' Cowboys visit Kroenke's Rams to open SoFi Stadium

  10-09-2020 23:30
  
  Before Stan Kroenke became the driving force behind the NFL's return to Los Angeles, Jerry Jones had a leading role in the years of political maneuvering, hard work and massive construction that led to the inaugural game at SoFi Stadium.Kroenke and Jones are long-standing allies on a mission to return pro football to the nation's second-largest city, which also happens to be Jones' birthplace.
  
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• The Art of Selecting the Perfect Bourbon Barrel

  10-09-2020 23:24
  
  Since people first started making bourbon, arguably the easiest part of the whole production process has been selecting the type of barrel used for aging the whiskey. As decreed by the United States Congress in 1954, bourbon must be aged in a new, charred American oak container. Most distillers opt for the standard 53-gallon American white oak barrel, add their spirit to it and, after a few years, bottle the whiskey. However, as Jefferson’s Bourbon founder Trey Zoeller discovered
  
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• 'Justice' preview: President Trump on Joe Biden's debate performances

  10-09-2020 23:20
  
  Watch Judge Jeanine Pirro's exclusive interview with President Trump on 'Justice with Judge Jeanine,' Saturday, September 12 at 9 p.m. ET
  
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• Kamala Harris says President Trump is not concerned about the health and safety of the American people

  10-09-2020 23:19
  
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris makes remarks at Florida Memorial University in Miami, Florida.
  
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• 'Justice' preview: President Trump on threats of Election Day violence

  10-09-2020 23:19
  
  Watch Judge Jeanine Pirro's exclusive interview with President Trump on 'Justice with Judge Jeanine,' Saturday, September 12 at 9 p.m. ET
  
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• Wildfires kill eight and displace thousands in Oregon, California and Washington

  10-09-2020 23:13
  
  Wildfires kill eight and displace thousands in Oregon, California and Washington* Oregon faces fire conditions unseen in decades* Governor Kate Brown warns of further hardship
  
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• Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms

  10-09-2020 23:13
  
  Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms
  
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• Airlines, unions running out of time to get more federal aid

  10-09-2020 23:11
  
  A couple hundred flight attendants and pilots rallied this week on Capitol Hill and tweeted at lawmakers, asking them for $25 billion in additional federal funds to prevent airline furloughs next month.More than half of Congress is on record as supporting the request by airlines and their unions, and President Donald Trump says he wants to help an industry that has been devastated by the pandemic.Any chance that Washington will give airlines more money soon hinges on Congress and the White House
  
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• Mediterranean leaders ready for EU sanctions on 'confrontational' Turkey

  10-09-2020 23:07
  
  Leaders of seven European countries on the Mediterranean said on Thursday they were ready to back EU sanctions against Turkey if Ankara shunned dialogue on escalating tensions in the sea.French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leaders of six other EU states, including Turkey's regional rival Greece, for a summit in Corsica in the hope of finding common ground ahead of the next EU summit this month.Showing again his anger against Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Macron said before
  
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• Kang beats desert heat and shares early lead in LPGA major

  10-09-2020 23:04
  
  Danielle Kang beat the desert heat Thursday morning with birdies on all the par 5s and a 5-iron that was inches away from an ace, giving her a 4-under 68 and a share of the early lead in the ANA Inspiration.Kang, who won two straight in Ohio when the LPGA Tour resumed after five months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is projected to take over at No. 1 in the world with a victory in the second major of the year.A late run of birdies gave Kang a tie for the lead with another former Women's PGA c
  
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• Ivanka Trump offers to take future coronavirus vaccine live on ‘The View’

  10-09-2020 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>‘I trust the FDA and so should all Americans,' says the first daughter in response to scepticism about rush a Covid-19 vaccine to market</p>
  
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• Suspended high school student arrested after showing up at school in protest of remote learning

  10-09-2020 22:57
  
  Maverick Stow, William Floyd High School senior, was suspended for violating school's hybrid learning plan then arrested for attending school while suspended; William Floyd Board of Education President Robert Vecchio responds.
  
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• Giants part ways again with third baseman Pablo Sandoval

  10-09-2020 22:57
  
  The San Francisco Giants released Pablo Sandoval on Thursday, parting ways for a second time with the former fan favorite and 2012 World Series MVP.Sandoval ends a second stint with the club after he rejoined the Giants following parts of three seasons away with the Boston Red Sox after winning a third World Series in five years with the Giants in 2014.The Giants posted a thank you to the Kung Fu Panda on their Twitter page.
  
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• Covid-19: Reports from around Europe as it faces the threat of a second wave

  10-09-2020 22:53
  
  Coronavirus cases continue to climb in France, with new confirmed infections rising Thursday to a new daily record of almost 10,000. But France isn't the only European country facing an uptick in cases. FRANCE 24 correspondents in Brussels, London, Berlin, Rome, Madrid and Lesbos report on the state of play across the Continent. In "eerily empty" Brussels, Dave Keating tells us about the rising number of cases in Belgium, a nexus for international travel in Europe and a count
  
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• Ready or not: Joe Burrow era begins vs Joey Bosa, Chargers

  10-09-2020 22:52
  
  On the other side of Ohio, Joe Burrow's parents are trying to arrange a way to watch their son's NFL debut amid the pandemic precautions.“They're trying to figure it out right now because when we're in Athens, we get the West Virginia news channel,” Burrow said midweek.Burrow will start against the Chargers on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium without even one snap in an NFL game.
  
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• Morning mail: NSW Coalition on brink, jobseeker cut fears, single-use plastics banned

  10-09-2020 22:52
  
  Morning mail: NSW Coalition on brink, jobseeker cut fears, single-use plastics bannedFriday: Gladys Berejiklian gives John Barilaro ultimatum after threat to move to crossbench. Plus, US wildfires kill at least seven people
  
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• Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak

  10-09-2020 22:42
  
  Federal regulators said Thursday they have cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at the company’s Sioux Falls plant, an early hot spot for virus infections that hobbled American meatpacking plants.The nature and timing of the violation wasn’t immediately clear from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but the announcement included the latest assessment of the virus’ impact in Sioux Falls.Four plant workers were ki
  
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• Park named after Gladstone could be given new title over slavery links

  10-09-2020 22:36
  
  The name of a park honouring former Prime Minister William Gladstone could be reviewed over slavery links and a new title chosen by schoolchildren, a Labour council has decided. Brent Council has signed off proposals inspired by Black Lives Matter to review place names in the north London borough. Early in his political career, four-time Libreral Prime Minister Williwam Gladstone lobbied for compensation for former slave owners, including his father, after the abolition of slavery. He later crit
  
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• Pollutionwatch: air pollution in China falling, study shows

  10-09-2020 22:30
  
  Pollutionwatch: air pollution in China falling, study shows. Annual deaths have dropped to 1990 levels after 2013 peak thanks to concerted action in key cities
  
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• Surge in options trading helps drive gains on Wall Street

  10-09-2020 22:21
  
  Stock options trading is up sharply this year, fueled by investor optimism for more gains on Wall Street.Through the first eight months of this year, options trading volume is up nearly 46% from a year ago, according to data from Options Clearing Corp., which tracks options activity across 16 exchanges.Zero-commission trading platforms like Robinhood and E-Trade have helped make the options market more accessible to investors, even those with little or no experience.
  
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• 49ers try to move past Super Bowl loss in opener vs. Cards

  10-09-2020 22:21
  
  The pain from a fourth-quarter Super Bowl collapse remains acute as the San Francisco 49ers are set to start their quest for a title once again.As much as the Niners may want to avenge that loss in their first game in more than seventh months, they know they first must endure the long process of the regular season starting with the opener at home Sunday against Arizona.“We can’t necessarily get ahead, because as soon as you start getting ahead, that’s when you lose focus and lo
  
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• Woodward book: Trump denies lying about risks of coronavirus

  10-09-2020 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Trump defends his remarks to journalist Bob Woodward as "good and proper".
  
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• Exclusive: Microsoft believes Russian hackers 'Fancy Bear' targeted Biden campaign firm - sources

  10-09-2020 22:16
  
  Microsoft identified a suspected hacking group that targeted a firm working with Democrat Joe Biden as the same Russian-backed unit blamed by the U.S. government for breaking into the campaign of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to two sources briefed on Microsoft's analysis.The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a campaign strategy and communications firm working with 2020 presidential election hopeful Biden and other prominent Democrat
  
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• Pompeo to attend start of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha

  10-09-2020 22:12
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday to travel to Doha to take part in the start of long-delayed intra-Afghan peace talks, President Donald Trump said."Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be departing this evening on a historic trip to Doha ... for the beginning of intra-Afghan peace negotiations," he said.
  
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• Meet Alexandra Richards, the DJ daughter of Rolling Stone Keith Richards who wants to save our oceans

  10-09-2020 22:12
  
  Meet Alexandra Richards, the DJ daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards who wants to save our oceans. The model gets candid about her unique upbringing and work with Project Zero, an organization that aims to protect our oceans and educate others on the climate crisis. Mick Jagger’s son Jimmy also serves on the Board of Directors.
  
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• Thousands face third night in the open after Greek migrant camp fire

  10-09-2020 22:11
  
  Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos faced a third night in the open after the country's largest camp burned down, as France, Germany and the Netherlands Thursday offered to take in hundreds of them, especially children.
  
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• Trump says U.S. to cut Iraq troops to about 2,000 in 'very short' time

  10-09-2020 22:10
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. troop numbers in Iraq would be down to about 2,000 in a very short period of time.At a White House news conference, Trump went further than a U.S. official speaking last month, who said the United States would go down to about 3,500 troops in Iraq in the next two to three months."Iraq will be down to about 2,000 soldiers in a very short period of time," Trump said.
  
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• Healthy Beckham, Landry hope for big 2nd season with Browns

  10-09-2020 22:02
  
  The NFL season that close friends and former LSU teammates Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. envisioned playing, the one where they shredded secondaries, dominated and qualified for the playoffs together, didn't materialize in 2019.Both Browns wide receivers played hurt, hampering their abilities to make game-altering plays or to produce many wins in Cleveland, where high expectations dissolved into another double-digit loss season and more tumult.“I definitely have been looking forward
  
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• Why black Americans are more likely to be vegan

  10-09-2020 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  African Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan than white Americans.
  
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• Brexit: EU ultimatum to UK over withdrawal deal changes

  10-09-2020 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drop plans to rewrite withdrawal agreement by end of month or risk scuppering trade deal, UK is told.
  
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• Trump says another country could join Israel-UAE accord

  10-09-2020 21:59
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible another country could soon join a diplomatic accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.Trump is to host a signing ceremony next Tuesday that will include delegations with Israel and the UAE.Israel and the UAE agreed last month to normalize relations in a deal that Trump helped orchestrate.
  
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• Black Democrat urges governor to drop Black court nominee

  10-09-2020 21:57
  
  A Black Democratic state lawmaker who is challenging the appointment of a Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court contended Thursday that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is engaging in “racial tokenism” by choosing someone the court itself has already ruled is not eligible for the position.State Rep. Geraldine Thompson said in an online news conference that DeSantis only chose Renatha Francis for the high court because she shares his conservative ideology, not because he is trying to a
  
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• Coronavirus: France sets daily record with almost 10,000 new cases

  10-09-2020 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This is the highest single-day count in the country since the start of the pandemic.
  
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