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• When will COVID-19 vaccines be generally available in the U.S.?

  17-09-2020 23:58
  
  Trump has said one could initially be available by the Nov. 3 election, while the CDC director said vaccines were likely to reach the general public around mid-2021, an assessment more in line withmost experts.There are currently no COVID-19 vaccines approved by U.S. regulators, although a handful are in late-stage trials to prove they are safe and effective.HOW LONG BEFORE VACCINE PRODUCTION IS FULLY RAMPED UP?
  
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• Jets' Darnold working to put dismal season debut behind him

  17-09-2020 23:56
  
  It was an ugly opening game for the New York Jets quarterback, and a performance that was alarmingly unexpected.“For me, it’s little things,” Darnold said.The thing is, the Jets need their quarterback to not only correct those things but not make those same mistakes.
  
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• New Jersey's millionaire tax hike doesn't help exodus from state: Zuma global president

  17-09-2020 23:54
  
  Zuma Global President Heather Zumarraga weighs in on the repercussions of New Jersey Gov. Murphy's new millionaire tax.
  
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• Parents sent child to school knowing he had coronavirus

  17-09-2020 23:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>‘I knew that we were going to end up having some cases, but I didn’t expect they would be on the first day,’ says principal Bill Runey</p>
  
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• Firefighters Protect Angelus Oaks as El Dorado Fire Remains at 18,500 Acres

  17-09-2020 23:52
  
  The El Dorado Fire remained at 18,500 acres and 63 percent containment on September 17, as officials reported the fire was slowly backing down at low intensity into a retardant line along Highway 38 near Angelus Oaks.This video was posted to Twitter by firefighter Daniel Magallanes, who took part in the efforts to contain the fire. He told Storyful he captured this on Highway 38 outside Angelus Oaks at 3 am on Thursday.The El Dorado Fire was caused by a gender reveal gone awry on September 5, of
  
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• Cheer star Jerry Harris charged with producing child sex images

  17-09-2020 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors say Jerry Harris enticed an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos.
  
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• Seven footprints may be the earliest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula

  17-09-2020 23:46
  
  Seven footprints may be the earliest evidence of humans on the Arabian PeninsulaExperts say discovery of 120,000 year old prints could shed new light on spread of Homo sapiens out of Africa
  
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• Steelers try to move on from flap over justice advocacy

  17-09-2020 23:45
  
  The Pittsburgh Steelers thought they had a plan for how to properly and respectfully make a public statement regarding social justice during their season opener against the New York Giants.Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick said Thursday the decision to put the name of a Black teenager shot in the back and killed by a white East Pittsburgh police officer on the back of each player's helmet on Monday night was made by the front office and not the players.“We knew we were going to have somebody on th
  
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• Titans, Jaguars eager to seize opportunity at rare 2-0 start

  17-09-2020 23:43
  
  Starting 2-0 is an opportunity the Tennessee Titans simply haven't seized in a very long time.This franchise hasn't won its first two games since 2008, and that's also the most recent time it won the AFC South.The biggest lesson learned in the Titans' run to the AFC championship game was the importance of starting the postseason at home.
  
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• Raiders RB Josh Jacobs showing off receiving skills

  17-09-2020 23:39
  
  Josh Jacobs was handed an assignment after a stellar rookie season at running back for the Raiders.As well as Jacobs ran the ball last year, he wasn’t nearly as effective as a receiver and the Raiders hoped he could show significant improvement in year two.After one game this season, Jacobs is showing signs he heeded that advice.
  
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• Giuliani associates face new federal fraud charges

  17-09-2020 23:39
  
  Federal prosecutors brought new wire fraud charges Thursday against an associate of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani who was involved in attempts to get Ukrainian officials to investigate the son of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.Lev Parnas and his business partner, David Correia, were charged with defrauding investors in a business called Fraud Guarantee.A superseding indictment also charged them with additional campaign finance violations.
  
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• Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  President Donald Trump intensified efforts to appeal to his core base of white voters on Thursday by downplaying the historical legacy of slavery in the United States and blasting efforts to address systemic racism as divisive.The president’s comments marking the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution amounted to a defense of white culture and a denunciation of Democrats, the media and others who he accused of trying to indoctrinate school children and shame their parents&rsq
  
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• Sharon Stone says she and her family came close to evacuating their home amid California wildfires

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  Actor says she had to talk to her sons so they would prep for a potential evacuation
  
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• Florida Gov. DeSantis reflects on Hurricane Sally impact: We're 'relieved' to not have any fatalities

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the impact of Hurricane Sally, New Jersey's millionaires tax and the 2020 election.
  
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• FIFA backs countries over clubs for virus-delayed WCup games

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  The governing body of South American soccer said Thursday it got assurances from FIFA that European clubs will have to release all players for national team duty when the region's World Cup qualifying starts in October.The decision could cause unease at European clubs with prominent South American players.The region is still seeing high COVID-19 infection rates, and some European countries require people arriving from South America to go into quarantine.
  
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• Bears look to build on opener, Giants seek 1st win for Judge

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  The Chicago Bears came into the season determined to show they're more like the team that won the NFC North in 2018 than the one that missed the playoffs a year ago.The Bears aim to win back-to-back games to start a season for the first time in seven years and deny the Giants their first victory under new coach Joe Judge when New York visits Soldier Field on Sunday.Chicago rallied from 17 points down behind three fourth-quarter touchdown throws by Mitchell Trubisky and hung on for a 27-23 victor
  
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• With picnic baskets, Christian Siriano puts on backyard show

  17-09-2020 23:34
  
  Christian Siriano, who turned his atelier into a mask-making machine, took to his Connecticut backyard Thursday for a cozy fashion show complete with picnic baskets for his small in-person crowd, masks on the faces of his models and a dip in his pool for pregnant muse Coco Rocha.“We just needed an escape,” he told The Associated Press after his cheery parade of ball gowns, prints that included panels from comic books and looks emblazoned in black and white with a simple message: &ldq
  
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• Kamala Harris accused of trespassing on fire-ravaged California property for photo-op by family

  17-09-2020 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Residents not yet allowed to return to survey damaged homes</p>
  
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• My penpal is a murderer serving her time in prison. This is what she taught me

  17-09-2020 23:28
  
  I was assigned a middle-aged, female inmate in a high-security prison located in the south. All I knew about her was her name and her crime
  
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• Ex-Pence adviser says Trump bungled virus; she's for Biden

  17-09-2020 23:21
  
  A former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who also served on the White House coronavirus task force says President Donald Trump once suggested that COVID-19 might be a good thing because it would stop him from having to shake hands with “disgusting people."Olivia Troye is the latest former member of the Trump administration to speak out against him and urge voters to deny him a second term.
  
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• Talk radio criticism won't motivate Barkley against Bears

  17-09-2020 23:20
  
  New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is getting something new in his game — criticism.Barkley has been under fire this week after gaining 6 yards on 15 carries in a season-opening 26-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.The yardage total was the second worst of his brief NFL career, and one of the worst in the past 20 years when a back had 15 carries.
  
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• Anti-Mask Demonstrator Ejected From Disney World While Misquoting 'A Bug's Life'

  17-09-2020 23:17
  
  A man who said he was trying to “challenge” a mask ordinance was escorted from Disney’s Hollywood Studios near Orlando, Florida, on September 15, and was filmed incorrectly quoting Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life” as it happened.The man, Roy Fields, is a Christian musician and conspiracy theorist who went viral only six days prior after posting a video on Facebook in which he claimed that folding a $20 bill revealed an image of the attack on the World Trade Center
  
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• The future of Big Ten football season

  17-09-2020 23:14
  
  FOX college football analyst Urban Meyer weighs in on ‘Fox & Friends.’
  
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• American Murder: Netflix releases trailer for documentary about 2018 Chris Watts murders

  17-09-2020 23:14
  
  Watts was sentenced to life in prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to killing his pregnant wife and their two children
  
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• FBI chief warns of Russian efforts to denigrate Joe Biden and undermine confidence in elections with 'steady drumbeat of misinformation'

  17-09-2020 23:12
  
  'I think that would be a perception, not a reality. I think Americans can and should have confidence in our election system'
  
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• Taylor takes hand off as Colts, Vikings try to bounce back

  17-09-2020 23:11
  
  The Indianapolis Colts drafted Jonathan Taylor to complement their ground game.On Sunday, the Colts are giving a 21-year-old rookie his chance to play a familiar part: workhorse back.“Jonathan, I think has been in this mindset of he’s been a star and a starter all his life," coach Frank Reich said.
  
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• Barcelona vs Elche friendly: TV channel, live stream, team news, prediction, start time - preseason preview

  17-09-2020 23:11
  
  Barcelona will take on Elche in their traditional curtain raiser in the Joan Gamper Trophy on Saturday.The Catalan giants have picked up pre-season wins against Gimnastic and Girona ahead of the new LaLiga campaign, which begins against Villarreal on Sunday September 27.
  
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• Two-time champ Wright hopeful Nova gets full Big East slate

  17-09-2020 23:10
  
  Jay Wright at last has some answers on when Villanova will start its season and try for its third national championship since 2016.The Division I Council voted Wednesday to start the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving.Wright said his Thursday was full of telconferences and talks with the Big East on how to firm up the schedule.
  
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• Phoenix courthouse shooting suspect agrees to remain jailed

  17-09-2020 23:06
  
  A man accused of opening fire earlier this week on a security officer outside the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix has agreed to remain jailed on assault and weapons charges.James Lee Carr, who made his first court appearance Thursday since his arrest, didn’t seek to be released from jail, though he still has the option of doing so later in the case.Attorney Dan Cooper, who represents Carr, told Magistrate Judge Thomas Ferraro that his client is having serious problems with hallucina
  
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• More than half of coronavirus patients have ongoing fatigue, study shows

  17-09-2020 23:05
  
  More than half of patients who get coronavirus suffer persistent fatigue, regardless of the seriousness of their infection, a study has suggested.Researchers found that even 10 weeks after recovering from Covid-19, people reported ongoing tiredness and exhaustion.
  
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• Mayor of Detroit Oregon vows to come back from devastation: ‘We’re 95 percent destroyed but we be must rebuild’

  17-09-2020 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>'Just one or two buildings are still standing - everything else was flattened</p>
  
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• Homelessness crisis looming unless evictions ban extended further, Labour warns

  17-09-2020 23:03
  
  The UK risks spiralling into a homelessness crisis this winter unless a ban on evictions in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak is extended, Labour has warned.The party’s shadow housing secretary Thangam Debbonaire said the Government needed to do more to help renters and called for protection measures to be extended.
  
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• Michal Kwiatkowski wins Tour de France stage 18 to bring relief for Ineos

  17-09-2020 23:02
  
  Michal Kwiatkowski wins Tour de France stage 18 to bring relief for Ineos
  
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• Christian Siriano Held a Fashion Show at Home. It Ended in the Pool.

  17-09-2020 23:02
  
  New York Fashion Week ended Wednesday. But not for Christian Siriano. Or maybe he just decided to have a Fashion Day all to himself in his idyllic backyard in Westport, Connecticut. Siriano was one of a few designers this year who did not show their wares via video, but in person—with all pandemic prohibitions and guidelines in place.It looked beautiful: Siriano has a sleek, modern glamorous house (he only moved in in January), woodland and trees all around. Fashion editors sat socially di
  
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• Federal judge issues temporary block on new service changes to USPS

  17-09-2020 23:00
  
  A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against nationwide operational changes at the US Postal Service that have been said to slow down mail delivery ahead of the November election.Stanley Bastion, chief judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, ruled in favour of 14 Democratic state attorneys general that sued the USPS claiming postmaster general Louis DeJoy broke the law implementing changes to mail delivery across the country.
  
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• Brexit meeting with Michael Gove fell 'far short' of expectations, hauliers say

  17-09-2020 22:58
  
  The haulage sector has accused Michael Gove of holding a "washout" meeting on Brexit preparedness.The Road Haulage Association (RHA) said its meeting on Thursday with the Cabinet Office minister, who is in charge of preparations for the UK exiting the transition period with the European Union without a trade deal, fell "far short of our expectations".
  
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• Lawyers: Trump son won't testify in NY probe before election

  17-09-2020 22:56
  
  President Donald Trump’s son Eric is willing to comply with a subpoena to testify in a New York investigation into the family’s business practice, but only after the Nov. 3 election, the Trumps’ lawyers said in a court filing Thursday.The lawyers argued Eric Trump’s “extreme travel schedule” related to his father’s reelection campaign prevented him from testifying sooner in state Attorney General Letitia James’ civil probe.James went to court last
  
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• European Commission president ‘convinced’ trade deal can be secured despite Brexit bill row

  17-09-2020 22:55
  
  The European Commission chief has said she is "convinced" a trade deal remains possible with the UK but called Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit Bill an "unpleasant surprise".Ursula von der Leyen said Downing Street's attempts to override the Brexit treaty with the UK Internal Market Bill had "distracted very strongly" from the two sides being able to secure a deal before the approaching deadline on December 31.
  
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• Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide with Europe on edge

  17-09-2020 22:54
  
  Coronavirus infections topped 30 million around the globe on Thursday as the World Health Organization warned of "alarming rates of transmission" across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods.
  
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• Parents sent kid to school knowing he had coronavirus

  17-09-2020 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>‘I knew that we were going to end up having some cases, but I didn’t expect they would be on the first day,’ says principal Bill Runey</p>
  
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• Canada Tesla driver charged over 'napping while speeding'

  17-09-2020 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian police said both front seats were fully reclined as the car drove at 150km/h.
  
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• She-Hulk: Tatiana Maslany reportedly cast as lead in forthcoming Disney+ series

  17-09-2020 22:49
  
  ‘Orphan Black’ star will be playing the role of Bruce Banner’s cousin, Jennifer Walters
  
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• Morning Mail: Trump accused, Warragamba failures, Hanson takes stadium credit

  17-09-2020 22:49
  
  Morning Mail: Trump accused, Warragamba failures, Hanson takes stadium creditFriday: US president faces new allegation of sexual assault as FBI warns of election interference. Plus: flight cap fight looms at Australia’s national cabinet
  
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• A little more relaxation brings a little more action for Rory McIlroy at US Open

  17-09-2020 22:49
  
  Two days after stressing the need for a fast start, Rory McIlroy got just what he wanted in the first round of the 120th US Open at a relatively benign Winged Foot.
  
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• Weekly coronavirus cases in Europe eclipsing rates at March peak, says WHO

  17-09-2020 22:48
  
  The spread of coronavirus has returned to "alarming rates of transmission" in Europe this month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.Dr Hans Kluge, the European director of WHO, said 300,000 new infections were reported last week and more than half of the countries reported a rise of more than 10 per cent in cases over the last two weeks.
  
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• Schools that do not teach about LGBT+ relationships could fail Ofsted inspections

  17-09-2020 22:47
  
  Schools that do not teach pupils about LGBT+ relationships next year could fail their Ofsted inspections, the watchdog has said. From next summer, secondary schools in which children do not learn about same-sex, transgender and bisexual couples are likely to have their leadership judged as "requires improvement" by inspectors. Meanwhile, primary schools in which children are not taught about LGBT+ relationships, and where the headteacher has failed to consult parents over the decision, will be b
  
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• ‘Cuties’, the French indie movie dragged into US election fray

  17-09-2020 22:44
  
  An award-winning film about a girl of Senegalese heritage growing up in a Paris suburb has become a target of vocal conservatives and Republican politicians who seized on a misleading Netflix poster to accuse it of sexualising pre-teen girls — which is precisely what the movie denounces.The backlash against ‘Mignonnes’, or ‘Cuties’, started before it had even been released because of a Netflix poster that went viral for its provocative depiction of the film&rsq
  
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• Chelsea starlet Conor Gallagher signs new contract before joining West Brom on loan

  17-09-2020 22:43
  
  Chelsea starlet Conor Gallagher has signed a new long-term contract with the club after agreeing to join West Brom on loan.The England Under-21 international will link up with Slaven Bilic's side for the 2020/21 season after finalising terms on a temporary move.
  
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• American woman could face up to 10 years in prison after allegedly spreading coronavirus during German bar crawl

  17-09-2020 22:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Hundreds of people have been tested and 59 people tested positive for the novel virus&nbsp;</p>
  
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• Rookie cop who killed sleeping woman while aiming for dog faces trial

  17-09-2020 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Officer now faces up to two years in jail if convicted</p>
  
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