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• Health officials seek to block Trump rally in Virginia

  24-09-2020 23:59
  
  A Virginia health official is warning of a “severe public health threat” if a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump goes forward Friday evening.Dr. Natasha Dwamena, a Department of Public Health district director, said in a letter Thursday that the 4,000 people expected to attend Trump's rally at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport would be breaking Gov. Ralph Northam's executive order generally banning gatherings of more than 250 people.
  
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• Giants tight end Evan Engram not living up to preseason hype

  24-09-2020 23:59
  
  This was supposed to be the season New York Giants tight end Evan Engram lived up to the hype.Engram made one big play after another in an NFL camp overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.Two games into the season, Engram is an enigma.
  
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• Chris Rock will host Saturday Night Live’s season premiere next week

  24-09-2020 23:57
  
  Comedian was a cast member on the hit sketch show in the Nineties
  
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• Tampa Bay momentum over Dallas into back-to-back Cup games

  24-09-2020 23:56
  
  The Dallas Stars have to fix some things in a hurry, or this Stanley Cup Final could be over quickly.After consecutive games with three-goal periods, Tampa Bay has all of the momentum and a 2-1 series lead.This most unusual Stanley Cup is now headed into the first back-to-back games in a final since 2009 and for only the second time since the mid-1950s.
  
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• Google could be latest tech company to permanently work from home

  24-09-2020 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  <p>The tech giant joins Facebook and Twitter in considering a long-term shift to WFH.</p>
  
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• Molotov Cocktail Thrown Toward Police During Protest in Portland

  24-09-2020 23:47
  
  At least two Molotov cocktails were thrown at police during a protest in Portland, Oregon, on September 23, following the grand jury decision on prosecutions in the police shooting of Louisville woman Breonna Taylor, police said.The Portland Police declared the protest a riot, citing broken windows, vandalism, and the Molotov cocktails. Thirteen people were arrested at the protest, officials said.Journalist Kerry Harwin recorded this footage and originally posted it to Twitter. He told Storyful
  
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• U.N. aviation agency ICAO advises Pakistan to suspend issuance of new pilot licenses

  24-09-2020 23:43
  
  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has advised Pakistan to undertake "immediate corrective actions" and suspend the issuance of any new pilot licenses in the wake of a scandal over falsified licenses, according to an official and a document seen by Reuters.The recommendations from ICAO, a specialized agency of the United Nations that works to ensure safety in international air transport, come days after Pakistan opened a criminal probe into 50 pilots and five civil aviation off
  
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• 'The Five' react to Trump blasting mail-in ballots

  24-09-2020 23:40
  
  The president rails against mail-in voting when asked about peaceful transfer of power
  
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• Three-year-old boy fatally shot in Florida drive-by attack

  24-09-2020 23:39
  
  Investigators believe shooting was act of gang retaliation.
  
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• Justice Dept. expected to file antitrust action vs. Google

  24-09-2020 23:39
  
  The Justice Department is expected to bring an antitrust action against Google in coming weeks, focusing on its dominance in online search and whether it was used to stifle competition and hurt consumers, a person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press.The department also is examining Google’s online advertising practices, said the person, who could not discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.Antitrust officials at the department briefed s
  
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• Still ticking: "Big Ben" to set franchise mark vs. Texans

  24-09-2020 23:38
  
  Randy Fichtner watched the big kid with the strong arm and the sense of invincibility that is the province of the very young and immediately grew worried.“And I’ll never forget, he looked at me and says, ‘Randy, then I wouldn’t be me,'" Fichtner, now Pittsburgh's offensive coordinator, said Thursday."And from that moment, I knew that there’s a reason why he’s been Big Ben.”
  
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• Herbert gets full week of practice as Chargers host Panthers

  24-09-2020 23:37
  
  Justin Herbert has had an entire week instead of just a couple minutes to prepare for his second NFL start.The Los Angeles Chargers rookie will be under center on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers after finding out less than an hour before kickoff that he was playing last week.Herbert got his first professional snaps when Tyrod Taylor couldn't play due to complications from an injection for a rib injury.
  
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• Dean Jones: Australia loses a sporting hero far too soon

  24-09-2020 23:35
  
  Dean Jones: Australia loses a sporting hero far too soonThe swashbuckling former player, who has died aged 59, batted like he had seen it all before and could not wait to do it all again
  
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• House backs bill to boost 'clean energy,' enhance efficiency

  24-09-2020 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House has approved a modest bill to promote “clean energy” and increase energy efficiency in schools, homes and other buildings
  
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• Syracuse hosts Georgia Tech; first game in renovated Dome

  24-09-2020 23:30
  
  Syracuse coach Dino Babers didn't see the big improvement he expected when his Orange dropped their second straight road game to start the season.Georgia Tech freshman RB Jahmyr Gibbs, who did not play in the season opener because of an injury, had a memorable college debut last week.
  
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• BMW fined $18 million for inflating monthly US sales figures

  24-09-2020 23:28
  
  BMW will pay an $18 million fine to settle allegations that it inflated its monthly U.S. sales numbers for five straight years.BMW disclosed the misleading information while raising about $18 billion in several corporate bond offerings, the agency said.The actions helped BMW maintain a leading retail sales position among other luxury automakers, the agency said.
  
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• Some Democrats threaten to pack Supreme Court if Trump nominee is confirmed

  24-09-2020 23:26
  
  Fox News' Mike Emanuel reports on the battle inside the Democratic Party.
  
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• US hits Iran court, judges with sanctions over wrestler

  24-09-2020 23:24
  
  The Trump administration on Thursday hit an Iranian revolutionary court and several judges with sanctions in part for their role in the conviction and execution of a young wrestler.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposed the sanctions on two judges with Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz as well as three prisons where he said human rights abuses were rampant.Pompeo said Judge Seyyed Mahmoud Sadati was being hit for his involvement in the case of 27-year-old wrestler Navid Afkari who wa
  
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• Jose Mourinho says goals were 'too small' ahead of Tottenham Europa League win against KF Shkendija

  24-09-2020 23:24
  
  Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has revealed that his side arrived at Thursday night’s Europa League qualifier against Macedonian side KF Shkendija to find that the goals were too small.Spurs survived a brief scare to run out 3-1 winners and move within one win of the competition’s group stage, thanks to goals from Erik Lamela, Heung-min Son and Harry Kane.
  
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• Trump claiming he’ll ‘get rid of ballots’ may have just lost him the Latin American votes he desperately needed

  24-09-2020 23:21
  
  Republican insiders say this could be fatally damaging to the President’s campaign
  
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• Big game: Chiefs and Mahomes vs Ravens and Jackson on MNF

  24-09-2020 23:18
  
  It's the defending Super Bowl champions against a team that's won 14 straight regular-season games.Or, maybe it's a preview of the AFC title game — a matchup many expected to see last January.Most of all, the intrigue surrounding Monday night's game between the Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) and Baltimore Ravens (2-0) is directed at the quarterbacks: 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes and 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson.
  
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• Breonna Taylor: Family lawyer slams 'devilish' grand jury outcome

  24-09-2020 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Protests have erupted since the decision, and two officers have been shot in the unrest.
  
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• Paloma Faith announces she is pregnant after six rounds of IVF: ‘It was a struggle to get here’

  24-09-2020 23:15
  
  Singer gave birth to her first child in December 2016
  
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• Coronavirus: Helsinki airport trials sniffer dogs as Covid-19 detectors

  24-09-2020 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A team of 15 specially trained sniffer dogs has started work at Finland's biggest airport.
  
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• Sanders issues stark warning on Trump and calls for election commission

  24-09-2020 23:10
  
  Sanders issues stark warning on Trump and calls for election commissionSenator accuses Trump and Republicans of ‘sowing the seeds of chaos’ by ‘casting doubt’ on election
  
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• Tottenham forced to move goalposts ahead of Shkendija victory

  24-09-2020 23:08
  
  Jose Mourinho revealed how Tottenham were forced to move the goalposts ahead of their Europa League qualifying win over Shkendija.Spurs needed goals from Son Heung-min and Harry Kane in the final 20 minutes to beat their North Macedonian hosts 3-1 and go through to next week’s play-off against Maccabi Haifa.
  
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• Raiders passing offense focuses on TE Darren Waller

  24-09-2020 23:06
  
  There was no hiding who Derek Carr’s favorite target has been so far this season.The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback has completed 18 passes to star tight end Darren Waller through two weeks, more than double the total of any other player on the team.Having that same kind of success might not be quite as easy this week against the New England Patriots, who are known for their ability under coach Bill Belichick to take away the No. 1 option of opposing teams.
  
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• UK plans 'Magnitsky'-style sanctions against officials in Belarus

  24-09-2020 23:04
  
  UK plans 'Magnitsky'-style sanctions against officials in Belarus. Dominic Rabb announces move against those responsible for rigged ballot and suppressing protests
  
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• IndyCar: Askew sidelined with concussion symptoms, Helio in

  24-09-2020 23:02
  
  IndyCar rookie Oliver Askew will not compete in next week's doubleheader at Indianapolis because of concussion-like symptoms that date to his crash in the Indianapolis 500 last month.Arrow McLaren SP will use Helio Castroneves in the No. 7 Chevrolet at Indianapolis.Askew told The Associated Press on Thursday he has been experiencing dizziness, sleeping difficulties, irritability, headaches and confusion since he crashed late in the Aug. 23 race.
  
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• Rep. Clyburn: President Trump cannot win fairly in November

  24-09-2020 23:01
  
  House Majority Whip James Clyburn discusses Trump's comments about peaceful transfer of power on 'Your World'
  
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• Jurgen Klopp hails Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota after Liverpool demolish Lincoln

  24-09-2020 23:01
  
  Jurgen Klopp paid tribute to Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota after both summer signings made their competitive Liverpool debuts in a thumping win over Lincoln City.Tsimikas, who arrived from Olympiacos in August, played 90 minutes at left-back as the Reds ran out 7-2 winners in the League Cup at Sincil Bank.
  
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• Who Invited the Far-Right Oath Keepers to Downtown Louisville?

  24-09-2020 23:00
  
  LOUISVILLE—On Wednesday night, at least 20 members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, were observed guarding storefronts in downtown Louisville amid sometimes violent unrest over the lack of charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor. The businesses included Bader’s Food Mart—which is also a Shell gas station—Stewart’s Pawn Shop, and Hampton Inn Downtown Louisville, all at or near the intersection of Jefferson and South 1st Street. All of the busin
  
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• Breonna Taylor protesters vandalize Louisville businesses

  24-09-2020 23:00
  
  Big Mike's Shaved Ice owner Mike Buchanan details damage on 'Your World'
  
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• 'I surprise myself': Sidestepping Cheslin Kolbe turns sights on Exeter

  24-09-2020 23:00
  
  'I surprise myself': Sidestepping Cheslin Kolbe turns sights on Exeter. The Toulouse wing is aiming for Champions Cup glory after honing his speed running from gang wars in South Africa
  
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• COVID-19 Sniffer Dogs Tested at Helsinki Airport

  24-09-2020 22:57
  
  Dogs trained in detecting COVID-19 were working on a trial program at Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to sniff out the illness in a matter of seconds based on sweat samples from passengers, according to a Finnish veterinary scientist.Video sent to Storyful on September 24 shows a dog being offered three samples, and using its paw to swat the positive test. In an email, veterinary professor Anna Hielm-Björkman told Storyful the video shows a mock positive.According to reports, intern
  
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• Bayern Munich edge past Sevilla with late Javi Martinez header securing Uefa Super Cup victory

  24-09-2020 22:57
  
  A header from substitute Javi Martinez in extra time saw Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2-1 to win the UEFA Super Cup in an entertaining encounter in Budapest on Thursday night.The European champions came out strongly in the opening minutes of the game, in which a limited number of fans were allowed back in the stands, but it was the Europa League winners who went ahead after David Alaba was adjudged to have fouled Ivan Rakitic in the area early on.
  
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• After the vote: A timeline of how a president takes power

  24-09-2020 22:57
  
  Election Day is typically the end of the contentious fight for the White House.With both Democrats and Republicans preparing for possible legal fights over the vote count, the post-election process for seating the winner is getting a closer look.The two-plus-months of often-ignored procedural steps are laid out by the U.S. Constitution and federal law and they're far more complicated than simply handing over the keys to the White House to the winner.
  
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• Hawley: Filling SCOTUS vacancy is 'about Republicans keeping their promise'

  24-09-2020 22:51
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee member lays out tentative schedule for confirmation hearing, final vote on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'
  
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• Eagles, Bengals each look to avoid 0-3 starts

  24-09-2020 22:51
  
  The Philadelphia Eagles are dealing with adversity far earlier than usual.The Cincinnati Bengals are right where they’ve been for a while.One of the teams should earn their first win Sunday — unless they tie — when the Bengals visit the Eagles.
  
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• US Health Department's Caputo has cancer, spokesperson says

  24-09-2020 22:50
  
  Michael Caputo, who is on a 60-day leave from his role as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after accusing government scientists of sedition, has metastatic cancer, a state lawmaker said Thursday.Doctors have diagnosed cancer in the head and neck, David DiPietro, a Republican state assemblyman in western New York who said he was acting as a spokesperson for Caputo, told reporters.The Buffalo News first reported the diagnosis.
  
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• New York City Is Going Back to Class—and Schools Are Already Shutting Down

  24-09-2020 22:47
  
  For several months last spring, New York City was the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic: Hospitals were overwhelmed by patients, a makeshift morgue was erected in Manhattan, and residents feared to leave the safety of their homes.But after a months-long lockdown, New York gained the upper hand on the virus, and since then, the city’s number of COVID-19 cases has remained low, even as other states continue to grapple with troubling outbreaks.As a result, America’s largest cit
  
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• Morning mail: cricket world mourns Dean Jones, bank loan rules shake-up, Trump booed

  24-09-2020 22:42
  
  Morning mail: cricket world mourns Dean Jones, bank loan rules shake-up, Trump booed. Friday: Australia’s brilliant batsman of the 1980s and 90s has died of a heart attack, aged 59. Plus: Daniel Andrews to face hotel quarantine inquiry
  
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• Trump cuts aid for pro-democracy groups in Belarus, Hong Kong and Iran

  24-09-2020 22:40
  
  Trump cuts aid for pro-democracy groups in Belarus, Hong Kong and Iran. Open Technology Fund, which helped activists evade state surveillance and sidestep web censorship, sees $20m grant pulled
  
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• France sees record in new coronavirus infections, with more than 16,000 cases in 24 hours

  24-09-2020 22:40
  
  France reported a new record for daily coronavirus infections on Thursday a day after the government announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants in major cities which have provoked an outcry from local politicians and business owners.Figures from Public Health France showed that 16,096 people had tested positive for Covid-19 over the last 24 hours, a record—even though experts advise that testing during the first coronavirus wave in March-April captured only a fraction of cases.The
  
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• Bank manager finds 9.07-carat diamond in Arkansas state park

  24-09-2020 22:38
  
  A bank manager discovered a 9.07-carat diamond at a state park in southwestern Arkansas after thinking the precious gem was a piece of glass.Kevin Kinard of Maumelle found the second-largest diamond in the 48-year history of Crater of Diamonds State Park on Labor Day, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.Kinard said he and his friends hauled sifting equipment to the state park in Murfreesboro.
  
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• ‘They cover my shrapnel wounds’: Veteran Senate candidate responds to critics using photo of her tattoos

  24-09-2020 22:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  "A pro-Cornyn Super PAC is using a photo of my tattoos to make me seem ‘radical.’ That's pretty funny to me,” Hegar tweeted on Thursday, referring to her opponent in the race, longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn. “You think I'm ashamed of them? They cover my shrapnel wounds from when my helicopter was shot down. They're a mark of my service to our country. I'm damn proud of them.”
  
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• New York will conduct extra review of any Trump-approved coronavirus vaccine, Cuomo says

  24-09-2020 22:35
  
  New York governor wants to ‘look at the camera and… say to New Yorkers that it’s safe to take’
  
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• Niners, Giants battling injury bug after just two games

  24-09-2020 22:33
  
  The San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants are battling the injury bug after just two games, as well some other scary issues.Wondering what might scare NFL players?For the Niners (1-1), it's just being back at MetLife Stadium on Sunday to face the winless Giants (0-2).
  
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• Hard times: Myanmar's biggest city endures new lockdown

  24-09-2020 22:32
  
  SHOTLISTYANGON, YANGON DIVISION, MYANMARSEPTEMBER 24, 2020SOURCE: AFPTV
  1. High angle shot buses on Yangon street2. Wide shot man walking on empty street 3. Mid shot people getting into bus
  4. SOUNDBITE 1 - Aung Phyo Zaw , Yangon resident(male, 39 years old, Burmese, 21 sec): "I’m getting more and more worried when I see the rising number of positive cases each day. It’s not the time to pray at the pagoda, we have to follow instructions and not go outside."5. Cutaway: High angle shot
  
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• Bills rejuvenated offense has Rams coach McVay's attention

  24-09-2020 22:32
  
  Sean McVay knows good offenses when he sees them.Quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills — a team previously known for having a defense-first reputation — have suddenly captured the Los Angeles Rams coach’s attention as the teams prepare to play at Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday.It’s early still, but the Bills (2-0) don’t resemble the once-plodding, inconsistent offensive team which ranked in the bottom half of the NFL in yards gained for all but two of the
  
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