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• Trump Campaign Says It Has Filed Election Lawsuit In Georgia State Court

  04-12-2020 23:59 via article.wn.com
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• Puerto Rico seeks to arrest US tourist who refused face mask

  04-12-2020 23:59 via article.wn.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered the arrest of a tourist from the U.S. mainland who is accused of attacking a National Guard trooper at Puerto Rico's airport after refusing to wear a face mask as...
  
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• Judge Calls Trump Request In Wisconsin Lawsuit 'Bizarre'

  04-12-2020 23:59 via article.wn.com
  A judge hearing President Donald...
  
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• UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end

  04-12-2020 23:57 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must not trample the poor and marginalized “in the stampede for vaccines.” In an address to the U.N. General Assembly’s first high-level session on the pandemic, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned tha
  
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• Pentagon Installs 2 Trump Allies on Defense Advisory Board

  04-12-2020 23:56 via article.wn.com
  
  The Pentagon has appointed two close allies of President Donald Trump, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, to a defense advisory board, continuing a post-election purge in the final weeks of the administration. The acting secretary of defense, Christopher Miller, who was installed by Trump on Nov. 9 after he fired then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said in a written statement Friday that nine members of the Defense Business Board had...
  
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• In face of ‘grim’ jobs report, Biden backs more COVID-19 aid

  04-12-2020 23:55 via article.wn.com
  President-elect Joe Biden is predicting the...
  
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• Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

  04-12-2020 23:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON – With the viral pandemic...
  
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• Fugitive is killed, 2 US marshals shot in Bronx gunfight

  04-12-2020 23:55 via article.wn.com
  A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state...
  
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• Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia

  04-12-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink U.S. involvement in counterterrorism missions abroad. Without providing details, the Pentagon said in a short statement that “a majority" of U.S. troops and assets in Somalia will be withdrawn in early 2021. There are currently about 700 troops in that Horn of Africa nation, training and advising local forces i
  
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• The World Health Organization raises the alarm about “preparing for the next pandemic”

  04-12-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  
  The Director-General of the World Health Organization said,...
  
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• Niece says 'cruel and traitorous' Trump belongs in prison

  04-12-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump’s niece says her uncle is “criminal, cruel and traitorous” and belongs in prison after he leaves the White House. Mary Trump, a psychologist, author and outspoken critic of her estranged relative, rejects the notion that putting a former president on trial would deepen the nation’s political divisions. “It’s quite frankly insulting to be told time after time that the American people can handle it and that we just need to move on,”
  
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• US weapons exports rise 2.8% to $175 billion in fiscal 2020Sales of fighter jets and ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  
  Sales of US military equipment to foreign governments rose 2.8% to $175 billion in the latest fiscal year, officials said on Friday, with looser restrictions under President Donald Trump boosting purchases during his time in office. The US State Department disclosed military sales figures for the 2020 fiscal year, which ended on Sept. 30. Sales of U.S. military equipment in...
  
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• Points of Progress: Solar power use boosts teacher pay, and more

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
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• Pakistan claims it didn’t attempt to link Jadhav case with another Indian prisonerReacting to the ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan on Friday claimed that it did not make an attempt to link the Kulbhushan Jadhav case with that of another Indian prisoner. The remarks of the Foreign Office (FO) came a day after Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, at a media briefing in New Delhi, said that "Pakistan is trying to link the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav with another prisoner's case,” asserting that Pakistan has failed to respond on core issues pertaining to the case. After Pakistani media
  
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• Packers' versatile offensive line keeps overcoming injuries

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  The Green Bay Packers are shuffling their offensive line again this week due to injuries, with rookie guard Jon Runyan Jr. potentially making his first career...
  
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• Metallic monolith pops up outside Pittsburgh candy storeSince the monolith went up, the business has ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  Since mid-November, shining metal monoliths have suddenly appeared - and then vanished - in the strangest locations, from the Utah desert to a Romanian mountainside. Now one has popped up outside a Pittsburgh candy store. Capitalizing on the intrigue surrounding the other monoliths and hoping to provide a distraction...
  
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• Islamic State shadow follows families as Iraq closes campsWhen Iraqi forces captured Mosul in the ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  Tuqqa Abdullah and her Iraqi family have wandered from one displaced people's camp to the next in the past three years, buying time and hoping they will one day be able to go home. Just 14 when her father took the family to the then Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, she has inherited a legacy that might take generations to overcome. In the meantime, her options are running out. When Iraqi forces captured Mosul in the dying days of the three-year-old IS caliphate in 2017, Abdullah's father
  
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• Hate content: Facebook's Oversight Board takes up case from IndiaFacebook has already removed the particular ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  An independent board set up by Facebook to look into hate and other undesirable content on the platform has taken up a case from India wherein a user had called for violence against French President Emmanuel Macron over a cartoon of Prophet. In a statement on Thursday, the Oversight Board said it has selected an additional case for consideration, which had been referred by Facebook. Facebook has already removed the particular...
  
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• Barack and Michelle: Scenes from a marriage

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  He walks too slowly, a languorous Hawaiian ambler. She’s a get-to-the-point woman, in gait and gab. He’s a politician. She has no use for the type. He gets tangled up in fancy talk. She cuts through the fluff. He smoked. She loathes the smell of cigarettes. Can this marriage be saved? We know, of course, that it can. We now have more than 1,100 pages on the extraordinary lives of Michelle and Barack Obama, as told by themselves. The two books — her “Becoming,” publi
  
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• As pandemic rages, the faithful mourn, carry onEven as the dead are honoured, the celebration ...

  04-12-2020 23:52 via article.wn.com
  Relief may be on the way in the form of mass-produced vaccines, but Covid-19 continues to ravage communities around the world with the global death toll reaching some 1.5 million, leaving the living to mourn them and carry on. At a Spanish mortuary, three red roses and a wooden cross graced the plain coffin of a person killed by the coronavirus...
  
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• State health leaders urge extension of Alabama mask mandate

  04-12-2020 23:47 via article.wn.com
  Alabama Health Officer Dr....
  
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• Texas prep player faces assault charge, team out of playoffs

  04-12-2020 23:46 via article.wn.com
  EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A Texas high school football player who ran onto the field and blindsided a referee who had ejected him from a game was charged with assault Friday and his team has been taken out of the ......
  
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• U.S. House speaker expresses optimism over COVID-19 relief package

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday expressed optimism that Democratic and Republican lawmakers could reach an agreement on a new COVID-19 relief package before they leave Washington by the end of the year. "As you know, we are engaged in talks on the omnibus bill. When I spoke to...
  
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• U.S. Arkansas reports record high daily COVID-19 cases

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  HOUSTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The daily new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. state of Arkansas continued to rise on Friday, setting a new record of more than 2,800...
  
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• The Latest: Alabama health officials ask for mask extension

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama health officials have urged the state Friday to extend its statewide mask mandate, set to expire next week. ......
  
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• Roundup: "Keep soil alive" -- FAO calls for action to preserve soil biodiversity

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Soil biodiversity is under threat, and action is needed to preserve it, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu said Friday. "Soils are not only the foundation of our agri-food systems and the way that 95 percent of the food we eat is produced, but also their health and biodiversity are essential to our efforts to end hunger and achieve sustainable agri-food systems," said Qu. The FAO head spoke at an online cer
  
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• Mortuary transport worker took ring off dead woman and pawned it, California cops say

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  A mortuary transport employee stole a dead woman’s ring and pawned it, California officials said. A decedent transportation service employee stole the jewelry off the body of a woman who ......
  
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• Mariah Carey teams up with virtual brand to bring Christmas cookies to your door

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  
  Mariah Carey just launched a new, delivery-only cookie line — just in time for the holidays. The singer’s virtual brand of boxed treats, Mariah’s Cookies, went live Dec. 4, offering ......
  
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• Colorado student, scientist named Time's 'Kid of the Year'

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  
  LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) — A 15-year-old...
  
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• Alleged ‘drug kingpin’ eluded the law for decades, feds say. Then he needed a passport

  04-12-2020 23:44 via article.wn.com
  The alleged leader in a nationwide conspiracy to smuggle narcotics on a railroad line had eluded authorities for decades. Howard Farley, Jr. was considered to be the “drug kingpin” of ......
  
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• US imposes visa restrictions on more Chinese citizens

  04-12-2020 23:40 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday that it would deny visas to Chinese citizens linked to overseas influence operations involving violence and other means of intimidation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the restrictions would apply to Chinese Communist Party officials or anyone else taking part in such propaganda or influence campaigns affiliated with the United...
  
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• Newtown board blocks proposed gun-carrying restrictions

  04-12-2020 23:40 via article.wn.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The governing board in Newtown, Connecticut — where the country's deadliest grade school shooting took place — has blocked proposed bans on carrying firearms around town from further consideration. The decision came after the board heard from gun control activists who said they were intimidated at protests by armed Second Amendment supporters. The debate showed how the gun control discussion remains active in Newtown long after the 2012 Sandy Hook Element
  
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• Google AI researcher's exit sparks ethics, bias concerns

  04-12-2020 23:40 via article.wn.com
  Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology. But internally, Gebru, a leader in the field of AI ethics, was not shy about voicing doubts about those commitments — until she was pushed out of the company this week in a dispute over a research paper examining the societal dangers of an emerging branch of AI. Gebru announced on Twitter she was fired.
  
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• Scene from ‘Elf’ comes to life as Buddy meets dad in Boston

  04-12-2020 23:38 via article.wn.com
  Just like a real-life Hallmark movie, the story of Buddy the Elf meeting his biological father has come to life, just in time for the holidays. Doug Henning wore a ......
  
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• U.S. House votes to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, allowing states to make their ...

  04-12-2020 23:35 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws. Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the bill a hollow political gesture and mocked Democrats for bringing it up at a time when thousands of Americans are dying from the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisem
  
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• Ravens place QB Robert Griffin III on injured reserve

  04-12-2020 23:35 via article.wn.com
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Quarterback Robert Griffin III has been placed on injured reserve by the Baltimore Ravens, leaving Trace McSorley as the backup when Lamar Jackson comes off the reserve/COVID-19 list. Griffin started Wednesday against the...
  
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• Raiders will be without injured RB Josh Jacobs vs. Jets

  04-12-2020 23:35 via article.wn.com
  The Las Vegas Raiders will be without leading rusher Josh Jacobs and safety Johnathan Abram for this week’s game against the winless New York Jets. Coach Jon Gruden said Friday that the two won’t make the trip to New York because of Jacobs’ injured ankle and Abram’s injured knee. Gruden had hoped both would be able to play this week but it wasn’t possible and now he hopes the injuries don’t linger even longer. “I was optimistic they would both play in...
  
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• Piatek helps Hertha beat 10-man Union 3-1 in Berlin derby

  04-12-2020 23:35 via article.wn.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin substitute Krzysztof Piatek scored twice for a 3-1 win over 10-man Union Berlin in their Bundesliga derby on Friday. Robert Andrich was sent off for a dangerous challenge just three minutes after Taiwo Awoniyi gave them a 20th-minute lead. Hertha defender Peter Pekarik equalized on a rebound in the 51st an Piatek scored twice in three minutes to give Hertha its first home win of the season. “If we had played with 11, it would have been a different result,&
  
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• Jones back at practice for Falcons, questionable vs. Saints

  04-12-2020 23:35 via article.wn.com
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Julio Jones returned to practice as a limited participant Friday and is listed as questionable for the Atlanta Falcons' game against the New Orleans Saints. The star wide receiver has been dealing with a hamstring injury most of...
  
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• Wayward wallaroo rescued from river after chase in Illinois

  04-12-2020 23:34 via article.wn.com
  PERU, Ill. (AP) " Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases "...
  
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• US imposes visas restrictions on more Chinese citizens

  04-12-2020 23:34 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) " The State Department said Friday that it would deny...
  
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• Sheriff's Christmas tree 'thugshots' rub some the wrong way

  04-12-2020 23:34 via article.wn.com
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Officials from an Alabama sheriff's department are being criticized...
  
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• Biden predicts 'bleak future' if Congress doesn't act on aid

  04-12-2020 23:34 via article.wn.com
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is predicting a “bleak future” if Congress doesn't take speedy action on a coronavirus aid bill amid...
  
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• Search continues for 2 missing after Alaska landslide

  04-12-2020 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The search continued Friday for two people missing after a landslide slammed into a neighborhood in Haines, Alaska, earlier this week
  
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• CNBC reporters get into heated on air row over face masks

  04-12-2020 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rick Santelli accused of ‘doing a disservice to the viewer’ by colleague
  
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• Families of 34 California boat fire victims grieve, advocate

  04-12-2020 22:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 34 grieving families who lost lived ones in a boat fire off the California coast in 2019 have endured a year of firsts — the first anniversary, first birthdays, first holiday season without their loved ones — amid the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Man fined after walking 280 miles to calm down following row with wife during lockdown

  04-12-2020 21:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Husband hiked 40 miles a day without food or equipment
  
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• Can employers force their employees to take the coronavirus vaccine?

  04-12-2020 21:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Employers have every reason to mandate the vaccine for their employees, but they probably will not
  
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• Nissan pulls out of Trump emissions fight with California

  04-12-2020 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nissan says it will no longer support the Trump administration in its legal fight to end California’s ability to set its own auto-pollution and gas-mileage standards
  
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• Covid-19 vaccine in US: When will a vaccine be available and who will get it?

  04-12-2020 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vaccine distribution could start as early as mid-December 
  
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