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• Meet the Uber drivers who spent 5 years fighting the ride-hailing firm for basic workers' rights - and won

  28-02-2021 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Uber drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam leaving an employment appeals tribunal in 2017.
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  Two ex-Uber drivers won a huge legal battle against the taxi app firm over workers' rights.
  Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar began the case in 2016, fighting for minimum wage and other rights.
  Farrar said Uber is being defiant about the ruling but hopes they'll come to accept it.
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• Video captures the moment a missile fired at the capital of Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed fighters is intercepted

  28-02-2021 11:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The moment the missile is intercepted.
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  Saudi Arabia said the missile was fired by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, and attack drones were aimed at other cities.
  Houthis said they fired nine drones at "sensitive targets" in Riyadh and six drones at other sites.
  The barrage came after an Israeli ship in the Gulf of Oman suffered an explosion, for which Iran is suspected.
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  Video footage captured the moment that Saudi Ar
  
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• The DOJ says it will appeal after a Trump-appointed judge struck down a federal eviction moratorium

  28-02-2021 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Housing activists gathering in Massachusetts in October.
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  DOJ attorneys on Saturday said they'd appeal a judgment striking down the US eviction moratorium. 
  The moratorium "helps to slow the spread of COVID-19," said Brian M. Boynton, DOJ attorney.
  A Trump-appointed judge on Thursday said the federal moratorium was unlawful. 
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  The Justice Department on Saturday said it would appeal a judge's ruling that struc
  
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• The 'larger-than-life' statue of Donald Trump at CPAC was made in Mexico

  28-02-2021 08:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A statue of former president Donald Trump on display at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Orlando, Florida.
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  The life-size statue of Donald Trump at CPAC was actually made in Mexico. 
  Tommy Zegan told Politico he spent over six months making it with three men in Rosarito, Mexico.
  It contrasts the "America First" agenda Trump pushed when he was in office. 
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• CPAC stage is shaped like a Nordic rune used on some Nazi uniforms

  28-02-2021 08:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 26, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.
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  Twitter users noted the design of a stage at CPAC closely resembles a symbol used on Nazi uniforms.
  CPAC organizer Matt Schlapp denied the resemblance was intentional, calling the idea "outrageous and slanderous."
  The "Odal rune" has also been used by white supremacists in Europe and North America.
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• Ted Cruz said the Republican Party is 'not just the party of country clubs' but CPAC is fixated on Donald Trump - a man who literally lives at one

  28-02-2021 06:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  People take a picture with former President Donald Trump's statue on display at the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.
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  Sen. Ted Cruz said the GOP is for the working class and "not just the party of country clubs."
  But CPAC, where Cruz was speaking, seemed to be all about Donald Trump, who lives at a club he also owns.
  Cruz himself was criticized last week for leaving frigid Texas to visit a luxury
  
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• Testing for COVID-19 has declined. Experts worry it's too soon for the US to let its guard down.

  28-02-2021 04:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WESTMINSTER, CA - OCTOBER 16: Physicians assistant Tom Bui administers a COVID-19 test at Temple Dieu Ngu in Westminster, CA, on Friday, October 16, 2020. The Orange County Health Care Agency has contracted with the OC Asian American Pacific Island COVID-19 Taskforce to increase testing in these disproportionately affected communities. Together, they are launching the API Testing Strike Team with testing locations county-wide offering testing three times a week through December 31, 2020.
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• Biden defends airstrike on Syria in letter to leaders in Congress and says US has the right to defend itself

  28-02-2021 02:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joe Biden at the Lincoln Memorial on January 19, 2021.
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  President Joe Biden justified airstrikes in Syria in a letter to congressional lawmakers. 
  Biden said he directed the airstrikes in response to a recent militant strike in Iraq. 
  He said the US "always stands ready to take necessary and proportionate action in self-defense."
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• A 2nd former aide has come forward to accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

  28-02-2021 02:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City.
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  A former Cuomo aide alleged the governor sexually harassed her last spring.
  Charlotte Bennett, 25, said Cuomo made sexual advances and asked her inappropriate questions.
  The news comes days after another ex-Cuomo aide wrote a Medium essay detailing similar allegations.
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• How does Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine stack up against shots from Pfizer and Moderna?

  28-02-2021 00:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
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  Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be 66% effective at preventing mild and moderate infections, and 85% effective at preventing severe disease, in FDA data released Wednesday.
  It doesn't appear to be as effective as Moderna or Pfizer's mRNA vaccines, though it is nearly just as good at preventing hospitalizations and deaths.
  It has the benefits of being cheap and relatively easy to manufacture
  
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• J&J's coronavirus shot could dramatically accelerate the US vaccine rollout. Here's your new vaccination timeline.

  28-02-2021 00:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A clinical trial volunteer participates in Johnson & Johnson's study to test a coronavirus vaccine.
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  Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus shot was just authorized for emergency use.
  With fresh vaccine doses from J&J, the US could finish vaccinating priority groups in March.
  The US could distribute 500 million doses by the end of June — enough to vaccinate all of its adult population.
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• The US just authorized a 3rd coronavirus shot, adding a convenient, single-dose option to boost the rollout

  28-02-2021 00:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine is delivered as a single shot, while both Pfizer and Moderna's require two jabs.
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  The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine.
  The decision comes after a panel of independent experts voted unanimously on Friday in favor of recommending the shot. 
  J&J has said it will be ship nearly 4 million doses immediately following a regulatory OK. 
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