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• Oregon Woman’s Body Found Six Months After Vanishing in ‘Concerning’ Circumstances

  27-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Allyson Watterson went missing just before Christmas Day last year, her boyfriend’s father told investigators his son had been out hiking with Watterson in North Plains, a rural area on the outskirts of Portland, before the pair became separated.Watterson’s mother, Misty, believed her daughter and her boyfriend, Benjamin Garland, had been in North Plains to visit a friend when their car broke down.But there was no evidence to suggest either story was true, the Washington County
  
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• Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as infections surge

  27-06-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida and Texas reverse moves to reopen business as total cases across the US surpass 2.5 million.
  
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• Malawi opposition leader wins presidential election re-run

  27-06-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday wasdeclared the winner of a re-run presidential election, a dramatic reversal of incumbent Peter Mutharika's discredited win 13 months earlier in a process that analysts viewed as a triumph for democracy in Africa.Chakwera, 65, secured the required majority, with 58.57% of the vote on Tuesday, the electoral commission said, beating Mutharika.
  
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• Pence cancels some political events because of virus spikes

  27-06-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence called off campaign events in Florida and Arizona this coming week as the states experience a surge in new coronavirus cases.Pence will still travel to those states, which have set records for new confirmed infections in recent days, the White House confirmed, saying he will meet with governors and their health teams.Pence said Friday during a briefing by the White House’s coronavirus task force that he would be visiting Florida, Texas and Arizona to receive a &ld
  
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• Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from international affairs school

  27-06-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Princeton University will remove former US president Woodrow Wilson’s name from its school of public and international affairs, the institution’s leader has announced.The board of trustees decided that Wilson’s “racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars, students, and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all its forms”, Christopher Eisgruber said in a statement.
  
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• Outrage mounts over report Russia offered bounties to Afghanistan militants for killing US soldiers

  27-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fierce response from top Democrats after US intelligence finding was reportedly briefed to Trump in March, but the White House has yet to actOutrage has greeted media reports that American officials believe a Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, including targeting Americans.The story first appeared in the New York Times, citing its sources as unnamed officials briefed on the matter, and followed up by the Washington
  
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• FBI investigating apparent noose found in black firefighter's locker

  27-06-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I am disgusted, angry, and embarrassed by this cowardly act," said the city's mayor.
  
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• COVID-19 may be linked to brain complications, study finds. But does it cause them?

  27-06-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Severe cases of COVID-19 may be linked to brain complications, according to the first nationwide survey of the neurological complications.
  
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• Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from policy school

  27-06-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The prestigious US university says Woodrow Wilson's racist views made him "an inappropriate namesake".
  
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• Jeff Mason on Trump executive order to protect monuments, statues

  27-06-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reuters White House correspondent, Jeff Mason, joins Arthel Neville to discuss President Trump's executive order protecting monuments and statues.
  
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• Army speaks out on Vanessa Guillen, missing Fort Hood soldier

  27-06-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We fully understand the frustration felt by the family, friends and fellow Soldiers of Vanessa," the Army said. "We are doing everything in our power to get her back."
  
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• Mayor slammed for broadcasting names, addresses of 'defund the police' supporters

  27-06-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mayor of St. Louis was accused by some of trying to intimidate critics. One alderwoman said, It is "not cool to doxx my constituents who support DefundThePolice."
  
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• Galwan Valley: China to use martial art trainers after India border clash

  27-06-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move follows deadly fighting between Indian and Chinese troops in an area where guns are banned.
  
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• Brazen cartel attack in Mexico City opens new front in crime battle

  27-06-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's bustling capital was once seen as a relative oasis in the country's raging drug war, but a shocking military-style assassination attempt on the city's police chief offers proof at least one gang is unafraid to shatter the peace.The hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, was quickly fingered as the probable culprit by the wounded target of the attack, Mexico City security head Omar Garcia Harfuch, in a message tapped out on his phone shortly after the shooting, likely from
  
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• US intercepts Russian warplanes off Alaska

  27-06-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US warplanes intercepted four Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska on Saturday, US commanders said.The Russian Tu-142's came within 65 nautical miles south of Alaska's Aleutian island chain and "loitered" in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for eight hours.An ADIZ is a perimeter within which air traffic is monitored by the air forces of one or more friendly countries so they have extra time to react to hostile action.
  
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• Polls show Trump trailing in key battleground states

  27-06-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street Journal columnist and Fox News contributor Karl Rove breaks down the latest 2020 numbers.
  
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• Mike Pence postpones Florida campaign tour as push to reopen US stalls

  27-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami closes beaches while state grapples with record rise in daily cases for second day in a row* Coronavirus in the US – follow live updatesAs reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Mike Pence called off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida amid a surge in confirmed Covid-19 cases.The vice-president had been set to appear in Lake Wales at an event next week organized by pro-Trump group America First Policies. The event wa
  
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• Mike Pence postpones Florida campaign tour as coronavirus cases surge

  27-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State sees new record rise in daily cases as push to reopen across US halts or reverses* Coronavirus in the US – follow live updatesAs America’s reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Mike Pence called off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida amid a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases.The vice-president had been set to appear in Lake Wales at an event next week organized by pro-Trump group America First Policies bill
  
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• Florida breaks daily record with nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases

  27-06-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida continues to shatter its daily increase in coronavirus cases, as the state total passes 132,000.
  
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• How the World Missed COVID-19's Silent Spread

  27-06-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MUNICH -- Dr. Camilla Rothe was about to leave for dinner when the government laboratory called with the surprising test result. Positive. It was Jan. 27. She had just discovered Germany's first case of the new coronavirus.But the diagnosis made no sense. Her patient, a businessman from a nearby auto parts company, could have been infected by only one person: a colleague visiting from China. And that colleague should not have been contagious.The visitor had seemed perfectly healthy during her st
  
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• Princeton to drop Woodrow Wilson's name from school

  27-06-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Announcing the move on Saturday, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said it related to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks, Black Americans who died at the hands of police in recent months.The board's Friday vote to rename the School of Public and International Affairs and Wilson College follows a wave of protests in the United States and around the world against racial injustice that were prompted by the deaths.It contrasted with a 201
  
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• The Ugly Consequences of Iran's Corrupt Governance

  27-06-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And what the United States can do about it.
  
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• Texas Republican lawmaker says he won't wear a mask on the House floor unless he tests positive for coronavirus

  27-06-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Louie Gohmert is among a group of Republican lawmakers including the president and vice president who have been photographed without a face mask.
  
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• For Biden VP, Black Democrats are torn between Harris and Warren

  27-06-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The California senator represents the diversity and generational transition activists want, but polls suggest Black Democratic voters may prefer Warren.
  
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• Texas could be facing ‘humanitarian catastrophe,' health experts say

  27-06-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 cases are surging by the thousands across the state, while hospitals are running out of space.
  
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• Mexico launches raids after assassination attempt of police chief

  27-06-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three people were killed in Friday's extremely violent ambush but Mexico's police chief survived.
  
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• The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police

  27-06-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS -- There were two Black men at the scene of the police killing in Minneapolis last month that roiled the nation. One, George Floyd, was sprawled on the asphalt, with a white officer's knee on his neck. The other Black man, Alex Kueng, was a rookie police officer who held his back as Floyd struggled to breathe.Floyd, whose name has been painted on murals and scrawled on protest signs, has been laid to rest. Kueng, who faces charges of aiding and abetting in Floyd's death, is out on ba
  
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• Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school

  27-06-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name.University president Christopher Eisgruber said in a letter to the school community Saturday that the board of trustees had concluded that “Wilson’s racist views and policies make him an inappropriate namesake" for Princeton's School of Public
  
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• Fact check: Masks are effective against COVID-19; OSHA doesn't say they offer no protection

  27-06-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A popular warning on social media about the effectiveness of different kinds of face masks states some truths, but includes several false claims.
  
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• Reopening Is Not a Failure

  27-06-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus hasn’t gone away.As the Northeast, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. for months, has seen steep, persistent declines in confirmed cases, other parts of the country have spiked. A month or so ago, most of the increased cases were a function of increased testing. Now, states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona have seen worrying increases in their positivity rates — the percentage of tests that are positive — in a sign of accelerating community spread.The med
  
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• Fight to topple Lincoln statue rages in DC

  27-06-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protestors in Washington want a statue of Abraham Lincoln removed - not the famous one on the National Mall but a bronze memorial statue in nearby Lincoln Park called the Emancipation Memorial.It depicts the former president standing over a kneeling African American man who is newly freed from slavery.Hundreds of protestors gathered in the park for the second time this week. They say the statue overlooks contributions made by African Americans to end slavery.(MAN DRESSED AS ABOLITIONIST FREDERIC
  
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• China rebuts Canadian criticism over detention of two men

  27-06-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China lashed out at Canada on Saturday over criticism about Chinese prosecution of two Canadians, saying the matter is based on evidence and urging Ottawa to cease "megaphone diplomacy."Chinese prosecutors this month charged Canadians Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, for suspected espionage.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Beijing to cease the "arbitrary detention," and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also called for their release.
  
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• India locusts: Swarm sweeps into Delhi suburb Gurgaon

  27-06-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Parts of Delhi are placed on alert and residents are forced to close windows and doors.
  
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• 76 coronavirus cases have been linked to one Michigan bar

  27-06-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health officials urged anyone who visited the establishment between June 12 and June 20 to self-quarantine for 14 days.
  
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• Counter-terrorism police charge man with three murders after knife attack in English town

  27-06-2020 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suspect has been charged with three counts of murder over a knife attack in the English town of Reading described by police as a terrorist incident, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Saturday."The Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised Counter Terrorism Policing South East to charge Khairi Saadallah, 25, with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder," the CPS said.
  
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• 'Occupy City Hall' protests continue in New York City amid calls to defund police

  27-06-2020 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City protesters demand $1 billion cut to NYPD; Alex Hogan reports.
  
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• Rep. Dingell on Biden's big lead over Trump in battleground states

  27-06-2020 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell discusses the 2020 campaign.
  
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• Seattle Police Officers Guild: 'CHOP' protesters still holding city hostage

  27-06-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan calls on more leadership to handle the armed protesters.
  
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• These Hot Spots Gloated About Low Virus Cases. Now They’re Forced to Shut Down—Again.

  27-06-2020 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Their state and local leaders gloated over low coronavirus cases numbers, and heralded aggressive reopening plans. Supporters demanded the media apologize to them for saying reopening orders would put residents at risk for COVID-19.But now, a handful of lockdown-averse states that have seen explosive growth in coronavirus cases have begun ordering businesses to shut down again, closing beaches and bars, mandating masks, and implementing stay-at-home policies.Over the past several days, a number
  
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• St. Louis mayor faces calls to resign after she was accused of doxxing the names and addresses of constituents who wrote letters calling for police defunding

  27-06-2020 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Lyda Krewson, a Democrat, faced calls to resign after she shared on Facebook names and addresses of protestors who called for police defunding.
  
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• Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi's presidential vote

  27-06-2020 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The opposition has won Malawi’s historic rerun of the presidential election, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader.Lazarus Chakwera’s victory late Saturday was a result of months of determined street protests in the southern African nation, and of a unanimous decision by the Constitutional Court that widespread irregularities in the May 2019 election — including the use of correction fluid on ballots —could not stand
  
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• Transgender Black Lives Matter protest in London

  27-06-2020 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Inspired by the wave of protests that have swept the world since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody in May, demonstrators marched through the English capital to draw attention to discrimination against transgender people and the Black community.The march on Saturday (June 27) took place on the same day as Pride, which saw a number of pared-down parades as many marches have been called off due to coronavirus curbs banning mass gatherings.Pride marches around the world are dra
  
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• Peers could deliver knockout blow to Huawei involvement in UK's 5G network

  27-06-2020 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson's plans to allow Huawei into the UK's 5G network could be dealt a crippling blow on Monday under a plan to ban firms from investing in broadband if they have poor human rights records. Tory rebels in the House of Lords are backing a cross-party amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill, which regulates the installation of broadband in leasehold flats. The measure is backed by the Liberal Democrats, while Labour peers are understood to be preparing
  
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• Scientists say they've pinpointed the reasons why people protest. They're all visible in Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

  27-06-2020 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The researchers came up with five overarching factors driving people to protest: grievances, efficacy, emotions, identity, and social embeddedness.
  
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• Brazil signs deal to produce experimental virus vaccine

  27-06-2020 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Brazilian government announced on Saturday an agreement with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to produce a promising coronavirus vaccine that is undergoing tests.Brazilian Health Ministry authorities said at a news conference that the country will pay $127 million and receive material to produce 30.4 million doses in two batches in December and January, which would allow it to quickly start inoculation efforts if the vaccine is certified to be safe and effective.It wi
  
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• Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag

  27-06-2020 18:39 via politico.com
  
  Mississippi has the last state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem.
  
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• Mississippi governor: I'd sign bill to remove flag's rebel emblem

  27-06-2020 18:39 via politico.com
  
  Mississippi has the last state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem.
  
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• Face Mask Exemption ID Cards Are Going Viral and the Department of Justice Says They're Fake

  27-06-2020 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The cards claim the DOJ has cleared individuals from wearing protective face coverings to stem the spread of COVID-19
  
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• Trump's poll numbers are collapsing. But where will they be in November?

  27-06-2020 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden's way ahead in the latest polls. But election day is the only poll that counts.
  
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• Trump visits private golf course as US battles rapid surge in coronavirus cases

  27-06-2020 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US president heads to Virginia a day after saying he’d stay in Washington DC to ‘make sure law and order is enforced’ amid ongoing anti-racism protests* Coronavirus in the US – follow live updatesDonald Trump visited one of his own private golf courses in Virginia on Saturday as America continued to see fallout from a rapid surge in coronavirus cases. The trip came a day after the US president said he would stay in Washington DC to “make sure law and order is enforc
  
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