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• Carnival crisis grows after another Princess cruise ship goes on lockdown after a former passenger dies from coronavirus

  04-03-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Passengers on Princess Cruises' Grand Princess ship have been told to stay in their rooms while they wait to get screened for the coronavirus.
  
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• U.S. coronavirus death toll rises to 11; New York, Los Angeles region confirm new cases

  04-03-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two more people have died of the new coronavirus in the United States, bringing the toll to 11 and new confirmed cases were reported on Wednesday around the two most populous cities: four near New York and six in Los Angeles.
  
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• Biden, Beto, and Gun Control

  04-03-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  November 2020 will be known as the gun-control election.Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden announced that Beto O’Rourke “will be the one who leads” his gun-control effort. “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15,” O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman and Democratic presidential candidate himself, famously promised in a debate in September. They are “weapons of war, designed to kill people efficiently on a battlefield,” he warned
  
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• COVID-19: What You Might Need If You're Quarantined at Home

  04-03-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that first emerged in China, is now spreading in certain communities in the U.S. Some people are trying to limit their contact with crowds by...
  
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• First Californian to die from coronavirus likely caught it on cruise ship, health officials say

  04-03-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first Californian to die from coronavirus was "likely exposed" to the virus while traveling internationally on a Princess Cruise ship, officials said.
  
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• COVID-19: What You Might Need If You're Quarantined at Home

  04-03-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that first emerged in China, is now spreading in certain communities in the U.S. Some people are trying to limit their contact with crowds by...
  
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• Stranded in southern Mexico, migrants struggle to make U.S. court dates

  04-03-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By the time the first hearing in Yesenia's case for asylum in the United States arrived last month, she was 1,300 miles from the courthouse.The 28-year-old Honduran woman and her family were stranded in Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state, where they were taken in a Mexican government busing program under what they say were false pretenses.Yesenia, who asked for her full name not to be published over safety fears, applied for U.S. asylum last year but was sent back across the border to wait for
  
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• A worker at LAX contracted coronavirus after screening incoming passengers for the illness

  04-03-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The health screener first developed symptoms on Sunday, a week after last screening passengers. So far, the case appears mild.
  
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• US defense leaders: Taliban peace deal results mixed

  04-03-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just hours after the U.S. military launched an airstrike targeting Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, top defense leaders told Congress that the results of the peace deal signed on Saturday have been mixed, but the insurgent group is abiding by much of the accord.The American airstrike was triggered by a spike in violence by the Taliban against members of the Afghan security forces.The exchange of violence came not long after President Donald Trump described what he called a “very good talk"
  
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• Should You Cancel Travel Plans Amid COVID-19 Concerns? Here's What to Consider

  04-03-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here's what to know about canceling travel plans amid COVID-19 concerns.
  
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• Trump-allied Republican congressman wears gas mask for coronavirus vote

  04-03-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump ally Matt Gaetz, a GOP congressman, took the coronavirus matter into his own hands on Wednesday. He showed up to votes about a $8.3bn emergency spending package to counter the outbreak.With over 100 confirmed US cases, the Florida representative walked onto the House floor wearing a gas mask. Presumably to guard against his colleagues spreading the virus right there in the ornate chamber.
  
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• Chief Justice John Roberts Scolds Schumer for ‘Dangerous’ Threat Directed at Conservative Justices

  04-03-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday criticized Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) over comments the minority leader made in reference to an abortion case currently being debated by the court."Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous. All Members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter," Roberts
  
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• United is first to cut US flying due to virus outbreak

  04-03-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Airlines will reduce flights, freeze hiring and ask employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as the airline struggles with weak demand for travel because of the new virus outbreak.United said Wednesday that starting in April it will reduce passenger-carrying capacity 20% on international routes and 10% in the U.S. — the first airline to cut domestic flying.United officials said they will temporarily ground an unspecified number of planes.
  
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• No major Dem candidates yet seek Secret Service protection

  04-03-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Topless demonstrators crashed a Bernie Sanders rally in Nevada two weeks ago.On Tuesday, two animal rights activists rushed the stage where Joe Biden was giving a victory speech after a stunning primary triumph, and they were carried off, protest signs flailing.None of the Democratic candidates is yet under the protection of the Secret Service, in part because not one of the the major contenders has formally asked for it.
  
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• United slashing US, international flights, offering voluntary leave amid coronavirus crisis

  04-03-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United's moves to cut service are the most aggressive by a U.S. airline since the coronavirus outbreak began.
  
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• Trump gets desired Democratic foes, but Biden worries linger

  04-03-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners whom President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are still some private worries in the White House.There is concern that the Democrats' messy nomination contest may end up producing an emboldened version of the very man who once worried Trump so much as a foe that it led to the president's impeachment.
  
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• Trump cheers Bloomberg implosion, but Biden worries linger

  04-03-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are still some private worries in the White House.There is concern that the Democrats' messy nomination contest may end up producing an emboldened version of the very man who once worried Trump so much as a foe that it led to the president's impeachment.
  
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• College student brings llama in tuxedo to his sister's wedding, keeping years-old promise

  04-03-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mendl Weinstock made a peculiar proposal to his sister, Riva: He would attend her wedding, whenever it was, with a llama in tow. Now, he's gone viral.
  
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• How Bernie Sanders can turn his Super Tuesday disaster into a chance to beat Trump

  04-03-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If Bernie Sanders was starting to have doubts he was not displaying them. “Tonight I tell you with absolute confidence: We are going to win the Democratic nomination,” he told supporters in Vermont on Tuesday night, his face fixed into a frown. “We're going to win because the people understand it is our campaign, our movement, which is best positioned to defeat Trump”He added: “You cannot beat Trump with the same old same old kind of politics.”
  
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• House Democrats Request Secret Service for 2020 Candidates

  04-03-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats requested Secret Service protection Wednesday for presidential candidates amid security concerns after a group of protesters stormed the stage at a Joe Biden campaign event on Tuesday.“I urge you to immediately initiate the consultation process to determine whether to provide USSS protection to certain major Democratic presidential candidates,” Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, wrote in a letter Wednesday that specifically mentions
  
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• Warren weighs her options after Super Tuesday results. Endorsing Sanders is probably No. 1.

  04-03-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Super Tuesday was a fantastic day for Joe Biden. It was a disappointing day for Bernie Sanders, although he won he few states, including the largest in the union. And it was a disastrous day for Elizabeth Warren. Now her campaign says she's assessing her path forward.
  
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• Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders: What's next for the Democratic primary?

  04-03-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the weeks prior to the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign for the Democratic nomination seemed to be on life support — but a surprise string of electoral victories have turned the tables. Now, as the primary race heads toward its endgame, the stakes are even higher for Biden and rival Bernie Sanders. Yahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward offers a preview of what to watch for in the weeks ahead.
  
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• Michael Bloomberg Ends Presidential Bid, Endorses Joe Biden

  04-03-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Michael Bloomberg endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination as he ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday and pledged to continue working to defeat President Donald Trump.Bloomberg said in a New York speech that after the results of the Super Tuesday voting, he no longer had a viable path to the nomination and didn’t want to hurt the party’s chances.He had spent a record $687 million of his own money on the effort, but Biden dominated the Super Tuesday vote
  
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• Hyundai put joysticks instead of a steering wheel in its new electric concept car, which looks like a mashup between a Porsche and a Tesla

  04-03-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Hyundai Prophecy is the mullet of electric vehicles — Model 3 in the front, and 911 in the back — and has joysticks instead of a steering wheel.
  
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• House Passes $7.8 Billion for Emergency Virus Spending

  04-03-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The House passed a $7.8 billion emergency spending bill Wednesday to fund the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. The Senate is expected to vote on the measure later this week and send it to President Donald Trump for his signature.The bipartisan bill, passed 415-2, is more than triple the amount Trump last week proposed spending to deal with the virus. In addition to $7.8 billion that would be appropriated, the measure waives restrictions on a Medicare t
  
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• Sanders' last stand against Biden in the 2020 race could be March 17

  04-03-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  March 17 could be the make-or-break day for Sen. Bernie Sanders. There will be 577 delegates at stake in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio.
  
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• Bernie's last stand against Biden in the 2020 race could be on March 17

  04-03-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  March 17 could be a make or break day for Sanders. There are four primary contests and 577 delegates at stake in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio.
  
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• Venezuela's president urges all women to have 6 children

  04-03-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Nicolás Maduro wants Venezuelan women to have many children as a way to boost the country, which has seen millions of people flee in recent years to escape its economic crisis.Maduro made the exhortation during a televised event Tuesday evening for a government program promoting various birth methods.The comments drew criticism from human rights activists and others who noted Venezuelans already are struggling to provide food, clothes and health care for their families.
  
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• Why you can't stop touching your face, even though it's one of the best ways to prevent coronavirus spread

  04-03-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Humans are conditioned to touch their own faces as a way to show self-awareness. Once the habit is formed, it's difficult to break.
  
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• A passenger who was on a Princess cruise has died of the coronavirus in California. The ship is set to dock in San Francisco.

  04-03-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Grand Princess — which is not the Diamond Princess — is set to arrive in San Francisco Thursday. It's unclear if passengers will be quarantined.
  
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• US panel hears of risks to Indian Muslims

  04-03-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts warned a US government panel on Wednesday that India's Muslims face risks of expulsion or other persecution under a citizenship law that has triggered major protests.The hearing held inside Congress was called by the US Commission on International Freedom, which has been denounced by the Indian government as biased.Ashutosh Varshney, a prominent scholar of sectarian violence in India, told the panel that the law championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalists amounted to
  
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• Pentagon Linguist Charged with Exposing U.S. Spies to Hezbollah

  04-03-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A contractor for the Pentagon has been charged with providing classified U.S. intelligence to a Lebanese national connected with terrorist group Hezbollah, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.The department alleges Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, began transmitting the classified intelligence around December 30, when Iraqi militiamen stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Thompson is a linguist who at the time was working at a U.S. special forces base in Erbil in northern Iraq.The classified "
  
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• Democrats reportedly finally convinced Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to run for Senate

  04-03-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats may have finally got their man.Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) is reportedly now inclined to run for the state's Senate seat, which is occupied by Trump ally Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), three Democratic officials told The New York Times. Bullock, whose term limits prevent him running for governor again, has long maintained he wasn't interested in the Upper Chamber, partially because he views himself as an executive (he briefly ran for president last year), but also because he reportedl
  
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• Fight erupts in Turkey's Parliament over Syria involvement

  04-03-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fight broke out in the Turkish Parliament between lawmakers from opposing parties Wednesday during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria.
  
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• Virus Testing Blitz Appears to Keep South Korea Death Rate Low

  04-03-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Highly contagious and manifesting in some with little or no symptoms, the coronavirus has the world struggling to keep up. But when it comes to containing the epidemic, one country may be cracking the code -- by doubling down on testing.South Korea is experiencing the largest virus epidemic outside of China, where the pneumonia-causing pathogen first took root late last year. But unlike China, which locked down a province of more than 60 million people to try and stop the illness
  
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• China’s Grand Belt and Road Plan Is Being Lashed by Coronavirus

  04-03-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world threatened by trade wars. Sign up here. Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative has long been seen as a way to project China’s influence around the world. Now, the coronavirus is showing how the trade and infrastructure program can help export the country’s troubles.The deadly outbreak is prompting delays and disruptions to China’s construction and investment plans overseas, risking years o
  
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• Foes push back against medical marijuana bill in Kentucky

  04-03-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Opponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky pushed back Wednesday as the Senate gets set to decide the fate of a bill that won House passage by a wide margin.Warren County Commonwealth's Attorney Chris Cohron said more research of medical cannabis is needed and warned that legalization could spur future efforts to allow recreational use.“This is a slippery slope that we do not need — for the youth of ... Kentucky — to go down," he said.
  
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• Warren has the chance to unite the left by endorsing Sanders. She should take it.

  04-03-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It isn’t just Bernie Sanders' supporters who say there’s no path to the nomination for Elizabeth Warren. It’s not sexism, either. It’s math.
  
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• Your Money: Fed's surprise cut is a cure for mortgage rate envy

  04-03-2020 21:44
  
  When Kristin Tassi bought her house in Chicago two years ago, she was disappointed to get an interest rate of 4% on her mortgage. All of her friends had lower rates.
  
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• Warren weighs her options. Endorsing Sanders is probably No. 1.

  04-03-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After a disastrous Super Tuesday, Warren has one last chance to make a difference in 2020.
  
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• Israel severely restricts entry from Europe due to virus

  04-03-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel on Wednesday imposed tough new travel restrictions on five European nations due to fears of coronavirus, barring entry to almost all non-residents of the Jewish state arriving from these affected countries.Israel had earlier in the day ordered all citizens and residents returning from the five countries -- France, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland -- into 14-day home quarantine upon entering the country.Guidelines issued by the health ministry on Wednesday afternoon declared that fo
  
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• Spooky gunship crew honored for heroism during ferocious Afghanistan battle

  04-03-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The most lethal part of any gunship ... is the crew," AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife said.
  
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• A Pentagon linguist is accused of giving up the names of US spies to her crush with ties to Iran's Hezbollah militant group

  04-03-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FBI agents found a handwritten note in Arabic stuffed under the linguist's mattress with the names of three US spies, according to an affidavit.
  
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• Hyundai joins Kia in another recall to prevent engine fires

  04-03-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hyundai is joining affiliated automaker Kia in yet another U.S. recall for problems that could cause engine fires.Hyundai said Wednesday that it's recalling nearly 207,000 Sonata midsize cars from 2013 and 2014 because a hose that connects one fuel pump to another can develop cracks, leak fuel and potentially cause a fire.The South Korean automaker is still developing a fix.
  
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• Doomsday Mom Invokes the Fifth as She’s Extradited to Idaho

  04-03-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It doesn’t seem like doomsday mom Lori Vallow is ready to answer any questions about her missing children.At a brief hearing on Wednesday in Hawaii before Vallow is extradited to Idaho on a red-eye flight, her attorney said he was invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination and should not be questioned on the trip.The judge noted that once Idaho officials take custody of Vallow, her court no longer has any jurisdiction over the case.“Yes, but I want to make a record
  
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• Doomsday Mom Extradited to Idaho, Invokes the Fifth

  04-03-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It doesn’t seem like doomsday mom Lori Vallow is ready to answer any questions about her missing children.At a brief hearing Hawaii before Vallow was extradited to Idaho on a red-eye flight late Wednesday, her attorney said he was invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination and she should not be questioned on the trip.The judge noted that once Idaho officials take custody of Vallow, her court no longer has any jurisdiction over the case.“Yes, but I want to make a re
  
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• EPA administrator criticizes inspector general's conclusions on former head Pruitt's alleged abuses

  04-03-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday morning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, offered an unexpected defense of Scott Pruitt, the onetime administrator of the agency who was once a potent symbol of corruption within the Trump administration, faulting his own inspector general for his conclusions.
  
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• Rand Paul says he'll 'stay here all weekend' to get foreign aid cut included in coronavirus bill

  04-03-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congress agreed to put a bipartisan emergency spending package to curb the spread of COVID-19 up for a House vote Wednesday, but it may get held up by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who wants to include an amendment to the bill.Paul, a deficit hawk, wants to ensure the U.S. has some way to fund the COVID-19 package, so he's trying to sneak a foreign aid cut in there. Paul is confident he'll get a vote, but he's prepared to stick around in Washington all weekend either way.> "We will have an amendmen
  
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• U.S. Stymies Chinese Bid to Run Intellectual Property Agency

  04-03-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. defeated a Chinese bid to run the United Nations intellectual property agency, a victory in the Trump administration’s push to convince countries of the threat posed by China taking a more assertive role on the global stage.The U.S.-backed candidate, Daren Tang of Singapore, won by a vote of 55-28 over Chinese candidate Wang Binying among the governments voting for the leadership of the World Intellectual Property Organization, which helps develop cross-border polic
  
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• California just reported its first coronavirus death: a patient in the Sacramento area who recently returned from a cruise

  04-03-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Jennifer and I extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones affected by this death in Placer County," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
  
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