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• Senate Democrats block movement on Republican policing bill in Wednesday vote

  24-06-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats have blocked the Senate from moving forward on a Republican policing bill that they argued did not go far enough.
  
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• Legal win for Michael Flynn as appeals court orders judge to dismiss case

  24-06-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump says former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was 'persecuted'; reaction and analysis from 'The Five.'
  
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• U.S. moves to protect lobster industry, threatens tariffs on China

  24-06-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum aimed at protecting American lobster fishermen who have found export markets drying up, a White House adviser dubbed the "lobster king" said on Wednesday, adding China could face new tariffs."If those purchase commitments are not met, the United States Trade Representative has been directed to use his discretion to impose ... reciprocal tariffs on the China seafood industry," trade adviser Peter Navarro told reporters.In the memorandum, Trump also
  
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• Trump's national security adviser takes aim at China

  24-06-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned China on Wednesday that the United States is waking up to the threat that it believes the Chinese Communist Party poses “to our great way of life” and will act to check the spread of Beijing's ideology.Robert O’Brien said his speech challenging China was the first of many in the coming weeks by senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christ
  
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• Roommate named person of interest in disappearance of Oklahoma woman

  24-06-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma has named Kore Bommeli a person of interest in the March 27, 2020 disappearance of her roommate, 53-year-old Talina Galloway. The last post on Talina’s Facebook page, however, was dated April 7. The post stated that Talina that she believed she had coronavirus but did not want to go to the hospital. Her purse and wallet were left at home. Her car was still in the driveway. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
  
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• California just reported a record number of new coronavirus cases — and it could roll back its reopening if the surge continues

  24-06-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We are still in the first wave," Gov. Gavin Newsom said. "We are not in the second wave. This is still the first wave."
  
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• Tanzanite: Tanzanian miner becomes overnight millionaire

  24-06-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saniniu Laizer sold two Tanzanite stones, with a combined weight of 15kg, for £2.4m.
  
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• Targeted sculptures linked to Wisconsin, Civil War history

  24-06-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters have defaced and torn down statues of historic figures during recent demonstrations against racial injustice in cities across the nation.Most of those pieces have explicit ties to colonialism, slavery and the Confederacy, including imagery of Christopher Columbus and former U.S. presidents who owned slaves.In Madison, Wisconsin, protesters tore down two sculptureswith no obvious links to that history: one depicting an abolitionist Union military official and another of a female form r
  
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• US states reimpose virus measures as cases spike

  24-06-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With coronavirus cases surging across the US South and West, officials are once again imposing tough measures, from stay-at-home advice in worst-hit states to quarantines to protect recovering areas like New York.Three northeastern states that made progress beating back the pandemic -- New York, New Jersey and Connecticut -- on Wednesday urged visitors arriving from US hotspots to quarantine themselves.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the advisory applied to visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, A
  
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• What Should Happen to Confederate Statues in the U.S.

  24-06-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It’s high time we reexamine the monuments that purport to tell our country’s history
  
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• Coronavirus: New York imposes quarantine on nine US states

  24-06-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It comes as a US university predicts 180,000 US deaths from the virus by October.
  
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• Fact check: Officer in Breonna Taylor killing not shot by friendly fire

  24-06-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim that a Louisville officer was hurt by friendly fire at Breonna Taylor's apartment is false.
  
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• Court halts Mexico's 'Maya Train' over indigenous health rights

  24-06-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mexican court has ordered the suspension of work on the "Maya Train," a controversial railroad through Mayan lands in the country's southeast, after an indigenous community filed an injunction.The $6.2 billion rail link is a pet project of leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said Wednesday that while the court challenge had "political overtones," his government would comply with the ruling.The "Maya Train" is meant to link Caribbean resorts such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen wi
  
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• A House Judiciary Committee hearing on Barr and the DOJ devolved into a partisan screaming match

  24-06-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two Justice Department officials testified that Attorney General William Barr interfered in politically charged cases for personal reasons.
  
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• Europe's travel ban on Americans could be a sign of disastrous things to come for US airlines

  24-06-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The European Union's ban on American travelers could mean business and international travel take longer to recover — a bad sign for airlines.
  
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• A European travel ban on Americans could be a sign of disastrous things to come for US airlines

  24-06-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The European Union's reported plans to restrict travel from the US would hurt demand for travel and most likely extend the recovery time for airlines.
  
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• 5,000 Years Later, Scientists Find a New Mystery Near Stonehenge

  24-06-2020 23:01 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The new find encircles the Durrington Walls henge and Woodhenge monuments near Stonehenge.
  
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• Kentucky Democrats begin wait for Senate election results

  24-06-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky's Democratic Senate primary went into overtime Wednesday as the candidates anxiously awaited the counting of absentee ballots to determine who will advance to challenge Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the fall campaign.After months of voter outreach amid the coronavirus pandemic, the campaigns for Amy McGrath and Charles Booker hunkered down to await their electoral fate.“It’s almost like we’re at 7:30 on election night," longtime Kentucky political comme
  
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• White men in car chased down Black teens on bikes, police say

  24-06-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We got to stand together because this could have been very different; I could have woke up on Sunday morning hearing" that my child is dead, the mother of one of the teens said.
  
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• Black man suing police department for $700,000 over mistaken identity arrest that left him with broken arm

  24-06-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 46-year-old black man in Georgia who claims police officers used excessive force while wrongfully arresting him has sued the Valdosta Police Department.Antonio Arnelo Smith is suing the department for $700,000 after a city police officer grappled him from behind and slammed him to the ground. Officers said they were "investigating suspicious activity" and mistook Mr Smith as a suspect.
  
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• California voters to decide fate of affirmative action ban

  24-06-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California's 1996 ban on affirmative action policies will be tested at ballot box in November as voters will decide whether governments and public colleges and universities can consider race in their hiring and admissions decisions — all against the backdrop of a presidential election and cultural upheaval over racial injustice.California has banned affirmative action since 1996, when 55% of voters approved a constitutional amendment that made it illegal to give preferential treatment base
  
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• Trump touts powerful alliance and relationship with Poland

  24-06-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump holds press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
  
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• Calling all cops! Your food isn't being poisoned by anyone, despite your claims

  24-06-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officers’ claims of Shake Shack ‘bleach poisoning’ were formally investigated and quickly dismissed by the NYPD’s own chief of detectives while Starbucks has debunked ‘tampongate’Some good news, finally, for cops: you can go back to eating at Shake Shack without worry.Last week, after drinking some weird tasting shakes, three New York officers alleged they had been poisoned with bleach. The claims were formally investigated and quickly dismissed by the NYPD&rs
  
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• Caesars Entertainment requires all guests to wear masks inside all hotel-casinos

  24-06-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Caesars' mask mandate comes the same week the operator of five reopened Strip resorts launched a promotion giving guests $20 for wearing masks.
  
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• Tesla owners saw the most issues with their cars out of any other brand studied by J.D. Power

  24-06-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla owner's problems mostly stem from build quality issues, like paint defects, poorly fitting body panels, excessive wind noise, and squeaks and rattles.
  
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• Mike Huckabee slams Shaun King for saying statues of Jesus Christ are 'form of white supremacy'

  24-06-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former governor of Arkansas and ordained minister, Mike Huckabee, reacts to a Black Lives Matter activist's call to take down all images of "white" Jesus.
  
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• Federal judge pans Trump order used to expel migrants at border

  24-06-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Citing a CDC order, border officials have expelled tens of thousands of migrants, including children and many seeking asylum.
  
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• Brands Are Blocking Ads Appearing Next to Black Lives Matters Content, Says Vice

  24-06-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Brooklyn-based media company has received some “disturbing” additions to "antiquated" ad block lists from international companies.
  
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• Philadelphia To Seek Removal Of Christopher Columbus Statue At Marconi Plaza

  24-06-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Jim Kenney announced Wednesday the city will ask the Art Commission to approve the removal of the statue on July 22.
  
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• Schools to scrap social distancing in September

  24-06-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing will not be applied in schools and "bubbles" will be expanded to enable all pupils to return to their classes full-time in September, the Government will announce next week. Pupils will not be expected to keep two metres or even one metre apart at all times while in the school building, The Telegraph understands. Instead, schools will be asked to focus on limiting the extent to which children mix outside of their class or year group and on implementing strict hygiene regimes. T
  
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• Jim Edmonds says marriage to Meghan King was 'loveless' and 'abusive'

  24-06-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Edmonds opened up about his past marriage in a tribute to girlfriend Kortnie O’Connor.
  
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• Researchers lower forecast for U.S. COVID-19 deaths even as cases climb

  24-06-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "People need to know that wearing masks can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as 50%, and those who refuse are putting their lives, their families, their friends and their communities at risk," IHME's director, Dr. Christopher Murray, said in a statement.The new IHME worst-case forecast - 179,106 U.S. lives lost by Oct. 1 - was revised downward from the 201,000 deaths projected on June 15.
  
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• Lawmakers split along party lines on Justice Department's pot probes

  24-06-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr ordered unneeded probes into the cannabis industry because of his opposition to pot, a Justice Department attorney testified Wednesday in a stormy congressional hearing on allegations of politically-motivated overreach by Barr.John Elias, a career Justice Department antitrust attorney who served as the division's chief of staff, testified under oath that since March 2019 the Barr Justice Department investigated 10 mergers in the cannabis industry, even though the in
  
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• Turkey not considering lockdowns despite rise in virus cases

  24-06-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey isn’t considering tightening its lockdown restrictions even though the number of daily coronavirus infections registered since they were eased is "higher than anticipated,” the health minister said Wednesday.Speaking to reporters following the weekly meeting of the country’s scientific advisory council, Fahrettin Koca blamed the uptick in cases on widespread complacency and failure to comply with social distancing.“We can say that the numbers are higher than what w
  
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• Tucson police chief offers resignation after man's death

  24-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Tucson, Arizona, police chief on Wednesday offered his resignation two months after a 27-year-old man died while handcuffed and placed face-down, resulting in the resignation of three officers the chief said had violated department policy.Chief Chris Magnus offered his resignation during a news conference a day after the death of Carlos Ingram-Lopez on April 21 became public, acknowledging the department had failed to disclose the death in a timely manner.The medical examiner’s office
  
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• A police officer charged with assaulting Black youths has worked for 9 different police departments, collecting use-of-force incidents and complaints along the way.

  24-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Camden County prosecutors charged Officer Ryan Dubiel with assault, alleging he pepper-sprayed the youths "without provocation" on June 4.
  
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• Poll: Biden, Trump locked in dead heat in Ohio, where Trump won by 8 in 2016

  24-06-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's job approval has remained about the same in Ohio for the past year, with 44% of those polled approving of the job he's done.
  
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• Fixture Forecast: Barcelona to suffer major title blow, while City will maintain furious form vs. Chelsea

  24-06-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona can't afford a slip-up in La Liga, but one is coming their way. And it's unwise to bet against Manchester City.
  
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• Mississippi gov might not block change to rebel-themed flag

  24-06-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday, for the first time, that he probably would not stand in the way if legislators muster a large enough majority to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.Amid the backdrop of national protests over racial injustice, Mississippi is under increasing pressure from business and religious leaders, sports leagues and others to divorce itself from a symbol that many see as racist.“If they get those votes, a veto would be poin
  
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• Mississippi flag: 'In God We Trust' for Confederate symbol?

  24-06-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two of Mississippi's top elected Republicans proposed Wednesday that the Confederate battle emblem be replaced on the state flag with the words “In God We Trust," seeking a path toward unity in their state amid the backdrop of national protests over racial injustice. “It is my personal belief that it is time for us to change our state flag to reflect the love, compassion and conviction of our people,” Attorney General Lynn Fitch said. Mississippi has the only state flag that in
  
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• Universal Orlando laying off workers just two weeks after reopening

  24-06-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The cuts come after Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal’s Volcano Bay reopened with reduced capacity and new safety measures.
  
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• Appeals court orders dismissal of Flynn case

  24-06-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just hours before a House hearing into political influence at the Justice Department, a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI. President Trump has routinely defended Flynn and called for leniency. Last month, Attorney General William Barr – in an extraordinary move - ordered the Justice departmentto dismiss its case against Flynn, despite the fact
  
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• GOP senator blocked China sanctions bill he supports, at request of White House

  24-06-2020 21:13 via politico.com
  
  North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer is holding up bipartisan legislation as administration pushes for changes.
  
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• Sen. Tim Scott blasts Democrats after police reform bill fails in Senate

  24-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Tim Scott blasts Democrats after police reform bill fails in Senate.
  
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• JK Rowling has 'fallen in with the wrong crowd', says trans activist

  24-06-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An author who quit JK Rowling’s literary agency in a row over transgender issues claims that the Harry Potter author has “fallen in with the wrong crowd”. Fox Fisher, a trans activist, suggested that Rowling is “fearful” of trans people. Fisher was one of four writers who left the Blair Partnership in protest at the agency’s refusal to issue a public statement in support of the trans community, or to put its employees through a transgender training programme.
  
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• Venezuela calls US warship presence 'a provocation'

  24-06-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela accused the United States on Wednesday of "an act of provocation" after a US warship steamed close to the South American country's territorial waters the day before.The minister, a military general, made his comments in a speech to commemorate a decisive battle in Venezuela's war of independence.
  
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• 5.8 earthquake strikes central California

  24-06-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 5.8 magnitude earthquake just struck near Lone Pine. Some people right here in Las Vegas say they felt the quake.
  
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• Minnesota sues Exxon, Koch and API for being 'deceptive' on climate change

  24-06-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state of Minnesota on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corpand Koch Industries for what it called a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about climate change.The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges by states, cities, and citizen groups targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.Attorney General Keith Ellison said the state believed the oil and gas industry's main lobby group, as well as Exxon and K
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Defends Trump’s Use of ‘Kung Flu’ by Attacking Asian-American Reporter

  24-06-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway flip-flopped on her previous position that the use of the racist term “Kung Flu” is “highly offensive,” defending President Donald Trump’s use of it on Wednesday while bizarrely attacking an Asian-American reporter for not having the “courage” to out a White House official who said the phrase months ago.During a White House driveway gaggle with reporters on Wednesday morning, Conway was immediately confronted by NBC
  
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• U.S. agency prepares for massive staff cuts in blow to legal immigration system

  24-06-2020 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. agency in charge of processing immigration applications said on Wednesday it was preparing to furlough nearly 70% of its workforce unless it received fresh funding, a move employees say could bring an already backlogged system to a virtual halt.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is dependent on fees from new immigration applications for its operations and is facing a historic budget shortfall.Republican President Donald Trump has made cutting legal and illegal immigration
  
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