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• Congress poised to leave town until after the election without passing coronavirus stimulus - CNN

  23-09-2020 23:56
  Congress poised to leave town until after the election without passing coronavirus stimulus  CNNMcCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she tries to impeach Trump to delay SCOTUS confirmation  Fox NewsHouse approves bill to avoid government shutdown  ReutersCongress poised to leave town without passing COVID relief  The Mercury NewsHouse Dems seek to curb presidential power with new bill targeting potential abuses  CBS NewsView Full Coverage
  
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• Exclusive: Top adviser steps aside from FDA COVID-19 vaccine reviews over potential conflict - Reuters

  23-09-2020 23:47
  Exclusive: Top adviser steps aside from FDA COVID-19 vaccine reviews over potential conflict  ReutersPotential Fall COVID Surge Looms As FDA Gets Set To Toughen Vaccine Standards | TODAY  TODAYVaccine advisory group: Don't rush COVID-19 vaccine approval  AAP NewsWhen will kids be able to get the covid-19 vaccine  WCNCBach offers pep session for Tokyo Games and talks up vaccine  Taiwan NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Can Crystals Cure You? Belief in the Power of Healing Stones Is Practically as Old as Time

  23-09-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Crystals have long held an important place in medicine and spirituality of the past. People are again turning to stones for relief from modern ailments.
  
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• Delta-8-THC Promises to Get You High Without the Paranoia or Anxiety

  23-09-2020 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A variation of the familiar Delta-9-THC compound is growing in popularity among savvy cannabis consumers. But its legality is sticky.
  
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• eBay workers who sent spiders to couple to plead guilty

  23-09-2020 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Federal prosecutors say four former eBay employees have agreed to plead guilty to their roles in sending live spiders and cockroaches in an effort to intimidate a Massachusetts couple who ran an online newsletter critical of the auction site
  
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• Lawsuit asks court to force Facebook to ban militia posts

  23-09-2020 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Four people filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday demanding that Facebook prevent militias and hate groups from using the site, after a militia group used the platform to draw armed people to protests in Wisconsin last month that left two people dead
  
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• TikTok asks judge to block Trump ban

  23-09-2020 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  The ban, which is set to go into effect just before midnight on Sept. 27, would cause "irreparable harm," the company said in its filing.
  
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• Neuroscientists Warn: Multiple Unapproved Drugs Discovered in “Brain Boosting” Supplements

  23-09-2020 22:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Could over-the-counter “smart drugs” pose health risks? Supplements that claim to improve mental focus and memory may contain unapproved pharmaceutical drugs and in potentially dangerous...
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• Breonna Taylor: One police officer charged with 'wanton endangerment' and two cleared in shooting - The Independent

  23-09-2020 21:45
  Breonna Taylor: One police officer charged with 'wanton endangerment' and two cleared in shooting  The IndependentBreonna Taylor shooting: Fired Louisville officer indicted on criminal charges but not her death  Fox NewsOfficer involved in Breonna Taylor's death charged with wanton endangerment; family's lawyer blasts 'outrageous' decision  Yahoo NewsOne officer indicted by grand jury in Breonna Taylor killing  ESPNProtesters march in Louisville after gran
  
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• Facebook to reject political ads that prematurely claim election victory

  23-09-2020 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The tech company has been fine-tuning its rules for what politicians, campaigns and potentially others can say on Facebook.
  
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• Facebook allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads, activist group finds

  23-09-2020 21:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook has allowed political advertisers to target hundreds of misleading ads about Joe Biden and the US Postal Service to swing-state voters, ranging from Florida to Wisconsin in recent weeks, in an apparent failure to enforce its own platform rules less than two months before Election Day.
  
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• Courts Extend Vote By Mail Deadlines In Swing States - NPR

  23-09-2020 20:26
  Courts Extend Vote By Mail Deadlines In Swing States  NPRTrump's plan is clearly for the Supreme Court to throw him the election.  SlateWe Will Likely Not Know Who Wins On Election Night. We Should Be Prepared and Accept That.  TIMETrump's flaws alone won't get Black voters to the polls  Los Angeles TimesVote by mail, or on Nov. 3? Neither: Here’s the best option for you and America  New York Daily NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Racially Biased Policing: Can It Be Fixed?

  23-09-2020 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Start with real-world data. Team up scholars and law enforcers. Focus on behaviors and situations. A coalition’s anti-bias work sheds light on a way forward.
  
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• Tyra Banks shuts down engagement rumors after she was spotted out wearing a ring on THAT finger - Daily Mail

  23-09-2020 19:53
  Tyra Banks shuts down engagement rumors after she was spotted out wearing a ring on THAT finger  Daily MailTom Bergeron Won't Bash Tyra Banks' 'DWTS' Hosting  ET CanadaTyra Banks Addresses DWTS Criticism, Says Her Hosting 'Wasn't Perfect' But 'I Kept Going'  PEOPLETyra Banks Opens Up About Motherhood, ANTM Regrets & Engagement Rumors  Tamron Hall ShowTyra Banks addresses engagement rumors  msnNOWView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Corsair sinks in IPO, but stay-at-home could be good for the do-it-yourself gaming company

  23-09-2020 19:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Corsair Gaming, a hardware and accessory company, is going public Wednesday under the ticker symbol CRSR. On launch, its shares were priced at $15 and its shares were down about 4% in mid-afternoon trading.
  
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• Ultra-Low-Cost Hearing Aid – $1 Worth of Open Source Parts – Could Address Age-Related Hearing Loss Worldwide

  23-09-2020 19:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using a device that could be built with a dollar’s worth of open-source parts and a 3D-printed case, researchers want to help the hundreds of...
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• Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites

  23-09-2020 19:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday
  
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• Earth's new mini-moon may actually be 1960s space junk - Boing Boing

  23-09-2020 18:59
  Earth's new mini-moon may actually be 1960s space junk  Boing BoingA new mini-moon is about to join Earth's orbit. It could be a booster rocket from the 60s  CNNNear-Earth Asteroid 2020 SW extremely close encounter: online observations – 23 Sept. 2020  Gian MasiA rocket booster from the 1960s may have come back to haunt us  BGRAsteroid to zoom by Earth, closer than many satellites  Los Angeles TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Partner of Kenosha shooting victim sues Facebook, shooter, militias

  23-09-2020 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The lawsuit quotes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg who said Facebook made an “operational mistake” in not removing the page of the militia group.
  
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• NASA’s Powerful Webb Space Telescope Will Explore the Cores of Merging Galaxies

  23-09-2020 18:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When galaxies collide, it’s as if all the players in a symphony have begun a furious crescendo: As their stars and gas fall toward the...
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• Scientific Study Shows Weighted Blankets Are Safe and Effective Treatment of Insomnia

  23-09-2020 18:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Randomized, controlled trial  shows weighted blankets can decrease insomnia severity — are safe and effective. Weighted blankets are a safe and effective intervention in the...
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• School Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth – Here’s How Close NASA Says It Will Come

  23-09-2020 18:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on September 24. A small near-Earth asteroid (or NEA) will briefly visit...
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• As Americans worry about mailed ballots, most states now offer a way to track them

  23-09-2020 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Many states are experiencing an unparalleled surge in mailed ballots thanks to states allowing absentee votes because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Flashback 2005: How Technocrats Took Over the Practice of Medicine

  23-09-2020 17:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Americans were warned but did not respond. It is painfully evident that today’s medical/scientific dictatorship is the result of years of careful and deceptive planning on the part of Technocrats. It’s not about your health anymore, but about total control over the human condition.
  This is a must-read report if you want to understand how America’s medical industry turned on its own citizens while discarding the time-honored profession of patient-based medicine.
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• MIT professor wins top AI award for cancer, drug research

  23-09-2020 17:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor using computer science to detect cancer and discover new drugs has won a new $1 million award for artificial intelligence
  
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• Tiny Triboelectric Nanogenerator Can Harvest Energy From the Breeze You Make When You Walk

  23-09-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine blades, but now researchers in China have designed a kind...
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• J&J releases PhIII safety blueprint for Covid-19 vaccine trial. How does it stack up to Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca? - Endpoints News

  23-09-2020 16:55
  
  J&J releases PhIII safety blueprint for Covid-19 vaccine trial. How does it stack up to Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca?  Endpoints NewsJ&J launches final study of COVID-19 vaccine  ReutersUK mulling vaccine trials that deliberately expose volunteers to Covid-19  CNNLate-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in U.S.  KELOLAND.comJohnson & Johnson Begins Final Trials Of Coronavirus Vaccine  New Brunswick, NJ PatchView Full Co
  
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• Smile: Security Cameras Record You 238 Times Per Week

  23-09-2020 16:47 via technocracy.news
  
  Ubiquitous security cameras are recording Americans at an alarming rate. America has one camera for every 4.6 citizen while China has one camera per 4.1 citizens. China-style Technocracy is almost complete in the U.S. and is the biggest risk to the survival of freedom and liberty. ⁃ TN EditorIt seems no matter where we go throughout the day, there’s a camera close by. While passing by a security camera may not shock many people, a new study finds the average person is being filmed mo
  
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• Cognitive Decline in Aging Pet Dogs Not Impacted by Diet or Prior Training

  23-09-2020 16:40 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study has developed robust tests to measure behavior and cognition in aged pet dogs and suggests need for further research into links between aging,...
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• Belgian Doctors, Health Pros Demand End To Lockdowns

  23-09-2020 16:36 via technocracy.news
  
  Thus far, this open letter has been signed by 447 medical doctors and 1460 health professionals and the list is growing. Technocrats are grinding their teeth trying to silence this concept of “Open Debate” because it slams their fraudulent science and cracked social engineering schemes. ⁃ TN EditorOpen letter from medical doctors and health professionals to all Belgian authorities and all Belgian media.
  We, Belgian doctors and health professionals, wish to express our serious c
  
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• 'Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

  23-09-2020 16:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has topped 200,000, by far the highest in the world
  
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• Facebook and YouTube accept hate speech audits to keep advertisers happy

  23-09-2020 15:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed to allow outsiders to audit how they handle harmful content such as hate speech following a boycott of their platforms by major advertisers.
  
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• Advertisers reach deal with social media on steps to curb harmful content

  23-09-2020 15:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms.
  
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• ALMA Reveals Magnetic Fields in the Early Stages of Massive Star Formation

  23-09-2020 14:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Star formation in molecular clouds usually occurs in a two-step process. Supersonic flows first compress the clouds into dense filaments light-years long, after which gravity...
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• Scientists Discover Sugar Molecules in SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Spike Protein Play Active Role in Infection

  23-09-2020 14:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, researchers are working overtime to develop vaccines and therapies to thwart SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease Many...
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• Chinese state media slams TikTok deal as 'dirty' and 'unpalatable'

  23-09-2020 13:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two prominent Chinese media outlets are urging Beijing to kill what they call a "dirty" and "unpalatable" deal intended to keep TikTok operating in the United States.
  
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• Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Begins – Fourth Large-Scale COVID-19 Vaccine Trial in the United States

  23-09-2020 12:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A fourth Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun enrolling adult volunteers. The trial is designed to...
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• Huawei says 'survival is the goal' as US crackdown hammers its business

  23-09-2020 12:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Huawei is in survival mode, as continuous "attacks" from the United States threaten to choke off the Chinese tech company's access to key technology.
  
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• Apple finally launched an online store in India

  23-09-2020 12:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's been 20 years since Apple entered India. Now the company is finally starting to sell directly to customers.
  
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• The Most Biodiverse Places on the Planet: Scientists Discover Secret Behind Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots

  23-09-2020 11:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have discovered why the tropics and a handful of other areas across the globe have become the most biodiverse places on the planet. The...
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• These Everyday Toxins May Be Hurting Pregnant Women and Their Babies

  23-09-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  PFAS, industrial chemicals used to waterproof jackets and grease-proof fast-food containers, may disrupt pregnancy with lasting effects.
  
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• Regenerative Dentistry Breakthrough: Biological Therapy for Damaged Teeth

  23-09-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New knowledge on the cellular makeup and growth of teeth can expedite developments in regenerative dentistry — a biological therapy for damaged teeth — as...
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• Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead

  23-09-2020 09:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  More pilot whales have been found stranded in Australia, raising the estimated total to almost 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country
  
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• Facebook has more users in India than anywhere else. It's now dealing with a hate speech crisis

  23-09-2020 05:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But those issues are also playing out — sometimes in more sinister ways — around the world, including a country where Facebook has more users than anywhere else.
  
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• New Type of Superconductor Identified by Scientists

  23-09-2020 00:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Until now, the history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers — led by Brad Ramshaw,...
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