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• The unexpected red-flag words and emojis suicide counselors look for, including 'vampire' and '11:11'

  10-02-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A study of 129 million texts by Crisis Text Line found those who used the pill emoji were 4.4 times more likely to be in a life-threatening situation.
  
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• Accuser Called Weinstein a ‘Spiritual Soul Mate,’ Former Friend Tells Jury

  10-02-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Former friends of two Harvey Weinstein accusers assailed their credibility at Weinstein’s sexual assault trial, with one saying that prosecution witness Jessica Mann once referred to the movie producer as her “soul mate.”Testifying on Monday for the defense, Talita Maia, a Brazilian actor who lived with Mann in Los Angeles, contradicted her former roommate’s account that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel in February 2013 as Maia was
  
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• Mystery $844B pot in Trump budget signals possible Medicaid cuts

  10-02-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump’s budget contains an $844 billion mystery pot for his still undefined health care plan, signaling steep cuts to Medicaid and “Obamacare.”
  
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• U.S. Justice Department files new lawsuits in renewed push to pressure 'sanctuary cities'

  10-02-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Justice Department on Monday ramped up its fight against states and municipalities that adopt "sanctuary" policies to protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation, with Attorney General William Barr announcing new lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County, Washington, where Seattle is located.Barr also touted another recently filed lawsuit against California over a law that bars the use of private detention facilities."Unfortunately, in various jurisdictions, so-calle
  
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• 'We don't want him': Trump tells Utah governor he can 'keep Mitt Romney' after impeachment vote

  10-02-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump slammed Mitt Romney again on Monday as he continued to seethe from the GOP senator's vote to remove him from office.
  
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• It's not the president's budget. It’s the spending, stupid!

  10-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Today’s deficits were pretty much baked into the cake long before Donald Trump entered the Oval Office, writes Stephen Moore of Heritage Foundation.
  
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• Xi Jinping made a rare public appearance amid coronavirus outbreak

  10-02-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's President Xi Jinping was out and about in Beijing on Monday as part of an effort to show he's taking active role in the country's response to the coronavirus outbreak.Xi doesn't often mingle with the public, per The New York Times, but his absence during the virus' spread has been particularly noticeable. So on Monday, he was seen making stops at various spots in the capital, including a community center, hospital, and center for disease control. The president was wearing a surgical mask
  
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• In risky strategy, Sanders’s Democratic rivals hold their fire against him

  10-02-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He won the most votes in Iowa. He leads every single New Hampshire poll. He’s starting to pull ahead nationally for the first time. And he’s lapping the field with his mammoth fundraising. But Bernie Sanders is also the most polarizing Democrat in the race.
  
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• Air Force One may soon get its first new paint job since the Kennedy years — here's what it was like on JFK's version of the presidential airliner

  10-02-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The SAM 26000 arrived in 1962 and would carry eight presidents, numerous dignitaries, and countless diplomats during its 36 years in service.
  
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• Texas officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting

  10-02-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Central Texas police officer was charged Monday with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop, officials said.Temple Officer Carmen DeCruz was charged with the second-degree felony in the Dec. 2 shooting of Michael Dean, Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza said in a statement.If convicted of the charge, DeCruz could face two to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Here’s how many bombs the US plans to buy in the next year

  10-02-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. is slowing down its procurement of weapons that are used in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  
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• Rip B-1 Bomber: The Air Force Wants a Shiny New B-21 Instead

  10-02-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• How some mammals pause their pregnancies

  10-02-2020 22:57
  Some species of mammals can delay the implantation of their embryos until conditions are better for bearing and rearing offspring. This enigmatic reproductive strategy can help improve the odds of survival. Researchers have found some of the biological mechanisms behind this suspension of embryonic development. Similar reversible dormant states are also found in some cancer tumors.
  
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• Trump cautioned for insisting 'coronavirus will be gone by April'

  10-02-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Medical experts have urged the president to remain vigilant about the danger posed by coronavirus in the US, after he said it would be “gone by April”.As the World Health Organisation warned the spread of coronavirus cases which had no history of travel to China could be “the spark that becomes a bigger fire” as people across China returned to work after the Lunar New Year holiday, Donald Trump claimed the US was in good shape,
  
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• Biden's support slumps to lowest on record, Bloomberg surges nationally as Democratic race heats up: poll

  10-02-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Support for Joe Biden's U.S. Democratic presidential bid has tumbled nationally to the lowest on record since his lackluster finish in the Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging in the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.The opinion poll taken from Thursday to Monday found that 17% of registered Democrats and independents said they would vote for Biden, down 5 percentage points from a similar poll that ran last we
  
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• Voter registration error risks deportation and criminal charges for immigrants

  10-02-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A handful of immigrants could face deportation or criminal charges, after a mistake in Illinois' automatic voter registration system allowed of hundreds of people who identified themselves as non-U.S. citizens to register. Sixteen cast ballots.
  
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• Trump campaign boots local GOP bigwigs from New Hampshire event

  10-02-2020 22:36 via politico.com
  
  The president is holding a rally in Manchester on Monday evening.
  
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• Trump, Manchin trading barbs as impeachment feud boils over

  10-02-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A post-impeachment spat between President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has sunk to name-calling and insults.The moderate Democrat took to cable news Monday to hurl barbs at the president after a weekend of back-and-forth that ignited when Trump criticized Manchin for voting to impeach him from office.“I expect every American, and myself, would like my president and our president to act like a responsible adult, and he's not,” Manchin told CNN.
  
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• U.S. Counterintelligence Chief Warns of Meddling After Iowa Vote

  10-02-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The head of U.S. counterintelligence operations said he’s worried foreign adversaries might seize on the confusion that erupted over voting in the Iowa Democratic caucuses last week to advance disinformation and influence campaigns.“How could our adversaries take what happened in Iowa and pour gasoline on that?” William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said during a briefing with reporters on Monday.The reporting of the r
  
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• Manchin to Trump: I'm no Munchkin, and by the way, you're 'much heavier than me'

  10-02-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., aka (by President Trump) as “Joe Munchkin,” said Monday that he wasn’t bothered by a flurry of weekend taunts by Trump, who has singled him out, along with Mitt Romney, R-Utah, for abuse for their votes in the Senate impeachment trial.
  
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• Jackson State University president arrested in Mississippi prostitution sting

  10-02-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police made contact with the alleged offenders in prostitution sting through online "dark web" sites, where services were discussed.
  
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• Amy Klobuchar surges to third in New Hampshire polls as she warns against 'socialist' Sanders

  10-02-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amy Klobuchar really wants New Hampshire to know that she is not a socialist, and she doesn't think it is a particularly good idea to nominate one as the Democratic nominee, either.Just hours before voters in the Granite State were set to start casting ballots in the first in the nation primary, Ms Klobuchar emphasised that point as she mounts what could be her last real chance at turning her long-shot presidential candidacy into a winning prospect.
  
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• 'A lying, dog-faced pony soldier': just what was Joe Biden talking about?

  10-02-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden called a woman a ‘lying, dog-faced pony soldier’ – but no one can find the film he thinks he’s quoting fromIt was all going so badly for Joe Biden. And then it got worse.Concerns for the former vice-president’s 2020 bid were mounting after he was caught on camera calling a woman a “lying, dog-faced pony soldier” at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Sunday.When Madison Moore, a 21-year-old economics student, asked Biden whether voters could remain
  
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• 'Reaper of death,' newfound cousin of T. rex, discovered in Canada

  10-02-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The newly identified tyrannosaur lived during the Cretaceous period, which lasted from about 145 million to 65 million years ago.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Tops U.S. Poll; Bloomberg Overtakes Warren in Third Spot

  10-02-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Bernie Sanders is leading the Democratic field and Joe Biden has lost his front-runner status in a national poll taken after the Iowa caucuses.The Quinnipiac University poll showed the Vermont senator with 25% support, topping the survey for the first time. He was followed by Biden at 17% and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 15%.Biden dropped dramatically since the previous Quinnipiac poll on Jan. 28, when he had 26% and the lead. In that poll, Sanders was second wi
  
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• Manchin to Trump: I'm no Munchkin, and by the way, you're 'much heavier than me'

  10-02-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg respond to taunts by President Trump in a similar way.
  
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• Americans divided on Trump's acquittal, but majority wanted Senate to call witnesses, poll finds

  10-02-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Overall, 22% of Americans said Trump did nothing wrong, while 30% said his acts were "improper" but not impeachable.
  
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• Record 209-mph wind gust whipped Northern California ... not so fast

  10-02-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On a windy, wintry day, a wobbly chairlift can feel like the scariest place to be. And with potentially record-breaking wind gusts lashing the mountain, Kirkwood Ski Resort in Northern California near the Nevada border wasn't going to take a chance.An unverified 209-mph wind gust was recorded shortly before 8 a.m. PST on Sunday by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Reno. If the eye-popping reading is accurate, the gust would shatter the state record and rank third all-time among verifi
  
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• Conservative activist says he wishes Romney ‘no harm’ after comments cause alarm

  10-02-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Schlapp, CPAC chair, said he would be ‘afraid’ for senator’s safety if he attended major conservative conferenceA prominent conservative activist and Trump supporter has insisted he wishes “no harm” to Mitt Romney, despite saying the Utah senator would be “afraid for his physical safety” if he attended a major conservative conference near Washington later this month.Last week, Romney cast the sole Republican vote to convict and remove the president
  
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• US college students under strict quarantine after returning from China since the coronavirus outbreak say 'it feels like I've been told I deserve this'

  10-02-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After imposing a coronavirus quarantine, Barnard heads apologized to students for sending emails that were "not accurate, appropriate, or acceptable."
  
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• Airline workers reveal how they're dealing with being on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak as it spreads around the world

  10-02-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the coronavirus spreads to countries outside China, flight attendants shared their thoughts about working in air travel during an outbreak.
  
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• China president in rare visit to virus patients, medics

  10-02-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked Monday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people.The outbreak has prompted unprecedented action by the Chinese government, including locking down entire cities in Hubei as well as cutting transport links nationwide, closing tourist attractions and telling hundreds of millions of people to stay indoors.
  
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• The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, who started Theranos when she was 19 and will now stand trial over 'massive fraud' in July 2020

  10-02-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Holmes started blood-testing startup Theranos at 19, and grew it to a $9 billion valuation. Then she was charged with 'massive fraud.'
  
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• Biden plummets in new national poll, ceding top spot to Bernie

  10-02-2020 21:04 via politico.com
  
  The new Quinnipiac survey also shows Bloomberg surging 7 points to third place and eating into Biden's support among black voters.
  
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• #SiliconValleySoWhite: Black Facebook and Google employees speak out on big tech racism

  10-02-2020 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hostile workplace in mostly white and male companies from Facebook to Google makes black employees feel like they don’t belong, Leslie Miley says.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Campaign Calls for Recalculation of Iowa Caucus Results

  10-02-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg requested a partial retabulation of Iowa caucus results, the Iowa Democratic Party announced Monday.Buttigieg collected the most delegates in Iowa, earning 14 delegates to Sanders’ 12.The Sanders campaign said it filed the recanvass request because it found “widespread issues and miscalculations.” If successful, the challenge could result in a delegate moving from Buttigieg to Sanders, giving them 13 delegates ap
  
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• Only 33% of Americans agree with Trump's acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, poll shows

  10-02-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 44% of respondents in an Insider poll disagreed with Trump's acquittal on some level and said they supported the his removal from office.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?

  10-02-2020 20:48
  A study of cultured bat cells shows that their strong immune responses, constantly primed to respond to viruses, can drive viruses to greater virulence. Modelling bat immune systems on a computer, the researchers showed that when bat cells quickly release interferon upon infection, other cells quickly wall themselves off. This drives viruses to faster reproduction. The increased virulence and infectivity wreak havoc when these viruses infect animals with tamer immune systems, like humans.
  
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• Melania Trump asks governors' spouses to tackle cyberassault

  10-02-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Melania Trump on Monday cited the influence of “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus as she asked spouses of the nation's governors to address cyberassault in their states.“I know the many issues associated with online safety will be hard to stop, but there is a need now more than ever to teach our children healthy behavior to secure a safer future for all of them,” the first lady said before she sat down with the spouses for a cozy lunch in the White House Blue Room
  
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• Here's What Caused the Fastest New York to London Subsonic Flight Ever

  10-02-2020 20:46 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Airliners are slower than they used to be—but sometimes, they can still bend the sound barrier.
  
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• Bloomberg creeps into 3rd place in new national poll

  10-02-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Quinnipiac University released a new national poll Monday and it's a doozy.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took his first lead among Democratic presidential candidates in the poll, grabbing 25 percent support from those surveyed, while the usual frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden, dropped nine points. He's still in second place, but billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks like he's encroaching on Biden's turf, jumping up eight points which puts him in third place
  
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• 'Let's Not Shake Hands': Xi Jinping Tours Beijing Amid Coronavirus Crisis

  10-02-2020 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING -- When he stepped inside the municipal office 5 miles north of the Forbidden City, China's most powerful leader in decades pulled up the sleeve of his black overcoat and held out his wrist. A woman in a mask and surgical gloves then checked to see if he had a fever.It was Xi Jinping's first public appearance since meeting the Cambodian prime minister last week and one of only a handful since the epidemic exploded into a crisis last month. It showed him on what state media declared the "
  
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• 'I was scared to death': Patients jailed over unpaid medical debt in rural Kansas

  10-02-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a time when healthcare policy dominates national debate, a county in Kansas is jailing individuals with medical debt.Judge David Casement is a magistrate judge in Coffeyville, Kansas, where the poverty rate is twice the national average. He presides over cases in which individuals with medical debt are brought to court to face the medical companies they owe. During the hearings, the debtors must make a case for their own poverty during what is known as a “debtors exam.”
  
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• Michael Bloomberg Has Spent an Astounding $300 Million On His Presidential Campaign

  10-02-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bloomberg has pledged to use his wealth to finance the Democratic ticket through the November election, whether he is on it or not. His 2020 campaign will provide an excellent case study on how much money can influence voters.
  
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• Voter registration error risks deportation for immigrants

  10-02-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The day Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick applied for an Illinois driver's license upended her life. A decade and a half later, she struggles to find work at 52, is nearly homeless and hasn't seen two of her three American citizen daughters in years because of a secretary of state's office mishap. A handful of other immigrants could face a similar fate, or criminal charges, after a mistake in Illinois' automatic voter registration system allowed of hundreds of people who identified themselves as n
  
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• George Conway condemns wife Kellyanne's 'gaslighting' for Trump

  10-02-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican George Conway has condemned “gaslighting” by his wife Kellyanne Conway, over her defence of Donald Trump’s decision to fire a national security official who testified at his impeachment trial.Last week, the White House announced it was firing the US’s EU ambassador George Sondland, and that Lt Col Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, were being removed from the national security council
  
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• People are racing to buy face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, but they probably won't protect you from illness

  10-02-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wearing a face mask won't protect you from the Wuhan coronavirus as well as washing your hands and avoiding contact with anyone who may be infected.
  
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• Antarctica's new record high temperature: Is it climate change?

  10-02-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Antarctica made worldwide news when one location – an Argentine research base – set a record high temperature for the continent of 64.9 degrees.
  
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• Syrian, Turkish forces in new deadly clash in Idlib

  10-02-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Qaminas (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian and Turkish forces exchanged fire on Monday in another deadly clash in northwest Syria, where nearly 700,000 people have fled escalating violence in the last major opposition bastion.
  
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• CPAC Chairman Says He Couldn’t Guarantee Romney’s ‘Physical Safety’ at Conference

  10-02-2020 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference raised eyebrows over the weekend when he remarked that he would fear for Senator Mitt Romney's "physical safety" if he attended the conference.“This year, I would actually be afraid for his physical safety, people are so mad at him,” CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News's Full Court Press.Romney, a Utah Republican, angered members of his party earlier this month when he became the sole Republican t
  
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