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• Chinese scientists say coronavirus illness symptoms peaked on February 1 — but they warn that the epidemic could 'rebound'

  18-02-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China could see a new spike in coronavirus cases once residents return to school and work, a new study found.
  
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• Trump insists he's 'allowed to be involved' in Stone case as top Republicans give rare joint statement about Barr

  18-02-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three top Republicans in Washington accused Democrats of "intimidating" William Barr in their demands that the attorney general resign amid allegations that the Department of Justice coordinated with Donald Trump to limit the sentence of former campaign aide Roger Stone.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy issued a rare joint statement from both congressional chambers to defend Mr Barr as a "man of the highest char
  
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• Bloomberg campaign: There are only three viable presidential candidates

  18-02-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Only three candidates out of the more than half dozen vying for the White House have a viable path to the nomination, a senior official for the Mike Bloomberg campaign told reporters Tuesday.
  
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• Why Oregon conservatives want to redrew the state and join Idaho

  18-02-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of Oregon conservatives has petitioned to redraw their state lines and join Idaho in an attempt to avoid liberal policies.Greater Idaho, the group leading the movement, secured approval from two counties in Oregon and is now working to gather enough signatures to put the proposal on local ballots come November, USA Today reports.
  
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• Bloomberg moves into second behind Sanders among Democrats, Biden third: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  18-02-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Bloomberg, a late entry into the Democratic presidential race, has moved into second place ahead of onetime front-runner Joe Biden, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national poll released on Tuesday that showed Bernie Sanders widening his lead over the field. The opinion poll taken from Friday to Monday showed 25% of registered Democrats and independents said they would vote for Sanders, 78, a liberal firebrand who won last week's New Hampshire primary. Bloomberg, 78, a billionaire media mog
  
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• After his fiery crash, NASCAR driver is awake and speaking with family

  18-02-2020 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors, a day after a fiery crash near the finish line of Daytona 500.
  
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• US to treat Chinese state media like arm of government, but Russian outlets spared

  18-02-2020 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The United States will begin treating five major Chinese media companies as extensions of Beijing's government, requiring them to comply with rules governing foreign embassies and consulates.
  
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• US to treat Chinese state media like an arm of Beijing's government

  18-02-2020 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The United States will begin treating five major Chinese media companies as extensions of Beijing's government, requiring them to comply with rules governing foreign embassies and consulates.
  
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• Teen sensation buries PSG in Champions League debut for new team

  18-02-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised anymore, given the frequency with which he does it.
  
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• Bloomberg Campaign Says It’s a Two-Man Race for the Nomination

  18-02-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Michael Bloomberg’s campaign says the Democratic presidential primary race has narrowed to a contest between the former New York mayor and Bernie Sanders, while a half-dozen contenders still remain in the race.Bloomberg campaign states director Dan Kanninen told reporters Tuesday that with Joe Biden’s campaign in trouble after poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, only Sanders and Bloomberg will have the resources and ability to compete effectively for delegates acr
  
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• Trump goes on clemency spree and falsely claims he's 'chief law enforcement officer'

  18-02-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Want a Trump pardon? There's one simple box to tick
  
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• A 7-year-old boy has died of flu, and officials are warning schools to be on 'high alert'

  18-02-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matthew Wzorek, known as "Smiley," was a seven-year-old boy from Worrall Elementary School who died after battling the flu.
  
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• The first poll of Susan Collins' 2020 senate race shows her tied with Democratic challenger

  18-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maine's 2020 Senate race is uncharted territory for Republican Sen. Susan Collins.Colby College released the first poll of this year's Maine Senate race, and it shows the four-term incumbent statistically tied with her Democratic challenger, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon. While 42 percent of respondents said they'd vote for Collins in the fall, 43 percent said they'd opt for Gideon, marking an unusually tough road ahead for Collins."This could be the kind of race Sen. Collins has not had to de
  
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• The first poll of Susan Collins’ 2020 senate race shows her tied with Democratic challenger

  18-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maine's 2020 Senate race is uncharted territory for Republican Sen. Susan Collins.Colby College released the first poll of this year's Maine Senate race, and it shows the four-term incumbent statistically tied with her Democratic challenger, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon. While 42 percent of respondents said they'd vote for Collins in the fall, 43 percent said they'd opt for Gideon, marking an unusually tough road ahead for Collins."This could be the kind of race Sen. Collins has not had to de
  
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• Sanders Campaign Manager Slams MSNBC, Says Fox News Is ‘More Fair’

  18-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Sanders’s campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, has accused MSNBC of employing “double standard” in its coverage of the Vermont senator, claiming in an interview published Tuesday that Fox News is “more fair” in critiquing Sanders’s progressive platform.“That’s saying something,” Shakir told Vanity Fair. “Fox is often yelling about Bernie Sanders’s socialism, but they’re still giving our campaign the opportunity to make our
  
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• A 6-year-old was held in a mental health center for 2 days without her mother's consent, and her lawyer says other parents have come forward to claim the same thing happened to their children

  18-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nadia King, 6, was taken from her elementary school in a sheriff's department cruiser to a mental health center, where she was held for two days. Her mother's attorney will sue in federal court.
  
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• U.S. flags 5 Chinese media organizations as state entities

  18-02-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tensions between the United States and China have seeped into the media sphere.The State Department on Tuesday designated five Chinese media organizations, which are known to be part of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda apparatus — Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International, China Daily, Hai Tian Development — as official government entities. In practice, it doesn't do a whole lot besides requiring the organizations to get the State Departme
  
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• Faye Marie Swetlik abducted, killed by South Carolina neighbor, officials say after autopsy

  18-02-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Autopsy results were released Tuesday in the death of South Carolina girl Faye Marie Swetlik. She was killed by Coty Scott Taylor, authorities said.
  
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• DOJ: Two federal prosecutors are coordinating Ukraine-related matters, including information supplied by Rudy Giuliani

  18-02-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department says anyone, not just Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, can pass on allegations and information related to Ukraine.
  
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• NBC News/WSJ poll: Sanders opens up double-digit lead nationally

  18-02-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Vermont senator's lead in the Democratic race comes as former Vice President Joe Biden's standing has dropped 11 points since January.
  
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• Want a Trump pardon? There's one simple box to tick

  18-02-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump runs his White House (and his life) by two simple principles:
  
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• Prosecutors in Turkey seek detention of activist hours after his acquittal

  18-02-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  A Turkish court acquitted defendants Tuesday over the 2013 protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park -- a high-profile trial criticized by rights groups as part of the government's crackdown on dissenting voices.
  
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• The coronavirus is slamming the US travel industry, with experts predicting it will wipe out more than $10 billion in spending from Chinese visitors

  18-02-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese travelers represented 7% of all visitors to the US in 2019 and 16% of visitor spending. The economic impact is forecast to be worse than SARS.
  
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• Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman ramps up his criticism of Bernie Sanders, calling him a 'bigger threat' to the stock market than coronavirus

  18-02-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He is not a socialist. He is, rather, a communist," Cooperman said about the Vermont senator in a CNBC interview.
  
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• US President follows wave of pardons for white-collar criminals by falsely claiming he is 'the chief law enforcement officer of the country'

  18-02-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he's commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
  
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• France to end imam, teacher deals to counter extremism

  18-02-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced measures intended to counter Islamic extremism in France by giving the government more authority over the schooling of children, the financing of mosques and the training of imams.Macron, during a visit to the city of Mulhouse in eastern France, said the government sought to combat “foreign interference” in how Islam is practiced and the way its religious institutions are organized in the secular country.Macron said he plans to en
  
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• NASCAR driver awake and speaking after fiery crash

  18-02-2020 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors, a day after a fiery crash near the finish line of Daytona 500.
  
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• ‘The Face of Public Corruption’: Illinois Republicans ‘Disappointed’ by Trump’s Pardon of Ex-Gov. Blagojevich

  18-02-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illinois Republicans expressed Tuesday that they are "disappointed" with President Trump's decision to commute the sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was removed from office and sentenced to prison on corruption charges over a decade ago."Blagojevich is the face of public corruption in Illinois, and not once has he shown any remorse for his clear and documented record of egregious crimes that undermined the trust placed in him by voters," House Republicans from Illinois sa
  
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• Missing 6-year-old South Carolina girl's death ruled homicide by asphyxiation

  18-02-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A polka dot boot and a soup ladle with fresh dirt on it led police to the body of Faye Swetlik, who officials say was killed by a neighbor who was also found dead.
  
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• DOJ Denies Coordination between Barr and Giuliani in Letter Detailing Ukraine ‘Intake Process’

  18-02-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department informed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) in a Tuesday letter that deputy attorney general Jeffrey Rosen had tasked the top prosecutors for the Eastern District of New York and the Western District of Pennsylvania to oversee the process of reviewing “unsolicited” information from Ukraine."The Deputy Attorney General implemented this policy to avoid duplication of efforts across Offices and components, to facilitate information sharing,
  
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• Top disease official: Risk of coronavirus in USA is 'minuscule'; skip mask and wash hands

  18-02-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Should I wear a mask? The U.S. infectious disease chief says no: "In the U.S. there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to wear a mask right now."
  
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• The secret to getting a Trump presidential pardon

  18-02-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump runs his White House (and his life) by two simple principles:
  
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• Ultimate choice: Tennessee inmates wrestle with how to die

  18-02-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After more than three decades on death row, Don Johnson weighed the options for his own demise: He could keep a promise to his daughter that he wouldn't die in the electric chair.Johnson, who was convicted of suffocating his wife, was put to death by lethal injection, a method adopted by most states after the electric chair began losing public favor.Most states have gotten rid of the electric chair, meaning the only option for most inmates across the country is lethal injection.
  
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• Texas man drove with 'mangled corpse' in passenger seat after running it over, police say

  18-02-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The body of the pedestrian, who has not been identified, went through the Ford’s windshield and was found in the passenger seat of the vehicle.
  
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• Neighbor Found Dead in Home Abducted, ‘Asphyxiated’ 6-Year-Old Faye Swetlik: Police

  18-02-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Evidence shows that 6-year-old Faye Swetlik was strangled to death by her neighbor within hours of being abducted from her front yard in South Carolina last week, authorities revealed Tuesday.Police said Coty Scott Taylor, a 30-year-old neighbor who killed himself inside his home last week, was the “sole perpetrator” behind Swetlik’s tragic slaying on Feb. 10. Taylor was found dead in his South Carolina home on Feb. 13, which is about 100 to 150 feet away from the Swetlik
  
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• Trump claims he knows anonymous administration official's identity, but 'I can't tell you'

  18-02-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's search for that anonymous senior administration official has come to an end, or so he claims.Trump on Tuesday told reporters he now knows the identity of the administration official who in 2018 authored a New York Times op-ed describing a "resistance" inside the administration and later wrote the book A Warning. "I know who it is," Trump said.Asked who it is, Trump responded, "I can't tell you that, but I know who it is. But we won't get into it."This comes after Axios reported
  
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• 'Gun Girl' Kaitlin Bennett's appearance on Ohio University campus sparks protests

  18-02-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The provocateur posted video of herself in a truck as students threw drinks and shouted expletives at her as the vehicle attempted to leave.
  
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• Judge rejects request from Trump ally Roger Stone to delay sentencing hearing

  18-02-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The decision comes after a contentious week for the Justice Department, as it faces allegations of political meddling in criminal cases tied to the president.
  
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• Southwest loophole: Savvy travelers profited from airline's repeated 737 Max flight changes

  18-02-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Southwest has had a more liberal flight change policy than competitors, enabling savvy travelers to benefit even if they weren't on a Max.
  
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• Autopsy: South Carolina girl Faye Marie Swetlik died of homicide by asphyxiation

  18-02-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Autopsy results were released Tuesday in the death of 6-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik, of Cayce, South Carolina.
  
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• See Trump adviser's reaction when shown strong Obama economic numbers

  18-02-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro debates the economy and job growth numbers between the Obama and Trump administrations with CNN's Poppy Harlow.
  
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• How Trump adviser reacted when shown strong Obama economic numbers

  18-02-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro debates the economy and job growth numbers between the Obama and Trump administrations with CNN's Poppy Harlow.
  
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• Ex-prosecutor: This is crazy, someone take away Trump's pen

  18-02-2020 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Trump announced he had commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who had served eight years of a 14-year sentence for the pay-for-play charges. Trump also announced pardons for former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik, convicted of tax fraud and lying to officials, and Mike Milken, an investment banker who was convicted of felony charges that included securities fraud and conspiracy.
  
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• Ex-prosecutor: Someone take away Trump's pardon pen

  18-02-2020 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Trump announced he had commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who had served eight years of a 14-year sentence for the pay-for-play charges. Trump also announced pardons for former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik, convicted of tax fraud and lying to officials, and Mike Milken, an investment banker who was convicted of felony charges that included securities fraud and conspiracy.
  
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• Trump Releases Blagojevich From Prison, Pardons Financier Milken

  18-02-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump announced a set of clemencies and pardons on Tuesday, including for former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who was convicted of public corruption and for financier Michael Milken who was convicted of securities fraud.The commutation of the 14-year prison sentence of Blagojevich brought a surprising end to one of the highest-profile public corruption cases of the 21st century.Trump’s closest confidants had urged him to pardon Milken, the 1980s “
  
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• Trump declares himself 'chief law enforcement officer' as he issues numerous pardons

  18-02-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president on Tuesday exercised his pardon power, granting clemency to or commuting the sentences of nearly a dozen people convicted of crimes.
  
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• Pompeii restoration unearths 'surprise' treasures

  18-02-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vivid frescoes and never-before-seen inscriptions were among the treasures unearthed in a massive years-long restoration of the world-famous archeological site Pompeii that came to a close Tuesday.The painstaking project saw an army of workers reinforce walls, repair collapsing structures and excavate untouched areas of the sprawling site, Italy's second most visited tourist destination after Rome's Colosseum.New discoveries were made too, in areas of the ruins not yet explored by modern-day arc
  
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• WWI helmet was better blast protection than new one: US study

  18-02-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A helmet used by French soldiers in World War I provided better protection from overhead blasts than a modern American model, according to a US university study.Biomedical engineers from North Carolina's Duke University tested the performance of several models of World War I helmet and the US Advanced Combat Helmet by subjecting them to shock waves."While we found that all helmets provided a substantial amount of protection against blast, we were surprised to find that the 100-year-old helmets p
  
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• Michael Bloomberg has already spent more on campaign ads than Obama did in his entire 2012 race

  18-02-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Michael Bloomberg has spent $338.7 million on TV, radio, and digital-media ads, Sen. Bernie Sanders has spent just about $18 million.
  
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• Keilar shuts down Bloomberg spokesperson's defense: That's not going to do it

  18-02-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  Jason Schechter, Chief Communications Officer for Michael Bloomberg's campaign, defended the former mayor against reports ofalleged previous sexist comments, saying Bloomberg's track record on women's issues speaks for itself.
  
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