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• Michael Bloomberg to release female employees from gag orders

  21-02-2020 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US presidential hopeful says three NDAs were agreed with women "about comments they said I had made".
  
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• Sanders Suggests Report that Russia Is Boosting Campaign Was Politically Motivated

  21-02-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) suggested to reporters Friday that a report by the Washington Post that Russia is attempting to boost his campaign was politically motivated.The Post story, which broke Friday afternoon, said that Sanders had been briefed by U.S. officials on apparent Russian efforts to help his campaign, but did not say when the briefing took place. Questioned by reporters later Friday, Sanders said it happened “about a month ago.” When asked what he thought of the t
  
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• Counting Starts in Iran Election Likely Dominated by Hardliners

  21-02-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Iranians voted Friday in an election that’s expected to hand control of parliament to hard-line conservatives empowered by the country’s turbulent and economically damaging standoff with the U.S.Voting ended at midnight and the counting of ballots started almost immediately, according to state television.While official turnout hasn’t been announced it’s expected to be lower than in previous years because of the hundreds of moderates and reformists who were
  
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• Why Annabella Sciorra is key to whether Harvey Weinstein spends the rest of his life in prison

  21-02-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Less than an hour after jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York trial began deliberating, they returned with a long note for the court with a clear message: Can you please explain these charges more?
  
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• Why Anabella Sciorra is key to whether Harvey Weinstein spends the rest of his life in prison

  21-02-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Less than an hour after jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York trial began deliberating, they returned with a long note for the court with a clear message: Can you please explain these charges more?
  
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• Marie Yovanovitch, key figure in Trump's impeachment, inks book deal

  21-02-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine's memoir is slated to be released in the spring of 2021.
  
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• 'Nobody knows what's going to happen' - Guardiola reacts to Sterling's Real Madrid interview

  21-02-2020 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola says his players are 'free to say what they think' as Raheem Sterling is interviewed by Spanish press about a move to Real Madrid.
  
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• A recurring Biden campaign story about being arrested in South Africa is full of inconsistencies

  21-02-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a pretty good tale to share — but it may be a little tall.Biden, who is running for president, has been spicing up his recent campaign stump speeches with a story of how he was arrested while in South Africa trying to see Nelson Mandela, The New York Times reports. But that recollection of events has only recently come to light, and it was reportedly omitted from Biden's 2007 memoir that detailed his escapades in the country around that time.During recen
  
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• Driving home from the hospital 3 days after giving birth, a woman saved a man from a burning oil tanker

  21-02-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Holly McNally saw the driver of an oil tanker on fire. She stopped her car and ran over to him, eventually helping him to safety with two others.
  
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• Wells Fargo $3 billion for its 'staggering' fake-accounts scandal

  21-02-2020 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  Wells Fargo was hit with a $3 billion fine Friday by federal authorities outraged by the millions of fake accounts created at the troubled bank over many years.
  
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• US government fines Wells Fargo $3 billion for its 'staggering' fake-accounts scandal

  21-02-2020 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  Wells Fargo was hit with a $3 billion fine Friday by federal authorities outraged by the millions of fake accounts created at the troubled bank over many years.
  
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• South Korea becomes newest front in shifting virus outbreak

  21-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, making the country the newest front in a widening global outbreak centered in China and now reverberating elsewhere. South Korea said two people have died and 204 have been infected with the virus, quadruple the number of cases it had two days earlier. The multiplying caseload in South Korea showed the ease with which the illness can spread.
  
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• EU budget: Talks end amid stand-off between 'frugal' and other nations

  21-02-2020 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron said the deadlock showed "we don't need Britain to show disunity".
  
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• The Diamond Princess cruise ship, where at least 634 people caught the coronavirus, is setting sail again in April. Here's how it's being cleaned.

  21-02-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A spokesperson for Princess' parent company Carnival Corp. said the ship will be sprayed with a standard disinfectant after the COVID-19 outbreak.
  
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• Bloomberg campaign accuses Bernie Sanders camp of inciting vandalism on their offices

  21-02-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Bloomberg campaign listed five incidents of vandalization they said mirrored Sanders' campaign rhetoric
  
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• Hacker Tied to Katie Hill Charged with Cyberattack on Her 2018 Opponents

  21-02-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI has arrested a man who gave $500 to the campaign of former representative Katie Hill (D., Calif.) in connection with a spree of hacks against Hill’s opponents in the 2018 election.Arthur Dam, the suspect in question, “was found to be connected to the cyber attacks through subscriber information, IP addresses, geolocation history, and open sources, including through his employer and his wife, K.O., who worked for one of the Victim’s opponents,” according to the com
  
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• The DOJ is reportedly probing whether Boeing's chief pilot misled regulators over the 737 Max

  21-02-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Boeing pilot who sent messages describing "egregious" problems with the 737 Max is under investigation by federal prosecutors.
  
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• Chinese jails have become hotbeds of coronavirus as more than 500 cases have erupted, prompting the ouster of several officials

  21-02-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over half of the cases are in prisons in Hubei province, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. The rest are in Shangdong and Zhejiang provinces.
  
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• Bernie Sanders suggests Russia might be behind the 'ugly' online attacks from 'Bernie Bros'

  21-02-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Some of the ugly stuff on the internet attributed to our campaign may well not be coming from real supporters," Sanders said.
  
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• Bernie Sanders suggests Russia is behind the 'ugly' online attacks from 'Bernie Bros'

  21-02-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Some of the ugly stuff on the internet attributed to our campaign may well not be coming from real supporters," Sanders said.
  
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• 10 Italian towns in lockdown over coronavirus fears

  21-02-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities in northern Italy on Friday ordered the closure of schools, bars and other public spaces in 10 towns following a flurry of new coronavirus cases.Five doctors and 10 other people tested positive for the virus in Lombardy, after apparently frequenting the same bar and group of friends, with two other cases in Veneto, authorities said at a press conference.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said "everything is under control", and stressed the government was maintaining "an extremely
  
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• 'Friends' reunion special set for HBO Max

  21-02-2020 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  Cue up The Rembrandts and get ready to argue about if Ross and Rachel were on a break. The cast of "Friends" is reuniting on HBO Max.
  
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• Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses

  21-02-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greyhound, the nation's largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks.The company's announcement came one week after The Associated Press reported on a leaked Border Patrol memo confirming that agents can't board private buses without the consent of the bus company.Greyhound had previously insisted that even though it didn't like the immigration checks, it had no choice under federal law but
  
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• Inmate falls through ceiling during failed escape

  21-02-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A inmate's attempt to escape ended in humiliating fashion when she fell through the prison's ceiling. Surveillance video from an Ohio jail captured the moment 42-year-old Jessica Boomershine came crashing down. (Feb. 21)A jail inmate's attempt to escape in Dayt on, Ohio ended in shameful fashion when she fell through the facility's ceiling.
  
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• US mother arrested in bizarre missing children case

  21-02-2020 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lori Daybell, who is allegedly linked to a cult-like group, was detained in Hawaii.
  
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• Germany's latest domestic-terror attack is another sign that xenophobia and nationalism have supplanted the lessons of the Holocaust

  21-02-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The resurgence in far-right violence has challenged Germany's resistance to racism and nationalism — and its historical memory, too.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren neck-and-neck with Bernie Sanders in her home state of Massachusetts, poll finds

  21-02-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders has a slim lead over Sen. Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Massachusetts, a new poll found.
  
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• The lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein's accusers sent a school bus to Buckingham Palace with a wanted poster telling Prince Andrew to call the FBI

  21-02-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prince Andrew hasn't yet fulfilled his promise to answer FBI questions on Jeffrey Epstein. So Gloria Allred is following him around with a school bus.
  
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• AP Exclusive: DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel

  21-02-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A once-standout U.S. federal narcotics agent known for spending lavishly on luxury cars and Tiffany jewelry has been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian drug cartel he was supposed to be fighting.Jose Irizarry and his wife were arrested Friday at their home near San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of a 19-count federal indictment that accused the 46-year-old Irizarry of “secretly using his position and his special access to information” to divert mil
  
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• US virus cases climb to 35 with return of cruise passengers

  21-02-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 18 Americans who returned home from a quarantined cruise ship are infected with the new virus, bringing the number of cases in the U.S. to 35, health officials said Friday.More confirmed cases are likely among the returned passengers from the Diamond Princess which had been quarantined in Japan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.More than 300 passengers were flown back to the U.S. last weekend and are now quarantined for two weeks at military bases and hospitals.
  
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• 'It's a cycle': the disproportionate toll of homelessness on San Francisco's African Americans

  21-02-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a city where the homeless population is 37% black, having a job doesn’t mean you can afford housingWhen Tracey Mixon walks out her door in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, she is more likely to meet another black person than in most places in the city.The Tenderloin is where many of the city’s homeless services are centered, making it a hub for the unhoused as they seek help. In a city where the black population teeters between 5% and 6%, 37% of its growing homeless
  
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• Bloomberg says he'll release three women from nondisclosure agreements

  21-02-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Warren sharply criticized Bloomberg for the use of nondisclosure agreements during Wednesday's debate.
  
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• Under pressure, Bloomberg says three women can be released from non-disclosure pacts

  21-02-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that his company has identified three women bound by non-disclosure agreements regarding his past conduct and that they would be released from their accords if they choose.In a statement, Bloomberg, who runs media conglomerate Bloomberg LP, said the agreements concern "comments they said I had made," and that the women should contact his company for a release.The agreements have been a source of fierce criticism from rival c
  
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• 'Not good enough' Warren says of Bloomberg's non-disclosure agreement pledge

  21-02-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that his company has identified three women bound by non-disclosure agreements regarding his past conduct and that they would be released from their accords if they choose.In a statement, Bloomberg, who runs media conglomerate Bloomberg LP, said the agreements concern "comments they said I had made," and that the women should contact his company for a release.The agreements have been a source
  
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• Boeing wants to end a $100 million tax break it gets. Here's why

  21-02-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  It's not often that a company asks to end a tax break worth about $100 million a year.
  
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• Trump dismisses reports of Russian interference in 2020 election as 'disinformation' – video

  21-02-2020 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump has dismissed reports of Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election to his benefit as 'disinformation' at a rally in Las Vegas the day before the democrats are due to hold the Nevada caucuses.Trump had previously cast doubt on the intelligence community’s conclusion that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 election to help him beat Hillary ClintonMike Bloomberg's favorability falls 20 points in post-debate poll – live Continue reading...
  
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• 'Enemies of the people': Coronavirus evacuees endure hostile return to Ukraine

  21-02-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Julia Volok says some of her fellow passengers expected a warm welcome on their arrival in Ukraine after finally being evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China's Hubei province this week.Instead Volok, a 26-year-old Chinese-language student, andher fellow evacuees found their buses being pelted with projectiles by protesters on Thursday as they approached the sanatorium where they have started a mandatory two-week quarantine.Despite repeated reassurances from the governm
  
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• Harry and Meghan to end use of 'SussexRoyal' brand

  21-02-2020 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to secure a trademark have also been abandoned, a spokesperson for the duke and duchess says.
  
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• 'Screaming red siren': Trump's replacement of spy chief after Russia briefing stirs outcry

  21-02-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats are criticizing Trump, suggesting he is trying to shield the fact Russia may have intervened in the 2020 election to benefit him.
  
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• Frozen bird discovered in Siberia is around 46,000 years old, researchers say

  21-02-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This is the first bird carcass procured from Ice Age permafrost deposits, researchers note. It's an ancestor of two different lark subspecies.
  
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• Gloria Allred admits sending bus asking Prince Andrew to talk to FBI about Epstein – video

  21-02-2020 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  US lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing several of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers has admitted arranging an American-style school bus to drive through different parts of London, including past Buckingham Palace, with a message on the side asking Prince Andrew to speak with the FBI.Andrew has so far failed to respond to FBI approaches in the ongoing investigation into Epstein and his abuse of underaged girlsSchool bus stunt urges Prince Andrew to talk to FBI about Jeffrey Epstein Continue
  
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• Pete Buttigieg Is Not Intersectional Enough

  21-02-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last Friday, a group of disgruntled “queer activists” interrupted Pete Buttigieg’s campaign event in San Francisco. One of the protesters, Adiel Pollydore, told the Guardian that she decided to protest in part because “Pete Buttigieg represents a very small percentage of the experiences of queer and trans people in this country, being white and being cisgender and being a man, being someone who is highly educated. We know queer and trans folks of color, especially black q
  
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• Trump Mad That Democrats Got Spy Agency to Say Russia Favors Him

  21-02-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump felt blindsided when he learned belatedly that intelligence officials briefed House lawmakers that Russia is continuing to interfere in U.S. elections -- and that Democrats elicited their view that the Russians favor Trump’s re-election, according to people familiar with the situation.Trump blamed Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, for the episode and the failure to inform him. On Wednesday, the president announced that he wa
  
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• Coronavirus: FBI orders $40k-worth of hand sanitiser to prepare for pandemic as number of infected in US rises to 34

  21-02-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI has ordered $40,000 of hand sanitiser and face masks “in case the coronavirus becomes a pandemic in the United States,” according to documents seen by CNBC.COVID-19, as the coronavirus is officially named, was declared a public health emergency by the government in January. On Friday, the number of US cases was confirmed at 34, with more expected.
  
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• Why John Lewis spent his 21st birthday in jail

  21-02-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  As Rep. John Lewis turns 80, the congressman and civil rights legend remembers the birthday that changed his life forever.
  
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• Minnesota shuts down recycling plant, site of massive fire

  21-02-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state of Minnesota on Friday shut down a metal recycling company where a fire burned for days and sent up plumes of smoke.The state cited “imminent and substantial danger” to the public, the Star Tribune reported.The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an administrative order prohibiting Northern MetalRecyclingfrom accepting any scrap metal at its plant in Becker, site of the fire.
  
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• FBI agents search home, business of Tennessee state senator

  21-02-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal authorities in Tennessee conducted searches Friday at the home and business addresses of Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson, the FBI said.Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman Joel Siskovic confirmed that agents executed search warrants at two locations in Memphis.
  
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• Afghanistan war: US and Afghan Taliban start partial truce

  21-02-2020 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If successful, the seven-day "reduction in violence" will lead to the signing of a peace deal.
  
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• Democrats avoid immigration specifics ahead of Nevada vote

  21-02-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Most other campaigns sent surrogates to the event, sponsored by Amnesty International, while the candidates themselves appeared on cable television or stumped in other states.About one out of five residents in Nevada is an immigrant and President Donald Trump's hard-line stance on immigration has turned the issue into a cultural and political touchstone.“This is an issue that we know Donald Trump has absolutely been weaponizing to expand his base and that he's been weaponizing to target ev
  
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• Croatian singer faces criminal charges for 'mocking' national anthem

  21-02-2020 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Josipa Lisac gave the controversial performance at the inauguration of Croatia's new president.
  
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