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• Liverpool lose first Premier League game of the season

  29-02-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool has lost its first Premier League game of the season after being defeated 3-0 at Watford.
  
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• See which Democrat this Trump voter went for

  29-02-2020 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jason Carroll interviews voters in Greenville, South Carolina, about who they want to be the Democratic nominee to face President Trump.
  
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• 3 people injured in explosion and fire in Los Angeles

  29-02-2020 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Three people were injured in an apparent explosion that resulted in heavy fire at a business in downtown Los Angeles, California, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
  
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• Police: Suspect in multiple Detroit-area killings dies after shooting himself

  29-02-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brown allegedly carried out these crimes after a federal judge released him following a probation violation, rather than locking him back up.
  
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• Weinstein stir crazy at New York hospital days after sex crimes conviction, spokesman says

  29-02-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Hollywood producer was admitted late on Monday to a Bellevue Hospital unit for inmates, hours after a Manhattan jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
  
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• Biden wins South Carolina primary: Live updates

  29-02-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden won Saturday’s Democratic primary in South Carolina, where voters delivered his struggling campaign a much-needed boost heading into Super Tuesday.
  
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• Biden wins South Carolina primary: Full coverage

  29-02-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden won Saturday’s Democratic primary in South Carolina, where voters delivered his struggling campaign a much-needed boost heading into Super Tuesday.
  
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• Priti Patel’s future in doubt after senior Home Office civil servant resigns

  29-02-2020 23:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Sir Philip Rutnam will sue for unfair dismissal, saying the home secretary began a ‘vicious’ campaign against him Related: From unflappable civil servant to Priti Patel’s biggest headache Priti Patel’s future as the home secretary is being called into question this weekend after the most senior civil servant in her department resigned in a row over her alleged bullying of staff – and then announced he would sue the government for constructive dismissal. Continue rea
  
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• New York is banning plastic bags from today

  29-02-2020 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  For New Yorkers who rely on plastic bags when they do their shopping: Get ready to pay a little more than you expected. Businesses across the state are preparing for the plastic bag ban that goes into effect on Sunday. Here's why it's happening -- and what shoppers should expect.
  
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• President Trump Says He's Considering Closing Southern U.S. Border as More COVID-19 Cases 'Likely'

  29-02-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. is banning travel to Iran in response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus and elevating travel warnings to regions of Italy and South Korea.
  
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• A transgender woman's brutal murder has shocked Puerto Rico and renewed a conversation about transphobia

  29-02-2020 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  "They killed Alexa, not a man in a skirt."
  
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• Could This Be the Navy's New Super Bomber? (Wait, What?)

  29-02-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While bombers could certainly contribute to searches for adversary shipping, quite likely potential targets will more often be relayed to them by other maritime surveillance assets.
  
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• Trump says ready to help Iran with coronavirus if asked

  29-02-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was ready to aid Iran with its outbreak of novel coronavirus if the country asked for assistance.The virus has now hit 61 countries across the globe, prompting the World Health Organization to raise its risk assessment to its highest level.Iran's health ministry on Saturday reported nine new deaths, taking the total to 43.
  
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• How to prepare for a coronavirus pandemic

  29-02-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Keep a two-week supply of food and a 30-day supply of medicine. Wearing a face mask at all times might not be necessary.
  
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• South Carolina primary live updates: Democrats vote for 2020 candidates

  29-02-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 2020 Democratic primary heads down south.
  
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• New US coronavirus cases revealed as first person dies on American soil

  29-02-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first person to die from coronavirus in the United States was a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions, officials in Washington state have revealed.Dr Jeff Duchin, Seattle and King County public health officer, said the man was one of three new cases, two of them linked to a longterm care facility, LifeCare Center of Kirkland.
  
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• Tom Steyer drops out of 2020 race after disappointing South Carolina primary result

  29-02-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire Tom Steyer, whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was propelled by his fortune and platform resolved to the climate crisis, has dropped out of the 2020 race after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, a state where he dumped millions of dollars on advertising and made multiple appearances in the hopes of gaining some momentum to compete among top-placed candidates.“I said if I didn’t see a path to winning that I’d suspend my campaign, and hon
  
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• 'I can't see a path where I can win': Tom Steyer drops out of 2020 race after disappointing South Carolina primary

  29-02-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire Tom Steyer, whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was propelled by his fortune and platform resolved to the climate crisis, has dropped out of the 2020 race after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, a state where he dumped millions of dollars on advertising and made multiple appearances in the hopes of gaining some momentum to compete among top-placed candidates."I said if I didn't see a path to winning that I'd suspend my campaign, and honestly, I can't see
  
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• Trump announces coronavirus travel restrictions and screening efforts on certain visitors

  29-02-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday announced new efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus, including new travel restrictions on visitors from Iran and further screening efforts on people coming from South Korea and Italy. Mr. Trump confirmed a person has died of the new coronavirus in Washington state. Watch Mr. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services director Alex Azar and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci speak at a press conference.
  
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• Why today's South Carolina primary is a make-or-break moment for a lot of Democrats

  29-02-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  • Biden's big bet on South Carolina will be tested
  
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• Real Madrid v Barcelona: El Clasico 'more important' for Real than Barca - Setien

  29-02-2020 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Barcelona boss Quique Setien thinks Sunday's El Clasico is more important for Real Madrid than his side.
  
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• Ireland Was Neutral in World War II, so Why Did the Nazis Attack It?

  29-02-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An interesting story.
  
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• Adam Levine sorry as fans criticize performance

  29-02-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Adam Levine is in misery, but it's not over a woman.
  
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• Adam Levine apologizes after fans criticize performance

  29-02-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Adam Levine is in misery, but it's not over a woman.
  
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• Adam Levine apologizes after fans criticize Maroon 5 for a weak performance

  29-02-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Adam Levine is in misery, but it's not over a woman.
  
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• 'STOP BUYING MASKS': US Surgeon General and VP say masks won't help fight coronavirus, as demand for emergency supplies increases

  29-02-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The vice president, who now heads the coronavirus task force, said the US is contracting with 3M to create 35 million more masks each month.
  
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• Man leads Philadelphia police in bizarre ambulance chase

  29-02-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  A man stole an ambulance in Philadelphia and led police officers on a chase for more than an hour Friday night, police said.
  
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• Detained Briton believes she contracted coronavirus in Iranian prison, her family says

  29-02-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother jailed in Iran on espionage charges, believes she has contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison outside Tehran, according to a family statement released Saturday.
  
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• Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe believes she contracted coronavirus in Iranian prison, her family says

  29-02-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother jailed in Iran on espionage charges, believes she has contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison outside Tehran, according to a family statement released Saturday.
  
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• Briton believes she contracted coronavirus in Iranian prison, her family says

  29-02-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother jailed in Iran on espionage charges, believes she has contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison outside Tehran, according to a family statement released Saturday.
  
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• Trump Team Testing ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Drugs to Cure Coronavirus

  29-02-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is testing existing “off-the-shelf” drugs to combat the coronavirus, a cabinet official said Saturday.A national lab in Tennessee recently made “an important discovery” involving existing drugs, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.“The scientists at our Oak Ridge National Laboratory were able to look at the protein strains and determine -- perhaps, it’s still
  
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• Coronavirus patient's dog tests positive for COVID-19 but still unclear if it's infected

  29-02-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The pet dog of a coronavirus patient in Hong Kong tested "weak" positive for COVID-19, a spokesman said Friday.
  
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• 'Shirtless Tongan' just qualified for his third Olympics

  29-02-2020 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Remember the shirtless, oiled-up Tongan man from the past two Olympics?
  
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• Virus fears keep hundreds of cruise passengers at sea

  29-02-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Operators of a British cruise ship that was turned away from its destination due to fears of the new coronavirus said Saturday they have chartered planes to ferry passengers home — but don't yet have permission to dock anywhere.The Braemar, which had been scheduled to disembark its hundreds of passengers in the Dominican Republic on Friday, was still cruising through the Caribbean more than a day later, with no immediate word on where it might wind up.Olsen Cruise Lines issued statements i
  
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• Trump seeks to quell fear as first U.S. coronavirus death is reported

  29-02-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump sought to ease rising fears about the coronavirus epidemic on a day when the first U.S. death from COVID-19 was reported and more cases were reported on the West Coast.
  
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• 26 Syrian troops killed in retaliatory Turkish strikes: monitor

  29-02-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish drone strikes killed 26 Syrian soldiers on Saturday, an independent war monitor said, after Ankara warned Damascus that it would "pay a price" for killing dozens of Turkish troops on its soil.The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes"targeted positions of the regime forces in the Idlib and Aleppo countryside".Moscow-backed Syrian troops are battling to retake Idlib, the last major rebel bastion.
  
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• Trump says victim was high-risk patient in her late 50s

  29-02-2020 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  There are now at least four US coronavirus cases without any related travel history, health officials say.
  
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• First coronavirus death confirmed in the US

  29-02-2020 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  There are now at least four US coronavirus cases without any related travel history, health officials say.
  
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• The travel industry is suffering its worst shock since 9/11 because of coronavirus

  29-02-2020 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  It's one of the largest industries in the world, with $5.7 trillion in revenue. It is responsible for an estimated 319 million jobs, or roughly one in 10 people working on the planet. And no sector is more at risk from the novel coronavirus.
  
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• South Carolina primary results in full – county by county

  29-02-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Get the results in the crucial early voting state* South Carolina Democrats vote as Biden looks for win to boost flagging campaign* Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contributionSouth Carolina is the first state in the deep south to cast its vote in the primary race, where African American voters form a majority of the electorate. Democrats and Republicans will be voting, but because Donald Trump faces no serious opposition, all eyes will be on the Democratic contest.d
  
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• Trump moves to calm virus fears after first death on US soil

  29-02-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump moved to quell fears about the novel coronavirus after the first death on US soil was confirmed Saturday.The US fatality occurred in Washington State's King county, which includes Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people, said health officials.The victim was not immediately identified, but Trump told reporters that the victim was a woman in her late 50s.
  
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• Boris Johnson and partner announce pregnancy and engagement

  29-02-2020 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, have announced they are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married, Downing Street confirmed on Saturday.
  
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• President Trump says 'there's no reason to panic at all' after US reported its first coronavirus death

  29-02-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump said the death was of a high-risk patient and the administration saw no immediate threat to otherwise healthy people.
  
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• Trump White House warns Americans against travel to South Korea, Italy

  29-02-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Travelers entering the United States from Italy, South Korea and Iran will face new restrictions as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials said on Saturday.The United States is also considering imposing restrictions on the border with Mexico, they said.Americans should not restrict their travel within the United States, officials said, but should be wary of going to coronavirus-hit areas in South Korea and Italy.
  
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• Portion of I-80 closed after crash amid regional snow squalls

  29-02-2020 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) issued a warning to motorists at 11:41 a.m. EST on Feb. 29, that I-80 eastbound was closed between Penfield and Clearfield exit around mile marker 111. The closure came after an incident with at least one jackknifed tractor trailer.> UPDATE: Multi vehicle crash on I-80 eastbound between Exit 111 - PA 153 and Exit 120 - PA 879. All lanes closed.> > -- 511PA Statewide (@511PAStatewide) February 29, 2020AccuWeather Senior Meteorologis
  
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• Trump says not to panic after first coronavirus death on US soil

  29-02-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Saturday that despite the first death on US soil from the new coronavirus, the threat to Americans remained low and there was no reason for "panic."Trump confirmed that the first fatality, announced by officials in Washington state, was a woman in her late 50s."Additional cases in the United States are likely," Trump told a White House news conference, adding that "healthy individuals should be able to fully recover."
  
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• Syria war: Turkey says thousands of migrants have crossed to EU

  29-02-2020 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Erdogan "opened the doors" for them to exit, saying his country can no longer host them.
  
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• PM Johnson and partner engaged and expecting baby

  29-02-2020 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds, who says she feels "blessed", are expecting the baby this summer.
  
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• Liverpool lose first Premier League game of the season, beaten 3-0 by Watford

  29-02-2020 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool has lost its first Premier League game of the season after being defeated 3-0 at Watford.
  
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• 'It’s our right to be here': the Torres Strait Islanders fighting to save their homes from a rising sea

  29-02-2020 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  An entire way of life is under threat in the Torres Strait, where locals have taken their case to the United NationsKabay Tamu slows his dusty white ute to walking speed on the dirt road that runs along the south-western shoreline of Warraber, a tiny coral cay in the Torres Strait that is home to about 250 people.“This was the best spot for a day out,” 28-year-old Tamu says, recalling his childhood.Continue reading...
  
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