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• Former youth pastor accused of revenge plot over sexual assault case

  01-03-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He is alleged to have tried to hire a prison inmate to kill a senior church official and a judge involved in his 2017 conviction in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Pence says Trump Jr. 'justified' to claim Democrats hope coronavirus 'kills millions'

  01-03-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last week, Donald Trump Jr. said Democrats hope the coronavirus "kills millions of people so that they could end Donald Trump's streak of winning."
  
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• Nervous about buying a plane ticket? American waiving change fees amid coronavirus crisis

  01-03-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American joined JetBlue and Alaska in allowing travelers buying new tickets to change them without paying a hefty fee. Fare differences will apply.
  
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• Biden Looks for Momentum From Lopsided South Carolina Win

  01-03-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden is looking to use a blowout win in South Carolina to paint the Democratic primary contest as a clear choice between his traditional centrism and Bernie Sanders’s democratic socialism. In multiple television interviews on Sunday, the former vice president touted his success with South Carolina’s diverse electorate and portrayed Sanders as a risky choice who’d lose key states and hurt other Democratic candidates in the general election because of his libe
  
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• Diaspora has big role as Somalia rebuilds economy, global ties: finance minister

  01-03-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Somalia's 2-million strong diaspora has a huge role to play as the Horn of Africa country rebuilds its economy and resets ties with major international institutions after three decades as a "failed state," Somalia's finance minister said.Long saddled with $5.3 billion in debt, Somalia is in the process of inking debt forgiveness deals with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other big institutions after nearly three decades of clan warfare, famine and sporadic terror attacks by a
  
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• Coronavirus: Washington state nursing home placed on lockdown

  01-03-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Kirkland facility reports symptoms in residents and staff* Pence defends Trump Jr claim Democrats want ‘millions’ to dieA nursing home in Washington state was placed on lockdown after a resident and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 50 others showed respiratory symptoms, according to state health officials.The first coronavirus death in the US was confirmed in Washington state on Saturday.The US has confirmed approximately 60 cases of the severe respi
  
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• Study casting doubt on Bolivian election fraud triggers controversy

  01-03-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts that called into question the alleged election fraud that drove Bolivian President Evo Morales to resign has triggered sniping between left and right-leaning governments in Latin America.The analysis by two researchers in MIT's Election Data and Science Lab, made public last week, stated that an Organization of American States (OAS) finding that fraud helped Morales win was flawed and concluded that it was "very likely" the socialist presi
  
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• Has the coronavirus outbreak entered a dire phase? 'Boom' of US cases 'should be expected'

  01-03-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Seattle scientist estimates that a "few hundred" residents of Washington state alone may already have been infected with the deadly new coronavirus.
  
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• Michael Bloomberg sees congregants turn their backs on him in historically black church in Selma

  01-03-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Churchgoers in Alabama turned their backs on Michael Bloomberg as the billionaire former mayor of New York and presidential hopeful joined Democrats vying for the party's nomination in Selma, where memorial events have been commemorating the 55th anniversary of a landmark moment of political violence in the Civil Rights movement.Mr Bloomberg has faced mounting criticism for a range of controversies while in office and as a company chief, from sexual harassment allegations and settlements to his
  
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• People turn backs on Mike Bloomberg at Bloody Sunday church service in Selma

  01-03-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters said stop-and-frisk policies in New York City were the same as the brutal tactics used by the police 55 years agoMike Bloomberg faced a small but tense protest at the historic Brown Chapel in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, a handful of people standing and turning their backs on the former New York mayor as he spoke in the pulpit.Even before Bloomberg began speaking, it was clear his presence at the black church, which was the epicenter of the civil rights movement in Selma, was controvers
  
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• Nearly 10,000 sign petition calling for SXSW to be canceled over mounting coronavirus worries

  01-03-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A person who authored the petition said she was "concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people who will be traveling" to Austin, Texas in March.
  
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• Turkish drones kill 19 Syrian government soldiers as tensions soar

  01-03-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish drone strikes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 19 government soldiers on Sunday, a war monitor reported, as tensions soared between Damascus and Ankara.The 19 died in strikes on a military convoy in the Jabal al-Zawiya area and a base near Maaret al-Numan city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The report came hours after Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes, in an escalating offensive against the Damascus government in Idlib, where Islamist fighters backed by An
  
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• Why Elizabeth Warren thinks she can still win the nomination

  01-03-2020 22:49 via politico.com
  
  The senator might end Super Tuesday having not won a single of the 18 states that have voted. But she insists she's not going anywhere.
  
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• Selma churchgoers turn their backs to Michael Bloomberg

  01-03-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  A group of churchgoers Sunday turned their backs to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as he addressed the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Sanders’ shift on delegates needed to win

  01-03-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Sanders is misrepresenting his stance on how many delegates a Democratic candidate must amass before clinching the party's presidential nomination.Heading into key Super Tuesday contests and leading the AP delegate count, the Vermont senator argues that the candidate with a plurality of delegates at the end of the primary and caucus season should be automatically anointed the Democratic nominee — a position he says is consistent with his view in 2016, when he competed against Hillar
  
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• Cameroon's Biya agrees probe needed into village attack: France

  01-03-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cameroon President Paul Biya agreed on Sunday with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that an impartial probe was needed after gunmen killed 22 people in a village at the heart of a separatist insurgency last month, the French presidency said.The two leaders spoke by phone about the Feb. 14 attack in a village in western Cameroon, where gunmen in military uniforms and masks shot women and children and burned others in their homes."They agreed an impartial probe was needed in reaction to th
  
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• The World Health Organization joined TikTok to post 'reliable' advice about the coronavirus amid a stream of memes and misinformation

  01-03-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The WHO first posted a video to TikTok about COVID-19 prevention on Friday. On Saturday, it shared information about controversial face masks.
  
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• Largest outbreak outside Asia grows | Death toll rises to 34 | Delta cancels all flights to Milan

  01-03-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Italy reported a 50% increase in coronavirus cases Sunday, as the US further restricted travel and the famed La Scala opera house closed.
  
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• What to buy for your home emergency kit if you're quarantined during the coronavirus outbreak

  01-03-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization has hesitated to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, but some health experts say that it is.
  
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• Coronavirus is Trump's 'Churchill moment' and will seal his re-election, says former aide Steve Bannon

  01-03-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Steve Bannon compared Donald Trump to Winston Churchill and former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the former White House strategist claimed the president is on pace to win re-election if his administration successfully combats the coronavirus and eases the "economic contagion" as global markets suffer from the outbreak."This is Trump's Churchill moment", said Mr Bannon, the former chair of right-wing website Breitbart and an architect of Trump's nationalist populist platform.
  
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• Arctic may see 'ice-free' summers in as few as 15 years, study says

  01-03-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Arctic could be ice-free in the summer during the decade of the 2030s – most likely in the year 2034, according to a study.
  
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• Erdogan Triggers EU Border Crisis as Greece Declares Emergency

  01-03-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Greece invoked an emergency clause of European treaties on Sunday and suspended accepting asylum applications, after an influx of migrants seeking refuge in Europe raised tensions along its heavily fortified border with Turkey.The rapidly evolving crisis came after Turkey told millions of migrants and asylum seekers hosted on its soil that it won’t stand in the way if they want to leave. As thousands of desperate people flocked toward the Greek border, clashes erupted with G
  
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• Washington state nursing home on lockdown after two cases of coronavirus found; two other cases confirmed

  01-03-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officials with King County Public Health said the two latest cases involved men in their 60s with underlying medical issues.Both were listed in critical condition, one at Valley Medical Center, and the other at Virginia Mason Medical Center.Separately, officials at the Life Care Center of Kirkland said in a statement late on Saturday that it was not accepting new patients or allowing visitors, family or vendors into the facility while officials focus on the health of the current residents and st
  
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• Britain's health service not for sale in US free-trade talks

  01-03-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Any free-trade deal with the United States must protect Britain's cherished National Health Service, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government declared Sunday as it published an outline of its negotiating objectives for the transatlantic deal.The British government estimates its economy will get a 3.4 billion-pound ($4.3 billion) boost and trade between the close allies will increase by 15.3 billion pounds ($19.6 billion) if trade barriers between the United Kingdom and the United States are rem
  
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• Taliban spokesman: US agreement is a 'win-win situation'

  01-03-2020 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  A day after a historic agreement was signed between the US and the Taliban, CNN Senior Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson sits down with Taliban spokesman Muhammad Suhail Shaheen to discuss the future of US-Afghanistan relations.
  
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• Hear from Taliban spokesman on historic agreement with the US

  01-03-2020 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  A day after a historic agreement was signed between the US and the Taliban, CNN Senior Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson sits down with Taliban spokesman Muhammad Suhail Shaheen to discuss the future of US-Afghanistan relations.
  
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• From BTS to Justin Bieber, artists are revealing the hidden costs of being a star

  01-03-2020 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Artists who open up about the challenges of life on the road help normalize mental health issues — and that’s worth the disappointment of a few canceled shows.
  
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• Scientist: Hundreds may already be infected by coronavirus in Washington state alone

  01-03-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Seattle scientist estimates that a "few hundred" residents of Washington state alone may already have been infected with the deadly new coronavirus.
  
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• Pompeo offers no details on potential meeting between Trump and Taliban leaders

  01-03-2020 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an interview Sunday did not reveal any details of a potential historic meeting between President Donald Trump and leaders of the Taliban.
  
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• Louvre closes as virus spreads in France

  01-03-2020 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  The world's largest art museum has survived monarchies, fire and wars, but concerns about the novel coronavirus have shut down the Louvre.
  
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• Pence defends Donald Trump Jr. over coronavirus comments

  01-03-2020 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday defended Donald Trump Jr. after his controversial comments about how Democrats have responded to the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus.
  
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• Kremlin Media Still Like Bernie, ’Cause They Love Trump

  01-03-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prior to the South Carolina primary, Russian state media were touting Senator Bernie Sanders as the most likely Democratic nominee, and it won’t be surprising if they do the same after Super Tuesday. There are many reasons they like to promote Sanders, none of them a credit to him. And they really don’t like Joe Biden. As Russian state media often make perfectly clear, Donald J. Trump is their choice—and even their "agent."Russia’s State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent&
  
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• British troops back on front line against jihadists as war on terror spreads to Africa

  01-03-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British troops will return to the front line of the war on terror with a 250-strong unit despatched to “spearhead” the UN’s fight against the world’s fastest-growing Islamist insurgency. The light-cavalry unit will be flown into Gao in the north of Mali by the middle of this year and will mount 30-day land operations deep into jihadist territory. The deployment is Britain’s first significant return to an active war zone since the end of Operation Herrick in Afghanis
  
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• Police clash with French islanders fearing coronavirus among tourists

  01-03-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saint-Denis de la Reunion (AFP) - Police used tear gas on protesting residents of France's Indian Ocean territory Reunion Island on Sunday who tried to block passengers of a cruise ship turned away from nearby Madagascar for fear there may be people infected with the coronavirus on board.The incident came just hours after clashes between police and protesters near the airport in Martinique, another French overseas territory, demanding strict control of any new arrivals as panic over the outbreak
  
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• WHO director says there's a need to prepare for a 'pandemic' but global markets should 'calm down' as coronavirus wreaks havoc on the global economy

  01-03-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Based on the facts on the ground, containment is possible," he said. "But the window of opportunity for containing it is narrowing."
  
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• WHO director says there's a need to prepare for a 'pandemic' but global markets should 'calm down' as coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy

  01-03-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Based on the facts on the ground, containment is possible," he said. "But the window of opportunity for containing it is narrowing."
  
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• 2 US grad students who were on the Diamond Princess cruise share harrowing details and photos from their quarantine and 'zombie movie' evacuation

  01-03-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I keep hearkening back to all these zombie movies that have been made over the last decade," a student said. "Nobody wants to be deemed as infected."
  
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• Manchester City wins Carabao Cup for third straight season

  01-03-2020 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester City has won the Carabao Cup for a third straight season, beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday.
  
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• Argentine president to send abortion legalization law to Congress

  01-03-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced on Sunday that he will send to Congress a bill to legalize abortion, an initiative that has broad social support but is also strongly opposed by religious groups in Pope Francis' home nation.The center-left Peronist president, who took office in December, will also capitalize on his strong electoral mandate to reform the judiciary and Argentina's intelligence services, he told Congress in a speech to open the body's ordinary sessions.Fernandez was
  
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• Trump ally cheered by Republicans for speech claiming Bernie Sanders presidency would lead to ‘another Holocaust’

  01-03-2020 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Glenn Beck, a former Fox News pundit an an ally to Donald Trump, was cheered on by Republicans during a conference in which he claimed a Bernie Sanders presidency would lead to “another Holocaust”.In an incendiary speech full of false claims and misinformation, delivered at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Mr Beck compared Mr Sanders and his supporters to the Bolsheviks while warning of violent revolution should the “democratic socialist” assume office
  
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• Police dog sniffs out $1.2 million worth of meth

  01-03-2020 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Police dog Stryker proved himself to be the ultimate good boy when he sniffed out approximately 595 pounds of methamphetamine in the largest drug bust of his career.
  
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• Will Scotland Leave the UK?

  01-03-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  How might that play out?
  
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• Jimmy Carter: Buttigieg "doesn't know what he's going to do" after South Carolina

  01-03-2020 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buttigieg said South Carolina was a "convincing" victory for former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Super Tuesday polls: Bernie's edge, Biden's bounce and Bloomberg's debut

  01-03-2020 19:49 via politico.com
  
  Sanders is poised to rebound from a distant second-place finish in South Carolina, according to surveys released over the weekend.
  
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• Mike Pence calls Donald Trump Jr.'s inflammatory coronavirus comments an 'understandable' response

  01-03-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When pushed by CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence didn't directly refute some inflammatory comments about the coronavirus previously made by Donald Trump Jr.Trump Jr. said Friday that Democrats seemingly "hope" the virus comes to the United States and "kills millions of people" so they could bring down President Trump. Tapper played the clip for Pence and asked him if he believed anyone -- Democrat or Republican -- actively wanted the virus to spread and harm Americans. Pence
  
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• Sanders leads Biden in key Super Tuesday states of California, Texas and North Carolina, polls find

  01-03-2020 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Notably, all of the polls were conducted before Biden's decisive win in the South Carolina primary, which he hopes will create Super Tuesday momentum.
  
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• A lot of people are saying 'SNL' trolled Trump perfectly

  01-03-2020 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  Jokes on "Saturday Night Live" at the expense of Donald Trump have triggered the notoriously thin-skinned President numerous times over the past few years -- as evidenced by his angry tweets lashing out at the show. Trump's has taken to Twitter to call the show everything from "not funny" to being a part of the media's "total Republican hit job." He stunningly even called for the iconic comedy program to be canceled for mocking him in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign.
  
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• Vanessa Bryant 'devastated' by allegations that crash photos were shared

  01-03-2020 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  Kobe Bryant's widow is "absolutely devastated" by allegations that first responders shared photos from the helicopter crash that killed the NBA legend, their 13-year-old daughter and seven other people, an attorney for Vanessa Bryant says.
  
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• U.S. investigating whistleblower allegations; vows to keep federal workers safe

  01-03-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. government on Sunday said it was investigating complaints that federal workers were not given proper protective gear and training before greeting U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship that had 691 people infected with the new coronavirus.U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told CBS's "Face the Nation" he was personally involved in the probe, and the government was determined to make sure its workers were kept safe.Azar told CBS it had been 14 days since any HHS
  
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• Great Migration in reverse: Black entrepreneurs are moving to the South

  01-03-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “It was important for us to be in a place that’s more diverse than the places that we were," said one black entrepreneur who moved to Atlanta.
  
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