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• Kabul to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners if violence eases

  10-03-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Afghan government will gradually release 5,000 Taliban prisoners starting this week if the insurgents significantly reduce violence, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman said early Wednesday, seeking to resolve a dispute that has delayed peace talks between the militants and Kabul.The announcement came hours after the US said its forces had started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, in line with a deal signed between Washington and the Taliban in Doha last month aiming to end America's l
  
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• UK health minister Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus

  10-03-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dorries said she took "all the advised precautions" as soon as she was told of her diagnosis."Public Health England has started detailed contact tracing and the department and my parliamentary office are closely following their advice," she said in a statement issued through the UK's health department.The Times reported that Dorries met hundreds of people in Parliament in the past week and attended a reception with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  
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• Gaetz tests negative for coronavirus but will continue with 14-day self-quarantine

  10-03-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The GOP congressman reported the test results Tuesday, a day after he learned he had been exposed to someone identified as a carrier of the disease.
  
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• Coronavirus travel fallout: American, Delta cutting flights as demand sinks, joining United and others

  10-03-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The airlines' move follows similar actions by United last week as airlines grapple with a sharp drop off in travel demand.
  
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• Full coverage: Biden wins big on Super Tuesday II

  10-03-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win primaries in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri, solidifying his lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
  
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• Virus toll soars in locked-down Italy as pace slows in China

  10-03-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Locked-down Italy on Tuesday recorded its deadliest day of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as airlines halted flights and neighbouring countries clamped down on borders of the worst-hit country outside of China.Chinese leader Xi Jinping meanwhile sought to ease concerns in the country where the virus was first detected in December, making his first visit to the epicentre of Wuhan and declaring the spread in the central city and Hubei province to be "basically curbed."Fallout from the virus has e
  
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• MSNBC Contributor Dr. Jason Johnson Out at The Root After Misogynistic Anti-Bernie Screed

  10-03-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Weeks after being benched by MSNBC after making misogynistic comments about Bernie Sanders supporters, Dr. Jason Johnson is out at digital outlet The Root, The Daily Beast has confirmed.The political commentator appears to have removed the affiliation from his Twitter bio, and his contact information no longer appears on The Root’s authors page. Sources at The Root confirmed that he is no longer employed by the site.Johnson, who served as politics editor of the influential African-American
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: WHO labels outbreak a 'pandemic' and laments 'global inaction'

  10-03-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  What is a pandemic and what happens when one is declared? Where in the UK have cases of coronavirus been detected? Where in London have coronavirus cases been detected? Budget 2020 - key funding announcements for Coronavirus fight Is it time to stop using public transport? Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Get daily coronavirus updates in your inbox The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. "Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. I
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Health secretary to address Commons as eighth UK patient dies

  10-03-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  What is a pandemic and what happens when one is declared? Where in the UK have cases of coronavirus been detected? Where in London have coronavirus cases been detected? Budget 2020 - key funding announcements for Coronavirus fight Is it time to stop using public transport? Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Get daily coronavirus updates in your inbox Health secretary Matt Hancock will address the House of Commons on the outbreak from 7pm. Two more patients have died in the UK after t
  
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• Sheinelle Jones' kids create cute no-touch handshake during coronavirus outbreak

  10-03-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jones' kids are getting creative to keep the germs at bay!
  
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• Early exit polls suggest voters trust Biden to handle a major crisis better than Sanders

  10-03-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As voters headed to the primary polls in six states Tuesday, it's no surprise the novel coronavirus was on their mind. And in Michigan, Missouri, and Washington, at least, Democratic voters said they consider former Vice President Joe Biden the best candidate to handle a major crisis like the one the U.S. government may soon have to deal with.Early exit polls out of the two states show voters overwhelmingly think Biden would be better at handling such situations than his main competitor for the
  
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• People over coral?: Florida could ban sunscreen bans

  10-03-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Key West wants to protect the coral reefs that are vital to the southernmost city's economy.The Florida Legislature is saying not so fast.A year after Key West voted to ban the sale of sunscreens that contain chemicals researchers say harm coral reefs, the House voted 68-47 Tuesday to prohibit sunscreen bans.
  
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• 'You're full of s***': Joe Biden gets in heated gun control debate with Detroit plant worker

  10-03-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The worker, among a group surrounding Biden at the Fiat Chrysler plant, accused Biden of "actively trying to end our Second Amendment right."
  
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• 'I'm surprised Bernie is joining Trump': Biden attacks Sanders over 'you're full of s***' pile-on

  10-03-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden has accused Democratic rival Bernie Sanders of “joining Trump” after both the Vermont senator and a Republican Party official criticised the former vice president’s heated exchange with an autoworker.While visiting the Fiat-Chrysler car plant in Detroit on the day he and Mr Sanders look to win support from voters in six states, including Michigan, Mr Biden snapped at a worker who told him he was opposed to the 2nd Amendment, that part of the US constitution gun rights
  
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• Virus lockdown tests Italians' commitment to the common good

  10-03-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italians are known as notorious tax cheats and rule breakers with a long history of distrusting government institutions that have often failed them.Now, the country is at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, and slowing infections has meant asking Italians to place their individual interests at the service of the common good.Faced with a nationwide health crisis, many Italians appeared to have fallen in line, finally sensitized — and scared to death — into respecting
  
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• There's another cruise ship being kept at sea pending COVID-19 testing

  10-03-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of passengers on an additional Princess Cruises ship are being kept on board while crew members get tested for COVID-19.
  
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• Turkey says U.S. offering Patriot missiles if Russia's S-400 not operated

  10-03-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has offered to sell Turkey its Patriot missile defense system if Ankara promises not to operate a rival Russian system, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, in what he called a significant softening in Washington’s position.
  
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• Weathering the stock markets: one investor's strategy

  10-03-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buy and hold — and don't sell when the stock market plunges.Not because I'm anxious; it's because I'll need that money in the near future and I don't have the time as I did in the past to wait out the market's volatility.
  
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• House strikes deal to extend surveillance powers

  10-03-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House lawmakers prepared to extend surveillance authorities that expire this month, releasing legislation that represents a rare bipartisan agreement after members of both parties said they wanted to ensure the tools preserved civil liberties.House Democrats posted the text of a bill online, readying the legislation for a floor vote Wednesday before lawmakers leave Washington at the end of the week.The current provisions expire Sunday.
  
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• DC appeals court allows release of secret Mueller grand jury testimony to Congress

  10-03-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An appeals court ruled Congress can see evidence gathered in former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in 2016.
  
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• Face masks and rainbows as Holi is celebrated

  10-03-2020 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  The annual Hindu festival of Holi was marked with its usual riot of color across India and South Asia this year, although some participants wore face masks because of coronavirus concerns, and others stayed away altogether.
  
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• Coronavirus didn't stop this colorful festival going ahead

  10-03-2020 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  The annual Hindu festival of Holi was marked with its usual riot of color across India and South Asia this year, although some participants wore face masks because of coronavirus concerns, and others stayed away altogether.
  
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• NORAD intercepts two Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska

  10-03-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While alarming, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters said unsafe intercepts between NATO and Russian aircraft have decreased over the past two years, and are in most cases safe.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Any Afghan peace talks must include women

  10-03-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton urged Afghanistan's supporters on Tuesday to ensure that women are included in negotiations to end the country's long war — and to never again allow the Taliban to impose “a reign of terror against women and girls.”The former U.S. first lady, senator and secretary of state said Afghan women today are rightly afraid that the gains they have made since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001 “will be washed away in a rush to achieve a peace that will not
  
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• U.S. candidate Biden ramps up spending on Facebook ads

  10-03-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden more than tripled his weekly spending on Facebook advertising in the run-up to Tuesday's nomination contests, another sign the former vice president is ramping up his campaign.Biden became the Democratic contest's frontrunner last week when he won "Super Tuesday" contests in 10 states, overtaking U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the delegate count for their party's nomination.The winner of the Democratic nomination will challenge Republican Presiden
  
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• Hourlong waits prompt Democrats to bolster Fargo caucus site

  10-03-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats moved Tuesday to bolster staffing at the largest of North Dakota's 14 caucus sites after heavy turnout forced some voters in Fargo to wait in line as long as an hour.North Dakota shifted this year from traditional caucuses to so-called “firehouse caucuses” that function largely like a typical election, with voters able to show up, cast a ballot and leave.Democrats set up 14 voting sites around the state, with voting from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The lines were longest in Fargo, th
  
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• Sotomayor to sit out Colorado 'faithless electors' Supreme Court case

  10-03-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The justice took herself off the case involving a challenge to a state law on how presidential electors must cast votes because of a personal friendship with one of the challengers.
  
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• Biden gets into testy exchange with man over gun rights

  10-03-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden got into a testy exchange Tuesday with a worker in Detroit who falsely accused the former vice president of wanting to confiscate guns from Americans, a remark that caused the Democratic presidential hopeful to say the man was "full of s***."
  
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• VA reports 5 coronavirus cases as it steps up screening, restrictions at medical centers

  10-03-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Veterans Affairs medical facilities are screening patients and, in some cases, restricting visitors to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.
  
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• College campuses empty as virus scare pushes learning online

  10-03-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  College seniors began making tearful goodbyes, not knowing if they'd return to see friends on campus.Some were heading to homes without internet, leaving them to wonder if they could keep up with online classes.As dozens of universities cancel in-person classes and move instruction online amid fears over the new coronavirus, thousands of students are left scrambling to find their way home while their professors puzzle over how to move weeks of courses to the internet.
  
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• Travel bans in Wuhan only delayed the coronavirus' spread in China by 3 to 5 days, and in the rest of the world by a few weeks, new research shows

  10-03-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Travel restrictions alone can't stop the spread of disease. Interventions like isolating sick people and increasing hand-washing are also necessary.
  
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• MGM Resorts buffets on the Las Vegas Strip to close temporarily due to coronavirus concerns

  10-03-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MGM Resorts International will temporarily close buffets at seven properties: ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Luxor, Excalibur.
  
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• Tesla reportedly lost a manufacturing director who helped ramp up Model 3 production

  10-03-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla manufacturing director Jatinder Dhillon has left the company, according to a Tuesday report. He helped lead production of the Model 3 sedan.
  
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• 'We are the last to leave': Pelosi resists closing Congress amid coronavirus crisis

  10-03-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States, conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis."We are the captains of the ship," House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic lawmakers at a meeting, according to a person in the room.The number of cases of the potentially deadly respiratory illness caused by the virus has risen steadily in the United Stat
  
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• $2 million reward offered to help solve murder of gay man found naked at the bottom of a cliff

  10-03-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thirty-two years ago, a 27-year-old gay man was stripped naked and forced over the top of a cliff in Australia.Though his death was initially ruled a suicide, eventually a corner ruled that Scott Johnson was killed because he was gay.
  
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• Exclusive: Afghan government to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners from jails - decree

  10-03-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is set to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners in coming days to pave the way for direct talks with the insurgent group aimed at ending the 18-year-long war in Afghanistan, according to a copy of the decree seen by Reuters.The two-page decree - which was signed by Ghani and will be made public later by his office - said that all released Taliban prisoners will have to provide "a written guarantee to not return to the battlefield."The decree lays out details about how the
  
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• Oil Rebounds 10% From Historic Rout as Lawmakers Weigh Stimulus

  10-03-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Oil bounced back from its biggest plunge in 29 years on hopes the U.S. government will intervene to shield against the fallout of the coronavirus and a producer battle for market share.Futures jumped more than 10% in New York, the most since September, after Monday’s historic 25% slump. U.S. President Donald Trump vowed “substantial” economic measures to combat the coronavirus’ impact. He’s also pitched economic relief for the travel and hospitality s
  
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• Kenya's rare white giraffes killed by poachers

  10-03-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in the world. The bodies of the two giraffes were found "in a skeletal state after being killed by armed poachers" in Garissa in eastern Kenya, the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy said in a statement. Their deaths leave just one remaining white giraffe alive - a lone male, borne by the same slaughtered female, the conservancy s
  
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• Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? Finally, the Navy Is Being Forced to Tell Us

  10-03-2020 21:35 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The submarine mysteriously went down in 1963, killing everyone on board. Thanks to a lawsuit, we're about to learn why.
  
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• Bernie Sanders cancels Cleveland rally over coronavirus concerns

  10-03-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has canceled a rally set for Tuesday night in Cleveland over concerns about holding large public gatherings during the coronavirus outbreak, his campaign spokesman said."Out of concern for public health and safety, we are canceling tonight's rally in Cleveland," spokesman Mike Casca said in a statement."We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concern about holding large, indoor events during the cor
  
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• Trump news: Trump mocked for telling fearful Americans to 'stay calm. It will go away' and 'good things are going to happen' in bizarre Coronavirus speech

  10-03-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite blustering in public that the coronavirus is “Fake News!” and being weaponised against him, Donald Trump is reportedly fretting about the growing crisis behind the scenes, with one ex-West Wing official telling Vanity Fair: “He’s just now waking up to the fact that this is bad, and he doesn’t know how to respond.”The White House has said that the president himself has so far not been tested for the disease, despite coming into contact with several Repu
  
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• Some Tesla workers say the company has made big mistakes at its car factory as it's ramped up production

  10-03-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla has struggled to live up to the standard set by the former occupant of its California car factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM.
  
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• The Latest: Sanders cancels Cleveland rally over virus fears

  10-03-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is canceling a scheduled rally in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus. Mike Casca, a spokesman for the 78-year-old Vermont senator, says the campaign is canceling the event “Out of concern for public health and safety.” Sanders had been set to speak there as results from Democratic primary voting taking place in six states rolled in Tuesday night.
  
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• Trump defies expert opinions on coronavirus: 'It will go away, just stay calm'

  10-03-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's comments on the COVID-19 coronavirus diverge slightly from other officials.During a Tuesday press conference, Trump sought to reassure the public, saying everything from "it will go away, just stay calm," to stating the U.S. has done a "very good job" in testing for the virus, reports CNN's Daniel Dale.Asked about the possibility that millions could be exposed to the virus, Trump had a similarly positive, though slightly nonsensical, answer:> Asked if he's been briefed that
  
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• Payroll tax cut would be better than a rate cut — but it still wouldn't stop economic fallout

  10-03-2020 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  A payroll tax reduction is likely to be more impactful than another rate cut by the Federal Reserve, some economists said.
  
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• Washington preparing for 64,000 cases as Massachusetts becomes latest to declare state of emergency

  10-03-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With more than 900 reported cases and a task force created by Donald Trump to prepare the nation, coronavirus fears have begun to grip the United States as schools cancel classes and officials have urged elderly people to avoid large crowds. Coronavirus concerns have also prompted several members of US Congress to self quarantine after coming into contact with people who were infected, and some politicians have begun to indicate they believe the Capitol building should be shut off to visitors un
  
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• Coronavirus news: Washington preparing for 64,000 cases as Massachusetts becomes latest to declare state of emergency

  10-03-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With more than 900 reported cases and a task force created by Donald Trump to prepare the nation, coronavirus fears have begun to grip the United States as schools cancel classes and officials have urged elderly people to avoid large crowds. Coronavirus concerns have also prompted several members of US Congress to self quarantine after coming into contact with people who were infected, and some politicians have begun to indicate they believe the Capitol building should be shut off to visitors un
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: number of deaths outside China passes 1,000 as Italy records highest one-day toll

  10-03-2020 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  UK death toll rises to six as Italy lockdown comes into force, Greece and Spain close schools, and universities in US and Ireland move lectures onlineCoronavirus latest: at a glanceItalian PM extends lockdown to entire countryCoronavirus confusion as NHS helpline gives out wrong adviceNew York to impose containment area to combat spreadShare your experiences7.49pm GMT Jersey has confirmed its first case, the local government’s health and community services department has said. They said th
  
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• To limit coronavirus exposure, U.S. airport security screeners push for better masks

  10-03-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A union representing U.S. airport security screeners is urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply more effective masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus, union leadership told Reuters on Tuesday.The union, the AFGE TSA Council 100, which represents about 45,000 transportation security officers at airports across the United States, sent an email on Tuesday morning to TSA Administrator David Pekoske calling on the agency to provide the masks to workers."E
  
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• Old Trafford guards accused of racist attack on 19-year-old worker

  10-03-2020 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Kamarl Nelson allegedly called ‘slave’ and hit by guards who did not believe he worked at stadiumPolice are investigating claims of a racially-aggravated assault at Manchester United’s football stadium, after a 19-year-old who used to play for the club’s youth development team said he was attacked by security guards and left with a fractured eye socket as he tried to get to his job at the ground.Greater Manchester police confirmed on Tuesday that they were looking into a
  
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