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• Germany plans to send a warship to the Indian Ocean

  12-03-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The air-defense vessel will begin its journey in May with interceptor test-firings off the coast of Norway.
  
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• U.S. strikes back at militia group after 2 American troops killed in Iraq

  12-03-2020 23:50 via politico.com
  
  The strikes come just hours after Pentagon leaders warned that the United States would respond to the deadly attack, which they said was launched by Iranian-backed Shia militia groups in Iraq.
  
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• Will warmer weather help fight the coronavirus? These outbreaks suggest maybe not

  12-03-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  As the novel coronavirus began spreading around the world this year, one common refrain from skeptics of the emergency measures being put in place to stop the outbreak was that it was just like the flu -- dangerous to sensitive groups but routine and not something to get into lockdown over.
  
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• US-led airstrikes underway against Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq

  12-03-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  US-led coalition airstrikes are underway against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to a US official.
  
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• Advocates: Transgender woman sexually assaulted at ICE site

  12-03-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A transgender woman seeking asylum should be released after she was sexually assaulted and harassed while being detained in an Arizona immigration facility with men for nine months, advocates said Thursday. Alejandra Alor Reyes, who is from Mexico, is suffering from PTSD and should be released on humanitarian grounds while she awaits an appeal in her asylum case, according to several groups, including ACLU of Arizona, Trans Queer Pueblo and Detention Watch Network. Reyes, 24, says she fled Mexic
  
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• Coronavirus fact-check: Separating fear from fact

  12-03-2020 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  Can you contract the novel coronavirus from your pet? How effective are face masks? CNN's Kristie Lu Stout asks two experts some of the most common questions and claims about the virus.
  
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• AP sources: Biden requests protection from U.S. Secret Service

  12-03-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden has formally requested protection from the U.S. Secret Service, according to two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Everything you need at home if you are quarantined—and what you don’t

  12-03-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the case that you're quarantined due to the coronavirus, you going to want enough supplies for at least two weeks. Here are our recommendations.
  
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• Superb Ighalo goal sets up emphatic Man Utd win in Austria

  12-03-2020 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United take control of their Europa League last-16 tie with a resounding first-leg win at LASK, in front of a crowd of 500 people.
  
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• Sister of executed man to governor: 'You killed my brother'

  12-03-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The sister of an executed inmate, whose case drew national scrutiny because he was not the gunman, confronted Alabama's governor on Thursday for not stopping the lethal injection.The sister of Nathaniel Woods approached Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey as she spoke with reporters about the U.S. Census, WSFA reported.Woods was put to death March 5 by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court and the governor both declined to intervene.
  
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• Pregnant Woman, 19, Dies After Falling From Border Wall Near El Paso

  12-03-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Medical personnel tried to deliver her baby, but were unsuccessful
  
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• US 'failing' on coronavirus testing, top health official says

  12-03-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  Hours after the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, Americans were flooded with announcements from what seemed like every corner of the country.
  
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• 'Big concerns' about Nashville: Severe storms, tornadoes forecast in central, southern US

  12-03-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cities at risk include the tornado-ravaged Nashville area, which is still reeling from a violent outbreak just over a week ago.
  
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• US is 'failing' in coronavirus response, top health official tells Congress

  12-03-2020 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Hours after the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, Americans were flooded with announcements from what seemed like every corner of the country.
  
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• Coronavirus and tourism: Places like Alaska without a severe COVID-19 outbreak could still be devastated

  12-03-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even if the COVID-19 outbreak in Alaska is limited to the single current confirmed case, its economy may still be at the mercy of the pandemic.That’s because seasonal tourism plays an outsized role in Alaska’s economy, representing as much as 1 in 10 jobs throughout the state and more in the regions surrounding Anchorage and the capital Juneau. Nearly all of the state’s tourists get there on a cruise ship.As a result of government warnings and general fears, tourism and travel
  
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• Coronavirus and tourism: Places like Alaska without a COVID-19 outbreak could still be devastated

  12-03-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alaska doesn’t have a single reported case of COVID-19, yet economically it may be at its mercy. That’s because seasonal tourism plays an outsized role in Alaska’s economy, representing as much as 1 in 10 jobs throughout the state and more in the regions surrounding Anchorage and the capital Juneau. Nearly all of the state’s tourists get there on a cruise ship.As a result of government warnings and general fears, tourism and travel are expected to plunge in the coming wee
  
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• Rugby player banned for 10 weeks after grabbing opponent's genitals

  12-03-2020 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  English rugby player Joe Marler has been handed a 10-week ban for grabbing an opponent's genitals.
  
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• Source: Trump is concerned about coming into contact with people infected with coronavirus

  12-03-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  A source close to Donald Trump said the President is telling people close to him that he is indeed concerned about coming into contact with people who have contracted the coronavirus, including the Brazilian official who tested positive after coming face-to-face with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
  
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• U.S. judge orders WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning released from prison

  12-03-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former U.S. Army soldier and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning was released from prison on Thursday on a judge's order after being held since May for refusing to testify in an ongoing U.S. investigation of WikiLeaks.U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered Manning released because the grand jury hearing the case had concluded.Alexandria City Sheriff Dana Lawhorne told reporters late on Thursday that Manning had been released from the Alexandria Detention Center.
  
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• Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

  12-03-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.It comes as abortion opponents around the country hope the Supreme Court will reconsider the landmark ruling with new conservative justices.Also headed for GOP Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk is a requirement for abortion clinics and medical facilities to cremate or bury fetal remains.
  
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• Satellite images show Iran has built mass graves amid coronavirus outbreak

  12-03-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trenches in city of Qom confirm worst fears about extent of the epidemic and the government’s subsequent cover-upSatellite images of mass graves in the city of Qom suggest Iran’s coronavirus epidemic is even more serious than the authorities are admitting.The pictures, first published by the New York Times, show the excavation of a new section in a cemetery on the northern fringe of Iran’s holy city in late February, and two long trenches dug, of a total length of 100 yards, by
  
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• New York police addressed rampant social-media rumors that the NYC subway system will shut down amid the novel-coronavirus pandemic

  12-03-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Viral disinformation texts and tweets suggested that New York City may shut down the subway system and encouraged recipients to panic buy.
  
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• UK government considering sport ban

  12-03-2020 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK government is considering banning sporting fixtures amid the coronavirus outbreak - but it will not happen immediately.
  
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• Coronavirus: NBA, NHL, MLS suspend seasons, MLB delays start of 2020 campaign

  12-03-2020 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All major sport in the United States has been suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Here are the companies laying off employees as they deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

  12-03-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norwegian, the low-cost airline, said it would cut up to 50% of its workforce due to the decline in demand and the US restrictions on European travel.
  
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• How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus

  12-03-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald Trump —- had one place they could go to for some sense of solace: Fox News.
  
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• Trump’s Coronavirus Speech Sparks ‘Total Chaos’ in His Own Administration

  12-03-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address Wednesday evening was supposed to calm concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, it sparked panic and confusion. Not just among the markets, U.S. travelers, and international leaders but within his own administration as well.Two officials in the U.S. State Department told The Daily Beast that foreign service officers and diplomats were unprepared for the president’s announcement and spent the early hours of Thursday scrambling
  
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• Disneyland closes due to coronavirus outbreak

  12-03-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Disney is closing Disneyland, its flagship theme park in Anaheim, California, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Benjamin Mendy: Manchester City player self-isolating after family member hospitalised

  12-03-2020 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy is self-isolating after a member of his family was admitted to hospital displaying symptoms of coronavirus.
  
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• A Wuhan doctor says Chinese officials silenced her coronavirus warnings in December, costing thousands their lives

  12-03-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He made me feel that I alone had ruined the future of Wuhan. I was in despair," Ai Fen said after being rebuked by Wuhan Central Hospital officials.
  
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• One chart shows how the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu even in South Korea, where the COVID-19 death rate is low

  12-03-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Korea has reported lower coronavirus death rates than other countries. But even those rates indicate COVID-19 is far more deadly than flu.
  
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• Fleeing Maduro, Venezuelans find nightmare in Trump's jails

  12-03-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Jose Ramon Zambrano and his pregnant wife crossed the Rio Grande to apply for asylum in the U.S., they were looking for a fresh start far away from a certain arrest in his native Venezuela, where his mother is a prominent government opponent.“Crossing the border in search of protection isn’t a crime,” Zambrano said from a detention center near Houston.Zambrano is one of hundreds of Venezuelans fleeing the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro and showing up at the U.S.
  
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• Rory Stewart: UK government is not being transparent with the public

  12-03-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Rory Stewart, former cabinet minister and candidate for London Mayor, discusses the UK government's response to the coronavirus.
  
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• Disneyland has only closed unexpectedly 3 times. Now it's closing for the rest of the month.

  12-03-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, and it's also the most open place on the planet, allowing in guests 365 days a year. Since the flagship park in Anaheim, California, opened in July 1955, Disneyland has famously only had three unscheduled closures in its 65-year history — until now. On Thursday, the park announced its decision to temporarily close starting Saturday through the rest of the month, along with the adjacent Disney California Adventure, due to concerns about the new cor
  
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• Biden, Sanders Deliver Coronavirus Speeches to Contrast Trump

  12-03-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders sought to deliver an antidote to President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, as the rival Democratic presidential candidates each pressed the administration to act decisively to handle the growing crisis.Biden aimed to project steady, experienced leadership and assuage Americans’ anxiety about the impacts of the virus while criticizing the Trump administration for failing to effectively respond to the crisis.
  
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• Coronavirus: What happens if Trump invokes Stafford Act and declares national emergency?

  12-03-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he may declare the coronavirus pandemic an emergency by invoking a law known as the Stafford Act.The following explains how the Stafford Act works and what powers a declaration would unlock.
  
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• WHO: Don't expect travel bans, 'Mother Nature' to beat virus

  12-03-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Countries may gain time in the short-term as they limit travel to fight the new coronavirus pandemic, but the World Health Organization thinks overall that “it doesn't help to restrict movement," a top adviser to the U.N. health agency's chief said Thursday.Dr. Bruce Aylward, who led a WHO team in China during the raging COVID-19 outbreak there last month, said in an interview that travel bans “generally aren't part of the armamentarium you bring to bear on something like this.&rdquo
  
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• Facebook and Twitter kill accounts revealed to be Russian trolls by CNN

  12-03-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian trolls are back -- and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself.
  
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• CNN outs US social media accounts as trolls, in Ghana, paid by Russians

  12-03-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian trolls are back -- and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself.
  
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• Should you get a soundbar for your TV?

  12-03-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A soundbar is virtually always going to be better than your TV's built-in speakers. Here's how to find the best soundbar for your setup.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak prompts Iran to ask IMF for billions in loans

  12-03-2020 21:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Amid the coronavirus epidemic, plunging oil prices and punishing U.S. sanctions, Iran, with a very fragile economy, is seeking a $5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to fight against the virus.
  
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• India Is the World's Second-Most Populous Country. Can It Handle the Coronavirus Outbreak?

  12-03-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India—a country of more than 1.3 billion people—only has 74 reported COVID-19 cases. Experts say there may be many more.
  
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• Trump considers travel restrictions to California and Washington in attempt to stop coronavirus spread

  12-03-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said Thursday that travel restrictions to California and Washington, two states hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, were possible “if an area gets too hot.”
  
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• After Joe Biden slams Trump's coronavirus response, the Trump campaign accuses the former VP's team of spreading conspiracy theories

  12-03-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden said the Trump administration's "failure on testing is colossal, and it's a failure of leadership, planning and execution."
  
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• How will the coronavirus travel ban work? Yahoo News Explains

  12-03-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump announced a 30-day ban on travel from Europe to the U.S. beginning Friday, March 13, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There was immediately a lot of confusion, and questions about what exactly the travel ban entails. Yahoo News Reporter Rebecca Corey explains what you need to know about the coronavirus travel ban.
  
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• Biden, Sanders take aim at Trump over coronavirus: 'Incompetence and recklessness'

  12-03-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden and Bernie Sanders delivered pointed, somber speeches on the crisis as markets continued to dive and the administration's response came under criticism.
  
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• Iran digs massive trenches to bury coronavirus dead, report says

  12-03-2020 21:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iran has dug two football-field-sized trenches in the weeks following its first confirmed coronavirus case, according to satellite images.
  
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• Coronavirus Outbreak Is Pressuring Iran's Government. That Makes Some U.S. Officials Nervous

  12-03-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. military is mulling how to respond after two U.S. service members died under rocket fire from Iranian-backed groups
  
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• Bernie Sanders: Coronavirus Impact Makes Need for Medicare for All Clear

  12-03-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A somber Sen. Bernie Sanders confronted growing worries over the novel coronavirus Thursday on a stage that gave him another opportunity to champion his prized healthcare expansion policy goal. Speaking from a hotel meeting place in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders (I-VT) spoke for a little over 16 minutes, jumping from concerns about the impact of isolation as more people self-quarantine and the cost of healthcare, to plans for helping the less fortunate overcome the hardships the pandemi
  
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• Coronavirus task force immunologist: Testing 'is a failing. Let's admit it.'

  12-03-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is facing heavy criticism over the United States' inability to adequately test sick patients for COVID-19. On Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a coronavirus task force immunologist, did not mince his words either: "The system is not really geared to what we need right now," said Fauci, who has advised six presidents on domestic and global health issues. "That is a failing. Let's admit it."The harsh
  
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