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• Chinese Official Tries to Walk Back Claim U.S. Military Brought Virus to Wuhan

  07-04-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian held his first press conference in several weeks on Tuesday, attempting to walk back his earlier claim that the U.S. military had brought the novel coronavirus to the city of Wuhan.“The virus [is] a scientific question that requires scientific opinions,” Zhao told reporters. He was then asked if he stood behind a March 12 tweet in which he wrote that, “It might be the U.S. Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan.”“The ques
  
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• Acting Navy Secretary resigns after this audio leaked

  07-04-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew.
  
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• 'Pharma Bro' wants out of prison to research coronavirus

  07-04-2020 23:57
  
  Convicted former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli wants out of prison so he can help research a treatment for the coronavirus
  
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• House panel asks Trump's acting spy chief to explain spate of firings

  07-04-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House Intelligence Committee chairman on Tuesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump's acting spy chief to explain the removals and resignations of top intelligence officials and whether he ever tried to block probes by the intelligence community's recently fired internal watchdog.Democrat Adam Schiff also wrote in a letter that the panel will examine whether any of acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell’s staff interfered “with the production and disseminatio
  
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• Coronavirus: Why more rats are being spotted during quarantine

  07-04-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hungry rats unable to feed off restaurant leftovers are coming on to the streets and nearer homes.
  
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• People of color are worried they'll be racially profiled if they wear homemade face masks

  07-04-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Activists and academics have voiced concern over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation to make cloth face masks at home.
  
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• In El Salvador, gangs are enforcing the coronavirus lockdown with baseball bats

  07-04-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Street gangs in El Salvador have turned from extortion and killing to enforcing social distancing restrictions, often with threats and baseball bats.
  
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• 86-year-old and three sons die after contracting COVID-19

  07-04-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mother and three sons all died within days of each other, the New Orleans Coroner's Office confirmed.
  
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• North Korea testing, quarantining for COVID-19, still says no cases: WHO representative

  07-04-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea, one of only a handful of countries not to have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, has said that it continues testing and has more than 500 people in quarantine, the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters on Tuesday."Since 31 December, 24,842 people have been released from quarantine, which includes 380 foreigners," he said.The WHO has been informed that North Korea received primers and probes for use with PCR diagnostic tests from its ally China in January, he added.
  
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• 60,000-year-old underwater forest uncovered, and it may help pioneer new medicines

  07-04-2020 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric humans just started venturing out of Africa, a forest of cypress trees grew on the banks of a river near the Gulf of Mexico. As the trees grew old, they fell and were buried under sediment. When the sea level rose, the remains of the forest were covered once again.
  
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• Sony unveils its new PlayStation 5 controller, the DualSense

  07-04-2020 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  Sony revealed more details about its new PlayStation 5 controller on Tuesday and said that it's starting to ship the controller to game developers. That means game developers can think about how to use the new controller's features in their games.
  
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• China lifts Wuhan travel ban, Britain, NY report record deaths

  07-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China lifted a travel ban on Tuesday on residents of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began last year, and reported no new deaths, but the situation remained grim elsewhere as Britain and New York State recorded their highest number of fatalities yet.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in intensive care, meanwhile, after being admitted to a London hospital on Monday evening, 10 days after being diagnosed with the virus.The shocking hospitalization of a major world leader underscor
  
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• Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader

  07-04-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California appeals court ordered the dismissal of a criminal case Tuesday against a Mexican megachurch leader on charges of child rape and human trafficking on procedural grounds.Naasón Joaquín García, the self-proclaimed apostle of La Luz del Mundo, has been in custody since June following his arrest on accusations involving three girls and one woman between 2015 and 2018 in Los Angeles County.While being held without bail in Los Angeles, García has remained the sp
  
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• Coronavirus: YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview

  07-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Videos will now be deleted if they falsely link coronavirus to 5G mobile networks.
  
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• Texas' coronavirus abortion ban can continue, appeals court rules

  07-04-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Abortion in Texas has been unavailable for more than two weeks, the first time the procedure has not been accessible in a state since Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Is Trump's 'campaign of retaliation' about to get worse?

  07-04-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent a letter Tuesday to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell demanding he explain President Trump's recent dismissals of Michael Atkinson and Glenn Fine, the inspectors general of the intelligence community and the Pentagon, respectively. The Washington Post's Greg Sargent says how Grenell responds could be "incredibly telling" about the Trump administration's future plans.In the letter, Schiff asks Grenell to conf
  
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• Ecuador ex-president Correa jailed in absentia for corruption

  07-04-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rafael Correa, now living in Belgium, was sentenced with 19 others for taking bribes.
  
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• Notoriously smoggy LA has some of the cleanest of any major city right now

  07-04-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The mental image many people have of the Los Angeles skyline is one obscured by smog, with thick air pollution hanging over its downtown buildings.
  
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• Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word

  07-04-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As hospitals battle the coronavirus, they're baffled as the Trump administration seizes hard-to-stock medical supplies.
  
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• The Supreme Court’s Misunderstood Ruling on Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Primary

  07-04-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There seems to be some confusion about the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday in connection with Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. This owes to reporting that suggests, or at least could lead its audience to believe, that the Court’s five conservative-leaning, Republican-appointed justices, over the strident objection of its four left-leaning, Democratic-appointed justices, directed that the primary proceed with in-person voting, despite the coronavirus threat.That is not what happene
  
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• Brazil looks to China for coronavirus help as cases rise quickly

  07-04-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's health minister said the country faced a "serious problem" getting enough mechanical ventilators and had spoken to China to try and ensure it would be able to fill an order for face masks as coronavirus deaths accelerated.Latin America's largest country has confirmed 13,717 coronavirus cases, while deaths rose to 667, exceeding 100 in 24 hours for the first time.Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said he had spoken with the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to ensure fulfillment of medi
  
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• One chart shows how long the coronavirus lives on surfaces like cardboard, plastic, wood, and steel

  07-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Recent research shows that the coronavirus lives longest on glass, paper money, and the outside of surgical masks.
  
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• Acting Navy secretary resigns amid uproar over leaked speech

  07-04-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Modly harshly criticized the former commanding officer of an aircraft carrier dealing with a coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany expected to be next White House press secretary

  07-04-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stephanie Grisham, who was the president's third press secretary, is departing the job to return to Melania Trump's team.
  
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• British PM receives oxygen treatment

  07-04-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  • Dr. Gupta on what this means for UK PM
  
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• Trump's speculation caused some to hoard this drug

  07-04-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Elizabeth Cohen breaks down the recent trend of some people to hoard hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat several diseases that some speculate could potentially help treat coronavirus, though no studies have concluded. Meanwhile, many of those who rely on the drug to manage their illnesses are unable to get it.
  
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• 'It is an existential threat': As coronavirus spreads to Africa, health experts warn of catastrophe

  07-04-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  So far, African countries have been spared the high death tolls seen in Italy, Spain, and the U.S., but officials are bracing for the worst in the coming weeks.
  
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• Trump falsely claims he 'inherited' the faulty coronavirus test. It was developed this year

  07-04-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump removes watchdog overseeing coronavirus emergency funds• Trump angrily lashes out when confronted with critiques of virus response
  
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• Experts can’t agree on how long the coronavirus lingers in the air, and the controversy has huge implications for mask-wearing

  07-04-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The disagreement underscores how tricky it is to pin down how diseases are transmitted between people. Does the coronavirus linger in the air, or not?
  
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• Acting US Navy secretary resigns after calling ousted aircraft carrier captain 'stupid'

  07-04-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted his resignation a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew, according to a US official and a former senior military official.
  
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• Navy captain fired over coronavirus memo is a calm, honorable leader. He's also my friend.

  07-04-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  I am certain Brett Crozier will be found to have acted honorably, with the best intentions for his ship, his crew and his Navy foremost in his heart.
  
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• Mattis rebukes Trump over removal of Pentagon inspector general

  07-04-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Donald Trump’s latest salvo in an ongoing bid to reshape government oversight of his administration, the president fired the Pentagon inspector general charged with overseeing implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. 
  
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• Surgeon general: Coronavirus death toll can come in under projections if we 'continue to do our part'

  07-04-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Surgeon General Jerome Adams and the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention are both voicing optimism that the United States' coronavirus death toll can end up lower than the projection previously shared by the White House.CDC director Robert Redfield in a Monday interview with KVOI Radio said the "large majority of the American public" is following social distancing guidelines, and he therefore anticipates "the numbers are going to be much, much, much, much lower than would h
  
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• Fact check: No, Joe Biden did not put a gun in a woman’s mouth in Wisconsin

  07-04-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A viral picture and post claims Joe Biden put a gun in a woman's mouth in Wisconsin. But the gun was digitally added to a 2008 photo from Florida.
  
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• Column: 'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli wants out of prison to find a cure for coronavirus

  07-04-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In act of chutzpah, 'Pharma bro' Shkreli seeks prison release to find a coronavirus cure.
  
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• Chicago Mayor Signs Executive Order to Ensure Illegal Immigrants Can Access Coronavirus Relief Funds

  07-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an executive order Tuesday to ensure that illegal immigrants and refugees in the city are able to access the city's coronavirus relief benefits."This order is more than just an official decree, it is a statement of our values as a city and as Americans," Lightfoot said in a statement. "Since COVID-19 first reached our city's doorstep, we have been working around the clock to ensure all our residents are secure and supported, including our immigrant and refugee
  
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• New York just recorded its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus deaths

  07-04-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a brother, is a sister," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
  
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• UK 'dashboard' may be significantly under-reporting deaths

  07-04-2020 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  The UK's daily death toll updates for Covid-19 could be underreporting the true number by a significant margin, according to government numbers published Tuesday.
  
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• Calls to US helpline jump 891%, as White House is warned of mental health crisis

  07-04-2020 21:44
  
  Calls to U.S. helpline jump 891%, as White House is warned of mental health crisis
  
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• Nuclear bomb tests helped determine the ages of whale sharks for the first time

  07-04-2020 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  We know that whale sharks are the largest fish in the seas, reaching up to nearly 60 feet in length. But that's one of the few things we know about the endangered species.
  
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• Georgia governor weighs `new options' amid virus backlash

  07-04-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia's governor is “considering new options” after being criticized by local officials for his order that reversed beach closures and other restrictions imposed by cities and counties to battle the coronavirus, the governor's spokeswoman said Tuesday.Gov. Brian Kemp's executive order last week requiring Georgia residents to shelter at home, except under prescribed exceptions, drew an outcry.Tybee Island Mayor Shirley Sessions over the weekend blasted Kemp's action as a “reck
  
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• More than 700 health workers tested positive for COVID-19 at one Michigan hospital. At another, 1,500 are out with coronavirus symptoms.

  07-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Henry Ford Health System only tested about 2,500 employees — that means approximately 29% of the staff tested had come up positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Hackers' new target during pandemic: video conference calls

  07-04-2020 21:33
  As businesses, schools, churches and others turn to video conference platforms to stay connected amid the global coronavirus pandemic, many have reported being attacked by uninvited guests
  
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• 'I can't take it back': Trump's Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as 'too naïve or too stupid'

  07-04-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy official, who once served as a helicopter pilot, described Capt. Brett Crozier's warning about a coronavirus outbreak as "a betrayal."
  
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• Acting US Navy secretary submits resignation after calling ousted aircraft carrier captain 'stupid'

  07-04-2020 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted his resignation a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew, according to a US official and a former senior military official.
  
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• Boris Johnson is in intensive care with COVID-19. Here's what research shows so far about outcomes in severe coronavirus cases.

  07-04-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One study found that 15% of patients admitted to the ICU in the UK died. Here's what we know about what happens to the hardest-hit COVID-19 patients.
  
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• Asia virus latest: Wuhan travel ban lifted, Japan under state of emergency

  07-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic:
  
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• Coronavirus symptoms: 10 key indicators and what to do

  07-04-2020 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists are learning more each day about the mysterious novel coronavirus and the symptoms of Covid-19, the disease it causes.
  
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• Why official rushed to McDonald's with $3.4M for medical supplies

  07-04-2020 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Illinois state comptroller Susana Mendoza described her state's race to get medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, comparing it to the "wild-wild west."
  
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• Trump could tariff foreign oil. That won't end the oil crisis

  07-04-2020 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  The drama playing out in the oil market is not short on oversized characters. But Vladimir Putin and MBS could soon have to make room for a new player: Tariff Man.
  
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