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• B-1 Returns to Pacific in 'Dynamic Force Employment'

  24-04-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Air Force this week flew a B-1B Lancer to the Pacific as part of its new unpredictable deployment experiment.
  
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• CDC: Frozen raspberries were culprit behind 2019 norovirus outbreak on multiple cruises

  24-04-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Smoothies: Nutritious, delicious – and according to the CDC, the source of a norovirus outbreak that infected hundreds of cruise passengers in 2019.
  
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• Nova Scotia shooting: 'They had no idea the hell they were going to face'

  24-04-2020 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canada's deadliest shooting is pieced together by the people swept up in its path of terror.
  
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• 12 rangers among 17 killed in attack in DR Congo's Virunga park

  24-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 17 people, including 12 rangers were killed on Friday in an attack in Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said.It said that civilians were the apparent target of the attack.Virunga is a UNESCO-listed site which is spread over 7,800 square kilometres (3,000 square miles) over the borders of DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
  
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• What a father tells his son born during a pandemic

  24-04-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Correspondent Bill Weir shares video of the moment his son was born and reads a letter to him about the current state of the world.
  
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• Tillis Backs McConnell to Halt Funds to Needy States, Even as NC Struggles

  24-04-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) moved to draw the line on sending further coronavirus aid for hard-hit state and local governments on Wednesday, it caused a backlash among Democrats and even some Republicans.But on Friday, one of the most politically vulnerable members of McConnell’s Senate GOP backed the leader. In a tele-town hall with constituents Friday morning, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was asked by a constituent if the Senate would be voting to “bail out poor
  
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• Thousands flood Wisconsin Capitol to protest stay-at-home orders

  24-04-2020 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The protests in Madison followed similar demonstrations in recent days in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado.
  
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• Megadestroyer Zumwalt Delivered to the Navy After Years of Setbacks

  24-04-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy has accepted delivery of a next-generation stealth destroyer more than three years after its commissioning
  
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• Ex-cop gets $90,000 settlement in HIV employment discrimination suit

  24-04-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  This case, along with a lawsuit involving HIV-positive military service members, is shining a spotlight on workplace discrimination based on HIV status.
  
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• Big-money transfers won't happen - Man Utd's Woodward

  24-04-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says speculation about transfers for "hundreds of millions of pounds this summer" is ignoring the "realities that face the sport".
  
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• Vaccine expert ousted from HHS to file whistleblower complaint

  24-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bright said he was removed from his position at HHS after he pushed to limit COVID-19 treatments touted by the president.
  
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• Even Fox News wasn't convinced when Trump claimed his disinfectant injection comments were 'sarcasm'

  24-04-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump seemed pretty sincere when he doled out some dangerous medical advice on Thursday. Just ask Fox News' Bret Baier.In Thursday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, President Trump gave a very detailed explanation of how doctors may want to consider infecting disinfectants like bleach into coronavirus patients' bodies, seeing as a disinfectants "knocks out" the virus "in a minute." Trump defended his comments as "sarcastic" on Friday after receiving a wave of backlash, but
  
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• 'If I can't work I can't feed my family'

  24-04-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the Covid-19 crisis has left many migrant workers stranded and without money for their families.
  
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• ‘Dying to Bowl’: Georgia Flirts With Disaster as Lockdown Eases

  24-04-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bart Kinney opened the doors to his bowling alley in Rome, Georgia, about an hour outside Atlanta, around 9 a.m. Friday. Waiting outside were three regulars, all league bowlers who, like many others, Kinney said, “have been dying to bowl.”After Gov. Brian Kemp’s announcement on Monday that certain businesses like bowling alleys, tattoo and massage parlors, gyms, and hair and nail salons could begin reopening on Friday, Kinney immediately went to work. He put hand sanitizer disp
  
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• Best Mother's Day gift ideas to shop in 2020

  24-04-2020 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  For every mom out there, there's a special gift that's just right — find the best Mother's Day gift ideas for any mom you're shopping for
  
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• Few Hispanic business owners got coronavirus relief loans, Latino survey finds

  24-04-2020 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Lupita’s taquería or Juana’s quinceañera shop didn’t get money, while Ruth’s Chris (Steakhouse) and major hotel chains are getting millions of dollars.”
  
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• Amazon workers stage 'sick out' rally to push for warehouse changes

  24-04-2020 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The rally was organized through an all-day livestream broadcast on YouTube and Facebook Live.
  
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• California to reopen some beaches as governor urges physical distancing

  24-04-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a warm weekend ahead, Governor Gavin Newsom will allow use of some open spaces with restrictions* Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageCalifornia is reopening some beaches as the state heads into a hot weekend, with the governor urging residents to practice strict physical distancing if they go outside.While many Los Angeles area beaches remain closed to the public due to Covid-19, a handful will allow visitors in a limited capacity while
  
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• New York mother says flight from Miami was packed with people not wearing masks

  24-04-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It was a very strange situation having come from a whole month of being told stay six feet apart ... then having to be crammed on a plane," Angie Wong said.
  
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• Trump lies that he was being 'sarcastic' on disinfectant claim

  24-04-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Tracking US cases | Podcast | Catch up | Q&A | Life after lockdown
  
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• Fact check: Trump lies that he was being 'sarcastic' when he talked about injecting disinfectant

  24-04-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Tracking US cases | Podcast | Catch up | Q&A | Life after lockdown
  
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• Trump signs huge new economic relief spending package

  24-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a nearly half-trillion dollar relief package for the US economy in the latest bid to stave off the crushing effects of the coronavirus shutdown.The package will pump another $483 billion of government funds into the world's biggest economy.Following Senate approval earlier this week, the bill was passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday as another 4.4 million US workers filed new claims for jobless benefits.
  
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• Navy Believes Fired Aircraft Carrier Captain Should Be Reinstated

  24-04-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top officer in the Navy believes the former captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier should be reinstated, after he was removed from his command earlier this month when an email he wrote to superiors warning of a coronavirus outbreak on the ship leaked to the public.Admiral Mike Gilday told General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week that Navy Captain Brett Crozier should be returned to his ship, according to
  
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• Roger Stone says he's 'praying for a pardon' from Trump

  24-04-2020 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump, said he hasn't asked the White House for a pardon and has not been promised one.
  
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• Navy recommends reinstating commander of USS Theodore Roosevelt

  24-04-2020 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  • Second warship hit by major outbreak
  
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• Navy reportedly recommends captain ousted over coronavirus warning be reinstated

  24-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Weeks after a Navy captain was ousted over his warning about a coronavirus outbreak on his ship, he may be getting his job back.Adm. Mike Gilday, the Chief of Naval Operations, on Friday recommended to Defense Secretary Mark Esper that Capt. Brett Crozier be reinstated as commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he was relieved of command earlier this month, ABC News reports.Crozier had written a four-page letter asking for help containing a COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Ro
  
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• Domestic assault may have triggered Canadian shooting rampage that left 22 dead

  24-04-2020 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  A domestic assault could have been the catalyst of a Nova Scotia shooting rampage that left 22 people dead, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday.
  
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• Carnival and Norwegian cruise ships are scrambling to get stranded ship workers home by sailing them to different countries as the CDC refuses to let crew disembark in the US

  24-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line are adopting plans to get their crew members back home.
  
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• Biden urged to pick a black woman as running mate

  24-04-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  More than 200 black women on Friday signed an open letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urging him to pick a black woman as his running mate.
  
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• Saudi led coalition announces ceasefire extension in Yemen

  24-04-2020 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Houthi group did not accept the coalition's previous ceasefire announcement and violence has continued in several provinces.
  
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• Some traveling nurses who went to help in New York face uncertain future

  24-04-2020 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  They say they don't know whether they'll have jobs to return home to.
  
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• Explainer: How the U.S. is handling immigration enforcement during the coronavirus crisis

  24-04-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 re-election campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wide-ranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide.While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has dialed back arrest operations and agreed to review cases of some at-risk immigrants in custody, it is still detaining tens of thousands and proceeding with deportation flight
  
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• Internet loses it over a bad tuna sandwich

  24-04-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mark Warner looked to bring some levity to the public amid the coronavirus outbreak by sharing a cooking tutorial this week -- but even some of his colleagues decried his culinary choice as fishy and heavy-handed.
  
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• Photos show how one woman tried to give birth at home during the coronavirus pandemic

  24-04-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A growing number of pregnant women across the US have attempted to switch to home births amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This is Nancy Pedroza's story.
  
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• Experts are now regularly faced with a choice: either publicly contradict the President, or let dangerous information go uncorrected

  24-04-2020 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's choose-your-own-adventure of medical studies and advice has this week forced his coronavirus team's medical experts into awkward and often untenable positions, leading to what some describe as a baffling conundrum of when and how to publicly correct potentially dangerous misinformation.
  
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• Coronavirus task force now regularly faced with a choice: either publicly contradict the President, or let dangerous information go uncorrected

  24-04-2020 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's choose-your-own-adventure of medical studies and advice has this week forced his coronavirus team's medical experts into awkward and often untenable positions, leading to what some describe as a baffling conundrum of when and how to publicly correct potentially dangerous misinformation.
  
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• Coronavirus stimulus: Where $1,200 payments are going - food, bidets, guns

  24-04-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Americans say they can afford to save their $1,200 bailout, but others say the money is urgently needed.
  
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• Cuomo says he'll decide in a week whether to keep schools and businesses closed past May 15 as the coronavirus ebbs

  24-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York coronavirus deaths fell to the lowest level since April 1, Cuomo said on Friday.
  
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• Coronavirus: China rejects call for probe into origins of disease

  24-04-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beijing's deputy ambassador to the UK tells the BBC the demands are politically motivated.
  
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• Amazon extends pay raise for warehouse workers but ends unlimited unpaid time off policy amid COVID-19

  24-04-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon announced on Friday that it's extending the pay raise for warehouse workers until May 16, but ending the unlimited unpaid time off policy.
  
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• Brazil Bulls Turn Bearish as Star Minister’s Exit Fuels a New Crisis

  24-04-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian assets reclaimed their post as worst-in-the-world with a bang as clashes between President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his top ministers eroded what was left of investors’ optimism.Stocks sank as much as 9.6% and the currency reached an all-time low of 5.7456 per dollar as Justice Minister Sergio Moro, one of Bolsonaro’s “super ministers,” quit. His departure comes at a time when the administration is already ripe with infighting amid the coronavir
  
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• Was Trump being 'sarcastic' with his disinfectant comments? You decide

  24-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president’s remarks on disinfectant last night were roundly ridiculed. Today he claimed he was being ‘sarcastic’. Time to review the briefing ... * Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageOn Thursday night, at a White House press briefing, Donald Trump appeared to give some pretty unorthodox suggestions about using disinfectant or sunlight to treat the coronavirus. But now he is backtracking – he says he was being sarc
  
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• Head of Navy recommends reinstating commander of USS Theodore Roosevelt

  24-04-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  • Second warship hit by major outbreak
  
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• Man who peddles bleach as 'miracle cure' reportedly contacted Trump ahead of his bizarre disinfectant comments

  24-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump was allegedly the recipient of a letter from a man who peddles bleach as being a "miracle cure" in the days leading up to his controversial musings about using disinfectants to fight COVID-19, The Guardian has learned.Mark Grenon, who is described by ABC News as being one of "the high priests of snake oil," had reportedly written to the White House with the claim that chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleach, can "kill 99 percent of the pathogens in the body." On Facebook, Grenon c
  
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• White House Aides Groan, Try to Clean Up After ‘Dumb’ Trump Again

  24-04-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday tried to distance himself from his suggestion that people infected with COVID-19 consider injecting sunlight or disinfectant into their bodies, claiming that his comments the day before were merely sarcasm meant to rile up reporters. But by that point, enough people had taken him literally (and for good reason, since there was no trace of sarcasm in his voice) that at least one local health department was noticing an uptick in calls related to people ingesti
  
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• Navy admiral advises reinstatement of fired carrier captain

  24-04-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to commanders pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, officials familiar with the investigation said Friday.Adm. Mike Gilday recommended that Navy Capt. Brett Crozier be returned to his ship, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the results of an investigation that have not yet been made public.If approved, his
  
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• Trump lies that he was being 'sarcastic' about injecting disinfectant

  24-04-2020 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump lied Friday when he said he was being "sarcastic" when he asked medical experts on Thursday to look into the possibility of injecting disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus.
  
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• The authoritarian threats of coronavirus

  24-04-2020 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  Christiane speaks with David Rohde, author of "In Deep", and Anne Applebaum, author of the forthcoming "Twilight of Democracy", about government reactions to Covid-19.
  
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• Trump privately approved of plan to reopen Georgia before publicly bashing governor, report says

  24-04-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump repeatedly told Georgia's governor he approved of the state's reopening a day before publicly bashing the plan, it was reported on Friday.The Associated Press anonymously quoted two administration officials saying that, behind the scenes, both Mr Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had been supportive of Governor Brian Kemp's decision to reopen Georgia.
  
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• Navy wants to reinstate fired captain of coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier, sources say

  24-04-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an extraordinary reversal, the U.S. Navy has recommended reinstating the fired captain of the coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose crew hailed him as a hero willing to risk his job to safeguard his sailors, officials said on Friday.The Navy's top leaders made the recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier on Friday to U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, just three weeks after Crozier was relieved of command after the leak of his letter calling on the Navy for stron
  
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