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• Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly bad

  01-05-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's president has put virtually no measures in place to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now it's facing a surge in cases.
  
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• N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors

  01-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly u
  
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• Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors

  01-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly u
  
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• White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response

  01-05-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said on Friday, calling it "counterproductive" to have individuals involved in the response testify. The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesman for the House of Representatives committee holding the hearing said the panel had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been b
  
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• New Trump White House press secretary: 'I will never lie to you'

  01-05-2020 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  With Kayleigh McEnany's debut Friday, a Trump White House press secretary held a formal briefing with reporters for the first time in over a year.
  
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• New Trump White House press secretary: 'I will never lie to you'

  01-05-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With Kayleigh McEnany's debut Friday, a Trump White House press secretary held a formal briefing with reporters for the first time in over a year.
  
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• NBA postpones draft lottery and combine due to COVID-19

  01-05-2020 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The league said it would continue to assess the situation and consult with health experts and government officials.
  
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• States reopen theaters, restaurants amid coronavirus outbreak as experts warn of second wave

  01-05-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas reopens restaurants, Utah reopens salons. As several states lift coronavirus restrictions, many warn of a second wave if social distancing ends too soon.
  
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• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors, state media reports

  01-05-2020 23:44 via politico.com
  
  The report ends rumors about the dictator's health.
  
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• Accused embassy gunman said he feared Cuban organized crime

  01-05-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. opened fire with an AK-47 at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, spraying the front of the building with nearly three dozen rounds because he wanted to “get them before they could get him,” according to court papers.Alexander Alazo, 42, of Aubrey, Texas, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting early Thursday morning in northwest Washington.Rounds from the gunman pierced the bronze statue of Jose Marti, the Cuban writer and national her
  
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• People are getting this unexpected stimulus check. Should you keep it?

  01-05-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The IRS uses the most recent tax information it has on file to determine eligibility and send out payments.
  
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• Some top Democrats say they want the country to move past Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations, even though Biden is calling for an investigation

  01-05-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday morning, Biden appeared on nation TV and vehemently denied Tara Reade's allegations, but said he supports an investigation.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany promises not to lie as White House press secretary

  01-05-2020 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At the first White House press briefing in over a year, the latest incumbent made a strong impression.
  
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• Trump 'cannot tell a lie' – but can Kayleigh McEnany, his new press secretary?

  01-05-2020 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The latest spokeswoman for the ministry of untruth made an assured debut – but on Covid-19 and more, there were still Trumpian echoesMcEnany attacks China and WHO from White House podiumCoronavirus US – live coverageChanneling George Washington, Donald Trump, who has reportedly made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days, recently proclaimed: “I cannot tell a lie.” Related: Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation from former staffer Tara ReadeContinue reading.
  
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• Tesla loses $13 billion in market value after Elon Musk tweets its stock price is 'too high'

  01-05-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Musk has had problems with the SEC for tweeting about the company’s stock in the past.
  
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• Tesla loses $13 billion in market value after Elon Musk tweets its stock price is 'too high'

  01-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Musk has had problems with the SEC for tweeting about the company’s stock in the past.
  
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• American hospitals have lost dozens of medical workers to the coronavirus. Here are some of their stories.

  01-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are risking their lives to save others.
  
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• FDA clears remdesivir to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients

  01-05-2020 23:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The drug is not a cure, but has been shown to help the sickest COVID-19 patients.
  
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• When will national parks reopen? Some will start Monday

  01-05-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Parks are opening the way they closed, each in its own way.
  
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• High school seniors create yearbooks on Instagram to make up for lost traditions

  01-05-2020 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The accounts have especially been a form of comfort as students celebrate what would have been their final days of school apart in their separate homes.
  
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• My Money: 'With love on my side, I can get through today'

  01-05-2020 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As part of a BBC blog series, Leena Yousefi in Canada talks us through one week during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• New White House press secretary vows not to lie, then misleads on Michael Flynn

  01-05-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany promised at her first press briefing Friday that she will "never lie" but she did mislead in an answer about fired national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• Top Admirals Under Scrutiny as Navy Investigates Handling of Carrier Coronavirus Outbreak

  01-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The expanded investigation of the COVID outbreak on the carrier Roosevelt will focus on Capt. Brett Crozier's superiors.
  
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• Asia virus latest: India extends lockdown, Macau casino revenue plunges

  01-05-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's biggest virus lockdown is taking place in India, and it will be extended for two weeks beyond May 4, the government said Friday.The measures have spelled misery for millions of workers in India's informal economy.Sri Lanka also extended its lockdown for a second time, through May 11.
  
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• Gossip: Jiminez open to Barca and Real, Bale eyes MLS

  01-05-2020 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raul Jimenez open to moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid, Moussa Dembele to Man Utd, Dean Henderson poised for another loan, plus more.
  
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• Gossip: Jimenez open to Barca and Real, Bale eyes MLS

  01-05-2020 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raul Jimenez open to moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid, Moussa Dembele to Man Utd, Dean Henderson poised for another loan, plus more.
  
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• Trump news: President claims to have saved 'thousands of lives' as he revises down predictions of death toll

  01-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first press briefing on Friday after more than 400 days without a scheduled press briefing by the Trump administration.The last briefing was held by Sarah Sanders in March 2019, though the president has held his own free-wheeling briefings through the coronavirus pandemic and reporters scramble to get statements during Oval Office visits.
  
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• Trump news - live: President claims to have saved 'thousands of lives' as he revises down predictions of death toll

  01-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first press briefing on Friday, a shocking move after more than 400 days without a scheduled press briefing by the Trump administration. The last briefing was held by Sarah Sanders in March 2019.During questioning, Ms McEnany vowed to reporters she would never "lie" to the public while at the podium. Her briefing also included addressing issues relating to China and where the coronavirus originated, and the "injustice" surr
  
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• Hear meat worker's message to Trump after 4,900 test positive

  01-05-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Over 4,900 meat and poultry plant workers tested positive for coronavirus in the US, according to the CDC. CNN's Miguel Marquez speaks to a worker at a Tyson plant in Nebraska.
  
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• Prison sentence for 'Hot Pockets' heiress delayed amid coronavirus

  01-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Judge denies bid for house arrest but won't have surrender this month, as originally scheduled.
  
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• Covid-19 cases on second US warship near 100 as Navy restricts information

  01-05-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly 100 sailors from the US Navy destroyer USS Kidd have tested positive for coronavirus, two US defense officials told CNN Friday.
  
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• Target, Walmart workers and others plan 'sickout' protests over coronavirus safety

  01-05-2020 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The grassroots effort spreading through social media is coinciding with International Workers' Day, which is typically marked by labor rights demonstrations.
  
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• This CEO is giving $1.6M he made in the stock market to his employees

  01-05-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Larry Connor, CEO of the Connor Group, made a lot of money on the stock market in just 8 days. He's giving it all away to about 400 employees.
  
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• Governor closes all roads into a New Mexico city

  01-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Effective immediately, all roads into Gallup, New Mexico, are closed.
  
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• Trump says new FBI notes exonerate Michael Flynn, analysts say that's not the case

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Critics said Trump is distorting the contents of notes about an FBI interview in which Flynn apparently lied about talks with a Russian ambassador.
  
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• No soft landing for Biden on 'Morning Joe' interview

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If Joe Biden was looking for a soft landing place to address sexual assault allegations made by a former Senate staffer, he didn't find it Friday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”The 20-minute interview of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee conducted by Mika Brzezinski was blunt and frequently uncomfortable, a milestone media moment in the 2020 campaign.The former vice president had faced increased pressure to publicly address the accusations by Tara Reade that he had assaulted
  
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• McEnany dodges fireworks in return of White House press briefing

  01-05-2020 22:16 via politico.com
  
  She came with charts, a Trumpian “invisible enemy” reference and a video with the production value that President Donald Trump loves.
  
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• As Biden fends off sexual assault charge, National Archives says it has no relevant records

  01-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Archives said it has no record of any files that might contain evidence of a sexual misconduct complaint against Joe Biden from 27 years ago.
  
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• New Trump press secretary promises never to lie

  01-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Promising "never" to lie and saying she prays for coronavirus victims, new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany hit a strikingly sunny tone on Friday in her debut press conference.The White House briefing room has symbolized the tempestuous, often outright hostile relationship between the media and President Donald Trump, who has broken with convention to act as his own spokesman -- and lead a relentless campaign of insults against the media.Things got off to a bad start right after Trum
  
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• What protesters get wrong about Covid-19: Comparing it to the flu is not fair

  01-05-2020 22:11 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • US makes 'big bet' on company with unproven technology in vaccine quest
  
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• Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value

  01-05-2020 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tweet was one of several bizarre postings, including a promise to sell his possessions.
  
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• WHO Adviser Says It’s ‘Likely’ Coronavirus Leaked from Lab, Slams Trump Admin Response to Pandemic

  01-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jamie Metzl, a member of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing, has speculated that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China."When they have outbreaks in China, the zoonotic jump [of the virus from animal to humans] tends to happen in the south in Guangdong or Yunnan Province, and not in Wuhan or in Hubei Province," Metzl told National Review. "They have the only level-4 virology lab in China, which happens to be in Wuhan and wa
  
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• Armed protesters storm Michigan Capitol over stay-at-home orders

  01-05-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan governor doubles down on state of emergency; Mike Tobin reports.
  
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• A cyberpsychologist explains why you can't stop staring at yourself on Zoom calls (and everyone else is probably doing the same)

  01-05-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spending time on-camera can be more exhausting than having an in-person meeting, in part because you're missing a lot of the body language.
  
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• Prisoners in Iran 'disappearing', British inmate claims

  01-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prisoners with suspected coronavirus in Iran are “disappearing” due to illness or being given sleeping pills and sent back to crowded cells where the virus can easily spread, a British-Iranian father who is jailed on spying charges has claimed. Retired engineer Anoosheh Ashoori, 66, secretly recorded an audio diary detailing the chaotic conditions in Evin prison, Tehran, where he is serving a 10-year sentence for “spying for Israel”, which he strongly denies. Several inma
  
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• Coronavirus: Immigration detention centres in crisis

  01-05-2020 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are Covid-19 outbreaks in supply-strapped detention centres across the US.
  
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• US prosecutors signal Honduras leader is target in drug case

  01-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  References to the Honduran president appear throughout U.S. prosecutors’ statements announcing drug trafficking charges against the former chief of Honduras’ national police this week.For months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan has been signaling that the ultimate objective of years of investigation and methodically built cases could be President Juan Orlando Hernández.“The noose is definitely tightening given the information that is coming out,” said
  
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• Kroger limiting ground beef, pork purchases in some stores

  01-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's biggest meat companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc, Cargill Inc, JBS USA and Tyson Foods Inc, have halted operations at about 20 slaughterhouses and processing plants in North America as workers fall ill, stoking global fears of a meat shortage.Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the country.
  
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• Reporter to Trump's new press secretary: Will you ever lie to us?

  01-05-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tells reporters at her first press briefing that she will never lie to the press.
  
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• Mitt Romney sides with Democrats calling for $12 hourly raises for essential workers

  01-05-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has followed demands of pay raises for essential workers with a proposal of his own.Romney proposed Friday that essential workers "who are necessarily subject to greater risk of COVID-19" receive hourly bonuses of up to $12 in the form of a tax credit. His proposal comes a month after several Democratic senators suggested $13/hour raises for essential workers that would be retroactive from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Employers would have to opt in to what Romney
  
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