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• Crowds gathered at National Mall to watch Blue Angels, Thunderbirds flyover

  02-05-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "There are SOOO many people here. Not wearing masks. Not social distancing," one reporter tweeted.
  
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• Trump says he's 'glad to see' Kim Jong Un 'is back, and well!'

  02-05-2020 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump appeared to confirm Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well."
  
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• Violent clash over coronavirus tests at ICE detention center in Massachusetts

  02-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The incident ended with three detainees sent to a hospital and $25,000 in damage to the detention center, officials said. Congressman Joe Kennedy is calling for an investigation.
  
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• What are 'Murder Hornets' and should I be worried? Asian giant hornets spotted in the US

  02-05-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Asian giant hornets have been known to slaughter honeybees and can be deadly to humans. Here's what you should know about the invasive species.
  
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• City officials warn the public, continue social distancing measures outdoors

  02-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the recent trend in warm weather, many people are taking advantage of the sun and getting outside. However, city officials say it's important to still practice social distancing measures.
  
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• US warns Taliban to curb attacks after exit deal calls for 80% cut to violence

  02-05-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Previously secret agreement emerges as spokesmen for US military and Taliban clash on TwitterThe US military has warned the Taliban it must curb attacks inside Afghanistan and revealed that a US troop withdrawal agreement signed in February included an informal commitment for both sides to cut violence by 80%.The previously secret arrangement was revealed in a Twitter spat between the US military spokesman Col Sonny Leggett and his Taliban counterpart Zabihullah Mujahid. It comes after a sharp e
  
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• Hafthor Bjornsson, 'Game of Thrones' star, sets a record by deadlifting 1,104 pounds

  02-05-2020 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  Hafþór Björnsson, best known for playing the Mountain in the popular HBO series "Game of Thrones," just broke a major world record.
  
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• Biden accuser Tara Reade 'not sure' what complaint she claims was filed with Senate says

  02-05-2020 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Reade has said that the complaint, if it’s found, would not include the sexual assault allegation that she came forward with in March.
  
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• Biden accuser Tara Reade 'not sure' what complaint she claims was filed with Senate says

  02-05-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reade has said that the complaint, if it’s found, would not include the sexual assault allegation that she came forward with in March.
  
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• City ends face-mask rule for shoppers after store employees are threatened

  02-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Store employees have been threatened with physical violence and showered with verbal abuse," the Stillwater city manager said. "There has been one threat of violence using a firearm."
  
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• What Asian nations know about squashing Covid

  02-05-2020 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  The number of Americans who have died from Covid-19 now significantly exceeds the total US troop fatalities during the Vietnam War.
  
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• Tara Reade is disputing a report that says her complaint against Joe Biden didn't refer to sexual assault or harassment

  02-05-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reade alleges Biden assaulted her in a Senate corridor in 1993 when he put his hands under her skirt and underwear without her consent.
  
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• 19 minors aged 9 to 16 are accused of stealing 46 cars worth a total of $1.1 million from dealerships in North Carolina

  02-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Winston-Salem Police Department said that since March 17, 46 vehicles have been stolen from 12 car dealerships.
  
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• Inmates riot at Brazil prison over no visits amid pandemic

  02-05-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rioting inmates at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas held seven guards hostage for several hours Saturday, protesting against the suspension of all visits in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said.After more than five tense hours, the state’s public security secretariat said the situation inside the Puraquequara prison in the city of Manaus had been brought under control without any casualties and the guards freed.Visits at the facility were suspended in mid-March
  
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• Large crowds gather to watch Thunderbirds salute frontline coronavirus responders

  02-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds saluted frontline responders battling the coronavirus pandemic with a flyover on Saturday as large crowds gathered to watch - with some appearing to ignore public health officials advice on social distancing.The US Air Force and Navy's elite demonstration teams said that the performance was in honour of those on the frontlines, to show that "we're in this together".
  
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• Pelosi, McConnell decline Trump's offer for rapid testing

  02-05-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two leaders issued a rare joint statement to decline the president's offer, made on Twitter Saturday morning
  
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• France extends virus emergency until July 24

  02-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The French government said on Saturday it will extend a health emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus by two months, allowing it to keep stringent anti-virus measures in place even after a partial lifting of the country's lockdown.As part of the planned measures anybody entering France, foreign or French, will have to remain confined for two weeks, Health Minister Olivier Veran told a news conference.Infected people already in France will, however, not be forced to accept isolation and t
  
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• Primary schools to reopen in June as part of blueprint to 'unlock' Britain

  02-05-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Primary schools are due to reopen as soon as June 1, as part of Boris Johnson’s blueprint for gradually “unlocking” Britain, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. The Prime Minister is expected to unveil the Government’s “roadmap” out of the coronavirus lockdown in an address to the nation next Sunday, after ministers take stock of a study showing the rate of the virus’s transmission in the UK. One of the plans being discussed to help to reopen workplaces a
  
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• Invasive 'Murder Hornets' Have Appeared in the United States and Officials Worry They're Here to Stay

  02-05-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  They attack and destroy honeybee hives, entering a "slaughter phase" where they literally decapitate bees
  
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• Biden threatens to cut US Soccer's World Cup funding unless women get equal pay

  02-05-2020 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden pledged to cut funding to the US Soccer Federation if women don't get equal pay to their male counterparts.
  
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• 'Murder hornets' in Washington state threaten bees and whip up media swarm

  02-05-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Asian giant hornet, which became more active in the state in April, is the world’s largest and can kill humans with multiple stings * Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease Researchers and citizens in Washington state are on a careful hunt for invasive “murder hornets”, after the insect made its first appearance in the US.The Asian giant hornet is the world’s largest and can kill humans. But it is most dangerous for the European honeybee, which is
  
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• Should colleges give refunds over coronavirus?

  02-05-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With higher education forced online amid the coronavirus pandemic, students say the quality of their education has decreased. Do colleges owe them a refund?
  
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• California city official ousted over his pandemic remarks

  02-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There was a swift uproar after Ken Turnage II characterized people with weak immune systems as a drain on society who should be left to meet their “natural course in nature.”
  
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• Back in session: Senate risks a return but House stays away

  02-05-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Weighing the risks, the Senate will reopen on Monday as the coronavirus crisis rages and the House stays shuttered, an approach that leaves Congress as divided as the nation.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to convene 100 senators at the Capitol during a pandemic gives President Donald Trump the imagery he wants of America getting back to work, despite health worries and a lack of testing.Gathering senators for the first time since March risks lawmakers as well the cooks,
  
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• Trump urges Michigan Gov. Whitmer to talk to protesters, whom he called 'very good people'

  02-05-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has been encouraging protesters in Michigan and elsewhere for weeks, at one point urging them to "liberate" their states.
  
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• At least 46 people killed in prison riot in Venezuela

  02-05-2020 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  At least 46 people have died in a riot at the Los Llanos Penitentiary in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa, according to an opposition lawmaker from the area.
  
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• Trump Organization begins reopening its golf properties

  02-05-2020 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Several Trump Organization golf properties previously closed to comply with various business restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak have reopened.
  
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• Fines for breaching coronavirus lockdown could nearly double for rule-breakers

  02-05-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fines for breaching coronavirus lockdown rules could be increased to £100 for a first offence and soar to £3,200 for serial offenders, under proposals being considered by ministers. It is hoped doubling the fine each time a person who repeatedly flouts rules to stay at home will give police greater powers to punish those ignoring warnings they could be spreading the coronavirus and putting lives at risk as well as stretching NHS resources. The move comes after it emerged a hard core
  
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• Madagascar ships anti-virus potion to Guinea-Bissau

  02-05-2020 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Madagascar on Saturday delivered to Guinea-Bissau a shipment of a herbal tea that President Andry Rajoelina has touted as a powerful remedy against the novel coronavirus and hopes to distribute across West Africa and beyond.Baptised Covid-Organics, the drink is derived from artemisia -- a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatment -- and other indigenous herbs.Guinea-Bissau's self-proclaimed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was at the airport to oversee reception of the cargo donated by Madag
  
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• Cuomo: Death toll has remained "terrifyingly high"

  02-05-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It's still not dropping at the rate we would like to see it drop," he said.
  
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• Law professor says response to Biden allegation could signal 'end of MeToo' movement

  02-05-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Activists who have fought to change society's response to women coming forward with allegations of sexual assault have said former Senate aide Tara Reade's accusation against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden presents a challenge, The Washington Post reports.Many activists, the Post reports, want to ensure President Trump, who is the subject of multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment himself, is defeated in November, but there is al
  
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• A meteor shower is lighting up the night sky on Cinco de Mayo

  02-05-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Halley's Comet is bringing shooting stars to Earth next week.
  
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• 'Pay now': Biden demands US Soccer give its women's national team equal pay or 'go elsewhere for World Cup funding' if he's elected president

  02-05-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden urged the team to not "give up this fight," and demand US Soccer "pay now," or "when I'm president, you can go elsewhere for World Cup funding."
  
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• Thousands protest Israel coalition deal on eve of court date

  02-05-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several thousand Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new coalition deal with his chief rival a day before the country's Supreme Court is to begin debating a series of legal challenges to the agreement.Demonstrators gathered for the third consecutive weekend in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, standing more than two meters (six feet) apart in organized rows to conform with social-distancing rules to protect against the spre
  
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• As weather warms amid coronavirus outbreak, states face new challenges

  02-05-2020 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governors across the U.S. are encouraging people to continue practicing social distancing amid summer weather
  
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• How a travel photographer in self-quarantine 'escaped' her apartment. You can do it, too

  02-05-2020 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  Los Angeles-based photographer Erin Sullivan has found an unconventional way to satiate her penchant for exploration while under a stay-at-home order because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Thousands storm California beaches to protest closures

  02-05-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governor Gavin Newsom decided to close Orange County beaches after 80,000 people flocked to them during a heatwave last weekend.
  
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• Reade: 'I didn't use sexual harassment' in Biden complaint

  02-05-2020 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.“I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty and it made me uncomfortable,” Reade said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press.Reade told the AP twice that she did not use the phrase
  
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• The cardinal known as 'the Pope's 'Robin Hood' is helping transsexual prostitutes struggling in Italy's coronavirus lockdown

  02-05-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This is ordinary work for the Church, it's normal," Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told Reuters.
  
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• Fearing Political Peril, Republicans Edge Away From Trump on Pandemic Response

  02-05-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON -- Every evening from his kitchen table in southwestern Michigan, Rep. Fred Upton, a moderate Republican running for his 18th term in office, posts a coronavirus dispatch for his constituents, highlighting his own efforts to respond to the crisis and the news from Washington, often with cameos from Democrats.Absent from his Facebook updates are any mentions of President Donald Trump, whose response to the pandemic has raised questions that threaten to drag down Republicans' electoral
  
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• New Mexico blocks all roads into Gallup, a 'frightful' hot spot near Navajo Nation

  02-05-2020 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The virus is running amok there," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said of McKinley County. "It must be stopped, and stricter measures are necessary."
  
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• Greta Thunberg is donating $100,000 to help children affected by coronavirus pandemic

  02-05-2020 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  Climate activist Greta Thunberg is donating prize money she won to help fight the coronavirus pandemic and protect children from its potentially detrimental consequences.
  
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• New York's Cuomo warns against 'blindly' reopening states

  02-05-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday pushed back against what he called premature demands that he reopen the state, saying he knew people were struggling without jobs but that more understanding of the new coronavirus was needed.As governors in about half of the United States partially reopen their economies over this weekend, Cuomo said he needed much more information on what the pandemic was doing in his state, the hardest hit by the disease, before he loosens restrictions aimed at curbi
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic could place hundreds of thousands of jobs in wind, solar energy at risk

  02-05-2020 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus lockdowns across the U.S. may be helping clear the air of pollution, but the pandemic has also led to a setback for the country's renewable energy industry, The Associated Press reports.The wind and solar sectors were on good footing before the pandemic struck but now trade groups are predicting as many as 120,000 jobs in solar and 35,000 in wind could be lost when all is said and done. "There are many smaller companies going out of business as we speak," said Abigail Ross Harper, pr
  
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• Cuomo announces New York City will disinfect every subway train every 24 hours in an 'unprecedented step'

  02-05-2020 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City subways will be shut down between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. starting May 6 and every train will be disinfected every day, Gov. Cuomo said
  
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• Trump spends weekend at 'rustic' Camp David tweeting about Biden, Flynn and 'Russia hoax'

  02-05-2020 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump is swapping isolation in the White House for isolation at Camp David this weekend in his first trip outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in more than a month.He spent Saturday morning tweeting about his poll numbers, Congress, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Michael Flynn.
  
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• Fact check: Will Florida order residents to get vaccinated for COVID-19?

  02-05-2020 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Instagram post says Florida can order people to take a coronavirus vaccination. That is true, but it is false to imply this will happen right away.
  
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• New Yorkers venture outside on sunny Saturday, and so do 1,000 cops

  02-05-2020 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We encourage people to come out and enjoy this weather," Chief Terence Monahan said, but he warned parkgoers, "You cannot gather; you cannot barbecue."
  
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• The 5 best Kohl's deals you can get right now

  02-05-2020 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Save big on some of Reviewed's top weighted blankets, toaster ovens and more with the best deals at Kohl's.
  
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• Over 100,000 Flamingos Reportedly Descend on Mumbai Amid India's Strict Coronavirus Lockdown

  02-05-2020 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts estimate that 25% more flamingos have come to the region compared to last year, according to reports
  
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