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• Reporter asks Trump: Why wind down task force now?

  05-05-2020 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump explains why he is winding down the coronavirus task force near the end of May.
  
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• See video Russian doctor filmed before he mysteriously fell from window

  05-05-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• See video doctor filmed before he mysteriously fell from window in Russia

  05-05-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Russian doctor filmed video before he mysteriously fell from window

  05-05-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• The US and Sweden may have approached the coronavirus differently, but they could both end up with high death rates

  05-05-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sweden avoided a lockdown entirely, while states across the US have relied on stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Pfizer, NYU working on innovative coronavirus vaccine

  05-05-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It is probably the fastest way of having a vaccine available to stem this pandemic, based on the data that I have seen,” a researcher said.
  
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• Trump acknowledges 'it's possible' some people will die when coronavirus restrictions are lifted

  05-05-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump has admitted there may be some devastating consequences to reopening businesses before the COVID-19 threat has cleared.ABC News' David Muir sat down with Trump on Tuesday — at a distance — and asked him about Dr. Anthony Fauci's concerns that "death" and "suffering" will coincide with any attempts to reopen businesses. "Do you believe ... lives will be lost to reopen the country?" Muir asked. "It's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartm
  
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• Pandemic isn't slowing Joe Biden's big-money fundraisers

  05-05-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of tiny Zoom video conferencing boxes show some attendees wearing suits, while others opt for sweatshirts. One donor was spotted on a treadmill.
  
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• White House readies to scrap Trump's coronavirus task force

  05-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the latest sign that the Trump administration no longer considers the coronavirus pandemic its top daily priority, the White House is set to disband the emergency task force handling the outbreak.Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that the emergency task force he heads will not be needed much longer than the end of this month.The coronavirus task force has spearheaded the complex response to the fast-spreading virus, which has already killed about 70,000 Americans.
  
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• ‘It’s Murder’: This Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man Is Roiling Georgia

  05-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUNSWICK, GA—The killing of an unarmed black man at the hands of armed white men here has sparked outrage and drawn fresh attention to the state’s stand-your-ground law.Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was running down a street in the city’s Satilla Shores neighborhood early in the afternoon of Feb. 23 when he caught the attention of Gregory McMichael. A former cop and investigator with the local district attorney’s office, McMichael was sitting in his son Travis’ front yard.&ld
  
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• Drug Smugglers May Have Started COVID-19 Outbreak Aboard Destroyer, SecDef Says

  05-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The destroyer Kidd is the second Navy ship to deal with a coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Consider human costs in economic reopenings, Cuomo urges

  05-05-2020 23:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the national debate over when to reopen outbreak-ravaged economies boils down to the value placed on people’s lives
  
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• Coronavirus could worsen death toll of summer heat waves, health officials warn

  05-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Long and intense heat waves are nothing new in Southern California and the Southwest, but amid COVID-19, public health experts are warning they could become deadlier for people self-isolating in homes they can't keep cool.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. airlines burn through $10 billion a month as traffic plummets

  05-05-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The U.S. airline industry will emerge from this crisis a mere shadow of what it was just three short months ago," the group's chief executive, Nicholas Calio, will say, according to his prepared testimony.Net booked passengers have fallen by nearly 100% year-on-year, according to the testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee.
  
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• US shopper uses KKK hood as face covering

  05-05-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities in California have launched a probe after a man was spotted at a grocery store using a Ku Klux Klan hood as a face covering against coronavirus infection."I am stunned, stunned because it's always sad when somebody, regardless of what the reasoning is, resorts to putting any kind of symbol out there that depicts some kind of hatred," John Minto, the mayor of the town of Santee, near San Diego, told the local ABC station.Images of the man taken by a fellow shopper at a Vons grocery st
  
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• NASA is working with Tom Cruise to shoot a film in outer space

  05-05-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  Tom Cruise wants fly into outer space in the name of filmmaking, and NASA says it's happening.
  
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• A man wore what appeared to be a KKK white hood on a trip to the grocery store

  05-05-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  Masks and face coverings are recommended, even required, in many US supermarkets now.
  
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• 20 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs capture the stunning violence from last year's Hong Kong protests

  05-05-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pulitzer Prize winning photos reveal how the protests in Hong Kong last year turned violent, destructive, and deadly.
  
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• Pence says White House discussing winding down Coronavirus Task Force

  05-05-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  That appeared to be news to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who said only moments earlier no one had mentioned any discussion that the task force would disband.
  
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• Taliban not living up to commitments, U.S. Defense Secretary says

  05-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the Taliban were not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year, amid signs the fragile deal is under strain by a political deadlock and increasing Taliban violence.After lengthy talks behind closed doors, the Taliban and Washington signed an agreement in February for reduced violence and a move toward talks with the Afghan government, but attacks by the group have increased since then."I don't think they are," Esper
  
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• Elon Musk tweeted out a string of characters claiming it was his new baby boy's name, and the memes about him and Grimes' parenting have already begun

  05-05-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Claire 'c' Boucher, AKA Grimes, gave birth to her first child, a baby boy, with her partner Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO tweeted a unique name choice.
  
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• Why are some planes crowded even with air travel down?

  05-05-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Every once in a while, social media lights up with photos or video from flights that are nearly full, with passengers clearly violating advice from public health officials about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.In some cases, airlines are creating the crowds by canceling other flights and packing passengers on the few remaining planes.Carriers say, however, that they are taking action to ease passengers’ fears about coronavirus contagion.
  
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• Trump's pick for spy chief grilled on virus origins in China

  05-05-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, was grilled Tuesday by senators over his views about the intelligence community's investigation into the origins of coronavirus in China, Russian election interference and the Trump administration's treatment of whistleblowers.
  
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• Israel vows to pursue Syria operations until Iran leaves

  05-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel will keep up its operations in Syria until its arch enemy Iran leaves, Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday after strikes on Iranian-backed militias and their allies killed 14 fighters.Israel has launched hundreds of attacks in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011, targeting government troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.The Jewish state rarely confirms details of its operations in Syria but says Iran's presence in support o
  
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• High-rise 48-storey tower catches fire in UAE

  05-05-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A high-rise tower caught fire on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates. The side of the 48-floor Abbco Tower in Sharjah, which neighbours Dubai, saw flames shoot up them. Firefighters and police surrounded the tower, as did curious onlookers. Seven people were treated for minor injuries from the fire in the tower in Sharjah's Al Nahda area and taken to hospital for treatment. Authorities offered no immediate cause for the blaze.
  
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• Watch Daniel Radcliffe read 'Harry Potter'

  05-05-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Daniel Radcliffe and other celebrities are taking turns reading chapters of the "Harry Potter" book series, as part of J.K. Rowling's new online reading hub.
  
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• Man wipes nose on store employee's shirt after she told him he needed a mask

  05-05-2020 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Holly, Michigan, have arrested a 68-year-old man on assault charges after he entered a Dollar Tree on Saturday and wiped his face on an employee's shirt.
  
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• An F-15 Eagle Comes In for a Belly Landing

  05-05-2020 22:21 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The fighter was protecting President Trump at his weekend retreat.
  
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• UK coronavirus adviser resigns after breaking lockdown rules he helped design

  05-05-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  A leading epidemiologist who advised the UK government on its coronavirus response resigned from his government post on Tuesday, after the Telegraph newspaper reported he broke the lockdown rules he helped shape.
  
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• Trump says he might give federal coronavirus aid to states if they comply with his political demands

  05-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has been sharply criticized for suggesting a quid pro quo between states and the federal government during a public-health crisis.
  
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• 2020 election: Democrat Steve Bullock leading in pivotal Montana Senate race, poll says

  05-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Montana Democratic Governor Steve Bullock is leading Republican Senator Steve Daines, according to a new poll, in the pivotal 2020 Senate race there that could decide whether Majority Leader Mitch McConnell retains that title.Mr Bullock, who briefly ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nod as a moderate alternative to more liberal high-profile candidates, led Mr Daines by 7 percentage points in an online poll conducted by Montana State University in April. Mr Bullock's lead fell just within
  
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• Trump denies US government involved in foiled Venezuela attacks

  05-05-2020 22:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  President Trump on Tuesday denied any U.S. involvement in a failed coup attempt in Venezuela for which two U.S. citizens were arrested.
  
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• Students at 25 universities sue for refunds after campuses close due to coronavirus

  05-05-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “It’s just not the same experience I would be getting if I was at the campus," said Grainger Rickenbaker, who filed a lawsuit against Drexel University.
  
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• Students at 25 colleges sue for refunds after campuses close because of coronavirus

  05-05-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It's just not the same experience I would be getting if I was at the campus," said Grainger Rickenbaker, who sued Drexel University.
  
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• Airbnb is laying off 25% of its employees

  05-05-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Airbnb is laying off about 25% of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic upends the travel industry and threatens the company's core business.
  
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• Trump disbanding coronavirus task force despite growing number of U.S. cases

  05-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is looking to wind down the White House coronavirus task force in the coming weeks despite the fact that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to rise.
  
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• Coronavirus: Can you compare the UK with Italy?

  05-05-2020 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK has passed Italy's death toll but it's hard to make direct comparisons.
  
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• Texas Governor Admits Dangers of Reopening State on Private Call With Lawmakers

  05-05-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a private call on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admitted that “every scientific and medical report shows” state reopenings “ipso facto” lead to an increase in novel coronavirus cases, even as he publicly announced plans that same week to end an executive stay-at-home order in the state.“How do we know reopening businesses won’t result in faster spread of more cases of COVID-19?” Abbott asked during a Friday afternoon phone call with members of th
  
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• Texas Gov. Admits Dangers of Reopening State on Private Call With Lawmakers

  05-05-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a private call on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admitted that “every scientific and medical report shows” state reopenings “ipso facto” lead to an increase in novel coronavirus cases, even as he publicly announced plans that same week to end an executive stay-at-home order in the state.“How do we know reopening businesses won’t result in faster spread of more cases of COVID-19?” Abbott asked during a Friday afternoon phone call with members of th
  
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• British Scientist Who Spearheaded National Lockdown Quits After Meeting With Married Lover

  05-05-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The British scientist known colloquially as “Professor Lockdown,” who pushed Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose a nationwide lockdown, resigned on Tuesday after he defied social distancing guidelines to have a rendezvous with his married lover in his London home.Professor Neil Ferguson, who had been praised for his expertise and guidance during the U.K.’s coronavirus outbreak, allowed 38-year-old Antonia Staats—who is married with two children—into his home at t
  
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• White House coronavirus task force to be wound down around Memorial Day

  05-05-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  The White House coronavirus task force will start to wind down later this month, a senior White House official told CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• United Airlines tells staff to take 20 unpaid days off before October and will lay off 30% of them

  05-05-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  United has warned some of its staff that the airline will sharply reduce hours and staffing in the months to come.
  
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• United Airlines tells staff: Take 20 unpaid days off, and we're laying off 30% of you

  05-05-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  United has warned some of its staff that the airline will sharply reduce hours and staffing in the months to come.
  
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• Behind the rogue and botched attack to kidnap Venezuela's Maduro

  05-05-2020 21:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  In a triumphant speech on Monday, embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro boasted that authorities had captured two U.S. citizens – in addition to more than 100 "terrorist mercenaries" – in a strange and ultimately unsuccessful plot to kill him inside the capital city of Caracas a day earlier.
  
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• Fauci again dismisses Wuhan lab as source of coronavirus

  05-05-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what's out there now, [the scientific evidence] is very, very strongly leaning toward this could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated," Fauci said.
  
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• White House Pushes for Capital Gains Tax Cut as Part of Next Coronavirus Relief Bill

  05-05-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration on Tuesday revealed it is considering a capital gains tax cut as well as other tax-cut proposals as part of a future coronavirus relief bill.President Trump and his allies are also pushing for liability protection for businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic."Well run States should not be bailing out poorly run States, using CoronaVirus as the excuse!" the president wrote on Twitter. "The elimination of Sanctuary Cities, Payroll Taxes, and perhaps Capital Gains Ta
  
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• Transgender people face discrimination, violence amid Latin American quarantines

  05-05-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alis Nicolette Rodriguez is bracing themself, nervously looking over their shopping list and preparing in case someone tries to bar their way at the grocery store.To keep crowds thin during the coronavirus quarantine, Colombian capital Bogota - like some other places in Latin America - has specified that men and women must go out on separate days.From Panama to Peru, transgender people say gender-based quarantine restrictions have exposed them to discrimination and violence from people questioni
  
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• New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus

  05-05-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Among the most important unanswered questions about COVID-19 is this: What role do children play in keeping the pandemic going?Fewer children seem to get infected by the coronavirus than adults, and most of those who do have mild symptoms, if any. But do they pass the virus on to adults and continue the chain of transmission?The answer is key to deciding whether and when to reopen schools, a step that President Donald Trump urged states to consider before the summer.Two new studies offer compell
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic offers 'opportunity for F1 to change,' says Nico Hulkenberg

  05-05-2020 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Nine-year Formula 1 veteran Nico Hulkenberg believes the enforced break the sport is having to undergo because of the coronavirus pandemic offers the perfect time to make some changes.
  
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• President Trump rants against Conway after new ad

  05-05-2020 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Lincoln Project, a group created by some prominent "Never Trump" Republicans, including the spouse of a Trump adviser, released an ad that the President went after in a late-night tweet.
  
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