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• COVID-19 patients wrong to think breathing tubes 'synonymous with death,' doctors warn

  06-05-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The key to caring for patients on ventilators, who often have to remain intubated and connected to them for two weeks, is "profoundily simplistic," said Harrell.
  
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• 'Ahmaud Arbery's life matters': Attorneys, rights leaders demand arrests in slaying of Georgia jogger

  06-05-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorneys say they shouldn't have to wait for a grand jury to convene in June and urge police to make arrests in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
  
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• 'What are we doing this for?': Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs

  06-05-2020 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I left work and I felt so deflated," one doctor said about an effort to counter misinformation he saw on Facebook. "I let it get to me."
  
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• U.S. strengthens arms to nullify China's missile supremacy

  06-05-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A long-term struggle between China and the United States is at a turning point, as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.
  
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• 'Sporadic for you but not sporadic for a lot of other people': Trump contradicts nurse on PPE availability

  06-05-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A nurse who told Trump PPE availability has been "sporadic" said she's been reusing a N-95 mask "for weeks."
  
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• Elon Musk keeps attacking lockdowns and US coronavirus death counts. His arguments ignore a dangerous reality.

  06-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Musk criticized lockdowns as "fascist" and called American death counts a "lie," but his arguments ignore established science and common sense.
  
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• Michelle Obama controls her own complex narrative in new Netflix doc 'Becoming'

  06-05-2020 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  While Obama is obviously not far from the limelight, she seems to now embrace her pitfalls — both personally and professionally — and urges us to do the same.
  
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• Nearly 20,000 teens in Georgia have received their driver licenses without a road test

  06-05-2020 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of "Sorry!" The nervous glances from the examiner.
  
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• Nearly 20,000 teens in Georgia have received driver licenses without a road test

  06-05-2020 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of "Sorry!" The nervous glances from the examiner.
  
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• Venezuela: captured US mercenary describes failed plot to abduct Maduro – video

  06-05-2020 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Luke Denman is shown on Venezuelan TV after being arrested. Denman was one of two American mercenaries apprehended after a failed attempt to topple Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.Denman claimed he was on a mission to seize control of Venezuela’s main airport in order to abduct its authoritarian leader – and he alleged that he was acting under the command of Donald Trump Donald Trump denies link to Venezuela armed raid by US citizensVenezuela: captured US mercena
  
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• Trump contradicts nurse he's honoring over PPE availability

  06-05-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office on Wednesday, insisting there are no personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that availability could be "sporadic."
  
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• Trump contradicts nurse he's honoring

  06-05-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office on Wednesday, insisting there are no personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that availability could be "sporadic."
  
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• 'I've heard the opposite': Trump contradicts nurse he's honoring

  06-05-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office on Wednesday, insisting there are no personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that availability could be "sporadic."
  
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• Asian American woman harassed by self-identified Trump supporter thanks bystanders

  06-05-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Americans said we don’t want you here,” the harasser said in a video. “That’s why we elected President Trump."
  
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• Coronavirus: Will we ever shake hands again?

  06-05-2020 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Covid-19 make handshakes a relic of the past? If so, what might that mean about the future of human touch and interaction?
  
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• Scared to Return to Work Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic? These Federal Laws Could Grant You Some Protections

  06-05-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal labor laws also offer protections to American workers who feel unsafe. Here’s what to know about those rights
  
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• Trump's reaction when nurse says she lacks protective equipment

  06-05-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump disagreed with a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office, insisting that he hadn't heard about personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that PPE availability is "sporadic."
  
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• See Trump's reaction when nurse says she lacks PPE

  06-05-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump disagreed with a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office, insisting that he hadn't heard about personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that PPE availability is "sporadic."
  
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• Live and Let Die plays as Donald Trump visits mask factory without a mask – video

  06-05-2020 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  A cover of Live and Let Die by rock band Guns N’ Roses played in the background as Donald Trump walked around the Honeywell plant making N95 masks in Phoenix, Arizona, while not wearing a mask himself Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli top court throws Netanyahu a lifeline

  06-05-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a sign of the importance of the decisions, 11 supreme court justices heard the cases in comparison to the usual three- or five-judge panels.
  
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• Kraftwerk co-founder dies at 73

  06-05-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Florian Schneider, the co-founder of the German electronic band Kraftwerk, has died of cancer at age 73.
  
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• Senate Democrats demand CDC, DOJ act to curb racism

  06-05-2020 22:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The lawmakers say federal agencies tried to mitigate hate incidents after the SARS outbreak and 9/11, but so far not for pandemic-related racism.
  
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• Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher play 'voice swap'

  06-05-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Actress Mila Kunis tries hard to hold it together with husband Ashton Kutcher as they mouth out what the other is saying on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
  
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• Fox News Anchor: Tara Reade Allegations ‘Drive a Stake Into Heart’ of #MeToo Movement

  06-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum asserted on Wednesday that the sexual-assault allegations made against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by former Senate staffer Tara Reade has essentially driven “a stake into the heart” of the MeToo movement.Reacting to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s insistence this week that the accusation by Reade that Biden assaulted her back in 1993 is a “closed issue” and she won’t answer questions on it again,
  
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• Lawyers call for arrests after releasing video appearing to show man killed while jogging

  06-05-2020 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was shot dead in February in Brunswick, Georgia, after two white men chased him, believing he was a burglar.
  
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• Fortnite announces Party Royale as players reach 350 million

  06-05-2020 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fortnite has become a popular places for virtual meet-ups while coronavirus lockdowns are in place.
  
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• 42 public companies are returning their small business loans after Mnuchin threat

  06-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's threats may have worked, at least in part.The Associated Press reports 42 public companies as of Wednesday have agreed to return the $337 million they received as part of the federal government's small business loan strategy known as the Payroll Protection Program. The PPP was set up to help small businesses pay their employees, but larger companies like Shake Shack and the Los Angeles Lakers drew criticism when they were also revealed as recipients (both have
  
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• Israeli Supreme Court: Netanyahu may form government

  06-05-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may form a new government while under indictment for corruption charges, clearing the way for him and his rival-turned-uneasy ally to join together in a controversial power-sharing deal.Netanyahu and his rival-turned-partner, Benny Gantz, said they expected their coalition to be sworn into office next week.After battling to three inconclusive elections over the past year, Netanyahu and Gantz, a former military chief, a
  
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• Inside the secret DHS lab trying to crack the COVID-19 code

  06-05-2020 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  The scientists have been working 15 hours a day, seven days a week trying to crack the COVID-19 code.
  
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• Why Tuesday was the most important (and scary) day of the US fight so far

  06-05-2020 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Tuesday was the day that the Trump administration essentially admitted that they had done everything they could (or were willing) to do to contain the coronavirus and dampen its effect on the populace -- and that the only thing left to do now was start getting back to normal and hope for the best.
  
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• Top US diplomat says 'it's our responsibility' to bring back any Americans from botched, unsanctioned raid in Venezuela

  06-05-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CEO of the US-based security firm said 2 ex-US soldiers were trying to inspire Venezuelans to "flip and join in the liberation of their country."
  
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• 'Deeply offensive to the core': Amazon VP hits back at former colleague who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns

  06-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brad Porter, a VP at Amazon, responded this week to a blog post from his former colleague who quit over the company's firing of concerned workers.
  
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• Air Force Special Operators Get New Specialty Code Amid Field Consolidation

  06-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Air Force has created a new Air Force Specialty Code that will move its special tactics, tactical air control party (TACP) and combat rescue officers into their own special warfare tier.
  
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• A Kansas farmer who donated one of his only N95 masks to New York was given a bachelor's degree by the same university he dropped out of in 1971

  06-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Farmer Dennis Ruhnke wrote New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo a letter and urged him to pass along the unused N95 mask to a worker who needed it.
  
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• Norwegian Cruise Line gets rescue package a day after it warns of financial doom

  06-05-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The cruise operator said it has lined up $2.2 billion in financing that can keep it in business up to a year.
  
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• Colombian President Duque declares new state of emergency to ease pain of virus lockdown

  06-05-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Colombia has declared a second state of emergency to support sectors of the economy that will remain shut down for an extended period to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, President Ivan Duque said on Wednesday.The state of economic emergency allows the president to issue decrees without prior authorization from the Andean country's congress during times of crisis or a threat to Colombia's security.Under the Constitution, the government can declare a state of emergency for up to 30 days
  
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• Was that a flush? U.S. Supreme Court handles teleconference experiment

  06-05-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court's experiment in conducting oral arguments by teleconference this week - a change forced by the coronavirus pandemic - went rather smoothly right up until what sounded suspiciously like a toilet flush was broadcast to the world.It occurred during the court's second argument on Wednesday and fourth of the week when liberal Justice Elena Kagan was questioning attorney Roman Martinez in a case involving a federal law cracking down on so-called robocalls.While Martinez was spea
  
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• A 'shocking' two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home

  06-05-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "They're not working; they're not traveling," Cuomo said. "... They were predominantly at home."
  
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• A tale of two parks: Enjoying the sun in wealthy Manhattan, social distancing under police scrutiny in the Bronx

  06-05-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Blogger Ed García Conde, who runs the Instagram page Welcome2TheBronx, captured contrasting park photos on May 2 that show differences in how the NYPD is enforcing social distancing.
  
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• The mysterious X-37B space plane is going back into orbit — here's what it'll be doing up there

  06-05-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The X-37B has already spent nearly eight years in space, and it is headed back on its sixth mission on May 16.
  
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• Biden appears to lengthen lead over Trump despite sex assault allegations, new poll finds

  06-05-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden has continued to grow his lead over Donald Trump in national polls, despite his presidential campaign having been forced to push back against sexual assault allegations stemming from his days in the Senate.The former vice president garnered 50 per cent of support among registered voters in a Monmouth University poll published on Wednesday, a steady increase from prior months. Meanwhile, Mr Trump held onto 41 per cent of support among voters, as three per cent said they would vote for a
  
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• Struggling with migraines? This specific yoga routine can help

  06-05-2020 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  Waking up with a slight headache that becomes painful enough to hinder daily life is the experience of many who suffer from migraines.
  
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• Coronavirus: Texas banned abortions - how did that affect women?

  06-05-2020 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In Texas, abortions are resuming as virus restrictions ease - but for many, the damage has been done.
  
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• A city in India is ordering all of its residents to download the government's controversial COVID-19 contact tracing app or face jail time

  06-05-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Those who refuse to download the state-made app face up to six months in jail. Less than half of India is estimated to own a smartphone.
  
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• United States' Khalilzad to meet Taliban in Qatar, visit India, Pakistan

  06-05-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. special envoy on Afghanistan is on a mission to press Taliban negotiators in Doha and officials in India and Pakistan to support reduced violence, speeding up intra-Afghan peace talks and cooperating on the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said on Wednesday.U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad’s trip comes amid concerns that surging Taliban attacks and the coronavirus pandemic could deal potentially fatal blows to his stalled efforts to end decades of strife in A
  
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• Coronavirus: Nigeria's death penalty by Zoom 'inhumane'

  06-05-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man is sentenced to hang for murder after a virtual court session amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Hands on with NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app

  06-05-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones gets an early look at the app, which could play a critical role in easing the lockdown.
  
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• Billions could face temperatures inhospitable to life in the next 50 years, study finds

  06-05-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that we must be looking at hundreds of millions of people being triggered to migrate,” an author of the study said.
  
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• German government asks Lockheed, MBDA to rebid on missile defense system

  06-05-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest request for a proposal for the TLVS program is the third iteration, after previous attempts to draft a contract failed.
  
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• Elon Musk and Grimes named their newborn baby after a short-lived CIA spy plane able to fly over 2,000 mph

  06-05-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The A-12 in the unconventional baby name "X Æ A-12" is representative of the CIA spy plane that served as the predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird.
  
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