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• Trump blasts 'human scum' who investigated his administration as Justice Department drops criminal case against Michael Flynn

  07-05-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump excoriated the administration of President Barack Obama as “human scum” who attempted to undermine him by “targeting” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. 
  
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• Feinstein Blasts Tara Reade: ‘Where Has She Been All These Years?’

  07-05-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) on Thursday attacked former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade, who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Biden in the spring of 1993.Feinstein said the allegations were “totally different” than those against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh.“Kavanaugh was under the harshest inspection that we give people over a substantial period of time,” Feinstein told CNN on Thursday. “And I don't know this person at all [Reade] who has made
  
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• Madrid's chief health expert quits amid decision to ease coronavirus restrictions

  07-05-2020 23:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The public health director of Madrid, Yolanda Fuentes, quit Thursday, reportedly in protest to the region’s cabinet decision to start rolling back coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
  
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• Trump cryptically tells reporters 'a lot of things' might happen soon following call with Putin

  07-05-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is celebrating throwback Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Trump told reporters on Thursday that he spoke on the phone with Putin and the two discussed the so-called "hoax" that was the investigation into Russian election interference, which determined Russia meddled to aid Trump, did not find collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and did not determine whether administration officials sought to obstruct the probe.Reiterating his displeasure with the invest
  
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• JetBlue to terrify New York City in ill-advised tribute to the city's first responders

  07-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nothing says "reassuring" and "soothing" to New Yorkers quite like low-flying commercial airplanes, which is why JetBlue is sending three Airbus A320s to circle the city for an hour on Thursday night, beginning at 7 p.m. "JetBlue's mission of inspiring humanity is stronger now more than ever," said the airline's president and chief operating officer Joanna Geraghty, failing to mention JetBlue's apparently duel mission of re-traumatizing first responders and burning about 9,000 pounds of fossil f
  
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• US hopeful for new Russian cooperation on Syria

  07-05-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US envoy voiced guarded optimism Thursday at renewing cooperation with Russia to seek an end to Syria's brutal civil war, assessing that Moscow is getting frustrated with President Bashar al-Assad."Russia may be more willing now -- we've seen some indications in the Russian media and in certain Russian actions -- to be more flexible on the constitutional committee," said James Jeffrey, the US pointman on Syria."Because it's very clear at this point to Russia that they're not going to get a mil
  
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• Elon Musk says we're 'rapidly' moving toward reopening the US economy: 'It's going to happen extremely fast over the next few weeks'

  07-05-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I think we went too far" in closing the economy initially, Musk said during an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan on Thursday.
  
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• Six JetBlue employees have died from coronavirus. Here's how the CEO paid tribute.

  07-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes ticked off the names of employees who died from coronavirus at the start of the airline's earnings conference call Thursday.
  
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• US mercenary says group plotted to seize Venezuela's presidential palace

  07-05-2020 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Airan Berry, captured by security forces, says group aimed to haul Maduro away ‘however necessary’An American soldier of fortune captured during a botched attempt to seize Venezuela’s leader has claimed his group had plotted to raid Nicolás Maduro’s presidential palace before spiriting him away “however necessary”.Airan Berry, 41, was one of two US mercenaries captured by Venezuelan security forces this week after what appears to have been a catastrophi
  
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• US mercenary says group plotted to seize Venezuela's presidential palace

  07-05-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airan Berry, captured by security forces, says group aimed to haul Maduro away ‘however necessary’An American soldier of fortune captured during a botched attempt to seize Venezuela’s leader has claimed his group had plotted to raid Nicolás Maduro’s presidential palace before spiriting him away “however necessary”.Airan Berry, 41, was one of two US mercenaries captured by Venezuelan security forces this week after what appears to have been a catastrophi
  
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• Leaked audio: Crew stuck for weeks on board Norwegian Cruise Line ship threatened with 'prosecution by shoreside authorities' if they leak information

  07-05-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crew members on board the Norwegian Epic were told that leaking could result in "prosecution by shoreside authorities."
  
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• Trump reportedly got 'lava level mad' over potential exposure to coronavirus

  07-05-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump was reportedly very, very mad about someone else's coronavirus diagnosis.On Thursday, the White House confirmed a member of the military who worked closely with Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had since tested negative for COVID-19, but Trump was still "lava level mad" he came even close to contracting it, NBC News reports.The unidentified man was a member of Trump's valet, and started showing coronavirus symptoms Wednesday morning, CNN f
  
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• 20,000 migrants have been expelled along border under coronavirus order

  07-05-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 90% of the families, children and single adults that Border Patrol encountered in April were swiftly expelled under a public health order.
  
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• Salon owner who defied order released from jail

  07-05-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governor eliminated confinement as punishment for breaking COVID-19 orders.
  
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• Putin bans Russian military from carrying phones, other electronic devices, report says

  07-05-2020 23:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday prohibiting members of Russia's armed forces from carrying smartphones and other devices in an effort to prevent the exposure of military operations. 
  
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• 'We Cannot Police Our Way Out of a Pandemic.' Experts, Police Union Say NYPD Should Not Be Enforcing Social Distance Rules Amid COVID-19

  07-05-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York City police department (NYPD) is conducting an internal investigation into a May 2 incident involving the violent arrests of multiple people, allegedly members of a group who were not social distancing
  
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• Salon owner who illegally reopened out of jail on Texas Supreme Court’s order

  07-05-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shelley Luther was sentenced to a week in jail after violating an order to close her salon. The Texas Supreme Court ordered Thursday for her release.
  
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• AOC and other New Yorkers are slamming JetBlue's planned flyover around ground zero to honor frontline workers

  07-05-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New Yorkers decried JetBlue's flyover on social media, saying it could spark memories of the September 11 attacks for residents.
  
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• Democrats press Trump for answers on foiled Venezuela raid

  07-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are demanding answers from the Trump administration about how much it knew about an attempted raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an operation they said potentially violated U.S. law and ran counter to American support for negotiations to end the South American country's political standoff.In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr and Richard Grenell, the acting director of nation
  
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• Sarah Palin visits Dallas salon that stayed open amid lockdown

  07-05-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Palin's visit came a day after Shelley Luther was sentenced to 7 days in jail for refusing to close her business during stay-at-home orders.
  
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• Rosenstein ‘Scope’ Memo Confirms Baselessness of Trump–Russia Probe

  07-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Finally, three years coming, the Justice Department is showing a little more leg on the Rosenstein “scope” memo -- the directive by which then–deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein defined the parameters of the investigation he’d appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to conduct.Of course, the games never end in the Trump–Russia probe, so there’s a hitch. The scope memo remains partially, tantalizingly redacted. Disclosure is limited to Rosenstein’s p
  
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• Regulators waive $200M fine on PG&E for causing deadly fires

  07-05-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California regulators on Thursday suspended a $200 million fine against Pacific Gas & Electric as punishment for the utility's neglect of electrical equipment that ignited a series of deadly wildfires in Northern California.The waiver approved in a unanimous vote by California's Public Utilities Commission will deprive the state coffers of money to help offset losses income and sales taxes as the coronavirus pandemic pushes the state into a $54 billion budget deficit.PG&E resisted the fi
  
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• New WH spokeswoman called this Trump comment 'racist' and 'hateful' in 2015

  07-05-2020 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was a harsh critic of then-candidate Donald Trump before she became a fierce advocate for him, including calling comments he made about Mexican immigrants in 2015 "racist."
  
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• New art form emerges in Europe during coronavirus: Drive-in raves come to Germany, Denmark

  07-05-2020 22:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic may have created a new art form in Europe: the drive-in rave. Amid quarantine and social distancing, musicians are playing to an audience in their cars.
  
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• Tara Reade Calls on Biden to Drop Out of Presidential Race

  07-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tara Reade, former Senate staffer for Joe Biden, called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race in an interview with Megyn Kelly on Thursday."I want to say, you were there, Joe Biden. Please, step forward and be held accountable. You should not be running on character for the president of the United States," Reade said. Reade alleges that Biden sexually assaulted her in Spring 1993, a charge that Biden has denied.> MK EXCLUSIVE: TaraReade responds to JoeBiden; calls for him to drop out
  
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• Trump intensifies war with Democrats over voting laws

  07-05-2020 22:42 via politico.com
  
  The GOP has doubled its budget to fight Democratic lawsuits to $20 million.
  
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• The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while black

  07-05-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Unsteady cellphone footage follows a jogger – an apparently young, black man – as he approaches and attempts to run around a white pickup truck parked in the middle of a suburban road. Moments later he lies dead on the ground. The killing of Ahmaud Arbery took place on Feb. 23, after the 25-year-old was confronted by Gregory McMichael, a 64-year-old former police officer and investigator for the Brunswick, Georgia district attorney’s office, and his 34-year-old son, Travis. It
  
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• Anti-Lockdown Protesters Are Now Facing Down Cops Outside of Bars

  07-05-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Since the coronavirus emerged, the most visible clashes over the stay-at-home orders meant to combat the virus’ spread have played out at state capitols, with armed men trying to rush the Michigan state house or protesters clashing with California Highway Patrol officers in Sacramento. But last Saturday, the front lines of coronavirus culture wars began moving away from the epicenters of government and closer towards actual Main Street. Last weekend, the Bad “S” Iceho
  
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• Snow in May? Historic storm could hit Northeast this weekend

  07-05-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In addition to snow, 75 million people will wake up to below freezing temperatures Saturday.
  
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• DNA samples lead to arrest in 1987 murder of 17-year-old Ohio girl: 'Great to see justice'

  07-05-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Using DNA to track down 67-year-old James E. Zastawnik, police made an arrest in the 1987 murder of an Ohio girl.
  
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• Another study shows hydroxychloroquine doesn't help coronavirus patients

  07-05-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study has found that hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug recommended by President Trump as a possible treatment for coronavirus, does not help patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
  
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• No 10 battles to regain control of lockdown messaging amid fierce criticism

  07-05-2020 22:23 via theguardian.com
  
  PM’s roadmap announcement thrown into chaos by newspaper headlines heralding significant easing Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government was on Thursday evening urgently trying to regain control of the next phase of the pandemic crisis as it faced fierce criticism and warnings that mixed messaging was priming the public to give up on the lockdown. Related: PM will announce modest changes to UK lockdown, says RaabContinue reading...
  
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• JetBlue sparks outrage with planned NYC flyover in tribute to healthcare workers: 'This is triggering for New Yorkers'

  07-05-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JetBlue is facing criticism after announcing plans to have three passenger planes fly over New York City at a low altitude in honour of healthcare workers.The airline says its 'I love NY, NYPD and FDNY' planes will join the daily ClapBecauseWeCare tribute on Thursday “with a flyover salute for our hometown healthcare heroes and first responders.”
  
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• What a country's pandemic response reveals

  07-05-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  It's too early to compare how different countries are handling Covid-19, said Boris Johnson earlier this week -- the UK Prime Minister whose country just overtook Italy as the place with the most known deaths in Europe.
  
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• Mark Carney: 'We can't self-isolate from climate change'

  07-05-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Bank of England governor says countries should invest in a cleaner economic recovery.
  
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• Texas governor amends lockdown and orders salon owner freed from jail

  07-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governor's order names the Dallas hairdresser who was jailed on Tuesday for staying open.
  
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• LG Chem plant in India starts leaking toxic gas again, prompting wider evacuation

  07-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Toxic gas began leaking again from a LG Chem plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh early on Friday, an official said, triggering a wider evacuation after at least 11 people were killed following a leak at the site less than 24 hours earlier."The situation is tense," N. Surendra Anand, a fire officer in Visakhapatnam district, where the factory is located, told Reuters, adding that people in a 5 kilometer (3.1 miles)radius of the factory were being moved out."The evacuation being carried out i
  
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• Evacuation area around India LG Chem plant widened after deadly leak

  07-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian officials were evacuating more people on Friday from the area around a chemical plant in the south of the country that leaked toxic gas, killing at least 11 people and sickening hundreds more.There was confusion about whether the wider evacuation orders were sparked by a renewed leak at the LG Chem factory in Andhra Pradesh, or by the fear that rising temperatures at the plant could lead to another leak."The situation is tense," N. Surendra Anand, a fire officer in Visakhapatnam district,
  
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• Evacuation area around India LG Chem plant widened after deadly gas leak

  07-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian officials were evacuating more people on Friday from the area around a chemical plant in the south of the country that leaked toxic gas, killing at least 11 people and sickening hundreds more.There was confusion about whether the wider evacuation orders were sparked by a renewed leak at the LG Chem factory in Andhra Pradesh, or by the fear that rising temperatures at the plant could lead to another leak."The situation is tense," N. Surendra Anand, a fire officer in Visakhapatnam district,
  
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• Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study

  07-05-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection.Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.President Donald Trump repeatedly urged the use of hydroxychloroquine, which is used now for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
  
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• McDonald's workers shot after telling customer dining area was closed

  07-05-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two of the victims were 16 years old and two were 18, police said.
  
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• Reopening California: Phase 2 of gov. Newsom's plan starts Friday

  07-05-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The DMV will reopen select field offices across the state on Friday to assist customers with appointments and with transactions that require an in-person visit to a field office during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Stories of missing bodies of Covid-19 victims reveal a city totally overwhelmed

  07-05-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  When Flavio Ramos was wheeled into the hospital room, he was gasping for air and slipping in and out of consciousness. So it was his son, Arturo, who first noticed the bodies.
  
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• Man killed in Indianapolis police shooting livestreamed chase, final moments

  07-05-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man who was shot and killed by police following a chase in Indianapolis livestreamed the incident and the final moments leading up to his death.
  
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• Honeywell silent on Donald Trump's claim he was told he didn't need to wear mask

  07-05-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump claimed this week that he briefly wore a mask "back stage" during a tour of a Honeywell plant that is making masks to confront the coronavirus.
  
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• Can you reuse a disposable mask? Yes, if you follow these steps

  07-05-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disposable masks can be used more than once, but it's important to make sure the mask isn't carrying coronavirus.
  
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• Elon Musk says he sympathizes with 'anti-globalization people' because the online world is too interconnected and could lead to a 'mind virus'

  07-05-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elon Musk said we need "some kind of mind viral immunity" to protect against the interconnected meme sphere.
  
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• White House becomes ground zero for culture war over masks

  07-05-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  The White House has emerged as ground zero in the cultural battle over whether to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• Biden Accuser Tara Reade Lawyers Up Ahead of Megyn Kelly Sitdown

  07-05-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade, who claims that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee sexually assaulted her when she briefly worked in Biden’s Senate office almost three decades ago, has agreed to do a video interview with Megyn Kelly, Reade’s new attorney Douglas Wigdor announced Thursday in a press release.Reade, 56, who has given widely differing accounts of her complaint against the former vice president and Delaware senator, had originally agreed to a May 3 intervi
  
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• Biden uses virtual events to target battleground Florida

  07-05-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden ventured back onto the campaign trail Thursday, targeting the critical battleground state of Florida — but without actually leaving home.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is staying in his Delaware house amid efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has shut down most aspects of American life, including the presidential campaign.“It's great to be in Jacksonville today,” Biden said, grinning.
  
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