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• Grammy-winning soul singer Betty Wright dies of cancer at 66

  10-05-2020 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The prolific artist was known for her hits "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night."
  
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• NAACP leader in Tennessee finds target in front yard

  10-05-2020 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police initially dismissed the idea that the bull's-eye was a possible threat, the NAACP Nashville president said.
  
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• Watch mother bear perform water rescue for her cub

  10-05-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  A mother bear deserves some praise for rescuing her three cubs after they were separated in South Lake Tahoe, California.
  
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• U.K.'s Boris Johnson unveils 'conditional' easing of lockdown

  10-05-2020 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Before the prime minister's speech, there was a change in the government's central message in its fight against the coronavirus, decried by critics as being ambiguous.
  
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• Cuomo demands twice weekly care home Covid-19 tests

  10-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elderly care facilities in the US state that fail to comply will lose licences, says the governor.
  
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• New York City will test children for coronavirus antibodies after 38 developed a mysterious inflammatory illness

  10-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three young New Yorkers have been killed by the rare multi-system "inflammatory syndrome," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.
  
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• Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown

  10-05-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rare one-horned rhino has been killed as poaching attempts increase in one of India's best-known national parks during the coronavirus lockdown, officials said Sunday.The lack of vehicles on the highway near Kaziranga National Park in Assam state -- home to the world's biggest population of one-horned rhinos -- amid the lockdown has seen animals move towards the boundaries, making them vulnerable to poachers."It is suspected that the rhino was killed at least two to three days ago," the park's
  
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• Maduro buoyed, Guaidó reeling after failed amphibious raid in Venezuela

  10-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got a public relations bonanza while U.S. favorite Juan Guaido had to explain his links to a botched amphibious raid.
  
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• Colombian airline Avianca files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US

  10-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Avianca, the second-largest airline in Latin America, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Sunday to reorganize its debt "due to the unpredictable impact" of the coronavirus pandemic.In a statement issued in Bogota, Avianca said that along with "some of its subsidiaries and affiliates," it had asked to "voluntarily file for Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code" in a New York court.The airline's operations "have been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic," as well as fede
  
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• NYC hospital staff gifted free vacations

  10-05-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The hospital's workers, from doctors and nurses to the facilities and food service teams, will receive round trip flights and three-night hotel stays.
  
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• Additional video shows Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery did nothing illegal before being killed, attorneys say

  10-05-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Surveillance video recorded minutes before the slaying of jogger Ahmaud Arbery proves the Georgia man was not involved in a crime, attorneys say.
  
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• Hackers interrupted a virtual graduation ceremony with racial slurs and a swastika during student blessing

  10-05-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Oklahoma City University said its ceremony was being held over Zoom when it was interrupted by a show of "racism, bigotry, and anti-Semitism"
  
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• Johnson & Johnson aims to produce 1 billion coronavirus vaccines for next year

  10-05-2020 22:28 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • News in brief: Two new hotspots emerge
  
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• Boris Johnson's lockdown release leaves UK divided

  10-05-2020 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Coronavirus lockdown stays in place but more outdoor activity will be allowed in England
  Work, public transport, schools and shops: what are the new rules?
  Coronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson urged the country to take its first tentative steps out of lockdown this week in an address to the nation that was immediately condemned as being divisive, confusing and vague.In a speech from Downing Street, Johnson said if the circumstances were right, sc
  
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• Yazidi girl returns home to Iraq after years of IS captivity

  10-05-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Yazidi girl abducted by the Islamic State group returned to Iraq Sunday to be reunited with her family after the coronavirus lockdown in Syria delayed her homecoming, a community member said.Layla Eido, 17, was among dozens of women and girls from Iraq's minority Yazidi community who were abducted by IS from their ancestral home of Sinjar in 2014.The women were enslaved, systematically raped, or married off by force to jihadists, but for Eido the nightmare came to an end when the jihadist grou
  
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• Boris Johnson calls on UK to go back to work

  10-05-2020 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  From Wednesday, people in the UK will be able to sunbathe in their local parks, exercise as much as they want and drive to other destinations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday, as he laid out his vision for gradually restarting the economy.
  
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• Migrant workers killed in latest tragedy amid India virus lockdown

  10-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five Indian migrant workers died when the mango-laden truck they hid in to evade the virus lockdown overturned, police said Sunday, adding to a rising death toll among the country's poorest labourers.The victims were among the millions of migrant workers, mostly from rural villages, heading home by any means possible after many lost their jobs under the world's largest COVID-19 lockdown.As India's interstate train and bus systems closed down and state borders shuttered in late March, many headed
  
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• Watch Boris Johnson ease up on some coronavirus restrictions

  10-05-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out his vision for gradually restarting the economy, calling on people across the United Kingdom to return to work if they cannot do so from home. CNN's Max Foster reports.
  
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• Boris Johnson eases some coronavirus restrictions

  10-05-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out his vision for gradually restarting the economy, calling on people across the United Kingdom to return to work if they cannot do so from home. CNN's Max Foster reports.
  
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• Cuomo says New York has passed through a "hellish journey" as state reports lowest new coronavirus deaths since March

  10-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It has been a painful period of time," New York Gov. Cuomo said. The state reached its lowest new daily case count ⁠— 521 — since about March 20.
  
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• Johnson address shows he has been swayed by hawks in his cabinet

  10-05-2020 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  PM attempted to strike a balance, but slogan change and back-to-work pledge will please libertarian rightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson famously dislikes disappointing the people around him.The result is this weekend’s barrage of confused messaging over whether the lockdown is ending, as he tries to please both sides in the battle raging within the Tory party about how to respond to the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading...
  
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• The man who recorded Ahmaud Arbery's death has received threats after police said they were investigating him, his lawyer said

  10-05-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An attorney for William Bryan, who filmed the video, said his client did not associate with the suspects and has cooperated in the investigation.
  
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• Trump tweets more than 100 times in one day as coronavirus death toll nears 80,000

  10-05-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday, most of which promoted unsubstantiated claims about the investigation into collusion between his campaign and Russia.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: U.S. death toll passes 80,000, U.K. to begin lifting lockdown

  10-05-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here are the latest updates on the global pandemic.
  
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• Trump White House adviser says unemployment rate could pass 20% during coronavirus pandemic

  10-05-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday he thinks the USA will reach the 20% unemployment mark "by next month."
  
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• US coronavirus response a 'chaotic disaster,' Obama tells former staffers in call

  10-05-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Obama’s comments came during a call Friday with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his administration.
  
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• Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'

  10-05-2020 21:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Retweet storm after justice department drops Flynn case
  Obama: US ‘rule of law’ is at risk under TrumpOpinion: Under Trump, American exceptionalism means miseryFor God and Country: Christian case for Trump is a thin readDonald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would drop its ca
  
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• Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'

  10-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Retweet storm after justice department drops Flynn case * Obama: US ‘rule of law’ is at risk under Trump * Opinion: Under Trump, American exceptionalism means misery * For God and Country: Christian case for Trump is a thin readDonald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would d
  
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• Pence says he would welcome Flynn's return: Axios report

  10-05-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynn's return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Department's controversial move to drop criminal charges against President Trump's former national security adviser.
  
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• Despite White House virus cases, top aides defend reopening

  10-05-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two top US economic advisers on Sunday defended the need for an expeditious reopening of the economy even as the coronavirus reached into the White House despite the extraordinary precautions taken there.The comments by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and economic adviser Larry Kudlowcame just two days after the country recorded its steepest job losses in history, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April, and as virus cases continued rising in some states with far more deaths projected.Kudlow was
  
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• Hundreds of publicly traded companies got more than $1 billion from PPP small-business fund

  10-05-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's no known evidence any of the companies violated the rules of the PPP, which approved more than $500 billion in loans during the past five weeks.
  
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• Watch a hiker being pulled from a whirlpool

  10-05-2020 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  An off-duty California Highway Patrol Officer helped save a 24-year-old hiker who fell into a whirlpool at a popular California trail.
  
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• Poland to announce new election date within two weeks

  10-05-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of Poland's electoral commission said on Sunday that the parliament speaker had 14 days to declare the date of a new presidential election in place of a Sunday vote that while never officially cancelled did not take place due to the coronavirus.The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government had insisted the election take place as scheduled, but was forced to admit in the past week that it could not organise it during the pandemic.Its chief, Sylwester Marciniak, told private broadcaste
  
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• Off-duty officer saves hiker from a whirlpool

  10-05-2020 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  An off-duty California Highway Patrol Officer helped save a 24-year-old hiker who fell into a whirlpool at a popular California trail.
  
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• Oklahoma college's graduation hacked with racist images

  10-05-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oklahoma City University's virtual graduation ceremony was cut short when someone posted a racial slur and a swastika. Saturday's ceremony, held using the online streaming service Zoom, was nearing an end, with the names of graduates scrolling across the screen, when the racist images appeared. The Zoom meeting then abruptly came to an end.
  
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• Cuomo says coronavirus death toll at lowest level since mid-March

  10-05-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered all nursing home staff will have to be tested twice a week as the state is still reporting deaths from COVID-19.
  
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• Warning, graphic: Las Vegas man threatens to kill officers with sword before deadly shooting

  10-05-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Raw video: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police released footage from a deadly shooting after a man wielding a Samurai sword approached officers and threatened to kill them.
  
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• After an officer was spat on, a UK resident made 200 face shields to protect police

  10-05-2020 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  Residents in the UK stepped up to help protect police on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic after an officer was spat on.
  
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• Betty Wright, US soul, funk and R&B singer, dies aged 66

  10-05-2020 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Singer with remarkable vocal range had been sampled by generations of hip-hop and R&B artists, including Beyoncé and Mary J BligeThe soul, funk and R&B singer Betty Wright, celebrated across pop genres for her remarkable vocal prowess, has died aged 66. The cause of death was not immediately known but Wright’s niece confirmed the news, writing on Twitter: “Sleep in peace aunty Betty Wright. Fly high angel.” Continue reading...
  
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• This tech-savvy school shares tips for online learning amid coronavirus pandemic

  10-05-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coding in kindergarten, tablets for all in this suburban New York school. Still, teachers say there are limits to online classes during coronavirus.
  
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• White House enacts new safety precautions as coronavirus moves closer to Trump's inner circle

  10-05-2020 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House takes new safety precautions to protect President Donald Trump and his staff after two administration aides test positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Pence says he would welcome Trump ex-adviser Flynn's return: Axios

  10-05-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynn's return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Department's controversial move last week to drop criminal charges against the president's former national security adviser. In an interview with online news site Axios, Pence was asked if he would like Flynn to return to work for President Donald Trump. "For my part, I'd be happy to see Michael Flynn again," Pence said, and defended the department's action.
  
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• Boris Johnson eases UK lockdown, allowing car travel and sunbathing

  10-05-2020 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  From Wednesday, people in the UK will be able to sunbathe in their local parks, exercise as much as they want and drive to other destinations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday, as he laid out his vision for gradually restarting the economy.
  
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• Hospitalizations continue to decline in Connecticut

  10-05-2020 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Numbers released by Governor Ned Lamont also revealed 58 new coronavirus-related deaths. The statewide death toll now stands at 2,932.
  
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• Pork Chops vs. People: Battling Coronavirus in an Iowa Meat Plant

  10-05-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On April 10, Tony Thompson, the sheriff for Black Hawk County in Iowa, visited the giant Tyson Foods pork plant in Waterloo. What he saw, he said, "shook me to the core."Workers, many of them immigrants, were crowded elbow to elbow as they broke down hog carcasses zipping by on a conveyor belt. The few who had face coverings wore a motley assortment of bandannas, painters' masks or even sleep masks stretched around their mouths. Some had masks hanging around their necks.Thompson and other local
  
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• White House reportedly rejected 'ludicrous' coronavirus relief plan that would have curbed retirement benefits

  10-05-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some traditional conservatives in the White House — like new chief of staff Mark Meadows — are growing wary of how much the federal government is spending during the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post reports. But it doesn't look like President Trump shares their concerns.Senior administration officials reportedly discussed the so-called "Eagle Plan," a 29-page memo reportedly written by Paul Touw, the chief strategy officer to State Department Undersecretary Keith Krach, who
  
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• Fauci in quarantine as Trump projects confidence and urges states to reopen

  10-05-2020 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Two other senior aides in coronavirus task force also in quarantine as fallout deepens over positive tests among White House staffCoronavirus – live US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesThe White House is stepping up precautions to try to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the West Wing after Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top infectious diseases official, and two other senior leaders in the fight against Covid-19 began self-quarantining on Sunday, following positive
  
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• New York steps up coronavirus protections for nursing home residents

  10-05-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The effort to step up infection-prevention measures at New York's nursing homes and adult care facilities came as the state hardest hit by the pandemic has registered a downward trajectory in its daily overall COVID-19 death toll and hospitalizations.Governor Andrew Cuomo said he has ordered all nursing home staff to be tested at least twice a week for the virus and is barring hospitals from discharging any COVID-19 patient to a nursing facility until that individual tests negative for infection
  
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• New York enacts new coronavirus protections for nursing home residents

  10-05-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All nursing home staff must be tested twice a week for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, and hospitals may not discharge any COVID-19 patient to a nursing home until the patient tests negative, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.If a nursing home cannot provide proper care, the patient must be transferred to the state, which he said has ample available hospital beds."Our number one priority is protecting people in nursing homes," Cuomo said.
  
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• NW Syria clashes kill 48 in highest toll since truce: monitor

  10-05-2020 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clashes in northwest Syria killed 48 regime fighters and jihadists Sunday in the highest such death toll since the start of a two-month-old ceasefire there, a monitor said.A truce since March 6 had largely stemmed fighting in Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib after a months-long regime assault that killed hundreds of civilians and forced almost a million to flee."It's the highest death toll for fighters since the truce came into force," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman, who relie
  
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