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• 'Did it work? You're darn right': Cuomo touts New York's progress on COVID-19

  19-05-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Cuomo says New York's coronavirus restrictions were worth it as states grapple with reopening. Hawaii extends quarantine requirement for visitors.
  
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• NASA spaceflight chief resigns days before launch

  19-05-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Douglas Loverro, NASA's chief of human spaceflight, unexpectedly stepped down after an unspecified "mistake" earlier this year.
  
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• The Trump crew's Covid quackery

  19-05-2020 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump said at a White House roundtable event on Monday: "I'm taking it, hydroxychloroquine. Right now, yeah. Couple of weeks ago, I started taking it. Cause I think it's good, I've heard a lot of good stories."
  
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• NASA human spaceflight chief resigns with historic SpaceX launch days away

  19-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Loverro's resignation comes as the agency counts down to the first orbital crew launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.
  
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• President calls negative hydroxychloroquine study 'a Trump enemy statement' – live

  19-05-2020 23:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump falsely claims hydroxychloroquine ‘doesn’t harm you’Vice-president says he is not taking anti-malaria drugTrump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine despite FDA warningsStrikes erupt as US essential workers demand protection amid pandemicCoronavirus – latest global updates
  Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 10.40pm BST In response to growing criticism, the VA said last week that while it wouldn’t halt the use
  
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• Radio used by the Titanic to call for help can be salvaged, judge rules

  19-05-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge has ruled that RMS Titanic Inc. can salvage the radio used to call for help by the fated ocean liner after it struck an iceberg in 1912.
  
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• Trump defends hydroxychloroquine use by claiming NIH-funded study was actually 'phony'

  19-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is creating his own facts to defend taking hydroxychloroquine.Trump said Monday that he is taking the potentially toxic malaria drug as a "preventative" measure against COVID-19, though a note from Trump's doctor didn't actually say he was doing so. Still, Trump doubled down on the drug on Tuesday, declaring that a government-funded study that showed hydroxychloroquine's dangers was actually "false" and "phony.""That was a false study, where they gave it to very sick people," Tru
  
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• Coronavirus live news: crisis will push 60m into poverty, says World Bank chief

  19-05-2020 23:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Canada-US border to remain closed; Barcelona beaches to reopen as Spain death toll below 100 for third consecutive dayTrump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine despite FDA warningsChina puts city of Shulan under Wuhan-style lockdown after fresh casesUS coronavirus updates - live Coronavirus latest: at a glance10.33pm BST Two months ago, he was simply Capt Tom Moore.When his fundraising exploits inspired the nation, he was made an honorary colonel to mark his 100th birthday. Related: 'Beaco
  
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• 100-year-old veteran, who raised $40M for the UK's NHS, is to be knighted

  19-05-2020 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  "Captain Tom" Moore, the war veteran who raised almost £33 million ($40 million) for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) by taking laps of his backyard, is to receive a knighthood after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  
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• What is hydroxychloroquine and does it prevent COVID-19?

  19-05-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said Monday that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine. Although Trump has been touting the drug for months, it has not been proven to treat or prevent the virus.
  
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• COVID-19 treatment: FDA says hydroxychloroquine touted by Trump is not safe or effective

  19-05-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FDA on Friday cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment outside of hospitals or clinical trials.
  
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• Cambridge University moves all lectures online until summer 2021

  19-05-2020 23:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Institution first to announce virtual teaching for next academic year Cambridge has become the first university to set out measures for the full 2020-21 academic year, announcing that it will move all “face-to-face lectures” online for the duration. The institution added that it was “likely” social distancing would continue to be required.The university said lectures would continue virtually until summer 2021, while it may be possible for smaller teaching groups to take p
  
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• Navy Secretary, Air Force Chief of Staff Nominees Advance in Senate

  19-05-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The committee approved the nominations of Kenneth Braithwaite as Navy secretary and Gen. Charles Brown as Air Force chief.
  
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• Minneapolis man attacked TV anchor over 'perceived sexual orientation,' cops say

  19-05-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Belanger was struck in the eye by something allegedly hurled by Vennie Jerome Williams, who was charged with assault and harassment.
  
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• Morning mail: polluters applaud climate plan, Jackie Trad speaks, 'incel' terror attack

  19-05-2020 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Wednesday: Gas and coal sectors welcome the government’s proposed climate measures. Plus, if you failed to tick off your quarantine to-do list, join the clubGood morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday, 20 May. Continue reading...
  
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• Venezuelans clamor for gasoline as U.S. weighs response to Iran fuel shipment

  19-05-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the United States weighing a response to a gasoline shipment from Iran to Venezuela, people waiting in line outside service stations in the country's capital said they were eager to fill their tanks, regardless of how the fuel arrived.OPEC members Venezuela and Iran both are U.S. adversaries.A Trump administration official said last week the shipment via five tankers - which are still underway to fuel-starved Venezuela - was "unwelcome."
  
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• 'I think she's a waste of time': Trump dismisses Nancy Pelosi calling him 'morbidly obese'

  19-05-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He's our president and I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists," Pelosi said.
  
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• Flooding hits parts of Midwest; evacuates parts of Michigan

  19-05-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People living near two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river were evacuated on Tuesday following days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the area.
  
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• NASA human spaceflight chief resigns ahead of launch

  19-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Doug Loverro has resigned from his position effective Monday, May 18," said the memo sent to employees on Tuesday and seen by Reuters.It added that Ken Bowersox, NASA's deputy associate administrator and a former astronaut, would take Loverro's place until a permanent replacement is found.
  
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• How a pair of Donald Trump tweets created an 'Obamagate' domino effect in the Senate

  19-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All it took was a couple of tweets for Donald Trump and top Senate Republicans to get on the same page for the president’s chief messaging strategy ahead of the 2020 presidential election.When Mr Trump fired off a pair of messages over the weekend urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham to shore up their resources to probe his “Obamagate” theory, it took less than 48 hours for the duo to answer the call.
  
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• Concerns erupt over integrity of Florida's COVID-19 website

  19-05-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chief architect of Florida’s coronavirus website was fired this week after a dispute over what information should be made public, underscoring how entwined public health data and politics have become as elected officials move to reopen their communities amid the coronavirus pandemic.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said his decision to begin reopening his state has been driven by science, and federal epidemiologists have praised his administration’s daily release of COVID-19 related
  
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• Hassett: Things are going back to normal faster than expected

  19-05-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump signs executive order cutting federal regulations; White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett weighs in on U.S. economy amid coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Nearly 200 people arrested, two shot during 'Go Topless Jeep Weekend'

  19-05-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I don't know why it's so hard for people just to show up and have fun these days," one resident said.
  
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• There's so much laughing gas in these penguins' poop, it made a scientist 'completely cuckoo'

  19-05-2020 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Laughing gas isn't just something they give you at the dentist. It also comes out of penguin poop.
  
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• Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas in their feces

  19-05-2020 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Laughing gas isn't just something they give you at the dentist. It also comes out of penguin poop.
  
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• Flynn's lawyers ask appeals court to force dismissal of case

  19-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for Michael Flynn are asking a federal appeals court to order the dismissal of the criminal case against the former Trump administration national security adviser.Instead, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired judge to argue against the department's position and to consider whether Flynn, who previously admitted lying to federal agents but now asserts his innocence, could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.The filing Tuesday with the Washington-based appeals court
  
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• Ex-WWE star Shad Gaspard goes missing, told rescuers 'save my son'

  19-05-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "When last seen by the lifeguard, a wave had crashed over Mr. Shad Gaspard and he was swept out to sea," police said.
  
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• Syria seizes assets of Assad cousin and business magnate Rami Makhlouf

  19-05-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syria's government seizes assets of Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf
  
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• Florida’s Coronavirus Dashboard Architect: I Was Fired for Not Manipulating Data

  19-05-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A top Florida Department of Health data manager alleges she was forced to resign from her job maintaining the state’s COVID-19 portal because she refused to change data that would “drum up support for the plan to reopen” amid the pandemic. Rebekah Jones, the architect behind the Sunshine State’s interactive COVID-19 dashboard once praised by the White House, told several news outlets on Tuesday she was removed from her position as Graphic Information Systems manager
  
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• 'An individual decision': Trump defends taking unproved coronavirus drug hydroxychloroquine – video

  19-05-2020 22:17 via theguardian.com
  
  The US president has defended his use of the anti-malaria drug, dismissing a study indicating it was not an effective coronavirus treatment as a 'Trump enemy statement'. He also attacked Nancy Pelosi after she publicly expressed concern, claiming she had 'mental problems' Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine, White House confirms
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• Trump visit to Ford plant contradicts Michigan Gov. Whitmer's order — but she won't try to stop it

  19-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president's visit to a Ford plant in Michigan contradicts a ban on nonessential tours.
  
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• Georgia's Republican governor can pick justice's successor after Supreme Court ruling

  19-05-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An election to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the Georgia Supreme Court has been cancelled, with it instead ruled that governor Brian Kemp will appoint the justice’s successor for a two year term.Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican, announced in February that he will be stepping down from his role after six years, in November this year.
  
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• Exclusive: In veiled warning to Iran, U.S. tells Gulf mariners to stay clear of its warships

  19-05-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters (yards) away from U.S. warships or risk being "interpreted as a threat and subject to lawful defensive measures."The notice to mariners, which was first reported by Reuters, follows U.S. President Donald Trump's threat last month to fire on any Iranian ships that harass Navy vessels."Armed vessels approaching within 100 meters of a U.S. naval vessel may be interp
  
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• US Navy issues new guidelines after close Iran encounters

  19-05-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Navy warned Tuesday it will take “lawful defensive measures” against vessels in the Mideast that come within 100 meters (yards) of its warships, offering specific guidelines after a recent close encounter with Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf.Defensive measures have typically included turning a ship away from the approaching vessel, sounding its horn, shooting off flares and ultimately firing warning shots to force the vessel away.“Our ships are conducting routine o
  
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• Trump fires back at Fox News host

  19-05-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  After President Trump announced he was taking antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, Fox News host Neil Cavuto had a starkly different message than his colleagues.
  
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• President Trump fires back at Fox News host

  19-05-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  After President Trump announced he was taking antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, Fox News host Neil Cavuto had a starkly different message than his colleagues.
  
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• Nova Scotia police under scrutiny as new details of shooting response revealed

  19-05-2020 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities waited hours to warn the public that the gunman, who would eventually kill 22 people, was using a fake police carPolice in Nova Scotia knew that a gunman carrying out a murderous rampage was traveling in a fake police car 12 hours before they warned the public, according to a recently unsealed warrant.New details of Canada’s worst mass shooting were revealed on Tuesday after media outlets successfully petitioned for the unsealing of warrants used during the hunt for the man to
  
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• El Salvador's president extends lockdown, crimping law allowing restart of economy

  19-05-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  El Salvador's government on Tuesday extended a strict lockdown until June 6, after President Nayib Bukele threatened to veto a law passed by Congress aimed at accelerating the reopening of the country's economy prior to that date.The legal minister to the president, Conan Castro, said the order was in line with Bukele's plan to gradually re-open the economy only after another phase of strict quarantine measures to contain the coronavirus.Bukele, 38, has spent the past few days scrapping with Con
  
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• The last time the sun was this quiet, Earth experienced the Little Ice Age

  19-05-2020 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists at NASA say we're currently in a solar minimum, a phase when the sun is much quieter, meaning less sunspots and energy. But this solar minimum won't spark another ice age, and that's likely due to climate change.
  
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• The last time the sun was this quiet, Earth experienced an ice age

  19-05-2020 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists at NASA say we're currently in a solar minimum, a phase when the sun is much quieter, meaning less sunspots and energy. But this solar minimum won't spark another ice age, and that's likely due to climate change.
  
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• Major tech companies are letting their employees work from home. But Apple thinks different.

  19-05-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple is pushing employees to come back to the office as early as late May or early June while every other major tech company embraces remote work.
  
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• Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed

  19-05-2020 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday allowed a federal lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and his company of collaborating with a fraudulent marketing scheme to prey on investors to proceed, denying the Trumps' request for a stay.
  
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• Syria rebel, regime forces face off in Libya

  19-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While a ceasefire in Syria has reduced combat between rebels and government forces, mercenaries from the two sides are still fighting in Libya on behalf of their Russian and Turkish backers.Turkey supports some Syrian rebels and Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, while Russia supports Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Libya's eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar.
  
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• Trump signs order directing agencies to cut federal regulations

  19-05-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to cut regulations, a move he said would help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.Trump, who signed the order at a Cabinet meeting, said itinstructed agencies to eliminate "unnecessary regulations that impede economic recovery.""I'm directing agencies to review the hundreds of regulations we've already suspended in response to the virus and make these suspensions permanent wher
  
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• England cricket great Anderson 'desperate to get out there and play' despite nerves surrounding coronavirus

  19-05-2020 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  As Premier League players in England slowly return to training, England's cricket players look like they won't be far behind.
  
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• Mexico City virus deaths triple official toll, group says

  19-05-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests there were 4,577 cases where doctors mentioned coronavirus or COVID-19 as a possible or probable cause of death, more than three times the official death toll in the city.The federal government acknowledges only 1,332 confirmed deaths in Mexico City since the pandemic began, less than a third as many as the investigation revealed.The anti-corruption group Mexicans Against Corruption said in a report Monday that it got access to a database
  
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• Up to 1,500 English primary schools to defy 1 June reopening plan

  19-05-2020 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Coronavirus rebellion by councils forces government to say it will not sanction themCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUp to 1,500 primary schools in England are expected to remain closed on 1 June after a rebellion by at least 18 councils forced the government to say it had no plans to sanction them.As the backlash escalated over the government’s policy of lifting the coronavirus lockdown on schools in a fortnight, a number of new local authorities said on T
  
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• Gowdy: We need more ways to hold people accountable other than indictment

  19-05-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Barr does not expect criminal investigation into Obama or Biden; former congressman and Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy reacts.
  
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• U.S. workers hit McDonald's with class action over COVID-19 safety

  19-05-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  McDonald's failed to provide adequate hand sanitizer, gloves and masks and has not notified its staff when an employee has become infected with the new coronavirus, according to a copy of the lawsuit provided by a spokesman for the workers.McDonald's said in a statement that the allegations were inaccurate and that safety, including wellness checks and protective gear, was a top priority.The workers requested the Illinois state court issue an injunction, which would make McDonald's stop requirin
  
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• Trump news: President defends hydroxychloroquine and snaps at female reporter during heated press exchange

  19-05-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump is continuing to defend an unproven coronavirus treatment involving the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine despite studies from within his own government highlighting dangerous potential side effects.The president claimed the Department of Veterans Affairs study involved candidates who were “almost dead” and in “very bad shape” when taking the unfounded Covid-19 treatment, which many have said does not actually prevent or cure the disease caused by the nove
  
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