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• Coronavirus vaccine: Merck and Novartis join the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine

  29-05-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts say it's unlikely there will be widespread distribution of a vaccine this calendar year, however.
  
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• Puffy 'cotton ball' clouds are a rocket launch's most common nightmare. Here's why they delayed SpaceX's historic flight.

  29-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX and NASA delayed their historic astronaut launch on Wednesday after puffy clouds rolled in. They're the biggest threats to a rocket launch.
  
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• 'The Five' react to fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death

  29-05-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• SpaceX Starship prototype explodes in engine test

  29-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The failure is not expected to have any impact on SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch plans this weekend.
  
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• Transcripts released of Flynn's calls with Russian diplomat

  29-05-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration's new national intelligence director waded into political waters in his first week on the job, declassifying documents that allies of the president say bolster their contention that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was wrongly pursued.The extraordinary decision to release transcripts of Flynn's calls with a foreign country's ambassador, a closely guarded secret for more than three years, is part of an ongoing Trump administration effort to disclose informat
  
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• What to know about SpaceX launch: Round 2

  29-05-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX and NASA are, once again, gearing up to try to make history by launching two astronauts into Earth's orbit.
  
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• Officials cite mistakes as CDC removes coronavirus guidance

  29-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. health officials removed some coronavirus reopening tips for religious organizations only hours after posting them late last week, deleting guidance that discouraged choir gatherings and the use of shared communion cups.A federal health official on Friday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a version of the guidance on May 22 that had not been cleared by White House officials.The initial guidance posted last week contained most of the same advice that was in a draft d
  
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• High school wrestling coach fired over post on George Floyd's detention

  29-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "His behavior was not consistent with our equity initiatives and nondiscrimination policies," the Bethel School District said of coach Dave Hollenbeck's Facebook post.
  
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• Epstein estate, victims reach agreement on compensation fund

  29-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse may begin making payouts soon, after the deceased financier's estate, his accusers and the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands resolved their differences over the process.The accord came 9-1/2 months after Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sexual abuse and sex trafficking charges.
  
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• Florida governor asks court to stay felon voting ruling

  29-05-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave notice on Friday that he will appeal a federal judge's decision on voting rights for felons, while asking for a stay on the ruling that appeared to clear the way for hundreds of thousands of citizens to vote in a crucial 2020 state.The law in question, introduced by the state's Republican-controlled Senate last year, requires convicted felons in Florida to pay any court costs, fines, fees and restitution to victims before their right to vote could be restored.O
  
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• Moderna starts dosing patients in mid-stage coronavirus vaccine study

  29-05-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are currently about 10 coronavirus vaccines being tested in humans and experts have predicted that a safe and effective vaccine could take 12 to 18 months from the start of development.Earlier this month, Moderna had released https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/coronavirus-vaccine-from-moderna-appears-safe-shows-promise-in-data-from-eight-people-idINKBN22U1KQ early-stage data that showed the vaccine, mRNA-1273, was safe and produced protective antibodies in a small
  
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• George Floyd death: Why has a US city gone up in flames?

  29-05-2020 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tensions in Minneapolis did not start with the death of George Floyd. They've been years in the making.
  
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• Democrats expand probe into firing of State Dept. watchdog

  29-05-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats announced Friday that they are expanding their investigation into the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, part of an effort to find out more about President Donald Trump’s moves to sideline several independent government watchdogs.The Democrats plan to interview officials in the administration who may have more information about Linick's abrupt dismissalon May 15, including about whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recommended the firing for retaliatory
  
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• Declassified calls show Flynn discussing sanctions with Russian envoy

  29-05-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Incoming DNI John Ratcliffe released the already declassified call summaries on Friday.
  
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• World's deepest octopus captured on camera

  29-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A "Dumbo" octopus is photographed at a depth of 7,000m in the Indian Ocean's Java Trench.
  
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• Team Biden on Klobuchar: ‘We Need to Avoid Her’

  29-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In recent weeks, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has positioned herself as a leading contender in the race to join former Vice President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket. But growing civil unrest in her home state of Minnesota in response to the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer—and renewed scrutiny of her record as the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county—appears to have severely hampered her ambition to be the Democratic Party’s vice pres
  
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• Video shows moments before police pinned him down

  29-05-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd was pronounced dead after Minneapolis police officers restrained him while he repeated, "I can't breathe!" All four officers involved have been fired and have had charges filed against them.
  
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• New video shows moments before Floyd was pinned to ground

  29-05-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd was pronounced dead after Minneapolis police officers restrained him while he repeated, "I can't breathe!"
  
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• New video appears to show 3 officers kneeling on Floyd

  29-05-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd was pronounced dead after Minneapolis police officers restrained him while he repeated, "I can't breathe!"
  
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• Welp, SpaceX's Starship Prototype Just Blew Up

  29-05-2020 22:52 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Rocketry is hard.
  
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• Protests continue in Los Angeles over George Floyd death

  29-05-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protests in Los Angeles resume on Thursday as anger continued to mount nationwide over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
  
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• Amy Klobuchar under scrutiny for 2006 case involving officer charged in George Floyd death

  29-05-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Klobuchar was elected to the Senate in 2006 around the time that Derrick Chauvin was involved in the shooting that killed Wayne Reyes.
  
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• This is how loved ones want us to remember George Floyd

  29-05-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd moved to Minnesota for a fresh start — an opportunity to better himself and to be a better father.
  
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• Former Justice Department official says Trump is 'basically calling for the shooting of protesters'

  29-05-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vanita Gupta, head of the department's Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration, said the Minneapolis Police Department was on her “radar” during her tenure.
  
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• Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley introduce resolution condemning police brutality after George Floyd death

  29-05-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The murder of George Floyd in my district is not a one-off event," Omar said.
  
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• Rove: Trump needs to take a measured response to China

  29-05-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Karl Rove weighs in on escalating tensions with China.
  
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• Editorial: Stop focusing on looting in Minneapolis. Be outraged that police keep killing black men

  29-05-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is anger on the streets in Minneapolis. It is understandable given the killing of yet another unarmed black man as he was arrested.
  
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• Trump’s Twitter Feed Has Been a Defining Feature of His Presidency. Here’s Why That Won’t Change

  29-05-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was just before 1AM early Friday morning, and President Donald Trump was awake and tweeting. Responding to the looting and rioting that broke out…
  
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• Minneapolis protests: CNN journalist arrested live on air

  29-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Omar Jimenez and a camera crew were detained in Minneapolis during protests
  
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• Trump says U.S. will be 'terminating' relationship with WHO

  29-05-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president criticized the World Health Organization for their response to the pandemic and said U.S. funds would be redirected to other public health needs.
  
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• Trump announces probe of Chinese companies listed in US

  29-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a probe into the actions of Chinese companies listed on American financial markets as tensions flared anew between the world's two biggest economies.The announcement followed Beijing's move to implement a new security law on semi-autonomous Hong Kong that critics say would stifle freedom, as well as with Trump's claims that China obfuscated the origins of the coronavirus that has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States."I'm instructing my
  
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• Wallace: Trump's China proposal 'surprisingly mild'

  29-05-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chris Wallace shares reaction and analysis on Trump's remarks on China and Hong Kong.
  
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• Woman drives vehicle into protesters at George Floyd rally in Denver

  29-05-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The black SUV entered a street that had been closed. A man jumped on the hood to avoid being run over, then jumped off and was later struck.
  
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• US: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region

  29-05-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia's longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies.Brig. Gen. Gregory Hadfield, deputy director for intelligence, said the U.S. tracked the MiG-29 fighter jets and SU-24 fighter bombers that were flown in by Russian military, passing through Iran and Syria before landing at Libya's al-Jufra air base.T
  
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• George Floyd death puts spotlight on 'warrior training' for police

  29-05-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After the killing of George Floyd, the controversial practice of imbuing police cadets with a readiness to kill, known as “warrior training,” receives fresh scrutiny.
  
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• Dalai Lama blames George Floyd’s death on ‘discrimination, racism’ during compassion lecture

  29-05-2020 21:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Dalai Lama blamed racism and discrimination for the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minnesota, which has sparked riots and demonstrations across the country. 
  
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• How should the U.S. respond to China's Hong Kong power grab?

  29-05-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese government passed a law giving it sweeping new powers to stamp out dissent on the semiautonomous island of Hong Kong. Should the U.S. and others nations push back?
  
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• Argentine prosecutor seeks criminal probe of ex-president

  29-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Argentine prosecutor asked a judge on Friday to authorize a criminal investigation into former President Mauricio Macri and his former head of intelligence for alleged illegal surveillance of politicians and journalists.The request from federal prosecutor Jorge Di Lello followed a complaint filled by the current government's intelligence chief, Cristina Caamaño, who reported finding a hard drive with apparent evidence of illegal surveillance of the emails of at least 85 people, includi
  
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• Move over James Bond; India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan

  29-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said on Friday."The pigeon was set free yesterday (May 28) after nothing suspicious was found," said Shailendra Mishra, a senior police official in Indian-administered Kashmir.The Pakistani owner of the pigeon had urged India to return his bird, which Indian villagers turned over to
  
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• Trump launches unprecedented attack on China

  29-05-2020 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on China Friday, naming misdeeds that range from espionage to the violation of Hong Kong's freedoms, and announced a slew of retaliatory measures that will plunge US-China relations deeper into crisis.
  
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• Greece will reopen to tourists from 29 countries beginning June 15, will conduct random testing

  29-05-2020 21:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Greece will begin lifting its coronavirus lockdown for business and travel ahead of the peak summer tourism season, officials announced Friday.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. warns governments, firms against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela - envoy

  29-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla, the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday.Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Venezuela, said the pressure campaign targeting heavily sanctioned U.S. foes Iran and Venezuela was being waged “to be sure everyone re
  
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• Death rate after elective surgery soars if a patient has Covid-19

  29-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death rate after elective surgery soars if a patient has Covid-19, a new study has revealed, as doctors say non urgent procedures should be postponed. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that among patients with Covid-19 who underwent elective surgery the death rate was 18.9 per cent. Researchers conducted an observational study of 1,128 patients across 24 countries between January 1 and March 31 this year. The study included data from hospitals mainly in Europe and America with ong
  
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• Trump formally cuts ties with World Health Organization, says he's revoking Hong Kong's trade perks in rift with China

  29-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S.-China tensions over coronavirus have been rising for weeks. The spat took a more serious turn after China adopted a law threatening Hong Kong.
  
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• House seats Democrats and GOP are trying to flip in 2020

  29-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In total, Republicans need a net gain of at least 17 seats to flip the House back to GOP control.
  
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• Trump announces end of US relationship with World Health Organization

  29-05-2020 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization, a move he has threatened throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Jesse Jackson: 'We're tired of being used as target practice'

  29-05-2020 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson talks to Amanpour about the death of George Floyd and says that America must fight white supremacy to the very end.
  
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• Trump Announces U.S. ‘Terminating’ Relationship with World Health Organization

  29-05-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is "terminating" its relationship with the World Health Organization over its failure to enact reforms in response to the administration's criticisms of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic."Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today be terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs," Tr
  
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• Former Minneapolis cop who knelt on George Floyd charged with 3rd degree murder, manslaughter

  29-05-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Civil and criminal defense attorney Eric Guster weighs in on ‘The Daily Briefing.’
  
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•  Trump's 'looting' and 'shooting' remark draws outrage from all sides

  29-05-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump attempted to walk back his comments on Friday afternoon but not before receiving condemnation from a far-right group and a pop star.
  
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