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• A heavily armed extremist movement is gaining traction in the US

  03-06-2020 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. It was an alert from the heart of the raging protests in Minneapolis, posted on an online forum by a fellow member of the Boogaloo movement, a loosely knit group of heavily armed, anti-government extremists.
  
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• PPP loan program accidentally paid some small-business owners twice

  03-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Everyone is just flying by the seat of their pants," said one small-business owner.
  
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• Hong Kong to lead Tiananmen mourning despite virus vigil ban

  03-06-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hong Kong will Thursday lead global remembrance of China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, with people lighting candles in neighbourhoods across the restless city after authorities banned a mass vigil because of the coronavirus.Open discussion of the brutal suppression is forbidden inside China, where hundreds -- by some estimates more than a thousand -- died when the Communist Party sent tanks on June 4, 1989 to crush a student-led demonstration in Beijing calling for democratic reforms.This year's
  
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• As protests rock cities, Rand Paul holds up passage of anti-lynching bill

  03-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is holding up passage of an anti-lynching bill with broad bipartisan support — the latest delay in an effort to pass a federal law against lynching that goes back over a century.
  
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• Police to open investigation after video shows Memphis officer shoving woman to ground

  03-06-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video captured on the ground appears to show a woman being knocked over by a Memphis Police officer during a protest for George Floyd.
  
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• Houston's police chief wins national praise — but faces local anger over shootings

  03-06-2020 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chief Art Acevedo has been lauded for marching with protesters. But on Tuesday, some of them confronted him over his record on police violence.
  
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• Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue

  03-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday to remove one of the country’s most iconic monuments to the Confederacy, a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee along Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.The move would be an extraordinary victory for civil rights activists, whose calls for the removal of that monument and others in this former capital of the Confederacy have been resisted for years.“That is a
  
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• This chart shows fewer than half of Black Americans were employed in April, highlighting how coronavirus layoffs have disproportionately affected Black communities

  03-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Record unemployment has helped fuel unrest in all 50 states for more than a week since George Floyd was killed.
  
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• Cities remove racist monuments before protesters can topple them

  03-06-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the protests following the death of George Floyd in some cities have turned to targeting racist iconography, officials are trying to preempt them.
  
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• 'This moment is a tipping point to change America,' Floyd family attorney says

  03-06-2020 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  After nine days of widespread protests, smiles and cheers emerged from those fed up with police killing unarmed black people.
  
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• All four officers could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted

  03-06-2020 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  After nine days of widespread protests, smiles and cheers emerged from those fed up with police killing unarmed black people.
  
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• Storms in the Houston area while all eyes are on Tropical Storm Cristobal

  03-06-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scattered storms are likely today as a disturbance moves in. Tropical Storm Cristobal bears watching in the Gulf.
  
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• Amazon adds 12 planes to its growing air-cargo fleet that's encroaching on FedEx and UPS

  03-06-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Industry watchers believe that Amazon's transportation division is on track to challenge the USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
  
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• NYPD Says Looters Are Stashing Bricks. Brooklyn Locals Say Otherwise

  03-06-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Wednesday morning, New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot F. Shea tweeted a low-resolution video of an unidentified officer picking up blue plastic crates on a city street corner. The crates, which appeared to be filled with chunks of masonry, had apparently been left next to a garbage can near Avenue X and West 3rd Street in Gravesend, a neighborhood by the water on Brooklyn’s south end that’s been largely untouched by the protests elsewhere in the borough and the city."T
  
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• 'Trying this case will not be an easy thing,' Minnesota's attorney general says. 'Winning a conviction will be hard'

  03-06-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder in George Floyd's killing and also charging the other three officers involved in the incident, according to a tweet from US Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
  
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• George Floyd protests: All four former police officers face new charges as demonstrations continue nationwide

  03-06-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has announced new charges against all four former officers involved in the death of George Floyd.The attorney general announced charges against Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng, the three officers seen alongside Derek Chauvin, an officer who kneeled on Mr Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes before his death, according to charging documents.
  
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• Fossilized stomach contents show armored dinosaur's leafy last meal

  03-06-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a forest rebounding after a wildfire 110 million years ago, an armored dinosaur devoured a meal of tender ferns in western Canada before suffering a sudden death - perhaps drowning in a river or a flash flood - and being washed out to sea.Scientists said on Wednesday the fossilized stomach contents of the dinosaur, called Borealopelta markmitchelli, were preserved in exquisite detail with its skeleton, revealing what was on the menu for its last meal.The fossil, from the province of Alberta,
  
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• Cyclone Nisarga: India's Mumbai escapes worst cyclone in decades

  03-06-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India's financial capital narrowly escapes Cyclone Nisarga, as nearby areas bear the brunt.
  
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• US suspends flights by Chinese airlines in new spat with Beijing

  03-06-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the United States after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume services to China.The US action takes effect June 16 but could be implemented sooner if President Donald Trump orders it, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said.The suspension applies to seven Chinese civilian carriers, although only four currently are running services to US cities, including Air China and China Eastern
  
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• Russian air strikes hit Syria's last major rebel bastion for first time since March ceasefire

  03-06-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian war planes have reportedly carried out their first air strikes in northwest Syria in three months, as a ceasefire in the last rebel-held part of the country begins to crack. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitoring group, said Russian jets targeted rebel-held areas with missiles early Wednesday morning and Tuesday night, following earlier artillery bombardments by Syrian government forces. The strikes in and around the northwestern province of Idlib
  
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• Former first lady re-arrested for killing of husband's ex-wife

  03-06-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Former Lesotho first lady Maesaiah Thabane has been re-arrested for the killing of her husband's ex-wife, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Emergency in Russia over huge diesel spill

  03-06-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a state of emergency in the Siberian city of Norilsk, after 20,000 tons of fuel spilled into a nearby river from a power station.
  
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• Libya unity govt forces reseize Tripoli airport in blow to Haftar

  03-06-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Forces backing Libya's unity government said Wednesday they had reseized the capital's Tripoli International Airport, held since 2019 by rival forces backing Khalifa Haftar, in the latest in a string of defeats for the eastern-based military commander."Our forces have fully liberated Tripoli international airport," said Mohamad Gnounou, spokesman for forces backing the Government of National Accord (GNA).Libya's main civilian airport, lying on the southern edge of the capital on a key highway le
  
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• Finland's PM says she hopes to give birth while in office

  03-06-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, the world's youngest leader at 34, told a magazine she would like to have a child while in office, which would make her only the third elected head of government to give birth while in power in modern times."I am very much hoping for an addition to the family, a little sibling for Emma," her 2-year-old daughter, Marin told Me Naiset magazine in an interview.Marin took the reigns of Finland's centre-left five-party coalition in a sudden move at the end of las
  
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• George Floyd death: New charges for all four sacked officers

  03-06-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ex-officer Derek Chauvin now faces second-degree murder, while three others face abetting charges.
  
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• Trump to accept Republican presidential nomination outside of North Carolina

  03-06-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination outside North Carolina, the party said on Wednesday, following the Democratic governor's decision not to lift social-distancing restrictions for the planned Aug. 24-27 convention.On Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper rejected Republican demands to guarantee that attendance at the convention in Charlotte would not be restricted by social-distancing measures aimed atpreventing the spread of the coronavirus.In response, Trump said
  
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• AP report raises concerns about China and WHO; China denies

  03-06-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least two U.S. senators said Wednesday that China hid data from the World Health Organization that could have altered the course of the coronavirus outbreak, even as a Chinese official denied delays in sharing information and said the government acted openly and transparently.At a press briefing on Wednesday, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called the AP report “seriously inconsistent with the facts.”Ami Bera, chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Af
  
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• The officer who pressed his knee on Floyd's neck now faces a more serious charge of second-degree murder

  03-06-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder in George Floyd's killing and also charging the other three officers involved in the incident, according to a tweet from US Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
  
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• Trump still obese, but free of hydroxychloroquine side effects: White House

  03-06-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump did not suffer side effects from his controversial taking of hydroxychloroquine and is in good health, despite remaining obese, the White House said Wednesday, after he completed an annual medical check.The "president remains healthy," his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, told reporters.A bare-bones bulletin from the official presidential physician, Sean Conley, said "there were no findings of significance or changes to report."
  
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• Police killing of 'BBQ Man' renews anguish in Louisville

  03-06-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David McAtee was known to give out free meals to community members, including officers of the police department that shot him.
  
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• America is at its breaking point and white women still won't stop frivolously calling police on black people

  03-06-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Calling 911 is not a free mediation service for white people to get the upper hand in banal disputes with people of color.
  
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• EU, China postpone September summit due to pandemic

  03-06-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The European Union and China have agreed to postpone a summit planned for this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, German officials said Wednesday.Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping and later with European Council President Charles Michel to discuss the Sept. 14 meeting, due to be held in the German city of Leipzig and seen as a key moment in EU relations with China.The European Union has tried to position itself as a mediator between China
  
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• Live: Obama hosts 'reimagining policing' town hall in wake of George Floyd's death

  03-06-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama will host a virtual town hall on Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET to address police violence amid nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd.
  
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• A group of D.C. protesters now has a list of demands

  03-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As protests continue to erupt around the country, a group of three young African-American activists is attempting to link the demonstrations to a list of demands.
  
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• Democratic congressman caught on hot mic: 'If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care'

  03-06-2020 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel was caught on a hot mic at a news conference on Tuesday following civil unrest in New York City, appearing to tell another speaker that he only wanted to speak because of his primary race.
  
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• The moment of enough: Black Americans are exhausted by everyday racism

  03-06-2020 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: Black Americans have grown tired of being forced to make the case for their citizenship, their humanity, their very survival — again and again and again.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany Compares Trump’s Church Photo-Op to George W. Bush’s Post-9/11 First Pitch

  03-06-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany raised eyebrows on Wednesday when she credulously compared President Donald Trump’s photo-op at St. John’s Episcopalian Church this week to Winston Churchill surveying World War II bombing damage and George W. Bush throwing out the first pitch after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Trump has faced widespread criticism—even from within his administration—over the political stunt, which featured him walking over to the so-called Church
  
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• Joe Biden will almost certainly pick a black woman as VP

  03-06-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  The biggest choice of Joe Biden's political life is being made for him -- by his own gaffes and the ongoing protests over the murder of George Floyd: It now seems a near-certainty that he will (and should) name a black woman as his vice presidential running mate.
  
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• George Floyd's GoFundMe accounts have raised over $12 million for his family ... and counting

  03-06-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Internet users have opened up their hearts and wallets to help support the family of the man whose killing sparked nationwide protests.
  
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• 'Significant' new lead in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance

  03-06-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  British police officers investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have identified a new suspect, 13 years after the three year-old vanished in Portugal.
  
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• Mystery Officers Patrolling D.C. Streets Are From Federal Prisons

  03-06-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department has sent special operations teams from the Bureau of Prisons to support the Trump administration’s response to protests in Washington, D.C. and Florida. In a statement to The Daily Beast, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that they had deployed Crisis Management Teams in response to the protests. The teams include Special Operations response teams, “which are highly trained tactical units capable of responding to prison disturbances, and providing
  
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• Trump attempted to register to vote in Florida using White House address - report

  03-06-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump last year attempted to register to vote in Florida while claiming that his "legal residence" was in Washington, DC, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
  
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• Protest update: More protests today, large turnout at Oakland rally, SFPD hiring resolution

  03-06-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protests over the death of George Floyd have been planned throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Watch live demonstrations, briefings from officials here.
  
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• Iran says coronavirus restrictions could return if second wave hits

  03-06-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran has suffered the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, forcing it to impose a lockdown that damaged an economy already reeling from the imposition of U.S. sanctions.Restrictions have been gradually lifted since April but have been reimposed in some areas after localised outbreaks.“If in any part of the country these warnings aren’t taken seriously and God forbid the outbreak of illness peaks again, the authorities will have to reimpose restrictions,” President Has
  
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• Donald Trump's campaign accused Snapchat of acting 'illegally' after the app said it would stop promoting the president's account

  03-06-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's campaign accused Snapchat of trying to rig the 2020 election after the app announced it would stop promoting the account.
  
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• West Virginia governor says he welcomes all, except Obama

  03-06-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said he would welcome any president to the state besides former President Barack Obama. The unprompted comment came during a coronavirus news conference in which the Republican governor took a phone call from President Donald Trump and sought to highlight his relationship with the commander-in-chief ahead of the coming primary election. “We should absolutely welcome all but, you know, maybe not Barack Obama,” he said, smiling.
  
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• I helped create the worst photo-op ever. Thanks to Trump, now it's only second worst.

  03-06-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The St. John's photo-op wasn’t just odd and uncomfortable. It was built on violations of the Constitution, the law, simple decency and common sense.
  
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• Fauci says he's optimistic about coronavirus vaccine protection, but concerned about how long that protection will last

  03-06-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an interview with JAMA editor-in-chief Howard Bauchner, Dr. Anthony Fauci questioned the 'durability' of these candidate vaccines.
  
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• Trump tried to vote with wrong address while railing against voter fraud

  03-06-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Records reviewed by the Post found the president had to resubmit his application, despite railing against the vote by mail processDonald Trump has been railing against vote by mail for the past few months – falsely citing the potential for voter fraud, which is extremely rare. As it turns out, the president himself bungled the system.Trump registered to vote in Florida last September under his White House address – 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, according to the Washington Post. But Florida
  
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• McEnany responds to Esper’s opposition to using military for protests

  03-06-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to questions Wednesday on whether President Trump still has confidence in Defense Secretary Mark Esper after he opposed Trump on using the military to quell protests across the country.
  
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