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• 'No criminality' found in death of transgender inmate: Prosecutor

  05-06-2020 23:49
  
  Layleen Polanco was found dead in a solitary confinement cell in June 2019 after suffering a seizure.
  
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• Barr once again putting loyalty to Trump above all else

  05-06-2020 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  On Monday after dark, as federal forces took control of parts of the capital city showing the scars from days of protests that at times devolved into looting and defacement of historic monuments, Attorney General William Barr patrolled the streets.
  
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• Former Mattis speechwriter says he was surprised by the retired general's attack on Trump

  05-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guy Snodgrass, who worked as a top aide to former Defense Secretary James Mattis, says that while he was surprised that Mattis recently issued a rare public criticism of President Trump, he also believes he was eager to speak up.
  
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• Buffalo police riot squad quit to back officers who shoved man

  05-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The police union says the two officers who pushed over an elderly man "were simply doing their job".
  
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• Reddit cofounder quits board, tells company to replace him with black candidate

  05-06-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Alexis Ohanian says he is trying to set an example for other leaders -- by stepping down.
  
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• Trump touts 'stupendous' jobs report — but black unemployment still rose again

  05-06-2020 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Less than half of all black Americans currently have a job, an employment-to-population ratio that is “massively alarming,” said one economist.
  
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• Joe Exotic and Jeff Lowe respond to Carole Baskin gaining control of the 'Tiger King' zoo: 'Without our efforts, it is well known that Carole would no longer be here'

  05-06-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Animal activist Carole Baskin was awarded the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park by an Oklahoma judge on Monday.
  
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• Helicopter Crew Grounded as Probe into Low DC Flyovers Continues

  05-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Guard helicopter crew that flew low over protesters in the nation's capital this week has been grounded.
  
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• As Trump touts increased production, coronavirus swabs made during his Maine factory tour will be tossed in the trash

  05-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's trip to Maine is the latest effort the White House is making to call attention to companies that are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Joe Biden: 10 to 15 percent of people out there are not very good people

  05-06-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction and analysis from pollster Frank Luntz.
  
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• Want to know where all those corporate donations for #BLM are going? Here's the list.

  05-06-2020 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The NAACP and the Equal Justice Initiative were among the most popular nonprofits.
  
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• Mayor Hits Back After Senator Claims Utah Guard Troops Booted from DC Hotel

  05-06-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Bowser is disputing claims that deployed members of the Utah National Guard were evicted from a hotel in the District.
  
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• Buffalo police officers resign from unit in protest of suspended colleagues who shoved man, 75, to ground

  05-06-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Video shows one or two officers appearing to push Martin Gugino, 75, who stumbles backward and falls to the ground. Seconds later, a pool of blood can be seen near his head.
  
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• 57 officers quit unit after two suspended for shoving 75-year-old to ground at protest

  05-06-2020 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Two police officers in Buffalo, New York, were suspended without pay Thursday after video showed them pushing a 75-year-old man, causing him to fall back and hit his head on the sidewalk, Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge told CNN.
  
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• French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander

  05-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa affiliate, the France’s defense minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after years of battling jihadists in the Sahel.There was no immediate confirmation of his death from al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, which has made millions of dollars abducting foreigners for ransom over the years and made large swaths of West Africa too dangerous for aid group
  
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• Fire tears through Amazon distribution center

  05-06-2020 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  A warehouse that operates as an Amazon distribution center went up in flames Friday morning after a three-alarm fire broke out, engulfing the entire building.
  
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• 'Stand up to Trump!' Canada protesters shout to Trudeau who kneels at anti-racism rally

  05-06-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canadian protesters chanted "Stand up to Trump!" to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he joined thousands at an anti-racism rally on Friday and took a knee alongside protesters.Trudeau, wearing a black mask and surrounded by bodyguards, made a surprise appearance at the "No justice = No peace" rally in front of Parliament.Demonstrations were held in other Canadian cities on Friday, including Toronto, where hundreds walked downtown in protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black
  
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• What happened to jobs in May? Here's how everyone got it so wrong

  05-06-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  When the May jobs report dropped Friday morning, the numbers were shocking: US unemployment actually fell, defying virtually all economists' predictions.
  
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• As Brazil sees record deaths, Bolsonaro proclaims: Death is 'everyone’s destiny'

  05-06-2020 23:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has steadily worsened as death rates have surpassed Italy’s, and the country has become the second leading nation in the world in infection rates, behind the United States.
  
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• Bollywood actors called out for protesting racism while promoting skin whitening creams

  05-06-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Actors like Priyanka Chopra were slammed for posting in the wake of George Floyd’s death despite advertising so-called "fairness" products in India.
  
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• FBI: National Guardsman expressed white supremacist ideology

  05-06-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Ohio National Guardsman was removed from policing protests in Washington D.C. after the FBI found he expressed white supremacist ideology online, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a briefing Friday.The state had sent 100 National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital Tuesday at the request of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to assist in quelling violence over the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.
  
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• Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly to voters: 'Look harder' at who you elect

  05-06-2020 22:52
  
  John Kelly is the latest former senior Trump official to criticize Trump after the Pentagon rushed active duty military personnel to the region amid protests.
  
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• School infrastructure report raises questions about returning to classrooms

  05-06-2020 22:48
  
  School infrastructure report raises questions about returning to classrooms. Ensuring ventilation works properly is part of the CDC’s K-12 guidance for reopening schools.
  
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• Ex-national security officials join growing revolt over Trump's calls for military to quell protests

  05-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  More than 280 former national security officials on Friday criticized President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to peaceful protesters, and expressed concern about the presence of US military assets at demonstrations across the country.
  
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• Saudi reimposes virus lockdown on Jeddah

  05-06-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia on Friday announced a renewed lockdown in the city of Jeddah, gateway to the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, to counter a new spike in coronavirus cases."After reviewing the epidemiological situation and the high occupancy rates of intensive care departments, it was decided to take strict health precautions in the city of Jeddah for two weeks," starting from Saturday, the health ministry said.After an easing of precautions in the kingdom in late May, the ministry said that strict
  
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• US launches first Taliban air strikes since Afghan ceasefire end

  05-06-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US launched its first air strikes against the Taliban since a rare ceasefire between the insurgents and Afghan forces ended more than a week ago, the US military said Friday.The two assaults took place on Thursday and Friday in separate provinces in Afghanistan, US forces spokesman Sonny Leggett said on Twitter."These were the 1st US airstrikes against (the Taliban) since the start of the Eid ceasefire," he wrote.
  
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• Delta says it will stop flying to 11 US cities indefinitely — here's the full list

  05-06-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta is continuing to shrink its route network amid a slow-going recovery and subpar summer season with daily passenger numbers still below 500,000.
  
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• Ex-White House chief of staff criticizes Trump

  05-06-2020 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says he agrees with former Defense Secretary James Mattis' statement, which said President Trump has divided the US.
  
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• Pennsylvania man who wrongly spent 23 years on death row is freed

  05-06-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Walter Ogrod’s conviction for 1988 murder overturned* Ogrod, now 55, has long protested his innocenceA man who spent more than 23 years on death row in Pennsylvania for a crime he did not commit walked free from jail on Friday.A judge overturned Walter Ogrod’s conviction in the sexual assault and murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn, his neighbor in Philadelphia, in July 1988.“We not only stole 28 years of your life,” assistant district attorney Carrie Wood told Og
  
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• The New York Times won't run controversial op-ed in print after uproar

  05-06-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  In an at-times tense town hall with staff, leadership at The New York Times on Friday addressed the process that led to the publication of Republican Sen. Tom Cotton's controversial op-ed — a piece that ignited furious debate inside and outside of the newspaper.
  
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• NYT won't run controversial op-ed in print after uproar

  05-06-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  In an at-times tense town hall with staff, leadership at The New York Times on Friday addressed the process that led to the publication of Republican Sen. Tom Cotton's controversial op-ed — a piece that ignited furious debate inside and outside of the newspaper.
  
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• Washington DC paints 'Black Lives Matter' on road leading to White House

  05-06-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Washington DC is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES MATTER.
  
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• 'Black Lives Matter' painted on road leading to White House

  05-06-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Washington DC is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES MATTER.
  
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• Protest arrests logjam tests NYC legal system, bail reform

  05-06-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wave of arrests in the New York City protests over the death of George Floyd has strained the criminal justice system and ignited a debate over whether bail reforms have allowed smash-and-grab looters to get off easy.The backlog prompted The Legal Aid Society to file a lawsuit earlier this week demanding that the New York Police Department release people held in violation of a requirement to get them in front of a judge within 24 hours — a situation that one defense lawyer said “ap
  
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• Iran FM throws ball back in Trump's court on nuclear deal

  05-06-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran's foreign minister Friday threw the ball back into the US president's court on reaching a new nuclear agreement, after the two countries carried out a prisoner swap.President Donald Trump had voiced hope for progress with Iran a day earlier, after the Islamic republic released a US Navy veteran and the United States freed two Iranians."Thank you to Iran, it shows a deal is possible!" Trump had tweeted.
  
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• New hotel found for Utah National Guard troops in DC after billing dispute

  05-06-2020 22:07
  
  Utah National Guard troops operating in the nation's capital have a new hotel, after an apparent billing dispute led to their eviction.
  
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• German tourists fined for swimming in Venice's Grand Canal

  05-06-2020 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  A pair of German tourists who swam in Venice's Grand Canal have been fined $790 and removed from the city, Italian police told CNN Friday.
  
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• What the George Floyd protests say about America – video explainer

  05-06-2020 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn explains what the protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd say about America right now, and how the coronavirus pandemic set the backdrop for the demonstrations Inside the George Floyd protests in New York: 'We are not the problem' – videoMoments of hope and solidarity from the George Floyd protests – videoSign up to our First Thing newsletterContinue reading...
  
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• Tourists fined for swimming in Venice Canal

  05-06-2020 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  The two German men who swam in The Grand Canal, Venice's main waterway, were fined $395 each and banned from the city for 48 hours.
  
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• Police arrested in Mexico after riots over man's death

  05-06-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three police officers have been arrested in the Mexican state of Jalisco over the death of a man taken into custody for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions, authorities said Friday.Among those placed under arrest over the death of 30-year-old Giovanni Lopez last month is a municipal police chief in Guadalajara and another middle-ranking officer, state prosecutor Gerardo Solis told reporters.The arrests follow riots in the state capital Guadalajara after protesters had gathered to demand
  
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• What If Your Face Mask Could Kill Coronavirus With Electricity?

  05-06-2020 21:55 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The smart textile exists, but there's reason to be skeptical.
  
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• Melania Trump's messaging frustrating the West Wing, source says

  05-06-2020 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump's messaging in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the resulting protests around the country has frustrated the West Wing, according to a White House official.
  
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• Video shows woman body slammed by officer

  05-06-2020 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  A video posted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows a police officer body slamming a woman on the first night of protests in Atlanta, according to the woman's attorney.
  
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• Minneapolis, California move to end police neck restraints

  05-06-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In California, Governor Gavin Newsom said he would end state police training in carotid restraints similar to the technique used on Floyd by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin while three officers stood by and watched as Floyd died after pleading for his life.The Minneapolis police fired all four officers, and they have been charged with murder.
  
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• California moves to end state police use of carotid restraint

  05-06-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newsom's order came as communities across the United States are reconsidering use of such restraints, including the so-called knee restraint which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin used against Floyd by placing his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes, killing him.Chauvin and three officers who watched Floyd plead for his live have been fired and charged with murder.
  
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• Czech Republic expels two Russian diplomats over 'made-up information' about attacks

  05-06-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Czech Republic on Friday accused a Russian embassy employee of spreading false information about a planned poison attack and expelled two Russian diplomats, prompting an angry reaction from Moscow. The Russian foreign ministry slammed the expulsion in a statement as a "hostile measure" and said it would deal a "serious blow to Russian-Czech relations." In April, Respekt newspaper cited security sources as saying that a Russian national using a diplomatic passport had arrived in Prague carryi
  
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• CDC director advises protesters get tested for coronavirus: 'I do think there is a potential for this to be a seeding event'

  05-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The director of the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that those who have participated in George Floyd protests across the US should “highly consider” being tested for coronavirus.“I do think there is a potential, unfortunately, for this to be a seeding event,” Dr Robert Redfield said during a House Appropriations hearing on Thursday.
  
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• Fact check: CDC's estimates COVID-19 death rate around 0.26%, doesn't confirm it

  05-06-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Current CDC estimates put the "best estimate" for COVID-19 at 0.26%. The claim that CDC confirmed the coronavirus death rate is partly false.
  
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• Trump claims it's a 'great day' for Floyd in unwieldy speech

  05-06-2020 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump invoked George Floyd's name during a Friday bill signing ceremony touting the latest jobs report, which exceeded economists' expectations.
  
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• Most outrageous lines from Trump's 'press conference'

  05-06-2020 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  Just before 9 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be holding a "News Conference" to talk about the "Jobs Numbers!"
  
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