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• Calls for justice as George Floyd's life celebrated at funeral in Houston – video

  09-06-2020 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
  George Floyd, the African-American man whose death in police custody roused worldwide protests against racism, was extolled on Tuesday as a symbol of the oppressed's struggle for justice at his funeral in his hometown of Houston, Texas. Family members and friends, most dressed all in white, stepped up to a microphone to describe Floyd as a loving, larger-than-life personality who deserved justice after his death while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers on 25 MayGeorge F
  
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• Trump eyes police reforms while ignoring systemic racism

  09-06-2020 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  In the two weeks since George Floyd's death, President Donald Trump's advisers have worked to prepare him to meet the national moment.
  
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• George Floyd Laid to Rest Beside His Mother in Houston

  09-06-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fifteen days after he cried out for his mother when he couldn’t breathe, George Floyd was laid to rest alongside her in Houston on Tuesday.Floyd’s golden casket was taken to the cemetery from a church on the southwest side of the city, where the last of three memorial services was held for Floyd, 46, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.“My mom, if she was here today, I honestly can say this, that she would be on that caske
  
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• Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups

  09-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration on Tuesday overturned an Obama-era rule that barred hunters in Alaska national preserves from baiting bear traps or killing denning bear cubs and wolf pups or other practices that have been condemned by environmental and wildlife protection groups.Under the new National Park Service rule, effective July 9, hunting on natural preserves in Alaska will be controlled by the state, which allows baiting of brown and black bears; hunting of denning black bears with artificial l
  
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• Coronavirus: Brazil resumes publishing Covid-19 data after court ruling

  09-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The health ministry resumes publishing its full data on the virus following a Supreme Court ruling.
  
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• See lawmakers dodge questions on Trump conspiracy tweet

  09-06-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Some GOP senators dodged questions about President Trump's baseless tweet suggesting that 75-year-old Martin Gugino. who was seriously injured after being shoved by police officers in Buffalo, New York, may have been part of a "set up." CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.
  
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• Dozens of Republicans urge Trump not to pull US troops from Germany

  09-06-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly two-dozen Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee are pushing back on a White House plan to draw down US troops in Germany, according to a new letter sent to President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
  
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• Outcry as some nursing homes try to grab stimulus checks

  09-06-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Compounding the hardships of the coronavirus, some nursing homes have demanded that low-income residents turn over their $1,200 economic stimulus checks, a cash grab lawmakers want to halt.Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Health and Human Services inspector general's office to issue a warning to nursing homes and assisted living facilities that such practices are “improper and unlawful.”In the House, Reps. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Frank Pallone, D-N.J.,
  
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• Peru surpasses 200,000 coronavirus infections: health ministry

  09-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Peru emerged as a global COVID-19 hotspot on Tuesday as the health ministry registered more than 200,000 cases, ranking the South American country as the eighth-highest in the world by number of infections.The death toll rose to 5,738 and the total number of infections climbed to 203,736, an increase of more than 4,000 cases from the previous day.The figures show Peru as second only to Brazil as Latin America's worst-affected country by number of overall cases, and third after Brazil and Mexico
  
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• Police officer who put middle fingers up at protesters stripped of his powers

  09-06-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chicago police officer who raised his middle fingers to demonstrators during George Floyd protests last week, has been assigned to desk duty.During the protests last Thursday, an officer was photographed raising the middle fingers of both of his hands at protesters, as police drove away from the demonstrations.
  
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• Trump Jr.'s Mongolian sheep hunting trip cost US taxpayers about $75,000

  09-06-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr.'s trip to Mongolia last August, where he hunted a rare breed of giant sheep, cost US taxpayers about $75,000 in Secret Service protection, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group.
  
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• 'Stop treating us like animals': New York police union chief hits back over portrayal of cops and says Floyd killing was 'disgusting'

  09-06-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of a New York state police union has hit out at both lawmakers and the media for treating the police like “animals and thugs”, and for vilifying the profession.Mike O’Meara, president of the New York Police Benevolent Association, standing in front of a large group of police officers at a press conference, said that 375 million interactions between the public and the police each year are “overwhelmingly positive”.
  
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• DC Guard members test positive for COVID after protests

  09-06-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Members of the D.C. National Guard have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of the mass protests across the nation’s capital last week, according to Lt. Col. Brooke Davis, Guard spokeswoman.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information publicly.While some Guard troops responding to the protests wore protective equipment, most were not wearing masks and it was largely impossible to maintain any social distancing.
  
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• Dow, S&P pull back, Nasdaq sets record

  09-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nasdaq briefly topped the 10,000 mark, climbing to hit another record high Tuesday. But a drop in industrial and financial stocks dragged the Dow and S&P 500 lower following a stretch of blistering gains on Wall Street.Midway through the session, traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange observed a moment of silence in honor of George Floyd, the African American who died last month after a white police officer knelt on his neck.The Nasdaq ended the day a quarter percent higher.
  
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• Prince Philip: Photo with Queen to mark Duke of Edinburgh's 99th birthday

  09-06-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are shown at Windsor Castle, where they are staying during lockdown.
  
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• D-Day by the Numbers: Here's All the Data You Could Want About That Famous Invasion

  09-06-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The data shows how huge the operation was.
  
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• WSJ: Trump nearly fired Esper in dispute over protest response

  09-06-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump came close to firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper last week following their dispute over Trump's threat to use active-duty troops to quell large-scale protests across the United States, several officials told The Wall Street Journal.
  
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• Dictionary to update definition of racism after woman's email

  09-06-2020 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  Kennedy Mitchum wasn't expecting much when she emailed Merriam-Webster last month, but she wanted to let the dictionary publisher know that she thought its definition of the word racism was inadequate.
  
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• Human remains have been found in the home of doomsday writer Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow

  09-06-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chad Daybell is in custody Tuesday after police searched his home. His stepchildren JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan have been missing since September.
  
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• Doomsday writer Chad Daybell was arrested after human remains were found on his property

  09-06-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Daybell's wife, Lori Vallow, has been in custody since February. Her children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, have been missing since September.
  
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• U.S. Navy to bar Confederate flags from ships, aircraft, bases

  09-06-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations, ships and aircraft, the service said on Tuesday, as the military and the country as a whole grapple with questions about racial inequality.The Navy made the move amid protests across the United States and other countries sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd, an Africa-American man who died after a white policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.In a statement, the Navy said
  
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• Washington, D.C., National Guardsmen test positive for COVID-19

  09-06-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After mobilizing to assist in response to protests over the death of George Floyd, members of the D.C. National Guard tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Exclusive: Canada, U.S. set to extend border closure to end-July - sources

  09-06-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel to late July as both countries seek to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to three sources familiar with the matter.Canadian and U.S. sources said although the governments had not yet taken a final decision, a further extension was highly likely."It's going to be a clean rollover" on June 21, said a U.S. source who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation.
  
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• Two weeks of nationwide protests has produced something extraordinary: America's political leaders are finally listening on police reform

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  • Pompeo's 'deafening' silence on racial injustice angers diplomats
  • LIVE: Biden, Sharpton speak at Floyd funeral
  • What happened when this city disbanded its police department 7 years ago
  
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• Two weeks of nationwide protests has done the unthinkable: created bipartisan consensus among America's political leaders

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  • Pompeo's 'deafening' silence on racial injustice angers diplomats
  • LIVE: Biden, Sharpton speak at Floyd funeral
  • What happened when this city disbanded its police department 7 years ago
  
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• Two weeks of nationwide protests has done the unthinkable: created a consensus among America's political leaders

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  • Pompeo's 'deafening' silence on racial injustice angers diplomats
  • LIVE: Biden, Sharpton speak at Floyd funeral
  • What happened when this city disbanded its police department 7 years ago
  
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• The George Floyd protests have done the unthinkable

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  • Pompeo's 'deafening' silence on racial injustice angers diplomats
  • LIVE: Biden, Sharpton speak at Floyd funeral
  • What happened when this city disbanded its police department 7 years ago
  
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• Sharpton: Floyd was an 'ordinary brother' who changed the world

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd was an "ordinary brother" from Houston's housing projects who "nobody thought much about," which makes his central role in a generational movement that much more powerful, the Rev. Al Sharpton said at his funeral Tuesday.
  
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• Biden and Sharpton deliver remarks at George Floyd's funeral

  09-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd was an "ordinary brother" from Houston's housing projects who "nobody thought much about," which makes his central role in a generational movement that much more powerful, the Rev. Al Sharpton said at his funeral Tuesday.
  
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• Music stars sign open letter calling for police reform in New York

  09-06-2020 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  Some of the biggest names in the music industry are joining the call for reform of policing in New York.
  
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• George Floyd death: Seven solutions to US police problems

  09-06-2020 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US protesters demand changes to address police brutality and claims of systemic racism - but how?
  
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• D.C. National Guard responding to protests test positive for coronavirus

  09-06-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Washington D.C. National Guard troops have tested positive for the coronavirus after being deployed to the city to respond to protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody, the military said on Tuesday.About 1,300 D.C. National Guard troops were sent to the capital to back law enforcement during demonstrations that erupted over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died in Minneapolis police custody after being pinned beneath a white officer's knee fo
  
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• The US is in a recession. Here's what that means

  09-06-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  The longest expansion in American history is over, and the coronavirus recession is officially here. CNN Business' Christine Romans explains what that means.
  
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• Russia, China build case at U.N. to protect Iran from U.S. sanctions threat

  09-06-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washington's claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council, with Moscow invoking a 50-year-old international legal opinion to argue against the move.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Chinese government's top diplomat, Wang Yi, both wrote to the 15-member council and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres as the United States threatens to spark a so-called sanctions snapback under t
  
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• Reforming, Defunding, Abolishing: What are the proposals for overhauling police departments?

  09-06-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, activists and some politicians have been calling for police departments to be reformed, defunded or even abolished. Yahoo News explains what some of these proposals mean.
  
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• Pompeo's 'deafening' silence on racial injustice angers diplomats

  09-06-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  As protests against racial injustice engulf America and spread globally, State Department officials have suggested Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address his workforce on the issue that, in many ways, directly impacts their work. So far, he has declined to do so, explained sources familiar with the suggestion.
  
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• GOP responds to unfounded Trump tweet on protester

  09-06-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Senators offered mixed reactions to President Donald Trump tweeting about an unfounded conspiracy theory. Trump's tweet questioned the motives of a 75-year-old protester who was hospitalized after being shoved by police and falling. (June 9)
  
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• Federal court upholds Enbridge's Great Lakes spill plans

  09-06-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Enbridge has produced legally acceptable plans for dealing with a potential spill from oil pipelines that cross a Michigan channel linking two of the Great Lakes, according to a federal appeals court.A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week overruled a district judge who had agreed with an environmental group that the pipeline company's plans failed to adequately consider potential harm to fish and wildlife in the Straits of Mackinac.Enbridge, a Canadian company based in Calgar
  
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• Minnesota state troopers admit deflating tires during protests

  09-06-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social media videos emerged that appear to show law enforcement officers slashing tires as protesters gathered in Minneapolis.
  
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• Turkey unveils new coronavirus restriction easing plans

  09-06-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey’s president on Tuesday revealed new plans to ease restrictions in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including the July 1 reopening of theaters, cinemas and other entertainment centers.In a televised addressed following his first face-to-face meeting with Cabinet members — after almost three months of teleconference meetings — Recep Tayyip Erdogan also announced that marriage registration halls will reopen for large gatherings on June 15 while wedding party hal
  
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• KKK leader arrested after driving into protest in Virginia

  09-06-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man was arrested Sunday and is facing charges for driving his truck into protesters in Virginia. He has been identified as Harry Rogers, a self-proclaimed KKK leader, prosecutors say.
  
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• Fauci: 'There's a lot we need to learn' about Covid-19

  09-06-2020 22:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The UK has the second highest number of virus deaths globally
  
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• Human remains found in search for two missing Idaho kids; stepfather Chad Daybell taken into custody

  09-06-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chad Daybell's home was searched Tuesday in relation to the investigation into Lori Vallow's two missing children.
  
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• Rare June snowstorm blankets Colorado Springs and parts of Wyoming

  09-06-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After warm weather over the weekend drove temperatures into summer territory, a rare June snowstorm pushed through the Rocky Mountain region, bringing accumulating snowfall to several states.Ahead of the cold and snow, portions of the area experienced temperatures well above average to start the week. On Sunday, the temperature at Colorado Springs Airport reached 88 degrees, 12 degrees above average for this time of year. And Laramie, Wyoming, topped out at 76 degrees.Once the heat moved out, hi
  
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• Second Etihad plane from UAE lands in Israel

  09-06-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UAE carrier Etihad Airways sent its second flight to Israel in less than a month Tuesday, carrying medical aid to help the Palestinians tackle the coronavirus pandemic, witnesses and officials said.Jordan and Egypt aside, Arab countries have no official diplomatic ties with Israel, but Gulf Arab nations have had ever more publicly warm ties with Israel of late, partly over shared rivalry with Iran.In mid-May, the United Arab Emirates flew its first publicly announced flight to Israel, also an Et
  
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• Senate confirms first black service chief in unanimous vote

  09-06-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation's military services.Vice President Mike Pence took the unusual step of presiding over the vote, something he usually does to break ties.Pence called the moment “historic."
  
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• Sanders Dismisses Progressive Calls to Defund Police, Says Departments Need More Resources

  09-06-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) broke from progressive counterparts in calls to defund the police, saying instead that the country needs “well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments.”Sanders addressed progressive critics who viewed him as an obstacle to growing calls for defunding the police in the wake of national unrest following the death of George Floyd in a New Yorker interview published Tuesday.“Do I think we should not have police depa
  
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• Party on, dude: 'Bill & Ted: Face the Music' trailer drops

  09-06-2020 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  Bill and Ted are back.
  
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• Trump brings back 2016 campaign veterans

  09-06-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump struggles with sagging poll numbers and faces a chaotic news cycle, his reelection campaign is going back to the well of players who shaped his successful 2016 bid.
  
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• Marine V-22 Osprey Damaged After Being Hit by Civilian Plane on Runway

  09-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Class A mishap happened May 30 at Brown Field, a Marine Corps official told Military.com.
  
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