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• Celebrity chef José Andrés: 'We are a food planet'

  12-06-2020 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés has been delivering meals to food-insecure areas during the pandemic.
  
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• Brazil overtakes UK with world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll

  12-06-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tally published by coalition of news outlets compiling stats since Brazil’s health ministry was accused of seeking to conceal figuresBrazil has overtaken Britain as the country with the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll after a further 843 deaths pushed its total to 41,901.The tally was published on Friday night by a coalition of news outlets which has been compiling independent statistics since Brazil’s health ministry was accused of seeking to conceal the full figure
  
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• The US military -- which Trump often uses to bolster himself as a commander in chief -- is moving on from the President on racial inequality

  12-06-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Last Sunday, four-star Gen. Robert Abrams, who commands all US forces in South Korea, held a town hall with black service members on the subject of race that was then broadcast on Facebook to thousands.
  
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• Coronavirus: How pandemic turned political in Brazil

  12-06-2020 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brazil now has the world's second-highest coronavirus death toll but the peak may still be weeks away.
  
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• Head of Naval Aviation Schools Command, Another Navy Pilot Killed in Plane Crash

  12-06-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two naval aviators were killed when their civilian single-engine aircraft crashed in Alabama.
  
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• CDC predicts 130,000 US deaths by July 4

  12-06-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  The US could suffer 130,000 coronavirus deaths by July 4, according to a projection released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Former Chester County teacher arrested on sex assault charges

  12-06-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former Chester County private school employee arrived back in Pennsylvania on Friday following his arrest on sexual assault charges in Florida.
  
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• Minnesota pardons Black man in century-old lynching case

  12-06-2020 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gov. Tim Walz connected the historic injustice to the death of George Floyd.
  
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• U.S. unveils vision for more development in national forests

  12-06-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a memorandum to U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen, Perdue said more was needed to relieve burdensome regulations on industries and make federal forests and grasslands more productive."These lands are critical for the prosperity of rural communities, sustaining jobs and livelihoods in grazing, mining, oil and gas development, recreation and forestry," the letter said.
  
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• Protester hit in face by police rubber bullet wants answers

  12-06-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LaToya Ratlieff remembers the blood spilling from her head, covering her clothes, the car ride from a stranger to the hospital and the 20 stitches sewn into her head after being shot in the face by a police officer with a rubber bullet during a Fort Lauderdale protest.The 34-year-old was getting ready to leave on May 31 after several hours at a peaceful protest sparked by the death of George Floyd.Further away, she could hear a group of angry protesters becoming more agitated.
  
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• Taylor Swift Calls for the Toppling of Tennessee’s ‘Racist’ and ‘Evil’ Confederate Statues

  12-06-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taylor Swift has no interest in preserving and protecting statues of racist leaders. In a lengthy Twitter thread posted Friday, the singer condemned several “racist” monuments in her home state of Tennessee.As protests have erupted across the country in support of Black Lives Matter, demanding justice for black Americans murdered by police, statues of various racist figures, most of them Confederate leaders, have toppled. As a result, a debate has begun to rage regarding these monume
  
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• Face masks are best way to reduce coronavirus transmission, study finds

  12-06-2020 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  The new coronavirus spreads mainly via airborne transmission and wearing a mask is the most effective way to stop person-to person spread, according to a new study.
  
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• Lebanon protesters burn roads, clash with security in second night of unrest

  12-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lebanese protesters set fire to roadways and clashed with security forces in a second night of unrest on Friday, according to witnesses and Lebanese media.Protests erupted on Thursday in several Lebanese cities after a crash in the pound currency, which has lost about 70% of its value since October, when Lebanon was plunged into a financial crisis that has brought mounting hardship.Protesters, however, returned later on Friday for a second night, throwing fireworks and stones at security forces
  
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• 'Everybody I've talked to feels significantly safer': A protester living near Seattle's 'autonomous zone' explains why the neighborhood is better without cops

  12-06-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters have established their own cop-free neighborhood in Seattle, Washington amid the Black Lives Matter protests.
  
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• Chile's military moves through shadows to spot coronavirus curfew breakers

  12-06-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The armored vehicle rumbles through the near-empty, darkened streets of a scruffy neighborhood in the Chilean capital Santiago, bristling with heavily-armed troops.Captain Nicolas Zamora told Reuters he and his men are mindful of the growing poverty and hunger also caused by the pandemic, and the risk it could exacerbate simmering tensions that remain from the social protests that exploded in October last year.The army, mandated to safeguard curfews and lockdowns under a state of catastrophe to
  
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• Juve into Coppa Italia final despite Ronaldo penalty miss

  12-06-2020 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thirteen-time winners Juventus reach the Coppa Italia final on the away goals rule at AC Milan's expense as Italy's football season restarts.
  
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• Top Pentagon policy nominee has a history of Islamophobic and offensive comments

  12-06-2020 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  The White House's nominee for a top position at the Pentagon has a history of making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians, including falsely calling former President Barack Obama a Muslim.
  
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• Can plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients help prevent infection in others?

  12-06-2020 22:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  While the jury’s still out on whether convalescent plasma works as a treatment, one researcher is looking at the next logical question.
  
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• Lebanon to inject dollars as currency plunge revives protests

  12-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds protested for a second night to decry Lebanese authorities' handling of a deepening economic crisis, despite the government pledging Friday to inject dollars into the market to bolster the sagging currency.Near a protest square in central Beirut, around 200 young men drove in on mopeds and defaced shop fronts, setting fire to several stores, an AFP correspondent said.Demonstrators lobbed stones and Molotov cocktails toward the soldiers, and damaged the facades of several banks and shops
  
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• Judge rules that Hertz can sell $1 billion worth of new stock, dealing a blow to investors who gobbled up shares after its bankruptcy

  12-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hertz stock has seen wild fluctuations, even gaining hundreds of percents following a bankruptcy filing, thanks to traders looking for an edge.
  
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• Does Fauci wear a mask when he goes running?

  12-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a dedicated runner, answers a question at the center of his two passions: Does he wear a mask when going for a run?
  
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• Fed's Bostic calls for end to racism, says Fed can play a role

  12-06-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I have shared in the outrage of the truly horrific events that brought us to this point," Bostic wrote on the bank's website, referring to the May 25 killing of George Floyd during an arrest by Minneapolis police, as well as police brutality and racism more broadly.It is rare for a Fed policymaker to take a public stance on an issue traditionally seen as outside the U.S. central bank's wheelhouse, especially one seen as politically fraught.Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday called out "the pa
  
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• One killed in blast in Pakistan's Rawalpindi

  12-06-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least one person was killed and a dozen others wounded in a rare bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Friday, officials said.Rawalpindi, Pakistan's fourth-largest city, is known for its military garrison and adjoins the capital Islamabad.The explosion took place Friday evening at a popular market, a stone's throw from Pakistan's heavily guarded military headquarters.
  
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• US high school investigating student's 'racist' yearbook photo with photoshopped image of Martin Luther King Jr

  12-06-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A doctored photo of a student standing with Dr Martin Luther King, and a message refering to a racial slur, was somehow included in a Georgia high school’s yearbook, to the confusion and horror of the school’s staff.The photo shows a student standing next to a smiling Martin Luther King, Jr, who has been photoshopped in and whose hand rests on the student’s shoulder. The student is holding a binder with a piece of paper on top that says “Official n-word Pass”.
  
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• Why Trump's rally and the GOP convention are evidence of his racial myopia

  12-06-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  "We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear. But we'll make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racists or bigots. We have to get everybody together. We have to be on the same path."
  
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• Trump provides more evidence of his racial myopia

  12-06-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  "We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear. But we'll make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racists or bigots. We have to get everybody together. We have to be on the same path."
  
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• Family of Tennessee drowning victim accuse police of failing to help him

  12-06-2020 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Johnny Baldwin, 24, had led officers on a chase before ending up in tributary of Tims Ford Lake.
  
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• Trump news – live: Administration rolls back LGBT+ health protections as president demands end to Seattle 'autonomous zone'

  12-06-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has blamed the scenes of police brutality recorded at George Floyd protests across the US on “bad apples”, claiming to have “dominated the streets with compassion” to maintain law and order and pledging an executive order to establish a use-of-force standard, stopping short of broader reforms.Speaking at a roundtable event in Dallas, Texas, the president sought to allay ongoing frustrations by commenting: “We have to work together to confront bigotry an
  
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• In 1972, The U.S. Air Force Saved South Vietnam From Certain Defeat

  12-06-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Salvation came from the skies.
  
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• Family of Tennessee man who died in jail demands a trial

  12-06-2020 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  "He was treated as if his life didn’t matter. We want the truth to be known. We want accountability."
  
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• A four-day work week might be exactly what the U.S. — and its economy — needs right now

  12-06-2020 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The pandemic has created a moment for businesses to take stock and consider more radical reconstructions of the workplace," experts say.
  
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• South Asian American activism must go beyond viral stories, advocates say

  12-06-2020 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  “We have been walking in the footsteps of the civil rights movement, but many of us don’t seem to recognize what it is that made us prosper in this country."
  
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• Read Trump's exact response when he was asked what people protesting George Floyd's death want

  12-06-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump gave a long, rambling answer in which he suggested that many people are protesting because they're "following the crowd."
  
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• More than 21,000 have signed petition to keep Disneyland closed amid coronavirus pandemic

  12-06-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A petition addressed to the Walt Disney Company has garnered more than 21,000 signatures to delay Disneyland's reopening, planned for July 17.
  
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• 'No peace until justice is had': A Black transgender woman's body was pulled from the river in Philadelphia

  12-06-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police are investigating the murder of Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, whose dismembered body was pulled from the banks of the Schuylkill River on Tuesday.
  
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• Appeals court appears unlikely to stop Flynn case

  12-06-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Flynn's lawyers are seeking order directing a federal district judge to let the Department of Justice drop the case.
  
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• Pompeo denies wrongdoing in removal of State Department watchdog

  12-06-2020 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  At the time of Inspector General Steve Linick's firing, he was probing the secretary of state's use of government resources.
  
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• Archaeologists discovered an ancient city buried 30 miles outside Rome without ever digging it up

  12-06-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The discovery offers a window into life in ancient Rome, where people enjoyed shopping, bathing, and going to the theater.
  
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• French police throw down handcuffs, 'insulted' after being accused of brutality, racism

  12-06-2020 21:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  French police officers threw their handcuffs onto the ground in a show of solidarity Thursday after feeling "insulted" by claims that France tolerates racism and police brutality. 
  
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• Tyrus says he’s ‘against’ defunding the police

  12-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Tyrus reacts to protesters increasing calls to defund police on ‘The Daily Briefing.’
  
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• Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others

  12-06-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention.Democrats with knowledge of the process said Biden’s search committee has narrowed the choices to as few as six serious contenders after initial interviews.Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama's national security a
  
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• CDC: More coronavirus cases expected as states reopen

  12-06-2020 21:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The majority of Americans support social distancing and other protective measures, CDC survey finds.
  
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• Woman caught on video harassing Filipino American woman exercising in park

  12-06-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  A woman was caught on video harassing a Filipino American woman as she exercised this week at a Southern California park, the latest in a string of racist incidents captured on video and widely shared on social media.
  
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• Trump says he will 'do other things' if he loses 2020 election

  12-06-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov. 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might cheat and refuse to leave the White House.As the race between Trump and Biden heats up ahead of the election, the two have increasingly asserted that the other side intends to cheat their way to victory.Biden, who is leading Trump in most national polls, earlier this week said his greatest concern was that Trump would try to "steal" the ele
  
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• Fox News Exclusive: President Trump responds to Biden’s claim he will try to steal election

  12-06-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump sits down one-on-one with Harris Faulkner in an exclusive Fox News interview.
  
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• Fired Florida scientist builds coronavirus site showing far more cases than state reports

  12-06-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fired scientist Rebekah Jones’ site shows thousands more people with COVID-19 than the site run by the Florida Health Department.
  
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• Ford recalls 2 million vehicles because the doors could open while driving

  12-06-2020 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Ford is recalling more than 2 million vehicles in the US because the doors could open while the vehicle is being driven.
  
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• Kentucky panel votes to remove Davis statue from Capitol

  12-06-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Kentucky commission voted Friday to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, adding its voice to a global push to remove symbols of racism and slavery.The Historic Properties Advisory Commission met remotely through video teleconferencing at the request of Gov. Andy Beshear and then voted 11-1 to move the 15-foot (4.5-meter) marble statue of Davis to a state historic site in southern Kentucky where the Confederate leader was born.The commission is res
  
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• Local Businesses Love the ‘Domestic Terror’ Zone in Seattle, Actually

  12-06-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump says Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, a largely police-free community space fashioned amid protests, is run by “domestic terrorists.” Seattle’s police department made (and walked back) a claim about anarchists “extorting” businesses in the area.But actual businesses around the zone say they’re watching Ava DuVernay films, handing out granola bars, and having a nice time.Following several nights of showdowns between police an
  
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• Here's a much closer look at the PlayStation 5, Sony's next-gen game console that's scheduled to launch this fall

  12-06-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We just got our first close-up look at the PlayStation 5, which is actually two new consoles set to arrive this fall. Take a look!
  
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