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• Kim Jong Un's sister threatens South Korea with military

  14-06-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to use military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over worsening bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.
  
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• Fact check: Photo shows Biden with Byrd, who once had ties to KKK but wasn't a grand wizard

  14-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A widely shared image on social media claims Joe Biden is pictured with Robert Byrd, a grand wizard of the KKK. Byrd was in the KKK but not that post.
  
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• What is Juneteenth? Holiday marking Emancipation Proclamation takes on extra importance in 2020

  14-06-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On June 19, 1865, a soldier informed Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln two years earlier had freed slaves in "rebel" states.
  
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• Atlanta police shooting of black man was a homicide, coroner says

  14-06-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brooks' death reignited protests in Atlanta after days of worldwide demonstrations against racism and police brutality prompted by the death of George Floyd, an African American, in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.An autopsy conducted on Sunday showed that Brooks, 27, died from blood loss and organ injuries caused by two gunshot wounds, an investigator for the medical examiner said in a statement.Brooks' fatal encounter with police came after an employee of a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta p
  
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• Bodycam video shows moments leading up to Rayshard Brooks' killing

  14-06-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Bodycam video released by the Atlanta Police Department show the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
  
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• Larry Kudlow backs Mnuchin call not to disclose recipients of business loans from coronavirus stimulus

  14-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kudlow said when Mnuchin promised transparency he meant "transparency of the process," not who was getting the money.
  
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• Calls for action, not words, as Johnson launches UK racism commission

  14-06-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under pressure on Monday to deliver action on racism after he launched a commission on racial inequalities following Black Lives Matter protests.Johnson said a cross-government commission would examine racism and the disparities experienced by minority ethnic groups in education, health and the criminal justice system."It's the sort of morning that makes me slightly weary, because it feels like we're going round in circles," said David Lammy, an oppositi
  
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• Who is Rayshard Brooks? Father of 4 celebrated daughter's birthday hours before police shot him in Atlanta

  14-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Atlanta police officer shot Rayshard Brooks during a tussle at a Wendy's. The 27-year-old was supposed to take his daughter skating the next day.
  
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• Protesters hold Black Lives Matter demonstration in Tokyo, say Japan must confront its race problems

  14-06-2020 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of protesters marched through Tokyo Sunday in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. and to call out Japan’s own problems with race.
  
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• Trump's recent visit to West Point has people asking questions about his health

  14-06-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's health has been the subject of speculation since videos showed him walking cautiously and using two hands to drink water.
  
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• Libel verdict due for Philippine journalist critical of Duterte

  14-06-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces a possible prison sentence when the verdict in her libel trial is handed down Monday in a case she and watchdogs say is aimed at silencing critics of President Rodrigo Duterte.Ressa, 56, and her news site Rappler have been the target of legal action and probes after publishing stories critical of Duterte's policies, including his drug war that has killed thousands.Monday's verdict in Manila will decide a trial that stems from a businessman's 2017 complaint
  
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• 'Extraordinarily dangerous': Top health officials sound dire warning about Trump rally

  14-06-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I’m concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large, indoor event, and I’m also concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe as well," said one official.
  
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• Videos show man went from speaking of visiting mom's grave to being killed by police

  14-06-2020 22:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The shooting prompted the police chief's resignation.
  
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• Police: Colorado man arrested after people held at gunpoint

  14-06-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities have arrested a Colorado man they say held two roofing-company salesmen at gunpoint who had been knocking on doors in his neighborhood.Both were wearing blue polo shirts with a local roofing company logo when Scott Gudmundsen forced them to the ground on Thursday, police told KUSA-TV.Gudmundsen, 65, was dressed in fatigues and armed with two pistols, one of which had been converted into a longer weapon that looked like a carbine rifle, authorities said.
  
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• There is no national standard for police trainings across the US but uniformity could help combat systemic issues, experts say

  14-06-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One expert said distinguishing between police officer trainings was like comparing "fruits to vegetables" instead of as "apples to oranges."
  
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• Statue of Italy journalist defaced amid wave of anti-racist demonstrations across much of Europe

  14-06-2020 22:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Protesters in Italy have defaced the statue of a famous journalist, covering it in red paint and scrawling the words “racist” and “rapist,” in reference to his admission that he had had 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s.
  
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• Putin suggests he was key in Kosovo airport occupation

  14-06-2020 22:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Russian troops occupied Kosovo’s airport at the end of the 1999 war.
  
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• Report: 40,000 cruise ship workers still trapped at sea

  14-06-2020 22:36 via abcnews.go.com
  They are still stuck at sea because of concerns about the coronavirus.
  
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• French President Macron refuses to 'erase' history by removing colonial-era statues

  14-06-2020 22:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Macron has tried to support efforts to combat racism even as he refuses to cave to key demands.
  
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• Mexico extradites alleged Chapo aide to US

  14-06-2020 22:35 via abcnews.go.com
  The man is accused of being a senior lieutenant in the Sinaloa drug cartel.
  
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• Oklahoma father arrested after 2 children die in hot vehicle

  14-06-2020 22:34 via abcnews.go.com
  Man has been arrested on second-degree murder warrants.
  
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• Calls rise for energy sector to improve diversity: 'It's what they call shared power'

  14-06-2020 22:30 via politico.com
  
  Companies across the energy sector have condemned police brutality and racism, but black leaders say they're still waiting for real action.
  
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• Macron announces restaurants and bars to reopen in France on Monday, sooner than anticipated

  14-06-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris was to remain in the "orange zone" until June 22 but will move to the "green zone" with the rest of mainland France earlier than expected.
  
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• Cases surge in some US states

  14-06-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  The number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have gone up in some states, a bleak reminder that the pandemic that's infected more than 2 million people is not over.
  
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• DA criticizes killing of black man by US police and says charges could come this week

  14-06-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  The death of a black man at the hands of police reignited protests Saturday night in Atlanta, where hundreds blocked a major interstate, a fast-food restaurant was set ablaze and authorities responded with tear gas.
  
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• Messi milestone in first game back for Barcelona

  14-06-2020 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  There was another milestone for Lionel Messi in his first game back for Barcelona while another forward also had a night to remember.
  
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• Bollywood star found dead in his Mumbai home

  14-06-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai residence on Sunday, according to a statement from Mumbai police. He was 34.
  
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• This 17-foot python put up a fierce fight before being captured

  14-06-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Mike Kimmel's no rookie to the python-hunting game. He's captured hundreds of the snakes, which usually measure up to 10 feet long.
  
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• What We Know About 18 Complaints on Cop Who Put Knee to George Floyd’s Neck

  14-06-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Badge number 1087, you’re not going to get away with this.”
  
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• In Peru, thousands of faces at Mass -- none now alive

  14-06-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a catheral full of faces — none of them now alive.The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru and South America as a whole, using his broadcast homily to criticize a health system he said “is based on egotism and on business and not on mercy and solidarity with the people.”Hundred of them have died without receiving help from the health sys
  
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• New York attorney general called to probe the 2008 firing of a Black Buffalo police officer who jumped on a white colleague's back to stop him from using a chokehold

  14-06-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The officer who tried to use the chokehold was sentenced to four months in prison a decade later for use of excessive force against four Black teens.
  
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• WHO's Kluge warns against further lifting of lockdown in England: Guardian

  14-06-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In an interview https://bit.ly/2MYn0hK with the Guardian newspaper, Kluge also cautioned that Britain remained in a "very active phase of the pandemic" and warned against rushing into reopening the economy.Britain said on Sunday it was reviewing its two-metre (6.5-foot) social distancing rule ahead of the next stage of lockdown easing planned for July 4.
  
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• The Secret Service released a statement admitting it pepper sprayed protesters ahead of Trump's bible photo op

  14-06-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Secret Service admitted to using pepper spray on protesters to clear a path for President Trump's photo op on June 1.
  
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• Israel deports US billionaire's son for breaking virus rules

  14-06-2020 21:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Magnate's son violated quarantine rules in secret visit to his model girlfriend.
  
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• Black man found hanging from a tree in Los Angeles County

  14-06-2020 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Robert L. Fuller, a 24-year-old black man, was found hanging from a tree in northern Los Angeles County. Fire department personnel who responded to the scene determined he was dead, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
  
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• Mexican lawmaker postpones proposal to merge three regulators after opposition

  14-06-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A lawmaker from Mexico's ruling party who proposed merging three regulatory bodies into one said on Sunday he would delay the initiative, after opponents criticized the move as a power grab that could jeopardize oversight.Ricardo Monreal, senate leader of the president's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), said he would wait to move ahead with his proposal to combine energy regulator CRE, antitrust watchdog the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE), and telecoms regulator IFT.The
  
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• Over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in Florida for 2 straight days as more beaches reopen

  14-06-2020 20:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Florida reported record levels of new COVID-19 cases as more beaches reopen in the state.
  
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• Cuomo threatens loss of liquor licenses for bars that violate reopening

  14-06-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuomo said the state received 25,000 complaints including violations of social distancing, parties in the street, and restaurants and bars ignoring laws.
  
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• Rayshard Brooks shooting: Use of deadly force by Atlanta police condemned

  14-06-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death of another African-American man during an arrest prompts protests and official criticism.
  
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• Egypt to reopen all airports on July 1, aviation minister says

  14-06-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egypt will reopen all its airports for scheduled international traffic on July 1, the civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after suspending regular commercial flights in March because of the coronavirus outbreak.Mohamed Manar Anba told a news conference that flights would resume gradually at the airports from the start of July.
  
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• Rayshard Brooks killing: White officer who shot black man at drive-thru could be charged with murder

  14-06-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The white police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks could be charged with murder by Wednesday according to the Fulton County district attorney.Paul Howard told CNN that his office will decide by the middle of the week whether it will be filing charges against Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Mr Brooks on Saturday.
  
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• Spain says will reopen EU borders, barring Portugal, on June 21

  14-06-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, will next Sunday re-establish free travel with fellow EU countries, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced.The land border with Portugal will however remain closed until July 1.Portugal has suffered a much lower death rate than Spain from the coronavirus epidemic.
  
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• Daily Turkish coronavirus cases double from level in early June

  14-06-2020 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of new coronavirus cases in Turkey rose to 1,562 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday, almost double the level to which they had fallen in early June when Ankara lifted travel restrictions and reopened facilities.The daily number of cases had been below 1,000 from late May until last Friday, hitting a low of 786 on June 2.There have been a total 178,239 cases of COVID-19 in Turkey.
  
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• 'Some day you're going to regret this': CNN anchor clashes with Trump campaign lawyer over 'fake news' attacks

  14-06-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN anchor Brian Stelter and senior Trump campaign legal advisor Jenna Ellis traded barbs during a segment on Sunday where Mr Stelter predicted the president's advisers would one day look back with regret on their strategy to attack the integrity of traditional media outlets.When Ms Ellis derided the "fake news media" as "peddlers of false information," Mr Stelter interrupted her with a plea to her future self not to use such terms.
  
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• Republicans insist Trump Tulsa rally won't spread coronavirus – despite local concern

  14-06-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Attendees at Saturday campaign rally will have to sign waiver* Tulsa health director expresses concern over indoor eventRepublican lawmakers are downplaying concerns that a Donald Trump indoor rally planned for Tulsa, Oklahoma, for next weekend could contribute to the spread Covid-19, amid an increase in cases in the city.The Tulsa city-county health department director, Bruce Dart, said he worried the rally could be dangerous for attendees as well as the president.“I wish we could postp
  
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• Travel bosses 'lose confidence' in Priti Patel as they demand she quit if she loses court case over quarantine

  14-06-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bosses of some of Britain’s biggest travel and hospitality companies have warned Priti Patel they have lost confidence in her over the “misguided” quarantine policy - and urged her to quit if she loses a court case over it. In a letter to the Home Secretary, leaders of the group which includes hotelier and Tory donor Rocco Forte warn that 1.7 million jobs in their industry are being put at risk by a policy which they say renders economic recovery “impossible.” &ldqu
  
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• Infectious disease expert says coronavirus won't slow down until 'about 60% or 70%' of American population is infected, points out US is at 'about 5%'

  14-06-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Michael Osterholm said the US is in an "unsure moment" in light of states reopening and protests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Germany's R-rate spikes above 1 ahead of tracing app rollout

  14-06-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany’s R-rate, the crucial metric used to determine how rapidly the coronavirus is spreading, spiked above 1 on Sunday according to both daily and weekly measures - just days before the country is set to launch its tracing app. The news has given rise to concerns that Germany, which won global praise for its response to the crisis, may have relaxed lockdown restrictions too soon. An "R" or reproduction rate above one indicates that each person with the virus is infecting more than one o
  
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• Blind voters fear loss of privacy with shift to mail voting

  14-06-2020 19:57 via abcnews.go.com
  Election officials across the U.S. plan to expand voting by mail with pandemic.
  
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• Family's dog mauls six-week old South Dakota boy to death

  14-06-2020 19:55 via abcnews.go.com
  First responders found the boy with several bite wounds.
  
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