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• Man drove car into crowd of US protesters, injuring 3, police say

  17-06-2020 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  A man drove his car into a group of protesters in downtown Portland, injuring three, and then attempted to escape, a Portland Police statement says.
  
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• Kentucky governor seeks to revive health insurance exchange

  17-06-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reversing his Republican predecessor, Kentucky's Democratic governor announced plans to bring back a health insurance program his father started that was credited with signing up hundreds of thousands of people for coverage before it was dismantled.Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that he sent a letter to federal officials notifying them of his plans to revive the state's health insurance exchange at the start of 2022.Beshear's father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, launched the state's online excha
  
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• 'Mr. President, wake up': Emboldened Biden trashes Trump's pandemic response

  17-06-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In some of his harshest criticism to date, Biden spent an in-person campaign event in the Philadelphia suburbs slamming the president's coronavirus efforts.
  
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• US stuck with stockpile of 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

  17-06-2020 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  • 10 states see highest average of new cases
  
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• Iran to send black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine: minister

  17-06-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down on Jan. 8 by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people in what Tehran termed a “disastrous mistake” at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.Ukraine initially lacked the technical capability to read the boxes but now says it has that ability, Eslami said.
  
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• A look at dueling policing proposals considered by Congress

  17-06-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As Americans protest racial inequality and the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police, their pleas are being heard in the chambers of the U.S. Capitol.Both Democrats and Republicans have introduced legislation to reform policing in America, but they diverge on some issues.The far-reaching legislative proposal from Democrats, the Justice in Policing Act,would limit legal protections for police, create a national database of excessive-force encounters and ban police chokeholds, am
  
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• Unemployment payments backlog draws hundreds to Kentucky's capital

  17-06-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of people who lost jobs during the coronavirus crisis but have been unable to get their unemployment insurance checks converged at the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort early Wednesday to seek in-person help.Margaret Wells worked in retail in Louisville and has been unemployed since April.States have been overwhelmed with the tens of millions ofunemployment insurance benefits claims filed during the crisis, with the surge in demand crashing computer systems, clogging phone lines and creatin
  
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• It’s a sad day for the police department': Former Missouri police chief charged following viral video

  17-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Missouri police department fired chief Joshua Smith after a viral video shows the former officer appearing to hit a man with an unmarked police vehicle.
  
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• Some of China's Newest and Most Powerful Tanks are On India's Border

  17-06-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While leaders on both sides have sought to de-escalate the situation with words, their actions actually speak volumes.
  
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• 'That is, if true, obscene': Tapper reacts to Bolton's claim

  17-06-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper discusses the stunning allegations against President Trump detailed in former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book, according to an excerpt published by the Wall Street Journal.
  
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• NASA's next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus

  17-06-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA’s next Mars rover is honoring all the medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus battle around the world.With just another month until liftoff, the space agency on Wednesday revealed a commemorative plate attached to the rover, aptly named Perseverance.The rover team calls it the COVID-19 Perseverance plate, designed in the last couple months.
  
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• ‘He’s now showing us every day what we have to lose’: Rep. James Clyburn on Trump’s Tulsa rally

  17-06-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn tells Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff that President Trump’s decision to hold a rally in Tulsa on the day after the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, one of the worst examples of racial violence in United States history, should send a message to Black men who voted for Trump in 2016.
  
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• Missouri police officer charged with assault

  17-06-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A white suburban St. Louis police detective, who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching him, has been charged with two counts of assault and armed criminal action. (June 17)
  
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• Experts warn NoKo will likely attack presidential election

  17-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea will likely attack the presidential election in November, experts warn. Kim Jong Un's regime has already threatened that possibility; Eric Shawn reports.
  
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• Face masks outside now compulsory in major Turkish cities

  17-06-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Thursday made it compulsory for people to wear face masks when outside in the country's largest cities of Istanbul and Ankara, as well as the northwestern city of Bursa, in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.Turkish officials said this week they might have to adopt a harder line on social interactions after a jump in coronavirus infections, but said there were no plans to reverse an easing of lockdown restrictions aimed at reviving the economy.The governors' offices in the t
  
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• The encounter, according to ex-adviser, happened in June 2019 with Trump 'pleading with Xi to ensure he'd win'

  17-06-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton claims in his new book that the House impeachment inquiry should have investigated President Donald Trump for potentially dubious actions beyond those related to Ukraine, according to the New York Times, which obtained a copy of the book in advance of its scheduled publication.
  
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• Ex-Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with murder

  17-06-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant on June 12.
  
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• In Bid to Beat Russia and China, US Military Unveils New Space Strategy

  17-06-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The DoD unveiled its Defense Space Strategy designed to "serve as the roadmap to advance our nation's military space power."
  
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• Roche rheumatoid arthritis drug fails to help COVID-19 patients in Italian study

  17-06-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the study, Actemra did not reduce severe respiratory symptoms, intensive care visits, or death any better than standard treatments.The trial, which enrolled 126 patients - about one third of the intended number - was stopped early after an interim analysis found insufficient evidence that the anti-inflammatory medicine was likely to be effective, researchers said in a news release."Although not effective in all patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, it is possible that selected subgroups of patien
  
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• In pictures: Philippines journalist Maria Ressa

  17-06-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  Embattled journalist Maria Ressa, a prominent critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, was found guilty of "cyber libel" Monday in a case she and press freedom groups have described as a politically motivated prosecution by the Duterte government.
  
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• Trump's attacks on mail-in voting hurt Republican chances — including his own, says former GOP Gov. Ridge

  17-06-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is hurting the electoral chances of Republicans in the fall elections, and likely even his own, by making false claims that voting by mail is not secure, said former Pennsylvania Gov. and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. 
  
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• Mexico, India, Ireland, Norway elected to U.N. Security Council, one seat still open

  17-06-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway were elected to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, but the 193 U.N. member states must return on Thursday to continue voting to fill one more vacant seat after there was no clear winner.Canada lost out to Ireland and Norway in a hotly contested election that included Ireland enlisting the help of U2 singer Bono and taking U.N. ambassadors to a U2 concert and Canada taking envoys to a Celine Dion concert.
  
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• 'They're in denial': Trump ignores new coronavirus data

  17-06-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has largely tuned out the persistent coronavirus contagion -- which is causing spikes in new cases across 21 states and daily death tolls that reach into the hundreds -- to focus instead on reviving both the economy and his own political prospects.
  
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• Has the U.S. given up on containing the coronavirus?

  17-06-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  States across the country are lifting lockdown restrictions at the same time as the number of coronavirus cases are on the rise in many places. Is America accepting that it's lost the fight to contain the pandemic?
  
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• Serena Williams in, fans out at U.S. Open

  17-06-2020 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Open is known for its late night matches, VIP fans and raucous crowds. But this year's U.S. Open will be played before empty stands.
  
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• Tulsa mayor says 'any rational person' would have coronavirus concerns about Trump rally

  17-06-2020 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Meanwhile, the city's top health official urged the Trump campaign to postpone the event.
  
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• Trump signs Uyghur human rights bill on same day Bolton alleges he told Xi to proceed with detention camps

  17-06-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has signed a bill that aims to punish China for its human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim population on the same day his former national security adviser claimed Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping he should proceed in building detainment camps for the group.
  
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• Mandela's grandson says ex-South African leader ‘would have admired’ the Black Lives Matter movement

  17-06-2020 22:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Nelson Mandela’s grandson on Tuesday said the former South African leader “would have admired” global Black Lives Matter protests prompted by the deaths of two African Americans while in police custody.
  
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• Bolton: Trump said Xi was right to detain ethnic minorities

  17-06-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump told China's Xi Jinping that he was right to build detention camps to house hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities, former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton alleged in a new book that could make the president’s tough-on-China mantra a hard sell.At a summit in Japan in 2019, with only interpreters present, Xi gave Trump an explanation for the Chinese camps for Uighurs, who are ethnically and culturally distinct from the country’s majority Han popula
  
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• FAA explains why it's taking so long to fix the grounded Boeing 737 jetliner

  17-06-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's been over a year since the jet that figured in two crashes was last flown. On Wednesday, FAA chief Stephen Dickson gave the Senate an update.
  
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• Atlanta officer charged with murder in Rayshard Brooks killing as colleague agrees to testify against him

  17-06-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in the car park of a fast-food restaurant has been charged with murder and a warrant issued for his arrest. Officer Garrett Rolfe, who fired the fatal shots, faces 11 charges, including felony murder and one for aggravated assault, after video footage appeared to show him kicking Mr Brooks and standing on his shoulders as he lay dying. Fellow officer Devin Brosnan, who was also on scene and has been put on administrative leave, has b
  
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• Five bombshells about Trump from Bolton's book

  17-06-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Excerpts from former national security adviser John Bolton’s book about his time in the Trump administration paint a damning view of the president as a “stunningly uninformed” man.
  
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• George Floyd's brother, Philonise, gives message to UN panel investigating 'systemic racism' in US

  17-06-2020 22:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The brother of George Floyd made an earnest plea on Wednesday, urging the top human rights body of the United Nations to launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism, the killing of black people by police and violence against peaceful protesters in the United States.
  
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• Trump told China's president that building concentration camps for millions of Uighur Muslims was 'exactly the right thing to do,' former adviser says

  17-06-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a private meeting, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were only accompanied by their interpreters.
  
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• MTV fires Alex Kompothecras of 'Siesta Key' over past racist social media posts

  17-06-2020 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We've made the decision to cut ties with Alex and are editing the current season to minimize his presence," the show announced on Twitter, adding that he will not appear in future seasons.
  
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• Former police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder

  17-06-2020 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  The Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy's parking lot last week was charged with felony murder and other charges, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced Wednesday.
  
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• Three million people became citizens since Trump took office. Advocacy groups see 3 million new voters.

  17-06-2020 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than five million Americans have become U.S. citizens since 2014, with the majority gaining citizenship after the election of Pres. Donald Trump.
  
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• Neighbors in Georgia teamed up to protect a group of Black teens after a police officer pointed a gun at them

  17-06-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The officer pointed the gun at the teens while responding to a 911 call about a group of teenagers fighting in a store parking lot and holding a gun.
  
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• Pompeo mocked Trump as being 'full of s--t' during his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to John Bolton's new book

  17-06-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In his book, Bolton describes several incidents in which the president's top advisers mocked him behind his back for his apparent missteps.
  
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• At Least 20 Indian Army Soldiers Killed in Face-off with Chinese Troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley

  17-06-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A dangerous escalation between two nuclear powers.
  
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• Trump supporter kicked off American Airlines flight for refusing to wear face mask

  17-06-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A passenger has been kicked off an American Airlines flight after he refused to wear a face mask.Brandon Straka, a supporter of president Trump, who describes himself as a “former liberal,” tweeted that he had been removed from an American Airlines flight, after refusing to follow their guidelines.
  
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• Summer is bringing a new wave of coronavirus hotspots. See how the map is changing.

  17-06-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NBC News is following COVID-19 case numbers states and territories in the U.S. This data will be updated daily.
  
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• Leaked CDC document contradicts Pence claim that U.S. coronavirus cases 'have stabilized'

  17-06-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even as Vice President Mike Pence wrote that U.S. coronavirus cases have stabilized, the CDC circulated a document warning that infections have increased more than 18 percent.
  
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• Trump asked China's Xi to help him win 2020 election, Bolton claims in excerpt of new book

  17-06-2020 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton claims in his new book that the House impeachment inquiry should have investigated President Donald Trump for potentially dubious actions beyond those related to Ukraine, according to the New York Times, which obtained a copy of the book in advance of its scheduled publication.
  
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• Biden, in fiery speech, goes after Trump's coronavirus response

  17-06-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An impassioned former Vice President Joe Biden hammered the president’s coronavirus response in a speech Wednesday, lambasting Donald Trump’s recent remarks suggesting that cases would go down if the country stopped testing.
  
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• Reward for missing US soldier grows to $55K

  17-06-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  The search for Vanessa Guillen has intensified and the reward to help find the missing Fort Hood soldier has more than doubled to $55,000, with celebrities voicing their support.
  
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• Reward for missing US soldier grows to $55,000

  17-06-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  The search for Vanessa Guillen has intensified and the reward to help find the missing Fort Hood soldier has more than doubled to $55,000, with celebrities voicing their support.
  
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• Fossils from Mongolia, Argentina show some dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs

  17-06-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scientists have unearthed the first fossils of soft-shelled eggs laid by dinosaurs - two disparate species from Argentina and Mongolia - in a discovery suggesting that the earliest dinosaurs produced such eggs before some lineages turned to hard shells.The embryo-containing eggs - leathery on the outside rather than hard and calcified like those of birds - belonged to a dinosaur from Patagonia called Mussaurus from about 200 million years ago and one called Protoceratops from the Gobi Desert fro
  
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• Fired Atlanta Police Officer Charged With Felony Murder in Rayshard Brooks Shooting

  17-06-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed during a DUI arrest after he fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru lane.Former Atlanta cop Garrett Rolfe, 27, has been charged with 11 counts—including felony murder—for shooting Brooks on June 12 as he was running away through the crowded parking lot, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said. After shooting him twice in the
  
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• Oxford college recommends removal of Cecil Rhodes statue

  17-06-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governing body of Oxford University’s Oriel College has recommended the removal of a statue of Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes that has long been the target of protests — though it won’t be taken down immediately.The college’s governors met Wednesday and said they had “voted to launch an independent Commission of Inquiry into the key issues surrounding the Rhodes statue.”In a statement, Oriel College’s governing body, made up of faculty, said they
  
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