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• Confederate flag with 'Defund NASCAR' banner flies over Talladega

  21-06-2020 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  NASCAR fans return to the track for the first time since the organization's ban on displaying the Confederate flag. CNN's Andy Scholes reports from Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
  
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• AP Interview: Egypt says UN must stop Ethiopia on dam fill

  21-06-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egypt wants the United Nations Security Council to “undertake its responsibilities” and prevent Ethiopia from starting to fill its massive, newly built hydroelectric dam on the Nile River next month amid a breakdown in negotiations, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry told The Associated Press on Sunday, accusing Ethiopian officials of stoking antagonism between the countries.Ethiopia announced Friday that it would begin filling the dam’s reservoir in July even after the lat
  
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• 8 corrections officers of color say they were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin

  21-06-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney Bonnie Smith said in a press conference Sunday that eight corrections officers were prevented from guarding or even interacting with Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death. The jail said corrections staff immediately expressed concerns and the decision was reversed within 45 minutes. CBSN Minnesota has the details.
  
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• Coronavirus: UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

  21-06-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A report finds health workers and facilities have been deliberately targeted during the pandemic.
  
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• Everton holds up Liverpool's title charge in goalless Merseyside derby

  21-06-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool took a stuttering step towards its first English league title in 30 years as the champion-elect was held to a goalless draw by Everton in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Sunday.
  
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• On Father's Day, Cuba's Elian Gonzalez announces he's set to become a dad

  21-06-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy whose custody case sparked diplomatic tensions and attracted intense media coverage, will soon be a father himself, he announced on Facebook on Sunday.
  
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• Elian Gonzalez announces he's set to become a dad

  21-06-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy whose custody case sparked diplomatic tensions and attracted intense media coverage, will soon be a father himself, he announced on Facebook on Sunday.
  
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• Trump rally highlights vulnerabilities heading into election

  21-06-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's return to the campaign trail was designed to show strength and enthusiasm heading into the critical final months before an election that will decide whether he remains in the White House.Instead, his weekend rally in Oklahoma highlighted growing vulnerabilities and crystallized a divisive reelection message that largely ignores broad swaths of voters — independents, suburban women and people of color — who could play a crucial role in choosing Trump or Democr
  
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• Spain reopens border as Latin America cases pass two million

  21-06-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain reopened its borders on Sunday, a significant stage in Europe's gradual reopening after its battle against the coronavirus, as infections in Latin America surged past two million.Traffic flowed again across the Spain-France border in a watershed moment for the millions of businesses and workers across Europe that have suffered badly from the economic downturn caused by tough lockdowns."We wanted to be in Spain for the sun, the beach, tapas, and I'm already wearing my swimsuit under my clot
  
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• More than 130 former Manhattan prosecutors denounce AG Barr and Trump's firing of Berman as an 'attack' that undermines justice system

  21-06-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman's firing by Trump was announced Saturday by Attorney General William Barr.
  
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• Analysis: We don't know much more about Trump's finances now than we did in 2016. The Supreme Court may change that

  21-06-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  It's the court decision that probably strikes more fear in President Donald Trump's heart than any other.
  
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• New questions over early release of offenders after Reading stabbing terror attack

  21-06-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The early freeing from jail of the suspect at the centre of the Reading terror stabbing is likely to raise concerns over the continued use of automatic release on licence at the halfway point in sentences. Khairi Saadallah, 25, had been jailed in October last year for minor, non-terrorist offences, for which it is understood he would have served half before being released earlier this month. The Government has already moved to end early release for more serious crimes including terrorism but the
  
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• Trump's Tulsa rally was a tour of his most misleading and racist comments about coronavirus

  21-06-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top officials defended Trump after his comments on coronavirus at a rally, which included a racist nickname and claims about his accomplishments.
  
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• Bolton claims Trump is ‘stunningly uninformed’ on foreign affairs

  21-06-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former national security adviser tells Martha Raddatz that intelligence briefings did not occur daily during his time in the White House.
  
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• Tom Petty's family issues a cease and desist order to Trump campaign

  21-06-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  The family of the late Tom Petty has filed a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign after one of the musician's songs was played at the President's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  
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• UK stabbing suspect previously eyed over concerns of joining jihadi group, report says

  21-06-2020 21:32 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A man accused in a terror-related stabbing spree that killed three people and seriously injured three others in a British park Saturday was known to the U.K.’s counter-intelligence agency, according to a report.
  
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• Exclusive: Cruise industry announces US sailing suspension extended until Sept. 15

  21-06-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cruise Lines International Association, the major trade organization for the cruise industry, has extended the suspension of U.S. cruises to Sept. 15.
  
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• Trump: 'I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please!'

  21-06-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During his campaign kickoff rally in Tulsa, Okla., President Trump blamed spikes in coronavirus cases on increased testing in the county.
  
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• Democrats push for ousted U.S. attorney's testimony

  21-06-2020 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Geoffrey Berman, the ousted U.S. attorney for southern New York, had been involved in a number of high-profile investigations involving people connected to the president.
  
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• 'Do you feel any remorse?': Officer charged in killing of George Floyd confronted while buying groceries in Minnesota

  21-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the four officers charged in the killing of George Floyd was confronted by a shopper while buying groceries on Saturday in Minnesota.J. Alexander Keung, 26, was released from Hennepin County Jail on Friday night on a $750,000 bond. He was approached by a woman while shopping at a Cub Foods grocery store the next day.
  
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• Brad Parscale faces Trump 'fury' after Tulsa comeback rally flops

  21-06-2020 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaign chief said millions would attend: a few thousand didRick Wilson: survival at risk as Ivanka and Kushner seetheThe Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump?Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was under pressure on Sunday after claiming hundreds of thousands of people had applied for tickets to the president’s return to the campaign trail in Tulsa, only for the rally to attract a sparse crowd. Related: Trump 'played' by K-pop fans and TikTok users who disr
  
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• French coronavirus deaths rise by seven to 29,640

  21-06-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of deaths in France from COVID-19 has risen by seven from the previous day to stand at 29,640 said the country's national health service on Sunday.France has the fifth-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, although the rate of casualties has dropped sharply over the last two months, allowing the country to gradually reopen its economy.
  
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• Hungary's leading website index.hu says its independence is at risk

  21-06-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The editor-in-chief of Hungary's news website index.hu said on Sunday the outlet that has been a leading critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government was at risk of losing its independence because of what it called "external influence".Szabolcs Dull did not give details in the statement, but the editorial team has complained since 2018 that a change in the ownership of an organisation that handles its advertising had threatened its ability to report independently.Index.hu is the largest ou
  
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• Trump administration aims to end Dreamers immigration program in six months

  21-06-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is determined to end the Dreamers program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children within the next six months, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday.The Trump administration views the programs as unlawful and the U.S. Supreme Court - which last week ruled against the Trump administration's plan to end it - did not disagree, acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told NBC's "Meet the Press".The U.S. Supreme Court
  
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• No arrests in shooting in Seattle protest zone that killed 1

  21-06-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle police on Sunday pursued their investigation into a weekend shooting in a park in the city's protest zone that killed a 19-year-old man and critically injured another person.An “active and ongoing” investigation was underway into the shooting, which occurred about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in an area near downtown known as CHOP, for “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone, Detective Mark Jamieson said.Video released later Saturday by police appears to show officers arriving
  
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• Bolton doubles down on Trump obstruction claims amid bipartisan backlash

  21-06-2020 20:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called John Bolton "a political opportunist and a profiteer."
  
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• While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted

  21-06-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spectators in North Carolina's capital cheered Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot (232 meter) monument.Across the country, an initially peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon, against racial injustice turned violent early Sunday: Baton-wielding police used flash-bang grenades to disperse demonstrators throwing bottles, cans and rocks at sheriff’s deputies near downtown’s Justice Cen
  
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• Gandhi statue is safe, UK mayor says amid mounting calls for its removal

  21-06-2020 20:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mahatma Gandhi is the latest historical figure to fall under scrutiny from protesters looking to tear down monuments to racist leaders.
  
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• President Donald Trump slammed for using offensive, 'racist' remarks at Tulsa rally

  21-06-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's remarks at a rally in Tulsa came days after the death of George Floyd has reopened wounds around issues of race and police conduct in America.
  
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• Tallahassee police say suspect confessed to kidnapping and killing student, 19, and volunteer, 75

  21-06-2020 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aaron Glee Jr. said he imprisoned one of the victims, Oluwatoyin Salau, for days in his home and sexually assaulted her, according to court documents.
  
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• PHOTOS: Trump's Tulsa rally saw low turnout, groups of protesters, not much social distancing, and the return of the Baby Trump balloon

  21-06-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump held a rally at Tulsa's BOK Center, which has a capacity above 19,000, but fewer than 6,200 were thought to have turned up.
  
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• Riots erupt in Stuttgart after police drug checks – video

  21-06-2020 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Police in the German city of Stuttgart have said 20 people were arrested and four police officers injured after a drugs check in the city centre sparked attacks on officers and police vehicles and widespread vandalism of stores. The disturbance started as an apparent reaction to the police's search for drugs, as groups of people partied in a central park late on Saturday night. According to German TV reports, people then attacked store fronts in a nearby shopping street, tearing up paving stones
  
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• Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate jumps, indicating rising contagion

  21-06-2020 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2.88 on Sunday, up from 1.79 a day earlier, health authorities said, a rate showing infections are rising above the level needed to contain the disease over the longer term.To keep the pandemic under control, Germany needs the reproduction rate to drop below one.The rate of 2.88, published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health, means that out of 100 people who contract the virus, a further 288 people will get infected.
  
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• Trump campaign insists it wasn't fooled by TikTok teens and K-pop fans as it blames journalists for low Tulsa rally turnout

  21-06-2020 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump campaign has insisted it was not fooled by TikTok teens and K-pop fans after reports indicated thousands of people signed up for the president's Tulsa rally to disrupt the event."Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, don't know what they're talking about or how rallies work," campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a fiery statement released on Sunday.
  
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• Trump draws fire for saying he wanted coronavirus testing slowed down

  21-06-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump drew harsh criticism this weekend for his flippant remarks about the coronavirus at a Tulsa, Okla., rally.
  
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• Chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem to step down after 27 years

  21-06-2020 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memorial said Sunday he will be stepping down after 27 years.Avner Shalev, 81, said in a letter to Yad Vashem employees that he made the decision to leave the position after nearly three decades following “thorough self-examination.”Shalev guided a period of dramatic transformation at one of the world's foremost Holocaust remembrance institutions.
  
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• Belarus strongman faces mass protests after jailing of his main rivals

  21-06-2020 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Mass protests are spreading across Belarus as opposition to the reelection campaign of President Alexander Lukashenko grows, local media and human-rights organizations have reported.
  
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• The Key to Stability in Syria: Renewing Relations with Kurds

  21-06-2020 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Could this bring stability to the region?
  
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• Police call Stuttgart riots 'unbelievable occurrence'

  21-06-2020 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police on Sunday (June 21) said they had arrested 24 suspects after a night of rioting on an unprecedented scale in the German city of Stuttgart on Saturday night.According to police, some 19 officers were injured after police involvement in a drug related offence that escalated. There was significant damage to shops in the city centre.Police said that passersby joined in the rioting and became aggressive against police.Rioters hurled bricks and stones at police vehicles and used metal bars to s
  
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• What we know: Timeline of Rayshard Brooks' death, protests and fallout from incident at Atlanta Wendy's

  21-06-2020 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just weeks after George Floyd's death ignited a push to end systemic racism, another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, died while detained by police.
  
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• UK terror suspect identified as Libyan national, security source says

  21-06-2020 18:28 via cnn.com
  
  A stabbing incident in the English town of Reading that left three people dead on Saturday is being investigated as a "terrorist incident," Thames Valley Police said on Sunday.
  
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• Guy Fieri's Las Vegas Kitchen Bar closes after employee tests positive for COVID-19

  21-06-2020 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guy Fieri's Las Vegas Kitchen Bar has closed at the Linq Hotel after a worker tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Trump officials defend coronavirus testing comments, rally turnout

  21-06-2020 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Come on now. Come on now. That was tongue-in-cheek. Please," Peter Navarro said. "I know it was tongue-in-cheek. That's news for you, tongue-in-cheek."
  
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• Minority officers allege discrimination over Chauvin booking

  21-06-2020 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd allege that they were barred from guarding or having contact with the officer because of their race.Floyd died on May 25 after Derek Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin down the the handcuffed Black man's neck even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.
  
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• Protests Planned Sunday With Calls For Justice For Man, 18, Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting

  21-06-2020 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters Sunday planned to march from Gardena to Compton at 2 p.m. demanding justice for the 18-year-old security guard killed in a deputy-involved shooting. Amy Johnson reports.
  
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• Trump holds first campaign rally in 110 days

  21-06-2020 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  6 members of the president's advance team in Tulsa tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the rally.
  
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• Biden's $80.8 Million Outpaced Trump's Fundraising in May

  21-06-2020 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden, whose campaign had long struggled to raise money, zoomed past President Donald Trump's fundraising machine in May for the first time, pulling in $80.8 million together with the Democratic National Committee, about 10% more than the $74 million Trump raised with the Republican Party.It was a reversal of fortunes for the former vice president and a testament both to his growing support among small donors -- more than half his donors in May were new to the campaign -- and the advantages
  
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• What’s the future for Dreamers?

  21-06-2020 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's latest attempt at ending the DACA program. What does the decision mean for hundreds of thousands of Dreamers?
  
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• Indonesia's most volatile volcano spews ash in new eruption

  21-06-2020 17:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Indonesia’s most volatile volcano on Sunday spewed ash and hot gas in a massive column as high as 3.7 miles into the sky.
  
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• Chris Wallace Shreds Trump Campaign Adviser: ‘You Guys Look Silly’ for Denying Poor Rally Attendance

  21-06-2020 17:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace was apparently not in the mood for Team Trump’s spin on Sunday morning, repeatedly pushing back at Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp’s excuses for President Donald Trump’s poor campaign rally attendance.For days ahead of Saturday night’s lightly attended rally in Tulsa, the Trump campaign set sky-high expectations for the turnout, boasting about the roughly 1 million tickets that had been requested while setting up an outdoor stage for
  
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