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• These states still require travelers to self-quarantine or present negative COVID-19 test

  23-06-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  States are opening back up, but some still require or recommend visitors self-quarantine for two weeks. Find out where.
  
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• North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea

  23-06-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea is suspending military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a report from Seoul suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers reinstalled at the fortified border.Political tensions between the rival Koreas had been rising over Pyongyang's objections to plans by defector-led groups in the South to send propaganda leaflets into the North.Stalled negotiations regarding economic sanctions imposed because of the North's nu
  
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• Kentucky Shows What a Sane COVID-19 Primary Looks Like

  23-06-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—After disastrous primary showcases in Wisconsin and Georgia, voting-rights advocates turned their eyes to Kentucky amid national concern that the state’s Tuesday primary could be the latest to offer a troubling portrait of voting during the coronavirus pandemic.In the days before the election, hallmarks of what made other elections in a time of COVID hellish were unfolding: In Jefferson County, only one polling site, albeit a large one, was open Tuesday. That mad
  
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• Top Pentagon nominee spread conspiracy that former CIA director tried to overthrow Trump

  23-06-2020 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The White House's nominee for a top Pentagon post repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that a former CIA director tried to overthrow President Donald Trump and even have him assassinated in newly discovered comments from radio and television appearances as well as on social media.
  
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• EU considers denying entry to American visitors over US failure to contain coronavirus

  23-06-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  • World No. 1 tennis star tests positive
  
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• Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico; at least six dead

  23-06-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hospital dedicated to caring for COVID-19 patients suffered enough damage that it will likely have to be evacuated, Oaxaca's governor said.
  
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• Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico, at least four people dead

  23-06-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Mexico, a powerful 7.4- magnitude earthquake near Huatulco in the Pacific coast of Oaxaca has left at least four people dead.
  
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• Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico, at least five dead

  23-06-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Mexico, a powerful 7.4- magnitude earthquake near Huatulco in the Pacific coast of Oaxaca has left at least five people dead.
  
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• A San Francisco zoo thinks a 50-pound mountain lion that ran loose through the city killed 2 of its wallaroos and a kangaroo

  23-06-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Francisco police said the mountain lion was captured safely, miles from the zoo, and was found beneath some trees near an apartment building.
  
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• Suspect in Atlanta Wendy's fire arrested

  23-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Natalie White is being charged with first degree arson.
  
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• The $19,200 Yoho camper can be mounted on a pickup truck and sleep up to four people — see inside

  23-06-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yoho's interior includes a kitchenette-like area, a bed, and a dinette that can convert into another sleeping space.
  
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• Gravitational waves reveal merger between black hole and mystery object

  23-06-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  A mysterious astronomical object merged with a black hole 780 million light-years away and created gravitational waves that could be detected on Earth. The object exists inside what scientists call the "mass gap," a range between the heaviest known neutron star and the lightest known black hole. And it could change how astronomers understand black holes.
  
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• Barcelona opera reopens with concert for 2000+ plants

  23-06-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  To mark Spain's lifting of lockdown restrictions, an opera house in Barcelona reopened with a performance in front of an audience of 2,292 potted plants.
  
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• Officers clear protesters from outside the White House

  23-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officers cleared protesters from outside of the White House as they tried to declare a new autonomous space in Washington D.C.
  
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• Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ discrimination points to faith leaders' divide over gay rights

  23-06-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Religious leaders in the U.S. are divided by a landmark Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ civil rights in the workplace.
  
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• Saharan dust plume darkening skies in Caribbean is heading to the US

  23-06-2020 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  The current Saharan dust episode is leading to the worst dust storm in the Caribbean in decades.
  
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• Historic Saharan dust plume darkens skies in Caribbean

  23-06-2020 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  The current Saharan dust episode is leading to the worst dust storm in the Caribbean in decades.
  
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• 80% of this village has Covid-19. The hospital is 8 hours away

  23-06-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  Deep in the heart of Peru's central Amazon, the indigenous Shipibo people have for thousands of years lived off the land, thrived as healers, and defended their territory against loggers and other foreign invaders that threatened their very existence.
  
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• An Uber security contractor reportedly tackled a Black teen girl riding a Jump bike after the company hired the guards to recover stolen bikes

  23-06-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An employee told Vice that Uber's security contractors physically restrained people on multiple occasions while trying to retrieve the bikes.
  
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• GOP wary as Trump pushes new round of stimulus checks

  23-06-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's call for another round of stimulus checks to most taxpayers is getting a lukewarm endorsement from his GOP allies on Capitol Hill, but it's emerging as an early area of potential agreement with Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the next coronavirus bill.Trump told an interviewer Monday that he supports another round of direct economic stimulus payments similar to the $1,200 checks issued to most individuals earlier this year.“Yeah, we are," Trump told a
  
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• 'More testing, not less': Fauci contradicts Trump on coronavirus testing – video

  23-06-2020 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Health officials contradicted Donald Trump over claims the president made at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday when he told supporters that he told his people 'to slow the testing down' for the coronavirus. Dr Anthony Fauci and other health officials told a House panel they had never been instructed to slow down testingFauci says US will increase Covid-19 testing despite Trump's claims of slowing downContinue reading...
  
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• Louisville police chief takes step to fire officer in Breonna Taylor shooting

  23-06-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was killed on March 13 after the officers entered her apartment bearing a "no-knock" arrest warrant. In a letter to Detective Brett Hankison posted on Twitter, Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Robert Schroeder said he intended to fire the officer for what he called "extreme" violations of standard operating procedures when Hankison used deadly force upon entering the apartment.
  
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• Did Donald Trump Miss His Chance At a Better Iran Deal?

  23-06-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bolton’s book explains why things went wrong. Can Biden avoid the same mistakes?
  
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• How major cities are transforming transportation

  23-06-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nic Robertson reports on how major cities, like London, are adjusting their transportation methods to create safer environments for pedestrians and cyclists amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Dr Anthony Fauci says Donald Trump did not ask for coronavirus testing to be slowed down

  23-06-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's top infectious diseases expert said he was not asked by Donald Trump to slow down coronavirus testing. Dr Anthony Fauci also told Congress he was seeing a "disturbing surge" of infections in a number of states including Texas, Florida and Arizona. He said one reason infections were rising in those states was an increase in community spread. "Right now the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges we are seeing in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and o
  
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• A restaurant turned away a Black boy for his clothes, but allowed a similarly dressed White boy

  23-06-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  A Baltimore restaurant group has apologized after a video showed a Black woman and her son being denied service because the boy's clothes didn't fit the restaurant's dress code, even though a White boy, dressed similarly, was seemingly allowed to dine there.
  
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• Trump's 'Kung flu' slur, pervasive scapegoating recall a brutal decades-old hate crime

  23-06-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AAPI history is built atop "fault lines of xenophobia," one expert said.
  
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• Murder of Asian American decades ago newly relevant in era of 'Kung flu,' experts say

  23-06-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AAPI history is built atop “faultlines of xenophobia," one expert said.
  
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• Prosecutor: Trump ally Roger Stone was 'treated differently'

  23-06-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday that Roger Stone, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was given special treatment ahead of his sentencing because of his relationship with the president.Aaron Zelinsky, a career Justice Department prosecutor who was part of special counsel Robert Mueller's team and worked on the case against Stone, will say he was told by supervisors that political considerations influenced the decision to overrule the recommendation of the trial
  
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• Kentucky Senate primary pits establishment favorite against progressive insurgent

  23-06-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Primary candidate Charles Booker has gained traction in recent weeks over Amy McGrath.
  
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• Why U.S. And EU Officials Are Worried Putin Might Make Another Move in Ukraine

  23-06-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent comments about the legitimacy of Russia’s borders have rattled some U.S. allies
  
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• Novak Djokovic after Covid-19 diagnosis: 'We were wrong and it was too soon'

  23-06-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coronavirus following an exhibition event he organized in Croatia.
  
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• Ex-Roger Stone Prosecutor: DOJ Under ‘Heavy Pressure’ to Spare Trump’s Friend

  23-06-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the prosecutors who quit the Roger Stone case in disgust over interference from Attorney General Bill Barr will tell the House Judiciary Committee that the “highest levels of the Department” wanted to spare Stone, a friend of the president’s, years of prison time. “What I heard—repeatedly—was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President,” according to a statement from Aar
  
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• Top Los Angeles city official arrested on racketeering charges

  23-06-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Los Angeles city councilman was arrested on racketeering charges on Tuesday, with prosecutors saying he ran his office as a "money-making criminal enterprise," taking bribes from Chinese real estate developers and others in exchange for political influence.Jose Huizar, 51, a Democrat whose district includes downtown Los Angeles, was taken into custody without incident at his home in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, federal prosecutors said."Councilman Huizar violated the public trust to a stagg
  
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• Families separated by new Trump visa order frantic for answers

  23-06-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dixit and her husband are both Indian nationals while their children are U.S. citizens.A software developer with a temporary permit to work in the United States, Dixit knew that to return home she would have to go to the U.S. consulate in Mumbai to get a new visa stamped in her passport, a requirement for some visa holders when they travel abroad.
  
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• Biden campaign commits to three debates, rejects Trump team's call for more as 'distraction'

  23-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden Campaign Manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said the Trump campaign "is desperate to change the subject from his failed leadership of the country."
  
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• Modi is standing aside as China seizes our land, says furious BJP politician from border region

  23-06-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of standing aside while China seizes swathes of territory in the border regions, in a rare and explosive attack from within his own party. Anger has been mounting in the nation of 1.4 billion since it was revealed that Chinese troops annexed 60 square kilometres of land in Ladakh in early May. At least 23 Indian soldiers were killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting in the Galwan Valley as they attempted to uproot the ad-hoc Chinese settl
  
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• Ex-Stone prosecutors told by DOJ brass to cut Trump ally 'a break'

  23-06-2020 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  A deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller plans to tell a congressional panel Wednesday that the "highest levels" of the Justice Department politicized the sentencing of President Donald Trump's longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone by pressuring the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia to ease up on his sentencing, according to written testimony the committee released Tuesday.
  
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• Twitter again slaps warning on Trump tweet threatening force against protesters

  23-06-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump posted the message after anti-racism protesters on Monday declared a "Black House Autonomous Zone" - referencing a Seattle area taken over by activists known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) or Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone - in front of St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House.Police cleared the White House area on Tuesday and blocked access to the site, where law enforcement had used violence to disperse protesters earlier this month.
  
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• Trump contradicts own officials: I don't kid

  23-06-2020 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Trump administration and campaign officials, who have been trying to clean up the President's comments about slowing coronavirus testing, were contradicted by President Trump himself.
  
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• Prosecutor says he was pressured to cut Roger Stone 'a break' because of his ties to Trump

  23-06-2020 21:15 via politico.com
  
  Aaron Zelinsky will testify about alleged political interference at the Justice Department.
  
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• 'Mind-blowing': See what happened after Trump officials tried to clean up remarks

  23-06-2020 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Trump administration and campaign officials, who have been trying to clean up the President's comments about slowing coronavirus testing, were contradicted by President Trump himself.
  
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• It's not just you -- there's a wave of fireworks exploding across the US

  23-06-2020 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Fourth of July is still over a week away, but in many cities, it's already arrived. From New York to San Francisco, the skies light up every night -- and early morning -- for hours, and with no apparent reason.
  
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• Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag

  23-06-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag drew opposition Tuesday from two big forces in the culturally conservative state: Southern Baptists and Walmart.Walmart said it will stop displaying the Mississippi flag while the state debates whether to change the design.The Mississippi Baptist Convention said lawmakers have a moral obligation to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag because many people are “hurt and shamed” by it.
  
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• Surge in illegal fireworks usage keep residents on edge

  23-06-2020 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities in New York and other major cities are trying to understand why the use of illegal fireworks is spiking ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
  
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• More than half of war crimes court's members back tribunal

  23-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than half of the member states of the International Criminal Court voiced their support for the institution in a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday in response to the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff.The 67 nations, including such U.S. allies as Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, said in the joint statement that they were reconfirming “our unwavering support for the Court as an independent and impartial judicial ins
  
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• 'Black neutron star' discovery changes astronomy

  23-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.
  
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• The Air Force Is Getting a Replacement for Its Cold War-Era Pistols

  23-06-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Air Force recently announced it will soon start fielding 125,000 of the Army's new Modular Handgun Systems.
  
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• Twitter puts warning on Trump tweet for threat of harm against DC protesters

  23-06-2020 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  • Police remove protesters' tents near White House
  
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• Coronavirus: How coming-of-age rituals were interrupted - and reinvented

  23-06-2020 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How coming-of-age rituals were interrupted - and reinvented - amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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