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• Family rescue bear cub swimming with a jar stuck on its head

  29-06-2020 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tricia Hurt's family were fishing in Wisconsin when they spotted the animal in need of a helping hand.
  
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• US Congress demands answers on Russia bounty intelligence

  29-06-2020 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: This has got to be the worst of Trump's outrages
  • Opinion: Is there any line Trump won't allow Putin to cross?
  
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• Serious coronavirus-linked condition hit 285 US children

  29-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus and while most recovered, the potential for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest.The papers, published onlineMonday in the New England Journal of Medicine, provide the fullest report yet on the condition.The condition is known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
  
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• Congress wants answers from Trump admin. on Russian bounties

  29-06-2020 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: This has got to be the worst of Trump's outrages
  • Opinion: Is there any line Trump won't allow Putin to cross?
  
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• US top court strikes down law limiting abortions

  29-06-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a landmark ruling, the court struck down a Louisiana law restricting abortions as unconstitutional.
  
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• See star-studded 'Princess Bride' remake

  29-06-2020 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Streaming platform Quibi's "Home Movie: The Princess Bride" featured a range of famous celebrities who recorded their scenes at home in Covid-19 lockdown.
  
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• From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials

  29-06-2020 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in his conversations with powerful leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Erdogan, and so abusive to leaders of America's principal allies, that the calls helped convince some senior US officials -- including his former secretaries of state and defense, two national security advisers
  
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• The Coronavirus Plus the Flu Could Equal a Devastating Fall and Winter, CDC Director Says

  29-06-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield warns of a challenging fall and winter because the coronavirus and flu will circulate at the same time.
  
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• Best decanters and aerators for drinking wine

  29-06-2020 23:45
  
  Everything you need to know about wine aeration and decantation, according to experts and sommeliers.
  
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• This has got to be the worst of Trump's outrages

  29-06-2020 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  "Dignified transfer." That's what the military calls the solemn process of returning fallen heroes to the family they loved and the country they served. If you have ever witnessed it, you're never quite the same after. August 13, 1998, was by far the most difficult day I had as a senior White House aide to President Clinton. Al Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden had bombed our embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, a week earlier. Twelve Americans were killed; some were S
  
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• Sen. Grassley said Fox News failed Trump with second-term agenda question, isn't working to get him re-elected

  29-06-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Chuck Grassley took particular issue with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
  
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• China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says

  29-06-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A report says China is carrying out a campaign of forced birth control to limit the minority group.
  
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• 'What Are You Gonna Do?' Dallas Man Fires Guns, Runs Over Police Officer, Injures K-9

  29-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Garland police arrested a 29-year-old man who they say fired his guns into the air before running over a police officer on Sunday night. Katie Johnston reports.
  
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• Face shields, gloves, wipes: Texas votes as virus rages

  29-06-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As coronavirus cases skyrocket in Texas, Regina Greenwell showed up to vote Monday bent on minimizing the risks.“We'd like to make it to the November election,” said Paul Greenwell, her 70-year-old husband.Three months after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott postponed primary runoffs to July 14 — saying at the time that sticking to the original May election “would threaten the health and safety of many" — Texas is voting at a moment when the outbreak is far more dire.
  
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• White House: No consensus in intel community on report

  29-06-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said there was "no consensus" among the intelligence community regarding reports Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill US troops in Afghanistan. CNN's Kaitlan Collins has more.
  
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• WH press secretary: No consensus on Russian bounty report

  29-06-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said there was "no consensus" among the intelligence community regarding reports Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill US troops in Afghanistan. CNN's Kaitlan Collins has more.
  
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• Police Investigating Protesters after Confrontation with Armed St. Louis Homeowners

  29-06-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A couple pointed guns at protesters who were on private property outside their home Sunday night, as the demonstrators marched past on their way to St. Louis mayor Lyda Krewson’s residence to demand her resignation. Police are now investigating the incident to determine whether the protesters committed trespassing and fourth-degree assault by intimidation.Mark and Patricia McCloskey stood outside their home on Portland Place, a private street, as hundreds of protesters, some of them armed,
  
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• Administration skips hearing on violence against protesters

  29-06-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of the U.S. Park Police refused to appear Monday to answer lawmakers’ questions on violence against demonstrators and journalists outside the White House, saying he couldn’t as long as the federal force remains on highest alert for protests and attacks against monuments.The White House, however, trumpeted the administration's continuing support of law officers in the now subsiding protests.White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters that President Donald Trum
  
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• Democrats to unveil bold new climate plan to phase out emissions by 2050

  29-06-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Report to outline aim to reduce emissions to 88% of 2010 levels* Huge sums for public transport and proposals for green vehicles House Democrats will unveil an aggressive climate crisis “action plan” on Tuesday to nearly eliminate US emissions by 2050, according to summary documents reviewed by the Guardian.The net-zero emissions goal is what United Nations leaders and the scientific community say the world must achieve to avoid the worst of rising temperatures, and it’s what
  
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• Coming Soon: Russian Bombers (Now Armed with Hypersonic Missiles?)

  29-06-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hypersonic missiles have been seen as a potential game changer, with some in the U.S. military warning that there is really no defense against the missiles due to their speed.
  
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• Senate Democratic primary heads to finish line in Kentucky

  29-06-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of Kentucky's most unpredictable political races in years is headed toward the wire Tuesday, but it's taking a full week after the June 23 primary to sort out a possible photo finish in the Democratic U.S. Senate contest.Absentee ballots that stacked up amid the coronavirus pandemic have delayed the vote count in the neck-and-neck race between progressive candidate Charles Booker and establishment-backed Amy McGrath.Both are vying for the chance to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConn
  
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• 'The Roberts Court': U.S. chief justice cements pivotal role

  29-06-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts cemented his role as the Supreme Court's dominant figure by siding with the four liberal justices in a trio of major rulings this month including Monday's 5-4 decision striking down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law.Roberts, appointed in 2005 by Republican former President George W. Bush, also joined the liberals in a 6-3 decision on June 15 backing LGBT worker rights and a 5-4 ruling on June 18 thwarting President Donald Trump's bid to rescind pro
  
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• Couple finds pepperoni swastika on pizza

  29-06-2020 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  An Ohio couple was shocked to find the pizza they purchased featured pepperonis forming the shape of a swastika.CNN affiliate WEWS reports.
  
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• Pelosi: This Trump attempt is 'unfathomably cruel'

  29-06-2020 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized the Trump administration's efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Radiation Leak in Europe Points to a Possible Russian Weapons Test

  29-06-2020 23:15 via popularmechanics.com
  
  This isn't the first time Europe's detected radiation leaks likely originating from Russia.
  
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• Distancing from Trump? Some Republicans step up critiques

  29-06-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For more than three years, President Donald Trump instilled such fear in the Republican Party's leaders that most kept criticism of his turbulent leadership or inconsistent politics to themselves.Four months before voters decide the Republican president's reelection, some in Trump's party are daring to say the quiet part out loud as Trump struggles to navigate competing national crises and a scattershot campaign message.“He is losing,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump f
  
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• Gov. DeSantis cuts $1B from state budget

  29-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governor Ron DeSantis slashed $1 billion from Florida's budget.
  
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• No symptoms, big problems: Scientists still puzzled by asymptomatic coronavirus cases

  29-06-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Months into a pandemic that has caused nearly 500,000 deaths worldwide, scientists are still trying to answer crucial questions about the coronavirus.
  
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• Is there any line Trump won't allow Putin to cross?

  29-06-2020 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  As a game of who knew what when plays out with the administration -- this time about US intelligence that Russia was allegedly paying Taliban proxies to kill US and British troops in Afghanistan -- we can't lose sight of the big picture: Putin feels increasingly empowered under this President and that's a dangerous outlook for US national security.
  
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• Ex-French Prime Minister sentenced to 5 years in jail

  29-06-2020 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Former French Prime Minister François Fillon, his wife Penelope, and his former assistant Marc Joulaud, have been found guilty of misappropriation of public funds, complicity and concealment by the Paris tribunal.
  
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• Ex-French PM sentenced to 5 years in jail

  29-06-2020 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Former French Prime Minister François Fillon, his wife Penelope, and his former assistant Marc Joulaud, have been found guilty of misappropriation of public funds, complicity and concealment by the Paris tribunal.
  
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• Former officer pleads guilty to crimes from years-long rape-and-killing spree

  29-06-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  The former California police officer who prosecutors say murdered 13 people as the Golden State Killer pleaded guilty Monday to numerous crimes in his years-long rape-and-killing spree.
  
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• Racist comments of North Carolina cops support need for swift passage of Floyd Act

  29-06-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'If we wait to change hearts and minds, the body count of Black Americans will continue to rise.' We need standards and real accountability.
  
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• Florida’s coronavirus outbreak complicates Republican convention, Trump’s reelection bid

  29-06-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the White House coronavirus task force, returns to Florida Thursday, he’ll find a much different situation than when he last visited in late May.
  
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• St. Louis couple pulls firearms on protesters cutting through their private street

  29-06-2020 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  Protesters en route to demonstrate outside of the St. Louis mayor's residence were walking on a private street when two armed individuals came out of a home brandishing weapons.
  
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• New York City mayor plans to cut $1bn from police budget

  29-06-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed cutting $1bn (£814m) from the police force’s $6bn (£4.48bn) yearly budget, amid calls for reform.Mr de Blasio announced the plan during his daily City Hall press briefing on Monday, and said the proposed budget would help reform the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
  
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• Shipbuilding suppliers need more than market forces to stay afloat

  29-06-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Without deliberate action, the U.S. shipbuilding industry will become increasingly fragile.
  
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• US bars defense exports to Hong Kong, says new rules coming

  29-06-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration said Monday it will bar defense exports to Hong Kong and will soon require licenses for the sale of items to Hong Kong that have both civilian and military uses.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the step as China moved ahead with imposing a new national security law for Hong Kong that many fear Beijng and the Chinese Communist Party will use to clamp down on dissent in the former British territory.The administration has warned for weeks that it would take action t
  
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• Could a boycott kill Facebook?

  29-06-2020 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Ford, Adidas, Microsoft and HP pause ads on the social network, should Facebook be worried?
  
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• Roberts shatters expectations for US Supreme Court

  29-06-2020 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  • Supreme Court blocks restrictive abortion law
  
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• The first Boeing 737 Max recertification flight just landed, marking a new milestone for the troubled jet

  29-06-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing and FAA officials were aboard the 737 Max as it made its first recertification flight, a major milestone for the troubled jet.
  
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• US could buy Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 under Senate proposal

  29-06-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. would be able to buy Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 air defense system under legislation proposed in the Senate last week.
  
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• EU to reopen borders -- but probably not to Americans

  29-06-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: India to loosen restrictions as cases soar
  • China locks down 400,000 people over 18 cases
  • America's coronavirus problem is the worst in the world
  • US patients crossing into Mexico for care
  
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• India bans TikTok as tensions with China escalate

  29-06-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  India is banning TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps, saying they pose a "threat to sovereignty and integrity," in the latest indication of escalating tensions between the two countries.
  
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• WHO: 'The worst is yet to come' and the coronavirus pandemic is 'speeding up' because some countries aren't taking it seriously enough

  29-06-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization said politicians and regular people alike could be doing a lot more to stop the spread of the virus.
  
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• Mike Pompeo’s Fight to Punish Iran at the UN Heats Up

  29-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And Iran is going on the diplomatic offensive.
  
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• Middle East risks renewed arms race, US warns

  29-06-2020 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US and Saudi governments make a joint public appeal to extend an arms embargo on Iran.
  
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• An enduring coronavirus mystery: Why do only some get sick?

  29-06-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Months into a pandemic that has caused nearly 500,000 deaths worldwide, scientists are still trying to answer crucial questions about the coronavirus.
  
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• US could buy Turkey’s Russia-made S-400 under Senate proposal

  29-06-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. would be able to buy Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 air defense system under legislation proposed in the Senate last week.
  
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• Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic restrictions in Louisiana, a defeat for conservatives

  29-06-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More abortion cases are headed the high court's way as both sides focus on upholding or overruling the 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
  
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