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• Man who crashed gate where Trudeau lives had several weapons

  03-07-2020 23:58 via abcnews.go.com
  A military reservist who allegedly crashed his truck through a gate on the grounds where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives has been charged with 22 crimes, including weapons offenses and uttering threats
  
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• Clinton on Trump's handling of coronavirus: 'I would have done a better job'

  03-07-2020 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  • ANALYSIS: Rocketing Covid-19 infections expose Trump's callous claim pandemic is 'handled'
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  • Doctor says Trump is 'clearly flirting with disaster'
  
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• 3 police officers have been fired over a photo in which cops took a selfie reenacting the chokehold used on Elijah McClain

  03-07-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The photo featured officers Jaron Jones, Erica Marrero, and Kyle Dittrich, smiling by a memorial for Elijah McClain.
  
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• 31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%

  03-07-2020 23:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%
  
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• 'Unite the nation': Jean Castex replaces Édouard Philippe as French prime minister – video

  03-07-2020 23:45 via theguardian.com
  
  France has a new prime minister after President Emmanuel Macron named career civil servant Jean Castex as the replacement for Édouard Philippe. Castex will be part of Macron’s ‘new course’ for the last two years of his mandate.Castex, from the centre right of French politics, coordinated France’s successful exit from lockdown and is widely known as Monsieur Déconfinement. He will form the next governmentJean Castex replaces Édouard Philippe as French
  
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• Coronavirus: Yo! Sushi adapts conveyor belt system

  03-07-2020 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Yo! Sushi prepares to reopen some restaurants in England, it has had to adapt its conveyor belt system.
  
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• July 4th military flyovers to go over DC, 4 other cities

  03-07-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The "Salute to the Great Cities of the American Revolution" will feature military flyovers in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.Trump has been criticized for pushing to go ahead with large rallies and other public gatherings, like the upcoming holiday event, despite the increased risks of infection.The flyovers will start in Boston at about 4 p.m., with Air Force and Marine Corps jets flying over in five waves.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly ready to work with FBI and name names

  03-07-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam is reportedly set to cooperate with the FBI after her arrest; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• COVID-19 should make us give Andrew Yang’s ‘get $1,000 every month’ a second look | Opinion

  03-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On a bitter cold spring night 14 months ago, back in a more magical time when all things seemed possible in the 2020 president race, I stood on the steps leading down to Washington’s great Reflecting Pool waiting to hear from the most unlikely and arguably intriguing Democrat of all, the businessman and political neophyte Andrew Yang.
  
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• Chicago quarantine: Emergency travel order issued by city for travelers from 15 states with high coronavirus infections

  03-07-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicago has issued an emergency travel order requiring anyone coming to the city from states experiencing a surge in COVID-19 infections to quarantine for 14 days.
  
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• The Nigerian Email Scammer Who Stole Millions From Premier League Club, NY Law Firm, Banks

  03-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, who went by the name Ray Hushpuppi, made no secret of his extraordinary wealth. On an Instagram account with 2.3 million followers, he posted photos of himself dripping in high-end watches, wearing robes with his name emblazoned on the back, and driving a $300,000 Mercedes or a white Rolls Royce Cullinan with the hashtag AllMine.He took private jets to Paris, shopped at Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and indulged in cakes depicting himself surrounded by Fendi bags. His address wa
  
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• Epstein cohort's arrest becomes new test for plea deal

  03-07-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Could that same deal now help Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante arrestedThursday, evade charges she helped lure at least three girls into sexual liaisons with him?The British socialite was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire on charges that she acted as a recruiter of underage girls for Epstein, usually under the guise of hiring them to perform massages, and sometimes participated in his sexual abuse of the teens.The allegations against the couple date back many years, but Epstein, for a
  
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• Wisconsin police kill knife-wielding man who family says suffered from mental illness

  03-07-2020 22:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Kevin Ruffin's family says he suffers from mental illness, and police were aware.
  
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• Rideau Hall: Canada Armed Forces member faces 22 charges

  03-07-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Trudeau lives on the estate but was not home when an armed forces member entered the gates.
  
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• Religious leaders to invoke Frederick Douglass on July 4th

  03-07-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 150 preachers, rabbis and imams are promising to invoke Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass on July 4th as they call for the U.S. to tackle racism and poverty.The religious leaders are scheduled this weekend to frame their sermons around “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” on the 168th anniversary of that speech by Douglass.The former slave gave his speech at an Independence Day celebration on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York.
  
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• Trump tweets disinformation on virus. See doctor's response

  03-07-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Jennifer Lee explains to CNN's Jim Sciutto why Trump is wrong to blame the rise on Covid-19 to increased testing.
  
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• CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Knife-wielding man wanted in Philly assault over car sale: Police

  03-07-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators say the suspect in a white shirt pulled out a knife and attacked the victim during a dispute over a car sale.
  
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• Americans on private jet denied entry to Sardinia

  03-07-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Five Americans who flew by private jet to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia were refused entry to Italy on Wednesday due to new EU travel restrictions on countries with high coronavirus infection rates, police told CNN.
  
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• Trudeau: Canada to restrict sensitive exports, suspend extraditions to Hong Kong

  03-07-2020 22:36 via politico.com
  
  Canada's steps arrive with its relationship with China already at a low point.
  
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• Former world leaders warn against Israel annexation plan

  03-07-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of former world leaders urged European leaders on Friday to keep pressuring Israel against annexation of parts of the West Bank, warning against complacency after Israel made no move to take over the territory on July 1.The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, said in letters to the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the European Union that they should insist to Israel that annexation would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral and regional relations.
  
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• Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro waters down law requiring face masks

  03-07-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak among students at University of Washington's frat houses

  03-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school said Friday that it confirmed that at least 89 fraternity house residents, along with four other students, have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• You don't need symptoms to get tested, CDC director tells ABC News

  03-07-2020 22:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield says people without symptoms should get tested for COVID-19 if they have any reason to suspect they might have been exposed to the virus.
  
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• Canada suspends extradition with Hong Kong over China security law

  03-07-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada on Friday suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong to protest the tough new national security law China has enacted in the financial hub.Canada is also halting exports of sensitive military gear to Hong Kong and updating its travel advisory for the city so Canadians will know how the law might affect them, the foreign ministry said."Canada is a firm believer in the 'one country, two systems' framework," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, referring to the semi-autonomous model adop
  
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• Oglala Sioux vote to ban Trump from Mount Rushmore – hours before controversial fireworks event

  03-07-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ogala Sioux tribal council voted on Friday to ban President Donald Trump and the South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from Mount Rushmore hours ahead of a planned Fourth of July celebration.The president and governor were due at the monument on Friday evening for the celebration, which will include a fireworks celebration.
  
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• Jellyfish the size of dinner plates are invading US beaches this weekend

  03-07-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Some beaches in the northeastern United States are dealing with more than the threat of COVID-19 this holiday weekend. They have to contend with an unwelcome visitor: the Lion's Mane jellyfish.
  
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• Did Russia Give Us a Sneak Peak of Its New Nuclear Hunter-Killer Attack Submarine?

  03-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia has one of the largest submarine fleets in the world, but it is aging.
  
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• Of course Donald Trump wants fireworks over Mount Rushmore

  03-07-2020 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt ... Donald Trump?
  
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• VA Secretary Robert Wilkie: Helping 46 states, territories with coronavirus response

  03-07-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie joins ‘Bill Hemmer Reports.’
  
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• Cop who stopped Elijah McClain fired over response to photos

  03-07-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the white officers who stopped Elijah McClain was fired over photos showing colleagues reenacting the chokehold used on the Black man before he died last year, authorities said Friday. Police stopped McClain as he walked down the street in a ski mask last August for “being suspicious.” Aurora Officer Jason Rosenblatt tried to use a chokehold on the 23-year-old but couldn't because of his position, so another officer did, a report from prosecutors said.
  
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• My friend Ghislaine: Confidante reveals how Maxwell's 'fling' with Prince Andrew means she'll never sell him out

  03-07-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The revelation that Ghislaine Maxwell will "never sell out" the Duke of York comes from a controversial confidante who has known the Maxwells for years. United by their Jewish families' links to the Holocaust, Laura Goldman remains determined to defend her friend against what she describes as the "the bloodlust of the mob and the criminal justice system against her". Sensationally revealing that Ms Maxwell had a "fling" with the now 60-year-old royal, Ms Goldman claimed the socialite "doesn't se
  
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• Alleged email scammer who flaunted wealth on Instagram to face charges

  03-07-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas routinely posted about luxury cars, private jets and globe trotting with celebrities to his 2.4 million followers.
  
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• Anger as US's largest Confederate memorial to reopen on Independence Day

  03-07-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Atlanta, Georgia is facing renewed calls for the removal of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial after activists expressed outrage over the monument's planned reopening on Independence Day weekend.The nine-storey-high bas-relief sculpture was temporarily closed after the ongoing coronavirus pandemic hit the US, but many activists have long demanded its permanent removal due to its controversial history.
  
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• Ethiopian PM says singer's death part of plot to sow unrest

  03-07-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that the killing of a popular singer, and subsequent violence that has left nearly 100 dead this week, represented "coordinated attempts" to destabilise the country.Speaking during a meeting with high-ranking officials, Abiy did not identify who he blamed for the unrest, though he vowed to hold to account those directly involved as well as "those that are pulling the strings", according to a summary of his comments distributed by his office.Abiy ad
  
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• Americans denied entry into Italy

  03-07-2020 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Five Americans who flew by private jet to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia were refused entry to Italy due to new EU travel restrictions on countries with high coronavirus infection rates. CNN's Barbie Nadeau reports.
  
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• Republican who came out as gay in Utah ousted in primary

  03-07-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Republican voted out of office in a primary after coming out as gay in conservative Utah says a backlash during the campaign has him questioning whether his party has a place for him.Rancher Nathan Ivie announced his orientation last year while serving as a county commissioner in deep-red Utah County.Since coming out, Ivie has sponsored a successful resolution making Utah County a Second Amendment sanctuary to block gun restrictions.
  
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• Portland, Oregon, protest turns violent; several arrested

  03-07-2020 20:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Protesters in the liberal, predominantly white city of Portland, Oregon, have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality
  
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• Have Americans Warmed to Calls to 'Defund the Police'?

  03-07-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just over a month ago, the term "defund the police" was almost entirely the domain of activists and academics. Now it's a household phrase, with a huge majority of Americans telling pollsters they recognize it.But what exactly does it mean? And when Americans hear it, what do they think of? For proponents of police reform, is it a useful slogan -- or dangerously alienating?In the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's killing in late May at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, calls to sharp
  
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• Britain places US travelers on quarantine 'red list'

  03-07-2020 20:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Europe also previously announced a travel ban for U.S. citizens.
  
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• 'Beyond irresponsible': Doctor slams Trump for Mt. Rushmore event

  03-07-2020 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Celine Gounder called the Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore, which President Trump is attending, "beyond irresponsible" as coronavirus cases increase in the US. The event will not require masks or social distancing.
  
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• Polish president accuses German-owned tabloid of election meddling

  03-07-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Polish President Andrzej Duda suggested on Friday that Germany was trying to meddle in the presidential election after a German-owned tabloid newspaper reported on a pardon that he granted to a man who had served his sentence in a paedophilia case.Duda, a conservative who faces a neck-and-neck race against a centrist opponent in a presidential runoff election on July 12, was angered by reporting by the Polish tabloid Fakt."Does Axel Springer, a company of German descent that owns the Fakt newspa
  
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• Hillary Clinton on Trump's handling of the coronavirus: 'I would have done a better job'

  03-07-2020 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton taunted President Donald Trump in an interview published on Friday, criticizing his handling of the coronavirus by saying that she -- as president -- would have done a better job handling the international pandemic.
  
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• Woman calls police on black couple building patio at their own home

  03-07-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video of a New Jersey woman calling the police on her black neighbours went viral and eventually spawned a protest outside the woman's home.The incident occurred on Monday when Fareed Nassor Hayat, an attorney and a professor of law at City University of New York, and his wife, Norrinda, were in the backyard building a stone patio.
  
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• Air France to cut more than 7,500 jobs

  03-07-2020 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Air France plans to shed 7,580 jobs, or 17.5% of its current workforce, over the next few years, the company said on Friday.
  
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• MLB cancels All-Star Game for first time since 1945

  03-07-2020 20:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer
  
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• This is how Canada crushed the curve while the US struggles

  03-07-2020 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  CNN'S Paula Newton explains what measures Canadians are taking to flatten the curve as countries continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• See how Canada crushed the curve while the US struggles

  03-07-2020 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  CNN'S Paula Newton explains what measures Canadians are taking to flatten the curve as countries continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Saudi officials go on trial in absentia in Turkey for Khashoggi murder

  03-07-2020 20:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Jamal Khashoggi’s onetime fiancée called for justice in a Turkish court Friday, as 20 Saudi officials were tried in absentia for the murder of the writer and activist two years ago in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
  
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• 5 die after SUV crosses interstate median in South Carolina

  03-07-2020 20:27 via abcnews.go.com
  South Carolina troopers say five people inside a SUV have died after their vehicle crossed an interstate median and hit two tractor trailers
  
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• Chicagoans flock to lakeshore beaches despite closures amid heat streak

  03-07-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicago's beaches are officially closed through the July 4th holiday weekend, but that hasn't stopped people from getting out there and enjoying some time in the sun.
  
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