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• Kids who grow up with dogs behave better than those who don’t, study finds. Here’s why

  06-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It’s a win-win for the owner and dog.
  
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• Disappointing photos show how small Mount Rushmore is in real life

  06-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mount Rushmore is considered one of the most famous monuments in the US, but the attraction appears disappointingly small in real life.
  
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• U.S. Social Media Companies Cease Hong Kong Data Requests, Citing National Security Law

  06-07-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several U.S. social media companies have ceased reviewing requests by Hong Kong authorities to search residents' data, following China's implementation of a new national security law covering the territory.The new law gives the Chinese government sweeping power to arrest dissidents in Hong Kong or curtail their activities."We believe freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and support the right of people to express themselves without fear for their safety or other repercussions," Face
  
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• What Pandemic? Melania and Ivanka Trump’s July 4th Fashion Show Was all About Them

  06-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We all have those friends who continue to live their lives online, sharing their brunch and July 4th cookouts, ignoring the disastrous backdrop of a global pandemic and nationwide protests. Count Melania and Ivanka Trump among such social media showboats.Former Melania Trump Confidant to Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the ElectionEchoing Trump’s new strategy for handling the coronavirus crisis—“we need to live with it”—both women used the holiday
  
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• Coronavirus: White House insists world sees US as ‘leader’ in pandemic as infections surge

  06-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House has insisted that the US is being looked at as a “leader” in the fight against coronavirus, even as cases continue to spiral across the country.The latest comments came at a White House press briefing on Monday, when press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was questioned about the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

  06-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities.The guidelines, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide additional pressure for universities to reopen even amid growing concerns about the recent spread of COVID-19 among young adults.Colleges received the guidance the same day that some institutions, including Ha
  
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• Texas woman tied to slaying of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen appears in court

  06-07-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities have accused Cecily Aguilar of helping Spc. Aaron David Robinson dispose of Vanessa Guillen’s body after Robinson killed her.
  
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• Portland Police See 240 Percent Yearly Increase in July Shootings

  06-07-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland police have responded to 17 shootings so far this month, a 240 percent increase when the city saw five in the same timeframe last year, the department announced Monday.One shooting earlier this month injured a man, while another resulted in an infant child putting a spent bullet in her mouth, police revealed. In a statement, Portland police chief Chuck Lovell called the spike “alarming.”“Gun violence negatively impacts everyone in our community and the increase we are
  
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• Charge filed against woman who called police on black birdwatcher

  06-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amy Cooper was shown on video falsely claiming that a black birdwatcher had threatened her life.
  
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• Facebook prepares to dig in as advertising boycott continues

  06-07-2020 23:40
  
  The advertising industry and civil rights organizations have teamed to ratchet up pressure on the social media giant, but the company is holding firm.
  
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• Scientists Discover Tiny Dinosaur Relative

  06-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scientists report the discovery of a “shockingly small” predecessor to dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
  
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• Russian Village in 'Danger Zone' of Possible Nuclear Missile Test

  06-07-2020 23:36 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Nenoksa is once again the crosshairs after a radioactive accident last year.
  
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• Fox News Anchor Debunks Trump’s ‘99% Totally Harmless’ COVID Claim

  06-07-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto on Monday refuted President Donald Trump’s false claim that 99 percent of America’s confirmed coronavirus cases were “totally harmless,” tallying off a number of statistics to inform Fox viewers about how dangerous the virus is.During his Independence Day remarks, the president downplayed the severity of the disease that has already claimed more than 130,000 American lives, claiming without any evidence that of the millions of American COVID-19
  
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• NASA's powerful Hubble space telescope has beamed back a striking photo of a 'fluffy' galaxy with a ghostly, empty center

  06-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows how newborn stars have used up all the gas at this galaxy's center.
  
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• Airlines saw a spike in passenger volume for the July 4th holiday weekend, but the numbers are still dismal for the industry

  06-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US airlines had their best weekend since March, but numbers remain far below normal, and new coronavirus spikes put the travel recovery at risk.
  
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• Former Melania Trump Confidante to Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the Election

  06-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Following months of legal drama, threats, and public controversy surrounding multiple books published by former Trumpworld insiders, yet another blockbuster Trump book is set to hit shelves this summer and contain “explosive” revelations about first lady Melania Trump, written by her once close adviser and friend of 15 years.According to people familiar with the project, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff—who was previously seen by the first lady as a loyal confidante and helped plan Pr
  
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• Why China Fear the Power of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War

  06-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This was China’s introduction to the power and flexibility of the aircraft carrier, something it obsesses about to this day.
  
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• U.S. says foreign students may have to leave if their school goes online-only

  06-07-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The news comes as some colleges and universities, including Harvard, have announced they will hold online-only courses this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• U.S. to force out foreign students taking classes fully online

  06-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Foreign students in the United States, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, will have to leave the country if their classes are all taught online this fall or if they transfer to another school with in-person instruction, a government agency said.It was not immediately clear how many student visa holders would be affected by the move, but foreign students are a key source of revenue for many U.S. universities as they often pay full tuition.China ranked first among countries of origin for inte
  
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• U.S. Sends Major Military Muscle to the South China Sea

  06-07-2020 23:22 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The joint exercise included a B-52 bomber that flew all the way from Louisiana on a 28-hour-long mission.
  
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• Exonerated Central Park Five members speak out: ‘Not too many things have changed since 30 years ago’

  06-07-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 1989, five Black and Hispanic teens were falsely accused of raping and nearly killing Trisha Meili, a white woman jogging in Central Park.Known collectively as the Central Park Five, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise were convicted in two trials despite a lack of eyewitness testimony or DNA evidence and spent between six and 13 years in prison.Exonerated in 2002 after an investigation confirmed that a convicted murderer and rapist had committed the
  
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• Surge in NYC shootings fuels police reform debate

  06-07-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York reeled from a spate of holiday weekend shootings Monday, with police fueling controversy by partially attributing them to reforms undertaken following the death in custody of George Floyd.The Big Apple was rocked by 45 shootings -- which resulted in 11 deaths -- over the long July 4th weekend, up from just 16 shootings for the same period in 2019.Terence Monahan, the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer, said "tremendous animosity" shown towards officers following the recent Black L
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro says lungs 'clean' after coronavirus test

  06-07-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus and his lungs were "clean," after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID-19 respiratory disease.Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down the impact of the virus, even as Brazil has suffered one of the world's worst outbreaks, with more than 1.6 million confirmed cases and 65,000 related deaths, according to official data on Monday.CNN Brasil and newspaper Estado de S.Paul
  
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• Statue of Frederick Douglass toppled on anniversary of his famous speech

  06-07-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  There's only a stump where a statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stood.
  
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• Eating more probiotic foods could help improve depression

  06-07-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New UK research has found eating a diet that includes probiotic foods, or a combination of both probiotic and prebiotic foods, may help ease depression and anxiety.To look at how pre- and probiotics could potentially be used as a therapeutic treatment for depression and/or anxiety disorders, UK researchers reviewed seven existing studies which had investigated the effect of eating a diet that includes pre- and probiotic foods on these mental health conditions.
  
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• Scientists Suggest COVID-19 May Be Airborne in New Open Letter

  06-07-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of 239 scientists have sent an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraging them to revise their statement about how the virus spreads to include airborne transmission, especially indoors.
  
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• Days after Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest, Epstein accuser demands investigation into sexual battery allegation

  06-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alicia Arden, a model, accused Jeffrey Epstein of groping her inside a hotel room during what she thought was supposed to be an interview.
  
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• Trump administration bars international college students if their school's classes are all online

  06-07-2020 23:02 via politico.com
  
  Colleges could be in a tough spot if they want to keep international students enrolled.
  
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• Fauci on COVID-19 vaccine: "We will at least have an answer" in the winter

  06-07-2020 23:02
  
  "We are still knee deep in the first wave," the nation's leading infectious disease doctor said Monday about the outbreak in the U.S.
  
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• Aliens Are Out There But Still Pretty Rare, Study Says

  06-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The search for extraterrestrial intelligent life could offer important insights into how long our own civilization can survive.
  
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• US military apologizes to South Korea after its troops fired fireworks and reportedly brawled in the streets

  06-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over 70 police reports were filed and 200 police officers were deployed, according to South Korean news reports.
  
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• 'It was totally like a foreign country': South Koreans angered by US troops firing fireworks and brawling on the street

  06-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over 70 police reports were filed and 200 police officers were deployed, according to South Korean news reports.
  
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• White woman who called police on Black bird watcher in Central Park faces false report charge

  06-07-2020 22:58
  
  Video of Amy Cooper calling 911 to allege that a Black man was threatening her after he asked her to leash her dog drew widespread outrage.
  
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• New York officials say a perfect storm of problems has made it an especially deadly summer in the city: 'It's guns. It's the gangs. It's the lack of jobs.'

  06-07-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A recent surge in New York City shootings has continued into July 4 weekend, with 11 killed and more than 60 injured.
  
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• Ofcom's verdict on China is historic - and personal, says British investigator forced into TV confession

  06-07-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Peter Humphrey Ofcom’s damning judgment on Monday against Chinese state television outfit CGTN for helping China’s police extract and broadcast forced and false confessions from untried prisoners is an important victory against the human rights abuses of the Chinese Communist Party dictatorship. During a two-year captivity ordeal in 2013-2015 on manufactured charges, I was twice submitted to this abusive practice, once while locked in a cage with steel bars. I and my wife were acc
  
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• Facebook pauses sharing WhatsApp user info with Hong Kong authorities

  06-07-2020 22:43
  
  The company said it will review China's new National Security Law, which went into effect Tuesday and is widely seen as a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
  
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• The ignorance at the heart of Trump's Washington NFL name tweet

  06-07-2020 22:39
  
  Playing Native American, war-whooping and donning a headdress unites fans of all races in a ritual of mockery that remains acceptable for millions.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan speak out on UK's colonial past

  06-07-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have encouraged the UK to reckon with its colonial past, highlighting the "wrongs" of its historic involvement in the countries that now make up the Commonwealth.
  
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• The mask decision that will haunt Trump's reelection bid

  06-07-2020 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  As coronavirus cases surge and governors begin agitating for a national mandate on wearing masks, President Donald Trump is showing few signs he'll budge on an issue that has come to epitomize a national pandemic response rooted in denial and which now threatens his political future.
  
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• The decision that will haunt Trump's reelection bid

  06-07-2020 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  As coronavirus cases surge and governors begin agitating for a national mandate on wearing masks, President Donald Trump is showing few signs he'll budge on an issue that has come to epitomize a national pandemic response rooted in denial and which now threatens his political future.
  
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• Stalin Wanted Russia To Build a Massive Fleet of Killer Battleships

  06-07-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Soviet leader wanted battleships and a lot of them. Here's why it never happened.
  
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• Surprise cancellation of $8 billion gas pipeline stuns racial justice advocates

  06-07-2020 22:24
  
  "I feel good — I can sleep better at night," said one resident of a historically Black community in Virginia. "And now I know I'll be breathing clean air."
  
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• Biden campaign rolls out new fonts from typeface powerhouse Hoefler & Co.

  06-07-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fonts are from the same company behind typefaces for the Obamas, Rolling Stone, Twitter, Tiffany & Co., the Guggenheim, Condé Nast and Nike.
  
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• McDaniel: Trump campaign leading the way holding rallies with safety measures

  06-07-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on precautions being taken ahead of Trump's New Hampshire rally.
  
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• Franco's heirs clash with Spanish state over summer home

  06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Spanish state on Monday clashed in court with the heirs of Francisco Franco over who should control a mock-castle used by the fascist dictator as a summer home. Officials in the A Coruña areadonated the property as a retreat for Franco in 1938, when he was the leader of the Nationalists in the Civil War. Spain's Left-wing coalition government demanded its return last year, contending that the formal transfer of the site in 1941 was illegitimate. Franco’s family still enjoy use o
  
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• DeSantis cuts $28 million from disease treatment at Florida prisons as pandemic's toll worsens

  06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used his veto powers late last month to excise from the state budget a $28 million initiative to treat prisoners for hepatitis C and the coronavirus. It was one of many vetoes DeSantis made in the proposed $93.2 billion state budget.
  
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• A former National Guard colonel apologized but will keep her professor job after saying sexual harassment is the 'price of admission for women' in the military

  06-07-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Betsy Schoeller said her Facebook comment about Vanessa Guillén was intended to provide a "voice" to the "culture of sexual harassment" women face.
  
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• Best sunscreens for acne, according to experts

  06-07-2020 22:15
  
  The best sunscreens of 2020 are non-greasy, leave behind a matte finish and won’t cause breakouts. Dermatologists recommend must-have sunblocks.
  
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• Customers flock back to hair salons — but others are managing just fine from home

  06-07-2020 22:07
  
  Hair stylists are finding that lockdown has taught some regular customers they don't need an expensive salon treatment after all.
  
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• White House defends Trump's tweet about Black NASCAR driver

  06-07-2020 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar and Kaitlan Collins discuss a Tweet made by President Trump about Nascar driver Bubba Wallace, and how White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany attempted to explain it during a White House briefing.
  
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