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• Latino teen was shot in back by police, family's autopsy finds

  08-07-2020 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  "These findings confirm what we have known all along, which is that Andres was unjustifiably killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy," his parents said.
  
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• Facebook takes down accounts tied to Roger Stone

  08-07-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook on Wednesday said it has removed dozens of accounts linked to the hate group Proud Boys, to President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone and to employees of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, among others.A network tied to both Stone and the Proud Boys had fake accounts post about local politics in Florida, as well as Stone’s books, websites and media appearances, Facebook said.
  
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• Suarez gives Barcelona victory and relegates city rivals Espanyol

  08-07-2020 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona keep alive their hopes of winning La Liga with a victory over Espanyol at Nou Camp that also relegated the visitors.
  
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• New Yorkers 'no longer trust the police,' state attorney general says

  08-07-2020 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A preliminary report on New York City police's interactions with protesters was released by New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
  
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• Republican outside groups book millions in ad time to defend Georgia, Kentucky Senate seats

  08-07-2020 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican outside groups Senate Leadership Fund and One Nation book millions in ad time to defend Georgia, Kentucky Senate seats
  
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• McEnany: The president will stand on the side of our children

  08-07-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany responds to criticism of Trump's push to reopen schools.
  
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• 'Leave him': New court filings detail George Floyd's fatal arrest

  08-07-2020 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  An attorney for former Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane filed a motion to dismiss charges, citing "lack of probable cause" for Lane's role in Floyd's death.
  
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• 'Leave him': New court filings detail George Floyd's fatal arrest

  08-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An attorney for former Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane filed a motion to dismiss charges, citing "lack of probable cause" for Lane's role in Floyd's death.
  
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• Trudeau says Canada handled coronavirus pandemic better than US

  08-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has claimed that Canada handled the initial outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic better than the US.Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, the prime minister said that Canada has managed to control the virus better than other countries and is in a good position to successfully restart the economy.
  
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• Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid says America's biggest national security issue is the K-12 education system

  08-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US needs an education system that informs students about the world around them, retired Navy Adm. William McRaven said.
  
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• Trump has 91% chance of winning second term, professor’s model predicts

  08-07-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has a 91 per cent chance of winning the November 2020 election, according to a political science professor who has correctly predicted five out of six elections since 1996.“The Primary Model gives Trump a 91 percent chance of winning in November,” Stony Brook professor Helmut Norpoth told Mediaite on Tuesday.
  
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• Lightning strike kills Delaware County man, Philadelphia man

  08-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two men, one from Philadelphia and another from Delaware County, were killed during a lightning storm in northern Pennsylvania.
  
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• Beijing-based reporter surprised by US stance on masks

  08-07-2020 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN international correspondent David Culver examines how in China and other Asian countries masks, despite being legally mandated, are widely viewed as a social responsibility, whereas in the US masks are becoming increasingly politicized.
  
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• Tulsa 'inundated' with cases in wake of Trump's rally

  08-07-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.
  
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• 'I feel threatened': Unmasked Florida man's viral Costco outburst cost him his job

  08-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "He absolutely does not represent our values and no longer works at our agency," the CEO of Ted Todd Insurance said Tuesday.
  
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• Minneapolis PD Trained Officers to Use the Neck Restraint That Killed George Floyd: Docs

  08-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Minneapolis Police Department, in a training manual issued to all new officers, detailed how to execute the same neck restraint that killed George Floyd, lawyers for one of the officers involved in the May 25 incident argued in a Wednesday motion. The training manual, which provided pictures of the “non-deadly” maneuver in which officers put an arm or leg on the back of a suspect’s throat if they are resisting arrest, was filed Wednesday in a motion to dismiss the char
  
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• Fox News Host Grills Betsy DeVos on ‘Reckless’ Plan to Reopen Schools

  08-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump threatened to “cut off funding” to schools that don’t reopen amidst the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday. And his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is right there with him. On Fox News Wednesday afternoon, host Neil Cavuto repeatedly pressed DeVos on the administration’s official “schools must open” policy. But she didn’t budge, dismissing the risks to not only school children but especially to teachers and their families. 
  
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• George Floyd begged the police not to shoot him from the moment they arrived, bodycam transcripts show

  08-07-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Floyd and another woman on the scene told the officers that he had been shot before and was worried about it happening again.
  
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• George Floyd begged police not to shoot him from the moment they arrived, bodycam transcripts show

  08-07-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Floyd and another woman on the scene told the officers that he had been shot before, and were worried about it happening again.
  
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• Multiple children killed as crime spikes in Chicago

  08-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones on the violence and tragedy sweeping major cities.
  
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• Dr. Birx says masks can be a fashion statement

  08-07-2020 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Deborah Birx promoted the use of masks to combat Covid-19 during a coronavirus task force briefing by saying they can be a fashion statement.
  
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• Biden-Sanders task forces unveil joint goals for party unity

  08-07-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Political task forces Joe Biden formed with onetime rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Party's progressive wing recommended Wednesday that the former vice president embrace major proposals to combat climate change and institutional racism while expanding health care coverage and rebuilding a coronavirus-ravaged economy.The groups, formed in May to tackle health care, immigration, education, criminal justice reform, climate change and the economy, sought to hammer out a
  
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• People are saying Viagra is now more accessible than birth control because of a Supreme Court ruling — here's the reality

  08-07-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More employers no longer have to provide free contraception to employees, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Viagra usually isn't covered.
  
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• The coronavirus may cause brain damage, even in patients with mild cases, a new study found

  08-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus doesn't just target your lungs; it can impact your brain, too. Research links COVID-19 to strokes, hallucinations, and swollen brains.
  
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• Ivory Coast's Prime Minister dies after cabinet meeting

  08-07-2020 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died, the country's President announced.
  
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• A Prime Minister died after a cabinet meeting

  08-07-2020 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died, the country's President announced.
  
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• US hits 3 million cases as hospital start to run out of ICU capacity

  08-07-2020 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Six months ago, no one thought Covid-19 existed in the US.
  
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• Tusla 'inundated' with cases in wake of Trump's rally

  08-07-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.
  
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• CAREN Act would outlaw false, racist 911 calls

  08-07-2020 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act is a play on "Karens," white women who target people of color for engaging in everyday acts.
  
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• New oversight committee would restore faith in NYPD, AG says

  08-07-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed sweeping changes Wednesday to boost oversight of the New York City Police Department, including forming an independent commission that would approve the department's budget and have the final say on officer discipline.“The police should not police themselves — period," James, a Democrat, told reporters.Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked James to investigate whether NYPD officers used excessive force to quell unrest and enforce a citywide curfew i
  
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• Trump now in open dispute with US health officials

  08-07-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Five months into a still-raging pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans, the long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and the health experts who staff his government have escalated from private griping to shrugging disagreement to now open dispute.
  
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• As the virus rages, Trump escalates long-simmering tensions and appears to be striking out on his own

  08-07-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Five months into a still-raging pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans, the long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and the health experts who staff his government have escalated from private griping to shrugging disagreement to now open dispute.
  
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• Miami-Dade Teachers Union Applauds Latest Decision By Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho

  08-07-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The President of the United Teachers of Dade is applauding the latest decision by Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho who is saying that schools will not reopen for classes until the county is in Phase 2 of the coronavirus reopening plan.
  
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• US surpasses three million coronavirus cases

  08-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite surges in new infections, the White House wants to press forward with school reopenings.
  
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• A New York doctor who recovered from COVID-19 and treated over 800 infected patients warns of overwhelmed hospitals that will feel 'like you're in a war zone'

  08-07-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Jake Deutsch said states with surging coronavirus cases like Arizona, Florida, and Texas need to act fast to avoid overwhelmed hospitals.
  
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• India gold smuggling case sparks political row

  08-07-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An investigation is under way after 30kg of gold was found in a package bound for the UAE's consulate.
  
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• US rule targets disease-stricken countries to deny asylum

  08-07-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections.The Homeland Security and Justice departments said in a joint proposal that denying asylum to people from high-risk countries would combat disease in the United States, in some cases stopping it before
  
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• Food delivery apps might be convenient — but they just got harder to justify

  08-07-2020 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Despite their financial struggles, new food-delivery apps are acting as middlemen and taking a cut from both ends.
  
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• Georgia Cities in Open Revolt Against Governor Over Masks

  08-07-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she would sign a mask-wearing mandate Wednesday, she wasn’t just protecting her citizens—she was adding fire to a growing revolt over Gov. Brian Kemp’s refusal to require face coverings in Georgia. “Atlanta is going to do it today because the fact of the matter is that COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on our city, specifically black and brown communities with higher death rates,” said the mayor, who recently tested po
  
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• More than half of Latino workers in meat, poultry plants got COVID-19, CDC says

  08-07-2020 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases, more than half, 56 percent, were Hispanic workers, the data shows.
  
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• California Coronavirus Update: July 8, 2020

  08-07-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Governor Gavin Newsom will provide an update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
  
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• Trump hails 'outstanding relationship' with Mexico president

  08-07-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed his "outstanding relationship" with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as he welcomed him to the White House for the leaders' first one-on-one meeting."We've had a very outstanding relationship... The relationship between the United States and Mexico has never been closer than it is right now," said the billionaire Republican, who was elected in 2016 after campaigning heavily on a promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico.At the
  
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• Potential Tropical Storm System Developing In The Carolinas, Could Move Northeast

  08-07-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An area of low pressure spinning off of the coast of the Carolinas has a 70 percent chance of formation over the next five days. If it develops, it will become Tropical Storm Fay.
  
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• Coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in the US after falling for 2 months. Health systems are at risk of being overwhelmed.

  08-07-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A surge in hospitalizations threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems in areas confronting the fastest-growing outbreaks.
  
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• If Trump strips international student visas, these states will lose hundreds of millions of dollars

  08-07-2020 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Six states had half the international student enrollment.
  
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• Can’t have fully open economy if schools remain closed: Steve Moore

  08-07-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Great American Economic Revival Group’s Steve Moore argues not reopening schools would have a ‘very negative effect’ on the U.S. economy and businesses.
  
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• New York AG says police reforms should be 'quickly' enacted amid protest investigation

  08-07-2020 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a 57-page report, New York Attorney General Letitia James provides a series of police reforms that should be enacted following the protests.
  
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• UN Council rejects Russia bid to limit Syrian aid deliveries

  08-07-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a Russian resolution that would have cut back the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest to just one crossing point from Turkey.Western countries that voted against the resolution have insisted on keeping the two current crossings from Turkey, with strong backing from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and humanitarian groups.
  
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• Potential COVID-19 vaccine not 'single solution' to pandemic, Johnson & Johnson CEO says

  08-07-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gorsky said it was a good thing other companies are experimenting with different approaches to vaccines, in part because different vaccines might work better in different groups of people."None of us should be thinking that this is the single solution that is going to take us back to the old normal," Gorsky told Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference."I think it's going to take multiple vaccines."
  
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• 2020 has seen nearly $18 billion in weather damages, but wildfire and hurricane season is just ramping up

  08-07-2020 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  This makes 2020 the sixth consecutive year with at least 10 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, a new record, NOAA officials said.
  
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