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• NASA's Perseverance Rover Is All Packed Up and Ready for Launch

  10-07-2020 23:55 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Percy is now locked and loaded atop its Atlas V rocket. After just a few more tests, NASA will (hopefully) light the candle later this month.
  
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• Search continues for 3-year-old girl in KCK

  10-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in Kansas City, Kansas, continue their search for 3-year-old Olivia Ann Jansen. Police said the girl was reported missing Friday morning by her father.
  
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• Judge tosses Trump rule on billing for abortion coverage

  10-07-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday struck down a Trump administration rule that abortion rights advocates called a maneuver to restrict access but officials defended as merely following the law.The decision by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake affects women covered under the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, not the majority with workplace insurance.The ruling hinged on the arcane question of whether a congressional requirement that insurers collect a “separate payment” for abo
  
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• Trump claims US would be 'inundated' with Covid-19 were it not for border wall

  10-07-2020 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  President made remark hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for not bringing subject up in publicDonald Trump has claimed that the US would be “inundated” with coronavirus, were it not for new sections of the border wall – mere hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for avoiding the thorny subject during a summit meeting this week. Related: Amlo unscathed after Trump meeting but snags cameo role in US electionContinue reading...
  
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• Singapore ruling party's support slips in pandemic poll

  10-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Singapore's long-ruling party retained power Saturday but its support fell sharply, while the opposition made gains, in a general election held under the shadow of a coronavirus outbreak.The affluent financial hub has seen large virus outbreaks in dormitories housing low-paid foreign workers, but with new infections slowing and authorities easing a partial lockdown the government pushed ahead with the poll.The People's Action Party (PAP), which has ruled Singapore for six decades, was always ass
  
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• Brazilian environmentalist Sirkis killed in car crash

  10-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Environmentalist Alfredo Sirkis, a founder of Brazil's Green Party and a tireless campaigner for policies to curb climate change, died on Friday in a car crash, television network TV Globo said.Sirkis, 69, was killed when the car he was driving hit a post on a highway outside his hometown Rio de Janeiro, broadcaster TV Globo reported, citing firemen at the crash.A former leftist guerrilla, Sirkis was involved in the kidnapping of foreign diplomats to secure the release of political prisoners dur
  
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• A California waitress said she stopped a man's racist tirade against an Asian family because she didn't 'have time for this'

  10-07-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man in the video has been identified as Michael Lofthouse, the CEO of a tech firm, and he apologized for his behavior in the video.
  
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• UN encouraged experts may get to visit oil tanker off Yemen

  10-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Nations said Friday it is encouraged that a U.N. team may be able to visit an oil tanker loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil that is moored off the coast of Yemen, posing a serious risk to Red Sea marine life, desalination plants and shipping.Houthi rebels, who control the area where the ship is moored, have denied U.N. inspectors access to the vessel.
  
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• Mali protesters occupy national broadcaster

  10-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police have fired shots to disperse protesters calling for President Keita to stand down.
  
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• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says ride-hailing will make up only 50% of the company's business moving forward as food delivery growth surges

  10-07-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Our delivery business is growing at rates that, frankly, I didn't think was possible, and we have doubled up on that," Khosrowshahi told NDTV.
  
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• Prosecutor whose star has risen under Trump named Brooklyn-based acting U.S. Attorney

  10-07-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Friday named Seth DuCharme, a prosecutor who has risen rapidly in the Justice Department under the Trump administration, as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.DuCharme, who for the last six months has been principal associate deputy attorney general in Washington, is swapping roles with Richard Donoghue, the current U.S. Attorney for the Brooklyn-based Eastern District.The Justice Department earlier this month announced shorturl.at/inq
  
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• Amazon tells employees to remove TikTok immediately -- then takes it back

  10-07-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon has instructed its employees to remove the short-video app TikTok from their devices immediately, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  
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• Russia calls US’s newest stance on nuclear arms agreement 'undiplomatic,' considers not extending

  10-07-2020 23:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A top Russian diplomat said Friday that he is not optimistic that the U.S.-Russian nuclear arms agreement will be extended because of Washington’s demands to include China in the proposal.
  
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• Cancel culture is about power -- who has it and who wants to be heard

  10-07-2020 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  It's a topic that appears with exhausting regularity: cancel culture.
  
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• 'This is not the summer for a spontaneous road trip': The case for canceling your vacation

  10-07-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vacationing during a pandemic is an act of pure selfishness. It doesn't just endanger your life. It could spread COVID-19 and prolong the situation.
  
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• Maxwell argues for bail: I'm 'not Jeffrey Epstein'

  10-07-2020 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Ghislaine Maxwell, the confidant of accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, argued in a court filing Friday that she should be granted bail while awaiting trial, claiming she wasn't in "hiding" while under criminal investigation, as prosecutors allege, and hasn't left the country in more than a year.
  
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• Family gathering infects 41 people with the coronavirus, NC health official says

  10-07-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Family members reportedly went to work and the beach before they started showing symptoms.
  
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• Russian accused of harassing Black family in Oregon was ordered deported 10 years ago

  10-07-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man was ordered deported in June 2010.
  
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• Amazon told employees to delete TikTok from their phones — then walked back the policy and said it was an 'error'

  10-07-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon said the email was sent to some employees in error and that employees don't have to delete TikTok.
  
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• Michelle Obama shares touching video

  10-07-2020 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  Michelle Obama posted a video on Instagram of an adorable dad and daughter duo singing a song with an important message.
  
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• Jared Kushner said the US would be 'really rocking again' by July. 7 states are shutting back down, and new COVID-19 cases have set records 6 times in July's first 10 days.

  10-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Kushner's confident Fox & Friends appearance back in April, he also proclaimed the US was "on the other side of the medical aspect" of the virus.
  
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• Police shut down restaurant seating blocking bike lanes in San Diego

  10-07-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With restaurant dining restricted to outdoor only, businesses in San Diego County are doing anything they can to keep their doors open — but some have been caught breaking the rules.
  
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• Donald Trump: Joe Biden is a 'puppet of the militant left' – video

  10-07-2020 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump has claimed that ‘nobody will be safe’ in a Joe Biden presidency in a rhetorical escalation as he seeks to reboot his struggling re-election campaign. Speaking at an event in Florida, Trump called his likely Democratic rival a ‘puppet’ of senator Bernie Sanders and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Continue reading...
  
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• In Hong Kong Security Law, China Asserts Legal Jurisdiction over the Entire World

  10-07-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese Communist Party’s new security law has criminalized any actions it deems to be subversion, secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign entities in Hong Kong. The law spells an abrupt end to the political freedoms that Hong Kongers used to enjoy. Authorities Friday raided the offices of a research and polling institute associated with the pro-democracy camp just ahead of primaries in which it will choose its candidates for Legislative Council elections, and there’s ce
  
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• What role do kids play in spreading the coronavirus?

  10-07-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  In the debate over whether schools across the US should open in the fall, questions continue to be raised about how the coronavirus affects children.
  
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• Fauci explains why Florida is paying a painful price

  10-07-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci says some states are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases because they didn't follow guidelines and prematurely reopened as the US sees its highest single day of new Covid-19 cases. CNN's Martin Savidge reports.
  
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• Army: Independent probe coming after Fort Hood soldier death

  10-07-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Army officials announced Friday they will begin an independent review of the command climate at Fort Hood following calls from members of Congress and community activists for a more thorough investigation into the killing of a soldier from the Texas base.Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy said he was directing the review and that it will be conducted by an independent panel of congressional representatives selected in collaboration with League of United Latin American Citizens.Vanessa G
  
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• Linda Stoltzfoos: FBI offers $10,000 reward in search for missing Amish teenager in Pennsylvania

  10-07-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI is assisting local authorities in a search for a missing Amish teenager from Pennsylvania.The agency is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading regarding the location of Linda Stoltzfoos, an 18-year-old Amish teen who disappeared after a church service in East Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania on 21 June.
  
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• Author Christopher Buckley: 'Everything Trump touches dies'

  10-07-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The son of conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr., Christopher Buckley’s new novel “Make Russia Great Again” is a rollicking satire of Donald Trump’s White House.
  
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• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue features first transgender model

  10-07-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This isn't the first time the 23-year-old Brazilian beauty has broken barriers for trans models.
  
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• Serbia's Vucic blames opponents for orchestrating violent protests

  10-07-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Earlier in the day, Vucic said efforts by Germany and France to restart talks aimed at mending ties between Belgrade and Pristina were already paying off."If he gives up Kosovo, Vucic is digging a grave for Serbia," said Milan, 22, a protester clad in a black shirt and face mask.In Paris, Vucic accused his political opponents of orchestrating the protests and said that if they continue it would be difficult to contain the coronavirus epidemic.
  
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• Facebook weighing ban on political ads in days before US election

  10-07-2020 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook is considering banning political advertising on its platform in the days leading up to the US presidential election in November, a person familiar with the discussions told CNN. The potential ban has been under consideration since last fall, the person said.
  
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• Rep. McCarthy: There is a real chance GOP and Democrats can find common ground on police reofrm

  10-07-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy discusses efforts for a bipartisan police reform bill.
  
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• More evidence emerges that a TB vaccine might help fight coronavirus

  10-07-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  More research emerged this week in potential support of using the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a tool in the fight against coronavirus.
  
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• Mexico asks Canada to arrest, extradite ex-investigator

  10-07-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico is to seek the arrest and extradition from Canada of the former chief investigator in the murky disappearance of 43 students in 2014, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Friday.Tomas Zeron, who was head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, is in Canada and work is underway to extradite him, the minister said."There is going to be no impunity, part of our function at the ministry of foreign affairs is to guarantee that, when there are cases of this nature, extradition occurs," Ebrard sai
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith confirm her involvement with August Alsina

  10-07-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith "never ever thought that we would make it back."
  
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• Police identify bodies found in suitcases on Seattle beach by teens recording TikTok

  10-07-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The bodies were found by a group of teenagers who were led to the beach by the Randonautic app.
  
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• 'You cannot fight the pandemic with lies': Merkel knows how to insert a dagger

  10-07-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's disapproval rating is the highest it's been this entire pandemic• Trump official on putting kids back in classrooms: 'C'mon. it's not that hard'
  
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• Merkel inserts a dagger into populists' 'lies'

  10-07-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's disapproval rating is the highest it's been this entire pandemic• Trump official on putting kids back in classrooms: 'C'mon. it's not that hard'
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell argues for $5 million bail, saying she's 'not Jeffrey Epstein'

  10-07-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK - Ghislaine Maxwell argued for $5 million bail Friday, arguing that she had wrongly replaced Jeffrey Epstein in the public eye after the multimillionaire hanged himself last year. "Epstein died in federal custody, and the media focus quickly shifted to our client - wrongly trying to substitute her for Epstein - even though she'd had no contact with Epstein for more than a decade, had ...
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell requests bail due to 'significant' coronavirus risk

  10-07-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• Muji files for bankruptcy

  10-07-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Trendy home-goods chain Muji has filed for bankruptcy, making it the latest in a string of retailers to do so as the coronavirus crisis decimates the industry.
  
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• ‘Tell us why.’ Restaurants protest Miami-Dade mayor’s latest dining room shutdown

  10-07-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of independent Miami restaurant owners closed their shops and showed up downtown Friday to protest the recent Miami-Dade County order that shut their restaurant dining rooms.
  
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• Merkel appears to take a shot at Trump

  10-07-2020 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to take a shot at President Donald Trump in a speech to the European Parliament. "As we are experiencing firsthand, you cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation any more than you can fight it with hate or incitement to hatred," she said.
  
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• Florida's COVID-19 cases near record levels as nationwide death toll rising again

  10-07-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite reporting more than 11,000 new coronavirus cases Friday, the Sunshine State was still pushing ahead with plans to reopen Disney World.
  
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• Trump to raise $10 million at in-person fundraiser in COVID-hit Florida

  10-07-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is expected to raise $10 million on Friday during a high-dollar fundraiser hosted by the chief executive of a snack company in coronavirus-stricken Florida, according to a Republican official.The in-person fundraiser, hosted by Troy Link, chief executive officer of Wisconsin-based Link Snacks Inc, comes after Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden outraised Trump for two consecutive months.Both candidates have largely ditched in-person fundraising during the coronavirus
  
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• Last call: Las Vegas to shut bars down again Friday night to thwart coronavirus spike

  10-07-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Las Vegas bars, including restaurant bars, will shut down again on Friday night, just five weeks after The Strip reopened to visitors.
  
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• Coronavirus lockdown: Parents 'frustrated' by birth registration delays

  10-07-2020 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents say it is frustrating to wait months to register their babies, as councils face large backlogs.
  
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• Is the sudden rise in summer road trips spreading the coronavirus?

  10-07-2020 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  The coronavirus has not killed off the summer road trip.
  
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• Pelosi on protesters tearing down statues: People will do what they do

  10-07-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction from former Clinton adviser Richard Goodstein and National Diversity Coalition for Trump executive director Bruce Levell.
  
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