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• Suspect in federal judge's home ambush railed against her in misogynistic book

  20-07-2020 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The writings are littered with language common among the most extreme anti-feminist communities on the web, some of which the man was a member of.
  
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• Top ABC News executive Barbara Fedida to leave after probe into 'racially insensitive comments'

  20-07-2020 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  During contract negotiations regarding "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts, Fedida is accused of having said ABC was not asking Roberts to "pick cotton," an allusion to slavery.
  
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• Trump tweets image of himself in mask and calls it 'patriotic'

  20-07-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump tweeted an image of himself wearing a face mask and indirectly called the act "patriotic" on Monday --a clear pivot away from his earlier reluctance to wear a facial covering in public.
  
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• Coronavirus: Did 'herd immunity' change the course of the outbreak?

  20-07-2020 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What drove the government's thinking in the crucial stages of the coronavirus outbreak?
  
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• Figure skating coach Richard Callaghan sued by former athlete, alleging sexual abuse and coverup

  20-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defendants include three governing bodies, accused for turning a blind eye to rampant misconduct.
  
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• Biden outlines priorities for next pandemic relief package

  20-07-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden is calling President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic “inept” in a new statement that lays out his priorities for the next relief package in Congress.In the statement, shared first Monday with The Associated Press, Biden charged that Trump has “turned his back on the problem" and declared that “we are plainly a nation in crisis.”“People are looking to Congress for the support they need to keep their heads above water," he said.
  
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• Kanye's Yeezy threat sends Gap shares falling

  20-07-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Kanye West's threat to walk away from his fashion company's fledgling partnership with the Gap has sent shares sharply lower.
  
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• Gun-brandishing St. Louis couple charged with felony

  20-07-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The St. Louis couple that pulled out guns and threatened protesters outside their home last month are facing felony charges.A photo of Mark and Patricia McCloskey went viral last month after they pulled guns on anti-racism protesters who marched down their gated street and in front of their mansion. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced Monday that she charged the McCloskeys with felony unlawful use of a weapon, though she'd like them to take a "diversion program" that will keep them
  
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• St. Louis couple slapped with felony charge for unlawful use of a weapon after brandishing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters

  20-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We must protect the right to peacefully protest, and any attempt to chill it through intimidation will not be tolerated," the circuit attorney said.
  
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• Flat irons 101: Celebrity hairstylists' picks

  20-07-2020 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hairstylists to Oscar winners and Grammy nominees unzip their pro kits and recommend the flat irons they rely on for work — starting as low as $30.
  
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• Washington says new COVID-19 data site is better than CDC program it replaced

  20-07-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. officials defended a move to take collection of hospital data on COVID-19 cases away from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying a new data system launched on Monday is more expansive and robust.Senior Department Health and Human Services officials tolda briefing that the new HHS program has data from 4,500 hospitals while the CDC system had data from 3,000 hospitals.The group said that the program uses the same methods that the CDC used to make the government's COVID-1
  
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• Teddy Roosevelt's 'racist' and 'progressive' legacy, historian says, is part of monument debate

  20-07-2020 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Racist attitudes toward Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Filipinos during the Spanish-American War, for example, were part of the racist attitudes of the time, which Roosevelt espoused.
  
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• Teddy Roosevelt's 'racist' and 'progressive' legacy, historian says, is part of monument debate

  20-07-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Racist attitudes toward Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Filipinos during the Spanish-American War, for example, were part of the racist attitudes of the time, which Roosevelt espoused.
  
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• Georgia Democrats pick state senator to replace John Lewis on Nov. U.S. ballot

  20-07-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis.Lewis, 80, died on Friday after being diagnosed late last year with pancreatic cancer.Williams is the first Black woman to have been elected to head the Democratic Party of Georgia.
  
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• Fauci to throw out first pitch for Nationals on Opening Day

  20-07-2020 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Nats' "super-fan" will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for their game against the Yankees, Fauci's favorite team growing up.
  
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• He's back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls

  20-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the government's coronavirus response after a White House debate over how best to deploy its greatest and most volatile asset — him — played out in public as his poll numbers falter.One week after a campaign shake-up, the plan is for Trump to again become a regular public presence at the podium starting Tuesday as confirmed coronavirus cases spike nationwide.Trump advisers have stressed the urgency of the president adop
  
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• Trump's pandemic reversals betray election anxiety

  20-07-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  • 'Things could get very ugly': Experts fear crisis after election
  • Analysis: Why Trump can't make the election about Biden
  • Trump tweets image of himself in mask and calls it 'patriotic'
  
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• Veteran who was hit by authorities in viral video speaks out

  20-07-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Chris David, a Navy veteran who was struck by unmarked officers in Portland during a protest, speaks to CNN's Brianna Keilar. CNN has reached out to the US Marshals and has not heard back.
  
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• More than 50 Florida hospitals have run out of ICU beds as coronavirus cases soar

  20-07-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order to reopen schools and resume in-person classes in August.
  
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• 250 Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders endorse Biden

  20-07-2020 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Mobilizing AAPIs will be decisive in delivering Democratic victories across the country,” DNC Chair Tom Perez told NBC Asian America.
  
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• Trump gives masks his strongest endorsement yet after downplaying them for months

  20-07-2020 23:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump tweeted that many people have said wearing masks is patriotic and that no one is more patriotic than he is.
  
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• Trump planning to send law enforcement to major US cities

  20-07-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration is preparing to send federal agents to Chicago this week, two law enforcement officials tell CNN, as President Donald Trump and top officials are promising to crack down on what they say are violence and the increase in crime in major cities.
  
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• Top Democrats ask FBI to brief Congress on disinformation threats

  20-07-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic leaders on Monday made public a letter they sent a week ago to the FBI requesting the agency brief all members of Congress about efforts by foreign governments to spread disinformation ahead of the 2020 election.
  
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• Trump pushes mask wearing, says he'll resume White House coronavirus briefings amid spike in cases

  20-07-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's closely watched briefings were suspended in April after he indicating the coronavirus could be treated with antiseptics or ultraviolet light.
  
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• Breonna Taylor: Hunger strike begins amid US racism protests

  20-07-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters in Kentucky are demanding the firing of police involved in the death of Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election

  20-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday that he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice” that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections.The statement came hours after Democratic leaders issued a new warning that Congress appears to be the target of a foreign interference campaign.Biden said in a statement that he would treat foreign interference as an “an adversarial act that significantly affects the
  
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• 'We can’t support this' RNC plan, Jacksonville sheriff says while raising security concerns

  20-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will be unable to keep the Republican National Convention safe when it comes to the city next month, Sheriff Mike Williams said Monday.
  
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• Biden vows to rescind Trump's 'vile Muslim ban'

  20-07-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If I have the honor of being president, I will end the Muslim ban on day one," said the likely Democratic presidential nominee during the Million Muslim Votes Summit, an online event hosted by Emgage Action. Biden has called Trump's Muslim travel ban an abuse of power "designed to target primarily black and brown immigrants." A federal court blocked the initial ban, but in 2018 the Supreme Court upheld an amended version that has since been expanded to other countries.
  
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• After Trump meeting, GOP considers payroll tax cut, another stimulus check in next COVID bill

  20-07-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as divisions sharpen over the next coronavirus stimulus package
  
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• St. Louis couple charged for pulling, waving guns at protest

  20-07-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Louis’ top prosecutor on Monday charged a husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are white, are both personal injury attorneys in their 60s.Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner told The Associated Press that their actions risked creating a violent situation during an otherwise nonviolent protest last month.
  
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• St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest

  20-07-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Louis’ top prosecutor told The Associated Press on Monday that she is charging a white husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are both personal injury attorneys in their 60s.Gardner said in an interview with the AP ahead of more broadly announcing the charges that the McCloskeys' actions risked creating a
  
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• Prosecutor: Kansas congressman blamed staff for registration

  20-07-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A freshman Kansas congressman misled a sheriff's detective by blaming staff for a problem with his state voter registration form that led to three felony criminal charges, a prosecutor alleged Monday in a new court filing.Republican Rep. Steve Watkins listed a postal box at a UPS Inc. store in Topeka as his residence for voter registration purposes for more than three months starting in late August 2019.The charges against him in state district court in Shawnee County include voting illegally in
  
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• Trump's 'law and order' is looking more like martial law

  20-07-2020 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's team is increasingly adopting the narratives of autocracy
  • Trump admin. preparing to send federal agents to Chicago
  
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• US governor calls for plasma donors as virus rages

  20-07-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida's governor Ron DeSantis pleaded Monday for COVID-19 survivors to donate blood plasma to help save lives, as hospitals rapidly fill up and supplies of antiviral drugs run short. The situation in the Sunshine State is dire, with more than 9,500 coronavirus patients hospitalized and just 18 percent of intensive care beds available. Raising his voice over activists banging at the door, DeSantis called on Floridians to take tests for antibodies and to donate plasma if they test positive.
  
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• Trump tweets photo of himself in a mask for the first time

  20-07-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is a trendsetter who arrived at this trend a few months too late.Just a week after being seen in public wearing a mask for the first time, Trump made his biggest endorsement yet for wearing a face covering during the coronavirus pandemic. He tweeted out a picture of himself wearing a mask, and called it "patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance" — or at least that's what "many people say."> We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China V
  
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• ACT exams were canceled with little warning this weekend, and some teens say they weren't notified until they arrived at testing sites

  20-07-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ACT canceled exams at 21 testing sites on Saturday, and around 1,400 students were unable to take the exam.
  
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• Mother who lost 2 kids to coronavirus: Take this seriously

  20-07-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar speaks with Monete Hicks, who lost both her son and daughter to the coronavirus within a span of 11 days, and her niece Darisha Scott.
  
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• Chicago activist, 18, says officer knocked out her front tooth

  20-07-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miracle Boyd said she was recording a protester's arrest. "The police officer came up to me, and he smacked the phone out of my hand, and it hit me in the mouth," she said.
  
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• Opportunity is not created equal in Silicon Valley for African Americans, Hispanics

  20-07-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tech's predominantly white and Asian male workforce is in danger of losing touch with the diverse nation — and world — that forms its customer base.
  
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• Former Obama adviser lays out why Biden's VP would likely be the 'most powerful in history'

  20-07-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  You're probably well aware of the fact that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, needs to pick a running mate. As always, voters are watching the process closely, but there's reason to believe his choice could mean even more than usual, The Atlantic reports.That's because some people believe Biden's No. 2 will have more power than any vice president in history should the pair defeat President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in November. Dan Pfeiff
  
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• Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Buy Tribeca Pied-à-Terre

  20-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The couple already owns homes in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Australia
  
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• Scaled-down hajj pilgrimage to start July 29: Saudi officials

  20-07-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This year's hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia battles a coronavirus surge, will begin on July 29, authorities said Monday.This year's hajj will be held under strict hygiene protocols, with access limited to pilgrims under 65 years old and without any chronic illnesses."The stand of pilgrims on Mount Arafat, the peak of the hajj ritual, falls on Thursday," the official Saudi Press Agency cited the Supreme Court as saying, in
  
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• Roy Den Hollander: Who was the 'anti-feminist' lawyer suspect in murder of judge's son?

  20-07-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Men's rights attorney and self-described "anti-feminist" Roy Den Hollander is suspected of killing and critically injuring the son and husband of federal Judge Esther Salas.While authorities have not officially named the suspect found dead in an apparent suicide, sources began confirming his identity after it was first reported by The Daily Beast on Monday.
  
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• Biden wishes schools taught more about Islam

  20-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden received endorsements from several Muslim American leaders before addressing the Million Muslim Votes summit on Monday.Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.), were among several Muslim American officials who signed a letter endorsing Biden on Monday. Omar's endorsement was especially notable seeing as she was a big supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and continues to be a leading progressive voice i
  
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• Letters to the Editor: Expect a lot more of what's happening in Portland if Trump is reelected

  20-07-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The violence in Portland is frighteningly similar to what went on in Nazi Germany. It's also a preview of our future if Trump wins in 2020.
  
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• Former Fox News producer alleges then-host Ed Henry violently raped her and asked her to be his 'sex slave' in lawsuit filed against the network

  20-07-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jennifer Eckhart alleged in the complaint that Ed Henry "psychologically manipulated and coerced" her into a sexual relationship.
  
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• Department of Homeland Security to reportedly deploy 150 federal agents to Chicago

  20-07-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is promising "more federal law enforcement" in the U.S., and in Chicago, more than 100 federal agents are reportedly set to be deployed.The Department of Homeland Security plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune reported on Monday, with the Homeland Security Investigations agents expected to "assist other federal law enforcement and Chicago police in crime-fighting efforts." According to the report, it still hasn't been made clear "the c
  
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• Leaked Documents Show the DNC’s Plans for a ‘Reimagined’ Convention

  20-07-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airtime cut in half. A Zoom-style backdrop the size of a tennis court. Celebratory car-honking. And most of it won’t even be in the host city.These are the Democratic National Committee’s current plans for the party’s convention in four weeks, according to a ten-page preview outline for the event obtained by The Daily Beast. The plans, marked for internal use only, feature digital renderings of convention attendees seated at distant tables and separated by see-through partition
  
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• Leaked Documents Show the DNC’s Plans for a 'Reimagined' Convention

  20-07-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airtime cut in half. A Zoom-style backdrop the size of a tennis court. Celebratory car-honking. And most of it won’t even be in the host city.These are the Democratic National Committee’s current plans for the party’s convention in four weeks, according to a ten-page preview outline for the event obtained by The Daily Beast. The plans, marked for internal use only, feature digital renderings of convention attendees seated at distant tables and separated by see-through partition
  
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• Georgia Democrats choose state Sen. Nikema Williams, a student of John Lewis' 'good trouble,' to replace him on ballot

  20-07-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia Democratic officials on Monday picked Nikema Williams to replace on the ballot Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died Friday.
  
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