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• The World's Largest Fusion Reactor Finally Begins Assembly

  28-07-2020 23:50 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The 23,000-ton ITER tokamak has been brewing for decades. Now it's go time.
  
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• Amid coronavirus closures, some parents turn to ‘underground schools’

  28-07-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News’ Laura Ingle reports on parents finding loopholes to hire teachers to educate their children as uncertainty continues for fall school reopenings.
  
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• Jeff Bezos' ex-wife says she has given away $1.7 billion of her settlement so far

  28-07-2020 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  MacKenzie Scott, formerly MacKenzie Bezos, has already donated nearly $1.7 billion of her fortune to a variety of organizations and causes after pledging last year to give most of it away during her lifetime.
  
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• Biden says economic plan could put him as 'most progressive president in American history'

  28-07-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lays out his economic plan.
  
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• NASA just picked astronaut Megan McArthur, whose husband launched aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon, to pilot the spaceship in spring

  28-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronaut Megan McArthur watched her husband, Bob Behnken, launch aboard the Crew Dragon spaceship. Next year, she'll do the same.
  
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• White House pushed to include $1.75 billion for new FBI headquarters in GOP pandemic aid bill: Senate source

  28-07-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mitch McConnell is opposing a $1.75 billion provision for a new FBI building added by the White House to a massive Republican coronavirus relief bill.
  
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• Half of Mumbai's slum residents have had coronavirus: study

  28-07-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over half the people living in the slums of Mumbai have had the coronavirus, according to a city-commissioned study released Tuesday that raises fresh doubts about India's official case numbers.India is already the third worst-hit country after the US and Brazil, with nearly 1.5 million cases though experts have previously said the lack of testing could mean the true tally is much higher.Blood tests on 6,936 randomly selected people conducted by Mumbai's city authorities found that 57 percent of
  
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• Trump campaign accused of 'laundering' tens of millions by nonpartisan watchdog

  28-07-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump makes false claims about his polling
  • Opinion: Biden could still lose this election
  
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• Two women arrested for attacking senator filming Wisconsin protests

  28-07-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two women have turned themselves in to police after allegedly assaulting a Wisconsin state representative at a protest on 23 June.Samantha Hamer, 26, and Kerida O’Reilly, 33, were arrested Monday in Madison after turning themselves in to authorities.
  
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• ACLU asks U.S. court to sanction agents for targeting journalists at Portland protests

  28-07-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. civil liberties advocates on Tuesday asked a federal court in Portland, Oregon, to hold federal agents in contempt for violating a temporary court order barring attacks on journalists and legal observers monitoring protests in the city.The filing by the American Civil Liberties Union came during a wave of protests against police violence and racism in Portland in which federal agents have clashed with protesters who have lit fires and thrown objects at the federal courthouse.
  
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• Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks sweep across Europe

  28-07-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  Just when it seemed that Europe was getting to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 appears to be spreading again.
  
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• McConnell draws red line on liability protection in coronavirus bill

  28-07-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  McConnell also said that he would leave negotiating with Democrats to Mark Meadows and Steven Mnuchin.
  
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• Donald Trump Needs Florida. Does Florida Still Want Trump?

  28-07-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump won Florida by about 112,000 votes in 2016. Now several recent major polls show Trump is in danger of losing the battleground state
  
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• GOP tucks $8 billion for military weaponry in virus bill

  28-07-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic.The Republican measure includes billions for F-35 fighters, Apache helicopters and infantry carriers sought by Washington’s powerful defense lobby.Overall, the proposal stuffs $8 billion into Pentagon weapons systems built by defense contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics — corporate titans that sit atop th
  
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• Contentious 5-hour House hearing with AG William Barr concludes

  28-07-2020 22:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday for the first time in his year-and-a-half long tenure.
  
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• Universal and AMC strike deal that may upend movie releases forever

  28-07-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  Universal and AMC are mending their frayed relationship in a deal that not only reverses the theater chain's ban on Universal's movies but also appears to upend the traditional exclusivity model that studios and theaters have followed for decades.
  
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• Four companies will square off to win money to build Skyborg drone prototypes

  28-07-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Not all the companies that won Skyborg contracts are assured to score orders to build prototypes.
  
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• 'I'm starting to lose my temper': Watch clash at Barr hearing

  28-07-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  • Barr spars with Democrats over policing and DOJ decisions at fiery Hill hearing
  
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• QAnon is leaking into the mainstream, moving from internet fringes to primetime cable news as Americans keep falling for the unfounded conspiracy theory

  28-07-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The QAnon conspiracy theory movement, which originated in 2017, has spread beyond the 4chan fringes of the internet and into mainstream culture.
  
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• 2nd-related Revel death shuts down scooter service in NYC

  28-07-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Revel announced Tuesday it is shutting down service in New York City until further notice after a second death involving a rider on one of the company's scooters.
  
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• The disease: Raging COVID-19 pandemic. My prescription: One mask. Eight weeks. That's it.

  28-07-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a time of lockdowns and social distancing, who and what do you miss? What if I told you how to get it back? The catch: We all need to opt in.
  
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• Maine shark attack: US woman killed by great white

  28-07-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 63-year-old was killed by a great white shark - in the first ever deadly attack recorded there.
  
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• 5-alarm fire burns multiple buildings in SF

  28-07-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We exceeded all the hydrants." San Francisco firefighters on the scene said the fire was so huge, they did not have an adequate water supply to fight it.
  
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• Fact check: Expanded COVID-19 testing shows more cases, doesn't cause high positivity rate

  28-07-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A spike in testing leads to a spike in cases isn't entirely true. More testing does not cause higher positivity rates; that is caused by viral spread.
  
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• Why Google's new WFH plan is a game changer

  28-07-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Editor's Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN's Work Transformed newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here.
  
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• Police departments withdraw from security agreements for Democratic convention, some citing directive on crowd munitions

  28-07-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some of departments cited orders to Milwaukee's police chief to cease the use of tear gas and pepper spray during demonstrations.
  
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• U.S. coronavirus relief bill would restore defense funds taken for Trump wall

  28-07-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Republicans' $1 trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military, including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trump's Mexican border wall.Trump has made strict controls on immigration a signature issue of his presidency, and fight for re-election in November.To fund the wall he has promised to build on the border with Mexico, the Republican declared a national emergency to redirect funds
  
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• Barr spars with Democrats over policing and DOJ decisions in fiery hearing at Congress

  28-07-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  House Democrats clashed Tuesday with Attorney General William Barr at a contentious hearing where they argued over the Justice Department's deployment of federal officers to cities and the use of force against protesters, Barr's intervention in the prosecution of two allies of President Donald Trump and numerous other issues.
  
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• Barr clashes with Democrats over policing and DOJ decisions in fiery hearing at Congress

  28-07-2020 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  House Democrats clashed Tuesday with Attorney General William Barr at a contentious hearing where they argued over the Justice Department's deployment of federal officers to cities and the use of force against protesters, Barr's intervention in the prosecution of two allies of President Donald Trump and numerous other issues.
  
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• This president dismissed Covid-19 as 'psychosis.' Now he says he caught it

  28-07-2020 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said he contracted coronavirus but recovered without suffering any symptoms, state-run news agency Belta reported Tuesday.
  
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• States resist mask rules as Midwest virus uptick stirs alarm

  28-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states like Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit places staunchly resisted calls to require masks, despite confirmed cases of the coronavirus soaring.Major League Baseball suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday because of an outbreak that has spread to at least 15 of the team's players, and a series of games this week between the New York Yankees and P
  
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• Photos: The faulty protective gear sent to US care homes, from gowns without arm holes to strapless masks

  28-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FEMA's $134 million attempt to supply PPE to nursing homes with COVID-19 includes expired surgical masks and "glorified garbage bag gowns."
  
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• Despite attempts by aides to keep him on message, Trump continues to seek out associates who are undermining US health experts

  28-07-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Even amid an attempt by President Donald Trump's aides to shift his focus back to coronavirus, he continues to hear from a wide range of associates -- including the CEO of a far-right television network -- who are undermining the administration's health experts and questioning their approach to the pandemic, people familiar with the conversations say.
  
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• Fact check: Hurricane Hanna did not collapse border wall in Texas

  28-07-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A viral video falsely claims Hurricane Hanna was responsible for knocking down a border wall in southeast Texas.
  
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• Democrat Biden says he will name running mate in first week of August

  28-07-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden's search for a vice presidential candidate has drawn intense scrutiny, in part because he would be the oldest president in U.S. history at 78 years old as of Inauguration Day.Biden has vowed to select a woman to join his ticket ahead of November's election against Republican President Donald Trump.
  
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• Independent experts clear African Development Bank chief

  28-07-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish president Mary Robinson, has cleared the beleaguered leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB) of corruption, according to a report obtained by AFP.Akinwumi Adesina, 60, a charismatic speaker known for his elegant suits and bow ties, became the first Nigerian to helm the AfDB in 2015 -- but a 15-page report earlier this year claimed that under his watch the bank had been tarred by poor governance, impunity, personal enrichment and favou
  
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• Republicans revolt against GOP's initial stimulus plan

  28-07-2020 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Divisions within the Republican conference spilled out once again Tuesday as GOP senators dismissed key pieces of their own leadership's stimulus proposal not even a day after its release.
  
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• Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz

  28-07-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A villain with the markings of the Marvel character is among 164 new species discovered in Australia.
  
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• 'No reason to think' 2020 election is rigged, AG Bill Barr testifies, breaking with Trump

  28-07-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AG Barr: 'No reason to think' 2020 election is rigged; testimony at odds with Trump
  
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• A Hong Kong real-estate tycoon wants to build a new city in Ireland for 50,000 emigrants fleeing China's crackdown

  28-07-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nextpolis would house 50,000 emigrants from Hong Kong on a 31.07 square mile site located between Dublin and Belfast.
  
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• Officials think mysterious packages from China containing seeds are part of an online scam

  28-07-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Unsolicited packages sent from China containing mysterious plant seeds have been showing up at homes across America. Officials now think these packages may be part of a fake product review scam.
  
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• Coronavirus on campus: 'We already lost prom and graduation...'

  28-07-2020 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC spoke to three students about the uncertainty of schools reopening in the age of Covid-19.
  
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• Factbox: Biden will soon pick a running mate. Here are the front-runners

  28-07-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his potential vice president.Following widespread protests over racial injustice and police brutality, pressure increased on Biden to choose a woman of color.Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian parents, fits the bill.
  
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• William Barr testimony: AG slams 'demonization of police' and insists Trump ‘has not attempted to interfere’ in criminal cases

  28-07-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr testified in a congressional hearing today, titled the “Oversight of the Department of Justice”, in front of the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee. The hearing started off rocky, though, after Chairman Jerry Nadler was involved in a car crash on the way to the hearing.Mr Barr's appearance on Capitol Hill was in first in front of the House Judiciary Committee despite multiple attempts by the Democrats to get the attorney general to testify before the
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Donald Trump defends doctor touting hydroxychloroquine

  28-07-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Heathrow boss calls for passenger tests on arrival to save tourism season How would Heathrow’s coronavirus test work? Flights to Europe offered for as little as £1 Government urged to focus on surge in unexplained non-Covid deaths at home Sign up to The Telegraph Global Health Security bulletin Donald Trump has defended his support of a controversial Texas doctor who has touted unproven drugs to treat the coronavirus and pushed other unscientific theories. The US president on Monday
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: 'Hundreds' demand Covid tests after 10 cases linked to pub outbreak

  28-07-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Could Belgium and Luxembourg be next for quarantine list? UK facing 'K-shaped' economic recovery Is a second wave beginning to sweep through Europe? Flights to Europe offered for as little as £1 Government urged to focus on surge in unexplained non-Covid deaths at home Sign up to The Telegraph Global Health Security bulletin "Hundreds" of people have turned up to a town's Covid-19 walk-in centre after pub-goers were urged to get tested following the confirmation of 10 positive cases. Healt
  
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• Watch how Trump downplayed the virus as US reopened

  28-07-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has repeatedly delivered positive remarks on the United States' coronavirus response despite more than 4 million cases and nearly 150,000 deaths.
  
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• US Attorney General defends deploying federal agents to Portland

  28-07-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Attorney General accuses "rioters" of committing "an assault on the government of the United States".
  
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• Trump keeps pursuing unproven virus theories even as aides seek to shift messaging

  28-07-2020 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  Even amid an attempt by President Donald Trump's aides to shift his focus back to coronavirus, he continues to hear from a wide range of associates -- including the CEO of a far-right television network -- who are undermining the administration's health experts and questioning their approach to the pandemic, people familiar with the conversations say.
  
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• Chicago police hold procession for 'high-ranking' officer who died by suicide

  28-07-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The officer is identified as Deputy Chief Dion Boyd, 30-year veteran of the department.
  
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