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• Storm doesn't scuttle plan for astronauts' return

  01-08-2020 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  “We won’t leave the space station without some good landing opportunities in front of us — good splashdown weather in front of us,” astronaut Bob Behnken said.
  
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• Former Conservative minister arrested at home after woman accuses him of rape

  01-08-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former minister was arrested at his home on Saturday after a woman accused him of rape and sexual assault. The senior Conservative MP, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken into custody in the morning shortly before the Metropolitan Police announced it had launched an investigation. The man, in his 50’s, remained in custody at a police station in East London on Saturday night. A Metropolitan Police Service statement said officers received allegations relating to “four se
  
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• A historic milestone: U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical air pilot earns 'Wings of Gold'

  01-08-2020 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lt. j.g. Madeline G. Swegle received her "Wings of Gold" weeks after completing tactical strike training on July and becoming the first Black female strike pilot.
  
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• A day after Trump floated delaying the presidential election, which he cannot do, the White House condemned Hong Kong for delaying its election

  01-08-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hong Kong's move to postpone its vote "undermines" its "democratic processes," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Friday.
  
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• This map lets you compare how the proposed unemployment extensions would impact weekly payments in your state

  01-08-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the $600 weekly payments end, a new map shows what the unemployment benefits would look like in every state for each extension proposal.
  
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• President Trump's son Barron won't attend in-person classes at private school due to county-wide mandate

  01-08-2020 23:36 via nydailynews.com
  Barron Trump will not return to in-person classes at his Maryland private school until October - even as his president father threatens to cut much-needed funding to school districts that go remote this fall. Barron, 14, and other students at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, won't return to campus until Oct. 1, following a county directive issued Friday. "Nonpublic schools ...
  
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• Coronavirus updates: New tests measure amount of antibodies in blood; Louisiana ravaged twice by virus; cruise crews test positive

  01-08-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FDA authorizes the first COVID-19 tests that analyze the amount of antibodies in the blood. Latest COVID-19 news Saturday.
  
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• Florida battens down for Tropical Storm Isaias, which will move up U.S. East Coast

  01-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The storm is expected to move near Florida on Saturday afternoon through Sunday before heading north along the U.S. East Coast.
  
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• Watch live: 2 NASA astronauts are flying SpaceX's new Crew Dragon ship away from the International Space Station to begin an historic return to Earth

  01-08-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley plan to undock SpaceX's Crew Dragon from the ISS around 7:34 p.m. ET and splash down on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Donald Trump claims Anthony Fauci 'wrong' about cause of Covid-19 surge

  01-08-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President again contradicts his own health expert after doctor highlights troubled US response to virusDonald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on his own top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, arguing against the doctor’s claim that high rates of infection in the US stem from a less aggressive reaction to the virus in terms of economic shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.“Wrong!” countered the president as he retweeted a video of Fauci making the point in recent c
  
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• Fire continues to ravage Argentina's delta; authorities struggle to combat the spread

  01-08-2020 22:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Forest fires have raged for months across Argentina’s delta wetland, threatening a major ecosystem with total destruction, experts warn.
  
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• Trump publicly criticized Fauci again and called his congressional testimony 'wrong!'

  01-08-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fauci testified on Friday that the US had shut down only about 50% of the country, compared to a 95% shutdown in Europe. Trump wasn't happy.
  
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• Bill Clinton's spokesperson again denies the former president ever visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island

  01-08-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A recently unsealed interview revealed that Virginia Giuffre alleged she saw Bill Clinton on the private island with "two young girls."
  
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• TikTok: US general manager Pappas says app 'here for the long run'

  01-08-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US General Manager Vanessa Pappas defends the Chinese-owned app as President Trump threatens to ban it.
  
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• South Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass half a million

  01-08-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Africa's confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million.Africa's most industrialised nation recorded 10,107 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, pushing the total to 503,290, the ministry said.Just over 3 million people have so far been tested for the virus in South Africa, which confirmed its first case five months ago, and 8,153 deaths
  
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• Private school attended by Barron Trump prohibited from in-person learning

  01-08-2020 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump continues to demand a return to in-person classes for schools around the country despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the school attended by his youngest son has received an order prohibiting on-campus learning for the start of the school year.
  
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• The British role in America's tainted past

  01-08-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alongside calls for reform, historians say a re-examination of how US racism got to this point is needed.
  
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• Expect 'lengthy' coronavirus pandemic, warns WHO

  01-08-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization on Saturday warned the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be "lengthy" after its emergency committee met to evaluate the crisis six months after sounding the international alarm. The committee "highlighted the anticipated lengthy duration of this COVID-19 pandemic", the WHO said in a statement, and warned of the risk of "response fatigue" given the socio-economic pressures on countries. The panel gathered Friday for the fourth time over the coronavirus crisis, half
  
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• South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed cases, still not at peak

  01-08-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa's 54 countries.Experts say the true toll of the pandemic worldwide is much higher than confirmed cases, due to limited testing and other reasons.
  
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• Thousands gather in Berlin to protest Covid-19 restrictions

  01-08-2020 22:15 via cnn.com
  
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• Thousands gather in Berlin to protest against Covid-19 restrictions

  01-08-2020 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  A large crowd of far-right groups gathered for a "sit-in" at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate on Saturday to protest against the German government's coronavirus restrictions.
  
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• Politico: Homeland Security Removing Top Intel Officer

  01-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A source told Politico that Brian Murphy could be removedfollowing criticism about his role in the Portland protests.
  
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• The British role in America's tainted past

  01-08-2020 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alongside calls for reform, historians say a re-examination of how US racism got to this point is needed.
  
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• 'Bali is not only about tourism': Covid-19 prompts rethink for island's residents

  01-08-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With tourism devastated by the pandemic, many have returned to work the fields. Some believe they will never go back Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-able rice terraces.But in March, her employer asked her to take a break until further notice. Her husband is unemployed and she needs to pay school fees for three children, but the only job she could find was working on a farm. Continue reading...
  
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• Connie Culp, first face-transplant recipient in U.S. dies at 57

  01-08-2020 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Connie Culp, who had been shot in the face by her husband, became the longest-living face transplant patient to date, said Dr. Frank Papay of the Cleveland Clinic.
  
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• Connie Culp, the first person to receive a near-total face transplant in the US, has died

  01-08-2020 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  Connie Culp, the first person in the US to receive a near-total face transplant, has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic, where the procedure was performed in 2008. She was 57 years old.
  
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• 260 at Georgia overnight camp test positive for coronavirus, CDC says

  01-08-2020 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The camp did not require its more than 360 campers, who ranged in age from 6 to 19, to wear masks.
  
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• Joe Biden buries the hatchet and looks to bring in Kamala Harris as running mate

  01-08-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday night, supporters of Joe Biden received an urgent message from his campaign email address. But it wasn’t from the Democrat presidential nominee. It was from Kamala Harris. Underneath a picture of herself, the California senator wrote: “I know Joe’s heart, and I’ve seen first-hand his compassion and dedication to public service. He’ll be a president for all of us, and I’m giving everything I’ve got to help him succeed this year.” It was a
  
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• Trump creates stir with suggestion to delay Election Day over mail-in voting

  01-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street Journal columnist Karl Rove breaks down the latest from the 2020 campaign trail.
  
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• 'A game-changer': Young voters say a TikTok ban will influence their 2020 vote

  01-08-2020 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  “If it hasn’t already, I think this will definitely be a gamechanger in young voters going out and voting for sure,” one user said.
  
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• Democrats and Republicans have 'most productive' stimulus talk to date, but deal still 'not imminent'

  01-08-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats and Republicans had the 'most productive' stimulus talk to date, but are still far from a deal after unemployment benefits expire.
  
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• Washington State Trapped Its First 'Murder Hornet'

  01-08-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trapping Asian giant hornets is a crucial component for catching and killing the invasive species
  
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• SpaceX is about to win a high-stakes game of capture the flag that Barack Obama started 9 years ago

  01-08-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On the International Space Station, the American flag that SpaceX claimed has a note: "Do not forget to take with Crew Dragon."
  
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• A Black Lives Matter mural is set to be removed in Tulsa after the city received a request for a pro-police painting

  01-08-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Allowing one group to paint messages on the street means everyone would be able to do so," Tulsa City attorney said, adding that murals shouldn't be allowed for safety reasons.
  
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• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brace helps Arsenal lift the FA Cup against Chelsea

  01-08-2020 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Arsenal came from behind to claim the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory against Chelsea thanks to a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang double at Wembley Stadium.
  
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• SpaceX Crew Dragon heads for Sunday splashdown

  01-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Splashdown will set the stage for operational Crew Dragon flights to begin later this year.
  
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• 'Masks make us slaves': thousands march in Berlin anti-lockdown protest – video

  01-08-2020 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Up to 17,000 people, including libertarians and anti-vaccination activists, have marched in Berlin to protest against Germany's coronavirus regulations. Many flouted guidance on wearing masks and physical distancing as they accused the government of 'stealing our freedom'.While Germany had initial success in containing the virus, infections are rising and its R number has risen above one.Coronavirus live news: cases continue to rise in France and Poland Continue reading...
  
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• 'Nobody likes me,' Trump complains, as his allies fade

  01-08-2020 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Lamenting his plunging popularity this week, a self-pitying President Donald Trump wondered how it all went wrong.
  
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• Emirati woman smashes soccer 'hotstepping' Guinness record

  01-08-2020 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Areej Al Hammadi, a young woman from the United Arab Emirates, has shattered the Guinness World Record for soccer ball "hotstepping," completing 86 repetitions of the ball control trick in a minute.
  
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• Congressman tests positive for Covid-19 then slams Republicans who won't wear masks

  01-08-2020 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  Arizona Democrat Rep. Raúl Grijalva has tested positive for coronavirus, his office confirmed Saturday.
  
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• Russia plans mass vaccinations by October, doctors and teachers will be first, health officials said

  01-08-2020 20:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russia's health officials say that a potential coronavirus vaccine has finished clinical trials in a Moscow lab and the research facility is gearing up to register it, predicting that they will be ready to administer mass vaccinations by October. 
  
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• As Trump threatens to ban TikTok, Sarah Cooper mocks him, again, on the platform

  01-08-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After President Trump threatened to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, Sarah Cooper took to the app to impersonate him yet again and explain"how to tick tack."
  
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• SpaceX has a 'go' from NASA to return 2 astronauts to Earth on Sunday as Hurricane Isaias threatens several Florida splashdown locations

  01-08-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will try splashing down near Pensacola or Panama City on Sunday as Hurricane Isaias batters Florida.
  
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• Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal - sources

  01-08-2020 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.U.S. officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles.ByteDance's concession will test whether Trump's threat to ban TikTok is a negotiating tactic, or whether h
  
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• Fact check: Cleveland Clinic never told employees cloth face masks 'don't work'

  01-08-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The clinic instructed workers not to wear cloth masks in its facilities in favor of masks with more protection, but it still endorses cloth mask use.
  
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• Arizona congressman tests positive for virus; 2nd this week

  01-08-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee said Saturday he tested positive for the coronavirus days after he sat close to another member of the panel, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who also tested positive.Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said in a statement that he has the virus but, like Gohmert, has no symptoms.It's unclear where Grijalva, 72, caught the virus and whether it was from Gohmert, a Republican who has questioned the use of masks and often walked around the Capitol without one.
  
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• Arizona congressman tests positive for coronavirus

  01-08-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Representative Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, has tested positive for coronavirus but feels fine and has gone into isolation, he said in a statement on Saturday.Grijalva, 72, was told of the positive test by the attending physician of the capitol, he said.Grijalva chaired a hearing this week attended by Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has also tested positive and who has been photographed without a mask.
  
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• Democratic congressman calls out maskless GOP colleagues after positive coronavirus test

  01-08-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Raúl Grijalva (R-Ariz.) on Saturday announced he is the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID-19. The 72-year-old congressman, who said he currently has no symptoms and feels fine, had been isolating after coming into contact with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week.Grijalva did not call Gohmert out by name, but he did say this week has revealed the consequences of the actions of Republican lawmakers who have gone to
  
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• Obama and Trump highlight two Americas as election draws nearer

  01-08-2020 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: as the former president eulogized a civil rights hero, his beleaguered successor seemed intent on undermining faith in democracyJoin us for a live digital event with the former US attorney general Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election, Thursday at 5pm ET. Register nowThey were six hours that defined two Americas as well as exposing the magnitude of the decision facing voters in November.At 8.30am on Thursday, the US government announced that gross domestic produ
  
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• U.S. Navy's first Black female fighter pilot gets her Wings of Gold

  01-08-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It would've been nice to see someone who looked like me in this role; I never intended to be the first. I hope it's encouraging to other people," said Swegle.
  
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