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• Gun sales spike among African-Americans: 'Our ancestors died for us to vote, they also died for us to be able to carry guns'

  03-08-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Americans panic, they buy guns — lots of them. During the first six months of 2020, amidst the global coronavirus pandemic, gun retailers reported a record 10.3 million firearm transactions, according to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). And while various demographic groups are buying guns in 2020, African-Americans currently account for the highest increase in gun purchases.
  
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• White House-USAID liaison fired after series of anti-LGBTQ tweets

  03-08-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a series of tweets, the political appointee said she had been attacked for her "Christian beliefs."
  
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• ICE removes Honduran man wanted in home country for murder

  03-08-2020 23:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday removed a Honduran national who was illegally present in the U.S. and wanted in Honduras for murder.
  
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• Trump news: President defends criticism of Dr Birx and responds to 'witch hunt' investigation into alleged bank fraud

  03-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump railed against mail-in ballots all day on Monday, claiming new legislation in Nevada would make a Republican win “impossible” while calling for New York to re-do several close congressional primary elections. The state has struggled to count mail-in and absentee ballots more than a month after Election Day.After Nancy Pelosi attacked Dr Deborah Birx for working with Trump, the coronavirus taskforce coordinator warned the US pandemic was now more widespread. That prompted
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. has a long history of spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories online

  03-08-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter's temporary suspension of Donald Trump Jr.'s account on Tuesday came amid the president's son's long history of sharing misinformation online.
  
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• Leaked report shows DHS targeted Americans who fought against ISIS in attempt to tie antifa to foreign power

  03-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Department of Homeland Security intelligence report leaked to The Nation has some experts skeptical of the department's motives.The report targeted several left-wing American activists whom the department would normally be prohibited from gathering intelligence on unless they had reason to believe the individuals were operating on behalf of a foreign power. The people named in the report, many of whom have identified with far-left causes, do have connections abroad — they traveled to Syr
  
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• An impassioned obituary for a 79-year-old coronavirus victim blames Trump for his death, then calls out Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and people who refused to wear masks

  03-08-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Dave did everything he was supposed to do, but you did not," David W. Nagy's widow wrote in her husband's obituary.
  
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• Man fires at officers with AK-47 a day after refusing to wear a mask, police say

  03-08-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Adam Zaborowski had lost his job because of the pandemic and recently lost custody of his child, his attorney said, adding that it was "not a defense or excuse."
  
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• 'Huge, foolish mistake': Sturgis residents split over giant bike rally as coronavirus cases rise

  03-08-2020 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 250,000 people are expected to attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota, even as the state sees a spike in COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Trump gives TikTok a deadline for sale of US operations -- and with a 'substantial' catch

  03-08-2020 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch.
  
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• Coronavirus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations continue

  03-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Slow negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill continued Monday afternoon. Republicans are upset that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t drop her expansive wish list even as concerns are growing that the White House needs to be more sure-footed in the negotiations.
  
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• US Navy investigating incident in which SEAL Museum used Kaepernick 'target' for dogs

  03-08-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The US Navy distanced itself on Sunday from an incident organized by the privately run Navy SEAL Museum, which is not sponsored the Navy, in which a Colin Kaepernick jersey was worn by a "target" during a military working dog demonstration.
  
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• Trump news - live: President defends criticism of Dr Birx and responds to 'witch hunt' investigation into alleged bank fraud

  03-08-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump will not leave the White House “peacefully” following an election defeat in November, the Democratic House majority whip James Clyburn has predicted.That warning comes as Mr Trump's continued attacks against mail-ballots, which he claimed on Monday would make a Republican win in Nevada “impossible” after the state passed new legislation introducing mail-ballots for all residents.
  
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• Trump says coronavirus is "receding" even as deaths rise

  03-08-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president continues to to tout his administration's actions even as one of his top health advisers warns the outbreak "is extraordinarily widespread"
  
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• How to pronounce CFIUS, the once-obscure government body that reportedly gave Microsoft and ByteDance a 45-day deadline to negotiate a TikTok acquisition deal

  03-08-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pronounced siff-ee-yus, the committee holds the power to investigate deals that involve foreign investment in US firms for national security threats.
  
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• Panama proposes flying Haitian migrants home after clash

  03-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The government of Panama said Monday it has proposed giving some Haitian migrants flights back to their homeland after frustrations boiled over at the remote camps where they are stuck.The camps in Panama’s southern Darien province also house some Cuban and African migrants, but about 80% of the 2,000 migrants there are from Haiti.Public Safety Minister Juan Pino said Monday he offered improved medical services or repatriation flights to the migrants, who want to travel overland to the U.S
  
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• Kaepernick shirt was attack dogs' target at Navy Seal event

  03-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US Navy Seals have launched an investigation after the footage from an event last year emerged.
  
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• School principal parodies 'U Can't Touch This' to teach CDC rules

  03-08-2020 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  A high school principal in Alabama parodied MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" to encourage students to be safe when they return to school in the fall.
  
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• Marines Want New Shoulder-Fired Rockets with Smaller Blast Signature than M9 Pistol

  03-08-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Army recently released a request for proposal on behalf of the Marines for the M72 LAW Fire from Enclosure munition.
  
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• Arab world reaches nuclear milestone

  03-08-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  The United Arab Emirates has started-up its nuclear reactor, just weeks after sending up the first Arab interplanetary mission to Mars.
  
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• 2,500-year-old Greek site is now open to the public

  03-08-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  Greece has opened its first underwater museum off the coast of Alonissos. Attendees can explore the remains of an Athenian merchant ship by sea or by virtual reality.
  
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• Trump labels Birx 'pathetic' in tweet

  03-08-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One day after top health official Dr. Deborah Birx offered a sobering assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., President Trump lashed out at her on Twitter, calling her “pathetic.” It was a stunning rebuke of Birx – coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force – who had previously been spared Trump’s public wrath. But her Sunday appearance on CNN, in which she warned that coronavirus infections are “extraordinarily widespread” in rura
  
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• Mexican national dies after apparent fall from Arizona border wall

  03-08-2020 22:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The man was found injured in an open field near Yuma, Arizona by agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 26.
  
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• Fauci: U.S. needs to get daily cases down to 10,000 by fall

  03-08-2020 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  "If we don't get them down, then we're going to have a really bad situation," Fauci said.
  
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• USDA tested those mysterious seeds from China. Guess what it found?

  03-08-2020 22:40 via sun-sentinel.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE - They didn't crack open and spew toxic gas. They didn't grow into flesh-eating Venus flytraps. And beanstalks didn't shoot into the sky. Those mysterious seeds that thousands of people across Florida and elsewhere found in their mailboxes in packages marked with Chinese characters were tested last week by the United States Department of Agriculture. Despite rumors that they ...
  
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• Red onions linked to salmonella outbreak across U.S., Canada

  03-08-2020 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Almost 400 people have been sickened in 34 states since July 10. At least 59 are hospitalized.
  
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• Illinois officials call to abolish history classes in the state until an 'alternative' is set up to highlight underrepresented groups

  03-08-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illinois Democratic State Representative LaShawn K. Ford is demanding the history of minority groups to be taught in state schools.
  
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• Trump says TikTok sale can go through but only if the US gets a cut

  03-08-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch.
  
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• N.J. 'knuckleheads' blamed for spike in COVID-19 cases

  03-08-2020 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cuomo slams Trump's coronavirus 'chaos,' WHO dashes new vaccine hopes, Birx feels wrath of Pelosi and prez
  
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• Prosecutor seeking Donald Trump's tax returns cites public allegations about his businesses

  03-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New York prosecutor trying to obtain Donald Trump's tax returns has told a court he was justified in demanding them due to media reports of "extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization". It was the latest twist in a long saga over access to Mr Trump's tax returns. Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney, is seeking eight years of Mr Trump's personal and corporate tax records. Mr Trump's lawyers said last month that a subpoena for them amounted to harassment of
  
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• Zoom will suspend direct sales in mainland China and only sell through partners, amid scrutiny over its ties to the country

  03-08-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This change comes as lawmakers and users have questioned Zoom's relationship with China over the last few months.
  
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• Educators join National Day of Resistance

  03-08-2020 22:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Nothing about being in a pandemic is normal. Nothing about dealing with racism is normal,” Chicago teacher Nina Hike told NBC News.
  
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• US firearms purchases are skyrocketing, FBI records show

  03-08-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  As the nation has grappled with a global pandemic and images of some rioters causing damage after hijacking peaceful protests demanding racial justice, more and more Americans appear to be arming themselves.
  
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• Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order Blocking Blanket Private School Closures

  03-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maryland governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday voiding Montgomery County’s order banning in-person schooling at non-public schools. “Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines,” Hogan said in a statement. “The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and inconsistent with the powers intended to be delegated to the county health of
  
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• Trump under investigation for bank and insurance fraud in New York, new court filing suggests

  03-08-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's recent court filing suggests President Trump and his company, The Trump Organization, may be under investigation for possible bank and insurance fraud, The New York Times reports.The filing was made in response to a lawsuit by Trump's attorneys who have argued prosecutors were acting in "bad faith" by issuing a "wildly overbroad" subpoena seeking Trump's personal and corporate tax returns. Vance didn't disclose anything specific about what compelled him to
  
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• Isaias regains hurricane strength, expected to slam the Carolinas on Monday night

  03-08-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to become a hurricane again as it prepares to make landfall in South Carolina.
  
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• Trump Attacks Dr. Birx in an Attempt to Keep a Loyal Soldier in Line

  03-08-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump attacked Dr. Deborah Birx for the first time on Monday after the White House coronavirus task force coordinator said she believed the virus had entered a “new phase” and that counties with significant community spread should not reopen schools in the fall.Birx’s comments came on CNN just two days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized her in a meeting with administration officials, calling her “the worst.” One Democratic aide said
  
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• Splash Mountain log flume ride sinks at Disney World's Magic Kingdom

  03-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain hit rough waters Sunday as Twitter users posted video of a submerged log flume ride they were in moments earlier.
  
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• An artist's BLM cartoon was pulled, and an unendorsed apology ran in its place

  03-08-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “This is a complete step back in the wrong direction,” the artist said.
  
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• Spain’s ex-king leaving country amid allegations of financial misconduct

  03-08-2020 21:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Former Spanish King Juan Carlos I is leaving Spain for another, unspecified, country after an investigation accused him of hiding millions gifted to him by Saudi Arabia, the royal family said Monday.
  
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• British Vogue's editor-in-chief calls for more education after racial profiling incident

  03-08-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Edward Enninful hit headlines when he became editor-in-chief of British Vogue more than two years ago, making him the first Black person at the helm of the magazine. Since then he has become a recognizable face in fashion and beyond, leading the way towards a more diverse magazine and team of people behind it. But his fame did not help him avoid being racially profiled at Condé Nast's London offices in early July.
  
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• Watch Christiane Amanpour's interview with Edward Enninful

  03-08-2020 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful speaks with Christiane Amanpour his groundbreaking September Issue and his own experiences of being racially profiled.
  
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• This is why British Vogue's September issue will be groundbreaking

  03-08-2020 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful speaks with Christiane Amanpour his groundbreaking September Issue and his own experiences of being racially profiled.
  
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• El Salvador officers convicted of killing deported trans woman

  03-08-2020 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Camila Díaz Córdova was deported from the United States despite telling American asylum officers that she feared for her life in her home country.
  
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• California governor says COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, trending down

  03-08-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rates of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions were all trending downward in California in the latest counts, the governor said on Monday.Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said that despite that good news, the state's Central Valley agricultural region was still being hit hard by the coronavirus."This virus is not going away," Newsom said at a daily coronavirus briefing.
  
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• Trump Organization under investigation for 'insurance and bank fraud,' filing suggests

  03-08-2020 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The disclosure came in a federal court filing arguing that Trump should be forced to comply with a subpoena for his tax documents.
  
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• Boaters Invaded SpaceX's Splashdown Zone. That's a Terrible Idea.

  03-08-2020 21:23 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Two words: nitrogen tetroxide.
  
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• L.A. party for first responders appeared to defy social distancing

  03-08-2020 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Sassafras Saloon says it'll no longer rent space to private parties after a weekend event did not adhere to "social distancing expectations."
  
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• 'Rest in paradise': Georgia teen loses his mom and dad to COVID-19 in same week

  03-08-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Hunter,17, lost his father on July 26 and his mother on July 30. He said they "were a regular family just trying to stay safe."
  
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• U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design changes

  03-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is proposing requiring four key Boeing 737 MAX design changes to address safety issues seen in two crashes that killed 346 people and led to the plane's grounding in March 2019.The agency is issuing a proposed airworthiness directive to require updated flight-control software, revised display-processing software to generate alerts, revising certain flight-crew operating procedures, and changing the routing of some wiring bundles.The announcem
  
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