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• Feds expand officer deployments to Memphis, St. Louis in anti-violence push

  06-08-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department announced that it is surging 40 officers to Memphis, Tennessee, and 50 more to St. Louis during the next several weeks.
  
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• Cries of 'revolution' in streets of Beirut as Macron mobbed by crowds during visit

  06-08-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Blast leaves stunning trail of destruction
  
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• Beirut port employees detained in investigation of deadly explosion

  06-08-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Blast leaves stunning trail of destruction
  
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• Portland Police Chief Slams ‘Incomprehensible’ Violence, Says Rioters Target Local Officers with Mortars and Commercial-Grade Fireworks

  06-08-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland police chief Chuck Lovell slammed "incomprehensible" violence on Thursday after rioters moved to target city police precincts.Riots in Portland have been ongoing since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Rioters targeted the city's federal courthouse for two months, assaulting federal officers with explosives and in some cases shining lasers to blind officers.City police began coordinating with federal officers
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro orders $360 million to be set aside for AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

  06-08-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree on Thursday that will set aside 1.9 billion reais ($356 million) in funds to purchase and eventually produce the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University researchers.Brazil's Acting Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello said the vaccine could be available for Brazilians by December or January.AstraZeneca's candidate is seen as the frontrunner in the global race to deliver an effective vaccine.
  
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• Three journalists of color resign from Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen videos

  06-08-2020 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Three Bon Appétit journalists of color said Thursday they will no longer participate in the Condé Nast-owned food brand's popular video series.
  
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• Schumer, Pelosi call on postmaster general to reverse service changes

  06-08-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Their letter comes after the two had a "heated" meeting with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Wednesday about increased delays in mail delivery.
  
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• Mandatory hotel quarantine for NSW arrivals from Victoria

  06-08-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People entering the Australian state of New South Wales from Victoria must go into hotel quarantine.
  
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• Joe Biden needs more than the right vice president to restore America | Opinion

  06-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The demand that Joe Biden choose a Black woman as his vice presidential nominee to facilitate Black empowerment is ill-advised and strategically wrong. President Obama’s election is a good example of the fact that one individual, no matter how outstanding, cannot empower a community.
  
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• Donald Trump claims Joe Biden is 'against God;' Biden aides call Trump a hypocritical divider

  06-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden has often talked about how his Catholic faith helped him survive the death of his first wife and their daughter in a 1972 car crash.
  
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• ‘I can’t teach when I’m dead.’ UGA staff, students hold die-in over reopening plans

  06-08-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “When I said I was dying to get back to my classroom, I didn’t mean it literally.”
  
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• Trump's 'bizarre' and false claim about Biden

  06-08-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports that President Donald Trump has been trying to associate former Vice President Joe Biden with the "radical left" and shore up support among evangelical voters.
  
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• Former Saudi official accuses Mohammad bin Salman of 'sending hit squad' to kill him

  06-08-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former senior Saudi intelligence official has claimed that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman sent a hit squad to Canada in an attempt to kill him. In a 107-page complaint, filed in a Washington DC court, Saad Aljabri claimed the assassins were intercepted by Canadian authorities. The incident was alleged to have happened less than two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident, was killed in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Mr Aljabri, who was living in s
  
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• 7-year-old becomes Georgia’s youngest coronavirus death, state health officials say

  06-08-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia now has over 204,000 coronavirus cases.
  
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• Trolls doll pulled after complaints it promotes child abuse

  06-08-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The doll had been designed to giggle when placed in a sitting position, but some parents complain the sound activation button is inappropriately placed under the doll’s skirt and between her legs.
  
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• Facebook bars pro-Trump PAC from advertising, citing repeated false posts

  06-08-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook Inc is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday."As a result of the Committee to Defend the President's repeated sharing of content determined by third-party fact-checkers to be false, they will not be permitted to advertise for a period of time on our platform," Facebook spokesman Andy S
  
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• In bombshell plea, close friend admits to murdering former Arkansas state senator

  06-08-2020 23:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The main suspect in the June 2019 murder of former Arkansas Sen. Linda Collins-Smith, will spend 54 years in prison.
  
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• ICE detained hundreds of Mississippi chicken plant workers. Now managers are charged

  06-08-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The indictments mark the first criminal action prosecutors have taken against company managers after ICE took close to 700 workers into custody last year during a massive raid on food processing plants.
  
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• Before Biden Backed Out of Speech, COVID Was Detected at Convention Site

  06-08-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The same week that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden formally canceled plans to give a convention speech in Milwaukee, the Democratic National Convention Committee detected three positive cases of COVID-19 at the site. “As testing increased this week, our system detected three cases which have been reported to the health department and given instructions to self-isolate,” an aide to the convention told The Daily Beast. The aide confirmed that those individuals tested posi
  
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• Armed man with ties to radical Islam takes hostages at French bank for six hours, police say

  06-08-2020 22:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A man who authorities believe has ties to radical Islam entered a bank armed with a revolver and took at least six people hostage.
  
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• Africa passes 1M confirmed virus cases; true number far more

  06-08-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people.While experts say infection tolls in richer nations can be significant undercounts, large numbers of undetected cases are a greater danger for Africa, with many of the world’s weakest health systems.The World Health Organization calls the milestone a “pivotal
  
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• Fact check: Nancy Pelosi is not related to KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest

  06-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Claims that Nancy Pelosi is the great-granddaughter of Nathan Bedford Forrest have their origin in a satirical news article and are false.
  
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• Woman slashed in random attack at NYC subway station

  06-08-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 41-year-old woman was slashed while purchasing a MetroCard at a vending machine inside a Manhattan subway station, according to police.
  
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• Truck drivers have seen their pay slashed during the pandemic — and they're pushing Congress to halt 2 taxes for relief

  06-08-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Truck drivers are calling on Congress to suspend two popular taxes in the industry following months of uncertain work conditions.
  
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• Fox’s Chris Wallace: Trump Only Wants More Debates Because He’s Losing

  06-08-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News host Chris Wallace has no illusions about why the Trump campaign is suddenly demanding a fourth debate against former Vice President Joe Biden. After Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade echoed the president’s stated concerns about the debates happening after early voting starts in some states, his radio show guest shot down the idea of either moving the schedule up and adding a fourth debate earlier in September. “If they were to open it up and say, no, let's
  
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• Baldwin to Trump: The numbers are strong? Look at this

  06-08-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brooke Baldwin and Gloria Borger react to President Donald Trump's speech at Whirpool headquarters in Ohio, where he boasted about what his administration has done for the economy.
  
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• Antibody cocktail could bridge the gap to a vaccine

  06-08-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Elizabeth Cohen talks to a volunteer participating in a trial that has shown potential to both treat and prevent Covid-19.
  
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• After Isaias rocks East Coast, more storms on the way

  06-08-2020 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Millions are still without power Thursday morning.
  
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• Caesar 'the no drama llama' is helping keep the peace at the Portland protests

  06-08-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Caesar McCool, a retired grand champion show llama, diffuses tense situations and protesters and police officers visit with him for pets and photos.
  
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• Captain astonished that his ship delivered Beirut explosive

  06-08-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Boris Prokoshev, a former sea captain spending his retirement years in a Russian village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that blew up swathes of Beirut, he was astonished.“I didn't understand anything,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday from Verkhnee Buu, 1300 kilometers (800 miles) south of Moscow.The email was from a journalist, he said, and titled with the name of the MV Rhosus, which he had captained on a vo
  
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• Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence

  06-08-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics say doesn’t fit the alleged crime.Prosecutors said Wednesday that’s justified because the protesters worked together to cause thousands of dollars in damage, but watchdogs called the use of the 1990s-era la
  
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• Norwegian Cruise Line optimistic about future despite $666 million second quarter loss

  06-08-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported $16.93 million in revenue for the second quarter, mostly from passenger ticket sales. The results marked a sharp fall from the $1.67 billion in revenue reported during the same period last year.
  
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• Model projects nearly 300,000 US deaths by December

  06-08-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Researchers behind an influential model are projecting that the US death toll from coronavirus could reach nearly 300,000 by December 1 -- but that can be changed if Americans consistently wear masks.
  
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• Trump says Biden is 'against God'

  06-08-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump attacked former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday by accusing him of being “against God.”
  
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• Sri Lankan PM claims landslide victory, strengthening Rajapaksa family's hand

  06-08-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party claimed a landslide victory as vote counting in the country's election came to a close on Thursday evening, prompting fears among minority groups. “Our biggest victory has been that people have trusted us and we are ready to uphold that trust,” the Prime Minister told The Telegraph as the results came in. However, critics worry that it further strengthens the hand of the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist Rajapaksa family, with fe
  
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• Polish opposition shows rainbow LGBT solidarity at president's swearing-in

  06-08-2020 22:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Members of Poland's parliament on Thursday used the swearing-in ceremony of President Andrzej Duda's to make a political statement, forming a rainbow with their clothing to highlight accusations of homophobia against his campaign. 
  
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• Trump loses bid to add fourth debate with Biden in early September

  06-08-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign on Thursday lost its bid to add a fourth debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden in early September.In rejecting the request, the Commission on Presidential Debates said it remains committed to the current schedule of three 90-minute debates beginning in late September.It would only add a fourth debate, or move an existing debate to earlier in the month, if both sides in the campaign for the Nov. 3 election agreed to it, it said.
  
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• Federal judge rules the government owns an undeveloped island off Key West — not a developer

  06-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Government, not developer, owns undeveloped Island off Key West: judge
  
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• Pence denounces rulings of Chief Justice Roberts calling him ‘disappointment to conservatives’

  06-08-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence has called out Chief Justice John Roberts as a “disappointment to conservatives” in a rare criticism of a US Supreme Court judge.Mr Pence made the remarks during an interview with told Christian Broadcast Network’s David Brody, who asked if Mr Pence was “scratching his head” over Chief Justice Roberts as a “reliable vote”.
  
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• Opinion: Let the NRA die

  06-08-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Under Wayne LaPierre's leadership, the NRA has become a remarkably efficient machine for funneling money into Wayne LaPierre's pockets.
  
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• Crystal Rogers disappearance: FBI takes over case of missing Bardstown, Kentucky mom, 5 years later

  06-08-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five years after the disappearance of Bardstown, Kentucky, mom Crystal Rogers, the FBI has taken over the investigation and is launching a new search.
  
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• Trump hammers China over virus as U.S. health secretary heads to Taiwan

  06-08-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday intensified his attacks on China for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 700,000 people worldwide, as his health secretary headed to Taiwan for a visit sure to irk Beijing.Trump, whose public approval ratings have fallen amid continued COVID-19 infection rates and economic woes, sought to shift the focus to Beijing, claiming again, without evidence, that it may have intentionally let the virus spread globally.The Republican
  
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• Weather forecasters are predicting a rare, 'extremely active' 2020 hurricane season with up to 13 more named storms than average

  06-08-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NOAA researchers say 2020 will be "extremely active" in the Atlantic. Hurricanes are intensifying because of climate change.
  
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• US lifts global 'Do Not Travel' advisory

  06-08-2020 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  After more than four months, the US State Department on Thursday lifted its advisory warning US citizens against traveling abroad.
  
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• State Department lifts global advisory on avoiding international travel amid COVID-19 pandemic

  06-08-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The State Department lifted a March advisory warning Americans not to travel abroad, though the agency says travelers should still be cautious.
  
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• Coronavirus: Dr Fauci says daughters have been harassed

  06-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top US virus researcher said he has received death threats and his children have been harassed.
  
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• Trump Threatens Executive Action on Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Benefits if Congress Fails to Pass COVID Relief Bill

  06-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump indicated he would sign executive orders on Friday or Saturday that would extend unemployment benefits and institute a payroll tax holiday, amid continuing deadlock in Congress over coronavirus economic relief.Trump also told reporters on Thursday that he was looking into extending a federal moratorium on evictions as well as unspecified student debt relief. If signed, the orders would set up a legal fight over the president's authority to institute the measures. The payroll tax
  
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• Southwest is rolling back its COVID-19 cleaning protocols to speed up plane turnaround times, even as the pandemic continues to spread

  06-08-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The airline will stop cleaning seatbelts between flights, focusing on areas like tray tables and lavatories. It will still deep-clean jets overnight.
  
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• US State Department lifts international travel advisory warning Americans from going abroad

  06-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US State Department has lifted its international travel advisory advising Americans against travelling during the coronavirus pandemic, stating it would now look at countries on a case-to-case basis.In March, the department first implemented an international travel advisory as the coronavirus ravaged through parts of Europe and China. It was then announced in a statement on Thursday that the department would lift the advisory – which has remained at the highest alert level as a level 4
  
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• Trump claims Biden will 'hurt God. He's against God.'

  06-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a speech to supporters in Cleveland on Thursday, President Trump said former Vice President Joe Biden is “against God.”
  
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