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• Man held on $1 million bond in shooting that allegedly sparked looting in Chicago

  11-08-2020 23:55 via chicagotribune.com
  
  CHICAGO - The man whose shooting by police in Englewood on Sunday allegedly sparked looting in downtown Chicago was ordered held on a $1 million bond Tuesday. Latrell Allen allegedly shot at police officers, who returned fire, wounding him, touching off a series of events that ended in chaos in some of the city's top shopping districts, authorities have said. He was being pursued because he ...
  
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• 'The Five' react to Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as running mate

  11-08-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California Sen. Kamala Harris announced as Joe Biden's pick for vice president.
  
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• Lebanon: vigil and protests mark one week since devastating Beirut blast – video report

  11-08-2020 23:49 via theguardian.com
  
  A third night of clashes between demonstrators and security forces broke out near the parliament building in Beirut, in which police used teargas and protesters threw stones and fireworks, in the wake of the devastating explosion that hit the city's port a week ago. The Lebanese prime minister's announcement a day before that the government would resign did little to quell the anger of a people demanding change to the political systemChronic corruption and dirty tricks: Beirutis demand lasting c
  
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• Michael Flynn's efforts to force federal judge to dismiss case faces a skeptical appeals court

  11-08-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At issue is whether a federal district judge abused his discretion when he appointed a third party to challenge DOJ's bid to drop its prosecution of Flynn.
  
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• Joe Biden just sent an unmistakable message

  11-08-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden thinks he is going to win the White House in 84 days' time.
  
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• Tesla announces 5-for-1 stock split as shares continue to rip higher

  11-08-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The company's stock price has more than doubled this year as investors pile into Elon Musk's vision for electric cars.
  
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• Next-generation Xbox console gets release date

  11-08-2020 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  The new Xbox Series X next-generation console will come out in November, Microsoft's gaming arm announced on Tuesday, though no specific date was given.
  
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• The history of the women nominated for vice president

  11-08-2020 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  With Joe Biden selecting Kamala Harris, the senator from California becomes just the third woman to be selected as the vice president on a major party ticket and the first Black woman to be nominated
  
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• Chicago man charged with attempted murder in shooting that police say sparked looting

  11-08-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chicago man who allegedly shot at officers in an incident that police said prompted looting was charged with attempted murder late Monday night.
  
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• In wake of Englewood shooting, Chicago mayor says all police officers dealing with public need body cameras

  11-08-2020 23:19 via chicagotribune.com
  
  CHICAGO - Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city shouldn't be sending police officers out on the street without body-worn cameras but defended the department's account of a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood that allegedly touched off looting and civil unrest over the weekend. On a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon, Lightfoot acknowledged the Chicago police officer who shot ...
  
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• Lieberman: Life is going to change for Biden's VP pick

  11-08-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman weighs in on Biden's 2020 running mate.
  
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• US contractor told Lebanese port official of chemicals risk

  11-08-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About four years before the Beirut port explosion that killed dozens of people and injured thousands, a U.S. government contractor expressed concern to a Lebanese port official about unsafe storage there of the volatile chemicals that fueled last week's devastating blast, American officials said Tuesday.There is no indication the contractor communicated his concerns to anyone in the U.S. government.The cable, labeled sensitive but unclassified, dealt largely with the Lebanese responses to the bl
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell complains about 'onerous' jail conditions

  11-08-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ghislaine Maxwell claims in a court filing she has been unfairly singled out due to concern over Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars.
  
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• Former VP hopefuls react to Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate

  11-08-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “This is a historic moment.”
  
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• Now this is a Blockbuster Airbnb

  11-08-2020 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  You can -- and should -- eat popcorn in bed at this one-of-a-kind Airbnb. Located in Bend, Oregon, this rental has everything: a sofabed, free snacks, a VCR and a big TV.
  
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• Trump campaign quickly brands Harris as 'Phony Kamala'

  11-08-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just moments after Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was announced as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, the Trump campaign jumped in to disparage her. > Trump campaign statement on Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/kS2YSlcS9Q> > — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 11, 2020Dubbing her "Phony Kamala," the Trump campaign sought to paint Harris as inconsistent and shady. Most questionably, the statement condemns her as part of the "radical mob" that purportedly pushes "the left's radical man
  
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• The world's last Blockbuster is on Airbnb

  11-08-2020 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  The world's last Blockbuster video store in Bend, Oregon, is available to rent for a once-in-a-lifetime, 90s themed sleepover
  
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• Suspicious husband sets up hidden camera to prove wife was poisoning him, NC cops say

  11-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  She was spiking his and his son’s drinks with cleaning chemicals and paint primer, police say
  
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• A new depression in the Atlantic could become Tropical Storm Josephine this week

  11-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A tropical depression traveling west through the Atlantic could strengthen into Tropical Storm Josephine by Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
  
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• I'm a teacher in Florida and a caregiver to my 84-year-old father. My school district is making me choose between going back to work during the pandemic or losing my livelihood.

  11-08-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tracey Hicks says her county's decision to reopen in-person classes will make middle-to-lower class communities of color "guinea pigs" for the rich.
  
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• There's been a huge spike in Democratic voter registration in the epicenter of Black Lives Matter protests

  11-08-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Voter registration surged among Democratic voters following national unrest over police brutality, according to a new analysis.
  
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• Mother says son with autism was 'kicked out' of church by priest

  11-08-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Julia Vicidomini said her son, Nicholas, was instructed to leave the church after he dropped a toy.
  
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• Tropical Depression 11 is here, and it could go on to shatter another Atlantic record

  11-08-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A disturbance spinning over the middle of the Atlantic organized enough to be named Tropical Depression 11 at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. AccuWeather meteorologists expect it to go on to strengthen into a tropical storm, becoming another one for the record books.Tropical Depression 11, which began as a batch of heavy storms that forecasters have been monitoring for days, was moving to the west-northwest at 16 mph and was located 1,450 miles to the east of the
  
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• Kamala Harris in a snapshot

  11-08-2020 22:40 via politico.com
  
  The California senator has an extensive background as a prosecutor and delivered a stinging attack on Biden during the primary.
  
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• Why Kamala Harris won the VP contest

  11-08-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  It is a measure of these extraordinary times that Joe Biden's historic choice for vice president was also the most conventional.
  
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• Harris made history, then controversy, as an AG

  11-08-2020 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris has built her political career as a progressive Democrat, pushing for justice reform. But her record as an attorney general for California was controversial.
  
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• Spain again grapples with Europe's worst virus infection rate

  11-08-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just seven weeks after bringing its first coronavirus wave under control, experts say Spain is once again in a "critical" situation with the worst infection rate in Western Europe.The country reported an average of 4,923 new daily cases of the respiratory disease during the last seven days, a higher amount than that of Britain, France, Germany and Italy combined, according to a tally compiled by AFP based on official figures.Spain counts 95 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, compared to 24 in Fr
  
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• Biden campaign has already assembled Harris's staff

  11-08-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden has selected his running mate, revealing to top advisers on Tuesday the woman he will invite to join his Democratic presidential ticket, two people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
  
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• Democrats ask FBI to probe Trump call with donor Sheldon Adelson to see if ‘bribe’ was offered

  11-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two Democrats have written to the FBI asking the agency to investigate whether a “bribe” was offered during a conversation between Donald Trump and Sheldon Adelson, one of the president’s most important campaign donors.In a joint letter sent to the FBI on Monday, California Rep Ted Lieu, and New York Rep Kathleen Rice, called on detectives to probe whether an offer of money was made in exchange for action on a policy.
  
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• Biden VP pick: Kamala Harris chosen as running mate

  11-08-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The California senator is the first black woman to be chosen as a running mate.
  
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• Editorial: Kamala Harris VP pick shows Biden isn't afraid to have a strong woman at his side

  11-08-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California Sen. Kamala Harris addition to the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket is more than just symbolism. She's unafraid to take on bullies.
  
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• Kamala Harris Is the Third Woman to Run as a Vice Presidential Candidate for a Major U.S. Party. Here's What to Know About the First

  11-08-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If a woman can be Vice President of the U.S.," Ferraro said, "what job is there that a woman cannot do?"
  
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• Jayla, 11, walked out of her Miami home early Monday morning. She hasn’t been seen since

  11-08-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jayla Jones, 11, walked out of her family’s Little Haiti apartment at 8:26 Monday morning and hasn’t been seen since.
  
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• Under-fire Angolan billionaire Dos Santos quits Unitel

  11-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, who is facing a massive corruption investigation, stepped down from the board of the country's largest mobile phone operator Unitel on Tuesday, citing a "climate of permanent conflict" among administrators.Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa, she is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's nearly 40-year rule of the oil-rich southern African nation."After 20 years de
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell says she is being mistreated in jail and that she should be taken out of solitary confinement

  11-08-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, want her released into her jail's general population.
  
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• Video of Portland 'Bible burning' seized on by Trump allies alleged to be Russian disinformation scam

  11-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A viral video of protesters burning a Bible in Portland may have been amplified as part of a Russian disinformation campaign.In the video, a pair of protesters appear to throw a Bible onto a fire. Though other protesters in the area do not seem to react to the event, the video, captured and shared by Russia Today owned video outlet Ruptly, became a sensation among right-wing media pundits and politicians as evidence that the protesters are godless book-burners.
  
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• Pro-democracy media tycoon freed on bail amid Hong Kong crackdown

  11-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai walked free on bail Wednesday, over 40 hours after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.When Lai left a police station he was swarmed by a crowd of journalists and cheering supporters, some of whom waved copies of his Apple Daily in a show of their backing.A clampdown has gathered pace in Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping security law in June, with opposition politicians disqualifie
  
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• Mother of arrested Key West boy sues city, police officers, teacher and school district

  11-08-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for the mother of a now 10-year-old boy who Key West police officers tried to handcuff in 2018 at his elementary school after he was accused of punching a teacher filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against the school district, the city, the individual officers involved as well as the teacher and two school officials.
  
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• Man caught on camera erasing little girl's Black Lives Matter chalk drawings

  11-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man in California has been caught erasing black lives matter messages drawn on the pavement by a three-year-old girl.Manette Sharick and her three-year-old daughter, Zhuri, had been drawing messages in chalk across the pavement outside her house including "Black Lives Matter".
  
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• Lack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shooting

  11-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A police force with a history of brutality and racism created a new crime-fighting team, but on one of its first forays into the streets, the group did not wear body cameras, which would have shown whether a man accused of firing a gun at officers was, in fact, armed.Latrell Allen, 20, appeared in court Tuesday on charges of attempted murder and was ordered held on a $1 million bond.Investigators have reviewed video from a surveillance camera that captures the pursuit of a man matching Allen&rsq
  
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• Seattle police chief resigns after cuts to police budget

  11-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her resignation on Tuesday, one day after the Seattle City Council cut the police department's budget, as part of reform efforts following mass protests against police violence.The surprise resignation came after months of calls to "defund the police" following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer during an arrest on May 25.
  
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• Elite public schools in Virginia, elsewhere seek diversity

  11-08-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology regularly finds itself at the very top of national rankings, an elite public school in the suburbs of the nation's capital for which families start preparing their children as early as kindergarten.For decades, though, Black and Hispanic students have made up just a tiny fraction of the school’s student body.The lack of diversity in gifted education is a nationwide problem, one that officials in many states are now seeking
  
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• New polls suggest slim Biden lead in crucial battleground state

  11-08-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Three new polls out this week find former Vice President Joe Biden leading or in a tight race with President Donald Trump in the crucial battleground state of Wisconsin.
  
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• 'Latinx' Is Gaining Popularity. But New Research Says Only 3% of U.S. Hispanics Use the Gender-Neutral Term

  11-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Only 3% of people in the U.S. describe themselves as Latinx, a gender-neutral and inclusive alternative to Latino or Hispanic.
  
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• The Perseid meteor shower, which NASA says is the best of the year, peaks Tuesday night. Here's how to catch it.

  11-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Perseids meteor shower, considered the year's best, peaks Tuesday night. Here's how to watch the show.
  
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• How SpaceX outmaneuvered Blue Origin and other rivals to clinch a prized Space Force launch agreement worth billions

  11-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, not only managed to get the rules of the competition changed, but also beat out Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.
  
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• Trump claims dog was sent a ballot. See election official's response

  11-08-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  Colorado has had universal mail-in voting for seven years. George Stern helps oversee elections in Colorado and has invited President Trump to see how it's done. Lucy Kafanov reports.
  
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• Mitch McConnell on stalemate over COVID relief, President Trump's executive actions, push to hold the Senate

  11-08-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joins Bill Hemmer with insight on 'Bill Hemmer Reports.'
  
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• Russia Approves Sputnik-V, the World's First Coronavirus Vaccine

  11-08-2020 21:27 via popularmechanics.com
  
  But without completing the final phase of testing, the Russians are rushin' it.
  
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• 2 Georgia police officers are being investigated after shooting at 5 Black children during a traffic stop

  11-08-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five siblings were on the way to a football game but turned toward home when they noticed police were following them, one of them told local news.
  
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