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• Lifelong Republican: I'm voting for Biden because I'm disgusted

  13-08-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Some Republicans voters in Arizona say they are dissatisfied with the way President Trump has handled the response to coronavirus pandemic and are organizing to defeat him in 2020. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.
  
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• Lifelong Republican: I'm voting Biden because I'm disgusted

  13-08-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Some Republicans voters in Arizona say they are dissatisfied with the way President Trump has handled the response to coronavirus pandemic and are organizing to defeat him in 2020. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.
  
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• US suspends private charter flights to Cuba

  13-08-2020 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the latest White House move to undo Barack Obama's thaw with communist-run Cuba.
  
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• Turkey's president warns attack against Turkish ships will pay 'high price'

  13-08-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a "high price" and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning.
  
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• USA's Adams scores winner as Leipzig shock Atletico in Champions League

  13-08-2020 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  RB Leipzig will play Paris St-Germain in the last four of the Champions League after Tyler Adams' late deflected winner knocks out Atletico Madrid.
  
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• Mexico to keep US border closed to non-essential travel

  13-08-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico plans to extend the closure of its shared border with the United States for another month to non-essential travel, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday.The current agreement runs through Aug. 21, but Ebrard said it does not make sense to reopen the border at this time.“We already told the United States that we're of the idea that it's extended because of what we have along the strip on their side,” Ebrard said, referring to a surge in cases in the sout
  
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• US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese 'foreign mission'

  13-08-2020 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese government educational programmes are "advancing Beijing's global propaganda", the US says.
  
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• US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese 'foreign mission'

  13-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese government educational programmes are "advancing Beijing's global propaganda", the US says.
  
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• He used social media to pimp a 14-year-old in Miami airport hotels, cops say. He’s 17

  13-08-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 14-year-old runaway told cops she got sold for sex at hotels across the street from Miami International Airport up to five times a day, according to a police report. The first statutory rapist called himself “Slime,” the girl said. He paid in Percocet.
  
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• The CDC issues a dire warning for the fall

  13-08-2020 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  A top federal health official is issuing a dire warning: Follow recommended coronavirus measures or risk having the worst fall in US public health history.
  
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• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris call for nationwide mask mandate – video

  13-08-2020 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Thursday called on all governors to mandate mask wearing to slow the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 165,000 people in the United States. In his second day on the campaign trail with former rival and now running mate Kamala Harris by his side, Biden made the call for a nationwide mandate on masks after a virtual meeting with public health advisers in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.US news - live Continue reading..
  
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• Hand sanitizers made in China, Texas, North Carolina now on the FDA’s Do Not Use list

  13-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FDA’s Do Not Use hand sanitizer list, once a roll call of Mexican-made hand sanitizers with methanol, now includes hand sanitizers from China, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Utah.
  
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• Friday's gossip column - Liverpool make contact over Thiago

  13-08-2020 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool make contact over Thiago Alcantara, Man Utd to rival Chelsea for Ben Chilwell, Arsenal set to announce Willian, plus more.
  
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• Commissioner says local Democrats won’t stop him from tweeting about hydroxychloroquine

  13-08-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even as a local Democratic Party official threatens to call for his removal from public office, Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola said he will not delete his Twitter account or stop sharing articles promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
  
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• In dramatic shift, half of Americans fear difficulties voting in November election, poll says

  13-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's a dramatic spike in fears about voting from the 2018 midterm election, when only 15% of voters said they anticipated difficulties.
  
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• Russell Crowe contributes to GoFundMe for Beirut restaurant beloved by Anthony Bourdain

  13-08-2020 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  The initial GoFundMe goal for Beirut restaurant Le Chef was set at an attainable $13,000.
  
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• Fortnite: Apple ban sparks court action from Epic Games

  13-08-2020 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Epic Games says it is taking Apple to court over "monopolistic" policies after it banned Fortnite.
  
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• Pentagon to launch task force to investigate UFO sightings

  13-08-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  The Pentagon is forming a new task force to investigate UFOs that have been observed by US military aircraft, according to two defense officials.
  
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• Antifa website redirected to Biden’s campaign site causes right-wing conspiracy meltdown

  13-08-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The website for anti-facist group Antifa redirected to Joe Biden‘s campaign website on Wednesday, which led some people to claim that the Democrats are connected to the organisation.For a few hours on Wednesday, Antifa.com redirected to JoeBiden.com, the campaign website of the presumptive Democratic candidate for president, before it returned back to the original page of the group Donald Trump has described as being run by “anarchists.”
  
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• LGBTQ group revokes endorsement of Miami School Board incumbent for anti-trans stance

  13-08-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a rare move, SAVE Dade, a group that aims to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people against discrimination, has revoked its endorsement of a Miami-Dade County School Board member seeking reelection.
  
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• 'No way in hell': US rejects Russia offers to help with Covid-19 vaccine

  13-08-2020 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  Russian officials in Moscow tell CNN they have offered "unprecedented cooperation" with Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the US multi-agency body set up to accelerate access to effective Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.
  
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• Fact check: Obama did not resettle 70,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota

  13-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar's district received a majority of resettled Somali refugees is false.
  
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• California megachurch defies state coronavirus order and allows thousands for Sunday services

  13-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California megachurch pastor has defended the decision to open his church to thousands of people for Sunday services, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California, has held multiple Sunday services over the last few weeks, which have been attended by at least 6,000 people, pastor John MacArthur told CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Fortnite maker sues Apple over removal from App Store

  13-08-2020 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  The maker of Fortnite is suing Apple after Apple blocked the wildly popular online video game with hundreds of millions of registered players from its app store Thursday.
  
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• UK imposes 14-day quarantine on arrivals from France

  13-08-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Kingdom will impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from France on Saturday because COVID-19 infection rates there are too high, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday.The government, wary of a second wave of the novel coronavirus, also added the Netherlands, Malta and three other countries to its quarantine list."Data shows we need to remove France, the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks & Caicos & Aruba from our list of #coronavirus Travel Corridors to keep infe
  
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• Late-night host has parents review racy new Cardi B video

  13-08-2020 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  The parents of late-night host James Corden joined "The Late Late Show" to offer their review of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's new music video for their hit song "WAP."
  
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• 'Chaos and confusion': Post Office cuts fuel worries over mail voting

  13-08-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Post Office shake-up fuels worry for mail voting
  
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• Portland State disarms campus police after Black man's death

  13-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland State University said Thursday it will disarm its campus police force, more than two years after officers from the department shot and killed a Black man who was trying to break up a fight close to campus.Portland State President Stephen Percy said the decision to have officers patrol the campus unarmed is the first step in a broader policy to re-imagine safety at the state-funded university in the heart of the city.Activists had been calling for Portland State to disarm campus police l
  
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• Jared Kushner Is Working on More Middle East Pacts With Israel

  13-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With 89 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that marks a significant step in establishing peace in the Middle East—a promise Trump made in his first 100 days in office.Speaking with reporters Thursday, Trump joked that he wanted the pact, an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations, “to be called the Donald J. Trump accord.” National Security Adviser Robert O’Bri
  
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• This Republican governor just compared kids going back to school to killing Osama bin Laden

  13-08-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  The first rule of politics has long been to never, ever compare anything to Nazi Germany. The murder of 6 million Jews defies comparison. The second rule of politics -- or maybe just an addendum to the first rule -- should be: Never compare anything to the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
  
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• GOP governor compares kids going back to school to killing bin Laden

  13-08-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  The first rule of politics has long been to never, ever compare anything to Nazi Germany. The murder of 6 million Jews defies comparison. The second rule of politics -- or maybe just an addendum to the first rule -- should be: Never compare anything to the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
  
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• Biden says wearing masks for at least the next three months is key to safe school reopening

  13-08-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, are urging governors to enact and enforce strict face mask mandates for at least the next three months.The Democratic president and vice presidential hopefuls are calling on everyone to wear masks while out in public, whether indoors or outdoors, through the fall.
  
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• Tongue-eating parasite found in the mouth of a fish

  13-08-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  In the course of studying wrasse skulls, an evolutionary biologist found a parasite hiding inside a fish's mouth. And not only had the louse eaten the fish's tongue -- it effectively replaced it.
  
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• 'From golden showers in a sex club to tax fraud': Michael Cohen releases explosive foreword to Trump book

  13-08-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has released a foreword to his new book in which he calls the president "a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man," and accuses him of cheating in the presidential 2016 election.Mr Cohen also makes reference to "golden showers in a sex club in Vegas," without specifically stating that the president took part in such acts, and alludes to "catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump's clandestine lovers."
  
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• Israel and UAE strike historic deal to normalise relations

  13-08-2020 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to normalise relations in the third Israel-Arab peace deal.
  
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• Slimmed-down UK PM wants Brits to count their calories

  13-08-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Boris Johnson's latest strategy to fight coronavirus aims to make Britain healthier -- but campaigners are worried about the impact the policy will have on people living with eating disorders.
  
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• Power lifter fractures both knees while attempting to squat nearly 900 pounds

  13-08-2020 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  A Russian power lifter broke both his knees while trying to lift nearly 900 pounds.
  
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• Former U.S. Fed Chair Yellen among those appearing at Biden economic briefing

  13-08-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is among those who appeared at a briefing on the economy for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his campaign disclosed on Thursday.Yellen, who ran the U.S. central bank from 2014 to 2018, appeared by video at the first joint economic briefing attended by both Biden and his new running mate, Senator Kamala Harris.Harris joined the regular briefings that Biden takes on both the public health and economic consequences of the coronavirus crisi
  
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• Postal workers are sounding the alarm as mail sorting machines are removed from processing facilities

  13-08-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's not just business as usual at the United States Postal Service.While President Trump is publicly saying he plans to block funding for the USPS so that Democrats can't achieve their goal of expanding mail-in voting across all states ahead of the November election, the Postal Service is also facing some internal changes.Vice News' Motherboard reported Thursday that USPS is quietly removing mail sorting machines — the very machines that are responsible for sorting ballots. There's no off
  
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• Top U.S. health official says approval of COVID vaccines unlikely before November

  13-08-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a call with reporters, Francis Collins said he thinks testing a vaccine in at least 10,000 people could potentially give enough evidence of safety and efficacy to clear it for wider use."I would not expect to see, on the basis of what we know scientifically, that we would be at the point where the FDA could make such a judgment until considerably later than October 1st," Collins said, referring to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.President Donald Trump said last week it was possible the
  
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• Serena comes from behind to beat Venus at Top Seed Open

  13-08-2020 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serena Williams comes from a set down to beat her sister Venus 3-6 6-3 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the Top Seed Open.
  
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• COVID-19 rumors, myths and conspiracies responsible for over 800 deaths, study finds

  13-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fake cures and false information are taking their toll
  
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• Trump pick to run Voice of America accused of carrying out 'purge'

  13-08-2020 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., accused the administration of trying to turn the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which runs the Voice of America, into a Trump mouthpiece.
  
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• Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants

  13-08-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegation, calling it “meritless” and “hasty.” The findings detailed in a letter to the college’s attorneys Thursday mark the latest action by the Trump administration aimed at rooting out discrimination in the college application process, following co
  
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• The 12 fastest-selling new cars during the pandemic are almost all SUVs

  13-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The list is topped by the Chevrolet Trailblazer, which spent an average of 19 days on the market between March and June 2020.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects GOP request to block Rhode Island from accepting absentee ballots without witnesses

  13-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rhode Island dropped a requirement that absentee ballots be signed in front of two witnesses or a notary due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Netanyahu hails Israel-UAE deal as 'greatest advancement toward peace' in two decades

  13-08-2020 21:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday addressed the historic deal between his country and the United Arab Emirates, calling it "the greatest advancement towards peace between Israel and the Arab world in the last 26 years."
  
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• US calls to ease shower rules after Trump complains about his hair

  13-08-2020 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  The US Department of Energy released a proposal to roll back water efficiency standards for showerheads following President Donald Trump's comments that he was unable to wash his "beautiful hair properly." CNN's Bill Weir has more.
  
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• Harris throws Trump off balance

  13-08-2020 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Everyone knew that Sen. Kamala Harris was a frontrunner to get the nod as Joe Biden's running mate; everyone, it seems, except President Donald Trump and his brain trust of loyalists and paid staffers.
  
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• Kamala Harris reacts to Trump and Biden referring to presidential impeachments as ‘lynchings’

  13-08-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris reacts to the use of the term ‘lynching’ by former Vice President Joe Biden to describe the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998.
  
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