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• More than 50 Confederate symbols moved, taken down in wake of George Floyd's death, study says

  14-08-2020 23:56 via nydailynews.com
  In the months since George Floyd died in Minneapolis while in police custody, protests have rippled across the United States, with hundreds of demonstrators rallying against systemic racism and calling for justice. Among some of the more prominent changes sparked by Floyd's death is the speedy removal and renaming of landmarks and monuments representing the Confederacy. Such symbols have come ...
  
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• Venezuela jails 15 for decades over botched invasion

  14-08-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela on Friday sentenced 15 people to more than two decades in prison over a failed invasion plot that President Nicolas Maduro has said was an attempt to overthrow him.
  
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• Belarus' dictator is getting desperate. Trump can back democracy — or doom millions.

  14-08-2020 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  When the people of Belarus need us most, we — Democrats and Republicans at home together, democracies around the world united — should not give up on them.
  
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• No need to quarantine for up to 3 months after recovering from COVID-19, CDC says

  14-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here’s what the CDC says about quarantining after recovering from COVID-19.
  
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• Beirut blast: UNESCO warns 60 historic buildings at risk of collapse

  14-08-2020 23:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations’ cultural agency said Thursday it will lead the international campaign for the recovery and restoration of Beirut's heritage, citing local officials who said that around 60 historic buildings in the Lebanese capital were at risk of collapse following last week’s devastating explosion at the Beirut port.
  
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• Trailing McConnell, Amy McGrath shakes up her campaign

  14-08-2020 23:37 via politico.com
  
  McGrath’s campaign announced that Dan Kanninen will take over for Mark Nickolas as campaign manager.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: US-Canada border closure to continue; Georgia drops mask lawsuit; Hawaii may delay tourists' return

  14-08-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hawaii considers another stay-at-home order. Stimulus package negotiations are at a standstill. Latest COVID-19 news.
  
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• Don't use Asians to maintain white privilege, critics say after DOJ letter to Yale

  14-08-2020 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  “This announcement is pure politics — a signal once again that the Trump administration will take extraordinary steps to protect white privilege," a former DOJ official said.
  
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• Don't use Asians to maintain white privilege, critics say after DOJ letter to Yale

  14-08-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “This announcement is pure politics — a signal once again that the Trump administration will take extraordinary steps to protect white privilege," a former DOJ official said.
  
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• Palestinians say new Israel, UAE deal pushes fair resolution further away

  14-08-2020 23:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A historic agreement made earlier this week between the United Arab Emirates and Israel established new diplomatic ties in the Middle East, a move that Palestinians have said amounts to “treason.”
  
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• New Jeffrey Epstein Victims, Including 11-Year-Old Girl, Come Forward in Lawsuit

  14-08-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Florida woman who alleges Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 11-years-old is among nine accusers who have filed a new lawsuit against the millionaire pedophile’s estate.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges Epstein sexually abused them from as early as 1978—far earlier than Epstein’s previously known instances of abuse—and continued until 2004. Five of the women in the lawsuit claim they were underage when they were abused, inc
  
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• Florida and Texas close in on 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

  14-08-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  California, the largest state in the nation and the first to exceed 600,000 coronavirus cases, is nearing 11,000 deaths, NBC News figures show.
  
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• Obama denounces Trump bid to deter voters with attack on post office

  14-08-2020 23:19 via theguardian.com
  
  USPS warns mail-in votes might not arrive in time to be countedObama: president trying to ‘actively kneecap’ postal serviceThere are growing fears over the handling of November’s US presidential election after it emerged that the US Postal Service (USPS) has warned it cannot guarantee mail-in votes will be counted in almost every state in America and Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of trying to discourage people from voting.In letters to 46 states, and the District of Columbi
  
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• Family evacuated from Wuhan compares China and US virus responses

  14-08-2020 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  A Tennessee family evacuated from Wuhan, China, as the coronavirus pandemic exploded around the world say the difference between the way the US and China handled the virus is "night and day." CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
  
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• 3 major wildfires are burning in Colorado, one of which is the 4th largest in state history

  14-08-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three major wildfires scorched Colorado this week. One of them, Pine Gulch, is the fourth largest wildfire in the state's recorded history.
  
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• Princess Anne turns 70 with low key celebration

  14-08-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain's Princess Anne will mark her 70th birthday on Saturday with a low-key celebration, as befits the traditionally hardest-working member of the royal family, after COVID-19 forced a gathering to be cancelled.Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, who competed in equestrianism at the Olympics and once survived a kidnapping attempt, is known for her charity work and has continued to thank medics and support charities during the coronavirus lockdown.To mark her birthday, the royal family released t
  
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• 8 Years After Proving Racism Affected His Trial, North Carolina Inmate Taken Off Death Row

  14-08-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marcus Robinson, who proved in 2012 that racism had affected his sentence, was re-sentenced to life on Friday by the state Supreme Court
  
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• US allows killing sea lions eating at-risk Northwest salmon

  14-08-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. authorities on Friday gave wildlife managers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho permission to start killing hundreds of sea lions in the Columbia River basin in hopes of helping struggling salmon and steelhead trout. “These are places where the fish are really vulnerable,” said Shaun Clements, senior policy analyst for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The new permit allows the states and several Native American tribes to kill 540 California sea lions and 176 Steller sea
  
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• New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown for 12 days: report

  14-08-2020 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The lockdown will last a further 12 days while the government tries to locate the source of the outbreak.
  
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• Trump offers the illusion of a Middle East peace deal

  14-08-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  This is not THE Middle East peace deal that has beguiled a generation of American presidents, the one President Donald Trump commissioned his son-in-law and special advisor Jared Kushner to conclude.
  
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• Israel-UAE agreement a meek version of historic deal Trump pledged

  14-08-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  This is not THE Middle East peace deal that has beguiled a generation of American presidents, the one President Donald Trump commissioned his son-in-law and special advisor Jared Kushner to conclude.
  
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• Barcelona dropped from Champions League in historic loss

  14-08-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Bayern Munich scored eight times against Barcelona to help the German side inflict a record defeat on the Catalans to advance to the Champions League semifinals, winning 8-2.
  
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• Nordstrom Anniversary Sale: Kitchen and home

  14-08-2020 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kitchenware, glassware, bedding and candles are on sale during Nordstrom’s annual sale event. Shop the best deals from DKNY, Ugg, Slip, Smeg and more.
  
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• Spain introduces new anti-COVID measures, including partial smoking ban

  14-08-2020 22:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The spike in cases sees Spain recording almost 3,000 new cases in one day.
  
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• US seizes millions of dollars of Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela

  14-08-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US says it seized 1.1 million barrels of fuel from four tankers en route to Venezuela.
  
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• First Fortnite, now Facebook: Apple takes another jab over its app store

  14-08-2020 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  The jab from Facebook came as it rolled out a new set of tools for small businesses, including a "Paid Online Events" feature.
  
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• Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty to falsifying claim made to continue surveillance of key figure in Mueller probe

  14-08-2020 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  It is the first legal development to come from a review of former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
  
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• 'A collision course with destiny': Will we have to return to lockdowns?

  14-08-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts say another round of lockdowns may be the only way to keep an already-dire situation from spiraling further out of control.
  
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• 'A collision course with destiny': Will we have to return to lockdowns?

  14-08-2020 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Experts say another round of lockdowns may be the only way to keep an already-dire situation from spiraling further out of control.
  
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• Facebook is calling Apple out for refusing to reduce its 30% App Store fee for a new Facebook feature that could help small-business owners during the pandemic

  14-08-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Developers have long taken issue with Apple's commission, saying the high cut gives the tech giant an unfair advantage in the market.
  
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• Drug-dealing stripper wanted white supremacist gang to kill Texas roommate, feds say

  14-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Besides dancing and dealing, the Dallas man had murder on his mind, according to authorities.
  
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• Harris: Biden broke 'one of the most substantial barriers that has existed' in naming her as VP pick

  14-08-2020 22:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Biden “pushed forward something that might have otherwise taken decades” by putting her on the Democratic ticket, she said.
  
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• Harris: Biden broke 'one of the most substantial barriers that has existed' in naming her as VP pick

  14-08-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden “pushed forward something that might have otherwise taken decades” by putting her on the Democratic ticket, she said.
  
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• Greenland's ice sheet has melted to point of no return

  14-08-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Greenland's ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, and efforts to slow global warming will not stop it from disintegrating. That's according to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University.
  
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• Census Bureau adds emails, phone calls to door-knocking

  14-08-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you haven't filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions.The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it was sending out emails to homes in neighborhoods where the response rate was less than 50%.The Census Bureau said it expects to send out 20 million emails, a first for a decennial census, as the agency enters the homestretch of the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.
  
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• U.S. judge dismisses NRA lawsuit challenging gun shop closures in New York state

  14-08-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday dismissed the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging New York's decision to close gun stores in the state in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.The decision came eight days after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the gun rights group, accusing senior leaders of corruption including the improper diversion of millions of dollars.U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino said the NRA lacked standing to challenge on beh
  
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• Trump refuses to denounce QAnon conspiracy when asked about GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene's endorsement of it

  14-08-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump ignored a question about whether he condones Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene's support for the conspiracy.
  
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• Multiple states receive letter from postal service that adds new level of uncertainty to upcoming election

  14-08-2020 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  The US Postal Service is warning states that voters risk not getting their ballots back to election offices in time because of lags in mail delivery, according to letters reviewed by CNN, adding a new level of uncertainty to the coming presidential election and leaving states to ascertain how to adjust.
  
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• Coronavirus kills two generations of beloved Latino doctors

  14-08-2020 22:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  “My dad was an incredible guy. He cared deeply about his patients and they saw him like family,” said Carlos Vallejo's son.
  
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• Why Trump's birtherism attack on Harris is killing the Republican Party

  14-08-2020 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Marge Simpson responds to Trump adviser
  • Fact check: Trump promotes another birther lie
  • Harris' diverse family heritage
  
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• Trump's latest birther attack is killing the Republican Party

  14-08-2020 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Marge Simpson responds to Trump adviser
  • Amanpour asks Kushner to apologize for Trump's attack. Hear his response
  
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• Inspector general reviewing USPS chief's policy changes and potential ethics conflicts

  14-08-2020 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The internal watchdog at the United States Postal Service is reviewing controversial policy changes recently imposed under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and is also examining DeJoy's compliance with federal ethics rules, according to a spokeswoman for the USPS inspector general and an aide to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who requested the review.
  
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• Obama says he worries about Trump's efforts to 'kneecap' Postal Service

  14-08-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of November's election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to "kneecap" the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic.Obama, speaking on a podcast with David Plouffe, who managed his winning 2008 presidential campaign, also played down the seriousness of progressive-moderate divisions in the Democratic Party and said younger voters provided the key to beating Trump.Trum
  
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• Congressional watchdog finds acting DHS chief Wolf, senior aide not legally qualified

  14-08-2020 22:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Wolf and Cuccinelli assumed their jobs by an order of succession from an acting secretary who himself had no authority to hold his job, the GAO concluded.
  
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• Gates-backed vaccine maker soars in Wall Street debut

  14-08-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  The race for a successful coronavirus vaccine is heating up in labs around the world — and on Wall Street. Germany's CureVac, a biotech with the backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, more than tripled in its first day of trading Friday.
  
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• Bill and Melinda Gates-backed vaccine maker soars in Wall Street debut

  14-08-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  The race for a successful coronavirus vaccine is heating up in labs around the world — and on Wall Street. Germany's CureVac, a biotech with the backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, more than tripled in its first day of trading Friday.
  
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• UK remembers Far East war on 75th anniversary of V-J Day

  14-08-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.K. marked the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in World War II on Saturday, with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip leading tributes to those who fought during the six-year campaign.In a special message on Victory over Japan Day, the queen and Philip offered their “grateful thanks” to those involved in a campaign that has been widely overlooked in the decades since.The war cost the lives of some 50,000 British and Commonwealth troops, nearly half of whom pe
  
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• William Norways: a prisoner of war's sketches on the Thai-Burma railway – in pictures

  14-08-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  British soldier Bill Norways was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. During his time as a PoW he created sketches and artworks under appalling conditions• Families of British prisoner and Japanese guard united by poem 70 years on Continue reading...
  
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• Letters to a lost son: 'The war didn't end for everyone in 1945' | Erica Cervini

  14-08-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Writing to her missing son was an act of longing and hope, but the years of silence took their toll on my great-great grandmotherSeventy-five years ago on 15 August 1945 Japan surrendered, bringing the second world war to an end. My great-aunt Faye, who was 23 at the time and living in Melbourne, described how the day unfolded in an exercise book she used as a diary:“Soon after I started work the announcement of the end of the war was made so we were given the rest of the day off and tomor
  
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• The Postal Service warns states that voters risk not getting their ballots back to election offices in time because of lags in mail delivery times

  14-08-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  The US Postal Service is warning states that voters risk not getting their ballots back to election offices in time because of lags in mail delivery, according to letters reviewed by CNN, adding a new level of uncertainty to the coming presidential election and leaving states to ascertain how to adjust.
  
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