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• Vaccines are safe. But many around the world say they wouldn't take a Covid jab

  15-08-2020 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  Susan Bailey, a 57-year-old retired nurse from Florida, has had all her jabs and gets a flu shot every year. She's a vocal Joe Biden supporter -- and one of a growing number of people globally who say they wouldn't take a coronavirus vaccine even if one becomes available soon.
  
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• Power back in California after brief rolling blackouts

  15-08-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California’s utilities on Saturday night are bringing back power to thousands of customers across the state after a brief outage, according to the authority that operates the power grid.The California Independent System Operator (California ISO) said in a statement that the brief rolling blackouts throughout the state were caused by the failure of a power plant and the loss of wind power.California ISO said it ordered the end of rolling blackouts about 6:48 p.m., when wind power increased.
  
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• The USPS will reportedly halt plans to remove blue collection boxes until after the election

  15-08-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The USPS warned 46 states earlier this week that not all mail-in-ballots may be delivered in time for the November presidential election.
  
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• US fighter jets intercept small plane near Trump's Bedminster club

  15-08-2020 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The single-engine plane was not responding to communication.
  
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• 'Clueless' is getting series reboot with a twist

  15-08-2020 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  "Clueless" is coming back, and this time, the spotlight is on Dionne Davenport.
  
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• Teen leading in Kansas race admits blackmail, revenge porn

  15-08-2020 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Aaron Coleman, a dishwasher and community college student, holds a five-vote lead over seven-term state Rep. Stan Frownfelter, a 69-year-old small business owner
  
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• Protesters slam U.S. postmaster outside his home amid mail-in worries

  15-08-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A small group of demonstrators held a noisy protest outside the Washington condo of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy amid growing concerns that he is gutting the U.S. Postal Service to help President Donald Trump win reelection in November.Blowing vuvuzelas and banging pots and pans, about 75 people surrounded DeJoy's upscale Washington condo and waved signs saying "Postmaster Saboteur," "LET AMERICA VOTE" and "Deliver DeMail, Depose DeJoy."
  
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• Coronavirus: South Africa eases lockdown as 'outbreak reaches peak'

  15-08-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Africa's president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country's economy.
  
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• Lyon stun Manchester City to reach Champions League semifinals

  15-08-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Lyon stunned Manchester City on Saturday to qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League, winning 3-1.
  
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• Trump claims he "doesn't know" what postmaster general is doing

  15-08-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump also pushed for college football to go ahead with the 2020 fall season.
  
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• Coronavirus spread in Georgia is 'widespread and expanding,' says report

  15-08-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia's governor is expected to sign a new order Saturday that will allow local governments to require masks on public property but not in businesses.
  
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• Fact check: Kamala Harris didn't say she'd send police to take firearms via executive order

  15-08-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris never said that she would sign an executive order to allow police to take people's guns away.
  
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• Police: Girl killed by gunfire during birthday party in Ohio

  15-08-2020 22:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Cops say it appears that the shots were fired from outside the residence.
  
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• Georgia trooper charged with murder in shooting of Black man. 'He was a kind soul,' widow says at vigil.

  15-08-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A NAACP leader called the slaying of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis another example of a Black man being killed unlawfully by a white police officer.
  
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• The plastic we use unthinkingly every day is killing our planet – and slowly but surely killing us | Andrew Paris

  15-08-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As researchers, we have been shocked to find the most remote depths of the Pacific Ocean polluted by our plastic. And it will outlive us all.Another bottle. Yet another one. We are 200km from land, in the middle of the South Pacific, and this is the third bottle we’ve found already this morning.Everywhere is plastic. Continue reading...
  
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• Man sues Nebraska officer who used Taser on him

  15-08-2020 21:51 via abcnews.go.com
  He was sitting in a swing in his sister’s backyard with his empty hands visible.
  
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• Dallas police plan changes after examining protest response

  15-08-2020 21:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Changes the department plans include who can authorize the use of tear gas.
  
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• Stone Mountain in Georgia closes ahead of white nationalist rally, counterprotest

  15-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A far-right group applied to hold a large rally at Stone Mountain Park, home to the largest monument to the Confederacy. The permit was denied, but some groups said they would gather anyway.
  
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• Trump said police officers would be 'protected' to 'fight back' against protesters in confrontations

  15-08-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump said his presidential agenda would be "pro-cop all the way" in a speech to the New York police union, which gave him their endorsement.
  
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• How the Kamala Harris pick is playing with Indian Americans, a fast-growing and influential voting bloc

  15-08-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kamala Harris' bid could galvanize Indian Americans, a growing political force that could help Democrats win in key battleground states in November.
  
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• A big sign Trump is a weak candidate

  15-08-2020 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  It's often been said that President Donald Trump is "underperforming the fundamentals". Some believe Trump's doing worse than the average Republican president would be doing in the polls under similar circumstances. It's difficult to prove that, however.
  
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• Belarus leader says Putin offers help as pressure builds

  15-08-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said Saturday that Russia's Vladimir Putin has offered to help ensure the country's security, as opposition protesters kept up the pressure on the veteran leader over his claim to have won re-election.
  
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• Crews battle wildfires amid brutal heat wave in California

  15-08-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Firefighters struggled to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles on Saturday as forecasters warned that the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and humidity levels to drop across California.In Northern California, the National Weather Service warned responders to beware of a rare fire tornado.A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up around noon, sending up a cloud of smoke as it headed toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National
  
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• Police move in after fights during Georgia protest

  15-08-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Large numbers of police moved in to disperse crowds when fights broke out after several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that's home to a giant Confederate memorial. (Aug. 15)
  
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• Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris eligibility

  15-08-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris’ U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Donald Trump has not dismissed.“We entirely failed to anticipate the ways in which the essay would be interpreted, distorted and weaponized,” read the apology, signed by Josh Hammer, opinion editor, and Nancy Cooper, global editor in chief.
  
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• Venezuelan Americans make their way into U.S. political arena

  15-08-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuelans in the United States, many of whom for years clung to the belief that they would return to their lives in their homeland, have unpacked their suitcases, acquired U.S. citizenship and begun to participate more actively in the American political landscape, seeking to raise their voices to an influential decibel, much like Cuban Americans, according to experts.
  
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• Former culture secretary Nicky Morgan emerges as early front-runner to chair BBC

  15-08-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Tory Cabinet minister Baroness Morgan has emerged as an early frontrunner to chair the BBC, although any appointment has been pushed back so the Government can advertise the job. Lady Morgan, who as Nicky Morgan MP was Culture Secretary until February this year, is understood to have been one of two candidates informally approached for the £100,000-a-year job. Number 10 denied claims that an announcement was due to have been made later this month. However, that has now been delayed
  
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• Days after deal with UAE, anti-Netanyahu protests resume

  15-08-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, resuming their calls for the embattled leader to step down despite his historic agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates.While Netanyahu has tried to play down the protests, the gatherings appear to be getting stronger.Thousands of people thronged central Jerusalem late Saturday, blaring horns, hoisting Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Ne
  
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• South African leader lifts lockdown restrictions after COVID-19 infections fall

  15-08-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy.In a televised address, Ramaphosa said the government would end the ban on alcohol and tobacco, allow restaurants and taverns to return to normal business, subject to strict hygiene regulations, and remove the ban on travel between provinces."All indications are that South Afric
  
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• Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close

  15-08-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors seize buildings run by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, alleging corruption.
  
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• Truck driver in school bus crash helps free trapped kids, then collapses

  15-08-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 25-year-old driver of the rental truck died of his injuries at a hospital.
  
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• Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexican drug capo Amado Carrillo

  15-08-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed Julio César Carrillo — a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
  
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• UK, Japan, President Trump mark 75th anniversary of V-J Day

  15-08-2020 20:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip marked the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Japan during World War II on Saturday, leading tributes to those who fought during the six-year-long engagement.
  
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• Afghan woman in Taliban peace talks injured in 'assassination attempt'

  15-08-2020 20:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An Afghan woman involved in the peace negotiations between the government and the Taliban to end the 19-year war in the country was injured in an “assassination attempt” officials said. 
  
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• Trump will deliver speech on Biden's 'record of failure' hours before DNC acceptance speech

  15-08-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to give his acceptance speech during the last act of the mostly-virtual Democratic National Convention next Thursday at 10 p.m. E.T.Just a few hours before, though, President Trump is heading to Old Forge, Pennsylvania, to deliver his own remarks on "Joe Biden's record of failure," the president's re-election campaign announced Saturday.> NEWS: Trump officially set to speak in PA Thursday as counter
  
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• Rep. Garamendi on Biden's lack of press conferences

  15-08-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. John Garamendi says that the Biden campaign does eventually plan to speak to the press.
  
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• CDC clarifies that science does not imply people are immune to coronavirus in the 3 months after infection

  15-08-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Growing research shows that people who recover from COVID-19 develop some immunity, but experts don't yet know how long that lasts.
  
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• 'Traitor': Protesters gather at home of USPS chief demanding his resignation after sweeping cuts ahead of election

  15-08-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters gathered outside the US Postal Service chief's home in Washington DC on Saturday following national outcry over steep cuts to the agency and Donald Trump's threats to mail-in ballots ahead of November's presidential election.Roughly 100 people marched to the luxury apartment building of postmaster general Louis DeJoy, a Trump ally and top donor to his campaign, who was appointed to the role earlier this summer.
  
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• A Mississippi flag design inspired by the state's unofficial pest — the mosquito — was accidentally listed as a semi-finalist due to a 'typo'

  15-08-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mississippi, which will no longer fly its Confederate symbol flag, has selected nine finalists for a new state emblem from thousands of entries.
  
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• India cricket legend MS Dhoni announces retirement from international competition

  15-08-2020 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  India cricket legend MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international competition on Saturday, marking the end to his 16-year career with the India National Team.
  
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• India cricket legend MS Dhoni announces retirement

  15-08-2020 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  India cricket legend MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international competition on Saturday, marking the end to his 16-year career with the India National Team.
  
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• Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugarloaf Mountain reopen Saturday

  15-08-2020 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Two of Brazil's best known tourist attractions -- the Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugarloaf Mountain -- have reopened after being shut for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• FDA approves saliva-based coronavirus test viewed as 'major game changer'

  15-08-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued an emergency use authorization for the SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by the Yale School of Public Health.The test, which processes saliva samples to rapidly determine whether a person is infected with the coronavirus and does not require any type of swab or specific collection device, could be one of the first "major game changers in fighting the pandemic," said Andy Slavitt, a former acting administrator of the Centers for Me
  
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• Ryan Reynolds asks young people to stop 'dangerous' partying during pandemic

  15-08-2020 19:23 via cnn.com
  
  Ryan Reynolds has one simple request for young Canadians in British Columbia: Please don't kill his mom.
  
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• 'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action

  15-08-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days.A pensive Harris sits on the floor, dutifully looking ahead, a child in the center of an experiment in racial integration.Fifty years after she was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley’s public schools, Harris is now the first Black woman and first Asian American woman named to a major party p
  
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• Can Trump do the impossible? He thinks so

  15-08-2020 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maybe it was the beautiful sunset, or the crowd of tough-looking men cheering his name, or even some reassurance from secret polling, but Donald Trump did not sound like a president who risks humiliation in less than 80 days.
  
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• Far-Right Militia, Pro-Confederacy Groups, Anti-Facists Face Off in Tense Stone Mountain Protest

  15-08-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Far-right militia, pro-Confederacy groups and anti-fascist counter-protestors faced off on Saturday in tense scenes at Stone Mountain, Georgia, home of the largest monument to the Confederacy. To prepare for the confrontation, park officials closed off entry to the giant rock carving of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson. The city suspended bus services and urged residents to avoid the city center entirely “out of an abundance of caution.”Nevertheless, a small
  
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• Barca star insists: The club needs change

  15-08-2020 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  After losing 3-0 to Roma in 2018, Barcelona fans might've thought it was the club's lowest ebb. After losing 4-0 to Liverpool in 2019, they might've thought it was actually the club's lowest point.
  
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• Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexico drug capo Amado Carrillo

  15-08-2020 19:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  His father, "The Lord of The Skies," transported drugs on jet airliners.
  
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• Exclusive: China continues to harass exiles on British soil, claim victims

  15-08-2020 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China is suspected of orchestrating a sinister campaign to suppress prominent critics living in Britain from speaking out against the ruling Communist Party by harassing, intimidating, and surveilling them while they are in the UK, the Telegraph can reveal. Simon Cheng Man-kit, a former British consulate employee in Hong Kong who was tortured by Chinese secret police, said he had been followed at least three times in the last two weeks. Mr Cheng, who has been granted asylum in the UK, has been v
  
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