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• He calls himself a ‘witch.’ Feds are calling him a kidnapper in the missing mother case

  16-08-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Alabama man who claims to be a witch, a god and the last person to see missing mother Leila Cavett alive now has been charged in federal court with kidnapping.
  
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• He calls himself a ‘witch’ and a ‘god.’ He’s been arrested in the missing mother case

  16-08-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Alabama resident who claims to be a witch, a god and the last person to see missing mother Leila Cavett alive now sits in Broward County Main Jail.
  
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• Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez concedes primary loss as island resumes elections

  16-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After an electoral debacle last Sunday, the primaries resumed in Puerto Rico. Governor Wanda Vázquez, who was named to her post after former Governor Ricky Rosselló resigned, conceded defeat in the election to former resident commissioner Pedro Pierluisi.
  
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• Somali forces kill attackers to end siege at popular Mogadishu hotel

  16-08-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  A car bomb went off at the gate of the beachfront Elite Hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday afternoon, Col Ahmed Hashi, a Somali police officer told CNN, in an ongoing attack that has killed at least one person.
  
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• Teacher with no shirt in online class prompts investigation, California district says

  16-08-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “She couldn’t concentrate on the topic because all she was seeing was this old man on camera in her bedroom.”
  
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• Southern California's Lake Fire feeds on 'decadent' fuels, grows to nearly 18,000 acres in Angeles National Forest

  16-08-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lake Fire in Southern California still has no known cause as it continued to burn over the weekend.
  
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• Sevilla strike late to beat Manchester United and advance to Europa League final

  16-08-2020 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  Sevilla overcame Manchester United thanks to a late goal to reach the final of the Europa League, winning 2-1 in Cologne, Germany.
  
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• Student with COVID-19 knowingly attends first day of high school, Oklahoma officials say

  16-08-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A student at another high school in Moore also tested positive for the virus, officials say.
  
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• 5 people wounded in shooting at flea market in San Antonio

  16-08-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least five people were wounded, including one critically, in a shooting at a flea market in San Antonio on Sunday, police officials said. McManus said a security guard also opened fire, but it was not known if the guard is among the wounded. The manager of the Mission Open Air Market, Al Ramon, said the argument did not involve any market employees.
  
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• Stacey Abrams, Conor Lamb among 17 'rising stars' to speak in DNC keynote address

  16-08-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stacey Abrams, Rep. Conor Lamb are among 17 Democratic "rising stars" who will speak at the Keynote Address during the DNC on Tuesday.
  
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• How Trump's ex-campaign manager allowed Jared Kushner to 'rule from afar'

  16-08-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brad Parscale is no longer President Trump's re-election campaign manager, but he had some real influence within President Trump's inner circle for some time, New York reports. That's largely because of his close relationship with the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who apparently has a lot of detractors within the campaign.Sources told New York that Parscale's true value to the campaign wasn't so much his skills as a political operative, but rather the fact that he seemed to always have
  
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• Worried voters buy stamps to fund the USPS

  16-08-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  The USPS implemented procedural changes this month, with modifications that will slow delivery and capacity as the United States gears up for the November election. In response, Americans are flocking to USPS's website to buy merchandise in an effort to support the postal service.
  
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• Voters receive absentee ballot forms with Trump's face on them

  16-08-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Given the crisis facing the United States Postal Service before a presidential election, the last thing John Herter expected to receive in the mail Saturday was an absentee ballot request form with President Donald Trump's face on it.
  
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• The annual 9/11 tribute in New York City is no longer canceled despite coronavirus concerns

  16-08-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will provide New York health personnel to assists workers in the execution of the annual tribute.
  
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• Two brothers in Alabama, ages 3 and 1, die in 'tragic accident' after getting into a hot car on their own

  16-08-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The parents told authorities they thought the two boys had been playing in their rooms but discovered them unresponsive inside the vehicle.
  
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• Rare 'fire tornado' springs from blazes spreading rapidly across Northern California

  16-08-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rare "firenado" sprung from a California forest fire this weekend and lead the National Weather Service (NWS) to warn residents of "extremely dangerous fire behaviour".Since Friday, the Loyalton fire has burned more than 20,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. As of Sunday morning, zero per cent of the forest fire has been contained, according to Tahoe National Forest.
  
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• New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'

  16-08-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  After months of frustration over testing shortages and delays, a new saliva test could give Americans a fast and inexpensive option to learn if they have Covid-19.
  
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• Jordan to isolate city near Syria after coronavirus spike

  16-08-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jordan will seal off a city near the Syrian border from Monday following the largest daily rise in four months in coronavirus infections, which officials say have come mainly from its northern neighbour.The health ministry said half of the 39 cases recorded in the last 24 hours were from Ramtha city, near the Syrian border.Officials say truck drivers and individuals entering the kingdom from the Jaber border crossing with Syria are spreading the virus.
  
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• Violent clashes at protests across U.S.

  16-08-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fights broke out between right wing demonstrators and counter-protestors over the weekend in several U.S. states in clashes that drew SWAT teams and police in riot gear. A march by members of a far-right group called the Proud Boys in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday devolved into fistfights between anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter activists, leading to arrests. One protester described the chaos before officers intervened."Once the violence started, I would say there was five to seven minutes
  
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• Biden leads Trump by 9 percentage points on eve of Democratic National Convention

  16-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden continues to lead Donald Trump in the polls by nearly double-digit margins as the two parties prepare for their quadrennial conventions that will take place mostly online due to the coronavirus pandemic.The president — whose response to the Covid-19 crisis and protests against police brutality have stoked fierce resentment among Democratic and many Independent voters — trailed Mr Biden by 9 percentage points nationally in a new NBC News/Wall
  
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• Mogadishu attack: Somali troops end deadly siege at Elite Hotel

  16-08-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 10 people are dead after al-Shabab militants stormed the Elite Hotel in the capital.
  
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• Trump news: President retweets video ridiculing Biden for his stutter after the election rival offered condolences for his brother’s death

  16-08-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has offered his condolences to President Donald Trump after his younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night. The former vice president said he understood the "tremendous pain of losing a loved one" in a tweet directed towards Mr Trump. Robert died at the age of 71 while in a New York hospital. He had been reportedly hospitalised in the intensive care unit for several days in June, but details of his illness have not been released.
  
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• Covid-19 takes toll on mental health in India

  16-08-2020 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Coronavirus is taking a toll on the mental well-being of people worldwide. Many who have recovered find they can't really leave the experience behind. CNN's Vedika Sud reports.
  
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• On convention eve, Democrats are apprehensive

  16-08-2020 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: "If people think this isn't going to be a close election, they're out of their minds," said one longtime party fundraiser who served in the Obama administration.
  
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• German food company to change racist name of popular 'gypsy sauce' 

  16-08-2020 21:10 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A popular spicy dressing in Germany is getting rebranded because of the racist connotations of its name.
  
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• Huge protest in Minsk as thousands demand the end to Alexander Lukashenko's premiership

  16-08-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people filled the city centre of the Belarusian capital of Minsk, demanding an end to the reign of President Alexander Lukashenko in the largest political rally the country has ever seen. Dressed in white and chanting ‘Go Away!’, crowds poured into the streets despite an earlier public appearance by Mr Lukashenko warning of a still more ferocious crackdown on protesters. “The dam has burst,” a smiling Andrei Grinberg told the Telegraph, wrapped in
  
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• Violent clashes across the US between far-right and counter protesters

  16-08-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Violent clashes erupted across the US this weekend between protesters at opposite ends of the political spectrum.Confrontations reached boiling point in both Kalamazoo, MIchigan, and Stone Mountain, Georgia, after far-right groups were met with counter protesters.
  
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• Germany declares all of Spain as 'risk area,' defends decision

  16-08-2020 21:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The government felt the need to respond to rapidly rising numbers in Spain.
  
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• Patients who tested positive for Covid 'were knowingly sent in to Scottish care homes'

  16-08-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon is facing new questions over her management of care homes after it emerged that patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 were sent from hospitals to the facilities. At least five health boards knowingly discharged infectious elderly patients into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic, it emerged on Sunday, as the NHS desperately tried to clear beds to prepare for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. The transfers were described as “like putting a lit
  
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• Lightning sparks new wildfires across California

  16-08-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes north of Los Angeles.More than 4,500 buildings remained threatened by the fire burning toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest.Firefighters already battling the blaze in steep, rugged terrain with scorching heat faced more hurdles when hundreds of lightning strikes and winds up to 15 mph (24 k
  
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• Chicago protests: 24 arrested, several hurt as Loop protesters clash with police; protest against police brutality blocked from Dan Ryan Expressway

  16-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  24 people were arrested and at least 17 officers were hurt after protesters clashed with Chicago police Saturday in the Loop.
  
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• Joe Biden leading President Trump nationally ahead of DNC, RNC, poll finds

  16-08-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds Joe Biden leading Trump by 9 points less than 100 days before the November election.
  
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• Restaurant in China apologizes after asking customers to weigh themselves before ordering

  16-08-2020 20:24 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A restaurant in central China has apologized for asking customers to weigh themselves ahead of placing their orders following the introduction of a national campaign against food waste.
  
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• First major Mediterranean cruise liner sets sail since pandemic

  16-08-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first major cruise ship to resume tours of the Mediterranean since the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe set sail from the Italian city of Genoa on Sunday, as the industry tries to regain ground after a bruising hiatus.
  
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• Josephine weakens to a tropical depression, Kyle no longer a tropical storm

  16-08-2020 20:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The latest two tropical systems that broke more records for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season both weakened on Sunday, according to forecasters.
  
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• Kamala Harris responds to Trump's birther attacks

  16-08-2020 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  • Don Lemon: Guess how many GOP colleagues stood up for Kamala Harris?
  • Meadows says Harris is eligible to be VP
  • Analysis: Harris pick is a hit with voters
  
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• Democrats' hunger to break the old political system grows ahead of 2020 election

  16-08-2020 20:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The filibuster, the Electoral College, the current Supreme Court structure: They're all in the crosshairs or newly up for debate as the party's convention kicks off this week.
  
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• Alabama authorities open investigation into 3-year-old's death that was framed as heat exposure

  16-08-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities said they thought that 3-year-old Kaiden Garner died of heat exposure until autopsy reports found that he died of blunt-force trauma.
  
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• Alabama authorities open investigation into 3-year-old death that was framed as heat exposure, report says

  16-08-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities believed that 3-year-old Kaiden Garner died from heat exposure until autopsy reports disclosed that he died from blunt force trauma.
  
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• Bernstein: This will be the GOP's shame for generations

  16-08-2020 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  Legendary Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein speaks with CNN's Brian Stelter about what President Trump's attacks on mail-in voting mean for our democracy.
  
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• Be polite and be safe when delivery workers or repair people come to your home without a mask

  16-08-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There’s a fine line between preserving your safety and and not raising tensions with a stranger. Here's how to navigate such situations.
  
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• Government accused of stoking 'diplomatic row' with France over migrants and quarantine

  16-08-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Government has created a “diplomatic storm of its own making”, MPs have warned, after Priti Patel suggested migrants were making channel crossings to escape France because it is "racist". A “war of words” between the two nations broke out on Sunday, as Paris gears up to impose reciprocal quarantine measures on British travellers. French politicians accused the Home Secretary of spreading “hateful claims” in a “callous manner”, after her comment
  
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• Wildfires in Northern California led to a rare 'firenado' — a fire and tornado combination — that tore through the region

  16-08-2020 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Weather Service issued a fire tornado warning as wildfires raged in Loyalton, California, near the Nevada border.
  
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• Prince Harry faces prospect of hefty tax bill in California, expert warns

  16-08-2020 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Duke of Sussex faces a significant financial hit from the “zealous” US tax authorities, a royal financial expert has said, warning that the couple had not "thought through" the high cost of Californian life. The Duke and Duchess spent more than $14.6m on an impressive estate in Montecito, California, where they plan to live long-term and raise their son, Archie, in relative normality. But once Prince Harry has spent 183 days in the US over a three-year period, he will be consider
  
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• National Zoo's giant panda got an ultrasound. This is what the vets saw

  16-08-2020 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  Vets detected fetal tissue after giving Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in DC, an ultrasound. She could give birth within days.
  
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• How can you tell if a giant panda is pregnant?

  16-08-2020 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  Vets detected fetal tissue after giving Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in DC, an ultrasound. She could give birth within days.
  
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• Tens of thousands gather in Minsk to protest, as Lukashenko holds rival demonstration

  16-08-2020 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  An enormous crowd of protesters gathered in Minsk Sunday to demand a new presidential election in Belarus, while the embattled President Alexander Lukashenko held a smaller rival demonstration nearby.
  
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• Democrats set emergency hearing with top postal officials amid fear over delayed ballots

  16-08-2020 19:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been asked to testify before the House Oversight Committee on August 24.
  
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• Rangers draw with Livingston to end 100% record

  16-08-2020 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Livingston bring an end to Rangers' 100% Premiership record as Steven Gerrard's side miss the chance to go eight points clear of Celtic.
  
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• Oklahoma high school student knowingly went to class with coronavirus, officials say

  16-08-2020 19:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Moore Public Schools Administration said the Westmoore High School student was asymptomatic and believed it was safe to attend the first day of classes.
  
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