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• Vandals desecrate French village WWII memorial to victims of Nazi massacre

  22-08-2020 23:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Vandals desecrated a sacred memorial to the victims of the deadliest World War II massacre in Nazi-occupied France.
  
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• 6 states sue postal service regarding mail-in voting

  22-08-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News White House correspondent Jon Decker discusses the reactions states are having to mail-in voting ahead of the elections.
  
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• Louisiana police shoot, kill Black man outside store

  22-08-2020 23:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Louisiana Police shot and killed a man who was allegedly wielding a knife Friday night in Lafayette.  
  
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• Analyst: Trump doesn't have the power to do what he's threatening

  22-08-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  CNN legal analyst Elie Honig breaks down the legality of President Donald Trump's claims during a Fox News interview that there will be law enforcement sent to polling places on Election Day.
  
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• Runner spotted trying to stop spread of wildfire

  22-08-2020 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Trevor Murphy was training for a 100-mile ultramarathon in Arizona's McDowell Mountain Regional Park when he spotted flames from a lightning-sparked wildfire. Murphy used his feet to create a firebreak to stop the blaze from spreading. He came away from the experience with a broken phone, melted shoes and singed hair. CNN affiliate KPHO has more.
  
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• Trump attacked the FDA on vaccine timing just days after a top official pledged to resign if the administration rushes out an unproven immunization

  22-08-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president's tweet comes days after a top FDA official said they would resign if the administration released a COVID-19 vaccine that wasn't safe.
  
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• Tennessee ramps up punishments for protesters, including loss of voting rights

  22-08-2020 23:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee quietly signed a bill earlier this week instating harsher punishments for protestors, including increased jail time and loss of voting rights.
  
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• As the Puerto Rican town of Guánica braces for a tropical storm, the earth shakes again

  22-08-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michelle Morales was washing dishes in her home in the Puerto Rican municipality of Guánica Saturday morning when the earth began to tremble.
  
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• TikTok confirms it will sue the US government, alleging Trump failed to provide 'due process' before issuing ban

  22-08-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TikTok reportedly plans to target Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, arguing the company was deprived of due process.
  
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• Louisiana officers fire 11 rounds, fatally shooting Black man; state police investigate

  22-08-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louisiana State Police identified the man killed as 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin and said he was carrying a knife before he was fatally shot.
  
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• Fewer and fewer priority mail packages were delivered on time after DeJoy took over the USPS, internal documents reveal

  22-08-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said there was a "dip" in USPS service. Democrats on Saturday accused him downplaying "alarming nationwide delays."
  
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• YouTube star JoJo Siwa is transformed after mature makeover

  22-08-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  The kids' entertainment favorite and YouTube celebrity makeup artist James Charles gave each other makeovers in their signature styles.
  
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• JoJo Siwa is unrecognizable after this makeover

  22-08-2020 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  The kids' entertainment favorite and YouTube celebrity makeup artist James Charles gave each other makeovers in their signature styles.
  
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• 'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019

  22-08-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  High temperatures saw Greenland lose enough ice to cover the US state of California in more than four feet of water in 2019 alone, a study which suggests the island lost a million tonnes of ice for every minute of the year has said.After two years in which the land masses’ summer ice melt had been negligible, satellite measurements have suggested an excessively hot 2019 saw the loss of 586 billion tons of ice melt from the island.
  
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• What Washington Can Do for Belarus

  22-08-2020 22:40 via politico.com
  
  It won’t be easy to get “Europe’s last dictator” out of power, but pressure from the West will help.
  
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• Paris Hilton details alleged abuse at Utah boarding school for the first time: 'Continuous torture'

  22-08-2020 22:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The socialite claimed teachers hit and strangled students
  
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• The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge

  22-08-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, "What are these things on your faces?"
  
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• Tom Del Beccaro: Democratic unity is a myth — don’t believe it

  22-08-2020 22:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The Democratic National Convention was supposed to showcase the Democrats’ unity heading into the November election. The plain truth, however, is that the Democratic Party remains seriously divided — and divided political parties generally don’t win national elections.
  
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• Michigan appeals court backs Whitmer's use of emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic

  22-08-2020 22:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A Michigan appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that her emergency declarations and orders in response to the coronavirus were legal -- against claims by Republicans that she had overstepped her authority.
  
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• Fear of COVID-19: Collateral damage of closed schools is worse than the risk of the virus

  22-08-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID makes it hard for schools and universities to reopen. But children's psyches are at stake and we are not nearly as afraid of that as we should be.
  
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• California seeks help as wildfires threaten communities

  22-08-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of California on Saturday, fueled by high temperatures and ongoing lightning strikes, including 100 that hit on Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) said.The fires have killed six people and incinerated nearly 700 buildings since beginning after an earlier lightning storm last week.Wildfire is threatening parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, the forested region near the University of California at
  
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• 'Not an easy task': GOP scrambles to finalize plans for convention amid COVID-19, venue changes, Trump input

  22-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Planners still haven't provided a final schedule or other key details of the Republican National Convention, which opens next week.
  
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• 2nd night of protests against GOP convention in Charlotte

  22-08-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters returned to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to demonstrate for a second night as GOP officials gathered in the city for the Republican National Convention.Police used bicycles to block protesters Saturday night from gathering close to the Charlotte Convention Center, the site of the convention.The Secret Service set up a perimeter, news outlets reported.
  
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• White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech

  22-08-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight. First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden. (Aug. 22)
  
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• London's famous Tower Bridge gets stuck in an open position

  22-08-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London's famous Tower Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in the heart of the British capital, was stuck open on Saturday, leaving traffic in chaos and onlookers amazed at the sight.The historic bascule-and-suspension bridge failed to close after opening to allow ships to pass underneath on the Thames.City of London police tweeted shortly after 5 p.m. that the bridge was closed to pedestrians and traffic and mechanics were working to fix the problem.
  
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• A mother and her 6 children were forced to get off a Jet Blue flight after her 2-year-old couldn't keep her face mask on

  22-08-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The other passengers on the flight defended the mother of six as she was asked to leave the plane, NBC New York reported.
  
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• House Dems, led by Tlaib, call for Trump to let Lebanese nationals stay in US after Beirut blast

  22-08-2020 21:31 via foxnews.com
  
  A number of House Democrats, led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., are calling on President Trump to allow Lebanese nationals living temporarily in the U.S. to be able to stay, in the wake of an explosion that tore through Beirut earlier this month.
  
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• Double hurricane threat as Tropical Storms Laura and Marco advance towards US Gulf Coast

  22-08-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two tropical storms are advancing across the Caribbean posing potentially historic threats to the US Gulf Coast, with both projected to reach the coast at or close to hurricane force.The current projected track for Tropical Storms Laura and Marco by the US National Hurricane Center puts both storms together in the Gulf on Tuesday, with Marco set to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border and Laura set to make landfall a little less than a day later.
  
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• Trump criticized Democrats for not saying 'under God' during the pledge of allegiance at the DNC, but they did on all four nights

  22-08-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump falsely accused Democrats of purposely taking "the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance" at the Democratic National Convention.
  
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• LeBron James called out political ad campaign using his tweet about voter suppression to discourage mail-in voting

  22-08-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, LeBron James responded to Protect My Vote using his tweet about voter suppression to spread doubt about voting by mail.
  
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• Students demand tuition cuts as more colleges pivot to virtual learning

  22-08-2020 21:10 via foxnews.com
  
  The demands for reduced tuition continue a discussion that flared up during the early phases of the pandemic.
  
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• A CDC study of child-care centers in Rhode Island shows 'there is a path' towards safe reopening, director says

  22-08-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CDC director Robert Redfield said the study is evidence that child-care centers and schools can reopen safely despite the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Britney Spears' conservatorship extended until 2021

  22-08-2020 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Britney Spears' conservatorship has been extended until 2021, Fox News can confirm.
  
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• Morales' office denounces sex complaint as 'dirty war' by interim government

  22-08-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The press office of former Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced a criminal complaint of sex abuse as part of a "dirty war" by the interim government against the ousted leader less than two months before the country's general elections.Bolivia's justice ministry this week filed a complaint against Morales, 60, for statutory rape and human trafficking in connection to his alleged relationship with a 16-year-old girl."Former President Evo Morales will not comment on the de facto government's di
  
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• Coast Guard stops two separate migrant boats off the Keys this week

  22-08-2020 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twenty people from Cuba were stopped at sea off the Florida Keys this week in two separate attempts to enter the United States, the Coast Guard said Saturday.
  
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• Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally where hundreds of thousands of bikers gathered

  22-08-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Phone-location data revealed that visitors came to Sturgis from all parts of the US, including states that recently saw surges in COVID-19 cases.
  
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• A Georgia police officer was fired after a viral TikTok showed him tasing a Black woman outside her home

  22-08-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Oxford, who had been a police officer since February 2019, was fired for violating policy after a video showed him tasing an unarmed woman.
  
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• Marco forecast to become hurricane as governors urge residents to brace for storms

  22-08-2020 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Marco, located about 50 miles (80 km) west of Cuba with winds of 65 mph, was expected to intensify as it moved through the Yucatan Channel into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest bulletin.To the east, Tropical Storm Laura was packing 50 mph winds as it moved west at 18 mph about 100 miles west of Ponce, Puerto Rico, the center said.It is forecast to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, NHC projections show.
  
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• Woman in Belarus tells CNN reporter to 'Leave, Satan'

  22-08-2020 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Protests continue in Belarus as embattled President Alexander Lukashenko, who has has been in power for 26 years, is facing pressure from inside and outside the country to resign. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
  
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• Portland attack victim speaks out on 'Watters' World'

  22-08-2020 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Adam Haner, the man who was seen on video being brutally attacked in downtown Portland, Ore., on Sunday night, spoke about what happened that night with his girlfriend on Fox News "Watters' World" in an interview airing Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
  
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• Melania Trump unveils White House Rose Garden restorations

  22-08-2020 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump on Saturday unveiled the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, an iconic space that she will use as a backdrop for her upcoming speech to the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Melania Trump unveils White House restorations

  22-08-2020 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump on Saturday unveiled the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, an iconic space that she will use as a backdrop for her upcoming speech to the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Fact check: DNC didn't leave out 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance

  22-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two meetings of Democrats did not recite the phrase "under God" when saying the pledge. It's partly false to say DNC omitted or took out the clause.
  
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• Pelosi rips Trump for trying to 'scare' voters: 'Don't pay any attention to what the president is saying'

  22-08-2020 20:15 via foxnews.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned President Trump's efforts to "suppress" the vote and "scare" people away from the polls in November and encouraged Americans to make a plan to vote.
  
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• WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults

  22-08-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults, while children between six and 11 should wear them on a risk-based approach.Children aged 12 and over should particularly wear a mask when a one-metre distance from others cannot be guaranteed and there is widespread transmission in the area, the WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a document on the WHO website date
  
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• Ravens' Earl Thomas in hot water after being sent home following confrontation with teammate Chuck Clark: reports

  22-08-2020 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Earl Thomas’ future with the Baltimore Ravens could be in trouble after the veteran safety was sent home from practice Friday following an alleged fight with teammate Chuck Clark, according to reports.
  
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• Trump 2020 Senior Advisor on the upcoming RNC convention

  22-08-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Bossie, Trump 2020 Senior Advisor and Trump 2016 Deputy Communications Director, discusses what to expect at the RNC convention.
  
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• Ex-NBA player Gerald Wilkins arrested after punching female driver at Atlanta gas station: report

  22-08-2020 20:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Former NBA player Gerald Wilkins was arrested Tuesday for allegedly punching two people, including a woman, at a gas station in Atlanta over a rideshare dispute, according to a report.
  
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• Fossil footprints from 313 million years ago oldest ever found in Grand Canyon

  22-08-2020 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Fossil footprints from 313 million years ago are the oldest to ever be found in the Grand Canyon.
  
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• Herschel Walker slams Dems for 'playing race card' while ignoring violence in cities

  22-08-2020 20:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The Democratic National Convention was "upsetting" to watch as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris talked about racial justice when they haven't done anything for African Americans, former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker told "Fox & Friends Weekend."
  
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