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• Trump's chief of staff and other GOP mega donors help QAnon supporter Marjorie Green reach cusp of House seat

  25-08-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican congressional candidate and QAnon conspiracy theory supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene has received a campaign finance boost from several key Republicans, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, a review of her donation receipts shows.Others who supported Ms Greene’s campaign through various PACs include Barb Van Andel-Gaby, the chairwoman of the board of the Heritage Foundation, the powerhouse conservative think tank in Washington; Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney mega-donor
  
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• Jacob Blake's mother says 'we need healing' in a powerful speech about her son: 'America is great when we behave greatly'

  25-08-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Citizens, police officers, firemen, clergy, politicians, do Jacob justice on this level and examine your hearts. We need healing," said Julia Jackson.
  
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• Rep. Jones: Dems don't want Black people to 'leave their mental plantation'

  25-08-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  State House Rep. Vernon Jones (D-GA) delivers remarks on the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr. reveals evangelicalism's authority problem

  25-08-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American evangelicalism has a problem with authority, and the resignation of former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has forced it to the surface.Falwell's departure and the ignomious circumstances that prompted it were met by some evangelicals with protest: Why is the media saying he's our guy? What makes Jerry Falwell Jr. an "evangelical leader"? I don't follow him.For an outsider looking in on the movement, this may seem like a protest in bad faith. It's not. "I've been in evang
  
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• Anti-Trump Lincoln Project mocks GOP's grim assessment of America on RNC's opening night

  25-08-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lincoln Project, a group of well-funded, anti-Trump Republicans, has published a new ad depicting the first night of the Republican National Convention as a depiction of an America that doesn't exist.The group has harshly criticised the president for months, and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee.
  
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• Navajo man asks to halt federal execution

  25-08-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navajo government are asking officials to halt the execution of a Native American man
  
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• Biden says supports ethanol, hits Trump on handling of U.S. biofuel laws

  25-08-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday threw his support behind U.S. laws that require oil refiners to blend biofuels into the nation's fuel pool and criticized the Trump administration for its handling of the mandates."A Biden-Harris Administration will promote and advance renewable energy, ethanol, and other biofuels to help rural America and our nation's farmers, and will honor the critical role the renewable fuel industry plays in supporting the rural economy and the leadership
  
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• Immigration services cancels plans to furlough two-thirds of workforce amid COVID-19

  25-08-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The plan to furlough about two-thirds of USCIS workers would have effectively brought the nation's immigration system to a standstill.
  
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• Alaska attorney general resigns after reports of hundreds of texts to female employee

  25-08-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He reportedly sent the employee 558 text messages.
  
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• Pompeo broke silence on poisoning of Russian opposition leader

  25-08-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  After days of near silence from the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern about preliminary medical reports that a prominent Russian opposition leader was poisoned and supporting an investigation "if the reports prove accurate."
  
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• Pompeo breaks silence on poisoning of Russian opposition leader

  25-08-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  After days of near silence from the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern about preliminary medical reports that a prominent Russian opposition leader was poisoned and supporting an investigation "if the reports prove accurate."
  
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• Pompeo breaks silence on Navalny poisoning

  25-08-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  After days of near silence from the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern about preliminary medical reports that a prominent Russian opposition leader was poisoned and supporting an investigation "if the reports prove accurate."
  
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• Kid's book about the world's oldest marathon runner is the first by a major publisher to feature a Sikh character

  25-08-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Growing up as a Sikh boy in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh longed for books with characters who looked like him and his family. But each visit to a bookstore or library ended in disappointment.
  
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• Democratic U.S. lawmaker says he is probing Pompeo's Republican convention appearance

  25-08-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's appearance at the Republican National Convention breaks federal law and regulations."The Trump administration and Secretary Pompeo have shown a gross disregard not only of basic ethics, but also a blatant willingness to violate federal law for political gain," Joaquin Castro, head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's oversight subcomm
  
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• Biden campaign tries to dunk on the Republican National Convention by parodying Simon & Garfunkel

  25-08-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Biden campaign has just taken its boomer credentials to a new level.Monday marked the first night of the Republican National Convention, and yes, it packed a lot of falsehoods into its few hours. But before it decided to get to the facts in a Tuesday email, Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign first took a detour to a place no one needed it to go: a low-effort parody of Simon & Garfunkel.> Biden campaign responds to the first night of the RNC by playing off of Simon & Garfunkel
  
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• 'We need healing': Jacob Blake's mother speaks after her son was shot in back by police

  25-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, called for prayers and healing in Kenosha, Wis., and throughout the country after her son was shot in the back and severely injured by police.
  
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• 'Massive demonstration' begins in Louisville over death of Breonna Taylor

  25-08-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A “massive demonstration" throughout Louisville is underway over the death of Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Man accused of firing shots at South Carolina Trump backers

  25-08-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man has been accused of firing gunshots at a gathering of President Donald Trump's supporters along a road in South Carolina.Marquise Damarius Asomani, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested after police responded to a report of shots fired Monday evening in Fort Mill, the Fort Mill Police Department said in a statement Tuesday.About 30 people had gathered and were waving American flags and holding up "Trump" signs, said Sgt. Bill Rhyne with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
  
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• Jacob Blake's father says his son has '8 holes' in his body and is paralyzed from the waist down

  25-08-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jacob Blake has potentially life-changing injuries after the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, repeatedly shot him in the back on Sunday, his father said.
  
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• Turkish opposition leader Babacan tests positive for COVID-19

  25-08-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's former economy czar and the leader of the opposition Deva (Remedy) Party, Ali Babacan, said on Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus but was in good health, becoming the most high-profile Turkish politican to contract COVID-19.Babacan, 53, also a former deputy prime minister, resigned from President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party last July over "deep differences" about the direction of the party he helped found.Turkey's daily number of new coronavirus cases has risen in recent weeks
  
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• For US Air Force pilots, the toughest training flights are going virtual

  25-08-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new virtual training environment will help Air Force pilots prepare for war against countries like Russia and China.
  
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• Half the country's voters can use a drop box: Here's a list of states that have them

  25-08-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Only about half the country has access to secure drop boxes that give voters an alternative way to return a mail-in ballot without relying on the U.S. Postal Service. 
  
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• Widow of retired St. Louis Police captain killed amid protest violence to speak at RNC

  25-08-2020 22:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The wife of a retired St. Louis police officer who was shot and killed during the violence and looting that followed widespread protests over racial injustice in June is scheduled to speak Thursday evening at the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona

  25-08-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team, a source close to the footballer confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Rep. Cleaver tells rioters: MLK 'never led a demonstration at night'

  25-08-2020 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "never led a demonstration at night," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., said Tuesday on Fox News' "Outnumbered."
  
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• Hillary Clinton says Joe Biden should not concede on election night 'under any circumstances'

  25-08-2020 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Hillary Clinton urged Joe BIden to not concede defeat on the night of the Nov. 3 election — no matter the circumstances.
  
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• U.S. agency spells out new COVID-19 testing mandate for nursing homes

  25-08-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The new rules also mandate nursing homes to share test results with the U.S. government and hospitals to provide data on COVID-19 cases to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).The U.S. government has been pushing to increase the availability of tests, especially cheap, fast turnaround tests, to make it easier to identify and quarantine sick patients as the country continues to reopen its economy.The U.S. in July purchased 2,000 antigen test systems and 750,000 tests from Becton, Dic
  
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• Judge won’t dismiss Lee statue lawsuit; case heads for trial

  25-08-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee can proceed, a judge ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for a trial in the fall.Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant rejectedmuch of the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of property owners along the residential boulevard where the statue is situated.The decision at least further delays Northam's plan, which he announc
  
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• See what show made Jennifer Garner cry in slow motion

  25-08-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Actress Jennifer Garner had hilarious technical difficulties while recording her tearful reaction to "The Office" finale.
  
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• RNC speakers: What to know about Mary Ann Mendoza 

  25-08-2020 22:30 via foxnews.com
  
  After her son was killed, Mendoza started working with members of the Trump administration as they created the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office.
  
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• US high court denies bid to restore Greens on Montana ballot

  25-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an attempt by the Montana secretary of state to restore Green Party candidates to the November ballot,— striking a blow to a Republican-bankrolled effort that could have siphoned votes from Democratic candidates.The ruling came less than a week after the state Supreme Court upheld an Aug. 7 ruling by district Judge James Reynolds that granted the requests of more than 560 people to remove their names from ballot petitions after they learned the Repu
  
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• 'This is sickening': Cardi B, Beyoncé, Common decry Jacob Blake shooting

  25-08-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cardi B, Beyoncé, Aisha Tyler, LeBron James and Detroit Lions players are among the celebrities and sports figures blasting the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
  
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• WWE to ban virtual fan who shared Ku Klux Klan video on live TV

  25-08-2020 22:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The fan’s screen shared an image of a man dressed in the white supremacist group’s attire during Monday's "WWE Raw" broadcast.
  
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• Eradication of polio in Africa is 'great day' WHO director general says

  25-08-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Polio has been declared eradicated from Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
  
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• CDC reverses COVID-19 guidance, says testing may not be needed after exposure

  25-08-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The change comes as experts continue to push for more testing, not less.
  
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• Despite weekend parties and maskless gatherings, Arizona State won't release COVID-19 data

  25-08-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in Tempe, Arizona, issued nine party citations over the weekend, including six that were related to students gathering.
  
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• Mask-wearing employees at Starbucks in South Korea avoid coronavirus infection following outbreak: officials

  25-08-2020 22:09 via foxnews.com
  
  An outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a Starbucks cafe in Paju, South Korea infected dozens of customers — but at least four of the location’s employees were spared, with health officials crediting face masks as the reason. 
  
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• Jacob Blake apparently went to break up a fight. Now, his family says he's partially paralyzed from an officer's bullets

  25-08-2020 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Before Jacob Blake became the latest in a long list of police shooting victims, the 29-year-old was a kid growing up in Evanston, Illinois, just outside Chicago, his family told CNN affiliate WLS. He attended high school in Evanston, where he was a member of the wrestling team. He later moved to Kenosha "for a fresh start," his family said.
  
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• Jacob Blake apparently went to break up a fight

  25-08-2020 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Before Jacob Blake became the latest in a long list of police shooting victims, the 29-year-old was a kid growing up in Evanston, Illinois, just outside Chicago, his family told CNN affiliate WLS. He attended high school in Evanston, where he was a member of the wrestling team. He later moved to Kenosha "for a fresh start," his family said.
  
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• NASA just selected astronaut Jeanette Epps for a historic space mission by Boeing — 2 years after the agency abruptly bumped her from a first flight

  25-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA dropped Epps from a mission in 2018 without explanation. Now she's poised to fly on the first operational flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
  
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• Carter Page's new book accuses FBI of 'systematically' overlooking key info from Halper conversation

  25-08-2020 22:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Trump campaign aide Carter Page is opening up about his interactions with Cambridge Professor Stefan Halper, alleging in a new book that the FBI "systematically" excluded relevant information about their encounters from the controversial FISA application that the agency filed as part of its investigation into the campaign's ties to Russia.
  
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• Allan Rich, ‘Serpico,’ Quiz Show’ star who overcame Hollywood blacklist, dead at 94

  25-08-2020 22:05 via foxnews.com
  
  The character actor who overcame being blacklisted in Hollywood and managed to star in classic films like “Serpico,” “Amistad” and “Quiz Show,” has died. He was 94.
  
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• Heather Graham, 50, shows off her toned figure in a bikini while at the beach: ‘Forever beautiful’

  25-08-2020 21:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Heather Graham showed off her toned figure in another bikini picture. 
  
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• Hurricane Laura spotted from International Space Station

  25-08-2020 21:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Prior to being upgraded to a hurricane, Laura was spotted from the International Space Station, showing the wide swath of the storm.
  
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• Three workers trapped 20 feet underground die in sewer manhole, Indiana officials say

  25-08-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The men were working at a school facility, officials say.
  
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• How to find out how fast your internet is using a free and accurate Google speed test

  25-08-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  You can see how fast your internet is by running a test that's provided by Google, though your internet speed will vary based on several factors.
  
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• Republican convention speaker and congressional candidate Burgess Owens plagiarized large portions of his book, according to new report

  25-08-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In one instance, Owens lifted 148 words almost verbatim from Wikipedia on the definition of "gangsta rap."
  
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• 20,000 COVID-19 cases may have spawned from a single conference in Boston, study finds

  25-08-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The February event was thought to have contributed to about 90 cases — that’s when health officials stopped counting.
  
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• South Korea closes most Seoul schools following new surge of coronavirus cases

  25-08-2020 21:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  South Korea has ordered most schools in the Seoul metropolitan area to close and switch to online learning as the country battles a new surge of coronavirus cases.
  
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• 228 students suspended after violating COVID-19 guidelines at Ohio State University

  25-08-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “All Ohio State students must follow the university’s health and safety requirements, on and off campus.”
  
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