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• Pro-Trump caravan and protesters clashed before shooting death in Portland's streets

  30-08-2020 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Paintballs and pepper spray preceded gunfire as a pro-Trump caravan came into conflict with protesters and Black Lives Matter demonstrators Saturday.
  
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• How the nation's racial reckoning swelled in the week after Jacob Blake's shooting

  30-08-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police spurred national unrest and widespread reforms, America's racial reckoning exploded when Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a White officer.
  
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• United Airlines is getting rid of most US change fees -- forever

  30-08-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Good news about airlines has been hard to come by over the past several months, but United Airlines just came up with something that is bound to put a smile on most travelers' faces: It is eliminating change fees on economy and premium cabin tickets for flights within the United States -- for good.
  
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• Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned and insisted he's not racist

  30-08-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned Friday after saying in a hearing he is "by no means a racist."
  
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• Schiff vows to 'compel' intelligence on election security after DNI head Ratcliffe ends in-person briefings

  30-08-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This intelligence paid for by taxpayers doesn't belong to Donald Trump," Schiff said. "It belongs to the American people."
  
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• Japanese company successfully tests a manned flying car for the first time

  30-08-2020 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car.
  
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• 'We are not safe in Donald Trump's America': Biden, Trump campaigns spar over blame for violent protests

  30-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It is happening under Donald Trump's watch," Sen. Klobuchar said, echoing Biden's response to the claim that Democrats are to blame for the unrest.
  
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• Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 August 2020

  30-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
  
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• Trump praises right-wing supporters but rails against Portland protesters following unrest

  30-08-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland police are investigating the shooting death of a man in clashes between demonstrators at a pro-Trump vehicle rally and counterprotesters.
  
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• Fact check: Biden tax plan would raise rates for those who make more than $400K, corporations

  30-08-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim that families who make $75,000 would see their tax rate double under the Democratic nominee's plan is false.
  
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• Trump supporters drive through crowd and pepper spray protesters in Portland – video

  30-08-2020 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows men in pickup trucks taking part in a pro-Trump procession driving into a crowd of protesters in Portland, Oregon. They fire paintballs and pepper spray as demonstrators throw objects at the convoy. The caravan of Trump supporters drove as a group into the centre of Portland, prompting protesters to block streets and bridges in an attempt to stop them. It was the third Saturday in a row that Trump supporters have rallied in the city.Fatal shooting in Portland as Trump supporters co
  
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• What is the right-wing group Patriot Prayer linked to Portland confrontations and who is Joey Gibson?

  30-08-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fatal shooting of a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer has shined a spotlight on the group and its founder, Joey Gibson.
  
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• Sex workers blame Bella Thorne for changes at OnlyFans that harm their income

  30-08-2020 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The content subscription platform said its new transaction rules were not due to one user and will "continue to review these limits" amid the backlash.
  
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• Rembrandt painting dismissed as fake goes on display after it emerges it was made from same tree as other works

  30-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Rembrandt painting dismissed as fake is to go on display after 40 years after it emerged it was made from the same tree as other works by the artist. The painting written off by experts will be displayed again after being revealed as an authentic piece from the Dutch Master’s workshop. Head of Bearded Man is a small painting the size of a postcard which depicts a forlorn and aged figure, and was for years consigned to the basement of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. But the museum will now pu
  
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• Coronavirus: India surpasses US for highest single-day rise in Covid-19 cases

  30-08-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 78,761 new cases reported on Sunday is the largest number for a day anywhere in the world.
  
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• New video shows moments before deadly shooting in Portland

  30-08-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Disturbing new video shows the moments before a fatal shooting happened in Portland, Oregon, during protest clashes that left one person dead. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a statement condemning the deadly violence and encouraged President Donald Trump to follow suit.
  
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• New video shows moments before deadly Portland shooting

  30-08-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Disturbing new video shows the moments before a fatal shooting happened in Portland, Oregon, during protest clashes that left one person dead. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a statement condemning the deadly violence and encouraged President Donald Trump to follow suit.
  
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• Portland mayor condemns Trump in blistering remarks

  30-08-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland, Oregon, excoriates President Donald Trump during a press conference addressing a shooting at a protest that left one person dead.
  
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• NYT: Justice Department secretly curtailed probe into Trump's Russia ties

  30-08-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  The US Justice Department in 2017 took secret steps to curtail the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with the Trump campaign, former law enforcement officials told The New York Times.
  
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• Twitter removes QAnon supporter's false claim about coronavirus death statistics that Trump had retweeted

  30-08-2020 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter on Sunday took down a tweet containing a false claim about coronavirus death statistics that was made by a supporter of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory -- a post that President Donald Trump had retweeted earlier in the day.
  
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• Counter-protester who pulled a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters in Florida after a fight erupted won't be charged

  30-08-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A counter-protester in Tallahassee, Florida won't be charged for pulling a gun on BLM protesters as officials said he was "lawfully defending himself."
  
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• Trump Called Kimberly Guilfoyle After Her Roaring RNC Speech, Compared Her to Eva Perón

  30-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Monday night, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for the Trump reelection effort and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., delivered a booming, scenery-chewing speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention that immediately went viral. It concluded, her arms outstretched, with Guilfoyle’s bellowed vow, “The. Best. Is. Yet. To. Come!”CNN personalities were flabbergasted by it, with correspondent Dana Bash remarking, “Oh, my goodness. I just feel like
  
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• New York Times: Justice Department secretly curtailed investigation into Trump's Russia ties

  30-08-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  The US Justice Department in 2017 took secret steps to curtail the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with the Trump campaign, former law enforcement officials told The New York Times.
  
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• Alarm as FDA willing to issue Covid-19 vaccine before stringent safety testing

  30-08-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FDA under intensifying pressure from Trump, who wants to see a vaccine come on stream or ready to announce before the electionPublic health experts have reacted with alarm to remarks by the head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that he might give the green light for a US Covid-19 vaccine before the normal clinical trial process had reached its conclusion.As the US was on the verge of 6m coronavirus cases on Sunday, Stephen Hahn, the FDA commissioner, told the Financial Times in an in
  
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• Rally supporting police draws scores to downtown Kenosha

  30-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scores of police supporters gathered Sunday in downtown Kenosha where protesters have been demonstrating against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend.A Kenosha police officer shot Blake in the backAug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Blake’s shooting, with some protests devolving into unrest that damaged buildings and vehicles.
  
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• Canada statue of John A Macdonald toppled by activists in Montreal

  30-08-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  John A Macdonald was accused of letting famine and disease decimate indigenous Canadian communities.
  
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• United Airlines bids farewell to change fees in push for bookings

  30-08-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Airlinessaid on Sunday it is permanently eliminating change fees on tickets for U.S. travel effective immediately, the latest effort by a U.S. airline to try to stimulate bookings hit by the coronavirus pandemic.Chicago-based United is among the major U.S. airlines that began implementing temporary waivers of change fees this year to give passengers more flexibility with their travel plans given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.The standard change fee - charged to passengers who c
  
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• MoH Recipient Ron Rosser, Who Charged into Enemy Trenches, Dies at 90

  30-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Harry S. Truman awarded Rosser the Medal of Honor in a June 1952 ceremony.
  
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• The beginning of the end of airline change fees? United is ditching them for good – with a major catch

  30-08-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have waived onerous change fees since the coronavirus crisis began, but United is the first to permanently eliminate them on U.S. flights.
  
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• U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus cases as nation continues to struggle with pandemic

  30-08-2020 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The country has recorded more than 183,000 deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began early this year.
  
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• DHS calls on Portland to 'step up' after shooting

  30-08-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A day after one person was shot dead in Portland, Oregon amid reported clashes between Trump supporters and counter protesters...Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf - appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday - cast blame on local leaders - who he said have allowed it."What we've seen in Portland is almost three months, three months of allowing individuals to come in, night after night and set fire to government buildings...We have over 74- over 90 arrests, 74 different criminal c
  
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• A couple received an anonymous note calling their unpainted house an "eyesore," then they received over $48,000 to help with repairs

  30-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A couple that has suffered multiple health issues received a note shaming them for their unpainted house. A GoFundMe page raised money for repairs.
  
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• A couple received an anonymous note calling their unpainted house an 'eyesore,' then they received over $48,000 to help with repairs

  30-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A couple with multiple health issues received a note shaming them for their unpainted house. A GoFundMe page raised money for repairs.
  
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• How elites ruined the fight against coronavirus

  30-08-2020 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  When countries impose restrictions to combat coronavirus, there's an implicit pact between the government and people: we're all in this together.
  
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• A Texas school district pulled an assignment after complaints that it compared police officers to KKK members

  30-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One cartoon included in the assignment included a series of five images, each depicting a white man pressing down on the neck of a Black man.
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr.'s fall from grace

  30-08-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Last fall, as scrutiny of his leadership of Liberty University began to intensify, Jerry Falwell Jr. revealed to a CNN reporter one of the secrets of his school's success.
  
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• As UN agency urges help, Banksy on Instagram admits to sponsoring migrant ship: ‘All Black Lives Matter’

  30-08-2020 21:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The U.N. refugee agency urged European nations on Saturday to let in hundreds of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by humanitarian boats — including one sponsored by street artist Banksy.
  
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• CNN fact-checker: As journalists we must stand up for truth

  30-08-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  Brian Stelter speaks to CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale, who went viral after fact-checking the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Expert compares Trump's politics to fascism

  30-08-2020 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains why he claims President Donald Trump's politics are akin to fascism, a political movement based around a leader.
  
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• When a coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, people will likely need two doses, not just one -- and that could cause real problems

  30-08-2020 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  When a coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, people will likely need two doses, not just one -- and that could cause real problems.
  
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• One shot of coronavirus vaccine likely won't be enough 

  30-08-2020 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  When a coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, people will likely need two doses, not just one -- and that could cause real problems.
  
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• Major internet outage: Dozens of websites and apps were down

  30-08-2020 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  Cloudflare, an internet service that is supposed to keep websites up and running, was down itself Sunday, taking dozens of websites and online services along with it.
  
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• Police break up forest rave in England amid COVID-19 clampdown

  30-08-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police broke up an overnight illegal rave in a forest in eastern England on Sunday, days after the British government introduced tougher measures to target "serious breaches" of COVID-19 restrictions, including 10,000-pound ($13,000) fines.Dozens of officers, some holding protective shields, faced off with the revellers in Thetford Forest but despite a few scuffles, the party was largely dispersed peacefully.Before a three-day bank holiday weekend, the government had said "those facilitating or
  
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• These businesses are faring well with Americans stuck at home

  30-08-2020 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Although the pandemic brought about one of the steepest economic contractions in history, home improvement businesses have fared well through the downturn.
  
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• Black People Are Living Full, Rich Lives. We Should Celebrate That.

  30-08-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a Black queer millennial, I’m often told I’m strong. For my mere existence alone is often said to be an act of resilience. I live in a world where people who look like me are being extrajudicially killed by cops on viral videos. A global pandemic is taking away my skinfolk more rapidly than any other population. And bigotry, H.I.V., gun violence, opioids, and poverty continues to disproportionately cut at the intersections of my Black queer community unforgivingly.Chadwick Bo
  
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• Worth the wait: Yellowstone’s Giantess Geyser erupts for first time in six years

  30-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Giantess is one of the biggest geysers in the national park, and typically explodes between twice and six times a year In these troubled times there comes a point where we all need to let off steam.For this huge geyser in Yellowstone park, the moment was now and the eruption was spectacular, after a six-year wait.But, for the rest of us, watching this natural phenomenon is strangely meditative and beautifully distracting from much of the bad news around, despite the violent geothermal forces pro
  
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• Child lifted metres into the air by giant kite at Taiwan festival – video

  30-08-2020 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows a girl, 3, in Taiwan being lifted high into the air after becoming entangled in the strings of a kite. The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival on Sunday in the seaside town of Nanliao when she was hoisted several metres into the air by the giant, long-tailed orange kite. News reports said the girl was frightened but suffered no physical injuries in the incident. Continue reading...
  
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• Volunteers who were serving food to Kenosha protesters were arrested by police for 'disorderly conduct,' authorities said

  30-08-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Riot Kitchen members were arrested by Kenosha police and US Marshals after they received a tip about "several suspicious vehicles" from out of state.
  
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• Here's what it's like to fact-check Trump leading up to the election

  30-08-2020 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  Daniel Dale is working hard to fact-check Trump, which is becoming increasingly important as the 2020 election approaches.
  
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• Gunman who shot 2 officers arrested after 12-hour standoff

  30-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city's south side remained in critical condition Sunday, police said.A second officer who was shot in the leg was treated and released after the shooting around 6 p.m. in the South Grand neighborhood near Tower Grove Park, St. Louis Police Department spokeswoman Officer Michelle Woodling said.Woodling said the second is 30 and has been on the force about six months.
  
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