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• Fact check: Claim that Jill Biden will require Americans to learn Spanish began as satire

  13-09-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An article from a satirical website became a viral social media claim. The claim is false.
  
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• ‘This may most shameful moment in history of US science policy’: Science journal editor launches attack on Trump over coronavirus

  13-09-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The editor of a respected science magazine has strongly condemned the president, as it emerged he had intentionally played down the threat posed by the coronavirus.As the number of infections in the US passed 6.5m and the number of fatalities approached 200,000, excepts of a new book by Bob Woodward revealed the president privately was aware of the seriousness posed by the virus and the pandemic it had triggered.“This is deadly stuff,” the president told Mr Woodward in February, one
  
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• More pandemic fallout: No Peeps for Halloween and Christmas

  13-09-2020 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  This year has given us yet another trick and one less treat.
  
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• Trump news: President calls for death penalty in LA police shooting as he announces order to reduce drug prices

  13-09-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President prepares for return to indoor rallies while campaigning in battleground Nevada
  
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• 'There are just no words': Oregon family returns home to find pile of ash

  13-09-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tracy Koa, a high school teacher in Oregon, was in her classroom last Tuesday preparing for the first day of school - which would be online due to COVID-19 - when her 13-year-old daughter called in alarm: A fire was coming, and they had to evacuate, now.Koa raced home.From the driveway of her house in Talent, Oregon, she watched the cloud of smoke from the nearby wildfire turn to black from gray, a sign she knew meant homes were aflame.
  
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• San Francisco could be first major American city to let 16-year-olds vote

  13-09-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Francisco could give children as young as 16 the right to vote in local elections if a landmark proposition passes in the US’s November elections.The proposition to lower the voting age by two years will be decided by the city's residents, who rejected the legislation when it was first proposed in 2016, according to NBC News.“Our motivation here first and foremost is to make sure that we put new voters in a position to establish that habit in the first election they're eligible f
  
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• Bernie Sanders denies alleged 'concerns' about Joe Biden's campaign

  13-09-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sanders on Sunday said Biden "is in an excellent position to win" but can't simply campaign against Trump. He advised Biden reach out to Latinos and young voters.
  
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• As some small gulf states normalize relations with Israel, Palestinians see fraying support

  13-09-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arab states prefaced normalization with Israel on a deal giving Palestinians a state. But the United Arab Emirates' and Bahrain's moves change that.
  
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• Officials say east Libya government resigns amid protests

  13-09-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An interim government in eastern Libya resigned on Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions, officials said.Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani submitted the resignation of his government to Aguila Saleh, speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives, said the government's spokesman, Ezzel-Deen al-Falih.Abdallah Abaihig, a spokesman for the parliament, confirmed the government's resignation, saying lawmakers would review it in their nex
  
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• United Airlines accused of favoring young, white, blond attendants for NFL, MLB flights

  13-09-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Airlines is accused in a lawsuit of staffing NFL flights with attendants who are "young, white, female and predominately blond/blue-eyed."
  
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• Joe Biden: There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran

  13-09-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  When Donald Trump ran for President, he promised a "better deal" to constrain Iran's nuclear program and pledged to pressure Tehran into curbing its aggressive behavior across the Middle East. Like so many of President Trump's promises, these proved to be just empty words. Instead, he recklessly tossed away a policy that was working to keep America safe and replaced it with one that has worsened the threat.
  
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• Parents in Tennessee are suing their school district for enforcing mask mandate

  13-09-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The lawsuit claims that the mandate is denying equal education opportunities to students who will not wear masks.
  
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• Oregon fire chief and crew lose homes, station as they battle Holiday Farm Fire

  13-09-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I not only have my life to put back together, I also have a fire department to put back together," the chief said Sunday.
  
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• US West Coast fires: Wind warning prompts fears of further spread

  13-09-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gusts of up to 40 mph could lead to a further spread of fires in Oregon and northern California.
  
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• Skipping Mass over COVID-19 fears a ‘grave sin,’ Wisconsin archbishop warns Catholics

  13-09-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An order allowing parishioners to skip Mass due to coronavirus concerns expires Monday.
  
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• Trump repeats California 'forest management' is to blame for wildfires despite it being dismissed as 'devastating lie'

  13-09-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘I keep telling them — forest management,’ Trump says at campaign stop in Nevada
  
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• Trump likens Biden abortion policy to 'baby execution'

  13-09-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump likened the abortion policies of his 2020 US election rival Democrat Joe Biden to "baby execution" during a campaign stop in Nevada.Mr Trump was participating in a roundtable discussion with the "Latinos for Trump Coalition" in Las Vegas when he made the comment.The president stated - incorrectly - that Mr Biden favored "after-term abortion, which is basically baby execution."
  
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• Michael Cohen's daughter calls Ivanka Trump 'phony' and 'gross' in scathing Vanity Fair interview

  13-09-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Samantha Cohen, 24, said looking back she realized the Trump family didn't care about the Cohens at all and viewed them as "collateral damage."
  
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• Michael Bloomberg pledges $100 million to help Biden in Florida

  13-09-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The $100 million injection of cash will be used to turn out voters for Biden in Florida, a Bloomberg spokesperson said.
  
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• Networks boycott Trump event over his repeat breach of coronavirus guidelines

  13-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President held six rallies in month following admission that virus was deadly and ‘goes through the air’
  
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• Elon Musk shares his thoughts on Bill Gates. They're not pleasant

  13-09-2020 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  The world's fourth-richest person is trash-talking the second-richest person.
  
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• Sanders says Biden win in November is no 'slam dunk'

  13-09-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders is warning that if Joe Biden doesn’t do more to promote his policies and reach out to Latino voters, he is at risk of losing to President Trump this November.
  
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• ‘You should be moving now’: Louisiana governor gives dire warning as Sally to be declared category 2 hurricane

  13-09-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘Everybody should take this seriously, please understand that you should be moving now, acting now to get you and your family ready for this storm’
  
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• Man stabbed outside hotel during robbery of designer goods

  13-09-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police are searching for two men in connection to a violent robbery outside a Manhattan hotel over the weekend.
  
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• Trump is running short on time and targets

  13-09-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  Judging from earlier scandals, revelations about President Donald Trump's deceit about coronavirus and derogation of fallen soldiers won't repel many of his supporters.
  
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• Federal judge blocks U.S. Postal Service from sending "patently false" mailers to voters

  13-09-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Warning that "patently false" information "will sow confusion," judge stops mailers from going to Colorado voters
  
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• Police officer who attacked Black Lyft passenger fired

  13-09-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The police officer who was seen on video pressing his weight against a Black Lyft passenger near Atlanta has been terminated.Deputy Roderick Walker has been fired from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office following the incident of excessive force.The now viral video shows a helpless Black man pleading with the enforcement to leave him alone, only to be smacked in the face by Walker who was in full uniform.
  
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• Trump signs new, expanded executive order to lower U.S. drug prices

  13-09-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Sunday aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations and expanding the scope of a July action.The latest step, coming less than two months before the Nov. 3 presidential election, would replace a July 24 Trump executive order.It extends the mandate to prescription drugs available at a pharmacy, which are covered under Medicare Part D. The July version focused on drugs typically administered in d
  
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• Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices

  13-09-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations.The White House on Sunday provided a text of the executive order, which does not appear to be a newly signed document.The Republican president in July signed an executive order that, among other things, would require Medicare, the government healthcare program for seniors, to tie the prices it pays for drugs to those paid by o
  
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• Sally set to become hurricane and threaten U.S. Gulf Coast

  13-09-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Sally slowed down Sunday as it churned northward toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, increasing the risk of heavy rain and dangerous storm surge before an expected strike as a Category 2 hurricane in southern Louisiana.“I know for a lot of people this storm seemed to come out of nowhere,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sally is expected to become a hurricane on Monday and reach shore by early Tuesday, bringing
  
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• "I’m going to interrupt you": Fox News' Chris Wallace destroys Trump adviser’s talking points

  13-09-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes argued that Trump spoke to journalist Bob Woodward in the “fog of war"
  
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• 2 killed, 6 seriously injured in New Jersey shooting near Rutgers University campus

  13-09-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The shooting, which took place in New Brunswick near the Rutgers University campus, has no affiliation with the school or its students, police said.
  
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• Israel becomes 1st country to impose 2nd nationwide coronavirus lockdown

  13-09-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Israeli government on Sunday announced it will impose a nationwide, three-week lockdown starting Friday, the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, to combat rising coronavirus infection numbers. The decision comes before a string of national holidays over the next month, which prompted fears of mass gatherings, The Guardian reports.Although the full details will be released later Sunday, the lockdown reportedly means people can only venture 500 meters from their homes and most businesses
  
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• Facebook to take down false claims that extremists started Oregon wildfires

  13-09-2020 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After the FBI and other law enforcement agencies said rumors about who started the wildfires are false, Facebook said it will remove false posts.
  
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• At Afghan peace talks, the hard work begins

  13-09-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Afghan government negotiators expressed cautious optimism for progress on thorny issues including ceasefires as peace talks with the Taliban got underway in Doha on Sunday.
  
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• Pfizer CEO: Company refused taxpayer money for COVID-19 vaccine development to 'liberate our scientists'

  13-09-2020 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pfizer chose not to take U.S. taxpayer money to help fund its coronavirus vaccine development, a move that CBS News' Margaret Brennan pointed out on Sunday is a bit of a financial risk for the pharmaceutical giant.CEO Albert Bourla admitted that it will indeed "be painful" if the vaccine fails, but "at the end of the day it's only money" and the lack of taxpayer funds won't "break our company." It was more important for Bourla that his scientists were able to work without any strings attached, h
  
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• Venezuelan media name alleged U.S. spy arrested near refinery complex

  13-09-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pro-government media in Venezuela on Sunday named an alleged U.S. spy who President Nicolas Maduro said was captured last week near the country's largest oil refinery complex.Outlets close to the ruling Socialist Party identified the detainee as a former marine, John Heath Mattew, and said he was arrested on Thursday with three other people including a sergeant major in Venezuela's National Guard as they drove between Falcon and Zulia states in northwestern Venezuela.Ultimas Noticias newspaper,
  
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• New hope in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine

  13-09-2020 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CEO of Pfizer says their vaccine could be available to Americans by the end of the year.
  
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• Merecedes Schlapp: President Trump has made enormous inroads into the Latino community

  13-09-2020 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump 2020 senior adviser Mercedes Schlapp joins 'America's News HQ' to discuss the campaign's strategy.
  
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• Officer caught on own camera saying 'let's get these motherf******' at George Floyd protests

  13-09-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The footage also shows an officer hitting a fleeing man with a motorcycle
  
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• Fauci: Trump downplaying COVID-19 threat 'not a good thing'; expect no 'normality' until 2021

  13-09-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "When you downplay something that is really a threat, that is not a good thing," Dr. Fauci said in response to a question about Bob Woodward's book.
  
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• Uganda and Tanzania sign $3.5bn oil pipeline deal

  13-09-2020 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  East Africa's first major oil pipeline is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs.
  
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• Chinese tech firm compiles database on tens of thousands of British figures

  13-09-2020 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chinese technology company has compiled a database on tens of thousands of British figures and their children and families for the use of the country's intelligence agencies, The Telegraph can reveal. Files on senior UK politicians – including Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister – royals, religious leaders, military officers and their families are currently stored on a Chinese server as part of a massive worldwide intelligence collection operation by a private company that describes
  
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• Coronavirus: Melbourne police arrest 74 anti-lockdown protesters

  13-09-2020 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 250 people attended the illegal protest in the Australian state of Victoria.
  
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• Mary Trump says president's 'desperation' led him to accuse Biden of drug use

  13-09-2020 18:53 via cnn.com
  
  Mary Trump believes her uncle President Donald Trump is growing desperate to improve his reelection chances.
  
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• A top disease expert is warning of 'another 12 to 14 months of a really hard road ahead of us,' and says the US has no national plan to stop it

  13-09-2020 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Osterholm doubled down on Dr. Anthony Fauci's warning that Americans should expect to "hunker down" this fall and winter.
  
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• US wildfires: politicians condemn Trump for blaming 'forest management' – video

  13-09-2020 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Politicians strongly criticised the US president for his response to the escalating wildfire crisis in the west coast after he claimed 'forest management' was the main culprit for the emergency.The death toll from wildfires choking the west coast of the US continued to rise on Sunday as authorities said more bodies were likely to be found in the charred ruins of towns across several statesDeath toll rises as fires choke US west coast and Trump response is lambasted Continue reading...
  
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• Biden condemns shooting of L.A. County deputies, Trump wants death penalty for suspect 'if they die'

  13-09-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Sunday condemned the "cold-blooded" and "unconscionable" shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies stationed in their patrol vehicle in Compton on Saturday night. The search for the suspect -- who could be seen from a distance in what appears to be a video of the shooting -- is still ongoing.Biden has attempted to simultaneously speak out against police brutality and violent responses to it, so it's n
  
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• ‘At the Intersection of Two Criminalized Identities’: Black and Non-Black Muslims Confront a Complicated Relationship With Policing and Anti-Blackness

  13-09-2020 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The BLM Movement is forcing Muslims to reckon with anti-Blackness and scrutinize their already tense relationship with police
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins crash-hit Tuscan Grand Prix to extend world title lead

  13-09-2020 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Lewis Hamilton won a chaotic Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello on Sunday marked by two spectacular multi-car collisions and a miserable afternoon for Ferrari in its 1,000th Formula One race.
  
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