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• Brazilian wetlands fires started by humans and worsened by drought

  18-09-2020 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Cloud of soot from fire heads towards São Paulo as nearly fifth of Pantanal wetland destroyed by blazeFires that have devastated a Brazilian tropical wetlands region famed for its wildlife were started by humans and exacerbated by its worst drought in nearly 50 years, according to Brazilian authorities, firefighters and environmentalist groups.Images of cremated snakes, tapirs cooked to death, and jaguars with bandaged, burnt paws in the Pantanal region in Brazil’s centre-west have
  
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• Sen. Kennedy criticizes Dems' COVID aid efforts: Pelosi's priority is baling out NY, CA

  18-09-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. John Kennedy condemns Schumer and Pelosi's stimulus strategy and says the GOP's relief bill will work, it 'covers all bases'
  
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• CDC updates asymptomatic Covid-19 testing guidelines

  18-09-2020 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus.
  
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• US sending armored vehicles into Syria as Trump says 'we are out'

  18-09-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The US military announced Friday that it is deploying armored vehicles and other military assets to Syria to protect US troops fighting ISIS amid tensions with Russia as President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that "we are out of Syria," saying the remaining US forces are there exclusively "guarding the oil."
  
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• Trump says 'we are out of Syria other than we kept the oil' as US sends armored vehicles

  18-09-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The US military announced Friday that it is deploying armored vehicles and other military assets to Syria to protect US troops fighting ISIS amid tensions with Russia as President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that "we are out of Syria," saying the remaining US forces are there exclusively "guarding the oil."
  
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• Sources: Russian aggression against U.S. intelligence satellites sparks congressional briefing

  18-09-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over recent days, officials from the U.S. Space Force and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence briefed congressional committees on an “uptick” in Russian military activity in space targeting U.S. defense and intelligence satellites.
  
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• List of Trump's accusers and their allegations

  18-09-2020 23:41
  
  At least 18 women have accused Donald Trump of varying inappropriate behavior, including allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault. Here is a rundown.
  
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• Wisconsin breaks own record for new COVID cases

  18-09-2020 23:39
  
  Wisconsin set a single-day record of 2,533 coronavirus cases on Friday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
  
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• US Army boosting presence in Syria, says ISIS ‘still poses a threat’

  18-09-2020 23:37 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Army is sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Syria to bolster force protection in the region as ISIS “still poses a threat,” according to a coalition spokesman. 
  
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• Bill Gates says Donald Trump’s travel bans worsened coronavirus pandemic

  18-09-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire Microsoft founder is a vocal critic of US response to Covid-19
  
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• Poll: Only 22 percent of Americans think the 2020 presidential election will be ‘free and fair’

  18-09-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just 22% of Americans believe this year’s presidential election will be “free and fair,” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — a disturbing loss of confidence in the democratic process that could foreshadow a catastrophic post-election period with millions of partisans refusing to accept the legitimacy of the results.
  
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• Ahead of WeChat ban, American businesses scramble to find new ways to work with Chinese suppliers

  18-09-2020 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  “As a small business owner, these bans and trade wars aren’t good for us,” one small business owner said. “But it’s another one of those things. We’ll just roll with the punches.”
  
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• This Florida prison is now partners with ICE in enforcing immigration crackdown

  18-09-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A select group of correctional officers at a Northwest Florida prison is set to take part in a federal immigration program that will allow officers to interrogate any detainee who they believe is in the country illegally and process them for potential immigration violations.
  
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• Bill Gates says Elon Musk couldn't be confused with Steve Jobs and that electric cars are 'far easier' than other climate change technology

  18-09-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Elon's more of a hands-on engineer; Steve was a genius at design and picking people and marketing."
  
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• Joe Rogan spread dangerous misinformation about fires. Now he says he's sorry

  18-09-2020 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Rogan, reportedly the highest paid podcast host in the world, has apologized for spreading misinformation to his millions of listeners about the West Coast fires during a recent episode.
  
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• Ride along in the latest Ferrari convertible

  18-09-2020 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  A good Ferrari can be one of Italy's finest works of art. CNN Business' Peter Valdes-Dapena got to take the latest $300,000 Ferrari F8 Spider for a test drive.
  
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• Emails show Trump ally intimidating CDC official

  18-09-2020 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  A close ally of President Donald Trump who was serving as a top official in the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly sent complaints about how the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was handling a media request to the agency's director in an apparent attempt to intimidate an agency communications official, according to emails shared with CNN.
  
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• Barr's latest comments have US Justice Department on edge

  18-09-2020 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr's provocative critique of career employees who work for him and of politics surrounding Justice Department investigations is his clearest acknowledgment of a worsening divide between President Donald Trump's attorney general and his rank-and-file.
  
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• DHS whistleblower may not appear before Congress next week, lawyer says

  18-09-2020 22:42
  
  The House Intelligence Committee accused the Department of Homeland Security of working to delay Brian Murphy's deposition.
  
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• White House tries to play defense with falsehoods about former Pence aide

  18-09-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Presidential town halls display massive empathy gap
  • Opinion: Biden's mistakes could cost him badly in debate with Trump
  
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• 'Save Halloween 2020': Deliver candy to trick-or-treaters from 6 feet away with this viral idea

  18-09-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  How do you give trick-or-treaters candy while staying socially distanced at 6 feet away? Ohio dad says use a homemade "candy chute" amid COVID-19.
  
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• California firefighters battle El Dorado fire – video

  18-09-2020 22:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Firefighters in Southern California continue to tackle one of 27 huge wildfires blazing across the state which has already burned more than 21,600 acres (8,741 hectares) of forest.
  A firefighter has died while battling the El Dorado fire which has been burning in San Bernardino National Forest since 5 September.A front of humid and rainy weather has brought some relief to western states that have suffered a historically devastating fire seasonCalifornia firefighter dies battling blaze while rain
  
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• Wisconsin secretary resigns amid unemployment claim backlog

  18-09-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state Department of Workforce Development's top leader resigned Friday after failing to find a way to address a massive backlog of unprocessed unemployment benefit claims sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' office said Caleb Frostman stepped down after the governor called for his resignation.Republicans have peppered Evers with criticism for months over the department's inability to process tens of thousands of benefit claims that have been flowing in since the co
  
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• 'In many cases I do' - Trump claims to know better than experts

  18-09-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump said on Wednesday that a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, could be ready for distribution ahead of the Nov. 3 election.Hours earlier, Robert Redfield, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said a COVID-19 vaccine could be broadly rolled out by the middle of next year or a little later. Trump later disputed that.“No I think he made a mistake when he said that,” Trump said, telling reporters he called Redfield. “That&rsquo
  
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• Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston recreate steamy rom-com scene

  18-09-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  The actors appeared in a star-studded table read of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" to benefit charity.
  
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• Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston recreate steamy movie scene

  18-09-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  The actors appeared in a star-studded table read of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" to benefit charity.
  
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• Actor Masterson's lawyer denies and denounces rape charges

  18-09-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, charged with raping three women, made his first appearance Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where his attorney declared his innocence and denounced the charges against him as “politicized.”Masterson, 44, who has been free on bail since his June arrest, stood in court in a blue suit and face mask next to attorneys Tom Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum, as the three women sat in the gallery.Masterson did n
  
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• Hours after U.S.-Canada border closure extended to Oct. 21, Trump says it 'opening pretty soon'

  18-09-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said border restrictions between Canada and the United States because of the novel coronavirus pandemic would be lifted "pretty soon", just hours after the two countries confirmed they would remain in place until at least Oct. 21.There was no immediate explanation from the White House for the discrepancy or what Trump meant by "pretty soon."On Twitter, Canada's Minister for Public Safety Bill Blair confirmed a month-long extension of border restrictions.
  
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• Can a 'circuit break' halt the UK's second Covid wave?

  18-09-2020 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can a short burst of national restrictions change the course of the epidemic?
  
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• Wear clothes, ditch the drugs. Florida teacher educates parents on virtual etiquette

  18-09-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Parents, when you are helping your children at their computer please do not appear with big joints in your hands,” the teacher said.
  
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• Series of reports reinforces worries that Trump's political motives are higher priority than Americans' health

  18-09-2020 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  A series of new revelations about the federal government's coronavirus response could reinforce concerns about whether the Trump administration's political motives were a higher priority than the health of Americans.
  
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• A series of reports reinforce worries about whether Trump's political motives are a higher priority than Americans' health

  18-09-2020 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  A series of new revelations about the federal government's coronavirus response could reinforce concerns about whether the Trump administration's political motives were a higher priority than the health of Americans.
  
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• Many Young Americans Don't Know Key Facts About the Holocaust. Now Is the Time to Fix the Way We Teach This History in the U.S.

  18-09-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Decades have been spent teaching about the Holocaust—but have Americans been learning?
  
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• Trump: Vaccine distribution will begin within 24 hours of approval

  18-09-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump speaks about developing the coronavirus vaccine during a White House briefing.
  
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• Trump says U.S. will have vaccine doses for all Americans in April

  18-09-2020 22:10 via politico.com
  
  The president touted the timeline as evidence of "historic progress."
  
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• Trump and Biden head for Minnesota as early voting begins in three states

  18-09-2020 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Candidates both hit key state where Democrat retains an edgeVirginia polling stations see lines as South Dakota also votesLines formed at polling stations in three states on Friday, 46 days out from 3 November, election day itself, as early voting began. Concern about ballot access under the pandemic has been widespread, particularly as Donald Trump continues to attack voting by mail with baseless claims of widespread fraud. Related: 'He’s paying attention to people like us': Trump’s
  
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• The regular flu shot is not as effective for people over 65 — here are the options for senior-specific flu shots

  18-09-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Because seniors have a weaker immune system, their bodies may not produce enough antibodies from the normal flu shot to properly fight off infection.
  
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• 'My sense of identity is falling away': young people pay the heaviest price in Covid recession

  18-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Young people are the least vulnerable to coronavirus but they have suffered the most from its economic fallout. Seven young Australians tell their story Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Rogan apologized for spreading misinformation about Oregon fires amid Spotify employee backlash

  18-09-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rogan has found himself in hot water this week, facing backlash and allegations of transphobia at Spotify.
  
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• Coronavirus live news: New curbs in Dublin as French cases and deaths jump again

  18-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  French cases at a record of more than 13,000; new restrictions on gatherings, business and travel in Irish capitalIsrael enters unpopular second Covid lockdownMutant virus: should we be worried that Sars-CoV-2 is changing ?
  Canada unveils ‘swirl, gargle and spit’ test for school childrenLockdown measures and rising anger in Madrid 9.00pm BST8.43pm BST The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said it is “increasingly likely” lockdown restrictions will be required in London, follow
  
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• CDC reverses widely criticized coronavirus testing guidelines – live

  18-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision follows report CDC scientists raised objectionsTrump under fire for ‘shocking’ Covid failuresAdministration to ban US downloads of TikTok and WeChatPresident’s messages find fans at Wisconsin rallySign up for our First Thing newsletter9.00pm BST During his press conference, the president was asked if he believes he knows better than the experts in his administration, after Trump contradicted the directors of the CDC and the FBI this week.“Yeah, in many cases, I d
  
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• We Need a COVID-19 Vaccine. We Also Need Transparency About Its Development

  18-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There have been substantial declines in public willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19, despite immense, unprecedented public investments in vaccine development.In one survey, barely half of Americans said they would get the vaccine as soon as it was available, numbers that will undermine the benefits of even a highly effective vaccine.Operation Warp Speed, the Trump Administration’s $10 billion vaccine initiative, and other vaccine efforts have compressed processes that usually tak
  
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• Firefighter who hung brown doll from neck in Wisconsin station suspended, chief says

  18-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Milwaukee’s fire chief called it a “gross lack of judgment.”
  
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• Chris Wallace reveals the 'real concern' of mail-in voting

  18-09-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chris Wallace discusses Trump's chances of flipping Minnesota and weighs in on the concerns over mail-in voting
  
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• New lockdown measures for London 'increasingly likely', says Sadiq Khan

  18-09-2020 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor says that action is needed before a second Covid-19 wave hits LondonIt is “increasingly likely” that lockdown restrictions will soon be needed to slow the spread of coronavirus in London, the capital’s mayor has warned.London mayor Sadiq Khan said he was of the “firm view” that action should be taken before the virus spirals out of control, and leaders were considering measures already imposed in other parts of the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘All stand up!’ Disney World guest ejected from park after major mask meltdown

  18-09-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Another day, another mask confrontation.
  
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• Captain says he knowingly risked career with virus warning

  18-09-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crozier's witness statement, recorded in May during the Navy's investigation into the handling of the outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, provides a look at his thinking when he sent the March email that upended the military world and brought condemnation from the top Navy admiral overseeing the carrier.President Donald Trump also criticized Crozier.
  
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• Inside the Hell of Israel’s Second Lockdown

  18-09-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israelis just want to fly away.The atmosphere was so grim as the nation entered a coronavirus lockdown on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, that there appeared to be no escape.One meme making the rounds showed desperate hands reaching out of the sea towards a far-off airplane flying high in a deep blue sky, accompanied only by the traditional greeting of “Shana Tova,” a good year.The greeting felt hollow as Israel entered into the year 5781 as the first country on earth
  
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• Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are set to deny funding to Connecticut schools over inclusive transgender athlete policies

  18-09-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to The New York Times, Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are cutting funding to certain Connecticut schools over their participation in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The conference allows transgender student-athletes to compete with, and against, athletes who share their gender identity, a course of action Trump's administration has repeatedly fought against. If the schools refuse to cut ties with the conference prior to October 1, the education department
  
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• Pentagon sending troops to Syria after clashes between U.S., Russian military

  18-09-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The troops are meant to discourage Russians from crossing into the eastern area where U.S., coalition, and Syrian Democratic Forces operate, say officials.
  
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