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• Small plane crash kills four people in Texas

  20-09-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Four people are dead after a small plane experienced engine trouble and crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Texas on Sunday.
  
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• Trump supporters try to obstruct early voters at polling site in Virginia

  20-09-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WATCH: Trump supporters descend on early voters in Virginia — and try to obstruct polling site
  
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• Flashback: In 2016, Ginsburg said Senate should hold SCOTUS confirmation hearing during election year

  20-09-2020 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prompted key Washington figures to change their tune on whether a high-court vacancy should be filled so close to an election - and even the late jurist seems to have reversed herself on the issue.
  
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• Supreme Court to fly flags at half-staff for 30 days in memoriam of Ginsburg

  20-09-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Flags on the U.S. Supreme Court's front plaza will be flown at half-staff for 30 days in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, the court said, adding that a black drape has been hung over the doors to the courtroom.In a statement on Sunday, the court said Ginsburg's bench chair and the bench directly in front of it have also been draped in black wool crepe as part of the tradition for the death of a sitting justice.Visitors to the Supreme Court have left flowers and signs in
  
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• Why Trump could possibly end up "behind bars" if he loses

  20-09-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Journalist Jeff Wise examines the type of prosecutions that Trump could face if he loses the presidential election
  
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• Bill and Hillary Clinton bash McConnell for pushing forward with Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement

  20-09-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clinton said McConnell was "superficially hypocritical" to change his argument "when the shoe's on the other foot, and he wants the judge."
  
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• 'Follow your conscience': Biden implores Senate Republicans to wait on election to fill Ginsburg seat

  20-09-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Trump campaign spokesman said picking Ruth Bader Ginsburg's successor was Trump's prerogative, regardless of the timing.
  
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• ‘Horrific act of violence’: Rochester, New York, grieves for 2 students killed in mass shooting that injured 14 others

  20-09-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The shooting that left 2 people dead and 14 others injured brought further tumult to a city already gripped by civil unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• DeKalb school board member accused of making racist remarks

  20-09-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joyce Morley, a DeKalb County school board member, said those accusing her of making racially insensitive comments during a recent meeting are mishearing what she actually said.During an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday, Morley explained that video from the emotionally-charged board meeting shows her saying the word “rights” and not “whites” when discussing the school district’s plans to reopen schools.During the Monday meeting in question,
  
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• A Louisville judge ordered the federal courthouse to close as officials are expected to announce a decision in Breonna Taylor investigation

  20-09-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The courthouse is reportedly among several Louisville buildings federal officials requested closed to prepare for the "possibility of civil backlash."
  
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• Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens retaliation for all involved in killing of Soleimani

  20-09-2020 23:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday threatened to avenge the killing of its top general, saying it would go after everyone responsible for the January U.S. drone strike in Iraq.
  
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• UK at critical point in COVID pandemic, top medical adviser says

  20-09-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain is at a critical point in the COVID-19 pandemic and faces a very challenging winter, one of the government's top medical advisers will warn at a public briefing on Monday.Cases in Britain are on the increase in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson has labelled a second wave of the virus, with large areas of the country subject to restrictions on social freedom and London expected to be next in line."The trend in the UK is heading in the wrong direction and we are at a critical point in the
  
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• Biden asks Republicans to 'follow your conscience'

  20-09-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday appealed to Senate Republicans asking them to 'follow your conscience' about filling a vacant Supreme Court seat following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the Nov. 3 election. (Sept. 20)
  
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• Biden warns confirming Supreme Court justice before election would cause ‘irreversible damage’ and promises to nominate a Black woman if he wins

  20-09-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'Last thing we need is to add is a constitutional crisis that plunges us deeper into the abyss, deeper into the darkness’
  
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• 125 million-year-old dinosaur found buried by a volcanic eruption in China

  20-09-2020 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  Archeologists in China have discovered two perfectly preserved fossils of a new 125 million-year-old dinosaur species.
  
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• Pelosi says Democrats 'have our options' when asked about impeaching Trump if he replaces Ginsburg

  20-09-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death less than two months before the election has fueled a fierce debate over the timing of her replacement.
  
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• Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara's third term bid

  20-09-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast's main presidential election challenger and a group of opposition parties called on Sunday for a civil disobedience campaign to stop President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term on Oct 31.Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has cleared Ouattara, former president Henri Konan Bedie and two other candidates to contest in the vote.Bedie told a packed opposition PDCI party hall in Abidjan that the parties, after a meeting on Sunday, had come together to stop Ouattara's third term b
  
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• What to expect at the UN General Assembly in the time of Covid-19

  20-09-2020 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  What if the world's most powerful people threw a gigantic international party and no one showed up?
  
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• Trump news - Democrats refuse to rule out second impeachment trial for Trump in Supreme Court battle

  20-09-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Lil Nas X says he's written the 'best kids book of all time'

  20-09-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Lil Nas X is on the road to becoming a published author.
  
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• On 75th anniversary of UN, its chief appeals for peace

  20-09-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Born out of World War II’s devastation to prevent the scourge of conflict, the United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday with an appeal from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to preserve the longest period in modern history without a military confrontation between the world’s most powerful nations.The U.N. chief told the mainly virtual official commemoration that “it took two world wars, millions of deaths and the horrors of the Holocaust for world leaders to commit to
  
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• 'He had green eyes': Florida man will paint alligator that attacked him

  20-09-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Mark Johnson given 60 stitches for deep wound in leg* ‘He wanted to roll so he could start dismembering,’ artist says In several decades as a professional artist, painting Florida’s marine life, Mark Johnson has developed a pretty good eye for detail. Now the outdoorsman whose website offers “realistic portrayals created primarily from memory and imagination” is about to start work on a gritty new work: an alligator with rows of perfect white teeth, clamped on the
  
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• Republican victory in Supreme Court battle could mean millions lose health insurance in the middle of a pandemic

  20-09-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘Healthcare in this country hangs in the balance,’ Joe Biden warns as GOP tries to put sixth conservative on high court
  
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• I. Coast tensions flare as candidate urges 'civil disobedience'

  20-09-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tensions ratcheted up over Ivory Coast's presidential race on Sunday when former president Konan Bedie called for "civil disobedience" in response to Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term at the helm of the West African country.
  
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• Thousands protest Netanyahu; many ignore Israeli virus rules

  20-09-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Israelis resumed their weekly protest Sunday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem, despite a new nationwide lockdown order aimed at curbing a raging coronavirus outbreak.An exception allowing people to hold public demonstrations was included in the three-week lockdown imposed last Friday.Thousands of Israelis have participated in the protests throughout the summer, calling on Netanyahu to resign while he is on trial for corruption
  
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• GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski confirms she opposes a vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee before the election

  20-09-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Murkowski is the second GOP senator to speak out against voting on a nominee before the election, joining Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
  
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• Son scores four as Spurs thrash Southampton

  20-09-2020 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Son Heung-min says it was "incredible" to score four goals as Tottenham secure their first Premier League win of the season by coming from behind to thrash Southampton.
  
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• UK sets £10,000 fines for self-isolation breaches

  20-09-2020 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The warning comes as people in England who refuse an order to self-isolate could be fined up to £10,000.
  
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• Hundreds of 'Arizona Republicans for Biden' signs have been stolen and vandalized across the state where poll shows Trump and Biden neck and neck

  20-09-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The signs had been displayed over the summer by a political action committee called "Arizona Republicans Who Believe In Treating Others With Respect."
  
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• Schiff delays deposition of Homeland Security whistleblower

  20-09-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the committee is scheduled to depose a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower on Friday, pushing the closed-door testimony back four days due to a dispute with the Trump administration over his appearance.A subpoena may be necessary, said Rep. Adam Schiff.Brian Murphy said in a whistleblower complaint this month that he was pressured by more senior officials to suppress facts in intelligence reports about Russian interference and other
  
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• Iran vows 'crushing response to US bullying' after sanctions announcement

  20-09-2020 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Rouhani says the US is alone in trying to reimpose UN sanctions as nations reject the move.
  
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• Will Democrats grow backbones amid Trump-Republican rush to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

  20-09-2020 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Most Americans didn't vote for Trump or the GOP Senate. The time has come to consider new states, more justices and 18-year Supreme Court term limits.
  
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• Trump recalls 'beautiful' moment MSNBC reporter was hit with a rubber bullet

  20-09-2020 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  At a rally in Minnesota, President Trump mocked the moment MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi was injured while covering George Floyd protests in May.
  
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• WeChat: Judge blocks US attempts to ban downloads of Chinese app

  20-09-2020 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ban on the Chinese-owned messaging and payments apps was to come in on Sunday night.
  
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• ‘This refugee is going to have a good time voting you out’: Ilhan Omar responds to Trump’s dog whistle rant at Minnesota rally

  20-09-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congresswoman offers retort after president stirs racial tension with ‘refugee’ criticism
  
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• 'May her memory be a revolution': Supporters say Rosh Hashanah brings special meaning to Ginsburg's death

  20-09-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world learned of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death as Rosh Hashanah began. Some say that is connected to righteousness in the Jewish faith.
  
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• Portland protesters reportedly faced tear gas after the city's mayor banned the local police department from using it

  20-09-2020 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Both the Portland Police Bureau and Mayor Ted Wheeler denied using tear gas against protesters after Wheeler's order to ban it.
  
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• Ginsburg's impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds

  20-09-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos.First as a litigator who fought tenaciously for the courts to recognize equal rights for women, one case at a time, and later as the second woman to sit on the hallowed bench of the Supreme Court, Ginsburg left a legacy of achievement in gender equality that had women of varied ages and backgrounds grasping for words this weekend to describe what she meant to them.“She was my teacher in so many
  
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• Mane nets double as Liverpool beat 10-man Chelsea

  20-09-2020 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sadio Mane scores two second-half goals as defending champions Liverpool win comfortably at Stamford Bridge against 10-man Chelsea.
  
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• Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar secures title as Sam Bennett wins in Paris

  20-09-2020 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar confirms his victory as the second youngest Tour de France champion in history after Sam Bennett wins the final sprint in Paris.
  
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• Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg - Reuters poll

  20-09-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.The national opinion poll, conducted Sept. 19-20 after Ginsburg's death was announced, suggests that many Americans object to President Donald Trump's plan, backed by many Senate Republicans, to push through another lifetime appointee and cement a 6-3 conservative major
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines over replacement – video

  20-09-2020 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  A further feud has emerged just weeks before the US election after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Donald Trump is advocating that the seat be filled with a 'very brilliant' woman as soon as possible. However, Democrats are rallying in an attempt to prevent Trump filling the seat until after the election. Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have said Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a supreme court choice in the run-up to
  
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• Report your neighbours if they breach self-isolation rules, says Matt Hancock

  20-09-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Hancock has urged people to report their neighbours if they suspect they are failing to self-isolate and should face fines of up to £10,000. The Health Secretary became the latest minister to back “snitching” on rule-breakers although it put him at odds with Boris Johnson who indicated last week that he did not like “sneak culture.” His comments came just hours after the Government announced a new legal duty for people to self-isolate if told to do so by track
  
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• Belarus sees another massive Sunday protest after opposition leader detained

  20-09-2020 20:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Tens of thousands of Belarusians calling for the authoritarian president to resign marched through the capital Sunday as the country’s wave of protests entered its seventh week.
  
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• Thailand protesters demand limits to king's power, install 'People's Plaque' near Bangkok palace

  20-09-2020 19:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The protesters demanded the removal of the current prime minister in addition to limiting the king's power.
  
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• Creek Fire ignites fire management debate on 102 million trees killed by beetles, drought

  20-09-2020 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bark beetles and drought together left 2,000 tons of dead trees per acre in the Creek Fire, but land managers debate whether logging is the answer.
  
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• NY AG moves to expedite release of police body cam footage

  20-09-2020 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James promised Sunday to expedite the release of body camera footage in cases of alleged police misconduct that her office investigates.Speaking in Rochester, which has been in turmoil since the footage of Daniel Prude's fatal encounter with police was released more than five months after his death, James said her office “will be proactively releasing footage to the public on our own.”“This is footage we obtain as part of investigations conduct
  
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• Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France to make history for Slovenia

  20-09-2020 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  Tadej Pogacar became the first Slovenian to win the Tour de France as the famous three-week race ended on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday.
  
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• ‘Nothing is off the table’: Democrats threaten extraordinary measures if Republicans fill vacant Supreme Court seat

  20-09-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats could push for massive reforms of two branches of government
  
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• Supreme Court justices remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as 'a superb judge' who 'inspired us all'

  20-09-2020 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ginsburg's colleagues on the high court recalled her as as "a jurist of historic stature" "who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us."
  
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