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• MSNBC guest says Black Kentucky AG is 'skinfolk' but 'not kinfolk'

  23-09-2020 23:59 via foxnews.com
  
  An MSNBC guest attempted to shame Kentucky's Black attorney general on Wednesday after he held a press conference on the controversial grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor shooting.
  
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• Grizzly bear mauled and killed hunter in first-of-its-kind attack

  23-09-2020 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  A hunter was killed by a grizzly bear this weekend in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, marking the park's first known bear mauling fatality.
  
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• Andrew McCarthy: Biden refuses to say if he favors packing Supreme Court — among key questions he won’t answer

  23-09-2020 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Biden rarely answers questions and won’t answer many important ones, including whether he supports calls by Democrats to repeal the Senate filibuster and expand the Supreme Court to add liberal justices.
  
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• In Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice

  23-09-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” became a rallying cry this summer, emblazoned on T-shirts worn by celebrities and sports stars while protesters filled the streets demanding police accountability.In the end, none of the officers were charged with Taylor's killing, although one was indicted for shooting into a neighboring home that had people inside.The outcome demonstrates the vast disconnect between widespread public expectation of justice and the limits of the law when p
  
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• Murkowski loosens stance on Supreme Court nominee, says she may vote for Trump's pick

  23-09-2020 23:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski now says she cannot rule out voting to confirm a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court, days after she said she would not support filling the  vacancy so close to an election. 
  
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• Gutfeld on the growing scandal engulfing Hunter Biden

  23-09-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate report exposes foreign business deals of ex-VP's son
  
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• Disney delays release of 'Black Widow,' 'West Side Story,' and more films

  23-09-2020 23:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has further delayed the release of some of this year's highly-anticipated movies.
  
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• What Amy Coney Barrett said in 2016 about confirming justices in election years

  23-09-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It shouldn't be a surprise that the Senate is willing to push a president's nominee through in an election year when they share the same political affiliation," Barrett said.
  
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• Democratic strategist praises Chris Wallace ahead of presidential debate: ‘He is a master of this stuff’

  23-09-2020 23:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Chris Wallace will moderate the first presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden next week, and the “Fox News Sunday” anchor already has the approval of one prominent Democratic strategist.
  
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• Coronavirus: Climate action cannot be another Covid victim - PM

  23-09-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson will urge leaders to "look ahead to how we will rebuild" after the global pandemic.
  
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• 'Cake Boss' star Buddy Valastro impales hand in 'terrible' bowling accident

  23-09-2020 23:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Valastro underwent surgery earlier this week.
  
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• Eric Trump must testify in New York AG probe before election, judge rules

  23-09-2020 23:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A judge ruled Wednesday that Eric Trump must testify before the election in response to a subpoena from the New York attorney general’s office as part of an investigation into whether the Trump organization improperly valued real estate assets in statements. 
  
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• Kim Strassel: New report reveals Biden's 'wink-nod' approach to Hunter's business dealings overseas

  23-09-2020 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  The Senate Homeland Security and Finance Committees' report on their investigation into Hunter Biden raises "the many and disturbing conflicts of interests" surrounding Joe Biden's time as vice president.
  
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• Exclusive: Top adviser steps aside from FDA COVID-19 vaccine reviews over potential conflict

  23-09-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hana El Sahly, associate professor of virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, last year became chairwoman of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee - the panel of outside experts that will make recommendations on whether coronavirus vaccines should be approved.In July, however, El Sahly was named one of three lead investigators for Moderna's late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, creating a potential conflict of interest.Moderna has said it
  
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• Trent Dilfer says veteran NFL QBs are going to 'shred' defenses all season long

  23-09-2020 23:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Trent Dilfer, a Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens, knows a thing or two about evaluating quarterbacks in the NFL.
  
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• QAnon believers think there's a vast cabal snatching up children in kidnappings, but almost every child reported missing turns out to be a runaway

  23-09-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An anti-trafficking expert told Insider that sex trafficking is often misrepresented in the public eye, and it distracts people from real issues.
  
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• UK PM Johnson calls on leaders to build back greener after coronavirus

  23-09-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on other leaders on Thursday to "build back better" after the coronavirus crisis and commit to net zero emission targets.Addressing the United Nations' climate action round-table, Johnson will say via videolink that the summit also offers world leaders an opportunity to announce new and enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - their intended reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Breonna Taylor shooting: Ex-detective says state will have ‘difficult time’ building case against Hankinson

  23-09-2020 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  It will be difficult for Kentucky prosecutors to build a case against former Louisville police officer Brett Hankinson after he was indicted in connection to the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor,  former Washingont D.C. homicide detective Ted Williams told “Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday.
  
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• Naomi Biden writes personal tribute to dad Hunter in response to political attacks

  23-09-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 26-year-old spoke out just hours after GOP senators published a controversial report about her father
  
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• Cindy McCain explains why she's endorsing Joe Biden

  23-09-2020 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  Cindy McCain joins The Lead.
  
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• Expect a clear outcome to the election, Biden senior adviser says

  23-09-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senior Biden adviser Bob Bauer says he has faith in election officials who are working hard around the country. Bauer does not expect a contested outcome.
  
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• Biden and Cindy McCain want suburban women to remember they hate Trump

  23-09-2020 23:17
  
  Democrats need people who shifted blue in 2018 to remember why they did — and to believe they should do so again.
  
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• Ban on natural hair discrimination passes in House. ‘Everybody should feel empowered’

  23-09-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CROWN Act banning discrimination based an individual’s natural hair passed the U.S. House.
  
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• Ban on natural hair discrimination heads to Senate. ‘Everybody should feel empowered’

  23-09-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CROWN Act banning discrimination based an individual’s natural hair passed the U.S. House.
  
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• 'You misconstrue that, Senator': Fauci tells Sen. Rand Paul he has the facts wrong on COVID-19

  23-09-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fauci told the senator he misconstrued the facts and had "done that repeatedly in the past."
  
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• 'Why the hell did I do that?': Trump 'went s--t house crazy' when criminal justice reforms failed to improve his polling with Black voters

  23-09-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has tried to boost his standing among Black voters, but a recent Pew Reserch Center poll shows that they overwhelmingly support Biden.
  
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• 'Why the hell did I do that?': Trump 'went s---house crazy' when criminal-justice reforms failed to improve his polling with Black voters, report says

  23-09-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has tried to boost his standing among Black voters, but a recent Pew Research Center poll shows that they overwhelmingly support Biden.
  
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• Breonna Taylor: What happened on the night of her death?

  23-09-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 26-year-old was killed by police in her Louisville home, sparking protests and calls for justice.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ilhan Omar warns Americans not to take Donald Trump at his word on a vaccine before the election

  23-09-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘If doctors and scientists like Dr Fauci are taking that vaccine, of course I will take [it],’ Minnesota congresswoman says
  
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• Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice

  23-09-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Even a small amount of licorice you eat can increase your blood pressure a little bit,” said Dr. Neel Butala, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who described the case in the New England Journal of Medicine. The problem is glycyrrhizic acid, found in black licorice and in many other foods and dietary supplements containing licorice root extract. It can cause dangerously low potassium and imbalances in other minerals called electrolytes.
  
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• Eric Trump must sit for deposition before election, judge rules

  23-09-2020 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  A New York state judge ruled Wednesday that Eric Trump must sit to be deposed by the state attorney general's office by October 7, denying his request to delay an interview as part of an investigation into the Trump Organization until after the presidential election, according to the attorney general's office.
  
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• Wild bear breaks into Alaska zoo at night and kills Caesar the alpaca, officials say

  23-09-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “He would walk up towards people and interact and sometimes spit on them if they upset him, but that’s what members of the camel family do.”
  
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• Florida seeks investigation on Bloomberg donation on voting

  23-09-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida's attorney general asked state and federal law enforcement on Wednesday to investigate possible election law violations after billionaire and former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg helped raise more than $16 million for Florida felons to pay their debts so they can vote in the presidential election.Attorney General Ashley Moody sent letters to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI saying that further investigation is warranted.Gov. Ron DeSantis had asked
  
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• Navy releases documents from Cold War loss of submarine

  23-09-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy began releasing documents from the investigation into the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history on Wednesday, but the Navy said the documents released under a court order don’t shed any new light on the cause of the sinking.The first of the documents released were 300 pages from the official inquiry into the sinking of the USS Thresher on April 10, 1963.The loss of the nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 men aboard during a test dive in the Atlantic Ocean delivered a blow
  
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• Outrage and protests after no officers directly charged with Breonna Taylor's death

  23-09-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: Protests met with large police presence
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• The Latest: Police use chemical agents on Atlanta protesters

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police say they have deployed chemical agents on Atlanta protesters demonstrating against a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.Georgia State Patrol Spokesperson Franka Young has told The Associated Press the chemical agents were fired after “some unruly protesters” attempted to climb on top of a SWAT vehicle that was stationed in the city.
  
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• The Latest: Police say 2 officers shot, wounded amid protest

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louisville police say two officers have been shot amid protests in Louisville, Kentucky, over a lack of charges in the Breonna Taylor case.The shootings came hours after a grand jury on Wednesday brought no charges directly against Louisville police for the killing of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, in a police raid gone wrong.
  
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• The Latest: Kentucky governor authorizes National Guard

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he has authorized a “limited” deployment of the National Guard as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest a grand jury’s decision to not indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor’s death.The Democratic governor said Wednesday at a news conference that the deployment is “based on very specific operations,” and is under the sole command of the National Guard.
  
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• The Latest: Breonna Taylor protesters split in small groups

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters dispersed by police in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared to split into small groups in that city’s downtown amid street protests in the Breonna Taylor case.Protesters have been marching through the streets, scuffles have broken out between police and protesters, and some demonstrators were arrested.
  
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• The Latest: Black women address rally in downtown Portland

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In downtown Portland, Oregon, the site of months of demonstrations against police brutality, several hundred people held a rally in the rain Wednesday night in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center, the Oregonian/Oregonlive.com reported.Police say they have deployed chemical agents on Atlanta protesters demonstrating against a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Police order Breonna Taylor protesters to disperse

  23-09-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some protesters in Louisville have been ordered by police to disperse hours after officials announced a grand jury’s decision to not indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor’s death.Police on Wednesday afternoon declared a gathering on a street corner outside downtown to be “unlawful" and threatened to use chemical agents and make arrests if people did not leave.
  
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• Coronavirus: 90% of Americans have not been exposed to Covid-19, CDC director warns

  23-09-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CDC Director Robert Redfield tells Capitol Hill ‘more than 90% of the population’ remains susceptible to the novel coronavirus
  
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• Republicans sue Texas governor over expanded early voting

  23-09-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has refused calls to expand mail-in voting in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, was sued Wednesday by prominent members of his own party who now want to halt the biggest change he instead ordered for November's election — extending early voting by a week.The lawsuit escalates an extraordinary backlash Abbott is facing from the Texas GOP's right wing that has criticized his handling of the pandemic as overbearing and unlawful.As Texas has now surpassed
  
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• Trump’s potential Supreme Court nominee slammed Obama for trying to ‘dramatically flip the balance of power’

  23-09-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Widely viewed as the president’s top choice for the vacancy, Amy Coney Barrett has previously spoken out against shifting the balance of the nation’s highest court
  
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• Republicans threaten to oust Nancy Pelosi if she impeaches Donald Trump again

  23-09-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats could use impeachment to delay Supreme Court nomination
  
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• Take a look at the world's largest painting on canvas

  23-09-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Upon its completion next month, the 1,980-square-meter artwork will be cut into 60 pieces, which painter Sacha Jafri is auctioning off in the hope of raising $30 million for charity.
  
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• Trump ally Pam Bondi calls Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, 'a little boy' trying to protect community

  23-09-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bondi's comments drew fire on social media from critics who said she was fanning Trump's rhetoric about lawlessness in cities.
  
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• Neighbor angry over kids playing near his yard kills their grandma, Colorado cops say

  23-09-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “If I could take a bullet for her, I would have.”
  
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• Police and protesters clash after Breonna Taylor announcement

  23-09-2020 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Confrontation erupted between police and protesters in Louisville after the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case announced that one officer, Brett Hankison, has been indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree for his actions on the night Taylor was killed.
  
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• Analysis: Trump, Biden court working-class voters

  23-09-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Analysis: Trump, Biden court working-class voters
  
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