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• Some sparkling water brands may contain high levels of risky chemicals called PFAS, a report found

  25-09-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports tested brands including Topo Chico, Polar, and La Croix for PFAS — unregulated chemicals linked to cancer and thyroid issues.
  
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• Editorial: Amy Coney Barrett is qualified for the Supreme Court — but should not be confirmed

  25-09-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The arch-conservative judge would cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court — one that might very well overturn Roe vs. Wade.
  
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• African court requests I.Coast ex-president Gbagbo be added to electoral roll

  25-09-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast should allow former president Laurent Gbagbo, who has been barred from running in next month's key presidential election, to vote in the poll, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights said Friday.
  
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• Analysis: The Supreme Court confirmation process, explained

  25-09-2020 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the Supreme Court with a vacancy just weeks before the presidential election.
  
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• Temp worker tossed Pennsylvania ballots Trump complained about, official says

  25-09-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Justice Department announced an inquiry into the discarded ballots on Thursday, which was promoted by the White House and the president's re-election campaign.
  
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• NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says

  25-09-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York's attorney general on Friday recommended the New York Police Department get out of the business of routine traffic enforcement, a radical change she said would prevent encounters like one last year in the Bronx that escalated quickly and ended with an officer fatally shooting a motorist.Attorney General Letitia James, who acts as a special prosecutor appointed to investigate certain police killings, argued that traffic stops for minor infractions often end in violence and that Allan Fel
  
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• Ginsburg's longtime trainer honors the late justice with pushups

  25-09-2020 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg's personal trainer honored the late Supreme Court justice on Friday in a fitting fashion.
  
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• 'The Five' react to Democrats' threat to change SCOTUS rules

  25-09-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump set to announce nomination Saturday as Senate Democrats vow to boycott confirmation hearing
  
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• When Biden calls a 'lid,' Democrats wet the bed — and Trump starts mocking

  25-09-2020 23:38 via politico.com
  
  The Democratic nominee is sticking to his strategy: Keep a low profile, and let Trump light himself on fire.
  
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• California expands financial protections after US rollback

  25-09-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California on Friday created what supporters call its own nation-leading, state-level version of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after critics said the Trump administration significantly weakened national protections.The legislation that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law changes the existing Department of Business Oversight into the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation in what proponents said is the first such move by any state.The current department regulates a sig
  
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• See the tapes that could unravel a controversial mine project

  25-09-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Watch the secret recordings taken by environmentalist watchdogs posing as potential investors that could unravel a controversial mining project in Alaska. CNN's Bill Weir reports.
  
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• Singapore in world first for facial verification

  25-09-2020 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology is being rolled out countrywide as part of Singapore's national identity scheme.
  
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• Record rise in new UK coronavirus infections, possible lockdown return

  25-09-2020 23:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The number tops the previous record which was set only the day before.
  
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• Breonna Taylor: ‘Painful to be a black woman right now' says Yandy Smith-Harris

  25-09-2020 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Activist and businesswoman Yandy Smith-Harris shares her reaction to the Breonna Taylor case decision.
  
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• Family of man killed by off-duty cop over parking space files lawsuit in California

  25-09-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video released by Vallejo shows a police officer shooting a man as he runs away.
  
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• ‘Why Bother?’: Pelosi Suggests Biden Skip Presidential Debates

  25-09-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday defended her previous suggestion that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should not debate President Trump, claiming the president has “no fidelity to fact or truth.”Ahead of the first presidential debate next week, Pelosi doubled down during an appearance on “Morning on CBS” on comments she made last month that the former vice president should skip the debates so they don’t become “an exercise in skullduggery.&rdquo
  
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• Police officer shot dead in Croydon was 'much loved', says Cressida Dick – video

  25-09-2020 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Metropolitan police commander Cressida Dick said Sgt Matiu Ratana was known as a 'big guy' with a 'big heart' who was respected by colleagues and the suspects he dealt with in custody. 'His service will never be forgotten,' she added. 'It is a really distinguished service from a lovely, much respected police officer.'The 54-year-old officer, known as Matt, had served with the Metropolitan police for nearly 30 years. He was killed after a suspect opened fire at Croydon custody centre in south Lon
  
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• Did ex-congressman Ron Paul suffer a stroke on Zoom? Here are telltale signs

  25-09-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paul started to slur his speech mid-sentence, which is one of the major signs of a stroke, according to the American Stroke Association.
  
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• Mother of alleged Kenosha shooter gets standing ovation at GOP event

  25-09-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during Black Lives Matter protests in Wisconsin
  
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• The FAA's chief will fly the Boeing 737 Max himself, as his agency moves closer to approving the plane's return to passenger service

  25-09-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FAA Administrator Steve Dickson will pilot a Boeing 737 Max on September 30, testing the plane himself before clearing it to fly again.
  
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• Trump Jr calls for 'army' of supporters to 'protect ballots' as he lies about Dems trying to steal election

  25-09-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘We need every able-bodied man and woman to join Army for Trump’s election security operation’
  
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• Florida reopens bars and restaurants with no restrictions

  25-09-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida was moving into Phase 3 reopening on Friday, lifting all restrictions for restaurants and bars.
  
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• Ethiopia tells U.N. 'no intention' of using dam to harm Egypt, Sudan

  25-09-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the United Nations on Friday that his country has "no intention" of harming Sudan and Egypt with a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter water dispute between the three countries.Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan failed to strike a deal on the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam before Ethiopia began filling the reservoir behind the dam in July.
  
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• Cardinal Becciu: Vatican official forced out in rare resignation

  25-09-2020 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cardinal Becciu managed a controversial deal to buy a luxury London property with church funds.
  
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• Florida to fully lift coronavirus restrictions in restaurants and bars, despite bump in cases

  25-09-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State removes all Covid-19 enforcement orders on bars and restaurants as cases rise among young people throughout September
  
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• Do Democrats have the power to block Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?

  25-09-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Article III Project founder and president Mike Davis weighs in on the upcoming political battle
  
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• How China's Ant Group built a $17 trillion payments machine

  25-09-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Ant Group is named after a tiny bug, but the company is huge in China, where its digital payments app Alipay is a daily necessity for hundreds of millions of users.
  
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• Trump's attempts to undermine election integrity unnerve the country

  25-09-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is engaged in an ongoing campaign to erode confidence in the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential election.  
  
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• Air Force Begins Live-Fire Testing on New Helicopter, Jolly Green II

  25-09-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Air Force's new HH-60W combat rescue helicopter, known as the "Jolly Green II," has begun live-fire ground testing.
  
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• Trump pledges to make Juneteenth federal holiday in bid for Black voters

  25-09-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters, including establishing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, as a federal holiday.Trump, who announced the promises less than 40 days before the November presidential election, also pledged to designate two groups as terrorist organizations: the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan and the amorphous movement known as antifa that opposes fascism.
  
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• All signs lead to Alli leaving Tottenham - Jenas

  25-09-2020 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas says "all the signs lead to" Dele Alli leaving the North London club.
  
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• Sen. Ron Johnson: 'No legitimate predicate' for Mueller investigation

  25-09-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman discusses latest revelations on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'
  
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• Louisiana AG investigates school for suspending 4th grader after teacher noticed BB gun during online class

  25-09-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state’s attorney general, Jeff Landry, announced an investigation into the matter, arguing that the school violated his “constitutional rights.”
  
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• CNN’s Brianna Keilar Fires Back at Tucker Carlson and Kayleigh McEnany

  25-09-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN’s Brianna Keilar spent more than 10 minutes of her broadcast on Friday dismantling the smears she has received from both Fox News and the Trump White House this week.“Yesterday, White House Press Secretary implied that I am responsible for two police officers being shot in Louisville,” the anchor began. “She is lying to Americans again and I’ll address that in a moment. But first, I’m not the Brianna that the White House should be focused on right now. Bre
  
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• Kansas college president who canceled Ivanka speech resigns

  25-09-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A state university president in Kansas whose decision in June to cancel a virtual speech by Ivanka Trump angered donors and others resigned Friday, after less than a year in the job.The Board of Regents, which oversees Kansas' higher education system, did not say why Wichita State University President Jay Golden stepped down, offering no details on what led up to it.The university received national attention — and plenty of criticism — for dropping a virtual speech by President Donal
  
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• Probe into 'discarded' ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel

  25-09-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the local election office in a swing county of one of the most important presidential battleground states.All of them were marked for President Donald Trump, it said.Despite the information vacuum, the White House press secretary told reporters “ballots for the president” had been “cast aside.”
  
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• CNN's Brianna Keilar responds to White House attack

  25-09-2020 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  The White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany baselessly linked CNN reporter Brianna Keilar's comments about the Kentucky Attorney General to the shooting of two Louisville police officers after the killing ofBreonna Taylor. Hear her response.
  
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• Sources: Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

  25-09-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
  
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• Will Labor drop climate policy before the next election? – Australian politics live podcast

  25-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Katharine Murphy talks to Joel Fitzgibbon, the member for Hunter, about Labor’s stance on climate and fossil fuel industries. They discuss Labor’s response to Scott Morrison’s push for a ‘gas-led recovery’, as well as Anthony Albanese’s potential as the next prime minister Continue reading...
  
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• Breonna Taylor shooting: Can grand jury transcript be made public?

  25-09-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano breaks down the law on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'
  
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• Bizarre virtual kidnapping in Australia highlights risk to Chinese students

  25-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Virtual kidnappings targeting young Chinese adults are estimated to have netted billions of dollars worldwideWhen someone falls victim to fraud, the common lament is that the con sounded too good to be true. But for the victims of so-called ‘virtual kidnappings’, it is the opposite; it sounds so terrible that it couldn’t be real.In the latest case revealed by police in New South Wales this week, a 22-year-old man was convinced by the scammers that he had to take a female high-s
  
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• Military plane carrying air force cadets crashes in Ukraine, killing 22

  25-09-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials said.The Antonov An-26 aircraft crashed while trying to land during a training exercise, the General Staff of the Armed Forces Ruslan Khomchak said in a statement, adding that at least two more people were critically injured.Video posted by Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko on Facebook showed the plan
  
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• See 'man cave' discovered under Grand Central Terminal

  25-09-2020 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Three railroad employees were suspended without pay for converting a room underneath Grand Central Terminal in New York City into their own personal "man cave."
  
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• Former congressman Ron Paul hospitalized, says he's OK

  25-09-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul posted a picture of himself in a hospital Friday but said he was OK after video circulated online of him struggling to speak during an interview. The 85-year-old former Texas congressman, who ran for president three times, posted a picture on Facebook showing him smiling in a hospital gown and giving a thumbs-up. The post came after a video took off on social media showing Paul having trouble speaking during an appearance on his livestreamed show &ldquo
  
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• Watch how RBG's longtime personal trainer honored her

  25-09-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  Bryant Johnson, who trained Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for over 20 years, did push-ups at her memorial in the US Capitol.
  
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• See how Ruth Bader Ginsburg's trainer honored her

  25-09-2020 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  Bryant Johnson, who trained Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for over 20 years, did push-ups at her memorial in the US Capitol.
  
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• Flexing financial muscle, Biden swamps Trump on airwaves

  25-09-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Biden campaign is spending $45.8 million on television, radio and digital ads in the week from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, according to figures compiled by the tracking firm Advertising Analytics.Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has earmarked $17.8 million in advertising for the same period, according to the firm, after canceling millions of dollars of reservations in states including Ohio, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Iowa, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.The discrepancy reflects the exten
  
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• She said she was raising money for murder victims. Instead she went shopping, cops say

  25-09-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “It’s not Christmas yet, but the Grinch has come to town.”
  
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• Hawaiian Airlines will offer COVID tests to passengers from L.A.

  25-09-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United is doing the same from SFO. Hawaii eases quarantine rules Oct. 15
  
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• Experts say there are 2 times when you should wear a mask at home

  25-09-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Do you really need to wear a mask at home? Infectious disease experts say yes, in these two scenarios.
  
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