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• Hear Amy Coney Barrett's tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  26-09-2020 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Amy Coney Barrett pays tribute to the late Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia after being formally nominated to serve on the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett: The most controversial decisions by Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

  26-09-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal judge named as SCOTUS nominee shares Mr Tump’s hardline immigration views
  
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• Sole Witness Who Heard Cops Announce Themselves in Breonna Taylor Raid Changed His Story

  26-09-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the bombshell announcement that the cops who fatally shot Breonna Taylor would not be charged with killing her, calling their use of force in the March raid “justified to protect themselves.”In that justification, he said that one witness corroborated the three officers’ insistence that they knocked and identified themselves at Taylor’s Louisville home while executing a search warrant in connection with a narcotics
  
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• Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court justice

  26-09-2020 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appeals court judge, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court, setting off a fierce partisan battle in the waning days of a hotly contested presidential election.
  
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• How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years

  26-09-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana.Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.Barrett's fast-track rise, set to drive the nation's highest court to the right for a generation or longer, is the fulfillment of a decadeslong effort by conservatives to remake the federal bench that kicked into high gear after President Donald Trump was elected.
  
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• Brain-eating amoeba found in water supply of Texas cities

  26-09-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Residents of eight cities have been alerted that a brain-eating amoeba was found in a southeast Texas water supply, leading one of the towns to issue a disaster declaration.
  
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• Notable dissents from Judge Amy Coney Barrett

  26-09-2020 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is set Saturday to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
  
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• A proven conservative with a compelling personal story

  26-09-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate judge and Notre Dame law professor, is a proven conservative with a compelling personal story who has long been atop President Donald Trump's Supreme Court short list.
  
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• Analysis: Trump has become a hugely consequential president

  26-09-2020 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to write his name in history, to leave a presidential legacy that can't be erased no matter what happens on November 3. And now he has it.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett: 5 things to know about the Supreme Court nominee

  26-09-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump announced Saturday that he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a respected jurist and conservative darling, to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
  
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• Colleagues defend Amy Barrett court nomination

  26-09-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A colleague and a former student of Judge Amy Coney Barrett are celebrating her nomination to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump on Saturday, while defending her reputation as an academic and federal judge. (Sept. 26)
  
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• Breonna Taylor protest updates: Hundreds gather for Proud Boys rally, counterprotest in Portland; 22 arrested in Louisville overnight

  26-09-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State and local officials have planned ahead, expecting this weekend's round of protests to continue to intensify.
  
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• Analysis: Trump's nominee is polarizing

  26-09-2020 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump continues to sow doubt and uncertainty about the election, he's set to announce his third Supreme Court nominee in the Rose Garden Saturday, the capstone of the promise he made four years ago to name a long line of conservative judges who will reshape the courts for generations.
  
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• GOP invests $10M in boosting Trump with Barrett confirmation

  26-09-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day.The confirmation battle will be featured in a new $10 million RNC digital ad campaign to encourage battleground state voters to return vote-by-mail ballots or go to the polls.The national party, in concert with President Donald Trump's campaign, is planning local events and protests across the country to support Barrett’s confirmation
  
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• Her words: Amy Coney Barrett on faith, precedent, abortion

  26-09-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was nominating Barrett to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.— 2013 article in the Texas Law Review, citing Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that recognized a woman’s right to abortion.
  
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• A look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s notable opinions, votes

  26-09-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has been on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017.Barrett has twice joined dissenting opinions asking for decisions blocking laws enacted by abortion opponents to be thrown out and reheard by the full appeals court.Last year, after a three-judge panel blocked an Indiana law that would make it harder for a minor to have an abortion without her parents being notified, Barrett voted to have the case re
  
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• Trump names Amy Coney Barrett as his 3rd Supreme Court pick

  26-09-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday announced that he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18.
  
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• ‘Let this sink into your hollow skull’: Rihanna condemns Daniel Cameron over Breonna Taylor decision

  26-09-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney general had called on public not to listen to celebrities’ comments on Taylor case
  
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• Protesters gather outside McConnell's home on day Trump expected to make Supreme Court nomination

  26-09-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For the second Saturday in a row, protesters gathered outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home.
  
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• 1 killed, several wounded in shooting at large biker gathering in Iowa

  26-09-2020 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The gathering of over 100 people from motorcycle clubs wasn't authorized, and police were trying to determine who had leased the building.
  
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• Iran FM demands protection for diplomatic missions in Iraq

  26-09-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif on Saturday called for the protection of diplomatic installations in Iraq as he hosted his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Tehran.
  
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• Girlfriend of Dating App Killer ‘Got Off Sexually’ on Torture: Prosecutors

  26-09-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bailey Boswell, the woman accused of helping her boyfriend strangle a 24-year-old wooed through Tinder, “got off sexually” from talking about killing and torture, prosecutors alleged on Friday, as the bombshell trial involving claims of a vampire sex cult began.Boswell, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and improper disposal of human remains for her role in the 2017 slaying and dismemberment of Sydney Loofe, a cashier at a Lincoln home-improvements
  
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• Biden promises U.S. mayors he will be a partner in the White House

  26-09-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden assured U.S. mayors on Saturday he would be an active partner in the White House in helping them respond to racial justice protests and the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. "If I am elected, you will have direct access to the White House," Biden, who is challenging Republican Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election, told the fall leadership meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in a virtual address from his home in Delaware. Biden, who se
  
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• An undocumented teen who's called the US home since she was an infant is facing deportation after hospital arrest

  26-09-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 15-year-old woke up from her surgery, separated from her family, placed in a government shelter, and now faces deportation.
  
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• What to expect at Trump and Biden’s first presidential debate: Yahoo News Explains

  26-09-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face off in the first of three scheduled presidential debates. While the two candidates have been trading jabs via the media for years, this will be the first time either has had the opportunity to confront their opponent in person. The debate, which will be moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, is expected to be divided into six 15-minute blocks with questions focusing on specific topics selected by the moderator: &ldquo
  
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• China pushes emergency use of COVID vaccine despite concerns

  26-09-2020 22:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Concerns remain over China's rush to push out a vaccine.
  
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• As U.S., China squabble at U.N., a plea - and warning - from one of world's smallest states

  26-09-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations this week over COVID-19 and climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente."Micronesia asks our American and Chinese friends to reinforce their cooperation and friendship with each other ... to achieve what is best for our global community," the Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo told the U.N. General Assembly in a video address.
  
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• Harvard professor: Trump is not a dictator ... he only plays one on TV

  26-09-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Harvard professor Michael Sandel discusses his theory that credentialism is the last acceptable form of prejudice in today's society, and how that relates to President Trump's political rise.
  
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• NASA astronaut plans to cast her ballot from space station

  26-09-2020 22:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas law allows astronauts to vote from space using a secure electronic ballot that is sent to the space station and relayed to a county clerk by Mission Control.
  
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• New York state logs over 1,000 new coronavirus cases for 1st time since June

  26-09-2020 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The news comes as more than half of all states in the U.S. have shown percentage increases in the number of coronavirus cases over the last two weeks.
  
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• Senate will reportedly begin hearings to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick on October 12

  26-09-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The President is expected to name Judge Amy Coney Barrett, an anti-abortion conservative, to the court later Saturday.
  
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• First Black woman named interim police chief in Rochester following death of Daniel Prude

  26-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan, a former police lieutenant, is currently deputy executive director at the Rochester Housing Authority.
  
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• CBS' Gayle King calls out Pelosi's 'egregious' language when she refers to Trump allies as 'henchmen'

  26-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The exchange came after Gayle King asked whether Nancy Pelosi still felt that Joe Biden shouldn't debate Donald Trump.
  
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• Biden likens Trump to Nazi Goebbels, says ready for debate 'lies'

  26-09-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he expects "personal attacks and lies" from Donald Trump in their first televised debate on Tuesday, comparing the Republican president to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
  
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• Belarus protests: Opposition icon Nina Bahinskaya, 73, bundled into van

  26-09-2020 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nina Bahinskaya was again among dozens of women detained at a rally against Belarus's president.
  
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• Progressive group buys Amy Coney Barrett internet domain to protest nomination

  26-09-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The group warns Ms Barrett would overturn the Affordable Care Act and reverse Roe v. Wade
  
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• Coronavirus: More than 1,000 New Yorkers test positive in a day for first time since June

  26-09-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, Queens see an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases
  
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• Man points gun at protesters outside GOP candidate's rally

  26-09-2020 21:30 via abcnews.go.com
  It happened at a rally for a Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Delaware.
  
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• The 'very troubling' questions Kentucky's attorney general isn't answering on the Breonna Taylor decision

  26-09-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Why wasn’t Brett Hankison charged with endangering Breonna Taylor? Did the grand jury even vote on homicide charges? A look at unanswered questions.
  
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• Woman charged with felony in Breonna Taylor protest hit-and-run

  26-09-2020 21:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Poice arrested a 25-year-old woman in a hit-and-run incident during Breonna Taylor demonstrations in Buffalo earlier this week.
  
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• Sealed Docs: FBI Investigating Jacob Wohl Over Roger Stone Trial Leaks

  26-09-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI is investigating blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for a series of possible crimes, according to a document filed by federal prosecutors.Ironically, the document revealing the investigation was filed just days after Wohl and Burkman staged a fake FBI raid on Burkman’s home in a bid for media attention.The FBI investigation centers on Wohl and Burkman’s February release of confidential juror questionnaires from the trial of Trump associate Roger St
  
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• Here’s why the latest Texas polls are so ominous for the GOP — even if Trump wins the state

  26-09-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some pundits continue to describe Texas a "deep red state," but at this point "light red" may be more accurate
  
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• Sen. Tom Cotton launches 'Supreme Court War Room' to defend Trump's nominee

  26-09-2020 21:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton announced the launch of a "Supreme Court War Room" on Friday to help Republicans fight back against Democratic attacks on President Trump's impending nomination to fill the High Court's seat left vacant after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  
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• Portland, Ore. braces for far-right rally expected to draw thousands

  26-09-2020 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Proud Boys, a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a hate organization, is organizing the protest that it described as a free speech event to support President Trump and the police, restore law and order and condemn anti-fascists, “domestic terrorism" and “violent gangs of rioting felons" in the streets. 
  
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• Federal judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket voting

  26-09-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats sued the state in March to overturn the Texas Legislature’s removal of straight-ticket voting.
  
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• Texas man charged with capital murder in deaths of Houston friends missing since 2016

  26-09-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harvey Lester Cyphers, 53, of Austin, Texas, was arrested and charged with capital murder in the 2016 deaths of friends Sidney Taylor and Krislyn Gibson, both 35, who were visiting Houston for the 2016 Urban Music Festival. They were last seen alive on April 2, 2016. Cyphers was taken to the Travis County Jail where his bond was set at $1.5 million. The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Austin Police Department are investigating.
  
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• Kamala Harris names Tupac 'best rapper alive'

  26-09-2020 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Tupac's legacy lives on. So much so, that vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris named him the best rapper alive. 
  
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• NY Supreme Court judge orders judicial review of Eric Garner death, investigation

  26-09-2020 20:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Garner's family filed a petition in 2019 aiming to question De Blasio and other city officials
  
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• Hundreds gather in Portland for dueling demonstrations

  26-09-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A planned rally by the far-right Proud Boys was met by anti-fascism protesters.
  
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• Australia begins disposal of over 350 dead whales after mass stranding

  26-09-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officials were able to rescue 108 whales from the nation's largest-ever mass beaching.
  
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