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• White House announces major improvements in coronavirus testing (again)

  28-09-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We are now at an inflection point in testing,” said Adm. Brett Giroir, a high- ranking Department of Health Human Services official who is in charge of testing on the White House coronavirus task force.
  
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• Minister's salary docked for allowing party members to join her on trip

  28-09-2020 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  The South African government has docked the defense minister's salary for allowing members of the ruling party to join her on an official trip, according to the country's presidency.
  
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• Philippines' Duterte calls out Facebook after accounts taken down

  28-09-2020 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that Facebook could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government.
  
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• Police officer who choked black man during stop will never serve again

  28-09-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officer captured on camera saying he had choked Desmond Marrow
  
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• White nationalist from Charlottesville rally nicknamed ‘Crying Nazi’ is charged with threatening to rape a woman

  28-09-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Christopher Cantwell sent a series of threatening text messages in bid to uncover information about leader of a far-right group
  
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• 'Utter devastation': Multiple wildfires in California burn homes, prompt evacuations

  28-09-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This was pretty devastating," one official said. "Just literally hundreds and hundreds of homes devastated with nothing standing."
  
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• Officer who called inmate on suicide watch a 'crazy N-word' to be fired

  28-09-2020 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  It will be the third time that Gregory Hubert Brown has been fired from a correctional facility in the last 10 years, records show.
  
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• Tuesday's gossip: Man Utd still in hunt for Sancho

  28-09-2020 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Man Utd still in hunt for Sancho, James could join Leeds on loan, Bayern want Norwich right-back Aarons, plus more.
  
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• Police seized 10 firearms from Brad Parscale, committed him for mental health care

  28-09-2020 23:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump's former campaign chief didn't comply with an officer's command, prompting a rough arrest, police said.
  
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• Federal judge says Trump administration's actions against TikTok 'likely exceed' the president's authority

  28-09-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The federal judge, who on Sunday blocked Trump's proposed ban, said TikTok would "suffer irreparable harm" if the order were to go into effect.
  
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• Wife of ex-Trump campaign manager said he made suicidal comments before hospitalization, police report says

  28-09-2020 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  The wife of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, told police that her husband had made "suicidal comments throughout the week" before he was detained and hospitalized Sunday.
  
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• Fauci says he is worried coronavirus task force member is giving bad information to Trump: CNN

  28-09-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top U.S. infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Monday he was concerned that White House coronavirus task force member Scott Atlas was at times providing misleading or incorrect information on the pandemic to President Donald Trump, CNN reported."Well yeah, I'm concerned that sometimes things are said that are really taken either out of context or actually incorrect," Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said when asked by CNN if he was wo
  
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• Trump's draft memo firing James Comey was 'tinfoil helmet material,' according to a former Mueller prosecutor's upcoming book

  28-09-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The memo was "incoherent" and "you could almost feel the spittle coming off the paper," according to Andrew Weissmann's new memoir.
  
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• Trump's former national security adviser says America's enemies will try to exploit tax revelations

  28-09-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'It'll be an issue that our adversaries will try to exploit,' says HR McMaster
  
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• Pelosi and Mnuchin make one final attempt at Covid talks before elections

  28-09-2020 23:29 via politico.com
  
  Top Democrats spent much of the weekend and Monday finalizing a roughly $2.2 trillion relief package.
  
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• Liverpool fight back to beat Arsenal and maintain perfect start

  28-09-2020 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reigning champions Liverpool maintain their perfect Premier League start as they inflict a first defeat of the season on Arsenal.
  
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• Corrections officer called suicidal inmate a ‘crazy n-word,’ Georgia sheriff says

  28-09-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The officer is now suspended and facing termination.
  
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• No British men in French Open second round as Norrie & Broady lose

  28-09-2020 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There will be no Britons in the French Open men's singles second round after defeats for Cameron Norrie and Liam Broady.
  
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• Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women

  28-09-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the "head” of the family and faith.Former members of the group, called People of Praise, say it teaches that wives must submit to the will of their husbands.Federal appeals judge Amy Coney Barrett has not commented publicly about her own or her family’s involvement, and a People of Praise spokesman declined to say whether
  
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• Armenia and Azerbaijan fight over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

  28-09-2020 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disputed Caucasus region is the site of a long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
  
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• Coronavirus: US warned to expect rise in Covid cases as Trump launches new test

  28-09-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President says expected hike in cases ‘should not cause undue alarm’
  
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• Brad Parscale, former Trump campaign manager, hospitalised after self-harm threats

  28-09-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police called to Fort Lauderdale home said Parscale, who had access to firearms, accompanied officers willinglyDonald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalised after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials.Police were called to the home in Desota Drive in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale late on Sunday afternoon. The home is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale.“When officers arrived on scene, they made
  
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• Police need warrant to obtain WiFi location data, privacy activists argue

  28-09-2020 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether police should have gotten one in a marijuana robbery case.
  
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• Family of black man killed by police in Maryland to receive $20m settlement

  28-09-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Owen Jr faces murder trial for January killing of William Green, who was handcuffed and shot six times
  
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• Analysis: Trump's attempts to discredit Biden could come back to haunt him in first debate

  28-09-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  For months on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump has questioned Joe Biden's mental acuity and used his branding skills to cast his opponent as someone who isn't up for the job.
  
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• South Carolina TV anchor hit man with beer bottle in fight over politics, police say

  28-09-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The victim was left with cuts on his face, police said.
  
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• Anti-Trump and former GOP strategists join Hispanic groups targeting Florida voters

  28-09-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The effort to defeat President Donald Trump in Florida and mobilize the Hispanic vote for former Vice President Joe Biden has led to some strange bedfellows.
  
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• Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath South Pole on Mars

  28-09-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect of tiny, swimming Martian life.In the latest study appearing in the journal Nature Astronomy, the scientists provide further evidence of this salty underground lake, estimated to be 12 miles to 18 miles (20 kilometers to 30 kilometers) across and buried 1 mile (1.5 kilometers) beneath the icy surface.Roughly 4 billion years ago, Mars was warm and wet, like Earth.
  
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• France's most tattooed man told not to teach nursery children

  28-09-2020 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sylvain Helaine says a parent complained their three year old had nightmares after seeing him.
  
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• Coronavirus: New rules in Netherlands to cope with virus surge

  28-09-2020 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'We are doing our best, but the virus is doing better,' the Dutch health minister admits.
  
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• Pennsylvania Republicans urge Supreme Court to overturn mail-in ballot ruling

  28-09-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Pennsylvania state court ruled in favor of Democrats who sought several accommodations because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Watch what happened when CNN reporter went to Proud Boys rally

  28-09-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Elle Reeve spent time with the Proud Boys, a far-right group, during a rally in Portland, Oregon. Hear what they have to say about their beliefs and reputation of being violent.
  
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• Coronavirus: New global test will give results 'in minutes'

  28-09-2020 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WHO says the low-cost test will be available to millions in low- and middle-income countries.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo responds to calls for state takeover of NYC schools

  28-09-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuomo said they will monitor the situation with testing as schools reopen in New York City and act accordingly, but there will be no state takeover.
  
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• Body camera footage shows Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale being tackled by police outside his Florida home

  28-09-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Candice Parscale called 911 on Sunday, saying her husband had loaded a firearm and threatened to hurt himself, according to a police report.
  
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• A potentially overlooked factor in Sweden's coronavirus strategy: more than half of households consist of just 1 person

  28-09-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crowded homes matter to coronavirus transmission, since they give the virus more opportunities to spread.
  
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• NFL's petty blackballing of Colin Kaepernick hurts everyone. Just ask the Broncos.

  28-09-2020 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Every time a starting quarterback gets hurt, Kaepernick is going to be the topic of questions directed at head coaches, general managers and club owners. As he should be.
  
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• Harris to voters: Don't give up as Trump rushes court pick

  28-09-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kamala Harris urged voters on Monday not to be discouraged by Republican efforts to fill a Supreme Court seat before the election, charging it's the GOP's goal to make people feel like their votes don't matter.“We will not give up, and we will not give in," the Democratic vice presidential nominee said.“We will not let the infection that President Trump has injected into the presidency and into Congress, that has paralyzed our politics and pitted Americans against each other, spread
  
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• Famed winery destroyed by wildfire

  28-09-2020 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  The famed 41-year-old Chateau Boswell Winery in Napa Valley, California, was destroyed during the Glass Fire on Sunday evening, according to CNN affiliate KPIX.
  
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• Democratic Candidates, Causes Rake in $300 Million in Small Dollar Donations after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death

  28-09-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic candidates and causes have been flooded with small contributions totaling more than $300 million since Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on September 18, according to ActBlue.Liberal donors had already smashed the previous record for most dollars raised in a single day, dollars raised in one hour, and dollars raised in one day on ActBlue, a nonprofit online platform designed to help Democratic candidates and progressive nonprofits raise money, in the immediate wa
  
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• 'We just don't have words': Two California wildfires explode in wine country, forcing thousands to flee

  28-09-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Californians fled two blazes that blew up overnight, torching more than 25,000 acres. More than 3.7 million acres have burned this year.
  
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• Sweden may have tackled Covid. But its strategy may be dangerous to follow.

  28-09-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  An expert on the spread of Covid-19 proclaimed last week that the pandemic in Sweden was essentially over — the virus there was "running out of steam," he said, as researchers suggest Swedes could be building immunity.
  
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• How effective was Sweden's Covid-19 strategy?

  28-09-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  An expert on the spread of Covid-19 proclaimed last week that the pandemic in Sweden was essentially over — the virus there was "running out of steam," he said, as researchers suggest Swedes could be building immunity.
  
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• Two beluga whales have their first swim in their new open water sanctuary

  28-09-2020 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Little White and Little Grey were in captivity in a park in China but now live in waters in Iceland.
  
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• Air Force Completes 8-Year B-1 Bomber Battle Station Upgrade

  28-09-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The service announced that it finished the Integrated Battle Station, or IBS, modification earlier this month.
  
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• Fact check: Story about giant man-eating grizzly bear is a longtime tall tale

  28-09-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An old Internet hoax that has been circulating for some time tells a false story of a man-eating bear.
  
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• All the times Trump downplayed the virus as the US reopened

  28-09-2020 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has repeatedly delivered positive remarks on the United States' coronavirus response despite more than 200,000 deaths.
  
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• From a crying Brett Kavanaugh to a spot-on Sarah Palin: SNL’s 10 best political sketches

  28-09-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New season of iconic sketch show starts in October amid election and worldwide pandemic. Here are some of its most iconic political moments of the past.
  
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• Coronavirus, More than 200 US nurses dead from Covid-19

  28-09-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US health workers of colour disproportionately hit by coronavirus deaths
  
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• Trump tax revelations spark outrage among some, but supporters defend president

  28-09-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A report that Donald Trump paid little or no federal income tax in recent years sparked broad outrage on Monday, from rich Democrats to teachers and coffee shop workers taking to social media to claim they had paid more taxes than the U.S. president.The #IPaidMoreTaxesThanDonaldTrump hashtag began trending on Monday, while Democratic rival Joe Biden's election campaign seized on the backlash, launching merchandise with the words: 'I Paid More In Taxes Than Donald Trump.'Tom Steyer, a billionaire
  
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