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• Sex trafficking survivors say 'infuriating' QAnon conspiracy theories are silencing their voices

  05-10-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Survivors told Insider that they feel exploited by the QAnon movement, which has been known to regularly share misinformation about sex trafficking.
  
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• Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus

  05-10-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory.The Democratic presidential nominee made his second trip to Florida in a little over two weeks on Monday.The progressive Vermont senator held socially distanced rallies in the battlegrounds of New Hampshire and Michigan, proclaiming, “We
  
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• Letters to the Editor: Of course Trump isn't more humble and caring now that he has COVID-19

  05-10-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's naive to hope that getting sickened with COVID-19 will somehow change Donald Trump.
  
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• No James Bond - so which films are still being released at cinemas?

  05-10-2020 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There's No Time To Die this year now, yet there is still time to catch these other 2020 titles.
  
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• Judge blocks Iowa directive on absentee ballot applications

  05-10-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A judge blocked Iowa's secretary of state Monday from enforcing an order that barred counties from sending absentee ballot applications to voters with their personal information already filled in.Judge Robert Hanson sided with Democratic Party groups, who contended that Secretary of State Paul Pate exceeded his authority when he told counties that absentee ballot request forms must be blank when mailed to voters.Hanson ordered Pate to halt enforcement of his directive, which the judge said appea
  
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• Here’s what Trump and his aides keep getting wrong about coronavirus testing | Opinion

  05-10-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth. Even so, the starlight visible from here is more than 4 years old because of the distance it must travel.
  
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• This city nearly ran out of water in 2018. Now its dams are overflowing

  05-10-2020 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Cape Town's reservoirs have topped 100% for the first time in six years, a magnificent change in the "Mother City" compared to its dire situation just two years ago.
  
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• A fired Amazon employee led a protest in front of Jeff Bezos' $165 million Beverly Hills mansion over workers' wages and job protections

  05-10-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon faces multiple lawsuits from employees over its working conditions during the pandemic.
  
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• Trump's doctor is a D.O. How is that different from an M.D.?

  05-10-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump's personal physician, isn't an M.D. He's a D.O. because he went to an osteopathic medical school. We explain the difference.
  
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• Dissolved migrant caravan sign of tougher Guatemala stance

  05-10-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Guatemalan government’s halt of more than 3,000 Honduran migrants who had set out for the United States amid the pandemic signaled that U.S. pressure on immigration continues to extend southward.Previously, Guatemala did little to stop large movements of migrants crossing its territory.Over the weekend Guatemala followed through, hauling 3,300 migrants back to the Honduran border.
  
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• Why the date of Trump's last negative COVID-19 test matters

  05-10-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Questions remain as to when the president last tested negative for COVID-19.
  
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• White House residence staffers who caught coronavirus were reportedly told to keep it quiet

  05-10-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House residence staffers are reasonably worried about the ongoing spread of COVID-19.While President Trump was transferred to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday after testing positive for COVID-19, he's headed back to the White House on Monday evening. First lady Melania Trump never left.But weeks before their diagnoses, two housekeepers at the White House also tested positive for COVID-19. And while they worked on a different floor than where the first family stays, they were told to us
  
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• Fauci 'disturbed' about baseline of Covid-19 cases in US

  05-10-2020 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  As New York City closes some schools again, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is "disturbed and concerned" about the baseline of coronavirus cases in the US. CNN's Nick Watt reports.
  
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• Clashes between police and civilians continue in Portland as the city enters its 5th month of anti-racism protests

  05-10-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A police officer drove a motorcycle into a protester. A civilian broke a cruiser window and pepper sprayed a cop.
  
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• U.S. Senate panel announces October 12 Supreme Court confirmation hearing

  05-10-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would open a confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. 12, making clear that an outbreak of COVID-19 will not interfere with the schedule.Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, the committee's chairman, announced that the hearing would start at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT)on Oct 12.Opening the Senate on Monday, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the hearing would be in a hy
  
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• 'Listen to the scientists': Biden urges Trump to support mask wearing – video

  05-10-2020 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Speaking in Miami, US presidential nominee Joe Biden said he was glad to see his rival Donald Trump's recovery from coronavirus but made a plea for the president to take mask wearing seriously. 'Now that he’s busy tweeting campaign messages, I would ask him to do this: listen to the scientists. Support masks. Support a mask mandate nationwide,' Biden said. 
  Trump mocked Biden for his mask-wearing habits during last week's presidential debate, before testing positive for coronavir
  
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• Trump continues Biden attack ads on Facebook

  05-10-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden is removing attack ads against Trump but the Trump campaign isn't following suit.
  
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• 3 people dead, 1 injured in partial building collapse in Houston

  05-10-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Houston Fire Department said a rescue team was responding
  
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• Police are searching for a man who they say used an anti-gay slur before punching someone filming a TikTok

  05-10-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The assailant uttered an anti-gay slur before punching the victim in the face and the back of the head, according to police.
  
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• Tapper's message to Americans after Trump's 'callous' tweet

  05-10-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Jake Tapper react to President Donald Trump's tweet telling Americans not to be afraid of Covid-19.
  
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• See Tapper's direct message to Americans after Trump's 'callous' tweet

  05-10-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Jake Tapper react to President Donald Trump's tweet telling Americans not to be afraid of Covid-19.
  
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• Reaction: See Tapper's direct message to Americans after Trump's 'callous' tweet

  05-10-2020 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Jake Tapper react to President Donald Trump's tweet telling Americans not to be afraid of Covid-19.
  
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• Senator Graham Schedules Judiciary Committee Hearings for Amy Coney Barrett

  05-10-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee head Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) announced on Monday a schedule for hearings for President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.Republicans are attempting to confirm the nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, before the presidential election on November 3. The successful nomination of Barrett would give the Supreme Court a 6-3 majority of conservative justices.The Judiciary Committee hearings will take place from 9 a.m. on Monday, October 12, and continue through Thursda
  
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• Only 4 countries in Europe are below critical Covid threshold

  05-10-2020 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  • CDC again updates guidance to say Covid-19 can spread by airborne transmission
  
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• Sen. Ted Cruz: 'Critical' to hold Supreme Court hearing as scheduled

  05-10-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee member joins 'The Daily Briefing' to discuss the high court and the stakes for this election.
  
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• Megachurch Pastor Contracts COVID-19 After Suing to Force School Reopenings

  05-10-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At San Antonio’s Cornerstone Church on Sunday morning, hundreds of maskless congregants sang and prayed, swaying together in the pews, babies and grandparents in close proximity.It might have been easy to forget there was a deadly pandemic blazing through the country.That is, until about 25 minutes into the sermon, when pastor Matt Hagee, on a stage bathed in blue light, announced that his father, the 80-year-old senior pastor and the church’s founder, John Hagee, had been diagnosed
  
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• Trump may be 'the only patient on the planet' to receive the Covid-19 treatment he's gotten

  05-10-2020 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  • Here's who has tested positive and negative for Covid-19 in Trump's circle
  
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• New princess 'not expecting anything' from royal family after winning legal battle for title

  05-10-2020 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An artist who won a legal battle to prove that Belgium's former King Albert II is her father said on Monday she was not expecting anything from her new family, after a court last week made her a princess.
  
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• Supreme Court: Could COVID-19 infections and Democratic delays torpedo Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation?

  05-10-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Many GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee, which will question Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, have probably been exposed to the coronavirus.
  
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• Trump campaign claims president’s ‘firsthand experience’ with Covid-19 makes him better candidate than Joe Biden

  05-10-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  'Firsthand experience is always going to change how someone relates to something that's been happening,' campaign aide says
  
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• IMF urges infrastructure investment to boost post-COVID growth

  05-10-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The International Monetary Fund on Monday said member governments should seize a low interest rate opportunity to invest in infrastructure to drive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a shift toward greener energy.The IMF said in chapters from it fiscal monitor that its research shows public investment in infrastructure, including investments in health care systems, digital infrastructure and addressing climate change can pay back more than two to one in economic growth within two years.T
  
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• CDC says coronavirus can spread indoors in updated guidance

  05-10-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top U.S. public health agency said Monday that the coronavirus can spread more than 6 feet through the air, especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces.In interviews, CDC officials have also acknowledged growing evidence that the virus can sometimes spread on even smaller particles called aerosols that spread over a wider area.
  
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• Biden tells Trump to 'listen to the scientists' and calls for nationwide mask rule to prevent coronavirus spread

  05-10-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pandemic has ‘ripped off the blinders in this country’ about how ‘inequitable so many things are,' Biden says at event in Miami
  
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• Doctor says 'not at liberty to discuss' Trump's lung scans

  05-10-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Over the past 24 hours the president's condition has continued to improve," Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, told reporters Monday (October 5) in a briefing outside the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.Trump does not have any respiratory complaints, but Conley said he "may not entirely be out of the woods yet." He added that the president would be surrounded by world-class medical care around the clock at the White House.Trump was reluctant to go to the hospital last week and is eager
  
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• White House COVID-19 outbreak shows the limits of testing; even the most accurate ones can miss the coronavirus early

  05-10-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The revelation Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for COVID-19 shows the White House strategy of frequent testing alone isn't enough.
  
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• He tried to carjack 4 people in a row, police say, but all the victims fought back

  05-10-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An attempted carjacking case in Central Florida could have gone a very different way if the intended victims had not fought back. But they did, valiantly.
  
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• Roku launches new media player and soundbar: What to know

  05-10-2020 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Roku's family of streaming media players is welcoming two newcomers: The new Roku Ultra and the brand new Streambar.
  
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• Ireland rejects health chiefs' lockdown call, tightens COVID-19 curbs

  05-10-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland's government rejected a surprise recommendation by its health chiefs to go into lockdown and instead tightened COVID-19 restrictions across the country for three weeks, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Monday.
  
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• As Trump fell ill, Republican report praised his leadership on pandemic response

  05-10-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rosy report contrasted sharply with the reality of a White House in turmoil, not to mention of a nation that widely disapproved of Trump’s coronavirus response even before he himself fell ill.
  
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• Trump recklessly downplays virus ahead of leaving hospital

  05-10-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  It's been more than two days since President Donald Trump was airlifted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but Americans remain largely in the dark about the trajectory of his infection with Covid-19 and the specifics of his condition as the White House tries to control the optics of his illness with misleading briefings, posed images and even a reckless photo-op outside the hospital.
  
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• Trump delivers jarring message to Americans after saying he now 'understood' Covid-19

  05-10-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  It's been more than two days since President Donald Trump was airlifted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but Americans remain largely in the dark about the trajectory of his infection with Covid-19 and the specifics of his condition as the White House tries to control the optics of his illness with misleading briefings, posed images and even a reckless photo-op outside the hospital.
  
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• President tweets he'll leave hospital today and irresponsibly tells people, 'Don't be afraid of Covid,' after more than 210,000 US deaths

  05-10-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  It's been more than two days since President Donald Trump was airlifted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but Americans remain largely in the dark about the trajectory of his infection with Covid-19 and the specifics of his condition as the White House tries to control the optics of his illness with misleading briefings, posed images and even a reckless photo-op outside the hospital.
  
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• Trump’s early discharge from Walter Reed hospital has some doctors worried. Here’s why

  05-10-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “There is so much wrong with this.”
  
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• UK is looking to expand Five Eyes  to 'send message to China', Defence Secretary says

  05-10-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ben Wallace has warned that the UK is looking at “deepening our Five Eyes” by recruiting more countries in order to “send a message to China”. The Defence Secretary told a ConservativeHome event at the Tory Party Conference that the UK would look to partner with other countries as part of the intelligence alliance which consists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He said: "We would absolutely continue to explore new working with new partners in Asia and dee
  
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• WH doctor responds to questions about the safety of President Trump’s greeting supporters on Sunday, returning to the White House Monday

  05-10-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House physician Dr. Sean Conley responds to Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker’s questions about the safety surrounding President Trump’s stay at Walter Reed hospital, his leaving the hospital on Sunday to give a drive-by wave to supporters and his expected return to the White House on Monday.
  
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• 'Spitting on my father's grave': Doctor on Walter Reed parade

  05-10-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Chris Pernell, a physician at New York City Hospital who lost her father to the coronavirus, tells CNN's Brianna Keilar what she thought about President Trump briefly leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday amid his battle with coronavirus.
  
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• US Navy’s aging surface fleet struggles to keep ships up to spec, report shows

  05-10-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A report on inspections of U.S. Navy ships shows the surface fleet struggling with declining readiness.
  
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• NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Under IRS Investigation for Tax Fraud: Report

  05-10-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Internal Revenue Service is investigating National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.New York attorney general Letitia James filed suit against the NRA in August, seeking to dissolve the organization and accusing LaPierre and other senior members of repeated fraud stretching back decades. When asked at a press conference whether she believed LaPierre evaded reporting personal taxes, James said she had contacted th
  
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• President tweets he'll leave hospital today and irresponsibly tells people, 'Don't be afraid of Covid,' after days of confusion about his condition

  05-10-2020 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  It's been more than two days since President Donald Trump was airlifted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but Americans remain largely in the dark about the trajectory of his infection with Covid-19 and the specifics of his condition as the White House tries to control the optics of his illness with misleading briefings, posed images and even a reckless photo-op outside the hospital.
  
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• A California man has been livestreaming footage of burned-down neighborhoods so evacuees can see if their homes survived the wildfires

  05-10-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wildfires have burned more than 3 million acres of land in Northern California since the start of the year. One volunteer, Dan Ryant, has been livestreaming footage of burnt houses so evacuated residents can see if their houses survived the blazes.
  
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