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• Century-old genocide looms large for Armenians as Turkey weighs in on Nagorno-Karabakh

  07-10-2020 23:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The genocide of 1915 looms large as Armenians feel renewed fear and bitterness about Turkey's involvement in the newly inflamed situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
  
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• Wisconsin turning state fairgrounds into COVID-19 hospital as virus overruns state

  07-10-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We hoped this day wouldn’t come,” the governor said.
  
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• Miami Beach city manager Jimmy Morales, who led city’s COVID-19 response, resigns

  07-10-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales has resigned as the city’s top administrator.
  
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• A wave of polls paints a dire picture for Trump

  07-10-2020 23:53 via politico.com
  
  The new surveys fall into two buckets: those that are bad for the president, and those that are horrible.
  
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• California's Glass Fire has destroyed more than 350 commercial buildings, including a 3-Michelin star restaurant in Napa and the state's oldest resort

  07-10-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California's oldest resort, White Sulphur Springs, lost 17 of its 20 buildings — the owners have plans to rebuild, according to NBC.
  
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• 2020 polls: Trump campaign in free fall with one of the worst debate swings in history and collapse in baby boomer support

  07-10-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seniors are walking away from the president, writes Michael Salfino
  
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• Boeing spacecraft commander abruptly pulls out of test flight mission

  07-10-2020 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  Former NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson says he no longer plans to command the first-ever crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner, the spacecraft he's spent the last decade helping to build.
  
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• USPS employee arrested, accused of dumping mail, including ballots sent to NJ residents

  07-10-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officials announced a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from New Jersey was arrested Wednesday for discarding mail, including 99 general election ballots sent from the County Board of Elections and intended to be delivered to residents.
  
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• 'Former staff' claim abuse by ex-Rep. Hill in Twitter hack

  07-10-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An old government Twitter account for former California U.S. Rep. Katie Hill was hacked Wednesday, purportedly by “former staff” who criticized a planned movie about her life and accused Hill of workplace abuse.In a statement on Twitter, Hill said she returned control of the account to the House Clerk when she resigned, including password changes and access restrictions.“Regardless of their author, the content of the hacked tweets is something I have talked about at length ...
  
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• Trump's failed October surprise

  07-10-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  October surprises started early this year, when President Trump made the late-night announcement last week that he tested positive for COVID-19. But that hasn't stopped the White House and its allies at Fox News from trying to manufacture a counter-surprise of their own, Alex Kotch, an investigative journalist with the Center for Media and Democracy, reports.It all began Tuesday evening, when Trump authorized the declassification of documents pertaining to the investigation into Russia's electio
  
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• DeVos pledges use of 'bully pulpit' to urge school reopening

  07-10-2020 23:38 via politico.com
  
  The comments come the same day Boston schools paused reopening plans because of a rise in coronavirus cases.
  
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• UK's Johnson, Ukraine's Zelenskiy to sign partnership agreement

  07-10-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday to sign a partnership agreement that includes a free trade deal covering goods, services, and tariffs and quotas.Since leaving the European Union earlier this year, Britain is seeking bilateral agreements with other countries, underlining Johnson's resolve to go it alone once a transition arrangement with the bloc concludes at the end of this year.Britain threw its support behind Ukraine after Russia s
  
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• Trump's doctor says the president already has antibodies. That might not mean he is cured with long-term immunity — it could just be his medication.

  07-10-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sean Conley reported the president has coronavirus antibodies. But experts say the antibodies could be a result of the experimental drug Trump's took.
  
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• Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden

  07-10-2020 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift is choosing to be fearless about endorsing her pick for president.
  
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• How Trump could win the presidency -- and have Harris as his VP

  07-10-2020 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  The United States has faced an extraordinary set of challenges in 2020. Foreign election interference, an impeachment trial, a global health pandemic, natural disasters, economic instability, mass protests and civil unrest have plagued the country.
  
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• Texas Supreme Court rejects top Republicans' request to shorten early voting period

  07-10-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that in-person voting can begin next week, rejecting requests by some of the state's top Republicans to push back the start of early voting.The decision was the latest in a running battle between Texas Republicans and Democrats over how and when people can vote in the most populous Republican-dominated state in the United States.Texas is a longtime Republican stronghold but this year President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fig
  
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• Republican experts are in agreement: The 2020 election is not rigged

  07-10-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican voting experts have overwhelmingly rejected President Trump’s claims that the 2020 election is going to be rigged, giving firsthand accounts to Yahoo News that frame the president’s rhetoric as a form of disinformation.
  
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• Apple is expected to release a larger iPhone 12 Pro on October 13 — here's everything we know about Apple's next high-end iPhones so far

  07-10-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max are expected to come with larger displays, a Lidar sensor for augmented reality, and a new design.
  
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• Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure

  07-10-2020 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Even Europe's gold standard nations are struggling with surges
  • LIVE: Italy records most cases in 5 months
  
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• U.S. Government Asks Vaccine Makers To Hold Filing for Authorization Until They Have Enough Doses to Distribute

  07-10-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The accelerated timeline for developing, testing and distributing the vaccine is a delicate balancing act that may mean vaccines could prove to be effective before there are enough doses to distribute.
  
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• Poll after poll suggests Trump's chances of defeating Biden are rapidly dwindling after the first debate and the president's COVID-19 diagnosis

  07-10-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The election is less than four weeks away, and COVID-19 positive Trump is in the negative on multiple fronts.
  
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• "Take away children" no "matter how young," top Justice Department officials instructed: report

  07-10-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A draft inspector general report makes it clear that Department of Justice prosecutors encouraged child separations
  
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• Home investor finds thousands in cash hidden in home

  07-10-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  A Chicago real estate investor found nearly $10,000 in cash hidden throughout a home he bought to renovate.
  
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• Ask the Captain: College vs. flight school; plus, what airlines want to see on your resume

  07-10-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Retired airline captain John Cox answers questions from aspiring pilots about college vs. flight school and the traits airlines look for in trainees.
  
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• US mail carrier charged over dumping election ballots in dumpsters

  07-10-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Justice has charged a mail carrier for dumping mail, including ballots, in two dumpsters in New Jersey.
  
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• Efforts to protect against voter intimidation underway in the US

  07-10-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  As Americans head to the polls for early voting, President Donald Trump continues to stoke fears about the security of the vote. CNN's Pamela Brown reports measures to combat voter intimidation are underway.
  
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• Crucial radar that failed during Laura is down for Delta. ‘You’re operating blindly.’

  07-10-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “When you lose data, when you lose radar like you did in Mobile and Pensacola, you have no idea what’s happening, plus you have no record of what’s occurred. You’re operating blindly.”
  
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• Tapper: Trump's messages on stimulus are dizzying

  07-10-2020 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper and Julia Chatterley discuss the confusion around President Donald Trump's mixed messaging on approving a stimulus bill to provide relief for Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• The President's return while carrying an active case of Covid-19 comes only days after hospitalization and as the virus is ripping through the White House

  07-10-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's aides were preparing for him to return to the Oval Office on Wednesday, an eventuality one senior official seemed to believe was so inevitable he mistakenly claimed it already happened.
  
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• White House Quietly Told Vets Group It Might Have Exposed Them to COVID

  07-10-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On the same day President Trump acknowledged contracting the coronavirus, the White House quietly informed a veterans group that there was a COVID-19 risk stemming from a Sept. 27 event honoring the families of fallen U.S. service members, the head of that charitable organization told The Daily Beast.The White House warning, which came on Oct. 2, is the earliest known outreach to visitors of the complex that there was a risk of coronavirus emerging from the grounds where the president, the first
  
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• Former intelligence officials condemn Trump administration's selective releases about Russia investigation as a risk to sensitive sources

  07-10-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the Trump administration declassifies selective CIA documents regarding the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, former intelligence officials are expressing concern that the releases are politically motivated and potentially damaging for national security.
  
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• Florida Supreme Court gets another dose of medical marijuana

  07-10-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a case that could have a dramatic impact on the state’s pot industry, the Florida Supreme Court made the unusual move Wednesday of hearing a second round of arguments in a challenge to a state law aimed at implementing a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
  
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• Fox News host drowns Trump adviser Mercedes Schlapp in bad polls: He "acted irresponsibly"

  07-10-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “I’m a parent ... And we all see the need to buckle down and do what’s right," Sandra Smith tells Mercedes Schlapp
  
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• Trump's favorite poll has him down 12 points to Biden

  07-10-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's favorite poll may just become Democratic nominee Joe Biden's, too.Trump has often praised Rasmussen Reports' polling, as it typically gives Trump a better-than-average approval rating. But in its Weekly White House Watch poll out Wednesday, Rasmussen actually finds Biden with a 12-point lead nationally.Rasmussen, a conservative outlet, is pretty much the only polling form to give Trump positive approval numbers throughout his presidency. And just two weeks ago, it found Biden w
  
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• President Trump defies coronavirus quarantine to return to Oval Office for stimulus briefing

  07-10-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aides reportedly wanted Trump "to remain isolated in the residence while recovering from the coronavirus"
  
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• ‘Halloween decoration’ outside a hotel was actually a human body, Maryland police say

  07-10-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police are investigating the death as a homicide.
  
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• Fact-checking the vice presidential debate

  07-10-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo News provided a live fact check of Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, highlighting false and misleading claims made by the candidates in real time.
  
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• UK to shut north England pubs and restaurants: The Sun

  07-10-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Sun said hospitality would shut but schools, offices and shops would remain open.Britain's finance ministry is also finalising a new package of coronavirus support for the stricken hospitality industry, the Financial Times said late on Wednesday.Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would provide an additional 40 million pounds ($52 million) to support affected businesses.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. baselessly accuses Nancy Pelosi of having "substance issues" on "Fox & Friends"

  07-10-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I won't get into that," Trump tells the hosts of the president's favorite morning show
  
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• Republican poll watchers begin to mobilize at sites as early voting begins

  07-10-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans are mobilizing thousands of volunteers to watch early voting sites and ballot drop boxes leading up to November's election, part of an effort to find evidence to back up President Trump’s unsubstantiated complaints about widespread voter fraud.
  
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• Fauci said his daughters refuse to visit for Thanksgiving, telling him: 'You're a young, vigorous guy, but you're 79 years old'

  07-10-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The women would be traveling from cities that don't have low coronavirus-infection rates. They said they would rather send their love via Zoom.
  
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• 'Staggering numbers': Early voting is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats

  07-10-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 5 million people have already voted early in the presidential election. Democrats have taken a commanding lead in returning mail ballots.
  
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• Jacob Blake released from hospital on same day as cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck freed on bond

  07-10-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All four officers charged in George Floyd’s killing have now been released from prison
  
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• California governor says state will conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030

  07-10-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newsom's executive order also directs state agencies to craft policies to boost carbon sequestration on state lands so it can be removed from the atmosphere and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The state's latest move to address the impacts of a warming planet comes as Newsom has declared in recent weeks that the state must step up its already aggressive efforts on climate amid a record wildfire season.
  
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• Biden has double-digit leads in Pennsylvania and Florida, Quinnipiac poll finds

  07-10-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poll after poll has shown Democratic nominee Joe Biden slowly pulling out ahead of President Trump in Florida, Pennsylvania, and other swing states. Quinnipiac University's likely voter polls released Wednesday now give Biden his biggest leads yet in those states, as well as a surprising advantage in Iowa.In Florida, Biden gets 51 percent support to Trump's 40 percent. In Pennsylvania, Biden pulled out 54 percent support to Trump's 41 percent. And in Iowa, Biden has a 5-point lead over Trump, 50
  
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• Ocean Spray CEO skateboards to Fleetwood Mac, cranberry juice in hand, to recreate viral TikTok

  07-10-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TikTok star Nathan Apodaca's video of skateboarding along the highway to Fleetwood Mac's classic song "Dreams," went viral in September.
  
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• Mitch McConnell admits White House has engaged in "risky behaviors" during Fox News interview

  07-10-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "So you're saying you think the White House has taken too many risks?" Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked
  
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• His TikTok went viral. So Ocean Spray gave him a truck

  07-10-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  When Nathan Apodaca posted a video riding his longboard while drinking Ocean Spray juice to the Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams," he had no idea what would come next.
  
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• Pope Francis calls on Catholics to pray the rosary amid pandemic, other 'looming threats'

  07-10-2020 21:11 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  His remarks come just days after he laid out his vision for a post-COVID world.
  
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• Pham Doan Trang: Vietnam arrests leading pro-democracy blogger

  07-10-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pham Doan Trang is accused of anti-state activities, which could see her jailed for years.
  
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