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• South Carolina Senate debate replaced with interviews after Lindsey Graham ‘refuses Covid-19 test'

  09-10-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican senator reportedly declines coronavirus test and attacks rival for demanding ‘special treatment’ as GOP under scrutiny for White House disease outbreak
  
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• 'I'd love to play like him' - Grealish welcomes Gascoigne comparisons

  09-10-2020 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England midfielder Jack Grealish is delighted by comparisons with Three Lions legend Paul Gascoigne.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett didn't disclose 2 talks with anti-abortion groups to the Senate

  09-10-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CNN has found another controversial event Amy Coney Barrett didn't inform the Senate about.After her nomination to the Supreme Court, the Senate asked Barrett to list every talk she had given, as well as provide a transcript of the event. But she failed to mention speaking at two events held by right-to-life student groups at the University of Notre Dame, CNN reports.Barrett is a professor at Notre Dame, as well as a circuit court judge. She delivered one lecture and one seminar for anti-abortio
  
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• Despite stumbles and disruptions, VP debate shows America's progress: Readers

  09-10-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On debate stage, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris showed beyond a doubt that she is ready to lead this nation.
  
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• Anderson Cooper asks for advice after his 'cringeworthy' dance with Madonna

  09-10-2020 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anderson Cooper shares a video of himself dancing on stage at a Madonna concert with music legend George Clinton. Watch "Full Circle" every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6p E.T.
  
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• Hope Hicks returned to work at the White House the day after self-quarantining aboard Air Force One, according to report

  09-10-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hope Hicks only told Trump and a handful of senior staff about her COVID-19 diagnosis, much to the dismay of her coworkers, the Washington Post said.
  
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• Trump expected to speak to guests on South Lawn from a balcony, despite little clarity about his condition

  09-10-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump will emerge from his Covid-forced isolation Saturday for a speech from a White House balcony, allowing the public their first independent glimpse in days of a leader recovering from coronavirus.
  
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• South Carolina Senate Candidate Suggests Amy Coney Barrett Would Roll Back Civil Rights: ‘I Don’t Look Good in Chains’

  09-10-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison on Wednesday questioned whether Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would “roll back the civil rights of folks” saying, “I don’t look good in chains, so I’m not going back to that.”The comments came during a Post and Courier Pints and Politics event in Columbia, South Carolina where Harrison, a Democrat who is challenging three-time Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham, discussed whether he would vote for Barre
  
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• At least 12,000 mink dead as coronavirus spreads among fur farms in Utah and Wisconsin

  09-10-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Covid-19 is killing mink in the same way it kills humans, and is wreaking havoc on fur farms in Utah and Wisconsin
  
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• Third of Queen's birthday honours go to heroes of pandemic

  09-10-2020 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Nurse, fundraising quizmaster and volunteer paramedic among those recognisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUnsung heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic make up almost a third of the Queen’s birthday honours list.Felicia Kwaku, 52, an associate director of nursing at King’s College NHS foundation trust, said her OBE was for “fallen colleagues”. Continue reading...
  
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• Rashford becomes MBE & Foster receives knighthood in Queen's Birthday Honours

  09-10-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford becomes an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
  
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• China's Xi says intends to deepen relations with North Korea: KCNA

  09-10-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a congratulatory message to Kim Jong Un for the founding anniversary of North Korea's ruling party, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he intends to deepen relations with Pyongyang, North Korean state media reported on Saturday."We have an intent to successfully defend, consolidate and develop the China-Korea relations together with Korean comrades and propel the long-lasting and stable development of the socialist cause of the two countries," North Korean state news agency KCNA quoted Xi as s
  
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• Lebanon explosion: Deadly fuel tank blast rocks Beirut

  09-10-2020 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The blast in a busy area of Lebanon's capital shook residents on edge after August's huge explosion.
  
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• 'I had to be rude because he was lying': Trump defends interrupting Biden at least 128 times during debate

  09-10-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President was widely criticised for his behaviour during first face-off with his challenger
  
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• Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi expresses concern over UK approach to approving Covid-19 vaccine

  09-10-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the Democratic Party’s most senior figures has openly criticised the UK’s system for approving a Covid-19 vaccine, suggesting that the process for ensuring its safety is not as rigorous as that followed in America. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives - one half of the US Congress - made the unexpected comment during a press conference on Friday. She said that people must be “very careful” about the UK drive to approve a vaccine, sug
  
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• Fauci Calls Amy Coney Barrett Nomination Ceremony a ‘Super-Spreader Event’ for Coronavirus

  09-10-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday called the White House's ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a “super-spreader event” for the coronavirus after the president and a number of attendees tested positive for the virus in its aftermath.Fauci’s comments came during an interview with CBS News’ Steven Portnoy, in which Portnoy noted that most of the president’s aides had not worn masks until recently and asked what people can learn about the efficacy of ma
  
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• Priscilla Chan said she's proud of how Mark Zuckerberg has handled backlash over Facebook's policing of misinformation and conspiracy theories like QAnon

  09-10-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I am proud of how he's been handling all of this, and I know he is doing his hardest, and I wish others could see that," Chan told the "Today" show.
  
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• The Republican who could help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Next presidential debate canceled after Trump rejects virtual appearance
  • Trump's US stimulus counter-offer is largest yet
  
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• South Carolina debate in question as Graham refuses to take COVID-19 test despite possible exposure

  09-10-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It takes less than 30 minutes to get your nose swabbed," rival Jaime Harrison, who lost an aunt to COVID-19, says
  
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• Opinion: The Republican who could help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  After the nation and the world witnessed President Donald Trump's selfish and dangerous game of political theater ever since he tested positive for Covid-19, there remains no doubt: Trump is not fit to hold the office now, and he certainly shouldn't be allowed to govern for another four years. America needs to put this unwitting experiment in kakistocracy to an abrupt end, and the best man to do that is former President George W. Bush by endorsing Joe Biden for president.
  
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• Opinion: George W. Bush may be the Republican to help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden
  • Trump credits swift treatment for his Covid-19 recovery
  
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• Opinion: Bush may be the Republican to help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden
  • Trump credits swift treatment for his Covid-19 recovery
  
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• George W. Bush may be the Republican to help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden
  • Trump credits swift treatment for his Covid-19 recovery
  
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• Bush may be the Republican to help defeat Trump

  09-10-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden
  • Trump credits swift treatment for his Covid-19 recovery
  
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• Why Covid could remove barriers for women in the car industry

  09-10-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bentley's Astrid Fontaine explains why Covid could remove barriers for women in the car industry.
  
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• Nadal beats Schwartzman to reach 13th French Open final

  09-10-2020 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spain's 12-time champion Rafael Nadal reaches another French Open final - where he will meet old rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday.
  
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• Hundreds of guests have been invited to an event on the South Lawn on Saturday. Trump is expected to address attendees from a balcony

  09-10-2020 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump will emerge from his Covid-forced isolation Saturday for a speech from a White House balcony, allowing the public their first independent glimpse in days of a leader recovering from coronavirus.
  
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• Australian surfer missing, believed to be victim of shark attack

  09-10-2020 22:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The surfer disappeared following a reported attack, leading authorities to believe the two events are related.
  
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• North Carolina University issues ‘shelter in place order’ following ‘direct threat’ over BLM mural

  09-10-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Students and teachers warned ‘do not come to campus’
  
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• U.S. signs agreement with AstraZeneca to develop, supply COVID-19 antibody treatment

  09-10-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. health agency will provide the funding to AstraZeneca for two Phase 3 clinical trials under operation Warp Speed, which is aimed at speeding up treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.AstraZeneca said it plans to supply up to 100,000 doses starting towards the end of 2020 and the US Government can acquire up to an additional one million doses in 2021 under a separate agreement.In a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, Trump credited Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc'stherapeutic for his recov
  
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• Sixteen ‘Boogaloo’ Followers Have Been Busted in 7 Days

  09-10-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Madison Heights, Michigan, man killed by FBI agents during a still-murky standoff over a weapons warrant. Thirteen other Michigan and Delaware men arrested in state and federal busts over alleged plots to take over the state government. A Maryland man busted on federal weapons charges. A Virginia man arrested for allegedly violating a local open-carry law.At least four state and federal busts—and, in one case, a local arrest—have targeted the so-called “Boogaloo” moveme
  
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• Polls show Joe Biden leading Donald Trump, but after 2016, should we believe them?

  09-10-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  National and state polls continue to show Joe Biden leading Trump. In some cases, it's by a double digit margin. But how accurate are they?
  
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• Michigan 'plot': Who are the US militia groups?

  09-10-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Militia members were plotting to kidnap the Michigan governor. What's the story behind these groups?
  
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• What Happens Next in Ethiopia's Political Turmoil

  09-10-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This week Ethiopia’s government entered the controversial sixth year of its five-year mandate.Covid-19 has produced plenty of political drama these last few months, but Ethiopia has experienced more than most—here’s why.Ethiopian politics operates in a system of “ethnic federalism”—while there is a central government to this federation, its constituent parts are carved out along ethnic lines and jockeyed over by parties promising the best deal for the ethnicit
  
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• The DOJ is suing Yale, accusing it of discriminating against Asian American and white applicants. Their claims are 'leveraging the model minority myth' to pit racial groups against each other, scholars say.

  09-10-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration DOJ's claim against Yale is just "political messaging for November," according to a senior counsel at the Brennan Center.
  
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• The Biden campaign sold 35,000 fly swatters in a matter of hours after a fly's famous landing on Mike Pence's head during the vice-presidential debate

  09-10-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Biden campaign's fly swatters, which carried the slogan "Truth Over Flies," sold for $10 each.
  
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• Ex-officer charged in George Floyd's death allowed to leave state

  09-10-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  The former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd will be allowed to live in a neighboring state due to safety concerns stemming from his involvement in Floyd's death that was caught on video and became part of a rally cry for police brutality around the country.
  
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• Islamic State group 'Beatles' plead not guilty over US hostage deaths

  09-10-2020 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh deny involvement in the murder of four US hostages.
  
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• 'This is unbelievable': Watch WFP chief's reaction to winning Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2020 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  The UN's World Food Programme has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Executive director David Beasley called it "the most exciting point in time in his life."
  
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• Fauci says 'we had a superspreader event in the White House'

  09-10-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 following a "superspreader event," Dr. Anthony Fauci says.Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and a member of President Trump's coronavirus task force, spoke to CBS News Radio on Friday and again stressed that "everybody should wear a mask, literally universally" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But after Trump and numerous people in his orbit recently tested positive for COVID-19, CBS' Steven Portnoy asked Fauci "what did we learn abo
  
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• See mother's emotional reunion with son after captivity

  09-10-2020 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  French aid worker Sophie Pétronin has finally been reunited with her son after being held hostage by Islamist extremists for 1,381 days.
  
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• Former Navy commander jailed for lying in Guantanamo Bay drowning case

  09-10-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Captain John Nettleton sentenced five years after incident at base in Cuba
  
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• Brits accused in beheading of hostages plead not guilty

  09-10-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two British men charged with helping the Islamic State group carry out executions and ransom negotiations for Western hostages pleaded not guilty Friday in a federal court.El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are identified by authorities as two of four men who were dubbed “the Beatles” by hostages, who took note of their British accents.The indictment charges the men in connection with the deaths of four American hostages — journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid w
  
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• Trump is flooding the airwaves with familiar grievances

  09-10-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump appears poised to end his Covid isolation and emerge onto the campaign trail despite little clarity about his condition, no independent view of his physical state and warnings from health experts he is likely still shedding the virus.
  
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• Pompeo warns of China risks ahead of US-India talks

  09-10-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged closer ties with India as he warned of China's growing might on its doorstep, amid a flurry of diplomacy between the world's two largest democracies.
  
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• Isis 'Beatles': Brother of murdered British hostage says he does not hate Isis killers

  09-10-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Exclusive: Mike Haines says he is glad Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh will not face death penalty
  
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• 'It's the law': Kentucky AG seeks to keep Breonna Taylor grand jurors silent on case

  09-10-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants an immediate stay on any judge's order granting grand jurors the right to speak freely in the Breonna Taylor case.
  
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• International Coalition Backs Embattled Expert on Chinese Foreign-Influence Operations

  09-10-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 150 China-focused experts and academics signed on to a letter this week expressing their support for Anne-Marie Brady, a professor at New Zealand’s University of Canterbury, whose work on the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign political interference has been the target of a review by the school’s vice chancellor.The paper that triggered the review is “Holding a Pen in One Hand, Gripping a Gun in the Other,” Brady’s investigation of how China’s Peop
  
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• 10,000 mink dead in Covid outbreaks at fur farms

  09-10-2020 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Thousands of mink have died at fur farms in Utah and Wisconsin after a series of coronavirus outbreaks.
  
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• A 2012 Keys murder has been solved with DNA. The boyfriend did it, cops say.

  09-10-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 2012 homicide of a Florida Keys man is no longer a cold case awaiting resolution, police said Friday.
  
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