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• Trump's intel chief warns China is the greatest threat to US since WWII

  03-12-2020 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration's most senior intelligence official issued a stark warning Thursday that China is preparing for "an open-ended period of confrontation with the US," urging bipartisan action to address "the greatest threat to America today" and to "democracy around the world since World War II."
  
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• 3 vaccine executives say that after approval, distribution will be the main challenge

  03-12-2020 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are working to produce enough doses and ensure fair distribution through the uneven U.S. health care system.
  
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• China has done human testing to create biologically enhanced super soldiers, says top U.S. official

  03-12-2020 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. intelligence agencies didn't immediately respond to requests for comment about whether China seeks super soldiers like those in such films as "Captain America."
  
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• Trump accused of 'attempt to sabotage' government

  03-12-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Federal career employees across the Trump administration are fearful of losing their job protections and potentially their jobs, as agencies begin to implement a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Capitol Hill leaders make progress on Covid relief price tag, but policy disputes linger

  03-12-2020 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, says he has "never been more hopeful that we'll get a bill."
  
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• Four Americans 'held captive' in British Virgin Islands released

  03-12-2020 23:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Four Americans who have been "held captive" in the British Virgin Islands were released Thursday after two weeks on the islands. 
  
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• Here are the times GOP senators didn't 'wait for process to play out' in 2016

  03-12-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on the many GOP senators who immediately congratulated President Donald Trump after his 2016 win, but have not acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect, saying they're waiting for "the process to play out."
  
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• See video of famous telescope collapsing

  03-12-2020 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed just weeks after engineers decided it was too dangerous to repair.
  
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• COVID-19 orgy host: Lawmakers from 9 countries came to sex parties

  03-12-2020 22:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The organizer of a 25-man orgy in Brussels that was busted last week for breaching coronavirus lockdown rules and led to the resignation of an anti-gay Hungarian politician said male leaders from nine countries were guests at his sex parties. 
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse to stand trial on charges of shooting 3 men at Kenosha protest

  03-12-2020 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Teenage gunman Kyle Rittenhouse was ordered to stand trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  
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• DOJ alleges Facebook discriminated against US workers in new lawsuit

  03-12-2020 22:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Justice Department announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging the social media giant discriminated against U.S. workers.
  
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• Funeral home manager details crushing pandemic demands

  03-12-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  Funeral homes across the country are scrambling to keep up with the soaring coronavirus death toll. In El Paso, Texas, the city's largest funeral home, Sunset Funeral Homes, has far exceeded its average annual number of services. CNN's Brooke Baldwin speaks with manager Jose Amezcua about how the pandemic changed their operations.
  
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• Netflix's 'Selena: The Series' celebrates her rise to stardom — and Mexican American life

  03-12-2020 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Selena's musical journey brought her closer to her family's Mexican roots, an "empowering" message for the younger generation, says actress Seidy Lopez, who plays Selena's mother.
  
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• California governor introduces new stay-at-home order amid Covid surge

  03-12-2020 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The order, which will be applied by region, will require nonessential businesses to close when ICU capacity falls below 15 percent.
  
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• Mass die-offs have killed West Coast salmon for years. Scientists now think they know why

  03-12-2020 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  For decades, mass die-offs have been claiming coho salmon as they return to spawn in streams along the US West Coast. Now scientists have zeroed in on what they think is the culprit: a toxic chemical antioxidant that's used in tire rubber.
  
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• Judge dismisses criminal counts in Missouri duck boat deaths

  03-12-2020 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people
  
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• Critics warn recent executive order allows Trump to fill federal workforce with loyalists during his final weeks

  03-12-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  Federal career employees across the Trump administration are fearful of losing their job protections and potentially their jobs, as agencies begin to implement a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
  
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• White House has held multiple pardon meetings since election

  03-12-2020 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  With a rush of pardons expected before President Donald Trump leaves office, the White House has been holding multiple pardon meetings since the election, involving the White House counsel's office and other staff, two senior administration officials told CNN.
  
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• A new metal monolith appeared out of nowhere, but it didn't last for long

  03-12-2020 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  A new metal monolith appeared in a California park just days after another mysterious monument disappeared from a remote spot in the Utah desert.
  
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• The moment huge radio telescope collapsed

  03-12-2020 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video shows one of the world's largest telescopes at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory crashing down.
  
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• Pompeo flouts his own Covid guidelines with indoor holiday parties

  03-12-2020 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  The secretary of state is hosting more than a dozen holiday events even as his department instructs that all "non-mission critical events" should be virtual.
  
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• Trump's potential purge of federal employees slammed as 'attempt to sabotage'

  03-12-2020 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Federal career employees across the Trump administration are fearful of losing their job protections and potentially their jobs, as agencies begin to implement a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
  
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• HBO Max will stream Warner Bros. 2021 movies the same time they drop in theaters

  03-12-2020 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  HBO Max will stream all of Warner Bros. 2021 films, including "Judas and the Black Messiah,""Space Jam: A New Legacy" and "The Suicide Squad," the same day they premiere in movie theaters, the company announced Thursday.Warner Bros. and HBO Max share the same parent company, WarnerMedia, which also owns CNN. Shares of movie theatre operators AMC and Cinemark fell more than 15% on the news.
  
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• Trump kids look to profit from their father's fallen legacy

  03-12-2020 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  It was Thanksgiving, but instead of being seated at an elaborate table dressed with gold silverware, expensive china and a buffet of chilled seafood, turkey and beef tenderloin, waited on by household staff, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were in the wilderness of Maryland.
  
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• Volunteer's arm 'nearly tore' off during tiger attack at Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue

  03-12-2020 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The sanctuary founded by the "Tiger King" subject said the volunteer reached her arm into a gate during feeding time when she was attacked by a tiger named Kimba.
  
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• Warner Bros. will simultaneously release 2021 movies on HBO Max and in theaters

  03-12-2020 20:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Among the movies expected to be released this way are "Godzilla vs. Kong," "Dune" and "Matrix 4."
  
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• Experimental brain implants in monkeys offer hope for restoring vision in blind people

  03-12-2020 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists are a step closer to restoring the sight of blind people using brain implants, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience said, after a series of successful experiments on monkeys.
  
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• Toned-down Fashion Awards honor PPE-makers and diversity campaigners

  03-12-2020 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  The Fashion Awards have always been a celebrity-filled affair, and in that respect, this year was no different. In true style, the British Fashion Council, the organizing body behind the event, recruited Priyanka Chopra, Lewis Hamilton, Maisie Williams and Rosalia to act as presenters, sprinkling star dust on the proceedings and adding pop culture clout.
  
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• Americans in nearly 2,000 counties social distanced less during Thanksgiving week

  03-12-2020 20:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Data from 15 million cellphones shows which counties saw increased gathering during the holiday.
  
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• U.S. to draw down Baghdad embassy staff fearing retaliation on anniversary of Soleimani's death

  03-12-2020 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  The move comes ahead of the anniversary of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite, secretive Quds Force.
  
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• 'Disgusted': Doctor fires back at Trump

  03-12-2020 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic grows more dire across the US, Dr. Jacob Keeperman treats patients in a Covid-19 unit run out of a parking garage in Nevada. After Keeperman tweeted a photo of the unit, President Donald Trump called it "fake" and echoed his false claims about the Nevada election results. Keeperman responds to Trump in an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett.
  
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• Federal watchdog finds 'substantial likelihood of wrongdoing' by Trump appointees overseeing VOA

  03-12-2020 19:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The federal watchdog's findings mark the latest rebuke of the Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack.
  
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• Pompeo invites hundreds to indoor State Dept. holiday parties despite pandemic

  03-12-2020 19:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is inviting hundreds of people to indoor State Department holiday parties amid the pandemic despite expert warnings.
  
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• Iran to increase nuclear production, prohibit inspectors from US if sanctions not lifted: reports

  03-12-2020 19:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Iranian parliament has voted to increase its uranium enrichment levels and stop International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from examining facilities if the next U.S. administration declines to lift hefty U.S. banking and oil sanctions by February. 
  
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• Trump hasn't ruled out firing Attorney General Barr, sources say

  03-12-2020 19:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department hadn't seen any evidence of fraud that would have changed the election outcome. Trump said Thursday that Barr "hasn't looked."
  
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• Yemen 'one step away from famine' as donors dry up amid Covid, UN warns

  03-12-2020 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Urgent alert issued over millions struggling with ‘catastophic levels’ of hunger as less than half of required aid receivedThe window to prevent the return of famine to Yemen is rapidly closing, UN agencies have warned, with a new assessment showing millions could head further into hunger in the coming months.The alert came as a food security survey, known as an IPC assessment, showed thousands of people are slipping into famine – a number that is predicted to triple in the fir
  
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• Trump and Barr had 'contentious' meeting, source says

  03-12-2020 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr had a "contentious," lengthy meeting inside the West Wing this week after Barr told The Associated Press in an interview that the Justice Department had uncovered no evidence of fraud that would change the election outcome, one person familiar with the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity told CNN.
  
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• 'Preighters': The new aviation trend spawned by the pandemic

  03-12-2020 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  The global pandemic has created a new aviation trend known as "preighter" flights, in which airlines retrofit their passenger cabins to hold packages instead of passengers, to increase their overall cargo capacity.
  
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• David Beckham digitally aged into his 70s for ad campaign

  03-12-2020 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  David Beckham is perhaps as famed for his looks as he is for his football career -- but a new campaign is showing him as you've never seen him before.
  
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• A volunteer was attacked by a tiger at Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue

  03-12-2020 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  A longtime volunteer at Big Cat Rescue, the Florida animal sanctuary profiled in Netflix's "Tiger King," was attacked by a tiger during a morning feeding, the sanctuary confirmed to CNN.
  
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• LeBron James could play with his son in the NBA

  03-12-2020 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Fresh off winning the 2020 NBA title, LeBron James has signed a contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth a reported $85 million.
  
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• Jupiter and Saturn will look like a double planet

  03-12-2020 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas.
  
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• Jupiter and Saturn haven't been this close together in the night sky since 1226

  03-12-2020 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas.
  
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• Mother in Sweden no longer suspected of confining son to apartment for 28 years

  03-12-2020 17:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Prosecutors in Sweden are dropping a case against a 70-year-old woman accused of locking up her son inside their apartment for nearly three decades, saying investigators have found no evidence he was being held against his will.
  
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• Wait, so Republican senators care about tweets now?

  03-12-2020 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Texas Sen. John Cornyn is outraged -- OUTRAGED! -- that Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden said mean things about his fellow GOP senators on Twitter.
  
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• LeBron James could play with his son in the NBA after extending contract with Los Angeles Lakers

  03-12-2020 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Fresh off winning the 2020 NBA title, LeBron James has signed a contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth a reported $85 million.
  
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• Remember Brexit? It's still messy but a deal is in sight. Here's what you need to know

  03-12-2020 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  With all that's happened in 2020, you could be forgiven for forgetting that back in January, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
  
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• Remember Brexit? It's still a great big mess. Here's what you need to know

  03-12-2020 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  With all that's happened in 2020, you could be forgiven for forgetting that back in January, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
  
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• Brexit is turning into the UK's nightmare before Christmas

  03-12-2020 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  With all that's happened in 2020, you could be forgiven for forgetting that back in January, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
  
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• A no-deal Brexit could cap off a terrible year

  03-12-2020 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  With all that's happened in 2020, you could be forgiven for forgetting that back in January, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
  
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