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• Different variants caused simultaneous infection, Brazil study suggests

  11-03-2021 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists in Brazil have identified two cases where people were simultaneously infected with two different variants of Covid-19, according to a new study.
  
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• Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report

  11-03-2021 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Majority of New York state lawmakers sign letter opposing governor as a new allegation of misconduct emerges.
  
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• Myanmar UN Representative speaks after issuing plea to the world

  11-03-2021 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Kyaw Moe Tun, the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, about his statement before the UN General Assembly in New York calling on members to "use any means necessary" to restore democracy in his country.
  
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• What's in the $1.9 trillion Covid bill Biden just signed? You might be surprised.

  11-03-2021 23:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stimulus checks aside, the law also has relief for indebted students, renters and homeowners, restaurants, minority farmers, pensions and funeral expenses.
  
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• Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalize recreational marijuana

  11-03-2021 23:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's lower chamber approved a marijuana legalization bill Wednesday, setting the country on the path to becoming one of the world's largest legal marijuana markets.
  
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• British baroness suggests 6 pm curfew for men to make ‘women a lot safer’

  11-03-2021 23:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A left-wing British baroness suggested a 6 p.m. curfew for men to make “women a lot safer” on the streets of London during a debate in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords Wednesday.
  
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• Vaccine hesitant Americans could slow Covid fight

  11-03-2021 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly a third of people in a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they would "wait and see" before deciding to get the vaccination.
  
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• Top US diplomat Blinken demands change in Ethiopia's Tigray

  11-03-2021 23:07 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Eritrean forces in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region must withdraw, saying the situation is unacceptable and must change.
  
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• Where children are being forced to die at home

  11-03-2021 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  When 10-month-old Hassan Ali arrived at the hospital, doctors were hopeful they could save him. So many children in northern Yemen, after all, don't even get this far, starved not only of food but also the fuel needed just to reach medical help.
  
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• Convicted drug trafficker testifies that he bribed Honduran president

  11-03-2021 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-cartel leader says he bribed Juan Orlando Hernández with $250,000 in exchange for government contracts and protectionA convicted drug trafficker and former cartel leader has testified in a New York court that he bribed the Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, with $250,000 in exchange for government contracts as well as protection from capture and extradition to the United States.“It was for protection so neither the military nor preventative police would arrest me
  
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• Trump is further estranged from the Presidents Club

  11-03-2021 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  • All living former Presidents except Trump urge Americans to get vaccinated in new ad
  • Trump's acting Defense Secretary says his speech incited DC rioters
  
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• Trump excluded from predecessors' vaccine public service announcement

  11-03-2021 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a person familiar with the matter, who said it wasn't clear there was any photographic documentation of the moment. 
  
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• Trump excluded from predecessors' vaccine PSA

  11-03-2021 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a person familiar with the matter, who said it wasn't clear there was any photographic documentation of the moment. 
  
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• 'It's the right thing to do': Londoners receive first jabs at new mass vaccination centre – video

  11-03-2021 22:21 via theguardian.com
  
  A north London business centre previously used to host almost a million people across hundreds of events each year has reopened as an NHS  Covid-19  mass vaccination centre. Up to 4,000 people a day will receive shots in dozens of private booths at the Business Design Centre in Islington, treated by trained staff and an army of volunteers. Patients arriving on its opening day expressed excitement and hope that the vaccine programme could eventually end lockdowns Continue reading...
  
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• Anti-vaccine activists release 'documentary' weaponizing Covid's outsize toll on Black community

  11-03-2021 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new video from anti-vaccination activists adds to what experts have called an effort to "weaponize" the outsize damage Covid-19 has done in communities of color.
  
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• Netflix may crack down on password sharing

  11-03-2021 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  If you're using your sister's boyfriend's dad's Netflix account — listen up.
  
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• Biden set to address nation with an eye toward reopening

  11-03-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  • Biden signs 'historic' Covid relief bill into law
  • Analysis: Why Republican opposition to the stimulus bill looks like very bad politics
  
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• Matthew McConaughey is considering a run for Texas governor

  11-03-2021 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Matthew McConaughey, whose home state is Texas, says he is seriously considering a run for governor and it may be what he wants to do with the next chapter of his life. HLN's Melissa Knowles has the details.
  
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• Actor considers political run

  11-03-2021 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Matthew McConaughey, whose home state is Texas, says he is seriously considering a run for governor and it may be what he wants to do with the next chapter of his life. HLN's Melissa Knowles has the details.
  
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• Actor considering political run

  11-03-2021 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Matthew McConaughey, whose home state is Texas, says he is seriously considering a run for governor and it may be what he wants to do with the next chapter of his life. HLN's Melissa Knowles has the details.
  
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• Watch Sharon Osbourne clash with co-host over Piers Morgan support

  11-03-2021 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  "The Talk" co-host Sharon Osbourne got emotional during an on-air discussion of her support for Piers Morgan after his controversial comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
  
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• Sharon Osbourne clashes with co-host over Piers Morgan support

  11-03-2021 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  "The Talk" co-host Sharon Osbourne got emotional during an on-air discussion of her support for Piers Morgan after his controversial comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
  
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• Myanmar's UN envoy: No new elections needed

  11-03-2021 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  Kyaw Moe Tun pushed back on the military's claim it will hold new elections and urged the world to help the Burmese people, saying, "We all feel helpless."
  
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• States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates, study finds

  11-03-2021 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  The study found that states with Democratic governors had higher death rates early on in the pandemic, but that trend was reversed by the Fourth of July.
  
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• Joe Biden signs landmark $1.9tn Covid relief bill into law – video

  11-03-2021 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden has signed into law a $1.9tn coronavirus relief package, cementing the first major legislative victory of his presidency. 'This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country,' Biden said about the American Rescue Plan. Touting the bill’s broad public support, he said the plan’s passage by the House of Representatives on Wednesday ensured that 'their voices were heard'US news – live updates Continue reading...
  
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• Biden signs 'historic' Covid relief package into law

  11-03-2021 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why Republican opposition to the stimulus bill looks like very bad politics
  • Analysis: The Biden way to get things done
  
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• Biden signs historic $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief law

  11-03-2021 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Endemic violence against women is causing a wave of anger

  11-03-2021 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Sarah Everard’s disappearance sparks furious demands to address misogyny in UKWomen feared this was coming. They waited, messaging each other in WhatsApp groups and on social media. They talked about their own attempts to stay safe, discussed their near misses.When the news came on Wednesday evening – that police investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard had found the remains of a body – a wave of grief crashed over them, followed quickly by anger. Continue rea
  
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• Drone footage shows aftermath of blasts in Equatorial Guinea

  11-03-2021 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Footage shows the scale of the destruction from a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea. The blasts happened at a military base in the port city of Bata on March 7.  
  
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• Biden directs states to make all adults eligible for Covid vaccinations by May 1

  11-03-2021 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The president delivered his first prime-time address hours after he signed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package into law.
  
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• Perseverance rover sends back sounds of zapping rocks on Mars

  11-03-2021 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  The Perseverance rover is sending back the sounds of Mars -- and it's contributing to the soundtrack.
  
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• Biden signs sweeping Covid relief package into law

  11-03-2021 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why Republican opposition to the stimulus bill looks like very bad politics
  • Analysis: The Biden way to get things done
  
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• Police response to missing 33-year-old UK woman prompts outcry over victim-blaming

  11-03-2021 20:18 via cnn.com
  
  The disappearance of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, while walking home in London one evening has sparked an outpouring on social media from women sharing their own experiences of sexual assault and harassment.
  
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• SE Cupp on Governor Cuomo: When is enough, enough?

  11-03-2021 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Political Commentator SE Cupp says New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's ongoing controversies will cost Democrats for not holding him accountable.
  
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• Drone footage shows extent of damage from Equatorial Guinea blast

  11-03-2021 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  Footage shows the scale of the destruction from a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea. The which happened at a military base in the port city of Bata on March 7.  
  
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• Brazilian city councilor shares Covid-19 experience

  11-03-2021 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Isa Soares reports on the Brazilian healthcare system that's struggling to keep up with the strain Covid-19 is placing on hospitals across the country.
  
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• Colombia defence chief calls children who died in bombing 'machines of war'

  11-03-2021 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Diego Molano used phrase after airstrike on dissident rebelsComments provoke incensed calls for minister’s resignationColombia’s defence minister is facing calls to resign amid growing indignation over his callous response to the death of at least one child in a government airstrike against dissident rebels.After reports that several minors were among the dead left by the bombing raid, Diego Molano said on Wednesday that any young victims were “machines of war” who had be
  
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• Faced with Biden's popular Covid law, Republicans stick to the culture war

  11-03-2021 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  Despite a busy start to Joe Biden's administration, Republicans are struggling to find effective lines of attack against the new Democratic president.
  
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• Wrongfully convicted man sues Hertz for not providing receipt that supported his alibi

  11-03-2021 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  A Michigan man was recently exonerated of murder, a charge for which he spent nearly five years in prison. Now, he's suing a rental car company for not providing records that, his lawyers say, would've exonerated him earlier.
  
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• Biden to sign sweeping Covid relief package into law

  11-03-2021 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why GOP opposition to the bill looks like very bad politics
  • Analysis: The Biden way to get things done
  
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• The inventor of the cassette tape dies at age 94

  11-03-2021 19:14 via cnn.com
  
  Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, has died at the age of 94, his family has confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Intruder at Joint Base Andrews roamed 'unencumbered' for hours before boarding military plane

  11-03-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Multiple security failures, including a distracted gate guard, allowed an unauthorized man to illegally enter Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last month, where he roamed around for over five hours before boarding a C-40 military aircraft that's part of a fleet frequently utilized by senior government leaders, according to a new report released Thursday by the Air Force Inspector General.
  
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• Uber and Lyft to finally share names of drivers deactivated over sexual assault and other serious incidents

  11-03-2021 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  Uber and Lyft have largely operated in silos when it comes to deactivating drivers over the most severe reports of safety incidents, potentially allowing bad actors to hop from one platform to the other.
  
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• NBA suspends and fines Miami Heat star $50,000 for anti-Semitic slur

  11-03-2021 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  The NBA fined Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard $50,000 on Thursday after the center used an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game.
  
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• More European nations pause AstraZeneca vaccine

  11-03-2021 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Denmark, Iceland and Norway have suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine while the European Union's medicines regulator investigates whether the shot could be linked to a number of reports of blood clots.
  
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• Senior members of military call out Tucker Carlson for mocking women serving in armed forces

  11-03-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  Senior members of the US military took to Twitter late Wednesday and Thursday to call out Fox News host Tucker Carlson for a sexist segment in which he mocked women serving in the armed forces.
  
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• US House passes gun legislation that would expand background checks

  11-03-2021 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  The House is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress.
  
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• House advances bills to expand background checks for gun sales, Senate passage unlikely

  11-03-2021 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House passed the gun control measures in 2019, but the Republican majority in the Senate blocked them.
  
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• Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard suspended, fined $50,000 for using anti-Semitic slur

  11-03-2021 18:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Meyers Leonard’s comment was inexcusable and hurtful and such an offensive term has no place in the NBA or in our society," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.
  
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• Daphne Caruana Galizia: killer lays out murder plot in court

  11-03-2021 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Vincent Muscat describes spying on the journalist and discussions about how she would be killedThe self-confessed killer of Daphne Caruana Galizia told a court on Thursday that he and two other men used binoculars and a telescope to follow the movements of the investigative journalist for days, before planting and triggering the car bomb that killed her in 2017.Speaking in the presence of journalists and Caruana Galizia’s relatives in hall 22 of the law courts in Malta’s capital, Val
  
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