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• It's 2 a.m., and 'vaccine fairies' are up booking shots for vulnerable Americans

  05-04-2021 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This is how we keep each other safe," said one of the people working to secure appointments for friends, family and even strangers.
  
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• Police chief says Chauvin's actions weren't proper policy

  05-04-2021 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck violated the department's policy on the use of force.
  
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• Minneapolis police chief testifies kneeling on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds is not a trained tactic and was a violation of policies

  05-04-2021 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin's actions during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy.
  
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• Amazon is snapping up disused shopping malls and turning them into fulfillment centers

  05-04-2021 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I see articles about Amazon building here and Amazon building there. I’m not sure any of us really fully understand the implications because it’s happening so so fast,” the resident of one such neighborhood said.
  
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• Putin signs law allowing him 2 more terms as Russia's leader

  05-04-2021 22:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year.
  
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• 'Absolutely not resigning': Gaetz blasts Justice Dept. probe — and critics

  05-04-2021 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I am a representative in Congress, not a monk, and certainly not a criminal," Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote in an op-ed, pushing back at a sex trafficking allegation.
  
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• Weinstein appeals sex crimes convictions, asks for a new trial

  05-04-2021 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Monday asking for a New York court to reverse his sex crimes convictions and grant him a new trial.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein appeals sex crimes convictions, asks for a new trial

  05-04-2021 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Monday asking for a New York court to reverse his sex crimes convictions and grant him a new trial.
  
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• Yellen pushes for global minimum tax rate to create 'more level playing field'

  05-04-2021 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  However, “China will pay no attention to the OECD global minimum. Neither will Russia and many other countries,” one economist projected.
  
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• Wisconsin in state of emergency for wildfire risks; over 1,400 acres already burned

  05-04-2021 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  With more than 300 reported fires this year, an executive order signed by Gov. Tony Evers would allow the National Guard to mobilize to fight the blazes.
  
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• Manchin warns Biden's infrastructure bill is in trouble over corporate tax hikes

  05-04-2021 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin, an influential centrist Democrat, warned Monday that the Biden administration's massive infrastructure package can't pass in its current form because he and a handful of other Senate Democrats believe the corporate tax hikes proposed in the bill -- designed to offset its costs -- are too steep.
  
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• US: We won't trade vaccines for favors

  05-04-2021 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that the US would not "trade shots in arms for political favors" when outlining the State Department's plans to share supplies of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries, though he offered little detail on what that outreach would look like.
  
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• Chauvin's actions were 'in no way, shape or form' proper policing, chief says

  05-04-2021 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin's actions during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy.
  
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• MLB moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia was the right decision — but not that brave

  05-04-2021 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The league hasn't historically done the right thing when it comes to racial discrimination. But it's never too late to start — and this was a good moment.
  
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• NASA's helicopter survives first freezing night on Mars

  05-04-2021 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  The Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night on the freezing cold surface of Mars, a major milestone in the rotorcraft's journey ahead of its first flight.
  
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• Arkansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors

  05-04-2021 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This would be and is a vast government overreach," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said of the bill.
  
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• Corporate America is breaking up with the GOP

  05-04-2021 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  The ever-moving tectonic shift underneath American politics is prime for another quake as civil rights starts to outweigh corporate tax rates in the calculating minds of big American businesses.
  
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• Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax rate in first major address as Treasury chief

  05-04-2021 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for a global minimum corporate tax rate on Monday, a pitch that comes as the Biden administration begins to sell its roughly $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs proposal that would raise US corporate taxes to fund the massive plan.
  
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• Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan 'needs to be changed', says key Democrat Manchin – live

  05-04-2021 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Manchin says he does not like plans to raise corporate taxesPresident tries to build momentum in Congress to pass planJoe and Jill Biden celebrate easter with masked-up Easter bunnyCDC director says risk of Covid surface transmission is lowHow Biden’s $2tn infrastructure plan seeks to achieve racial justice 6.59pm BST Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell also reiterated his criticism of Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan at a press conference in Kentucky earlier today.Minority Lea
  
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• Covid live: 37m vaccine doses administered in UK; Italy cuts quarantine for people from 30 countries

  05-04-2021 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  England’s roadmap out of lockdown to continue as planned; Italy shortens quarantine from two weeks to five daysGermany faces calls for nationwide approach to Covid restrictionsFrench authorities investigate secret Covid dinner parties in ParisUK Labour says reports of up to 8,000 tourists arriving a day ‘staggering’Covid forces closure of two of Barcelona’s oldest restaurantsSee all our coronavirus coverage6.53pm BST Authorities in Saudi Arabia said only people who have b
  
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• Derek Chauvin trial: Minneapolis police chief testifies for prosecution – live

  05-04-2021 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Murder trial over George Floyd’s death enters second weekPolice chief Medaria Arradondo fired Chauvin the day after Floyd diedChauvin trial, week one: vivid testimony and focus on force 6.42pm BST Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo has not testified directly yet about the actions of the officer he swiftly fired, Derek Chauvin, on the day last May when he arrested George Floyd on suspicion of using a fake $20 bill (for the record - if proven, a misdemeanor which would have warranted
  
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• Latin America's grueling Covid battle isn't letting up

  05-04-2021 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  • US: We won't trade vaccine shots for favors
  • Expert: Variant is infecting school-age kids
  • India's 2nd wave threatens to be worse
  
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• Coalition will hold up gender parity in Australia's parliament for decades, thinktank says

  05-04-2021 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  If just one in two new Liberal-National MPs are women, it could take until next century, according to the McKell InstituteIt could take more than two decades for Australia’s House of Representatives to reach gender parity, even if women win two in every three seats gained by the Coalition in the next few elections, according to new modelling.The modelling by the McKell Institute, a progressive thinktank, indicates the growing momentum for quotas to increase the Liberal party’s share
  
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• Stelter: After elevating Gaetz, Fox News is barely covering scandal

  05-04-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter says the widening Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) scandal is proving former Republican House Speaker John Boehner's warning about elevating right-wing media stars as the future of the GOP right.
  
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• Stelter: After elevating Gaetz, Fox News barely covering scandal

  05-04-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter says the widening Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) scandal is proving former Republican House Speaker John Boehner's warning about elevating right-wing media stars as the future of the GOP right.
  
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• La Liga match between suspended following incident of alleged racist abuse

  05-04-2021 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Valencia's La Liga match against Cádiz on Sunday was suspended for 20 minutes after Valencia walked off the pitch in solidarity when one of its players said he was subjected to racist abuse from a Cadiz player.
  
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• 'We're defeated': Climate migrants fleeing storm-stricken Central America struggle to find refuge

  05-04-2021 18:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  More Central Americans have migrated north due to recent storms but haven't been able to enter the U.S. as experts warn climate crises will intensify migration.
  
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• Doctor who tried to save Floyd testifies to cause of death

  05-04-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, the emergency room doctor who attended to George Floyd and later pronounced him dead, testified that hypoxia via asphyxiation was his leading theory as to what caused the cardiac arrest that killed Floyd.
  
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• Thandiwe Newton reclaims her original name

  05-04-2021 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  Thandiwe Newton wants her name back.
  
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• Telling the story of the Freshwater Five: 'Millions are debating their innocence'

  05-04-2021 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Huge numbers of listeners have been tuning in to our podcast series about the fishermen imprisoned on drugs chargesFour members of the Today in Focus team – presenter Anushka Asthana, producer Josh Kelly, executive producer Phil Maynard, and composer and sound designer Axel Kacoutié – talk about the success of our audio miniseries. You can listen to the Freshwater Five series here. Continue reading...
  
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• Tributes as two-week-old baby dies after driver hits pram in West Midlands

  05-04-2021 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Parents mourn dead son as police appeal for witnesses to incident in Brownhills involving BMW
  The parents of a two-week-old baby who was killed when his pram was hit by a motorist in Brownhills, West Midlands, have paid tribute to him, saying they were “happy to get a chance to meet” him.Ciaran Leigh Morris was with family at the time and suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a person driving a BMW, which is understood to have been involved in a collision with another car i
  
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• Myanmar's junta releases 8 of 11 people arrested after communicating with CNN

  05-04-2021 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  At least eight of 11 people who were detained after communicating with CNN journalists in Myanmar were released on Monday, according to three sources close to those detained, who spoke on condition of anonymity over fears of reprisal.
  
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• Sarm Heslop's parents hit a roadblock in agonizing search

  05-04-2021 18:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The parents of a British woman who vanished from her boyfriend's catamaran almost a month ago in the US Virgin Islands said they "dream of being able to wrap our arms around our darling daughter" — as the man still refuses to let authorities search the vessel.
  
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• US supreme court denies Alex Jones’s appeal in Sandy Hook shooting case

  05-04-2021 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Conspiracy theorist was fighting Connecticut court sanction in defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of victims of the shootingThe US supreme court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by the Infowars host, Trump ally and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Related: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook caseContinue reading...
  
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• A year on, Keir Starmer’s grand vision is still in question | Letters

  05-04-2021 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Anthony Isaacs thinks the Labour leader must unite the party and restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn, but Bruce Sawford has lost hope No new opposition leader could have been expected to gain much media attention in their first year against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the government has clearly benefited from the vaccine rollout. But after a promising start, Keir Starmer’s declining poll ratings (Keir Starmer: one year in, Labour leader’s popularity has plunged, 2 Apr
  
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• Prosecution expected to now focus on proving Chauvin's actions should be considered murder

  05-04-2021 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is expected to testify in Derek Chauvin's trial on Monday as prosecutors shift their focus from what happened to George Floyd to a closer analysis of what it means legally.
  
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• Supreme Court hands Google victory in multibillion-dollar case

  05-04-2021 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright infringement against Oracle when it copied snippets of programming language to build its Android operating system.
  
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• Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes as coalition talks heat up

  05-04-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu faced some of his biggest challenges to date, both legally and politically, in a historic split-screen day in Israel.
  
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• The Hummer electric SUV is coming

  05-04-2021 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  The GMC Hummer electric SUV will be the second in its forthcoming line of EVs after the company showed off its EV pickup last fall.
  
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• Expert: Covid variant is infecting school-age kids

  05-04-2021 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are going extremely well -- but not enough people are yet protected and the country may be at the start of another surge.
  
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• Vladimir Putin passes law that may keep him in office until 2036

  05-04-2021 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Presidential terms ‘reset’ to allow Russian leader to run for presidency twice more in his lifetimeVladimir Putin has signed a law that will allow him to run for the presidency twice more in his lifetime, potentially keeping him in office until 2036.The Russian president signed the legislation on Monday, ending a year-long process to “reset” his presidential terms by rewriting the constitution through a referendum-like process that his critics have called a crude power gr
  
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• Northern Ireland sees 3 nights of violence

  05-04-2021 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  Violent clashes in Northern Ireland erupted over the weekend amid increasing tensions in a region historically plagued with sectarian violence.
  
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• Sixth day of witness testimony begins in Chauvin trial

  05-04-2021 16:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Here's what happened to George Floyd from every perspective and angle
  
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• Earth, Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers Verzuz was perfect Easter jam

  05-04-2021 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  Folks are to be forgiven if they are exhausted today after the Easter Sunday Verzuz.
  
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• US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners

  05-04-2021 16:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday.
  
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• Jordan's royal family drama sends shudders around the region. Here's what we know

  05-04-2021 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  For a country often seen as a bastion of relative calm in a troubled region, the events that unfolded in Jordan over the weekend were among the most dramatic in decades.
  
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• Jordan's royal family drama sends shudders around region

  05-04-2021 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  • Former crown prince signs letter agreeing to support King
  
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• Border facilities holding migrant children are 'stretched beyond thin' with 'profound overcrowding,' court monitors say

  05-04-2021 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  Border processing facilities for migrant children are "stretched beyond thin" and experiencing "profound overcrowding" that make social distancing "impossible," court-appointed monitors said in documents made public this weekend.
  
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• 'Hemingway' tackles the writer in a documentary as big as his tumultuous life

  05-04-2021 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  The long history of Ken Burns documentaries ranges from places to people to entire wars. His latest collaboration with Lynn Novick, "Hemingway," falls in that middle category, portraying Ernest Hemingway's war-spanning, tumultuous life over six hours, which might not qualify as Hemingway-esque brevity, but proves fascinating nevertheless.
  
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• CNN is in Myanmar. Here's what we're seeing

  05-04-2021 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is in Myanmar reporting on the protests that are taking place in the country. CNN is in Myanmar with the permission of the military and the team is being escorted throughout.
  
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