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• 3 police officers have been fired over a photo in which cops took a selfie reenacting the chokehold used on Elijah McClain

  03-07-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The photo featured officers Jaron Jones, Erica Marrero, and Kyle Dittrich, smiling by a memorial for Elijah McClain.
  
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• Eric Trump's tweet vanishes after his attempt to spread Clinton-Epstein connection backfires

  03-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eric Trump's attempt to associate Bill Clinton with Ghislaine Maxwell did not go unnoticed by some people.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly ready to work with FBI and name names

  03-07-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam is reportedly set to cooperate with the FBI after her arrest; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• 'We need to live with it': White House readies new message for the nation on coronavirus

  03-07-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The effort to craft a clearer response comes after months of Trump downplaying the health crisis and mixed signals from the administration.
  
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• COVID-19 should make us give Andrew Yang’s ‘get $1,000 every month’ a second look | Opinion

  03-07-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On a bitter cold spring night 14 months ago, back in a more magical time when all things seemed possible in the 2020 president race, I stood on the steps leading down to Washington’s great Reflecting Pool waiting to hear from the most unlikely and arguably intriguing Democrat of all, the businessman and political neophyte Andrew Yang.
  
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• Chicago quarantine: Emergency travel order issued by city for travelers from 15 states with high coronavirus infections

  03-07-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicago has issued an emergency travel order requiring anyone coming to the city from states experiencing a surge in COVID-19 infections to quarantine for 14 days.
  
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• Top tech for safe travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic

  03-07-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tech columnist Jennifer Jolly shares her favorite gadgets to keep you safe.
  
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• The Nigerian Email Scammer Who Stole Millions From Premier League Club, NY Law Firm, Banks

  03-07-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, who went by the name Ray Hushpuppi, made no secret of his extraordinary wealth. On an Instagram account with 2.3 million followers, he posted photos of himself dripping in high-end watches, wearing robes with his name emblazoned on the back, and driving a $300,000 Mercedes or a white Rolls Royce Cullinan with the hashtag AllMine.He took private jets to Paris, shopped at Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and indulged in cakes depicting himself surrounded by Fendi bags. His address wa
  
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• Epstein cohort's arrest becomes new test for plea deal

  03-07-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Could that same deal now help Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante arrestedThursday, evade charges she helped lure at least three girls into sexual liaisons with him?The British socialite was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire on charges that she acted as a recruiter of underage girls for Epstein, usually under the guise of hiring them to perform massages, and sometimes participated in his sexual abuse of the teens.The allegations against the couple date back many years, but Epstein, for a
  
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• Rideau Hall: Canada Armed Forces member faces 22 charges

  03-07-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Trudeau lives on the estate but was not home when an armed forces member entered the gates.
  
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• Religious leaders to invoke Frederick Douglass on July 4th

  03-07-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 150 preachers, rabbis and imams are promising to invoke Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass on July 4th as they call for the U.S. to tackle racism and poverty.The religious leaders are scheduled this weekend to frame their sermons around “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” on the 168th anniversary of that speech by Douglass.The former slave gave his speech at an Independence Day celebration on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York.
  
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• CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Knife-wielding man wanted in Philly assault over car sale: Police

  03-07-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators say the suspect in a white shirt pulled out a knife and attacked the victim during a dispute over a car sale.
  
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• Trudeau: Canada to restrict sensitive exports, suspend extraditions to Hong Kong

  03-07-2020 22:36 via politico.com
  
  Canada's steps arrive with its relationship with China already at a low point.
  
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• Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro waters down law requiring face masks

  03-07-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak among students at University of Washington's frat houses

  03-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The school said Friday that it confirmed that at least 89 fraternity house residents, along with four other students, have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Canada suspends extradition with Hong Kong over China security law

  03-07-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada on Friday suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong to protest the tough new national security law China has enacted in the financial hub.Canada is also halting exports of sensitive military gear to Hong Kong and updating its travel advisory for the city so Canadians will know how the law might affect them, the foreign ministry said."Canada is a firm believer in the 'one country, two systems' framework," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, referring to the semi-autonomous model adop
  
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• Oglala Sioux vote to ban Trump from Mount Rushmore – hours before controversial fireworks event

  03-07-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ogala Sioux tribal council voted on Friday to ban President Donald Trump and the South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from Mount Rushmore hours ahead of a planned Fourth of July celebration.The president and governor were due at the monument on Friday evening for the celebration, which will include a fireworks celebration.
  
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• Did Russia Give Us a Sneak Peak of Its New Nuclear Hunter-Killer Attack Submarine?

  03-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia has one of the largest submarine fleets in the world, but it is aging.
  
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• VA Secretary Robert Wilkie: Helping 46 states, territories with coronavirus response

  03-07-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie joins ‘Bill Hemmer Reports.’
  
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• Cop who stopped Elijah McClain fired over response to photos

  03-07-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the white officers who stopped Elijah McClain was fired over photos showing colleagues reenacting the chokehold used on the Black man before he died last year, authorities said Friday. Police stopped McClain as he walked down the street in a ski mask last August for “being suspicious.” Aurora Officer Jason Rosenblatt tried to use a chokehold on the 23-year-old but couldn't because of his position, so another officer did, a report from prosecutors said.
  
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• My friend Ghislaine: Confidante reveals how Maxwell's 'fling' with Prince Andrew means she'll never sell him out

  03-07-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The revelation that Ghislaine Maxwell will "never sell out" the Duke of York comes from a controversial confidante who has known the Maxwells for years. United by their Jewish families' links to the Holocaust, Laura Goldman remains determined to defend her friend against what she describes as the "the bloodlust of the mob and the criminal justice system against her". Sensationally revealing that Ms Maxwell had a "fling" with the now 60-year-old royal, Ms Goldman claimed the socialite "doesn't se
  
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• Alleged email scammer who flaunted wealth on Instagram to face charges

  03-07-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas routinely posted about luxury cars, private jets and globe trotting with celebrities to his 2.4 million followers.
  
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• Anger as US's largest Confederate memorial to reopen on Independence Day

  03-07-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Atlanta, Georgia is facing renewed calls for the removal of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial after activists expressed outrage over the monument's planned reopening on Independence Day weekend.The nine-storey-high bas-relief sculpture was temporarily closed after the ongoing coronavirus pandemic hit the US, but many activists have long demanded its permanent removal due to its controversial history.
  
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• Ethiopian PM says singer's death part of plot to sow unrest

  03-07-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that the killing of a popular singer, and subsequent violence that has left nearly 100 dead this week, represented "coordinated attempts" to destabilise the country.Speaking during a meeting with high-ranking officials, Abiy did not identify who he blamed for the unrest, though he vowed to hold to account those directly involved as well as "those that are pulling the strings", according to a summary of his comments distributed by his office.Abiy ad
  
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• Republican who came out as gay in Utah ousted in primary

  03-07-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Republican voted out of office in a primary after coming out as gay in conservative Utah says a backlash during the campaign has him questioning whether his party has a place for him.Rancher Nathan Ivie announced his orientation last year while serving as a county commissioner in deep-red Utah County.Since coming out, Ivie has sponsored a successful resolution making Utah County a Second Amendment sanctuary to block gun restrictions.
  
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• Have Americans Warmed to Calls to 'Defund the Police'?

  03-07-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just over a month ago, the term "defund the police" was almost entirely the domain of activists and academics. Now it's a household phrase, with a huge majority of Americans telling pollsters they recognize it.But what exactly does it mean? And when Americans hear it, what do they think of? For proponents of police reform, is it a useful slogan -- or dangerously alienating?In the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's killing in late May at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, calls to sharp
  
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• Colleges Rescinding Admissions Offers as Racist Social Media Posts Emerge

  03-07-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A star high school athlete recruited to play football for Cornell University will no longer be attending the school after a Snapchat video of him using a racial slur went viral.Marquette University revoked an incoming freshman's admission offer because of a Snapchat post mocking the death of George Floyd.And an honors student bound for the University of Florida now has to make other college plans after the university learned of an Instagram post in which the student declared she was "most defini
  
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• Woman calls police on black couple building patio at their own home

  03-07-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video of a New Jersey woman calling the police on her black neighbours went viral and eventually spawned a protest outside the woman's home.The incident occurred on Monday when Fareed Nassor Hayat, an attorney and a professor of law at City University of New York, and his wife, Norrinda, were in the backyard building a stone patio.
  
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• Chicagoans flock to lakeshore beaches despite closures amid heat streak

  03-07-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicago's beaches are officially closed through the July 4th holiday weekend, but that hasn't stopped people from getting out there and enjoying some time in the sun.
  
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• Afghan warlord accused of rights abuse awarded highest military rank

  03-07-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A powerful Afghan warlord accused of kidnapping and raping a political opponent and of committing rights abuses for decades has been given the country's highest military rank, a top official said Friday.Abdul Rashid Dostum, 66, was awarded the rank of marshal in a decree issued by President Ashraf Ghani, making him the only third such recipient in Afghan armed forces."I congratulate you on achieving the highest military rank of the country," Abdullah Abdullah, who now heads a high-profile counci
  
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• Putin mocks U.S. embassy for flying rainbow flag

  03-07-2020 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff.Putin said the U.S. embassy's move to raise the LGBT pride flag "revealed something about the people that work there".
  
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• Deep in since-flooded caves, researchers find evidence of America's first miners

  03-07-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Divers found evidence of red ochre mining including pits dug in a cave floor, vivid traces of ochre, stone tools and charcoal from fires to provide light.
  
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• We’re so damaged that even if it ends well in November, all will not be well | Opinion

  03-07-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even if this ends well, it will not end well.
  
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• President's Mount Rushmore Fireworks Risky, Experts Warn

  03-07-2020 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first fireworks show at Mount Rushmore in over a decade has experts worried about coronavirus and wildfires.
  
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• Texas schools consider remote learning for new school year

  03-07-2020 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's the first time we're hearing from Gov. Abbott about the possibility that Texas children may not return to the classroom in August.
  
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• The surgeon general refused to give a yes or no answer when asked if he would advise people to attend large gatherings for the 4th of July

  03-07-2020 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During an appearance on the "Today" show, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams didn't advise people not to attend large gatherings for the 4th of July.
  
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• Covid cases were linked to patients moving from hospitals to care homes, Government report admits

  03-07-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Discharging hospital patients back into care homes was an ‘important source' of infection, government experts have admitted, as new figures show that more than half of care homes have had a confirmed case of Covid-19. A paper by the Care Homes Sub group which was submitted to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) on May 12th, warned that the new disease cases were linked to the connection between care homes and hospitals. The huge numbers of deaths in care homes is thought t
  
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• New mutation of coronavirus spreads disease more easily, warns Fauci

  03-07-2020 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A mutation of coronavirus able to spread more easily may have emerged, America’s top infectious disease expert has warned as Texas made mask-wearing in public mandatory. Dr Anthony Fauci, who sits on the White House coronavirus task force, said there is data to suggest the existence of a new mutation of Covid-19 which is more “transmissible”. He cautioned that scientists are still trying to confirm its existence and it does not appear to be more damaging for people who catch th
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan rejects criticism over Hagia Sophia landmark

  03-07-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday rejected criticism over his willingness to convert Istanbul's famed Hagia Sophia landmark into a mosque despite international and domestic concern."Charges against our country over Hagia Sophia are a direct attack on our right to sovereignty," Erdogan said.Turkey's highest administrative court is considering whether the emblematic site and former cathedral can be redesignated as a mosque, prompting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday t
  
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• NHS cleaners and porters were coronavirus 'super-spreaders' in hospitals, data reveal

  03-07-2020 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cleaners, porters and office staff working for the NHS were "super-spreaders" of coronavirus within hospitals, according to initial results from a national screening drive. Sir John Bell, who oversees the Government's antibody testing programme, said domiciliary workers in some hospitals were found to have "sky-high" levels of antibodies compared to doctors and nurses who treated patients in intensive care. The discovery has prompted health bosses to examine how lower-paid workers can be better
  
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• Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

  03-07-2020 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months.The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organization.The United States reported more than 55,400 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a new daily global record as infections rose in a majority of states.
  
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• Mystery elephant deaths may have devastating consequences

  03-07-2020 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As authorities in Botswana continue to investigate the mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants in the Okavango Delta, one NGO said on Friday (July 3), the event could have a "devastating" impact on the species. The dead elephants were first spotted months ago, with poaching ruled out as the cause of death, as the carcasses were found still intact.Founder and director of Elephants for Africa Dr Kate Evans."The word mysterious has been used, and I guess because it's unknown. It's not unheard of
  
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• White couple arrested after pulling gun on black family outside restaurant

  03-07-2020 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A white couple have been arrested after they were caught on camera pulling a handgun on a black woman and her family outside a restaurant in Michigan, authorities have said.Jillian Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, were charged on Thursday with felonious assault, Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper confirmed in a release.
  
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• Papua New Guinea's leading obstetrician tells women not to get pregnant for two years

  03-07-2020 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Papua New Guinea’s leading obstetrician has told women in the country to delay getting pregnant for two years over fears of coronavirus. Glen Mola, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Papua New Guinea, told ABC news in Australia that women should delay getting pregnant until the pandemic is over because the country’s hospital will not be able to cope if infections run out of control. Dr Mola said: "It's best not to plan a pregnancy this year or perhaps even n
  
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• Why this former Trump voter says he's the president's 'worst nightmare' — and is backing Biden in November

  03-07-2020 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Polarized is a weekly series featuring Americans from all 50 states sharing their views on the 2020 elections. Click here if you would like to be a part of this projectJay Copan may very well be President Donald Trump’s “worst nightmare,” as he describes himself.
  
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• What Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest means for Prince Andrew

  03-07-2020 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh weighs in on ‘Fox News @ Night.’
  
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• Iran says identifies cause of nuclear 'accident'

  03-07-2020 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran's top security body said Friday it had determined the cause of an "accident" at a nuclear site but declined to release details, citing security reasons."Investigations by relevant bodies have accurately determined the cause of the accident at... Natanz nuclear complex," said a spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council, referring to one of the country's main uranium enrichment plants."Due to certain security concerns the cause and details of this accident will be announced at th
  
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• George Floyd begged for help — it didn’t mean he could breathe. Doctors debunk myth

  03-07-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doctors and scientists call the myth a “medical misconception used to propagate injustice or violence.”
  
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• Seven U.S. states post record COVID cases, curfew ordered in Miami

  03-07-2020 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas hit a new peak for hospitalizations, with one doctor calling for a "complete lockdown" in the state to get the virus under control.The recent surge, most pronounced in southern and western states, has alarmed public health officials, who urged caution ahead of a July 4th holiday weekend to celebrate the Declaration of Independence of the United States in 1776.
  
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• Miami mayor imposes nightly curfew to fight Florida coronavirus surge

  03-07-2020 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced an indefinite nightly curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as the July Fourth holiday weekend began and halted the reopenings of venues, such as casinos and theaters that had been set for Friday."Let's celebrate Independence Day by respecting one another's right to life, liberty and happiness," Gimenez said in a video on Friday, citing the U.S. Declaration of Independence adopted on July 4, 1776.Coronavirus cases are rising in 37 of the 50 U.S. states in
  
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