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• 'We ask for your prayers': 13 nuns at Michigan convent who died from COVID-19 memorialized

  22-07-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 swept through a convent in Livonia, Michigan, leaving 13 nuns dead. One appeared to recover from the disease, only to relapse.
  
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• NYPD officer arrested for alleged involvement in LI drug ring

  22-07-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officer Joseph Recca, of West Islip, was arraigned Wednesday and is accused of selling oxycodone-hydrochloride pills. Michael Sosa, of Brentwood, and Michael Corbett, of West Islip, were also arrested.
  
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• 'He didn't even say my name': Ocasio-Cortez not satisfied with apology from Yoho, who denied insult

  22-07-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It is true that we disagree on policies and visions for America but that does mean we should be disrespectful," Yoho said. AOC said Yoho is "refusing responsibility."
  
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• Joe Biden claims Trump is the first racist president. Critics point out other presidents owned slaves.

  22-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday called his likely opponent, President Trump, the first racist president in the history of United States. It appears to be the first time he's explicitly described Trump as a racist.The comment occurred during a virtual town hall meeting as Biden was addressing Trump's propensity to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic and call the pathogen the "China virus." Biden said that "we've had racists" who
  
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• Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It’s a War Zone

  22-07-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The surge has come home. Using language borrowed from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Trump on Wednesday unveiled an open-ended deployment of Justice Department, FBI, and Homeland Security officers to Chicago—a place whites have often described in euphemistic and racist terms—and, to a lesser extent, Albuquerque. Trump, joined by Attorney General Bill Barr, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and FBI Director Chris Wray, previewed a much-heralded &ld
  
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• A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired

  22-07-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “More people are gonna die,” Rebekah Jones wrote to her mother and sisters on Facebook. It was April 26, a warm spring Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla., and she was just finishing work at the Florida Department of Health, where she was managing the state’s much-praised coronavirus dashboard, which she had also created.
  
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• Biden Says Trump Is America’s First ‘Racist’ President

  22-07-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called President Trump the country’s first racist president during a virtual town hall Wednesday.“The way he deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where they’re from, is absolutely sickening,” Biden said at the virtual event organized by the Service Employees International Union when a healthcare worker brought up Trump’s habit of blaming Asians for the coronavirus pandemic. T
  
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• The son of a parent convicted in the college admissions scandal says he 'didn't care' where he went to school and his dad was 'way too invested'

  22-07-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Sloane, Matteo Sloane's father, was sentenced to four months in prison in September for his role in the college admissions scandal.
  
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• Trump announces a 'surge' of federal agents to US cities, including Chicago and Albuquerque

  22-07-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's announcement come as officials express alarm over the sudden appearance of unmarked federal agents pulling people off the streets.
  
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• Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms in the Atlantic, expected to become a hurricane on Thursday

  22-07-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Gonzalo is the earliest "G" storm in any Atlantic hurricane season on record. It is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday.
  
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• Sierra Club apologizes for founder John Muir's racist views

  22-07-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for racist remarks its founder, naturalist John Muir, made more then a century ago as the influential environmental group grapples with a harmful history that perpetuated white supremacy.Executive Director Michael Brune said it was “time to take down some of our own monuments” as statues of Confederate officers and colonists are toppled across the U.S. in a reckoning with the nation's racist history following the police killing of George Floyd in
  
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• Utah sees virus surge -- but not in county with mask order

  22-07-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Utah is among the many U.S. states battling a surge in coronavirus cases, but officials said Wednesday the Salt Lake City area is bucking the trend after the county issued a mandate a month ago for people to wear masks.There's no statewide mask order in Republican-led Utah, and face coverings remain contentious, as seen at a recent public meeting that was abruptly ended when dozens of people without masks packed the room.After GOP Gov. Gary Herbert allowed Democratic leaders in Salt Lake County
  
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• California sees record 12,000 new coronavirus cases, surpasses New York as worst-hit state

  22-07-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California deaths also set a one-day record, rising by 159.New York has recorded by far the most deaths of any U.S. state at more than 32,000 with California in fourth place with over 8,000 deaths.If California were a country, it would rank fifth in the world for total coronavirus cases behind only the United States, Brazil, India and Russia.
  
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• Trump to send 'surge' of hundred of federal agents to cities

  22-07-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officers will be sent to cities including Chicago, Albuquerque and Kansas City to fight crime.
  
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• Whitmer: Enbridge dodging responsibility for potential spill

  22-07-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company's refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel.The Democratic governor's administration is pressuring the Canadian pipeline company for an explicit acknowledgment of financial responsibility for any release from its Line 5 into the Straits of Mackinac.Enbridge insists it already made such an assurance u
  
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• Ex-cop charged in Floyd's death faces 9 tax evasion counts

  22-07-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd was charged Wednesday with multiple felony counts of tax evasion, according to criminal complaints that allege he and his wife didn't report income from various jobs, including more than $95,000 for his off-duty security work.Derek Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, were each charged in Washington County with six counts of aiding and abetting filing false or fraudulent tax returns in the state of Minnes
  
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• Senior U.S. diplomat says U.S., China can still cooperate on North Korea

  22-07-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday that the United States and China can still work together against North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction, despite tensions between Washington and Beijing."While there is much more China could do to enforce binding sanctions and prevent sanctions evasion – and we will continue to engage the Chinese on that issue," the number two diplomat at the State Department told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  
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• What is QAnon and where did it come from? What to know about the far-right conspiracy theory

  22-07-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter has cracked down on thousands of QAnon accounts. Here's a look at where the baseless conspiracy theory comes from and its ties to Trump.
  
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• Federal operation in Kansas City targets violent crime

  22-07-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A massive federal operation underway in Kansas City, Missouri, that targets violent crime has been largely welcomed by law enforcement and state officials, while some civil rights organizations are strongly opposed to having federal agents involved in solving local crimes.Under the federal effort — dubbed Operation Legend after 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was fatally shot while sleeping in his bed in Kansas City — 225 federal agents from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administrat
  
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• 13 Religious Sisters Have Died From COVID-19 at a Single Convent in Michigan

  22-07-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The women, aged 69 to 99, were all members of a Felician Sisters convent in Livonia, Michigan
  
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• Tropical Storm Gonzalo forecast to become 2020's first Atlantic hurricane of the year

  22-07-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The storm is forecast to bring gusty winds and tropical downpours to the Windward Islands this weekend, and it's not the only game in town.
  
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• Canada court rules US 'not safe' for asylum seekers

  22-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US violates the human rights of asylum seekers by imprisoning them, a Canadian judge rules.
  
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• Real estate is a seller's market as sales soar by 21 percent — but renters worry they will be left behind

  22-07-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus has made roomier homes with backyards in the suburbs more appealing — driving up prices and triggering bidding wars.
  
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• Trump now says 'many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask.' Here are 8 times he refused to wear one or downplayed its effectiveness.

  22-07-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During the pandemic, Trump repeatedly refused to wear a mask in public and mocked his opponent, Joe Biden, for doing so.
  
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• Rep. David Cicilline previews the first major antitrust investigation in over 50 years

  22-07-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., joins Yahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward on “The Long Game” podcast to discuss a much-anticipated hearing in the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee. On Monday, the CEOs of the four biggest technology companies will testify: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple.
  
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• Army Resumes Large-Scale Combat Training Despite Nationwide Surge in Virus Cases

  22-07-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Army halted rotations to NTC and JRTC in mid-March to limit the spread of the virus.
  
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• Trump announces 'surge' of federal officers to Chicago despite outrage over Portland crackdown

  22-07-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will "sruge" federal law enforcement officers to Chicago "immediately" to quell violence there, building on a similar force already operating under legally questionable orders in Portland.Democratic lawmakers have accused the president of using the federal police deployments as a campaign tactic. Part of his sales pitch for a second term, despite trailing former Vice President Joe Biden nationally and in most key swing states, is that he is a "law-and-order pr
  
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• Senate Republicans secure impeachment witness who flagged concern about Hunter Biden

  22-07-2020 22:06 via politico.com
  
  George Kent, who testified last year about Trump allies' efforts to influence Ukraine, has agreed to sit for an interview as early as Friday.
  
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• New Texas poll hints at 'massive suburban defection' from Trump

  22-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several polls have shown that former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is building a lead among suburban voters across the United States. While it may seem unlikely that will be the case in Texas, a new Quinnipiac University poll does provide some evidence that President Trump's suburban support is dwindling there.The poll, released Wednesday, still shows Trump leading his likely challenger among white voters with a college degree, 49 percent to 42. But T
  
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• Court documents reveal secretive federal unit deployed for 'Operation Diligent Valor' in Oregon

  22-07-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The documents, filed on Tuesday, helped shed light on what had been a secretive operation that involved days of violent clashes between unidentified federal law enforcement officers and anti-racist protesters outside a federal courthouse.The operation has involved the Department of Homeland Security's Rapid Deployment Force.It stepped up its response to "increasingly violent attacks" in the Oregon city on July 4, the day after a group of people broke into the courthouse, according to the affidav
  
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• Ford just increased production on the Bronco First Edition package. Take a closer look at this exclusive SUV.

  22-07-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ford reportedly doubled production for a planned First Edition Bronco package, to 7,000 from 3,500. The SUV has been a smash hit for the automaker.
  
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• More Wells Fargo customers say the bank decided to pause their mortgage payments without asking

  22-07-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mortgage borrowers in 14 states have now told courts, lawyers or NBC News they’ve been forced into forbearance plans by Wells Fargo without asking.
  
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• Virus surge interrupts hopes for a swift economic recovery

  22-07-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The worsening COVID pandemic risks choking off the U.S. economy's fragile recovery and turn what some investors hoped would be a sprint back to normal into a long hard slog.States like California that had begun to take tentative steps to reopen their stores and restaurants are reversing course, while states across the Sunbelt that balked at taking preventative measures in the Spring are having to quickly backtrack as the number of Americans being hospitalized or dying from the virus hits new rec
  
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• Trump trailing Biden in new Texas poll as president loses support among college-educated voters

  22-07-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden has moved ahead of Donald Trump In the latest Quinnipiac Poll of voting intentions in Texas.The former vice president is preferred by 45 per cent of respondents, and the incumbent president by 44 per cent. In early June those numbers were 44 per cent to Trump and 43 per cent to Biden.
  
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• China threatens retaliation after Houston consulate ordered to shut down

  22-07-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump administration orders Chinese consulate to close; Benjamin Hall has the details.
  
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• US Navy’s top officer reveals grim new details of the damage to Bonhomme Richard

  22-07-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fire and flooding left 11 of 14 decks damaged.
  
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• The lawyer accused of attacking a federal judge's family in New Jersey is also a suspect in another fatal shooting, FBI says

  22-07-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roy Den Hollander carried out both attacks in July disguised as a delivery driver, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.
  
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• National Parks Are Getting Trashed During COVID-19, Endangering Surrounding Communities

  22-07-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  National parks across the country are seeing an influx of first-time visitors who are leaving litter and refusing to social distance.
  
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• Democrats reportedly cite Ron Johnson probe in demand for FBI briefing on foreign election tampering

  22-07-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats warned an investigation led by Sen. Ron Johnson has become a tool for "laundering" a foreign interference campaign aimed at damaging Joe Biden.
  
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• In pictures: 'Wall of Moms' joins Portland's anti-racism protests

  22-07-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US mums were moved to act after watching images of federal officers on the streets of their city.
  
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• Two men, one woman arrested in connection to Florida fishing murders

  22-07-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top suspect has 230 felony charges; Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd speaks out.
  
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• FEMA won’t commit to face masks for schools

  22-07-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even as the president pushes for schools to reopen in the fall, the director of FEMA said it would likely not supply schools with face masks.
  
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• A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired: 'This is everything I was trying to warn people about'

  22-07-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a complaint filed last Thursday, attorneys for Rebekah Jones, who designed a dashboard on coronavirus spread in the state, say she was fired for “refusing to publish misleading health data.”
  
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• Love's just became the first major US truck stop chain to require masks in all its stores. Some drivers are threatening to boycott.

  22-07-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Love's is the first major truck stop chain to require masks, following retail giants like Walmart and Kroger.
  
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• Next pandemic threat to economy: A wave of evictions

  22-07-2020 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The expiration of federal and state eviction bans puts millions of renters at risk. Will the U.S. let a health crisis become a housing crisis?
  
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• Jeff Rudes Says Second California Coronavirus Shutdown ‘Could Cripple the Industry’

  22-07-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "What's happening now with infections multiplying exponentially, certain women are afraid to shop," said the chief executive officer of L'Agence, which is forging ahead with a fall footwear launch.
  
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• Fact check: COVID-19 not falling below 'epidemic threshold' in near future

  22-07-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and worsen, despite some claims that recent statistics show the threat is going away.
  
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• US Navy’s top officer reveals grim details of the damage to Bonhomme Richard

  22-07-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fire and flooding left 11 of 14 decks damaged.
  
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• PoC Released for Critical Vulnerability Exposing SharePoint Servers to Attacks

  22-07-2020 20:28
  One of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft addressed on the July 2020 Patch Tuesday in .NET Framework, SharePoint, and Visual Studio could lead to remote code execution.
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• Sierra Club reckons with the racism of its founder, John Muir

  22-07-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid the ongoing cultural reckoning over Confederate statues, the 128-year-old organization announced that it will consider renaming or pulling down monuments dedicated to the iconic environmental conservationist.
  
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