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• Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

  26-07-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Republican gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette* Senator wants to ‘save’ US history from New York TimesThe Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton has called the enslavement of millions of African people “the necessary evil upon which the union was built”.Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, made the comment in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published on Sunday.He was speaking in support of legislation he introduced o
  
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• A nation John Lewis helped unite salutes him on his final journey across Selma bridge

  26-07-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis made a final journey across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a flag-draped casket. Troopers saluted.
  
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• A California couple say they were maced by woman in a dog park for not wearing face masks

  26-07-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The couple told a local news outlet they filed a police report against a woman who sprayed mace at them in a confrontation at a San Diego dog park.
  
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• 2020 Emmy nomination predictions: Tiger King, Picard or Schitt's Creek? - CNET

  26-07-2020 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Remember these awesome TV shows from the past year? They could be in the running for Emmy nominations, scheduled to be announced next week.
  
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• 'Wall of vets' join Portland protests to protect free speech

  26-07-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The military veterans joined the protests one week after a navy veteran was struck by a federal officer after approaching them to ask a question.
  
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• Rare Hawaiian hurricane, packing strong winds and rains, approaches islands

  26-07-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Douglas was expected to make landfall or pass close to the main Hawaiian islands from Maui to Kauai later in the day or into the evening, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Sirens blared on Maui on Sunday morning as palm trees swayed in the wind and white-cap waves crashed against the island's shores, video aired on local television showed.
  
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• Chicago mayor defends her decision to work with federal agents but says they can't 'play police' when 'they don't know the first thing about our city'

  26-07-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lightfoot said she wasn't working with Trump and that the situation was not similar to Portland, where federal agents showed up without an invitation.
  
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• Chris Wallace says Biden campaign turned down request for interview

  26-07-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace requested an interview with Joe Biden and the former vice president’s campaign team says ‘he was not available.’
  
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• Garrett Foster: Police investigate shooting at Austin Black Lives Matter protest

  26-07-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Garrett Foster was pushing his fiancée's wheelchair when he was shot dead by someone in a car.
  
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• Hurricane Douglas: Parts of Hawaii brace for Category 1 storm

  26-07-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maui, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau are expected to get up to 15 inches of rain, with large breaking waves.
  
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• Local reparations efforts are good but not enough, advocates say

  26-07-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Proponents of federal reparations argue that localized efforts at atonement, while appreciated, cannot make amends for the deep-seated, multigenerational harm done by slavery.
  
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• Who was Edmund Pettus? Selma bridge got its name from Confederate general, KKK leader

  26-07-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It became an iconic site of in the battle for equality, but the Edmund Pettus Bridge is named after a former Confederate general and KKK leader.
  
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• Yes, Neowise is fading. But meteor showers Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are on the horizon.

  26-07-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Comet Neowise may be fading away, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to look at it in the night sky.
  
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• Mountain rescuers heft ailing St. Bernard off English peak

  26-07-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but the tables were turned Sunday in northern England.Sixteen volunteers from the Wasdale mountain rescue team took turns carrying Daisy, a 121-pound (55 kilogram) St Bernard, from England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike.The mountain rescue team spent nearly five hours rescuing Daisy, who had collapsed Friday evening while descending the mountain with her owners.
  
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• Morocco shuts down major cities after spike in coronavirus cases

  26-07-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Morocco will stop people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from midnight to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the interior and health Ministries said on Sunday.The cities to be locked down include the economic powerhouse of Casablanca as well as Tangier, Marrakech, Fez and Meknes.The country eased a nationwide lockdown a month ago, though international flights are still suspended except special flights by national airlines carrying Moroccans or foreign residents.
  
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• People in the US have reported receiving packages marked as jewelry that actually contain mysterious seeds from China

  26-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An agriculture official said Kentucky was "the 4th known state to report suspicious packages appearing to originate from China containing seeds."
  
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• People in the US have been receiving packages of jewelry that actually contain mysterious seeds from China, report says

  26-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has asked recipients not to plant the seeds that might be an "invasive plant species."
  
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• People in the US have been receiving packages marked as jewelry that actually contain mysterious seeds from China, report says

  26-07-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has asked recipients not to plant the seeds that might be an "invasive plant species."
  
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• Hitler at home: How the Nazi PR machine remade the Führer's domestic image and duped the world

  26-07-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On March 16, 1941 – with European cities ablaze and Jews being herded into ghettos – The New York Times Magazine featured an illustrated story on Adolf Hitler’s retreat in the Berchtesgaden Alps.Adopting a neutral tone, correspondent C Brooks Peters noted that historians of the future would do well to look at the importance of “the Führer’s private and personal domain,” where discussions about the war front were interspersed with “strolls with his t
  
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• Hurricane Hanna brings power cuts and flooding to Texas after being downgraded to tropical storm

  26-07-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first hurricane to hit the US this season lashed Texas with high winds and heavy rain, despite being downgraded to a tropical storm.Boats were destroyed, power lines brought down and streets flooded as storm Hanna swept through the south of the Lone Star state as it continues to battle a different crisis – the increasing number of coronavirus cases.
  
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• Sudan to deploy troops to Darfur after killings

  26-07-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sudan's prime minister said Sunday the country would send security forces to conflict-stricken Darfur to "protect citizens and the farming season".Abdalla Hamdok's announcement came two days after gunmen in the region killed at least 20 civilians, including children, as they returned to their fields for the first time in years, the latest in a string of violent incidents."A joint security force will be deployed in the five states of the Darfur region to protect citizens during the farming season
  
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• Map: Track Hurricane Douglas

  26-07-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Follow the path of the first hurricane of the season in the eastern Pacific as it heads near Hawaii.
  
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• Mnuchin says GOP coronavirus relief package will be released Monday

  26-07-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News host Chris Wallace pressed Mnuchin on why a GOP plan hasn't been introduced.
  
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• A plane crashed in a Utah neighborhood, killing three people and setting a woman on fire in her home

  26-07-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six people were on board the plane that took off from South Valley Regional Airport in Utah Saturday. The three survivors are being hospitalized.
  
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• As $600-a-week benefit nears end, White House suggests short-term unemployment bill

  26-07-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With time running out on $600 weekly benefits, Republicans have had difficulty agreeing on a new proposal. A stopgap bill may be needed, officials say.
  
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• Some travelers still take trips abroad during COVID-19 pandemic: 'I feel safer exiting America'

  26-07-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 has grounded a lot of activities, mostly international travel. Three people are taking the risk because they feel safer abroad.
  
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• Kim Jong Un Finally Admits Coronavirus Is in North Korea

  26-07-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea just announced its first case of COVID-19, casting blame most conveniently on a defector who had fled to South Korea and then re-defected back to the North, supposedly bringing the bug with him.That’s the spin that North Korea’s state media, KCNA, is putting on the case after a meeting of the politburo of the Workers’ Party, at which Kim Jong Un himself made a rare appearance Whether he was there in person or “virtually,” on screen, was not clear. But th
  
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• Southwest CEO says airline is 'in intensive care' but isn't planning to lay off or furlough workers for now

  26-07-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have warned about furloughs and layoffs due to reduced air travel, but Southwest Airlines says unlike its competitors, it won't follow suit.
  
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• Witness: Driver gunned down armed protester in Texas capital

  26-07-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Man reportedly was shot after approaching vehicle that had sped through demonstrators; driver detained, police say.
  
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• Hill Republicans begin jockeying for power in a possible post-Trump world

  26-07-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fight over coronavirus aid has revealed lawmakers looking past a dire November and toward potential new power structures to come.
  
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• Police declared a riot in Portland after protesters breached a federal courthouse fence

  26-07-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Local press reported that federal agents "deployed multiple rounds of tear gas" after declaring a riot early Sunday in downtown Portland.
  
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• Bill & Ted Face the Music gets surprise cameo from George Carlin - CNET

  26-07-2020 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rufus returns. A Comic-Con at Home panel for Bill & Ted Face the Music reveals the late comedian will be in the new movie.
  
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• Trump news: President ignores multiple crises to brag about golf game as White House officials admit coronavirus testing failures

  26-07-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump spent his weekend at Bedminster, New Jersey resort, in the company of scandal-hit ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre before toasting wealthy prospective donors at an evening fundraiser for his re-election campaign on Saturday, then taking to Twitter to brag about his exploits on Sunday.While the president was enjoying himself, the year’s first tropical storm from the Atlantic – Hurricane Hanna – made landfall in southern Texas, as it downgraded to a tropical storm, and
  
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• COVID-19 is a disaster for people with disabilities. Without 30-year-old law, it would be worse

  26-07-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Without the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed 30 years ago, the pandemic would be worse for people with disabilities. It's still very hard.
  
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• Madrid insists Spain 'safe' despite coronavirus surge

  26-07-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Spanish government insisted Sunday that despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, the country was safe to visit.Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya was moving to allay fears after some countries reimposed travel restrictions on Spain."Spain is a safe country," she told reporters.
  
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• Ted Cruz says more Chinese consulates in U.S. 'may well be closed'

  26-07-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas told CBS News' Margaret Brennan during an appearance on Sunday's edition of Face the Nation that more Chinese consulates in the U.S. "may well be closed" after the one in Houston shut down over allegations of spying and intellectual property theft.The senator, of course, can't unilaterally make that decision, but Washington's latest actions, including shutting the Houston consulate and declaring Beijing's South China Sea claims to be unlawful, suggest that the White House
  
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• Get a refurbished UE Boom 3 Bluetooth speaker for just $89 - CNET

  26-07-2020 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is about the lowest price we've ever seen for the popular can-shaped speaker with the Magic Button on top.
  
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• News Analysis: How bad could U.S.-China relations get?

  26-07-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last week marked the end of U.S.-China engagement. The two powers may now be sliding toward a severance of relations and even outright military conflict.
  
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• Pelosi says Congress 'can't go home' until a new coronavirus relief package is passed

  26-07-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawmakers are currently scheduled to return to their home districts at the beginning of August for the entire month and time is running out.
  
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• Rep. John Lewis to lie in state next week at the US Capitol

  26-07-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon and longtime member of Congress, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week as Americans celebrate his life.
  
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• Florida breaks COVID-19 record with 872 deaths reported in one week; nearly 424K infected to date

  26-07-2020 19:18 via orlandosentinel.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida reported 9,344 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the statewide infection total to 423,855. With 77 new resident deaths added, the death toll is now 5,854. One new non-resident death reported by the state Sunday brings that total to 118. The state now ranks second in the nation for positive COVID-19 infections. It surpassed New York's case total on Saturday. ...
  
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• Police in Australia won their Supreme Court bid to stop a Black Lives Matter protest

  26-07-2020 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The protest was blocked after police raised concerns that it would "breach public health orders" and lead to a spike in coronavirus infections.
  
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• Azar: "The presumption should be to get our kids back to school"

  26-07-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Schools around the country are weighing how best to reopen in the fall as the coronavirus crisis worsens in many states.
  
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• Nearly 2 dozen lifeguards in New Jersey test positive for coronavirus after hosting social gatherings

  26-07-2020 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After hosting two social gatherings two weeks ago, 11 lifeguards from Harvey Cedars and 12 from Surf City have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Cruz slams Pelosi for "shoveling cash at the problem"

  26-07-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cruz said on "Face the Nation" a coronavirus relief package pushed by House Democrats fails to focus on the global pandemic and economic hardship facing the country.
  
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• John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses Selma bridge on way to Montgomery one final time

  26-07-2020 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Solemn crowds watched as Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, was borne by caisson over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
  
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• Pelosi says Congress "can't go home without" a deal on coronavirus relief package

  26-07-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their proposed coronavirus relief package Monday.
  
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• White House chief of staff says Trump won't extend the weekly unemployment boost because it 'paid people to stay home'

  26-07-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The $600 weekly boost to federal unemployment benefits created in March is set to expire without renewal or replacement on July 31.
  
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• Police, protesters clash as US cities endure violent weekend

  26-07-2020 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities overnight, with demonstrators squaring off against agents outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles during unrest in California and Virginia.A protester in Austin, Texas, who was apparently armed with a rifle was shot and killed after witnesses say he approached a car that had driven through a march against police violence.The unrest Saturday and earl
  
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• Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US

  26-07-2020 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend, with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles in California and Virginia.A protest against police violence in Austin, Texas, turned deadly when a witness says the driver of a car that drove through a crowd of marchers opened fire on an armed demonstrator who approached the vehicle.
  
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