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• Pro-Trump caravan and protesters clashed before shooting death in Portland's streets

  30-08-2020 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paintballs and pepper spray preceded gunfire as a pro-Trump caravan came into conflict with protesters and Black Lives Matter demonstrators Saturday.
  
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• Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned and insisted he's not racist

  30-08-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned Friday after saying in a hearing he is "by no means a racist."
  
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• Schiff vows to 'compel' intelligence on election security after DNI head Ratcliffe ends in-person briefings

  30-08-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "This intelligence paid for by taxpayers doesn't belong to Donald Trump," Schiff said. "It belongs to the American people."
  
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• Temple University suspends in-person classes due to COVID-19 outbreak

  30-08-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Temple University is suspending in-person classes for two weeks amid a COVID-19 outbreak.
  
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• 'We are not safe in Donald Trump's America': Biden, Trump campaigns spar over blame for violent protests

  30-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "It is happening under Donald Trump's watch," Sen. Klobuchar said, echoing Biden's response to the claim that Democrats are to blame for the unrest.
  
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• Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 August 2020

  30-08-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
  
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• Fact check: Biden tax plan would raise rates for those who make more than $400K, corporations

  30-08-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim that families who make $75,000 would see their tax rate double under the Democratic nominee's plan is false.
  
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• What is the right-wing group Patriot Prayer linked to Portland confrontations and who is Joey Gibson?

  30-08-2020 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fatal shooting of a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer has shined a spotlight on the group and its founder, Joey Gibson.
  
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• Sex workers blame Bella Thorne for changes at OnlyFans that harm their income

  30-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The content subscription platform said its new transaction rules were not due to one user and will "continue to review these limits" amid the backlash.
  
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• Rembrandt painting dismissed as fake goes on display after it emerges it was made from same tree as other works

  30-08-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Rembrandt painting dismissed as fake is to go on display after 40 years after it emerged it was made from the same tree as other works by the artist. The painting written off by experts will be displayed again after being revealed as an authentic piece from the Dutch Master’s workshop. Head of Bearded Man is a small painting the size of a postcard which depicts a forlorn and aged figure, and was for years consigned to the basement of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. But the museum will now pu
  
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• Coronavirus: India surpasses US for highest single-day rise in Covid-19 cases

  30-08-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 78,761 new cases reported on Sunday is the largest number for a day anywhere in the world.
  
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• Counter-protester who pulled a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters in Florida after a fight erupted won't be charged

  30-08-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A counter-protester in Tallahassee, Florida won't be charged for pulling a gun on BLM protesters as officials said he was "lawfully defending himself."
  
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• Trump Called Kimberly Guilfoyle After Her Roaring RNC Speech, Compared Her to Eva Perón

  30-08-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Monday night, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for the Trump reelection effort and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., delivered a booming, scenery-chewing speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention that immediately went viral. It concluded, her arms outstretched, with Guilfoyle’s bellowed vow, “The. Best. Is. Yet. To. Come!”CNN personalities were flabbergasted by it, with correspondent Dana Bash remarking, “Oh, my goodness. I just feel like
  
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• Alarm as FDA willing to issue Covid-19 vaccine before stringent safety testing

  30-08-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FDA under intensifying pressure from Trump, who wants to see a vaccine come on stream or ready to announce before the electionPublic health experts have reacted with alarm to remarks by the head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that he might give the green light for a US Covid-19 vaccine before the normal clinical trial process had reached its conclusion.As the US was on the verge of 6m coronavirus cases on Sunday, Stephen Hahn, the FDA commissioner, told the Financial Times in an in
  
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• Rally supporting police draws scores to downtown Kenosha

  30-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scores of police supporters gathered Sunday in downtown Kenosha where protesters have been demonstrating against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend.A Kenosha police officer shot Blake in the backAug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Blake’s shooting, with some protests devolving into unrest that damaged buildings and vehicles.
  
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• Canada statue of John A Macdonald toppled by activists in Montreal

  30-08-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  John A Macdonald was accused of letting famine and disease decimate indigenous Canadian communities.
  
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• United Airlines bids farewell to change fees in push for bookings

  30-08-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Airlinessaid on Sunday it is permanently eliminating change fees on tickets for U.S. travel effective immediately, the latest effort by a U.S. airline to try to stimulate bookings hit by the coronavirus pandemic.Chicago-based United is among the major U.S. airlines that began implementing temporary waivers of change fees this year to give passengers more flexibility with their travel plans given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.The standard change fee - charged to passengers who c
  
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• MoH Recipient Ron Rosser, Who Charged into Enemy Trenches, Dies at 90

  30-08-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Harry S. Truman awarded Rosser the Medal of Honor in a June 1952 ceremony.
  
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• The beginning of the end of airline change fees? United is ditching them for good – with a major catch

  30-08-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have waived onerous change fees since the coronavirus crisis began, but United is the first to permanently eliminate them on U.S. flights.
  
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• DHS calls on Portland to 'step up' after shooting

  30-08-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A day after one person was shot dead in Portland, Oregon amid reported clashes between Trump supporters and counter protesters...Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf - appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday - cast blame on local leaders - who he said have allowed it."What we've seen in Portland is almost three months, three months of allowing individuals to come in, night after night and set fire to government buildings...We have over 74- over 90 arrests, 74 different criminal c
  
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• A couple received an anonymous note calling their unpainted house an "eyesore," then they received over $48,000 to help with repairs

  30-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A couple that has suffered multiple health issues received a note shaming them for their unpainted house. A GoFundMe page raised money for repairs.
  
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• A couple received an anonymous note calling their unpainted house an 'eyesore,' then they received over $48,000 to help with repairs

  30-08-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A couple with multiple health issues received a note shaming them for their unpainted house. A GoFundMe page raised money for repairs.
  
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• A Texas school district pulled an assignment after complaints that it compared police officers to KKK members

  30-08-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One cartoon included in the assignment included a series of five images, each depicting a white man pressing down on the neck of a Black man.
  
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• Police break up forest rave in England amid COVID-19 clampdown

  30-08-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police broke up an overnight illegal rave in a forest in eastern England on Sunday, days after the British government introduced tougher measures to target "serious breaches" of COVID-19 restrictions, including 10,000-pound ($13,000) fines.Dozens of officers, some holding protective shields, faced off with the revellers in Thetford Forest but despite a few scuffles, the party was largely dispersed peacefully.Before a three-day bank holiday weekend, the government had said "those facilitating or
  
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• Black People Are Living Full, Rich Lives. We Should Celebrate That.

  30-08-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a Black queer millennial, I’m often told I’m strong. For my mere existence alone is often said to be an act of resilience. I live in a world where people who look like me are being extrajudicially killed by cops on viral videos. A global pandemic is taking away my skinfolk more rapidly than any other population. And bigotry, H.I.V., gun violence, opioids, and poverty continues to disproportionately cut at the intersections of my Black queer community unforgivingly.Chadwick Bo
  
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• Worth the wait: Yellowstone’s Giantess Geyser erupts for first time in six years

  30-08-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Giantess is one of the biggest geysers in the national park, and typically explodes between twice and six times a year In these troubled times there comes a point where we all need to let off steam.For this huge geyser in Yellowstone park, the moment was now and the eruption was spectacular, after a six-year wait.But, for the rest of us, watching this natural phenomenon is strangely meditative and beautifully distracting from much of the bad news around, despite the violent geothermal forces pro
  
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• Volunteers who were serving food to Kenosha protesters were arrested by police for 'disorderly conduct,' authorities said

  30-08-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Riot Kitchen members were arrested by Kenosha police and US Marshals after they received a tip about "several suspicious vehicles" from out of state.
  
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• Gunman who shot 2 officers arrested after 12-hour standoff

  30-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city's south side remained in critical condition Sunday, police said.A second officer who was shot in the leg was treated and released after the shooting around 6 p.m. in the South Grand neighborhood near Tower Grove Park, St. Louis Police Department spokeswoman Officer Michelle Woodling said.Woodling said the second is 30 and has been on the force about six months.
  
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• 'World's oldest married couple' have lived a combined 215 years and are still in good health

  30-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guinness World Records says the couple from Ecuador have the "highest combined age of a married couple." Their secret: "love, maturity, respect."
  
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• 'Tragedy': St. Louis officer dies after being shot by gunman

  30-08-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A St. Louis police officer who was a “hero” to his family died Sunday after being shot in the head by a barricaded gunman on the city's south side, authorities said.Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon, 29, had been with the department for 3 1/2 years.A second officer who was shot in the leg was treated and released after the shooting around 6 p.m. in the South Grand neighborhood near Tower Grove Park, St. Louis Police Department spokeswoman Officer Michelle Woodling said.
  
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• FBI admits it may have "destroyed" records on Trump’s brother Robert

  30-08-2020 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president's younger brother passed away August 15 in New York City
  
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• Founder of right-wing group says man killed in Portland was a 'supporter'

  30-08-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's still a lack of clarity about the deadly shooting in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night, but the founder of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer said that the man who was killed was a supporter, The Associated Press reports. Earlier reports indicated the victim was wearing a hat with the group's insignia.Joey Gibson, who leads the Washington state-based group, said he couldn't say much "right now" but he was able to "verify that [the victim] was a good friend and supporter of Patriot Pra
  
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• Founder of right wing group confirms man killed in Portland was 'supporter'

  30-08-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There's still a lack of clarity about the shooting in Portland, Oregon, Saturday night, but the founder of the right wing group Patriot Prayer confirmed that the man who was killed was a supporter, The Associated Press reports. Earlier reports indicated the victim was wearing a hat with the group's insignia.Joey Gibson, who leads the Washington state-based group, said he couldn't say much "right now" but he was able to "verify that [the victim] was a good friend and supporter of Patriot Prayer."
  
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• Boat carrying nearly 370 migrants reaches Italy's Lampedusa

  30-08-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fishing boat carrying nearly 370 migrants landed overnight on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where the main holding centre is already overcrowded, prompting the local mayor to call for a general strike to push the government take action.
  
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• Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub

  30-08-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some key state and federal monitors to alert the public of air dangers remain offline in Louisiana.Whilethe chlorine fire was being monitored as a potential health threat, Louisiana environmental spokesman Greg Langley says he knows of no other major industrial health risks from the storm in the state.W
  
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• A Syracuse University professor was placed on leave after labeling coronavirus as "Chinese Communist Party Virus" in course syllabus

  30-08-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The university said in a statement that the professor has been "removed from the classroom pending the outcome of a full investigation."
  
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• A Syracuse University professor was placed on leave after labeling coronavirus as 'Chinese Communist Party Virus' in course syllabus

  30-08-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The university said in a statement that the professor has been "removed from the classroom pending the outcome of a full investigation."
  
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• Trump intel chief defends briefings ban, Democrats raise subpoena threat

  30-08-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease in-person Congressional briefings on election security, while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony.John Ratcliffe, the president's new director of national intelligence and a close Trump ally, accused U.S. lawmakers of leaking classified information from a July 31 briefing to promote what he called false narratives
  
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• "His politics are appalling": Steve Mnuchin's family speaks out in disgust over his fealty to Trump

  30-08-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  His family has not only criticized him but publically accused him of racism
  
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• Family members of COVID-19 victim sue Michigan nursing home that didn't allow staff to wear masks

  30-08-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nineteen residents of an 87-bed Michigan nursing home died of COVID-19. Staff wasn't allowed to wear PPE at the start of pandemic.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly allowed in person legal visit despite coronavirus lockdown

  30-08-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been allowed an in-person visit by her legal team in what is believed to be the first permitted in a New York City federal jail during the pandemic lockdown. According to the New York Daily News, Maxwell, who is facing six criminal charges, was allowed to hold a face to face meeting at Sunset Park’s Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Friday morning. All involved reportedly wore masks during the meeting. Other inmates, who have been in lockdown sin
  
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• Florida now over 620,000 COVID-19 cases. Three South Florida counties report no deaths

  30-08-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Florida Department of Health reported 2,583 new confirmed novel coronavirus cases Sunday. Miami-Dade reported four deaths. Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties each reported no COVID-19 deaths.
  
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• Mom rips gun and shoe from man accused of kidnapping her 1-year-old, Georgia cops say

  30-08-2020 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The child has since been found safe, officials say.
  
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• House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff says it's a 'falsehood' pushed by Trump that he leaked confidential information amid halt to election briefings

  30-08-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Schiff denied he or his staff have leaked confidential information as intelligence officials announced a halt to in-person election security briefings.
  
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• Bernie Kerik says surge in violence in American cities can be reversed with the right leadership

  30-08-2020 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Major U.S. cities see increases in violent crime; reaction from former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
  
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• Kim Klacik: President Trump is producing real results for the Black community

  30-08-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican congressional candidate Kim Klacik joins Maria Bartiromo on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
  
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• Dems seeking to compel in-person election security briefings

  30-08-2020 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Racing the political clock, frustrated Democrats on Sunday searched for a way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election.The director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said most briefings on what the administration knows about efforts to influence the vote will now be given to Congress in writing.In the past, delivering “all-member” briefings in-person, he said, has resulted in “
  
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• Jacob Blake's attorney says family has received no word from Trump

  30-08-2020 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jacob Blake's attorney Ben Crump said Sunday during an appearance on CBS News' Face the Nation that Blake's family has not yet heard from President, a week after Blake was shot by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Trump, who did speak with George Floyd's family after he was killed by police earlier this year, is scheduled to visit Kenosha next week as protests grip the city. While there, he plans to meet with law enforcement. It appears as if the president is making it clear which side he
  
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• Mural honoring a slain Philadelphia police sergeant in West Philadelphia has been vandalized

  30-08-2020 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A mural in West Philadelphia that honors a slain Philadelphia police sergeant has been vandalized.
  
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• ‘Please don't kill him’: Fall college classes kick off with COVID-19 warnings, miles of Plexiglas

  30-08-2020 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With an ambitious plan to reopen in-person classes, Purdue University is in the spotlight, even as other colleges shut down with COVID-19 cases.
  
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