| 'How long did you serve, Tucker?' Another woman who lost her legs in Iraq backs Tammy Duckworth over Carlson's snark Posted: 23 Jul 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Despite their heroic military careers, Tammy Duckworth, Marissa Strock and many more American women like them continue to endure indignities on the home front.
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| A Black Lives Matter organizer is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing flags during a pro-Trump caravan, reports say Posted: 22 Jul 2020 04:17 PM PDT  The BLM organizer allegedly grabbed flags from a parked car at a "Cubans for Trump" caravan in downtown Miami and resisted arrest.
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| Another Fort Hood soldier found dead, the fourth this year near Texas post Posted: 22 Jul 2020 10:10 AM PDT  Pvt. Mejhor Morta, 26, is one of at least four Fort Hood soldiers whose bodies were found near the post this year.
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| Taiwan parliament passes proposal to rebrand China Airlines Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:58 AM PDT  Taiwan's parliament passed a proposal Wednesday to rebrand the island's largest airline to avoid confusion with carriers on the Chinese mainland. China Airlines (CAL) is frequently mistaken for Air China -- the mainland's national carrier -- and there have long been calls to rename it or make it more clearly Taiwanese. The self-ruled island has sent medical aid overseas as a diplomatic gesture of goodwill, often on China Airlines aircraft, sparking some public confusion abroad over where the shipments had come from.
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| Sen. Wyden: Trump’s plan to send federal troops to other cities is to drum up his base support Posted: 21 Jul 2020 04:04 PM PDT  Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the ongoing confrontations between federal agents and protesters in Portland and weighs in on President Trump's plans to send federal troops to other cities, including Chicago and New York.
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| Rudy Giuliani promotes long-debunked image of Ilhan Omar ‘at al-Qaeda training camp’ Posted: 22 Jul 2020 07:11 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani has once again posted misinformation about Rep. Ilhan Omar on social media, sharing a meme that falsely claimed the congresswoman was seen at a terrorist training camp.The president's personal lawyer tweeted a debunked meme that included a photo of a woman holding a gun, along with a caption that falsely claimed the woman was Ms Omar (D—Mn).
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| Bill Gates shot down a conspiracy theory that he wants a global coronavirus vaccine rollout so he can implant microchips into people Posted: 23 Jul 2020 06:28 AM PDT  There is no evidence connecting Gates to microchips, but viral articles claim there is, and a May poll found 44% of Republicans believe the theory.
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| Afghan girl 'kills two in fightback against Taliban' Posted: 22 Jul 2020 09:04 AM PDT  The teenager wins praise after officials said she shot dead militants who killed her parents.
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| Trump on Jeffrey Epstein's jailed companion Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I just wish her well' Posted: 21 Jul 2020 03:48 PM PDT  Maxwell has been charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein in an elaborate international scheme to recruit teenage girls for sexual liaisons with older men.
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| 'Evil in the flesh': Convicted felon arrested in 'massacre' of 3 Florida friends on fishing trip Posted: 22 Jul 2020 04:48 PM PDT  BARTOW, Fla. — A chance meeting at a dollar store last Friday night led to the shooting deaths minutes later of three friends who'd met to go fishing and the arrest of a Florida man for the killings, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday.
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| China says French claims on Uighur rights are 'lies' Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:59 AM PDT  French claims about the imprisonment of ethnic and religious minorities in China's Xinjiang region were unacceptable, Beijing said Wednesday, criticising the accusations as "false". China's response came a day after Paris demanded it let independent human rights observers visit the northwestern region, where rights groups and experts estimate over one million Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking minorities have been rounded up into a network of internment camps. France's foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves le Drian said China's actions were "unacceptable" and said they "condemn them firmly".
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| N. Korea's Kim visits chicken farm, calls for improvements Posted: 22 Jul 2020 10:33 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new chicken farm being built in a county south of capital Pyongyang and called for improvements to what he described as an outdated poultry industry, state media said Thursday. The North's official Korean Central News Agency didn't say exactly when Kim made the trip to the construction site in Hwangju. The report didn't mention any comments by Kim about U.S.-led international sanctions over his nuclear weapons program, which have increased pressure on the North's broken economy.
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| Firefighters rescue 6 dogs from burning home and revive one Posted: 21 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT  "When we search for victims in a fire, obviously our first priority is human life, but we will do whatever we can to get those animals to safety," a spokesperson for the department told CBS News.
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| Meet the woman who helped design the new Ford Bronco and see why she considers the legendary SUV a multigenerational passion Posted: 22 Jul 2020 05:38 AM PDT  Molly Gillies is a clay modeler for Ford; she worked on the all-new Bronco SUV, which debuted last week to enthusiastic consumer reaction.
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| US offers $5m for capture of Venezuela chief justice Moreno Posted: 22 Jul 2020 06:53 AM PDT  The US wants to arrest Maikel Moreno, who it says participated in "transnational organised crime".
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| On coronavirus, Trump insists the U.S. has the world's 'No. 1 low mortality rate.' He's wrong — and it's the wrong way to measure success. Posted: 21 Jul 2020 05:13 PM PDT  The problem with President Trump's new strategy is that his prized data point is a mirage — an illusion that dissolves under closer inspection, revealing the opposite of the "success" it's supposed to show.
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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 Posted: 22 Jul 2020 12:21 PM PDT  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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| Fact check: Viral photo shows Obama, Fauci visiting NIH lab in 2014, not a 'Wuhan lab' in 2015 Posted: 23 Jul 2020 09:50 AM PDT  In social media posts, the photo has been taken out of context. It depicts Obama, Fauci and Sylvia Burwell visiting a U.S. lab in the D.C. area.
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| Macron seeks EU sanctions over Turkish 'violations' in Greek waters Posted: 23 Jul 2020 02:19 AM PDT  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday demanded EU sanctions against Turkey for "violations" of Greek and Cypriot waters and said the European Union should act over the crisis in Libya. Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads over overlapping claims for natural gas reserves, brought into sharp focus by attempts of EU member Cyprus to explore for gas in the Eastern Mediterranean amid strong Turkish objections. Macron's comments came after Turkey's navy on Tuesday issued an advisory for seismic surveys in an area of sea between Cyprus and Crete, a move Greece said was an attempt by Ankara to encroach on its continental shelf.
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| Hamas West Bank leader freed from detention after 16 months: son Posted: 23 Jul 2020 06:07 AM PDT  Israel on Thursday freed a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank after imprisoning him without trial for 16 months, his son said. Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist group, was arrested on April 2 last year at his home near Ramallah in the occupied territory. "He is now at home and is in good health," his son Owais Yousef told AFP.
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| Pence 'absolutely' would send his children back to school despite spreading risk Posted: 21 Jul 2020 11:52 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence says he and second lady Karen Pence would send their children back to school in the fall, claiming they would be unconcerned about them contracting coronavirus."We wouldn't hesitate to send them back to school," Mr Pence told reporters during a visit to hard-hit South Carolina.
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| Tropical Storm Gonzalo forecast to become 2020's first Atlantic hurricane of the year Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:31 PM PDT  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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| A couple is finally going home after their 5-day Caribbean vacation turned into a 5-month coronavirus lockdown Posted: 22 Jul 2020 03:21 PM PDT  Turks and Caicos closed its borders in March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, stranding tourists who were visiting the islands.
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| Descendant of Robert E. Lee: Black lives matter, statues of the confederate general should be removed Posted: 21 Jul 2020 02:06 PM PDT  A descendant of Robert E. Lee, Rev. Robert Wright Lee, told a House panel on Tuesday that Black lives matter, and that statues and memorials to the general in the Confederate army should be removed.
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| German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93 Posted: 22 Jul 2020 11:20 PM PDT  A German court on Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II. He was given a two-year suspended sentence. Bruno Dey was convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder by the Hamburg state court, news agency dpa reported. Because he was only 17, and later 18, at the time of his alleged crimes, Dey's case was heard in juvenile court.
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| As post-COVID heart and brain problems linger, some coronavirus survivors find it's a long haul to recovery Posted: 22 Jul 2020 09:54 AM PDT  A large online movement of COVID-19 survivors who are still sick are outraged at how casually many Americans are treating the coronavirus threat.
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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' Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:24 PM PDT  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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| Confusion and fear as Iran says millions may have virus Posted: 22 Jul 2020 05:05 PM PDT  President Hassan Rouhani's recent announcement that 25 million Iranians may have been infected with the coronavirus, a figure drastically higher than the country's official tally, has left many perplexed and fearful. The shock statement came five months after Iran announced its first COVID-19 cases: the deaths of two people in the Shiite holy city of Qom. It was compounded by Rouhani's suggestion his government was now hoping to overcome the Middle East's worst outbreak via herd immunity.
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| With GOP now on board, another coronavirus stimulus check is likely. But for how much? Posted: 21 Jul 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Republicans propose more economic stimulus payments for Americans. Democrats previously called for the same. But still unknown is how much and who will get them.
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| 'Dangerous road hazard': Texas police warn motorists of tire-flattening spikes scattered on major highway Posted: 22 Jul 2020 07:02 PM PDT  Smith County Sheriff's Office reports roughly 300 tire-flattening caltrops have been located on Interstate 20 in Texas.
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| Mike Pompeo said US intelligence shows the head of WHO was 'bought by the Chinese government,' according to reports Posted: 22 Jul 2020 04:56 AM PDT  Pompeo accused WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of being "bought" by China, in a private meeting with UK MPs.
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| Missing dog turns up at her old home — 57 miles away Posted: 21 Jul 2020 10:52 AM PDT  Colton Michael arrived home to find Cleo on his porch, as if it was her house.
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| Search continues for 10-year-old Breasia Terrell missing nearly two weeks from Davenport, Iowa Posted: 21 Jul 2020 04:09 PM PDT  Breasia Terrell, 10, was last seen in the early morning hours of July 10, in Davenport, Iowa, at the home of her half-brother's father, Henry E. Dinkins. Dinkins has since been named a person of interest in Breasia's disappearance. He is not currently a named suspect and no charges have been filed against him. Dinkins is in police custody on unrelated charges. The Davenport Police Department in Iowa is investigating.
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| Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in southwest Posted: 23 Jul 2020 05:40 AM PDT  A 200-year-old Sikh temple that served as a school for Muslim girls for seven decades was returned to the Sikh community in Quetta, enabling them to worship there for the first time in 73 years, officials said Thursday. The temple stood empty for a year or two when most Sikhs left Pakistan for neighboring India after the British partitioned the subcontinent into separate nations in 1947, following two centuries of colonial rule. Under the government's guardianship, a school was later set up in the temple building, which remained functional until recently, when Sikhs won a legal battle to have the property returned, temple custodian Govind Singh said.
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| Trump addresses his change of tone in coronavirus response Posted: 21 Jul 2020 04:46 PM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday addressed his change of tone regarding the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Former Chinese property executive who criticised Xi over virus ousted from ruling party Posted: 23 Jul 2020 08:36 AM PDT |
| NYT Reporter: Intel Officials Believe Russians Using Hunter Biden Allegations to Distract from Election Interference Posted: 22 Jul 2020 11:10 AM PDT  New York Times reporter Julian Barnes implied on Tuesday that some intelligence officials believe that the Kremlin is fanning corruption allegations against Joe Biden's son Hunter in order to "obscure" Russia's ongoing election interference attempts.During an MSNBC interview, host Nicole Wallace referred to Russian disinformation campaigns that she said appear to have "infected" the House Intelligence Committee, asking Barnes, "What access to any information or briefings do Democrats really have?""Russia uses these disinformation campaigns to deflect from what they did in 2016," Barnes, who reports on national security for the Times, responded. "A lot of intelligence officials believe the sort of Burisma accusations that are being revived are once again trying to obscure what Russia is up to."On Monday, top congressional Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a letter alleging a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing the 2020 presidential election and interfering with Congress. The letter included few specifics, but Democrats demanded an FBI briefing to warn members of Congress about the threat. Officials familiar with an addendum to the letter said it referred to a potential Russian attempt to harm Biden's presidential campaign, Barnes reported for the Times.Barnes continued that he believes Democrats published the letter because "the only remedy that really works is the resilience of a population, and a population can only be resilient if they know what's going on. So much of this stuff is secret, falls into bitter, partisan divisions, but it's important for voters not to be affected by the disinformation campaign, and that requires talking about it, putting some of this stuff out in the open, realizing when it is being done to the American public."Hunter Biden was appointed to Burisma's board in 2014 while his father was vice president and resigned from the board in April of last year.During a July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, President Trump asked Zelensky to help his administration investigate allegations that Biden used his position as vice president to help Burisma avoid a corruption probe soon after his son was appointed to the board— a controversy that became the focal point of the impeachment probe against Trump.In spring, 2016, Biden called on Ukraine to fire the prosecutor who had been investigating the energy company paying his son. The vice president threatened to withdraw $1 billion in U.S. military aid to Ukraine if the country did not fire the prosecutor, who was accused by the State Department and U.S. allies in Europe of being soft on corruption.
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| A doctor wore 6 face masks at once while testing his oxygen levels, and found he could still breathe perfectly Posted: 22 Jul 2020 04:38 AM PDT  Maitiu O Tuathail, an Irish doctor, confronted a common complaint from people who don't want to wear masks: the false belief that masks block oxygen.
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| Tesla has broken ground on its controversial German Gigafactory — take a look at how the site looks now Posted: 21 Jul 2020 12:55 PM PDT  The factory has been subject to controversy over environmental impact, though construction is moving ahead.
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| Fact check: COVID-19 not falling below 'epidemic threshold' in near future Posted: 22 Jul 2020 11:36 AM PDT  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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| Chicago violence: Fourteen mourners shot outside funeral home Posted: 22 Jul 2020 09:12 AM PDT  The shooting comes amid a surge in violence and a threat by President Trump to send in federal agents.
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| Police in riot gear clear NYC's 'Occupy City Hall' camp Posted: 22 Jul 2020 05:10 AM PDT  Police in riot gear raided an encampment of protesters and homeless people near New York's City Hall before dawn Wednesday, clearing out the camp that formed a month ago to push for budget cuts and other changes to the nation's largest police department. A line of New York Police Department officers with helmets and shields entered City Hall Park shortly before 4 a.m. and forced out what officials said were about 50 people, many of them homeless, who remained at the encampment.
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