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Patient who wasn't immediately tested could be first coronavirus case without clear source

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The patient did not fit CDC criteria for COVID-19, so a test was not immediately administered. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aaXpvz

Kremlin plays down hammer attack on exiled Chechen critic in Poland

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Buffalo diocese files for bankruptcy protection over hundreds of child sex abuse claims

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The bulk of liabilities are judgments that the diocese expects to pay in child sexual abuse claims against its priests, nuns, brothers and deacons. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ahDD1p

Idaho targets transgender people, birth certificate changes

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Idaho lawmakers moved forward Thursday with legislation banning transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling declaring such a ban unconstitutional. Ohio and Tennessee are the only other states in the country where transgender people cannot change their birth certificates, according to a law firm that has challenged the practice in court. In Idaho, this is another effort by the conservative state to target the population as Republicans in the House a day earlier advanced legislation to keep transgender women from competition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/398dUsa

Trump 'could suck coronavirus out of 60,000 people' and he'd still be criticized – Huckabee

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* Top Republican on Fox News defends Trump and Mike Pence * Vice-president leading coronavirus containment effort in US * Whistleblower: US coronavirus staff were untrained and unprotectedDonald Trump could “personally suck” the coronavirus “out of every one of the 60,000 people in the world, suck it out of their lungs, swim to the bottom of the ocean and spit it out, and he would be accused of pollution for messing up the ocean”, a top Republican has claimed.Former Republican Arkansas governor and ex-presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made the outlandish statement on Twitter on Thursday night and on Fox News’ Fox & Friends show on Friday morning.> Mike Huckabee says Trump "could personally sick the virus out of every one of the 60,000 people in the world, suck it out of their lungs, swim to the bottom of the ocean and spit it out, and he would be accused of pollution for messing up the ocean." pic.twitter.com/X7xbC5ebDz> > — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) Febru

Walkout as Polanksi wins 'best director' at CΓ©sars

The Polish-French director is wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the 1970s. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wikSfz

Leap Year: What it's like being born on 29 February?

People around the world tell us what it's like being born on 29 February. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TcbZ0p

Latvia railway: Why I love living in an old train station

Milda Romanova's home is an old rail station, and at 88 she still loves all things trains. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2VvjX6j

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump holds a rally in North Charleston, S.C., 24 hours before the polls close in the state's Democratic primary. Watc 02/28/20 4:09 PM

Photo: Bernie Sanders high fives tiny supporter.

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By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2VDbXQu

Why Bernie Scares Me

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By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/399yGrj

Gerald Krone, a Negro Ensemble Company Founder, Dies at 86

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By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/3aeeJjh

Who Will Care For Society’s Forgotten?

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By BY THERESA BROWN AND LEAH NASH from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKSc1

Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?

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By BY NU WEXLER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKQAV

We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus

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By BY ELISABETH ROSENTHAL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Tcnghj

Tom Steyer showered South Carolina in political spending. Will it pay off?

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By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND KIM BARKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TcmYHf

Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb

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I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospectLike 27.5 million other Americans, I don’t have health insurance. It’s not for a lack of trying – I make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to buy a private health insurance plan on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Since I can’t afford to see a doctor, my healthcare strategy as a 32-year-old uninsured American has been simply to sleep eight hours, eat vegetables, and get daily exercise. But now that there are confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, the deadly virus could spread rapidly, thanks to others like me who have no feasible way to get the care we need if we start exhibiting symptoms.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are confirmed coronavirus cases in at least 50 countries on six continents, and more than 2,800 patients have died from the virus. This certainly qualifies as a pandemic under the World Health Orga

Central Park Five's Kevin Richardson slams Bloomberg campaign

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Kevin Richardson, a member of the Central Park Five, has hit out at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential run and his blocking of a multimillion-dollar settlement over the group’s wrongful persecution.Mr Richardson, one of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted for the shocking assault of Trishia Meili in 1989, was reported to have criticised Mr Bloomberg at an event outside his campaign office in Manhattan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cjCXdJ

Map: Confirmed coronavirus cases, worldwide

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More than 81,000 people have been sickened by a coronavirus, mostly in China. This map is updated daily. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uxBlw0

Police identify victims, shooter in Milwaukee brewery shooting rampage

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Police in Milwaukee on Thursday identified the five brewery employees shot and killed by a co-worker who later took his own life in the latest spasm of gun violence plaguing U.S. workplaces and schools. The motive for the carnage was unclear a day after the shooting at the landmark Molson Coors Beverage Co complex shook Wisconsin's largest city. "Reasons for this are still under investigation," Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HXGtMX

Anti-Greta Blasts ‘Climate Alarmism’ to Conservative Gathering

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'He fought us every single step of the way': How Bloomberg embraced stop-and-frisk as mayor

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"He dug in and fought us all the way to his last day in office," an activist who opposed stop-and-frisk recalled. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32Apw52

Trump complains Democrats are blaming him for coronavirus

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Iran’s Incompetent Response to Coronavirus Threatens the Middle East and the World

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The Iranian government has covered up an outbreak of coronavirus that now threatens the Middle East and has led to border closures and hospitalizations in five countries. Over the weekend of February 21, president Hassan Rouhani and other Iranian officials downplayed the growing crises as Iran’s death toll from the virus climbed. It is now apparent that the regime, which has threatened the region with ballistic missiles, drones, naval mines, and militias over the last few years, has become a health threat as well, as it incubates a potential pandemic. The coronavirus has likely traveled from China to Iran’s city of Qom along the same route that pilgrims and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps uses to travel, illustrating the regime’s disregard for its own citizens and neighbors.It all began with Iran’s wanting to show the world it had higher turnout at recent elections. Iranian member of parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi called on officials to take the coronavirus seriously during elections

Critic Says Trump Is 'Ignorant' and 'Incoherent' On Coronavirus. Others Call It 'Trump' Virus.

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Can President Trump keep the American people prepared but not panicked? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3abEW21

California monitors more than 8,000 people for coronavirus

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More than 8,000 people are being monitored for the coronavirus in California, and 33 people have tested positive, the state's governor says.In a news conference on Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) provided these new numbers, saying that at least 8,400 people are being monitored for the virus, CNBC reports. Newsom also said "as of today at this hour, we have 33 confirmed positive tests for the virus." Of these 33, Newsom said that five people have since moved out of state. Those being monitored in California had traveled to Asia, Bloomberg reports.This update comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that a person who tested positive for the coronavirus in California might be the first U.S. case of community spread, as they hadn't recently traveled out of the country or come into contact with anyone who had the virus.Regarding that case, Newsom on Thursday said it "understandably generated a lot of attention," but "we knew

Dem Superdelegates Signal Willingness to Pass Over Sanders in Brokered Convention

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Only nine of 93 Democratic superdelegates interviewed by The New York Times said that Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) should be the nominee if he does not arrive at the Democratic national convention with a majority.Superdelegates have historically aligned with the candidate who wins the most delegates in caucuses and primaries. Sanders currently leads the field in delegates, but less than three percent have been allocated so far. But if the Vermont democratic socialist ends up not securing the 1,991 delegates necessary to win the nomination on the first ballot of the convention, then all 3,979 pledged delegates and 771 superdelegates would be free to vote for any candidate they choose on the second ballot.Interviews suggested that superdelegates still have major reservations about a Sanders ticket.“We’re way, way, way past the day where party leaders can determine an outcome here, but I think there’s a vibrant conversation about whether there is anything that can be done,” Jim Himes,

Bloomberg campaign reportedly trying to recruit Andrew Yang

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be looking for a bump from the Yang Gang.The Bloomberg campaign has been seeking an endorsement from entrepreneur and former 2020 candidate Andrew Yang and even floated him as a potential running made, The Wall Street Journal reports. "Aides to the former New York City mayor reached out to discuss ways the two entrepreneurs-turned-politicians could work together as Mr. Bloomberg seeks the Democratic nomination," the Journal writes, although Yang reportedly "didn't commit to join forces."The Bloomberg campaign told the Journal that Yang isn't being seriously considered to be his running mate, and a senior Bloomberg aide denied to NBC's Josh Lederman that he never was. Since dropping out of the race, Yang has been a contributor for CNN. He recently took part in a CNN discussion about Bloomberg's debate debut, during which he said the former mayor came across as "lethargic and uninterested" and

Chancellor Hopefuls Clash in Duel for Post-Merkel Germany

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(Bloomberg) -- Emotions were running high in an old brewery in the region where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party stumbled into its worst crisis in decades.In the town of Apolda in the eastern German state of Thuringia, supporters of the Christian Democratic Union shouted down local media, claiming reporters smeared the state chapter. With beer flowing freely, that anger quickly turned to wild cheers when Friedrich Merz appeared before some 1,300 sympathizers, a day after the race to lead Germany’s most powerful party started.For the bulk in attendance, Merkel -- and not a rogue decision by local CDU lawmakers to ally with the far-right Alternative for Germany -- was the problem, and Merz is the answer.The long-time Merkel antagonist “is the only one in the CDU right now who has the courage” to stand up to the German leader, party member Bernhard Koegel said between speeches and folk music in Apolda. “He is the only one who will be able to stop Merkel.”Crowd SizeAbout 170 miles west of

Warren still dogged by past claims of indigenous ancestry

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Cherokee citizens are calling on Elizabeth Warren to publicly disavow a family story of indigenous heritage as a way to dissuade others from making false claims they say often romanticize Native Americans. The topic has haunted the Massachusetts senator since even before she announced she would seek the Democratic nomination for president, despite Warren repeatedly apologizing for identifying as Native American in the past and for submitting a DNA test to back up what she heard growing up. Joseph M. Pierce, one of four Cherokee Nation citizens who organized the letter, said Warren didn't go far enough in addressing her family's story about connections to the Delaware and Cherokee people. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2wUl7xY

Philippines volcano: Residents allowed to visit island

Philippines residents briefly allowed to return to homes near the Taal volcano find haunting scenes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2uBigcm

Leap years and why we need them

It's a leap year which means there's an extra day in the calendar - 29 February 2020. But why do we need it? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2T4hbmU

Coronavirus: On the front line in Wuhan

The BBC speaks to a Chinese doctor who has been on the front line of fighting Coronavirus in Wuhan. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3950UDG

Burst water main leaves drivers stranded

Flooding in Houston led to cars being submerged and people having to take refuge on their roofs. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Tm0Mcf

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Watch live: Klobuchar, at Fox News town hall, seeks to jolt struggling candidacy ahead of key primaries 02/27/20 3:32 PM

Democrats thrive in the shadow of a Whole Foods. Here’s why that may be trouble.

By BY DAVID WASSERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32AjKQU

No, Not Sanders, Not Ever

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By BY DAVID BROOKS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2I3EIy0

With a Rebel Yell, New York Revs Up Its War on Idling Vehicles

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By BY JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3cby1HY

The US Navy orders ships in the Pacific to stay at sea at least 14 days between port calls over coronavirus concerns

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Ships have been instructed to remain at sea at least 14 days, the maximum incubation period for the coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/398xEvP

Mom of missing Idaho kids wants $5 million bail reduced

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A mother arrested in Hawaii in connection with the disappearance of her two Idaho children wants a judge to reconsider her $5 million bail. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/382SV8I

Doctors Inside Iran Believe Coronavirus Is More Serious Than Reported, and Getting Worse

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Medical professionals inside the Islamic Republic tell TIME they believe the country is now grappling with an “epidemic” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TijwcR

How to Prepare for the Coronavirus

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U.S. health officials warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus is likely to spread in communities in the United States. They urged individuals to get themselves and their families ready. But what can you do?Infectious disease experts stressed that people should not panic and offered practical advice."The mantra is, "Keep calm and carry on," said Dr. Marguerite Neill, an infectious disease expert at Brown University.And use common sense, experts said."If you see someone on a bus who is coughing, move away," said Dr. Stanley Perlman, an infectious disease and coronavirus expert at the University of Iowa.Stay home from work if you are sick.Wash your hands frequently, said Dr. Trish Perl, an infectious disease specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center. "It's not super sexy but it works," she said. With SARS, also a coronavirus, but one that is much deadlier, hand washing reduced the risk of transmission by 30-50%, she said.Of course, you should cough

Trump Pardon Won’t Erase Arpaio’s Criminal Past in Comeback Bid

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(Bloomberg) -- Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio will have to pursue his comeback with a guilty verdict on his resume.The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday refused to expunge the criminal contempt finding made against Arpaio for defying a judge’s orders related to his crackdown on undocumented immigrants.The 87-year-old lawman -- once known as “America’s toughest sheriff -- is again vying for the job that he held for 24 years in Maricopa County. He lost the 2016 election and was found guilty the following year. A month after the verdict, he became the first person to be pardoned by President Donald Trump.The three appellate judges, one who was appointed by Trump and two by George W. Bush, were unanimous that Arpaio’s guilty verdict had no legal consequence because technically he was never convicted.“Here, the issuing of a presidential pardon, and Arpaio’s acceptance of the pardon, preempted his sentencing,” the panel said. “Thus, there is no final judgment of convictio

Duterte says Philippines can 'survive' without America

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said his country’s security forces can fight insurgents and Muslim extremists without American military help, in a defense of his recent decision to terminate a U.S. security pact. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2I3kfcI

CDC: California coronavirus case may be 1st in U.S. without link to traveling abroad

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Wednesday night that a person in California who tested positive for coronavirus may be the first case of community spread in the United States.This person did not recently travel out of the country or come into contact with anyone infected with the coronavirus, known as COVID-19. The case was "detected through the U.S. public health system," the CDC said, and "picked up by astute clinicians." The CDC said this could be an "instance of community spread of COVID-19," which means the source of infection is unknown, but also acknowledged that "the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected."Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, told the Los Angeles Times this is "the first signal that we could be having silent transmission in the community. It probably means there are many more cases

Trump news — live: President's coronavirus response slammed as 'shameful' as he spends morning picking apart 'crazy' Democrat debate

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Donald Trump’s White House is facing criticism for its “insane and depressing” decision to hire 23-year-old college James Bacon for a post in its powerful Presidential Personnel Office under new director John McEntee.The president has just returned from his two-day visit to India where he set in place a lucrative arms deal with Narendra Modi and toured the country’s beauty spots while being shielded from the outbreak of anti-Muslim riots, which left at least 20 people dead in New Dehli. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3a3MNi7

Israeli Wants to Use Powerful Lasers to Cut Apart Iran's Missiles

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A new, improved defense system? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3a5UlAU

The Primaries Are Just Dumb

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3a6qiJf

They Were Infected With the Coronavirus. They Never Showed Signs.

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By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2T3rcka

Grappling With Coronavirus, Tokyo Olympic Leaders Have No Good Options

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By BY ANDREW KEH AND BEN DOOLEY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2T1TueP

Weinstein Is Convicted. Where Does #MeToo Go From Here?

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By BY JODI KANTOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/385UEu2

Push for More Privacy Protections Throws Surveillance Bill Talks Into Disarray

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS AND CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Vo1msC

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was 'horrifying' the debate didn't have any climate change questions. Bernie Sanders agrees.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) watched Tuesday night's Democratic debate, and one thing stood out to her."Not a single climate change question," she tweeted. "Horrifying." One of the participants, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), agreed, responding, "A disgrace." The Democratic candidates don't shy away from talking about climate change on the campaign trail; billionaire investor and environmentalist Tom Steyer told voters in South Carolina on Tuesday that climate change is his "No. 1 priority," and if elected, he will declare a climate emergency on his first day in office.Poll after poll has shown that climate change is a key issue for voters; last week, the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that for the first time in two decades, a majority of Americans believe that tackling climate change should be a main priority for the president and Congress.Another poll released last week by the nonpartisan nonprofit Climate Nexus f

'Never before': Shock, fear as India's capital reels from deadly riots

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In front of him was a stick-wielding mob of up to 500 men, cheering loudly and throwing flaming tyres into his shop as deadly sectarian violence swept India's capital. The market in Gokulpuri was just one of many poor, congested neighbourhoods in northeast Delhi ransacked by rampaging mobs on Monday and Tuesday as battles broke out between Hindus and Muslims. The clashes followed renewed protests on Sunday against a contentious citizenship law brought in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist government that critics say is anti-Muslim. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uxW0QB

Mexico president ties shootout dead to drug consumption

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President AndrΓ©s Manuel LΓ³pez Obrador suggested Wednesday without offering evidence that most of those who die in Mexico's cartel- and gang-fueled firefights are high on drugs or intoxicated, prompting criticism and questions about whether the claim was accurate. Speaking to journalists in his morning news conference, LΓ³pez Obrador said rising drug consumption rates must be reversed if the country is to guarantee peace and security after years of rising, record-setting homicide statistics. “Just so you have the number, 60% of those who lose their life each day, 60% of those killed in clashes, it is shown that they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but primarily drugs,” the president continued. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Tw6IQj

A mob out for blood: India's protests pit Hindus against Muslims

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Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in northeast New Delhi when he came across a large crowd. "They saw I was alone, they saw my cap, beard, shalwar kameez (clothes) and saw me as a Muslim," Zubair told Reuters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2T0E9uY

ABC News suspends veteran correspondent over comments captured in undercover Project Veritas video

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ABC News said it suspended veteran correspondent David Wright because his comments hurt the network's "reputation for fairness and impartiality." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3a5nn3F

Indiana couple gets no prison time for caging teenage girl

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Alan and Aimee Friz pleaded guilty Friday to neglect of a dependent in Crawford Circuit Court in exchange for two years of probation and the dismissal of their criminal confinement charges, WXIN-TV reported. Several charges of sexual misconduct with a minor levied against 57-year-old Alan Friz were also dismissed. The Huntingburg couple was arrested in October 2017 after deputies responded to their Dubois County home on a report of a “juvenile that was out of control.” Authorities interviewed the girl with help from the county prosecutor’s office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vgBrZo

The world's biggest iPhone maker has hired the scientist known as the 'SARS hero' to oversee its reopening as it resumes production

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Apple's main manufacturing partner, Foxconn, just hired the head of China's coronavirus investigation as an adviser. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3a8FV3a

Obama demands pro-Trump group stop using his voice to attack Biden

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"This despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook," Obama spokesperson Katie Hill told NBC News. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HVh4Ue

Greek island protests move into second day

Police and protesters clashed on the Greek island of Lesbos over plans to build new migrant camps. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PqIzZY

At least five dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors beer company

The gunman was also killed during the shooting in the mid-western state of Wisconsin. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3a7icjF

'Scent of terror' created in protest against Moscow perfume store

A team in Moscow has created the putrid scent, in a protest against plans for a perfume store in a historic building with a terrible past. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/32xnrGF

Tessa Majors’s Murder: Police Bluff Led to Teen's Confession

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By BY EDGAR SANDOVAL from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2Vo19Wm

Center Stage at Disney After a Career Out of the Spotlight

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By BY BROOKS BARNES from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3a9JiH2