| Trump news - US president struggles with series of words during Mount Rushmore speech as Pence calls him 'my father' in campaign ad Posted: 04 Jul 2020 06:49 AM PDT  Donald Trump accused "angry mobs" of trying to erase US history by removing statues in a dark and divisive Independence Day speech on Friday evening from Mount Rushmore.Painting himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism, the US president barely mentioned the coronavirus pandemic, despite the country that setting a new record for confirmed new cases, as he struggled to correctly pronounce a series of words.
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| USCIS has had to slow down during the pandemic. Some immigrants will benefit from this Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:54 AM PDT  The coronavirus crisis and the budget shortfall the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is facing, somehow have turned in favor of immigrants with open processes, who must support their visa, green card and citizenship applications with more evidence or documents.
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| Why U.S. F-35s, Stealth Bombers and Attack Drones Could Fail in a War Posted: 04 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT  Fighter jets, stealth bombers, attack drones and air-traveling missiles all need to "operate at speed" in a fast-changing great power conflict era. What that means is that "sensor to shooter" time (how fast data can go from a sensor to a war-fighter) needs to be drastically sped up. Without that speed, warfighters won't be able to react as quickly to threats and it will be harder to win.
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| 'How the hell are we going to do this?' The panic over reopening schools Posted: 04 Jul 2020 04:00 AM PDT  The CDC issued additional guidance this week on safely reopening schools, with infections spiking in the South and West.
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| Copenhagen's Little Mermaid labelled 'racist fish' Posted: 03 Jul 2020 03:24 AM PDT  Denmark woke up on Friday to the words "racist fish" scrawled across the base of the "Little Mermaid", the bronze statue honouring Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale that perches on a rock in the sea off a pier in Copenhagen. "We consider it vandalism and have started an investigation," a spokesman for the Copenhagen police said. Protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement around the world have in recent months rallied against statues of historical figures who played a role in racist oppression, such as slave traders and colonialists.
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| Japan flooding: Many feared dead in flooded care home Posted: 04 Jul 2020 07:39 AM PDT  Fifteen people are believed dead and nine are missing on the island of Kyushu amid devastating rains.
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| Biden narrows list of vice presidential contenders Posted: 03 Jul 2020 09:09 AM PDT  Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has narrowed his reported list of vice presidential contenders, with several black women in contention; Jacqui Heinrich reports on the latest.
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| Army IDs Fort Hood soldier who killed himself after being questioned about Vanessa Guillen Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:56 AM PDT  Spc. Aaron David Robinson ran away from Fort Hood after officials said they found partial human remains near the Leon River, authorities said.
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| Judge blocks Portland police from using physical force against journalists Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:49 AM PDT  As protests originally sparked by the death of George Floyd continue in Portland, Oregon, a US District Court has issued a two-week restraining order barring the Portland Police Bureau from arresting journalists and legal observers or using force against them.The order comes after the police arrested journalists who were covering a protest on Tuesday. One of them, Lesley McLam, was taken into custody.
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| US lawyer says Prince Andrew subjecting Epstein victims to ‘torture test’ Posted: 03 Jul 2020 02:08 AM PDT  The Duke of York's silence on Jeffrey Epstein was akin to a "torture test" for his victims, said a US lawyer.Attorney Gloria Allred said that Prince Andrew was "avoiding and evading" US authorities as Epstein's ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, appeared in court accused of facilitating his sexual exploitation of underage girls.
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| Hillary Clinton says she 'would have done a better job' at handling the coronavirus pandemic Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:14 PM PDT  "I know I would have done a better job," the former secretary of state told a Hollywood Reporter podcast on Friday.
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| It Would Cost Trillions: The Day North Korea Collapses Posted: 03 Jul 2020 02:30 AM PDT  The prospect of a peaceful Korean Unification, however remote it seems, would be a historical event worth planning for. While preparing for the worst, we should hope for the best. Hoping for the best means there is a scenario where North Korea's collapse and regime change occur miraculously, opening doors to South Korea and the West to take over North Korea in what one hopes would be a peaceful absorption. As unlikely as this sounds, it is important to remember that it is not without historical precedent.
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| Thomas Jefferson alongside Black great-grandson holds 'a mirror' to U.S. Posted: 04 Jul 2020 02:37 PM PDT  Shannon LaNier, a TV host in Houston, is pictured in a photo in Smithsonian Magazine alongside his direct ancestor, Thomas Jefferson.
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| WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:26 AM PDT  The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. "Nearly 5,500 patients in 39 countries have so far been recruited into the Solidarity trial," he told a news briefing, referring to clinical studies the U.N. agency is conducting. "We expect interim results within the next two weeks."
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| More bodies found at Myanmar jade mine disaster Posted: 03 Jul 2020 02:21 AM PDT  Rescuers Friday pulled several bodies from the scene of a landslide which killed over 160 jade miners in northern Myanmar, many of them migrant workers seeking their fortune in treacherous open-cast mines near the China border. The disaster -- the worst in memory to strike Myanmar's notoriously dangerous jade mines -- ocurred on Thursday when a hillside collapsed in heavy monsoon rains. "The search and rescue missions continued today and we now have 166 bodies," the Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a Facebook post, raising the overnight toll by four.
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| Two people critically injured after car plows into protesters on Seattle freeway Posted: 04 Jul 2020 12:20 PM PDT  Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests
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| US, China left out as England slashes quarantine list Posted: 03 Jul 2020 09:11 AM PDT  Travellers from more than 70 "low-risk" countries and territories will no longer have to self-isolate when arriving in England, the UK government said Friday in a major easing of its coronavirus quarantine scheme. The list of exemptions mostly covers Europe -- but not Portugal -- and the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, although the United States and mainland China are notably omitted. "Today marks the next step in carefully reopening our great nation," Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.
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| Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr's girlfriend, tests positive for Covid-19 Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:00 PM PDT  Ex-Fox News presenter is key fundraiser for Trump re-election campaign and latest of president's circle to contract the diseaseUS records highest daily increase in coronavirus casesThe girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr, the US president's eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, US media have reported.Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is a former Fox News television personality and a senior fundraiser for Donald Trump's re-election campaign, is just the latest person in Trump's inner circle to contract the potentially deadly virus. The news also comes as the US is experiencing a huge surge in coronavirus cases and amid withering criticism of the president's response to the crisis.Guilfoyle had travelled to be with Trump as he gave a high-profile speech in South Dakota but did not attend the event after getting the positive test result, the New York Times reported. She had not been in recent proximity to the president and Donald Trump Jr tested negative, the paper said.ABC News reported that Guilfoyle was asymptomatic.Trump has been widely condemned for downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus crisis wracking the US which has now killed more than 120,000 Americans. Trump has refused to wear face masks, promoted unfounded conspiracy theories on the virus' origins and potential cures and for pushed for the rapid reopening of the American economy.Trump's event in South Dakota – like a recent campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma – has also alarmed public health experts for taking place during the pandemic and for playing little mind to social distancing protocols or other steps to avoid spreading the virus.
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| 5 Americans who flew by private jet to Italy were reportedly denied entry due to the EU ban on visitors from countries with high coronavirus infection rates Posted: 04 Jul 2020 04:47 AM PDT  Officials on the island of Sardinia expressed frustration at having to exclude the US travellers after their long flight, said reports.
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| Russia Has a Nuclear Missile That Can Kill Nearly Anything on the Planet Posted: 04 Jul 2020 07:00 AM PDT  How? Think range.
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| Explainer: Strike capability, other military options on table after Japan's Aegis U-Turn Posted: 02 Jul 2020 07:14 PM PDT  Japan's decision to scrap two Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defence systems means it must find other ways to defend a 3,000-kilometre archipelago along Asia's eastern edge. In a surprise decision, defence minister Taro Kono recently halted the 2025 deployment of Aegis Ashore because booster rockets used to accelerate SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missiles might fall on communities in northern Akita and southern Yamaguchi prefectures. The expense of Aegis Ashore project also affected Kono's decision.
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| Locals remain anxious amid India-China border stand-off Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:46 AM PDT  Even as tensions are rising, locals along the border are worried their land is at stake.
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| Alleged email scammer who flaunted wealth on Instagram to face charges Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:18 PM PDT  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas routinely posted about luxury cars, private jets and globe trotting with celebrities to his 2.4 million followers.
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| For nearly 160 years, St. George has been known as Utah's 'Dixie.' The name is all over the city. Is it time to change? Posted: 02 Jul 2020 10:48 PM PDT  The word "Dixie" is everywhere in St. George, Utah. The controversy over its Confederate ties is back in the public eye — but it's not a new debate.
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| Concern over coronavirus mars Trump's Mount Rushmore trip Posted: 03 Jul 2020 08:23 AM PDT  President Trump will visit Mount Rushmore in South Dakota for a Fourth of July celebration, despite controversy about large crowd gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Florida breaks record with 11,458 new virus cases. Miami-Dade and Broward hit highs, too Posted: 04 Jul 2020 08:33 AM PDT  Saturday's update on new confirmed COVID-19 cases from the Florida Department of Health reflected the state, Miami-Dade and Broward record new single-day highs, rocketing past previous peaks.
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| 'A dereliction of duty': Former CIA director says Trump has gone 'Awol' in handling of coronavirus Posted: 03 Jul 2020 04:46 PM PDT  Donald Trump has gone "Awol" in his leadership of the US through the coronavirus pandemic, former CIA Director and Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said in a scathing attack on the president."This president has essentially gone Awol from the job of leadership that he should be providing a country in trouble," Mr Panneta told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, branding the situation a "major crisis".
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| An antifa hoax about a 'peaceful flag burning to resist police' riled up right-wing groups in Gettysburg for no reason Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:45 AM PDT  Despite local news outlets and independent fact checkers debunking claims of a flag burning planned for July 4th, some protesters still showed up.
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| Iran's Military Is Armed to the Teeth with Lots of Missiles Posted: 04 Jul 2020 06:30 AM PDT  And it has built the region's largest missile force.
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| Sikh pilgrims in deadly Pakistan train crash Posted: 03 Jul 2020 07:10 AM PDT  At least 21 die as an express train hits a van carrying the pilgrims near the city of Lahore.
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| Scientists are studying poop to understand how COVID-19 spreads Posted: 03 Jul 2020 02:53 AM PDT  "One of the very few positive things that could come out of COVID-19 is that we recognize that there is data within our wastewater," said one researcher.
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| Black family sues Hilton after white clerk calls police over hotel's own billing mistake Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:02 AM PDT  A billing mistake by the hotel results in a dispute that led to police being called to the Hampton Inn. Now the guests are suing.
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| Indian man wears gold face mask to ward off coronavirus Posted: 04 Jul 2020 06:46 AM PDT  An Indian man said he paid about $4,000 for a bespoke gold face mask to protect him from the coronavirus raging in the country. The precious metal covering weighs 60 grams (two ounces) and took craftsmen eight days to make, said businessman Shankar Kurhade, from the western city of Pune. "I am not sure if it will be effective to protect me from a coronavirus infection but I am taking other precautions," he added.
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| Trump has a plan to stay in the White House if he loses election, former senator says Posted: 03 Jul 2020 09:21 AM PDT  President Donald Trump is scheming to retain power in the event of an electoral loss in November, according to a former Senator from Colorado.Tim Wirth published an op-ed in Newsweek where he lays out his theory, apparently inspired in-part by HBO's adaptation of the Philip Roth novel The Plot Against America.
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| Michael Cohen may have violated the terms of his prison release by eating out at a restaurant in Manhattan Posted: 04 Jul 2020 06:50 AM PDT  The New York Post obtained photos showing Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, eating out with his wife and another couple in Manhattan Thursday night.
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| LGBT Pride activists protest in Paris against racial injustice Posted: 04 Jul 2020 12:12 PM PDT  A pared-down LGBT Pride march drew thousands of people to the streets of Paris on Saturday, without the colourful trucks blasting out techno music but with powerful slogans demanding racial equality and protesting against police violence. The French capital's official Pride parade was postponed to November because of the coronavirus epidemic, but organisers decided to hold a march they said should be more politically driven and support the "Black Lives Matter" movement. "Because of COVID, the normal Pride parade had to be cancelled, but we managed to organise a Pride that is more political," a drag king and illustrator who gave her name as Saint Eugene told Reuters TV.
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| Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro waters down law requiring face masks Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:29 PM PDT  Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.
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| VA Secretary Robert Wilkie: Helping 46 states, territories with coronavirus response Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:57 PM PDT  Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie joins 'Bill Hemmer Reports.'
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| Coronavirus outbreak among students at University of Washington's frat houses Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:28 PM PDT  The school said Friday that it confirmed that at least 89 fraternity house residents, along with four other students, have tested positive for COVID-19.
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| COVID-19 should make us give Andrew Yang’s ‘get $1,000 every month’ a second look | Opinion Posted: 03 Jul 2020 02:31 PM PDT  On a bitter cold spring night 14 months ago, back in a more magical time when all things seemed possible in the 2020 president race, I stood on the steps leading down to Washington's great Reflecting Pool waiting to hear from the most unlikely and arguably intriguing Democrat of all, the businessman and political neophyte Andrew Yang.
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| Suicide attempts, fights aboard rescue boat carrying 180 migrants Posted: 03 Jul 2020 05:01 PM PDT  After suicide attempts, fights erupting on board, and migrants jumping into the sea, charity SOS Mediterranee launched an emergency alert on Friday, demanding to be allowed to immediately disembark at a safe port. The humanitarian group, whose vessel the Ocean Viking has been at sea for over a week with 180 migrants aboard, said it could no longer guarantee the safety of the migrants or crew and called a state of emergency in an unprecedented step. The boat, which has been in limbo in the Mediterranean south of Sicily, has been waiting for over a week for permission from Italy or Malta to offload the migrants at a safe port.
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| Kim Jong Un urges North Koreans to keep up virus fight Posted: 02 Jul 2020 10:38 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked "unimaginable and irretrievable crisis," state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim reaffirmed North Korea's claim to not have had a single case of COVID-19, telling a ruling party meeting Thursday that the country has "thoroughly prevented the inroad of the malignant virus" despite the worldwide health crisis, the Korean Central News Agency said. Outsiders widely doubt North Korea escaped the pandemic entirely, given its poor health infrastructure and close trade and travel ties to China, where the coronavirus emerged late last year.
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| Iran: A Budding Drone Superpower? You Decide. Posted: 04 Jul 2020 09:27 AM PDT  The Iranian Defense Ministry announced that it has acquired three new drones that are capable of flying almost 1,000 miles and from an altitude of up to 45,000 feet
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