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Cadaver dogs to search Carole Baskin's missing husband Don Lewis’ lake house, ex-detective says

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Cadaver dogs to search Carole Baskin's missing husband Don Lewis’ lake house, ex-detective says Jim Rathmann, a retired homicide investigator, is featured on Investigation Discovery's special “Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up." via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3ieOI74

HBO’s John Oliver: Amy Coney Barrett nomination a ‘f---ing travesty,’ liberals lost generational battle

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HBO’s John Oliver: Amy Coney Barrett nomination a ‘f---ing travesty,’ liberals lost generational battle HBO’s John Oliver called President Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett a “f-----g travesty” because the Supreme Court “is about to lurch to the right for the foreseeable future” during a lengthy rant on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight.”   via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/33aZvLy

Uber Wasted $2.5B on Self-Driving Cars

Uber Wasted $2.5B on Self-Driving Cars 4 by bobsil1 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

RCT of Intermittent Fasting

RCT of Intermittent Fasting 12 by joshgel | 4 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: Keywords2lyrics – Automatic Songwriting from Keywords

Show HN: Keywords2lyrics – Automatic Songwriting from Keywords 7 by mathigatti | 2 comments on Hacker News.

McAfee S-1

McAfee S-1 11 by xoxoy | 10 comments on Hacker News.

Google requiring Android apps to use its billing system next year

Google requiring Android apps to use its billing system next year 36 by eplanit | 25 comments on Hacker News.

The weight of buildings and the raising of Chicago

The weight of buildings and the raising of Chicago 8 by fanf2 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

South Carolina TV anchor hit man with beer bottle in fight over politics, police say

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The victim was left with cuts on his face, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36duDvw via IFTTT

Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff team up in final campaign stretch

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Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff are both from New Jersey. Biden and Emhoff have rapidly become two of the campaign’s most prolific surrogates, engaging in in-person campaign events and virtual fundraisers at a pace that often outmatches their spouses at the top of the ticket. While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent their days campaigning in key states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida, Jill Biden and Emhoff have had nonstop schedules of virtual fundraisers, constituency-focused events and trips to important but less high-profile states like Virginia and Maine, where Jill Biden visited this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3i9Vvik via IFTTT

With EU help, Taiwan gets rare win in China naming dispute

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Taiwan said on Monday the European Union had stepped in to help after a global alliance of mayors stopped referring to Taiwanese cities as part of China, in a rare win for the island amid growing Chinese pressure. China has ramped up efforts to get international groups and companies to refer on their websites and in official documents to democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as being part of China, to the ire of Taiwan's government and many of its people. Over the weekend, Taiwan officials expressed anger after the Brussels-based Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy began listing on its website its six Taiwan member cites as belonging to China. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jcSEXl via IFTTT

California governor signs law requiring trans inmates to be housed by gender identity

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The law requires inmates to be asked how they identify, then they must be housed accordingly. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday that will require California prisons to house transgender inmates according to their gender identity. The law requires officers to privately ask inmates if they identify as transgender, nonbinary or intersex. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33bNcOI via IFTTT

What politicians from Amy Coney Barrett's home state of Indiana say about her Supreme Court nomination

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Gov. Eric Holcomb said Barrett will add "another healthy dose of Hoosier hospitality to our nation’s capital." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/335IoKQ via IFTTT

Tow company sold vehicles of Texas military members while they were on duty, feds say

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One of the service members was at basic training when his car was towed, officials say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/338FPYq via IFTTT

Former paramilitary leader deported to Colombia

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UK's Johnson raises concerns with Turkey's Erdogan over east Med tensions

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that he was concerned about tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, welcoming news that Turkey and Greece had agreed to talks, Johnson's office said in a statement. NATO allies Greece and Turkey, at loggerheads on a range of issues, have agreed to resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims following weeks of tension, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was beginning a two-day trip to Greece. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kZU8EH via IFTTT

China's UK envoy warns Britain to avoid lectures over human rights

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China's ambassador to London has told Britain that it will suffer "setbacks" in its relationship with Beijing if it continues to raise issues about human rights. The warning came after a junior Foreign Office minister took Beijing to task at a Chinese embassy function on Monday, held to mark the 71st anniversary of the People's Republic. In his remarks, James Duddridge said that while Britain wanted to retain good relations with China, it was also concerned about Beijing's erosion of democracy in Hong Kong and its treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang. Mr Duddridge’s comments drew a cool response from Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese ambassador, who is understood to have replied pointedly that as Hong Kong was no longer under British rule, Beijing was not obliged to listen to British concerns. Mr Liu added that China's policies in Xinjiang, where the government has been accused of putting up to two million people into "re-education" camps, wer...

White nationalist from Charlottesville rally nicknamed ‘Crying Nazi’ is charged with threatening to rape a woman

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Christopher Cantwell sent a series of threatening text messages in bid to uncover information about leader of a far-right group from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36gE0un via IFTTT

Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett puts years of gun safety progress at risk

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Over 145,000 Americans have been killed by guns with Trump in office. If Barrett replaces Ginsburg, gun safety laws and more US lives are endangered from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/340C4nc via IFTTT

Fauci says Florida lifting restrictions on bars and restaurants is 'very concerning'

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling for the United States to "double down" on public health measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic and expressing concern over Florida letting bars and restaurants fully reopen.Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to Good Morning America on Monday after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced last week he would be lifting restrictions on bars and restaurants and allowing them to operate at 100 percent capacity."That is very concerning to me," Fauci told GMA. "We have always said that ... that is something we really need to be careful about, because when you're dealing with community spread, and you have the kind of congregate setting where people get together, particularly without masks, you're really asking for trouble."Fauci went on to say that "now's the time" to "double down" on "common sense" public health measures, while the U.S. is reportin...

Trump’s 2016 Campaign Listed Millions of Black Voters It Wanted to Stop From Voting, Leak Reveals

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LONDON—Over three million Black voters in key states were identified by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign as people they had to persuade to stay at home on Election Day to help him reach the White House.The revelation comes from an enormous data leak obtained by the British news network Channel 4. It shows that, four years ago, the Trump campaign prepared files on almost 200 million American voters and separated some out into eight different categories. One such category, assigned to 3.5 million Black voters, was titled: “Deterrence.”The leaked database was reportedly used by Trump’s digital campaign team, which was critical to Trump’s narrow victory. Channel 4 News has a track record of exposing the unethical practices of Cambridge Analytica—the now-defunct British digital black-ops firm that harvested the Facebook data of tens of millions of voters for the use of Team Trump.The leaked files show that Black Americans were disproportionately marked ‘Deterrence’ by the 2016 campaig...

Moderator Chris Wallace previews first 2020 presidential debate

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'Fox News Sunday' host Chris Wallace joins Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum to discuss his preparation as moderator ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36mxfXY via IFTTT

Ballistics report doesn't support Kentucky AG's claim that Breonna Taylor's boyfriend shot cop

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A Kentucky State Police ballistics report failed to match a bullet that hit a Louisville cop in the thigh to a shot fired by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S61kmm via IFTTT

'Taiwan is Taiwan': China name dispute moves from birds to climate change

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The dispute over international organisations referring to Taiwan as Chinese has moved from wild bird conservation to climate change, after a global alliance of mayors began listing Taiwanese cities as belonging to China on its website. China has ramped up pressure on international groups and companies to refer to democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as being part of China, to the anger of Taiwan's government and many of its people. This month a Taiwan bird conservation body said it had been expelled from a partnership with a British-based wildlife charity after it demanded the Taiwan group change its name and sign documents stating it did not support Taiwan's independence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30bKtD0 via IFTTT

Meng Wanzhou: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row

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The top Huawei executive's closely watched extradition case returns to court on Monday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SaOCTj via IFTTT

Democrats, not Republicans, are hypocrites on filling SCOTUS seat

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Democrats accuse Republicans of being hypocrites in the issue of the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, but it is Democrats who are full of hypocrisy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/362zlMJ via IFTTT

Lindsey Graham: We need a ninth Supreme Court justice, because "the courts will decide" the election

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"The courts will hear all of our complaints," the GOP senator says on "Fox & Friends." "The courts will decide" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3i6HOAT via IFTTT

Mariah Carey calls ex-husband Tommy Mottola a ‘completely controlling father or warden’

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Mariah Carey calls ex-husband Tommy Mottola a ‘completely controlling father or warden’ Mariah Carey has been going down memory lane in a press junket for her upcoming memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah.” via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3kKut2W

Prince George receives special gift from documentarian David Attenborough in new royal family photos

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Prince George receives special gift from documentarian David Attenborough in new royal family photos George, as well as his parents Prince William and Kate Middleton, and his other siblings, Charlotte and Louis, met with the renowned conservationist for an outdoor screening of his new documentary "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet." via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/33cB8gx

Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro

Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro 3 by gjvc | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Investigating TLS Blocking in India

Investigating TLS Blocking in India 9 by ZnZirconium | 0 comments on Hacker News.

It used to be simpler to teach Unix

It used to be simpler to teach Unix 35 by pcr910303 | 27 comments on Hacker News.

Sum-of-Three-Cubes Problem Solved for ‘Stubborn’ Number 33

Sum-of-Three-Cubes Problem Solved for ‘Stubborn’ Number 33 19 by ColinWright | 5 comments on Hacker News.

United States vs. Dread Pirate Roberts (Silk Road) FBI Report (2013) [pdf]

United States vs. Dread Pirate Roberts (Silk Road) FBI Report (2013) [pdf] 7 by ryansiddle | 2 comments on Hacker News.

British Museum to go more than skin deep with Scythian exhibition (2017)

British Museum to go more than skin deep with Scythian exhibition (2017) 4 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus: More than 1,000 New Yorkers test positive in a day for first time since June

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Neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, Queens see an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cxE3TQ via IFTTT

Swiftly spreading wildfire erupts in California's Napa Valley wine country

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A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California's Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hectares), forcing the evacuation of several communities and a hospital, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed the Glass Fire, broke out east of Calistoga, about 75 miles (120 km) north of San Francisco, and raced toward the adjacent towns of Deer Park and St. Helena, with flames advancing to within a mile of the Adventist Health St. Helena hospital. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30b0oS4 via IFTTT

Two People Injured After Driver Speeds Into Southern California Protest

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A man and a woman suffered "major injuries" after the car struck them and were transported to the hospital, but are expected to survive from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3l4LQMb via IFTTT

Fact check: Kentucky attorney general is not married to a relative of Mitch McConnell

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Viral posts on Facebook falsely suggest that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's wife is a niece or granddaughter of the powerful senator. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3486PH4 via IFTTT

Why Democrats probably won't boycott Supreme Court confirmation hearings

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As Democrats try to beat the odds and prevent the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee (almost certainly Amy Coney Barrett) before the November presidential election, some lawmakers and activists have suggested boycotting the Senate Judicary Committee hearings, which are tentatively scheduled for the middle of October. Just don't expect the idea to gain much traction, The Washington Post reports, especially among Democrats who sit on the committee.Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has said he will forego the standard courtesy visit, in which the nominee meets with senators individually, but he does intend to participate in the hearings and he believes "all my Judiciary colleagues will."The risks of skipping out on the hearings seem to outweigh the potential reward, per the Post. If Democrats don't go, Republicans would likely move swiftly though the questioning and toward a committee vote.More specifically, though, a boycott could prevent Sen. K...

Utah family sues police, claiming 'gratuitous violence'

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The family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran from police filed a lawsuit Friday against Salt Lake City and its police department. The family of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal family allege the officers engaged in “gratuitous violence” by shooting at him between 27 and 29 times after he was already on the ground and incapacitated. “Despite the family’s attempts to negotiate, it is apparent that the SLCPD and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office (are) not interested in real reform,” the family’s attorneys wrote in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3j4o4iL via IFTTT

Cars have hit demonstrators 104 times since George Floyd protests began

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Amid thousands of racial justice protests nationwide since George Floyd's death, dozens of drivers have plowed into crowds marching in roadways. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DpfjzL via IFTTT

Warren rips Trump rush to fill RBG seat as "last gasp of a right-wing, billionaire-fueled party"

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"This kind of sleazy double-dealing is the last gasp of a desperate party," Warren said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3j8tIQH via IFTTT

S. Korea calls for N. Korea to further investigate shooting

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South Korea said Saturday it will request North Korea to further investigate the killing of a South Korean government official who was shot by North Korean troops after being found adrift near the rivals’ disputed sea boundary while apparently trying to defect. Seoul could also possibly call for a joint investigation into Tuesday’s shooting, which sparked outrage in the South and drew a rare apology from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim was quoted as saying he was “very sorry” over what he described as an “unexpected, unfortunate incident" in a message sent by Pyongyang's United Front Department, a North Korean government agency in charge of inter-Korean relations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/331dT8X via IFTTT

Three Florida police officers fall ill after 'potential poisoning' on night out

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Investigators await test results to show whether group was drugged from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/335yWqQ via IFTTT

Coronavirus updates: US cases pass 7 million mark; Florida lifts restrictions; America is nowhere near herd immunity

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The U.S. has reported more than 7 million cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, but deaths are projected to almost double by Jan. 1. Latest COVID-19 news. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mTvreT via IFTTT

Kyle Rittenhouse's mom reportedly received a 'standing ovation' from the crowd at a Republican event in Wisconsin

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Kyle Rittenhouse faces multiple felony charges, including homicide, after shooting three people at a Jacob Blake demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S1bhBx via IFTTT

Sole Witness Who Heard Cops Announce Themselves in Breonna Taylor Raid Changed His Story

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This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the bombshell announcement that the cops who fatally shot Breonna Taylor would not be charged with killing her, calling their use of force in the March raid “justified to protect themselves.”In that justification, he said that one witness corroborated the three officers’ insistence that they knocked and identified themselves at Taylor’s Louisville home while executing a search warrant in connection with a narcotics investigation. It contradicted claims from Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenny Walker, and 11 other residents, who said they didn’t hear the cops announce themselves. Instead, Walker thought he was being burglarized and fired a warning shot that triggered a tragic chain of events.But, according to documents and audio obtained by VICE News on Saturday, that sole witness initially told investigators days after the March 13 raid that he didn’t actually hear officers Brett Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove announce th...

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial

Gusty winds may wreak havoc in Northern California wildfire battle

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A ramp up of dry, gusty winds across portions of California has forecasters warning of critical fire danger and power crews in the region preparing for possible electrical shutoffs.Any wildfires that are ongoing or develop in the pattern may be extremely difficult to contain with the anticipated weather conditions. As a result, the use of outdoor power equipment and open flames is strongly discouraged, and residents should be sure to properly dispose of cigarettes and matches.Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced on Friday night that the power might need to be shutoff in portions of 15 counties due to the anticipated conditions, potentially impacting nearly 97,000 customers.Northern California will have gusty east and northeast winds into early next week, including where the largest fires continue to burn, according to AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok. The August, North and Red Salmon Complex fires are among the blazes that have yet to be contained and have ...

Democrat says Republican ad claiming he protects pedophiles is aimed at QAnon followers

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Rep. Tom Malinowski, locked in a tight reelection race, says an attack ad meant to appeal to QAnon sympathizers has been unleashed on him by Republicans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/333oLTN via IFTTT

Louisville protesters faced off with an extremist militia on the 2nd day of unrest following no charges for the police involved in Breonna Taylor's killing

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Protesters in support of Black Lives Matter were met with counter-protesters including an armed extremist anti-government group. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3i1VmO8 via IFTTT

New Mexico Democrats hold up Trump judicial appointments

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New Mexico's Democratic senators have placed the judicial confirmations for two U.S. District Court vacancies on hold until after the Nov. 3 election. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall interrupted the vetting of two possible lifetime appointments in response to a White House news conference — prior to the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18 — in which Trump invoked the president’s authority over hundreds of recent and future federal judicial appointments as a rallying cry to political supporters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mVEgFo via IFTTT

Taiwan's armed forces strain in undeclared war of attrition with China

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited a low-key but critical maintenance base for fighter jet engines on Saturday, offering encouragement as the Chinese-claimed island's armed forces strain in the face of repeated Chinese air force incursions. This month alone, China's drills have included its jets crossing the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait and exercising near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing regards Taiwan as a wayward province and has never renounced the use of force to bring the democratic island under its control. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3j5bsHP via IFTTT

After Donald Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett, Senate now must ask these questions

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Our View: A Supreme Court confirmation fight just 38 days from a presidential election, after denying Merrick Garland hearings in 2016, harms America. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/341tS6j via IFTTT

Louisville police chief under fire for email saying BLM members should be washing her car

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Police chief called protesters ‘woke’ in bitter email to staff last month, causing anger from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mOqkNn via IFTTT

Pakistan PM condemns 'Islamophobic' Charlie Hebdo cartoons

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the fresh publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by a French satirical weekly, urging UN efforts against what he called rising Islamophobia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kPvA18 via IFTTT

Fact check: Joe Biden did not botch the Pledge of Allegiance in speech

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An eight-second clip from a speech purports to illustrate another Joe Biden gaffe. But what is missing is the rest of the speech. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/362OPQQ via IFTTT

Did ex-congressman Ron Paul suffer a stroke on Zoom? Here are telltale signs

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Paul started to slur his speech mid-sentence, which is one of the major signs of a stroke, according to the American Stroke Association. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3czxKPx via IFTTT

Wisconsin Republicans tried to stifle a plan for poll workers to collect absentee ballots in parks across Madison

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Poll workers in Madison, Wisconsin, are expected to allow people to fill out and turn in an absentee ballot at more than 200 parks in the city. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G8W5jl via IFTTT

Louisville cop injured in Breonna Taylor shooting threatens lawsuits over being called 'murderer'

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Jonathan Mattingly was the Louisville police officer who was injured during the Breonna Taylor shooting. He has hired a civil attorney. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HxKMSo via IFTTT

Florida reopens bars and restaurants with no restrictions

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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida was moving into Phase 3 reopening on Friday, lifting all restrictions for restaurants and bars. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33ZlDaO via IFTTT

Cadets among 26 people killed in Ukraine military plane crash

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A total of 26 people, most of them air cadets, have been killed in a military plane crash in Ukraine. Footage of the crash released by officials on social media showed the smouldering remains of the Antonov-26 transport plane. Most of the dead were students of the Kharkiv National Air Force University, the air force said in a statement. There were 27 people on board, 20 cadets and seven crew. On Saturday, the death toll rose after three more bodies were found under the charred remains of the plane and one of the two survivors died in hospital from extensive burns. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the crash as a "terrible tragedy". "We are urgently creating a commission to investigate all the circumstances and causes of the tragedy," he wrote on Facebook. Mr Zelensky visited the only remaining survivor in a military hospital in Kharkiv, posting a picture of the 20-year-old cadet lying in bed with a bandaged head and right arm. He said the cadet, Vyach...