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A man was found camping out on Disney World's abandoned Discovery Island park during coronavirus shutdown. He told police he didn't know he was trespassing.

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Richard McGuire, 42, was arrested on Thursday after security found him on Walt Disney World's Discovery Island. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2W11a2J via Latest News

U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl's parents challenge freeing of his convicted killers

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Slain U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl's parents have petitioned to the Pakistani Supreme Court seeking to overturn a ruling that freed four men who had been convicted in 2002 of involvement in his killing, their lawyer said on Saturday. "We're standing up for justice, not only for our son, but for all our dear friends in Pakistan so they can live in a society free of violence and terrorism," Pearl's father Judea said in an emotional video message posted on Twitter. Islamist militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a Briton of Pakistani origin who was sentenced to death in 2002 for masterminding Pearl's murder, had his sentence commuted last month and three of his aides who had been sentenced to life in prison were acquitted for lack of evidence by a high court in the southern port city of Karachi. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aXZBqv via Latest News

"I'm starving now": World faces unprecedented hunger crisis

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There's "a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the virus itself," says the U.N. food agency's chief. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Wkw84D via Latest News

Pence's office is selectively retaliating against reporters who disclosed its Mayo Clinic mask warning

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Vice President Mike Pence wore a mask at a ventilator plant in Indiana on Thursday, two days after he was criticized for flouting the Mayo Clinic's rules by declining to wear facial covering. But for some reason, Pence's office seems to want to keep the story alive.Karen Pence assured Fox News on Thursday that her husband had not been informed of the mandatory mask policy until after the Mayo tour concluded. This contradicted a since-deleted tweet from the Mayo Clinic, and two reporters tweeted after Karen Pence's interview that the vice president's office had informed them a day earlier about the Mayo Clinic's policy.> All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly. https://t.co/LFqh27LusD> > — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 30, 2020> also, everyone in the entire Mayo Clinic had a mask on, everyone, and we were all told the day befor...

Kim Jong-un: Trump 'glad' about reappearance of North Korean leader

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The reported appearance came after weeks of speculation over the North Korean leader's health. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2W1ftEt via Latest News

Kim Jong-un appears in public, North Korean state media report

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The reported appearance comes amid speculation over the North Korean leader's health. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bV4dip via Latest News

A woman fell 115-feet to her death after posing for a cliffside photo to celebrate the end of a lockdown

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Tour guide Olesya Suspitsyna, from Kazakhstan, died after slipping on grass and falling off a cliff in the Duden Park in Antalya, Turkey. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WoccOa via Latest News

Mountain gorillas in Africa on lockdown amid coronavirus

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With respiratory infections being the second leading cause of death among gorillas, doctors with Democratic Republic of Congo nonprofit group, Gorilla Doctors, are on high alert. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3b0Oxsq via Latest News

McConnell Was Warned D.C. Hadn’t Hit COVID Benchmarks Prior to Reconvening Senate

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At least one official with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) office was on a call last week with the Capitol’s attending physician during which that physician, Dr. Brian Monahan, said Washington, D.C. had not yet cleared coronavirus-related benchmarks needed to safely reopen. According to two sources familiar with the call, McConnell’s chief of staff, Sharon Soderstrom, stressed to individuals on the call that they should take seriously the likelihood that the Majority Leader would reconvene the Senate on May 4 even amid the pandemic. A third source who was informed of the call’s exchanges confirmed that account.Despite Monahan’s warnings, McConnell did just that, telling lawmakers this week that they would be called back next Monday.McConnell has defended his position by noting that the government is asking and demanding a host of essential workers to remain on the job during the spread of coronavirus and, therefore, that federal lawmakers should be prepared to do th...

Venezuela prison riot death toll rises to 47

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The death toll from a prison riot in western Venezuela has risen to at least 47, with 75 wounded, an opposition politician and prisoners' rights group said Saturday. "At the moment we have been able to confirm 47 dead and 75 wounded," deputy Maria Beatriz Martinez, elected from Portuguesa state where the Los Llanos prison is located, told AFP. The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) rights group also gave the same tally, calling the violence a "massacre," and both confirmed that all of the dead were detainees. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WoeXiH via Latest News

Coronavirus: Immigration detention centres in crisis

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There are Covid-19 outbreaks in supply-strapped detention centres across the US. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VSwYq8 via Latest News

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits near Puerto Rico

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The quake caused damage in the city of Ponce and other southern towns on Saturday morning. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VTYKTf via Latest News

Trump news: President claims to have saved 'thousands of lives' as he revises down predictions of death toll

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Donald Trump's new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first press briefing on Friday after more than 400 days without a scheduled press briefing by the Trump administration.The last briefing was held by Sarah Sanders in March 2019, though the president has held his own free-wheeling briefings through the coronavirus pandemic and reporters scramble to get statements during Oval Office visits. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KNTQko via Latest News

States reopen theaters, restaurants amid coronavirus outbreak as experts warn of second wave

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Texas reopens restaurants, Utah reopens salons. As several states lift coronavirus restrictions, many warn of a second wave if social distancing ends too soon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35pDCY0 via Latest News

Secret Service paid $33,000 to Trump's D.C. hotel to guard Mnuchin while he lived there

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In 2017, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent several months living in a suite at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., with the Secret Service paying more than $33,000 to rent the adjoining room in order to screen his packages and visitors, three people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. Billing records show the Secret Service was charged $242 per night, which at the time was the maximum rate federal agencies were typically allowed to pay for a room. The room was rented for 137 nights, and the final bill, footed by taxpayers, was $33,154. Mnuchin stayed at the hotel while looking for a home to purchase in Washington. A Treasury Department spokesperson told the Post Mnuchin paid for his suite with his own money, and was able to negotiate a discounted rate.When asked by the Post if Mnuchin considered how much it would cost taxpayers to have the Secret Service rent a hotel room for an extended period of time, the spokesperson said, "The secretary was ...

Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?

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BBC News examines allegations that the coronavirus was accidentally released from a lab. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KahU0n via Latest News

'Murder hornets' in Washington state threaten bees and whip up media swarm

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Asian giant hornet, which became more active in the state in April, is the world’s largest and can kill humans with multiple stings * Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease Researchers and citizens in Washington state are on a careful hunt for invasive “murder hornets”, after the insect made its first appearance in the US.The Asian giant hornet is the world’s largest and can kill humans. But it is most dangerous for the European honeybee, which is defenseless in the face of the hornet’s spiky mandibles, long stinger and potent venom.Washington state verified four reports of Asian giant hornets in two north-western cities in December. The species becomes more active in April, prompting local officials to invite the public to help beekeepers by creating their own hornet traps.“It’s a shockingly large hornet,” Todd Murray, Washington State University Extension entomologist and invasive species specialist, said in a statement. “It’s a health hazard, and more importa...

19 best Animal Crossing: New Horizons tips: Real vs. fake art, befriending villagers and more - CNET

How to help identity Redd's rake or fake art, visitors to your island and more ways to make the most of Nintendo's hit game. from CNET https://ift.tt/2KW7gLj via Mobiles

iPhone SE vs. iPhone 8 comparison: Which $400 iPhone should you get? - CNET

Some retailers are still selling the iPhone 8 despite Apple discontinuing the device. But you should just get the new iPhone SE instead. from CNET https://ift.tt/3bYDYr3 via Mobiles

OnePlus 8 Pro: OnePlus confirms that the black crush issue is a hardware defect, offers replacements - Notebookcheck.net

OnePlus 8 Pro: OnePlus confirms that the black crush issue is a hardware defect, offers replacements    Notebookcheck.net OnePlus Gives Us a Date for Our Most Wanted Software Feature    Droid Life OnePlus 8/8 Pro: no green display anymore with OxygenOS 10.5.6    Gizchina.com OnePlus 8 is getting an always-on display    Tom's Guide New OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro updates are trying to fix more issues    PhoneArena View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2xtW31t via Technology