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Police in Australia won their Supreme Court bid to stop a Black Lives Matter protest

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The protest was blocked after police raised concerns that it would "breach public health orders" and lead to a spike in coronavirus infections. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gedcgs via Latest News

India's PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, according to the trust overseeing the temple construction. The ceremony is set for Aug. 5, a date organizers said was astrologically auspicious for Hindus but that also marks a year since the Indian Parliament revoked the semi-autonomous status of its only Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3f3Tt1G via Latest News

12 people infected with the coronavirus were falsely told they'd tested negative — and at least one was hospitalized

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Kevin Evans, a Delaware resident who was told he was negative on July 21, was hospitalized two days later after vomiting and falling unconscious. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BvWvy5 via Latest News

Self-replicating Chernobyl mold could protect the ISS from space radiation - CNET

Radiation shields made from living organisms could help us head deeper into the cosmos. from CNET https://ift.tt/30OIuUT via Mobiles

Rick and Morty drops new mini episode set in Tokyo - CNET

The latest special episode comes from Tower of God director Takashi Sano. from CNET https://ift.tt/2ZZCols via Mobiles

Senate's new $1,200 stimulus check reveal for Monday: Everything we know - CNET

The Senate is expected to lay out its plans for a second direct payment. But the suggested legislation raises many questions and is far from finalized. from CNET https://ift.tt/3hEqUd3 via Mobiles

Justice League on HBO Max: Superman's black suit, first teaser, more - CNET

Zack Snyder is the gift who keeps on giving, with more footage from his version of Justice League. Here's everything we know. from CNET https://ift.tt/3jEfJ5U via Mobiles

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Research suggests listed companies do better when women fill more than one in three executive roles. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2OZ1dre via Online Shopping

Trump's new 'somber tone' on the coronavirus isn't a reversal of his denial of the seriousness of the pandemic — it's a realization that denial could cost him the election

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"It's the last season of 'The Apprentice,' we've got 100 days left and the reality TV star just got mugged by reality," Rahm Emanuel told NYT. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZZSj2Y via Latest News

Hurricane Douglas bears down on Hawaii, residents taking it in stride

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Evacuations in Texas as Hurricane Hanna intensifies before making landfall

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A hurricane developing near Texas has prompted evacuations and emergency warnings from local officials as the storm was expected to bring flash flooding and life-threatening storm surges to a region badly hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic.Storm Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, was forecast to make landfall on the Texas coast on Saturday, threatening one of the nation's Covid-19 hot spots. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OT5AnT via Latest News

A woman accidentally injured 3 members of her armed militia in a shooting at a Breonna Taylor protest in Louisville

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Three members were rushed to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries after a trainee from the militia accidentally fired her weapon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30LEmFf via Latest News

Putin attends naval parade, promises new ships to navy

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President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships and vessels this year, as he attended a naval parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday marking the Navy Day in Russia. The parade in St. Petersburg and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 46 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to “demonstrate the growing power of our navy,” Putin said Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30QwphM via Latest News

Refugee who volunteered at French cathedral confesses to setting blaze, lawyer says

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A Rwandan refugee who volunteered as a warden at France's 15th-century Nantes cathedral has confessed to setting the blaze that gutted its interior a week ago, his lawyer said on Sunday. "With these confessions, there's a kind of relief: it's someone who is scared, who is somehow overwhelmed," his lawyer, Quentin Chabert, told a news conference on Sunday. The July 18 blaze engulfed the inside of the Gothic structure of the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, destroying its grand organ, stained-glass windows and a painting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BuBAeK via Latest News

U.S. Supreme Court turns down church challenge to Nevada pandemic rules

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By a 5-4 vote, the justices denied a request by Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley in rural Nevada for an interim order that would have allowed it to host services for about 90 congregants. Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a dissent that Nevada was discriminating against religious groups in favor of casinos, which under Governor Steve Sisolak's reopening plans do not face the same 50-person limit on indoor gatherings. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39sPBpZ via Latest News

A lawyer who helps ultra-wealthy families get secondary citizenships says business is booming in 2020 — and not just because of the coronavirus

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Wealthy Americans are already looking to the election and are prepared to "vote with their feet" if taxes go up. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32TOjDa via Latest News

Hawaii avoided a coronavirus spike – but its tourist economy is shattered

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Its remote setting and a decision to shut down helped keep cases fairly low, but unemployment soared. What next?The Sheraton Waikiki stands just a sea-smooth pebble throw from one of Hawaii’s most famous beaches. Working the front desk, Jordyn Wallace loved meeting new people from different states and faraway countries in one of the world’s most beautiful holiday destinations.Like many Hawaiians, Wallace has been working in tourism since she graduated high school five years ago, and started her front-desk job in December. Then the pandemic came and Wallace lost her job, as Hawaii was forced to make a literally life-changing decision: close down to stop Covid-19 and weather an economic maelstrom unseen in decades.On 21 March Hawaii’s governor David Ige announced all visitors to the islands must quarantine for 14 days. The flip-flopped travelers disappeared. Stores and restaurants began to close under state shutdown orders. Wallace had her hours dramatically cut, only working a few shift...

Transcript: Nancy Pelosi on "Face the Nation"

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The following is a transcript of an interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that aired Sunday, July 26, 2020, on "Face the Nation." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3g1Iqr7 via Latest News

Viewpoint from Sudan - where black people are called slaves

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The use of racial slurs in Sudan shows how deeply entrenched racism is there, writes Zeinab Mohammed Salih. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30QV8mc via Latest News

Who was Edmund Pettus? Selma bridge got its name from Confederate general, KKK leader

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It became an iconic site of in the battle for equality, but the Edmund Pettus Bridge is named after a former Confederate general and KKK leader. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eZntfb via Latest News