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Coronavirus updates: New tests measure amount of antibodies in blood; Louisiana ravaged twice by virus; cruise crews test positive

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The FDA authorizes the first COVID-19 tests that analyze the amount of antibodies in the blood. Latest COVID-19 news Saturday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3glPtuT via Latest News

Donald Trump claims Anthony Fauci 'wrong' about cause of Covid-19 surge

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President again contradicts his own health expert after doctor highlights troubled US response to virusDonald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on his own top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, arguing against the doctor’s claim that high rates of infection in the US stem from a less aggressive reaction to the virus in terms of economic shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.“Wrong!” countered the president as he retweeted a video of Fauci making the point in recent congressional testimony.Fauci had explained that differentiations between surging US infections and a sharp decrease seen across Europe could be explained by the different reactions to the virus. Fauci said most European countries shut their economies down by 95%, while the US only shut down its economy by half.Trump countered: “We have more cases because we have tested far more than any other country, 60,000,000. If we tested less, there would be less cases. How did Italy, France & Spain do? Now Europe sadly ...

US election 2020: The war hero who could be Biden's running mate

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Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq war veteran and the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/319uW6D via Latest News

A cruise during the pandemic? These Baja, Mexico, ships have fewer than 100 passengers

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Uncruise Adventures, Lindblad Expeditions and others offer charter ship adventures while big-ship cruise travel is on hold. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XfkLvV via Latest News

Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina declare emergencies as Hurricane Isaias hits the Bahamas and barrels toward the east coast

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The governors of Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared an emergency for some counties. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3fhg4YN via Latest News

Union warns of U.S. Postal Service cost cuts as states prepare for mail-in voting

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The head of the country's largest postal worker union warned about the administrative shake-up causing delays as states prepare for mail-in voting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30hFuS3 via Latest News

Dutch court casts doubt on Polish judiciary in drug case

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This is how you play music from any streaming service on your Amazon Echo - CNET

Alexa doesn't always make it easy to play everything you want on your smart speaker, but we found a workaround for some favorite playlists. from CNET https://ift.tt/33ih5xm via Mobiles

Fantasy football 2020: How to play during the uncertainty of a pandemic - CNET

Tips to make sure your league is prepared for an NFL season filled with extra unpredictability. from CNET https://ift.tt/33f2LWw via Mobiles

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Visitors have returned to US vacation spots like Cape Cod, but the virus casts a shadow. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/3fkg624 via Online Shopping

Business News Update BBC

Matt Hitchcock from Singapore takes us through his week during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/30hhgai via Online Shopping

Warframe’s new Heart of Deimos update: release date, new planet, more - Polygon

Warframe’s new Heart of Deimos update: release date, new planet, more    Polygon Warframe's developers let its community design its next warframe and they created a Frankenstein monster    PC Gamer TennoCon 2020: Full Schedule And How To Watch    GameSpot Warframe dev on working from home, Necramechs and the wild new Helminth system    Eurogamer.net The 7 weirdest things coming in Warframe's grotesque new open world    PC Gamer View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Drc8rn via Technology

Battletoads launches August 20 - Gematsu

Battletoads launches August 20    Gematsu Maybe this release date trailer will sell you on Battletoads    Destructoid Xbox Games With Gold: August 2020's First Free Games Available Now    GameSpot Battletoads Are Back This August After 26 Years Since Their Last Game    Geek Culture What is Dual Entitlement? EA's PS5 and Xbox Series X feature explained    TechRadar View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3jWkOqt via Technology

New Disclosures Confirm: Trump Himself Was the Target of Obama Administration’s Russia Probe

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Long-sought documents finally pried from U.S. intelligence agencies prove that the Obama administration used the occasion of providing a standard intelligence briefing for major-party candidates as an opportunity to investigate Donald Trump on suspicion of being a Russian asset.I say investigate Donald Trump advisedly.As I contended in Ball of Collusion, my book on the Trump-Russia investigation, the target of the probe spearheaded by the FBI -- but greenlighted by the Obama White House, and abetted by the Justice Department and U.S. intelligence agencies -- was Donald Trump. Not the Trump campaign, not the Trump administration. Those were of interest only insofar as they were vehicles for Trump himself. The campaign, which the Bureau and its apologists risibly claim was the focus of the investigation, would have been of no interest to them were it not for Trump.Or do you suppose they moved heaven and earth, surreptitiously plotted in the Oval Office, wrote CYA memos to cover their tra...

Judge bans Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers from identifying alleged victims for fear they may be harassed and drop out of case

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The judge presiding over the Ghislaine Maxwell case has banned her lawyers from publicly naming abuse victims involved in the lawsuit.US District Judge Alison J Nathan ruled that Ms Maxwell’s attorneys cannot reveal the names of the individuals accusing her of sexual crimes in the course of her work for infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hVRjmU via Latest News

‘We don’t need someone distracted with Twitter’: Ilhan Omar fights off tough primary challenge

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The Minnesota freshman and "Squad" member faces criticism that she’s too divisive to effectively represent her district. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gvCXJi via Latest News

Fool's Gold Has a Purpose After All

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Pyrite: not totally useless! from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3flTiyR via Latest News

Hurricane Heads for Florida—Just as Coronavirus Deaths Hit New Record

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As Florida struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has killed at least 7,000 residents, state officials are now scrambling to deal with another dueling disaster gaining momentum: Hurricane Isaias. “It’s just another thing to add to the torture,” Inez Cruz, a teacher in Palm Beach County, told the Washington Post. “It’s another worry on top of what we already had.”While Isaias weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said the natural disaster is expected to regain hurricane strength as it approaches Florida. It is estimated to make landfall in southeast Florida late Saturday or early Sunday as a Category 1 storm after drawing strength from the warmer waters in the Gult Stream. After battering Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the center of the now Category 1 hurricane hit the Bahamas Saturday afternoon. Maximum sustained winds increased to 8o mph, snapping trees and knocking out power. Estimations, however, show the hurr...

Small children carry high amounts of virus; safely opening colleges will be a challenge

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While COVID-19 viral loads have been shown to be similar in children and adults, a new study finds the youngest children - those under age five - carry particularly large amounts of the coronavirus in the nose and throat. Researchers in Chicago tested swab samples from 145 individuals ages one month to 65 years with mild to moderate COVID-19. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CXlECL via Latest News

Former U.S. Ambassador Labels Pompeo Speech on China a ‘Psychotic Rant’ in Interview with Chinese Propaganda Outlet

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Charles "Chas" Freeman, a veteran U.S. diplomat who served in East Asia and as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, slammed a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a "psychotic rant" in an interview Wednesday with a Chinese propaganda outlet.In his July 23 speech at the Nixon Presidential Library, Pompeo said, "Securing our freedoms from the Chinese Communist Party is the mission of our time, and America is perfectly positioned to lead it because our founding principles give us that opportunity."The U.S. is upping its hostility toward China "as outlined in Pompeo's psychotic rant of last Thursday," Freeman told Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday. "China policy is now made by notable anti-China elements, who will have agreed with the many falsehoods and distortions of Pompeo's rhetoric."Freeman has a long history of service in the State Department, and he was President Nixon's Chinese interpreter during his visit to C...