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Suspect in Portland Beating Turns Himself in

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The suspect in the beating of a truck driver in downtown Portland turned himself in Friday morning, police said.Marquise Love, 25, turned himself into police and is being held on $260,000 bail at Multnomah County Detention Center. He is accused of felony assault, coercion, and rioting.“I am pleased the suspect in this case turned himself in and appreciate all of the efforts to facilitate this safe resolution,” Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said in a statement on Friday.A crowd of rioters in downtown Portland beat a man unconscious Sunday night after dragging him from his truck, video footage of the incident shows. Police on Tuesday identified Love as the man who delivered a running kick to the head from behind to the man, identified by his family as Adam Haner, as he sat in the street already beaten by the rioters.The crowd surrounded Haner’s white truck around 10:30 p.m. near where he crashed into a light pole downtown. At least one individual punched him ...

California 'dream house,' decades in the making, is in ashes

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When he closes his eyes at night, Hank Hanson hears sirens in his dreams -- a byproduct of living nearly 30 years in the wildfire-prone wilderness of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento. “It started pouring toward us like a waterfall,” Hanson, 81, said. The fire was one of the more than 500 wildfires ignited across California this week from what state firefighting officials are calling a “lightning siege” — summer thunderstorms that produce little or no rain but have prompted nearly 12,000 lightening strikes across sun-scorched terrain. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3l9DVxP via Latest News

All the top Republicans who say they won't vote for Trump in 2020

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From President George W. Bush to Sen. Mitt Romney, many within Trump's party have said they will under no conditions support Trump's reelection bid. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gmF4hG via Latest News

Ex-CIA chief John Brennan interviewed for 8 hours as part of Durham's review of Russia probe

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Brennan was told he isn't under criminal investigation, according to his spokesman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QcvfZc via Latest News

Apple says WordPress doesn't have to add in-app purchases - CNET

A WordPress developer had tweeted that Apple was going to cut off updates to the open-source iOS app unless it committed to supporting in-app purchases. from CNET https://ift.tt/3j6AqWW via Mobiles

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President Donald Trump ordered Americans to stop doing business with the popular Chinese video app. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/3hkHhvu via Online Shopping

Eye doctor shares ways to prevent vision problems as virtual learning becomes new norm - Alabama's News Leader

Eye doctor shares ways to prevent vision problems as virtual learning becomes new norm    Alabama's News Leader from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Qdej4W via Technology

Senegal port seeks removal of 2,700 tonnes of chemical that caused Beirut blast

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The port of Senegal’s capital Dakar on Thursday said it had requested the removal of around 2,700 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate stored in its complex - the same volume of the chemical that caused Beirut’s devastating port blast this month. The unidentified owner of the stockpile has found a warehouse to store the industrial chemical outside the city, according to the general directorate of the port, which sits next to Dakar’s densely populated downtown. “He is currently working with the environment ministry to obtain approval to urgently remove this cargo,” it said in a statement that did not say how long the port had stored the goods destined for Mali. The port strictly adheres to international rules for the management and storage of dangerous materials, it said. Beirut’s port had held 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate for six years without safety measures, before they detonated on August 4, killing more than 150 people, injuring thousands and leaving about a quarter of a...

Four years later, Republican senators admit, "yes, Trump conspired with the Russians"

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The Trump-Putin election scheming is laid out in the Republican-led Intelligence Committee’s 1,000-page report from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hfD6RH via Latest News

Tropical Storm Laura shifts south, leaving most of Florida outside the projected path

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The race to become Tropical Storm Laura goes to tropical depression 13, a system pointed toward the Bahamas and South Florida as a Category 1 hurricane late in the weekend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34hSqtv via Latest News

China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells

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China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said on Saturday. China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine - a first in China - could speed up large-scale production, the city government of Chengdu said in a notice on social media WeChat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aZ7iOR via Latest News

'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019

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High temperatures saw Greenland lose enough ice to cover the US state of California in more than four feet of water in 2019 alone, a study which suggests the island lost a million tonnes of ice for every minute of the year has said.After two years in which the land masses’ summer ice melt had been negligible, satellite measurements have suggested an excessively hot 2019 saw the loss of 586 billion tons of ice melt from the island. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31m3fbO via Latest News

2 tropical storms a potential double threat to Gulf Coast

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Tropical Storms Laura and Marco are projected to reach the Gulf Coast at or near hurricane force, with the current track taking them to Texas or Louisiana. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CQuP7T via Latest News

Maduro insists a Venezuelan airline evacuate Americans, a ‘non-starter’ in Washington

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The U.S. has offered private direct and indirect flights to evacuate Americans. Maduro wants to use Venezuela’s sanctioned airline. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FNn2J5 via Latest News

Hit by virus surge, Hong Kong offers free tests to everyone

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California wildfires: At least five dead as thousands more evacuated from their homes

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Five people have died, two are still missing and tens of thousands more are at risk of losing their homes as dozens of wildfires rip through Northern California.A further 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured during across several counties in the state, as fire services have struggled to contain more than 20 separate blazes sparked by lightning strikes during a heatwave. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gh33io via Latest News

Judge: Indiana can't reject absentee ballots for signatures without informing voter

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A federal judge says Indiana voters must be informed and allowed to contest if their signature is not found to match on their absentee ballot. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ElVo5l via Latest News

Portland man arrested in beating near Black Lives Matter protests

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Marquise Love had been sought since police identified him earlier this week as suspect in the Sunday night attack by a group of people on Adam Haner, who had crashed his pick-up truck near the protests. The beating came during rising tensions between left and right-wing protesters that have roiled downtown Portland each night for nearly three months following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in police custody. President Donald Trump called the demonstrations in Portland "crazy" on Friday, as he said cities run by Democrats had become lawless and chaotic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gjqh7u via Latest News

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

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As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remote learning is worth the full cost. Disputes are flaring both at colleges that announced weeks ago they would stick with virtual instruction and at those that only recently lost hope of reopening their campuses. Among the latest schools facing pressure to lower tuition are Michigan State University and Ithaca College, which scrapped plans to reopen after seeing other colleges struggle to contain coronavirus outbreaks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hjDK0E via Latest News

QAnon: Senior Republican says there is 'no place' for right-wing conspiracy theory in GOP

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House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has condemned the QAnon, saying there is “no room” for the conspiracy theory in the Republican party.In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Mr McCarthy, Republican representative for California’s 23rd district, was asked whether he was worried about candidates who have won primaries who were affiliated with groups like QAnon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hk66rz via Latest News