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Detained Uighur Muslims are sitting ducks for the coronavirus. China must close the camps.
14 Feb 10:00 • 1 article
Detained Uighur Muslims are sitting ducks for the coronavirus. China must close the camps.
An epidemic is spreading across China. It's only a matter of time before the virus hits innocent people in China's crowded concentration camps.
14 Feb 10:00 • Yahoo • 7097669636938007534.htmlJustice Department Won’t Charge Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe in Lying Case
14 Feb 17:37 • 1 article
Justice Department Won’t Charge Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe in Lying Case
The Justice Department has told lawyers for former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe that they will not charge him with a crime, according to his spokesperson. “At long last, justice has been done in this matter,” his lawyers said in a statement. Justice Department officials told them in a letter and
14 Feb 17:37 • Yahoo • 7097669638232773705.htmlTennessee Republicans worry women will go on tampon-buying frenzy
14 Feb 11:00 • 1 article
Tennessee Republicans worry women will go on tampon-buying frenzy
During an annual three-day holiday, shoppers are allowed to buy computers and clothing tax-free, but a proposal to include tampons has gotten pushbackWomen can’t be trusted around tax-free tampons. If you cut the price of menstrual products they’re bound to go tampon-mad and buy boxes of the stuff, just
14 Feb 11:00 • Yahoo • 7097669638354469253.htmlBernie Sanders enjoys major poll boosts as Warren told 'endorse Bernie already'
14 Feb 09:53 • 1 article
Bernie Sanders enjoys major poll boosts as Warren told 'endorse Bernie already'
Polls have put Bernie Sanders on track to win the democratic nomination and the presidency with a groundswell of independent support according to a new poll, released amid calls for progressive rival Elizabeth Warren to drop out of the race.Mr Sanders had previously remained firmly in second to presumptive
14 Feb 09:53 • Yahoo • 7097669637499809847.htmlThe casino hub of Macau will give residents money to keep its economy going during the coronavirus pandemic
14 Feb 15:35 • 1 article
The casino hub of Macau will give residents money to keep its economy going during the coronavirus pandemic
Macau recently shut down its casinos, the city's primary industry. It has stemmed an outbreak of the coronavirus and hopes to keep the economy afloat.
14 Feb 15:35 • Yahoo • 7097669638764615285.htmlTrump has already tweeted about Barr's interview complaining about his tweets
14 Feb 14:21 • 1 article
Trump has already tweeted about Barr's interview complaining about his tweets
President Trump has a message for Attorney General William Barr: I will never log off.Barr in a rare rebuke of Trump on Thursday criticized the president's tweets about Department of Justice cases in an interview with ABC News, begging him to knock them off because they're making his job difficult
14 Feb 14:21 • Yahoo • 7097669637294309223.htmlPete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends
14 Feb 11:15 • 1 article
Pete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends
Buttigieg’s abysmal poll numbers with black voters aren’t a coincidence. He has made almost no effort to reach them While Pete Buttigieg might feel pretty good about effectively tying with Bernie Sanders in Iowa – the votes are still being counted – and landing in second place in New Hampshire, Democrats
14 Feb 11:15 • Yahoo • 7097669638071530320.htmlSociety 1383
Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus outbreak
18 Feb 12:19 • 1 article
Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak.
18 Feb 12:19 • Reuters • 8334514181181216273.htmlShelterless Syrians burn refuse for warmth in bitter Idlib winter
16 Feb 11:36 • 1 article
Shelterless Syrians burn refuse for warmth in bitter Idlib winter
AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - Families fleeing air strikes and advancing troops in Syria’s Idlib province are sleeping rough in streets and olive groves, and burning toxic bundles of rubbish to stay warm in the biting winter weather, aid workers say.
16 Feb 11:36 • Reuters • 8334514179717439000.htmlAttackers kill 31 in Mali village, after massacre last year at same site
15 Feb 11:01 • 1 article
Attackers kill 31 in Mali village, after massacre last year at same site
BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed on Friday in an attack on a village that was the scene last year of Mali’s worst civilian massacre in recent memory, the government said.
15 Feb 11:01 • Reuters • 8334514180172597677.htmlNew York Mayor de Blasio endorses Sanders in 2020 Democratic race
15 Feb 10:21 • 1 article
New York Mayor de Blasio endorses Sanders in 2020 Democratic race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Friday, the Sanders campaign said.
15 Feb 10:21 • Reuters • 8334514181074068436.htmlDOJ Declines to Pursue Criminal Charges against Andrew McCabe
14 Feb 17:43 • 1 article
DOJ Declines to Pursue Criminal Charges against Andrew McCabe
The Justice Department on Friday informed legal counsel for former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe that it would not seek to file criminal charges against McCabe over his misleading federal investigators in connection with a 2016 press leak."Based on the totality of the circumstances and all of
14 Feb 17:43 • Yahoo • 7097669638460631811.htmlGiuliani claims he can 'prove' a 'Democratic scam' in Ukraine with iPad full of 'reports' he never actually shares
14 Feb 15:21 • 1 article
Giuliani claims he can 'prove' a 'Democratic scam' in Ukraine with iPad full of 'reports' he never actually shares
Rudy Giuliani has a fresh crop of claims about Democrats' dealings in Ukraine — an iPad full of "proof" he won't let anyone else see.The former New York City mayor made a Fox Business appearance on Thursday night to push any corruption in Ukraine on Democrats' shoulders. "They
14 Feb 15:21 • Yahoo • 7097669638508049192.htmlWarren Claims Bloomberg’s ‘Redlining’ Comments Should Disqualify Him from Presidential Race
14 Feb 14:47 • 1 article
Warren Claims Bloomberg’s ‘Redlining’ Comments Should Disqualify Him from Presidential Race
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Thursday took direct aim at fellow 2020 contender Michael Bloomberg, saying the former New York City mayor should not be the Democratic nominee because of comments he made several years ago blaming the 2008 housing crisis on banks abandoning racially
14 Feb 14:47 • Yahoo • 7097669637303800816.htmlEconomy 936
Amazon, Flipkart seek rollback of new Indian tax on online sellers
16 Feb 16:49 • 1 article
Amazon, Flipkart seek rollback of new Indian tax on online sellers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on third-party sellers on their platforms, saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling industry, according to documents seen by Reuters.
16 Feb 16:49 • Reuters • 8334514181462309059.htmlInvestors welcome Poland's decision to freeze last coal-fueled plant project
15 Feb 12:01 • 1 article
Investors welcome Poland's decision to freeze last coal-fueled plant project
WARSAW (Reuters) - Shares in Polish state-run utilities Energa and Enea gained on Friday after they froze financing of their joint project to build 1 a GW coal-fueled power unit, citing difficulties raising funds due to environmental concerns.
15 Feb 12:01 • Reuters • 8334514180381853907.htmlThe casino hub of Macau will give residents money to keep its economy going during the coronavirus pandemic
14 Feb 15:35 • 1 article
The casino hub of Macau will give residents money to keep its economy going during the coronavirus pandemic
Macau recently shut down its casinos, the city's primary industry. It has stemmed an outbreak of the coronavirus and hopes to keep the economy afloat.
14 Feb 15:35 • Yahoo • 7097669638764615285.htmlLabor Unions Need All the Help They Can Get
14 Feb 14:00 • 1 article
Labor Unions Need All the Help They Can Get
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The House of Representatives just passed an interesting bill dealing with organized labor. Known as the Protect the Right to Organize Act, the bill would ban states from enacting so-called right-to-work laws. It would make it illegal for employers to permanently replace striking
14 Feb 14:00 • Yahoo • 7097669638876431325.htmlRising in Polls, Bloomberg Will Soon Find Out If Support Is Real
14 Feb 13:56 • 1 article
Rising in Polls, Bloomberg Will Soon Find Out If Support Is Real
(Bloomberg) -- Michael Bloomberg entered the Democratic presidential race late and tore up the traditional playbook on the theory that he would emerge as the centrist alternative if Joe Biden faltered and a progressive was surging.So far, that plan is holding up.Biden is down, Bernie Sanders is up and
14 Feb 13:56 • Yahoo • 7097669638218337299.htmlBelarus leader says Russia insists on merging the two states
14 Feb 13:02 • 1 article
Belarus leader says Russia insists on merging the two states
The president of Belarus said Friday that Russia insisted on merging the two states during last week's talks on further integrating the countries' economies. As negotiations on closer ties stalled, Russia halted oil supplies to Belarus and Lukashenko repeatedly accused the Kremlin of pushing
14 Feb 13:02 • Yahoo • 7097669637522174865.htmlPete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends
14 Feb 11:15 • 1 article
Pete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends
Buttigieg’s abysmal poll numbers with black voters aren’t a coincidence. He has made almost no effort to reach them While Pete Buttigieg might feel pretty good about effectively tying with Bernie Sanders in Iowa – the votes are still being counted – and landing in second place in New Hampshire, Democrats
14 Feb 11:15 • Yahoo • 7097669638071530320.htmlTechnology 920
After first death, Japan pledges more containment effort; cases increase
15 Feb 08:42 • 1 article
After first death, Japan pledges more containment effort; cases increase
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday vowed to step up testing and efforts to contain the spread of a new coronavirus after suffering its first death and finding new cases, including a doctor and at least one taxi driver, in different parts of the country.
15 Feb 08:42 • Reuters • 8334514181078478255.htmlGermany Munich Security Conference
14 Feb 15:39 • 1 article
Germany Munich Security Conference
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed Friday to an audience in Germany for countries to steer clear of Chinese tech giant Huawei as they build their next-generation cellular networks, adding her voice to pressure from the Trump administration. “China is seeking to export its digital autocracy through
14 Feb 15:39 • Yahoo • 7097669637279916670.htmlCould Iran Take Down This Plane in a War with Trump?
14 Feb 14:03 • 1 article
Could Iran Take Down This Plane in a War with Trump?
Iran maintains numerous SAM systems imported from the United States and Europe half a century ago, but lacks access to spare parts and new missiles.
14 Feb 14:03 • Yahoo • 7097669638456621060.htmlTrump's latest possible quid pro quo involves New York, airport travel, and his tax returns
14 Feb 10:00 • 1 article
Trump's latest possible quid pro quo involves New York, airport travel, and his tax returns
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) visited President Trump on Thursday afternoon to try and negotiate the reversal of his administration's new ban on New Yorkers participating in the Global Entry and "trusted traveler" programs, which ease border crossings and airport security lines for enrolled
14 Feb 10:00 • Yahoo • 7097669638723934506.htmlWorld War II Taught The Air Force Why Flying Tanks Are King
14 Feb 10:00 • 1 article
World War II Taught The Air Force Why Flying Tanks Are King
America's B-25G was the first, but it wouldn't be the last.
14 Feb 10:00 • Yahoo • 7097669638394774391.htmlDid William Barr Throw Down the Gauntlet?
14 Feb 13:15 • 1 article
Did William Barr Throw Down the Gauntlet?
Or was it just a performance?
14 Feb 13:15 • NY Times • 1961078288152552082.htmlTrump’s Policy on New York’s ‘Trusted Travelers’ Is Unconstitutional
14 Feb 10:00 • 1 article
Trump’s Policy on New York’s ‘Trusted Travelers’ Is Unconstitutional
People should never be punished for things they haven’t done.
14 Feb 10:00 • NY Times • 1961078287908148515.htmlSports 1035
Latest Updates on Wuhan's Deadly Coronavirus
18 Feb 08:40 • 1 article
Latest Updates on Wuhan's Deadly Coronavirus
The impact and infections of the Wuhan coronavirus are spreading rapidly each day, here is a comprehensive list of the latest news on the outbreak.
18 Feb 08:40 • Interesting Engineering • 7328942541836871597.htmlMan City banned from European competition for two seasons by UEFA
15 Feb 15:45 • 1 article
Man City banned from European competition for two seasons by UEFA
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - English champions Manchester City have been banned from European competition for the next two seasons and fined 30 million euros ($32.53 million) by European soccer’s governing body UEFA after an investigation into alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
15 Feb 15:45 • Reuters • 8334514180550187352.htmlNo One Can Kill The A-10 Warthog, Not Even The U.S. Military
14 Feb 11:00 • 1 article
No One Can Kill The A-10 Warthog, Not Even The U.S. Military
Congress wants this plane to live forever.
14 Feb 11:00 • Yahoo • 7097669638649972113.htmlNL MVP Cody Bellinger says Astros' Jose Altuve stole 2017 AL MVP from Aaron Judge
14 Feb 17:11 • 1 article
NL MVP Cody Bellinger says Astros' Jose Altuve stole 2017 AL MVP from Aaron Judge
Reigning NL MVP Cody Bellinger didn't hold back when commenting about the Astros' sign-stealing methods and ensuing apologies, saying the owner's comments were "weak" and expressing that Jose Altuve "stole an MVP" from Aaron Judge.
14 Feb 17:11 • ESPN.com • 7331508222359792191.htmlZoo names baby giraffe after LSU QB Joe Burrow
14 Feb 17:01 • 1 article
Zoo names baby giraffe after LSU QB Joe Burrow
A baby giraffe born at the Baton Rouge Zoo will be named Burreaux -- after LSU quarterback Joe Burrow -- after the name was chosen in a fundraiser run by the zoo.
14 Feb 17:01 • ESPN.com • 7331508222836562951.htmlBrittney Griner signs multiyear deal with Mercury
14 Feb 16:49 • 1 article
Brittney Griner signs multiyear deal with Mercury
Brittney Griner re-signed with the only team she has played for in the WNBA, inking a multiyear contract with the Phoenix Mercury, the team announced.
14 Feb 16:49 • ESPN.com • 7331508221847331569.htmlWild fire coach Bruce Boudreau despite playoff surge
14 Feb 16:17 • 1 article
Wild fire coach Bruce Boudreau despite playoff surge
The Wild have fired coach Bruce Boudreau, general manager Bill Guerin announced Friday, as the team looks to make a postseason push.
14 Feb 16:17 • ESPN.com • 7331508222236602535.htmlEntertainment 1261
Fake flyers and face-mask fear: California fights coronavirus discrimination
15 Feb 10:27 • 1 article
Fake flyers and face-mask fear: California fights coronavirus discrimination
(Reuters) - A flyer in Los Angeles’ Carson area, with a fake seal of the World Health Organization, tells residents to avoid Asian-American businesses because of a coronavirus outbreak. A Los Angeles middle schooler is beaten and hospitalized after students say he is as an Asian-American with coronavirus.
15 Feb 10:27 • Reuters • 8334514179884574242.htmlNetflix Australia Is Adding Some Seriously Cool Content This Weekend
15 Feb 14:30 • 1 article
Netflix Australia Is Adding Some Seriously Cool Content This Weekend
Netflix is unceremoniously dumping a bunch of movues this month, including bona fide classics like Vertigo, Dazed and Confused and Shakespeare In Love (shut up, I like it.) But it's partially making up for this via some seriously cool additions this weekend. Here is the full list....
15 Feb 14:30 • Lifehacker Australia • 3742423168683453226.htmlEx-Baltimore mayor seeks prison sentence of 1 year and 1 day
14 Feb 17:39 • 1 article
Ex-Baltimore mayor seeks prison sentence of 1 year and 1 day
Baltimore's disgraced former mayor is asking a judge for a sentence one year and one day in prison for a scheme that involved the sale of her self-published children's books. Prosecutors recently asked that the 69-year-old spend nearly 5 years in prison. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that
14 Feb 17:39 • Yahoo • 7097669638277023049.htmlMeghan McCain and Joy Behar Explode Over Bloomberg and Trump
14 Feb 17:30 • 1 article
Meghan McCain and Joy Behar Explode Over Bloomberg and Trump
The backdrop was full of red and white polka-dot hearts, but there was no love on display Friday morning between The View co-hosts Joy Behar and Meghan McCain.What was supposed to be a light-hearted opening segment about the bizarre Twitter feud between President Donald Trump and 2020 hopeful Mike Bloomberg
14 Feb 17:30 • Yahoo • 7097669638790627274.htmlThe US Air Force has updated and broadened its dress code to allow turbans, beards, and hijabs
14 Feb 16:34 • 1 article
The US Air Force has updated and broadened its dress code to allow turbans, beards, and hijabs
Airmen were previously allowed to make a request for religious accommodations, but they were granted on a case-by-case basis.
14 Feb 16:34 • Yahoo • 7097669638061742642.htmlBloomberg Tells Audience at Houston Rally He ‘Deeply Regrets’ Stop and Frisk
14 Feb 13:36 • 1 article
Bloomberg Tells Audience at Houston Rally He ‘Deeply Regrets’ Stop and Frisk
Mike Bloomberg apologized Thursday at a campaign rally in Houston for his controversial stop-and-frisk policy which he promoted as New York city mayor, telling the predominantly black crowd that he “deeply regrets” the legacy and that he “should have acted sooner and faster to stop it.”“I am committed
14 Feb 13:36 • Yahoo • 7097669637809566768.htmlThe Wacky New Anti-Abortion Tactic Taking Off Across America
14 Feb 09:36 • 1 article
The Wacky New Anti-Abortion Tactic Taking Off Across America
When Santa Rosa County’s Board of Commissioners met Thursday morning, items on the agenda included improving the drainage on Tibet Drive, upgrading the local boat ramp, and allocating money to buy new scoreboards at Chumuckla Park.Then, at the end of the meeting, came a far more controversial and divisive
14 Feb 09:36 • Yahoo • 7097669638248968707.htmlScience 170
New York prosecutor says former movie producer Weinstein abused his power
15 Feb 10:58 • 1 article
New York prosecutor says former movie producer Weinstein abused his power
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors told jurors that Harvey Weinstein abused his power and pushed back against claims by the former Hollywood producer’s defense team that his accusers were not credible.
15 Feb 10:58 • Reuters • 8334514179697854381.htmlChina's Hubei province enacts 'wartime' measures as coronavirus count rises to 16,427
14 Feb 17:30 • 1 article
China's Hubei province enacts 'wartime' measures as coronavirus count rises to 16,427
Coronavirus is continuing to spread throughout China and especially in the epicenter Hubei province, the World Health Organization said in a Friday update briefing on COVID-19.There are 47,505 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout China with 1,381 deaths reported from the pneumonia-like illness
14 Feb 17:30 • Yahoo • 7097669638205919044.htmlAn American in a Locked-Down Chinese Town: 'Everyone Here Is So Bored'
14 Feb 14:04 • 1 article
An American in a Locked-Down Chinese Town: 'Everyone Here Is So Bored'
Weeks before the coronavirus became a national health crisis in China, authorities threatened a doctor, Li Wenliang, who warned about early cases. State media reported that Li was illegally spreading rumors.That was a red flag for Bob Huang."People here tend to believe the government. Not me,"
14 Feb 14:04 • Yahoo • 7097669638982494128.htmlThey Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery
14 Feb 16:14 • 1 article
They Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery
A survey of New Zealand scientists found that recipients of a randomized funding program favored random allocations of some kinds of grant money.
14 Feb 16:14 • NY Times • 1961078288067459857.htmlTrump and Bloomberg’s Twitter Fight: ‘Like if a Rap Battle Was on CNBC’
14 Feb 09:30 • 1 article
Trump and Bloomberg’s Twitter Fight: ‘Like if a Rap Battle Was on CNBC’
“We should just put these two old billionaires on a jungle island with sharp sticks and force them to hunt each other,” Jimmy Kimmel said on Thursday.
14 Feb 09:30 • NY Times • 1961078289022972596.htmlDave Watson: Ex-England skipper may have same disease as Jeff Astle had
14 Feb 15:32 • 1 article
Dave Watson: Ex-England skipper may have same disease as Jeff Astle had
Ex-England captain Dave Watson has a neurodegenerative disease which his wife believes was most likely brought on by head injuries and repeated heading of the ball.
14 Feb 15:32 • BBC Sport • 3883826127413685800.htmlMayor who was inundated with lonely citizens appoints specialist councillor
14 Feb 16:27 • 1 article
Mayor who was inundated with lonely citizens appoints specialist councillor
‘Bureaucracy is dehumanised. We are becoming living robots,’ says mayor of small Italian town
14 Feb 16:27 • the Guardian • 1491978795193045982.htmlOther 1325
Justice Department Won’t Charge Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe in Lying Case
14 Feb 17:37 • 1 article
Justice Department Won’t Charge Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe in Lying Case
The Justice Department has told lawyers for former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe that they will not charge him with a crime, according to his spokesperson. “At long last, justice has been done in this matter,” his lawyers said in a statement. Justice Department officials told them in a letter and
14 Feb 17:37 • Yahoo • 7097669638232773705.htmlFox News host attacks Roger Stone jury foreman while broadcasting her Twitter account details
14 Feb 12:27 • 1 article
Fox News host attacks Roger Stone jury foreman while broadcasting her Twitter account details
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has attacked one of the jurors who convicted Roger Stone while sharing her social media details to millions of people after she spoke out in support of Justice Department prosecutors.Tomeka Hart, who served as the foreperson of the jury that found Mr Stone guilty of seven
14 Feb 12:27 • Yahoo • 7097669637600179942.htmlPope Francis's dream
14 Feb 11:00 • 1 article
Pope Francis's dream
With the easy credulity that has become so typical of journalists during his pontificate, many observers, both Catholic and secular, expected Pope Francis's recent apostolic exhortation to relax the ancient discipline of clerical celibacy for some priests of the Roman Rite. This did not happen.An
14 Feb 11:00 • Yahoo • 7097669637698910730.htmlMan sentenced for placing knives on Japan prince's desk
14 Feb 08:40 • 1 article
Man sentenced for placing knives on Japan prince's desk
A Japanese man who left two kitchen knives on the school desk of Japan's Prince Hisahito, who is second in line to the throne, was given a suspended sentence on Friday. Kaoru Hasegawa was arrested in April on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school that the prince
14 Feb 08:40 • Yahoo • 7097669637348549303.htmlThe DNC was reportedly 'intimately involved' with the creation of the infamous app that botched the Iowa caucuses
14 Feb 15:36 • 2 articles
The DNC was reportedly 'intimately involved' with the creation of the infamous app that botched the Iowa caucuses
National Democratic party officials had requested access to the app before the caucuses, according to a report by Yahoo News.
14 Feb 15:36 • Yahoo • 7097669637171573730.htmlThe DNC was reportedly 'intimately involved' with the creation of the infamous app that botched the Iowa caucuses
National Democratic party officials had requested access to the app before the caucuses, according to a report by Yahoo News.
14 Feb 15:36 • Business Insider • 6060062401070319357.htmlJay Bouwmeester undergoes procedure to restore heart's normal rhythm
14 Feb 16:52 • 1 article
Jay Bouwmeester undergoes procedure to restore heart's normal rhythm
Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester has undergone a procedure to restore his heart's normal rhythm and will return to St. Louis once his release from the hospital is approved, according to the team.
14 Feb 16:52 • ESPN.com • 7331508222774907158.htmlAndrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case
14 Feb 17:12 • 1 article
Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case
The decision to decline charges appears to be a move to distance the Justice Department from President Trump, who has long attacked Mr. McCabe.
14 Feb 17:12 • NY Times • 1961078289164101291.html