Quotation of the Day: In Command: The Few, the Proud, the White

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Unable to Decide

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Saudi King Fires 2 Royals in Defense Corruption Inquiry

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AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine has started Phase three trials in the US

British drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday it has started Phase 3 trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, becoming the third company to start late-stage trials of a vaccine to prevent Covid-19.

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Two strangers, with the same first name, and a terrifying story about ketamine in policing

Elijah McKnight admits he was drunk. The 25-year-old says he'd had a fifth of Jim Beam with a buddy before passing out on his way home on a sidewalk just outside Aurora, Colorado. That is where sheriff's deputies found him.

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AstraZeneca starts US final-stage trial of Covid-19 vaccine

The AstraZeneca shot, invented by researchers at the University of Oxford, is one of the farthest along of numerous Covid-19 vaccines in development

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Michael B. Jordan pens powerful tribute to Chadwick Boseman

One of the last times Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan spoke, Boseman said they were forever linked, Jordan wrote on Instagram Monday.

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Elecciones 2020: el Partido Republicano postula a Trump y el demócrata Biden aún lleva la ventaja

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Biden Condemned Violence. Why Won’t Trump?

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Trump Defends Kyle Rittenhouse

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A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes

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‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt

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Unwitting Progressives for Trump

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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

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Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents

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A Teacher and Congresswoman Confronts School Reopenings

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Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

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A series of primaries in Massachusetts could be a bellwether for the Democratic Party.

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Wedding announcement goes viral after groom's ex publicly reveals he cheated on her when he met the bride

When Nikyta Moreno saw her ex-husband in the New York Times' Wedding section, it came with a startling realization: He had been cheating on her. Now, after publishing her side of the story, the internet has her back.

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Some Louisiana residents won't have power for weeks, if not months, after Hurricane Laura

Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, the state faces another long, grueling recovery in the wake of Hurricane Laura.

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Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat

A police stop could have cost former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin his career in space before he ever got started.

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NATO: Russia's attempt to intercept US bomber 'significant' violation of law

A Russian military jet violated NATO airspace on Friday while it was attempting to intercept a US Air Force B-52 bomber flying near the Danish island of Bornholm, the alliance said in a statement Monday, calling the incident a "significant violation of international law."

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Bronze Age Britons kept human remains on display in their homes

People living in Bronze Age Britain kept human remains as relics and even crafted them into musical instruments, a new study has suggested.

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Evidence suggests an animal that roamed with the dinosaurs went into a hibernation-like state to survive

New evidence suggests the Lystrosaurus species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs went into a state of hibernation to survive what is modern day Antarctica.

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Expert compares Trump's politics to fascism

Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains why he claims President Donald Trump's politics are akin to fascism, a political movement based around a leader.

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US nears 6 million cases of coronavirus

Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million, as countries tightened restrictions to halt the health crisis that has upended life for most of humanity.

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No Corrections: Aug. 31, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: As China Flexes, Taiwan Revamps Its Military

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How to Help Someone Who Lost Their Job

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Think You’re Making Good Climate Choices? Take This Mini-Quiz

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I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him.

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Violence in Portland: 1 killed as protesters, Trump backers clash

President Trump to visit Kenosha on tuesday, meet with law enforcement officers and survey damage done during protests.

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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race

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Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

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Jon Rahm Sinks a Big Putt to Win Playoff at the BMW Championship

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Night of deadly violence yields pointed leader responses

After a night of deadly protest violence in Portland, Oregon, officials responded in starkly different ways. CNN's Wolf Blitzer has the latest from Mayor Ted Wheeler, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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Axios: Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly if he pledged loyalty

President Donald Trump offered then-Homeland Security secretary John Kelly the position of FBI director one day after he fired James Comey in 2017, but demanded that he be loyal, according to an Axios report citing New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt's forthcoming book.

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Portland mayor blasts Trump for 'hate and vitriol'

The Democratic mayor of Portland, Oregon, said Sunday it is President Donald Trump who "created the hate" in an unyielding attack on the White House following a shooting at a protest that left one person dead.

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Leaders resign after 'Golfgate' scandal highlights hypocrisy

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, who resigned from his post for breaking Ireland's coronavirus restrictions by attending a political golf society event with 80 other people, was just the latest member of the political elites to be caught flouting the rules. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz

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CNN reporter pushes GOP senator on violence in Wisconsin

CNN's Dana Bash speaks to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) about the violence that flared in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is accused of shooting and killing two men and injuring a third Tuesday night.

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Donald Trump seeks 'law and order' in tweetstorm on Portland death

The string of messages enlivened criticism from Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, that Trump is looking to inflame unrest in US cities because he believes it will help his re-election campaign.

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US floats idea of early approval for eventual vaccine

A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times.

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4 shot at Kansas City nightclub where past shooting occurred

Investigators said the shooting was related to an argument that started inside the club and then moved outside where several people fired shots.

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Joe Biden says Donald Trump fanning 'unacceptable' Portland violence

The nation has been wracked by sporadic racial justice protests since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police.

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Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain

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Portland mayor condemns Trump in blistering remarks

Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland, Oregon, excoriates President Donald Trump during a press conference addressing a shooting at a protest that left one person dead.

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Prez Donald Trump to visit Kenosha in wake of racial unrest

Trump will meet police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday and “survey damage from recent riots” triggered by Blake’s shooting last weekend, White House spokesman Judd Deere said Saturday.

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Deadly Shooting in Portland After Pro-Trump Ralliers Clash With Protesters

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Shinzo Abe Is Ill. But Is That the Only Reason He’s Quitting?

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Corrections: Aug. 30, 2020

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With a Wary Eye on China, Taiwan Moves to Revamp Its Military

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Quotation of the Day: District by District, a Plan for In-Person Schooling Falls Apart

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Virus Update

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Amid Tennis’s Swirling Storms, a Stubborn Djokovic Claims a Title

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Then and now: 57 years, two Washington marches, one call to end racism

On the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, people from all over the United States descended on the nation's capital once again to demand justice.

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Los Angeles teacher flees home after receiving death threats for wearing 'I can't breathe' T-shirt

A Los Angeles high school teacher said she was forced to flee her home after receiving numerous death threats for wearing an "I can't breathe" T-shirt during one of her virtual class sessions.

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Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip

The President’s stops, first in Louisiana and later in Texas, came two days after the Category 4 storm slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving at least 16 dead and wreaking havoc with severe winds and flooding.

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Donald Trump's intel chief ends election security briefings on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

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'Pelosi wants bailout money only for states run by Democrats,' says Donald Trump

“My impression is she wants to give no stimulus, all she wants is bailout for badly run Democrat states,” the President said when asked about talks between Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows over another stimulus package.

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'How dare we not vote?' Black voters organize after DC march

Black Americans’ determination could prove critical in a presidential election where race is emerging as a flashpoint.

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How to Build a Catapult From Newspaper

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Phoenix Settles With Black Family After Police Drew Guns Over Reported Doll Theft

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Twitter's most liked tweet of all time now belongs to Chadwick Boseman

The tweet announcing that the world had lost Chadwick Boseman is now the most liked tweet of all time.

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Married Delta pilots retire early after decades of service

They've flown around the globe and have seen the world side by side from the best seat in the house -- the cockpit of a Delta A330.

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Unable to open its concert hall, New York Philharmonic brings its music to the streets

The New York Philharmonic was stuck in traffic.

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Joe Biden, aiming at Donald Trump, says he won't use military as 'prop'

The Democratic presidential nominee, in a virtual address to the National Guard Association of the United States’ general conference, said Trump recommended “that you should be deployed to quote, ‘dominate,’ your fellow citizens for exercising their right to peacefully protest.”

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‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism

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Coronavirus Around the World

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‘Enough Is Enough’: New Racial Justice Leaders Rise in Kenosha

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Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result -- there's a new generation of rapid tests coming to town -- some are already here -- and they're poised to transform the landscape. They are the antigen tests, but are they really all they're cracked up to be?

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Elon Musk shows off a working brain implant — in pigs

Elon Musk promised that he'd show a working demo of his latest technology moonshot, a new kind of implantable chip for the brain, on Friday. And he did, but it wasn't with a human subject: Rather, it was with a pig named Gertrude.

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South African ranger mauled to death by lion

The incident took place on the premises of the family-owned Lion Tree Top Lodge, in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province.

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'He acted in self-defense', says Kenosha protest gunman's attorney

Atlanta-based attorney Lin Wood said video footage of the altercation would vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse despite what he described as misinformation being spread by the media.

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Kanye West sues to get on Wisconsin presidential ballot in November

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that West’s campaign filed the lawsuit in Brown County Circuit Court.

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Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay Tough It Out, Sharing BMW Lead

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Hurricane Laura Was Powerful, but Louisiana Was Prepared

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Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules

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Stephen Miller’s Dystopian America

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Corrections: Aug. 29, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: ‘Panting for Air’ Under Smoky Western Skies

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Workers will have to pay any deferred payroll taxes by April.

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Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order

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In authoritarian China, eating freely is a cherished activity. Now a food waste campaign wants to control meals, too

A call from Beijing to reduce food waste has sent officials and businesses scrambling to find ways to stop people from ordering too much, and in some extreme cases put meal times under surveillance.

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Video shows forceful arrest of Black man stopped while jogging in San Antonio

A Black man in San Antonio was stopped and detained by police Tuesday while he was jogging, witnesses said, as officers searched for a suspect in a nearby domestic violence call.

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Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore After Oil Spill Off Mauritius

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Returning to the campaign trail, Trump unloads baseless attacks on Biden.

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Jacob Blake Was Shackled in Hospital Bed After Police Shooting

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Lute Olson, Who Put Arizona on College Basketball Map, Dies at 85

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El legado de Shinzo Abe, el primer ministro de Japón que anunció su dimisión

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Texas Is Running Out of Near Misses

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Bill for Trump’s Tax Holiday Will Be Due Next Year, Treasury Dept. Says

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