New York attorney general sues to dissolve NRA
New York attorney general sues to dissolve NRA
New York's attorney general announces a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful gun lobbying group.
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Beirut: The bride being photographed in wedding dress as blast hit
Beirut: The bride being photographed in wedding dress as blast hit
Israa Seblani was posing for her wedding photographs when the huge explosion shook the nearby port area of Beirut.
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Coronavirus: India becomes third country to pass two million cases
Coronavirus: India becomes third country to pass two million cases
India confirmed its last million cases in just 20 days, faster than any other county in the world.
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Saudi crown prince accused of sending hit squad to Canada
Saudi crown prince accused of sending hit squad to Canada
Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of sending a hit-squad to kill a former Saudi official.
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Live Coronavirus News: Global Tracker
Live Coronavirus News: Global Tracker
Ohio’s governor tested positive before a planned meeting with President Trump. A photo of a crowded school hallway circulated on social media raises further alarm about the return to U.S. classrooms.
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With Old Allies Turning Against Her, Birx Presses On Against the Coronavirus
With Old Allies Turning Against Her, Birx Presses On Against the Coronavirus
Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, has found herself a woman without a country, denounced by Democrats and called “pathetic” by the president.
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How the US Has Uniquely Failed to Control the Coronavirus
How the US Has Uniquely Failed to Control the Coronavirus
Slowing the coronavirus has been especially difficult for the United States because of its tradition of prioritizing individualism and missteps by the Trump administration.
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Amid Dire Jobless Numbers, Small-Business Relief Program Nears End
Amid Dire Jobless Numbers, Small-Business Relief Program Nears End
The Paycheck Protection Program provided respite for hard-hit small businesses, but it is ending soon. With no word on further government help, owners worry about their fate.
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New Unemployment Claims Decline, but Remain ‘Alarmingly High’
New Unemployment Claims Decline, but Remain ‘Alarmingly High’
Nearly 1.2 million filed for state benefits last week, the lowest total since March, as economic readings offer only limited encouragement.
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Letitia James sues to break up NRA, says execs used funds for lavish lifestyle | New York Post
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Top executives at the National Rifle Association siphoned millions of dollars and otherwise flouted non-profit rules to fund lavish lifestyles including trips to the Bahamas and Africa, New York’s Attorney General alleged Thursday in a suit to break-up the organization.
AG Letitia James alleges the pro-gun group’s Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre and other top brass broke state and federal laws by mismanaging the organization’s funds — contributing to a swing from a nearly $28 million surplus in 2015 to a $36 million deficit in 2018.
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Young girl and man pulled out alive from rubble hours after Beirut explosion | New York Post
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Amid the devastation in Beirut, a young girl was found alive after spending at least 24 hours buried under the debris from this week’s deadly blast in the Lebanese capital, according to a report.
The crying child is seen in heart-wrenching video, with her head poking through the rubble as rescuers work feverishly to free her by removing heavy slabs of concrete Wednesday night, the UK’s Metro reported.
Earlier in the day, a crowd cheered as a man also was pulled alive from rubble more than 10 hours after the blast in the city’s port.
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Councils in England to be offered near real-time data on Covid cases
Councils in England to be offered near real-time data on Covid cases
Authorities will have to sign data protection agreements to get access to PHE databaseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCouncils across England will be offered near real-time data on infections and a dedicated teams of contact tracers, after growing concerns over the government’s £10bn coronavirus test-and-trace system.Whitehall officials plan to assign virus-hunting teams of healthcare professionals to more than 10 local authorities following trials in Leicester, Luton, and Blackburn with Darwen. Continue reading...
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MPs to investigate surge in migrants crossing Channel in small boats
MPs to investigate surge in migrants crossing Channel in small boats
Response of UK and French authorities and role of criminal gangs will be under scrutinyMPs are to investigate a surge in migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats after more than 2,000 people were reported to have entered the country by this route in June.The home affairs select committee, chaired by Labour’s Yvette Cooper, is to examine the reasons behind the growth in crossings and will look at the role of criminal gangs. Continue reading...
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Beirut blast timeline: what we know, and what we don’t
Beirut blast timeline: what we know, and what we don't
What happened in the months and years leading up to the explosion at the Lebanese capital’s port?Beirut is still counting the cost in lives and property from a massive explosion at its port on Tuesday that sent a shockwave blasting across the city. Anger is growing in Lebanon at what appears to be an industrial accident that authorities foresaw and warned about for years before. The Lebanese government is currently investigating, but many in the country and internationally are calling for an independent probe.Exactly what happened at the port in the early evening of 4 August is still unclear, but several facts have come to light in the days since the blast. The trail begins nearly seven years ago, with a rickety ship leaving t...
Boris Johnson defends refusal to suspend Tory MP accused of rape
Boris Johnson defends refusal to suspend Tory MP accused of rape
Charities and unions call on Commons authorities to bar unnamed former minister from parliamentBoris Johnson has defended the Conservative party’s refusal to suspend the Tory MP accused of rape.The unnamed former minister was arrested at the weekend after a former parliamentary aide accused him of rape. Continue reading...
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Caroline Flack took her own life amid fears of prosecution, inquest rules
Caroline Flack took her own life amid fears of prosecution, inquest rules
Coroner says TV presenter had ‘fluctuating’ mental health exacerbated by the stress of fameCaroline Flack took her own life after learning she would be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, following a long struggle with “fluctuating mental health” that was exacerbated by the stress of fame, a coroner has found.After a two-day hearing, during which the Metropolitan police came under pressure to explain the decision to charge the TV presenter with assault, after the Crown Prosecution Service initially wanted to issue her with a caution, coroner Mary Hassell said: “I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she kne...
Beirut explosion: death toll rises to 137 as army takes control of site
Beirut explosion: death toll rises to 137 as army takes control of site
Volunteers help clean up damaged streets as officials begin blame game over ammonium nitrate storageWhat we know so farBeirut explosion: anger at officials grows after missed warningsThe death toll from a massive blast at Beirut’s port has risen again to 137, as the Lebanese army took control of the site on the first day of a two-week state of emergency.The new casualty figures on Thursday morning include at least 5,000 injured and a health ministry spokesman said dozens were still missing. “This toll is not final,” he said. Continue reading...
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Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time
Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time
Video in which Trump wrongly said kids were ‘almost immune’ from illness also prompted Twitter to ban president’s re-election campaign accountFacebook has removed a post from Donald Trump’s page for spreading false information about the coronavirus, a first for the social media company that has been harshly criticized for repeatedly allowing the president to break its content rules.The post included video of Trump falsely asserting that children were “almost immune from Covid-19” during an appearance on Fox News. There is evidence to suggest that children who contract Covid-19 generally experience milder symptoms than adults do. However, they are not immune, and some children have be...
UK coronavirus live: test and trace scheme fails to reach thousands of contacts of people testing positive
UK coronavirus live: test and trace scheme fails to reach thousands of contacts of people testing positive
Latest figures show just 72% of close contacts reached; Aberdeen outbreak cases increase by 25; 50m masks for NHS workers deemed unusablePreston faces fresh coronavirus lockdown, health official saysBelgium set to be added to England’s coronavirus quarantine listUK economy recovering faster than feared, says Bank of EnglandCoronavirus UK map: deaths and confirmed casesGlobal coronavirus updates - live 12.41pm BST Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon says 79 Covid cases have now been associated with a cluster of infections in Aberdeen, an increase of 25 on yesterday. The outbreak there has led to some lockdown measures being reimposed in the city. Sturgeon said a fu...
Robert Jenrick says concerns over planning overhaul are ‘nonsense’
Robert Jenrick says concerns over planning overhaul are 'nonsense'
Housing secretary dismisses warnings that shake-up could create a ‘generation of slums’Warnings that proposals for the biggest shake-up of planning in decades could pave the way for “the next generation of slums” have been described by the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, as “nonsense”.A long-awaited planning white paper was published on Wednesday envisaging land across England being divided into three categories: for growth, renewal or protection. Concerns have been raised that democratic oversight could be diluted and affordable housing cut back. Continue reading...
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Beachgoers warned to stay safe as UK braces for potential heatwave
Beachgoers warned to stay safe as UK braces for potential heatwave
Temperatures could reach 37C during string of ‘incredibly warm’ days, says Met Office The RNLI has urged families heading to the beach this week to be aware of potential dangers as the UK braces for a potential heatwave.The Met Office said the warmer weather, starting on Thursday, could reach a blistering 37C (98.6F) in some areas and is expected to last until Sunday. Continue reading...
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The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus
The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus
Slowing the coronavirus has been especially difficult for the United States because of its tradition of prioritizing individualism and missteps by the Trump administration.
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Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast
Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast
People in Lebanon call for justice after a blast that left at least 135 dead and over 4,000 injured.
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The mother in labour during blast
The mother in labour during blast
Emmanuelle was getting ready to give birth at St George's hospital in Beirut when an explosion rocked Lebanon's capital.
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Beirut explosion: What we know so far
Beirut explosion: What we know so far
A devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed at least 135 people and injured thousands.
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Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over ‘harmful’ virus claim
Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' virus claim
The social networks say a post of a TV interview Mr Trump gave contained Covid-19 "misinformation".
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Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack
Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack
The first nuclear weapon used in war killed 140,000 people - Japan surrendered days later, ending WW2.
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Anger in Beirut after missed warnings over ‘floating bomb’
Anger in Beirut after missed warnings over 'floating bomb'
Released paper trail reveals ignored warnings over stash that has killed at least 135 peopleVisual guide: how explosion caused devastationTell us: have you been affected by the explosion in Beirut?Anger and dismay has been building in Beirut as officials admitted that a massive port explosion that killed at least 135 people, injured thousands and left many more homeless was foreseeable and had been the subject of repeated warnings.With Lebanon’s capital still smouldering, an emerging paper trail linked the blast to a mammoth stash of ammonium nitrate that was once described as a “floating bomb” and housed at the port since 2014. As recently as six months ago, officials inspecting the consignment warned that if ...
Beirut’s ground zero: a rip through the heart of an already dying city
Beirut's ground zero: a rip through the heart of an already dying city
‘Do you really think Hiroshima could have been worse than this?’ asked one man on an agonising Lebanese dayVisual guide: how explosion caused devastationTell us: have you been affected by the explosion in Beirut?The twisted and mangled heap of steel that used to be Beirut’s port stretched to both horizons; to the left, battered skyscrapers seemed hunched in defeat and an empty highway strewn with wrecked cars led through a heat haze the other way.A traffic barrier was covered in the bloody handprints of those who had somehow survived the cataclysmic blast and had staggered into the apocalyptic aftermath. Continue reading...
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Beirut families search for loved ones feared trapped under rubble
Beirut families search for loved ones feared trapped under rubble
Social media lit up with images of fathers, daughters, sons and mothers missing since blast rocked Lebanon cityBeirut explosion: latest updatesFull report: Lebanon in mourningWhat we know so farThey carried his photo across Beirut all night, from one hospital to the next, asking if anyone resembling Ghassan Hasrouty was among the injured or dead. At each one, they found nothing.“That was our night,” said Ghassan’s son Elie. “Trying to find a match and spread the word.” Continue reading...
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