For some people Covid just will not go away – one woman’s Instagram diary of her long-haul illness.
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Monday, 31 August 2020
George Ezra opens up about OCD struggle
The musician says he is plagued by intrusive thoughts, and has suffered from OCD "my whole life".
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Hundreds of migrants still dying in Med five years since 2015
Five years on from the migrant crisis of 2015 hundreds are still dying in the Mediterranean.
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Rival powers jockey for the lead in hypersonic aircraft
The US, China and Russia are pouring money into aircraft that can fly at five times the speed of sound.
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Coronavirus: How teachers are feeling as schools return
Four teachers share their experiences of the pandemic as they prepare to welcome pupils back to school.
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The traditional crafts in danger of dying out
Who was the last British deckle-maker? Who makes withy pots? And what is an orrery?
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Biden’s Out-of-the-Basement Strategy: Pummel Trump as Unsafe
For much of the pandemic presidential cycle, President Donald Trump has invariably cackled at what he deems to be Joe Biden’s “sleepy” and “slow” nature, constructing an image for voters of an older guy “who never leaves his basement,” public health precautions be damned.After the Democratic nominee announced that he would soon phase in physical appearances to several battleground...
Russian opposition activist hospitalised after attack outside his home
A 22-year-old Russian opposition activist has been hospitalised after what supporters said was a vicious attack by two men outside his house in Moscow. Yegor Zhukov, who came to prominence last year when he was arrested and tried over opposition protests, posted pictures of his bruised and bloody face to social media following the attack. He was taken to hospital for an MRI...
'Hero' St. Louis police officer dies after being shot in the head
A St. Louis police officer died Sunday after being shot in the head by a gunman, authorities said.
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Burst of success for progressive challengers in U.S. congressional races may fizzle in Massachusetts
A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers. The progressive model for success has seen an array of mostly young candidates, sometimes minorities, toppling older establishment incumbents. Senator Ed...
Alarm as FDA willing to issue Covid-19 vaccine before stringent safety testing
FDA under intensifying pressure from Trump, who wants to see a vaccine come on stream or ready to announce before the electionPublic health experts have reacted with alarm to remarks by the head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that he might give the green light for a US Covid-19 vaccine before the normal clinical trial process had reached its conclusion.As the...
Mom rips gun and shoe from man accused of kidnapping her 1-year-old, Georgia cops say
The child has since been found safe, officials say.
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Liberty University opens investigation into 'all facets' of Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure
Liberty is also exploring a new coach and mentor to help ensure all Liberty employees are fulfilling their 'spiritual responsibility.'
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U.S. Senate's McConnell eyes revamped coronavirus relief bill, Mnuchin tells Fox Business
The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senate's top Republican will "hopefully" unveil a new bill next week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday. Asked about the collapse of talks with Democrats over aid legislation, Mnuchin told Fox Business Network that he and White House...
A group of college Republicans is raising money for Kyle Rittenhouse, the gunman suspected of killing 2 people in Kenosha
An Arizona State University student group said it'll donate half of all funds raised to the 17-year-old gunman accused of killing two people at a protest.
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With peak of hurricane season almost here, forecasters watch four areas for tropical development
The most active day of the hurricane season is around Sept. 10. As the season's peak nears, forecasters are watching four areas for development.
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Ethiopia seeks US clarification on reported aid cut over dam
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New report deepens mystery around Trump’s sudden and suspicious visit to Walter Reed hospital
Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly prepared to take over the presidential duties
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Schools are more segregated than 30 years ago. Here's what's driving the change.
School integration programs once broke down barriers. Today, white and Black students in cities like Minneapolis are growing up apart.
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Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly allowed in person legal visit despite coronavirus lockdown
Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been allowed an in-person visit by her legal team in what is believed to be the first permitted in a New York City federal jail during the pandemic lockdown. According to the New York Daily News, Maxwell, who is facing six criminal charges, was allowed to hold a face to face meeting at Sunset Park’s Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn...
M&S food goes fully online with Ocado launch
The grocer is making its entire range available for delivery but experts are divided on the move.
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Child Trust Funds: Teenagers get first chance to access cash
Savings pots could now be worth more than £1,000 but many teenagers are unaware they exist.
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How this African restaurant adapted to the pandemic
Molly Malone's Restaurant in Johannesburg has converted its carpark into an outdoor 'roadhouse'.
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Sunday, 30 August 2020
SpaceX may attempt 3 rocket launches on Sunday
SpaceX, Elon Musk's aerospace company, has scheduled two back-to-back Falcon 9 launches in Florida, just nine hours apart.
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Price of plastic carrier bags to double to 10p next year
The fee for single-use bags will rise to 10p and be extended to all shops from April 2021.
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Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide
More than 20 people were hospitalised after attending the party in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
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Government paid influencers to promote Test and Trace
Taxpayer money was used to pay influencers to promote Test and Trace.
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Anaheim police fatally shoot man sought on arrest warrant
He allegedly armed himself with a kitchen knife, prompting one or more officers to open fire, according to investigators.
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L.A. County reports 1,030 new COVID-19 cases, while hospitalizations continue dropping
There were 1,089 confirmed coronavirus patients in county hospitals as of Sunday — the lowest number since early May — with 32% in intensive care.
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Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain
By BY PETER BAKER, JOHN BRANCH, JOHN ELIGON, REID J. EPSTEIN, DAN LEVIN AND MARC STEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gJPd...
Poll: Republican National Convention Did Nothing for Trump’s Favorability Rating
Some polls show Trump making gains on Biden after the Republican National Convention.
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Kentucky AG has received ballistics in Breonna Taylor case
Kentucky's attorney general has received a long-awaited FBI ballistics report in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Daniel Cameron tweeted Sunday that there is additional analysis needed now that the report is in his hands, and there would be no announcement on the investigation this week. “We continue to work diligently to follow the facts and complete...
A couple received an anonymous note calling their unpainted house an "eyesore," then they received over $48,000 to help with repairs
A couple that has suffered multiple health issues received a note shaming them for their unpainted house. A GoFundMe page raised money for repairs.
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Hundreds of protesters arrested by Belarusian police as 100,000 rally against Lukashenko
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday calling for an end to strongman Alexander Lukashenko's rule, despite heavily armed police and troops blocking streets and detaining dozens of demonstrators. Protests have now entered a third week since the disputed presidential election on August 9 in which Mr Lukashenko claimed...
In Colorado town, the post office delivers much more than the mail
Leadville, Colo., has no car dealership, no Walmart, no department store and no dependable internet service. The post office fills important gaps.
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Trump resumes campaign rallies and utters the unthinkable: 'If Biden wins...'
One night after accepting the Republican nomination, Donald Trump resumed campaigning for reelection as though the coronavirus pandemic was a thing of the past, rallying hundreds of supporters at New Hampshire airport hangar.
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Mom rips gun and shoe from man accused of kidnapping her 1-year-old, Georgia cops say
The child has since been found safe, officials say.
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3-year-old girl safe after being lofted by kite in Taiwan
A 3-year-old girl in Taiwan was reported safe after becoming caught in the strings of a kite and lifted several meters into the air. The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival Sunday in the seaside town of Nanlioao when she was caught up by a giant, long-tailed orange kite.
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Op-Ed: Kamala Harris' vice presidential run is a campaign to be America's second Black president
Black grievances put Harris on the ticket; her's is the face of leadership the country is demanding now.
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Report: New York tenants were not aware they would be featured at the Republican National Convention
The tenants were interviewed by a HUD official, they said. The RNC was criticized for blurring the lines between the government and partisan politics.
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Dramatic last-second launch abort grounds spy satellite
The "hot-fire abort" derailed plans for three launches in just two days from Florida's Space Coast.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have a lot to do with Joe Kennedy's primary struggles
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) could soon be out of politics, and an unlikely colleague may have something to do with it, Politico reports.Kennedy is challenging Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the statewide Democratic primary for Markey's seat, which he's held since 2013. Politico notes that Kennedy tries to hit the 74-year-old Markey by criticizing his support for the 1994 crime...
Biden: Troops, their families will never have to question what side I'm on
Joe Biden speaks at a National Guard Association of the United States virtual conference.
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Government paid influencers to promote Test and Trace
Taxpayer money was used to pay influencers to promote Test and Trace.
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Eat Out to Help Out discount comes to an end
The government's dining discount scheme ends on Monday, but there are calls for it to be extended.
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'We need Eat Out To Help Out to run in the autumn'
A group of restaurateurs wants the Eat Out To Help Out scheme to be brought back in the autumn.
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Saturday, 29 August 2020
L.A. County reports 1,339 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths
The county now has recorded a total of 239,828 cases of the coronavirus and 5,763 related deaths.
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‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism
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‘Enough Is Enough’: New Racial Justice Leaders Rise in Kenosha
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Coronavirus: Life chances at risk if pupils don't return to school, Williamson says
The education secretary has written an open letter to parents insisting that schools are safe.
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Flooding in Hereford: Residents still in temporary homes
People whose houses flooded twice in four months are still in temporary homes.
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One in four BHS stores remain vacant four years after collapse
Department store chain closed its last stores in 2016 but finding new uses is a lengthy process.
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The diary of my daughter's murder: 'We were in hell on earth'
Bea Jones started writing a diary as she tried to come to terms with the brutal murder of her daughter Moira.
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Coronavirus doctor's diary: The fake news about schools that's misleading parents
A video claiming that children could be placed in quarantine at school could disrupt the start of term.
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'They wanted to drown me at birth - now I'm a poet'
Kuli Kohli has always used writing as a means of escape from the prejudice she has experienced as an Asian woman with cerebral palsy.
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Algeria's lessons from The Plague in the age of coronavirus
Finding parallels between the famous novel and how Algeria is coping with coronavirus amid political upheaval.
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If the police officer who shot Jacob Blake can prove he feared an 'imminent risk of death or great bodily harm,' his shooting could be legally justified
An officer shot Jacob Blake while he had his back turned toward them. If they reasonably feared for their lives, it may be legally justified.
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New Jersey mayor rescinds $2,500 police overtime bill sent to student who organized BLM protest
After holding the protest in July, Emily Gil received a letter from Mayor Mario Kranjac saying she owed $2,499.26 for police overtime.
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Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim?
Kenosha, a city of 100,000 in Wisconsin’s southeastern corner, now confronts the question of when lethal force is justified in two different cases. One, the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer, I addressed yesterday. The other is the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is alleged to have killed two people and injured one during the civil unrest this week, and who has been...
France doing everything possible to avoid repeat COVID-19 lockdown, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday his government was doing everything possible to avoid another nationwide coronavirus lockdown but added it would be dangerous to rule out any scenario. "We're doing everything to avoid another lockdown and in particular a nationwide lockdown," Macron told journalists. The number of coronavirus infections has spiralled higher...
Biden buys ‘Keep America Great’ domain name and dedicates it to criticising Trump
The Biden campaign has acquired the web domain KeepAmericaGreat.com and has dedicated the site to criticising president Donald Trump‘s policies and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.When Mr Trump launched his reelection campaign for the 2020 presidential election last year, he revealed “Keep America Great” as its official slogan, following on from his 2016 phrase, “Make...
Man booked in slaying of 3, including Fort Hood soldier
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Arrest made after firefighter’s wallet stolen as he battled wildfires, CA officials say
The thief drained the bank account of the firefighter after the wallet was lifted from his vehicle. officials said.
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GOP official warns that a single law is going to delay election results in Midwest swing states
The top Republican election official in Ohio on Thursday said that other Midwestern states where the presidential election was decided four years ago are in a “really terrible situation” because they have so far not allowed mail-in ballots to be processed in an expedited way.
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'More Than 30' rapists: Israel's #MeToo campaign
Allegations of a horrific hotel gang-rape in Israel where 30 men reportedly waited in line to assault a teenage girl have triggered an outraged campaign echoing the global MeToo movement.
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Tillis: 'I fell short' on mask wearing at RNC
The Republican senator's zeal for enforcing masks has landed him in hot water in the past.
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A Sick President Scrambles to Spread His Contagion of Fear
Before last night’s neon obscenity—a Trump rally on the South Lawn of the American White House—the 2020 Republican National Convention was close to cartoonish in its attempt to scare the country into voting for Donald J. Trump. It began as dark comedy with a cast of family members, supplicants, incompetents, political ne’er do wells and loud worshippers of a guy who never...
One in four BHS stores remain vacant four years after collapse
Department store chain closed its last stores in 2016 but finding new uses is a lengthy process.
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Here's how California's new coronavirus reopening rules will affect you
Here is how California's new coronavirus reopening rules will impact you
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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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Bill for Trump’s Tax Holiday Will Be Due Next Year, Treasury Dept. Says
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New Yorkers were tricked into appearing in an R.N.C. video. They’re furious.
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This Was the Week American Fascism Reached a Tipping Point
The troubling developments of the past week are almost too many to count.
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Coronavirus: Winter plans revealed in leaked Sage report
A leaked government report suggests a “reasonable worst case scenario” of 85,000 Covid deaths this winter.
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Coronavirus: Bus journeys will be first challenge of new school year
As pupils return, there are concerns buses could be a weak link in the back-to-school safety plan.
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Amazon fires: Are they worse this year than before?
Blazes are continuing to rage in the Amazon rainforest, despite the Brazilian president's fire ban.
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Five things to focus on in your CV
When it comes to CV-writing, maximise your chances of a job by focusing on these five things.
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26 children — one as young as 3 — rescued in Georgia sex trafficking sting, feds say
“Operation Not Forgotten” helped locate nearly 40 missing kids.
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Kim Jong-un inspects the damage as North Korea reels from floods and Typhoon Bavi
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a rice-growing area devastated by a typhoon on Thursday, as the reclusive country reels from back-to-back natural and manmade catastrophes. Photos released by state media of the authoritarian leader inspecting fields alongside mask-wearing officials appeared to be framed to convey his benevolence as citizens struggle to cope with...