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Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, July 18, 2020

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Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers
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Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue
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Donald Trump holds 'tele-rally' in campaign first amid coronavirus pandemic
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China vows retaliation as Trump slaps sanctions on officials, companies interfering with Hong Kong's autonomy (video)
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Remembering John Lewis: Tributes for congressman and civil rights leader
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the virus-era China ban that isn’t
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Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis
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Trump turns White House into backdrop for political events
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Lying again about the pandemic, Trump made 200 false claims from early June to early July
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As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials
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Congress and CBC lose another giant at critical moment
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'We're Embarrassed': Twitter Says High-Profile Hack Hit 130 Users
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Marco Rubio mistakes photo of Elijah Cummings for John Lewis in tribute
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One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words
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Toronto Blue Jays denied approval to play games in Canada
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Tear gas deployed in Portland protests as Oregon officials call for federal authorities to leave
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Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election...

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Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The founder of the social media giant said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan.
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India orders airlines to check fuel switches on Boeing jets

  • News source: BBC News - World
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India's aviation regulator gives airlines that operate in the country a week to comply with the order.
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Trump admin. blocked from ending deportation protections for Afghans for now

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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An appeals court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections and work permits for thousands of people from Afghanistan.

The administration had planned to end temporary protected status for Afghanistan on Monday, part of a broader push to cut back a program that gives migrants reprieve from deportation if their home country is deemed unsafe. The administration argues those protections aren't meant to be permanent and Afghanistan's security situation has improved, though opponents say the country remains unsafe...
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US tariff threat leaves Russia less rattled than relieved

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US is threatening Moscow with financial consequences if a deal to end the Ukraine war is not reached within 50 days.
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China growth slows as trade turmoil weighs on economy

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Beijing says the economy grew by 5.2% in the three months to the end of June, compared to the same time last year.
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Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It opens up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between plants and animals.
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Beyoncé's unreleased music stolen from car during Cowboy Carter tour

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities say they've issued an arrest warrant for a suspect but it's unclear whether the stolen items have been recovered.
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Trump weapons pledge marks major step forward for Ukraine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For the first time since returning to the White House, Trump pledges to make new weapons available to Ukraine.
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Hawley urges DHS Secretary Noem to declassify all Trump Butler rally assassination attempt documents

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to declassify all documents related to the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.

Hawley’s request comes a year after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired off several shots at Trump from a rooftop near the presidential rally grounds. The gunman had a clear shot and grazed the president’s ear.

Even after a year, though, questions still remain about how Crooks was able to get a clear...
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Obama tells Democrat big wigs to 'toughen up,' start backing candidates that can actually win

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Barack Obama had blunt words for Democratic Party donors, telling them at a Friday fundraiser to "toughen up" and "stop looking for a quick fix" after the Democratic Party became locked out of power following the 2024 election cycle.

"I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up," Obama said at the fundraiser, according to excerpts obtained by CNN. "Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat, but you’re kind of...
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'Heart-breaking': Locals and visitors devastated by loss of Grand Canyon Lodge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Historians and hikers are mourning the loss of the breathtaking site, which has burned down once before.
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Dozens killed in clashes between Druze and Bedouin in southern Syria

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fighting continues in parts of Suweida province as the Syrian interior ministry sends forces to intervene.
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Trump admin seeks to overturn federal restraining order limiting ICE operations in Los Angeles

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration filed a request with the courts to suspend a temporary restraining order (TRO) that was issued on Friday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that ruled the agency likely violated constitutional protections through its immigration enforcement practices in Los Angeles.

In a 53-page order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a Biden appointee, barred ICE from conducting detentive stops in the Central District of California unless agents have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is...
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Firings at Trump's DOJ impact case against man accused of bilking kids with special needs

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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An ongoing purge of federal prosecutors from the Justice Department has impacted the criminal case against a Florida businessman accused of fleecing children with special needs.

The latest wave of firings included the prosecutor who was helping lead the criminal case against Leo Govoni, whose scheme allegedly bilked approximately $100 million from a fund to help people with disabilities. Michael Gordon, who also handled a series of U.S. Capitol riot prosecutions, was among several prosecutors fired in recent weeks, CBS News has learned. Gordon...
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Justice Department officials who investigated Trump, allies fired

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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More than 20 Justice Department employees who participated in investigations of President Trump and his allies were fired over the last week. Scott MacFarlane discusses what we know about the purge.
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