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BEIRUT (AP) — A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble,...
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Trump rejects Obama’s voting recommendations, says ‘success’ will heal racism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday flatly rejected the need for direct action to address racism in the United States, dismissing his predecessor’s...
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Not in the room where it happens: U.S. Senate’s McConnell opts out of coronavirus talks
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By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As coronavirus aid negotiations between top White House officials and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress bogged down over the past week,...
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U.S.
- Pete Hamill, New York columnist from a bygone era, dead at 85
- New York City erects quarantine checkpoints to curb coronavirus
- Trump campaign sues Nevada over mail-in ballots, asserting ‘inevitable’ fraud
- Georgia prosecutor asks court to revoke bond for former Atlanta policeman charged with murder
- State Department says acting IG left to return to private sector
World
- Beirut reels from huge blast, as death toll climbs to at least 113
- Petitions and memes target former king Juan Carlos after he leaves Spain
- Fine art and face masks: London’s Victoria and Albert Museum reopens
- With no nationwide rule, Amsterdam insists on virus masks
- Testing center lines fuel criticism over France’s COVID strategy
Politics
- Biden will not accept Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee: DNC
- Biden will not accept Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee: Bloomberg
- Trump campaign sues Nevada over mail-in ballots, asserting ‘inevitable’ fraud
- AP source: Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept Democratic presidential nomination
- TikTok takes steps to curb misinformation ahead of U.S. election
Business
- Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion
- Boeing does not see immediate need to raise cash with new debt
- Samsung launches new Note, foldable phone as pandemic shrinks market
- Oil prices hit five-month high as U.S. crude stocks fall sharply
- Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels
Religious News
- Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing
- Mourners honor Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume
- Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after autonomy is stripped
- Times Square advertisers asked not to run Hindu temple ad
- Indian PM to lay foundation of temple at razed mosque site
Sports
- Pavlyuchenkova opts out of U.S. Open due to COVID-19 ‘insecurity’
- Arsenal to cut 55 jobs due to financial damage from pandemic
- Statistics for Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
- Big Ten football season set to begin on Labor Day weekend
- Deportivo player questioned by police after leaked audio
Health
- Canada signs deals with Pfizer, Moderna for experimental COVID-19 vaccines
- Spain diagnoses 1,772 new coronavirus cases in post-lockdown record
- Virginia first state to try pandemic app from Apple, Google
- U.S. to pay $1 billion for 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
- Doctors say Turkish COVID-19 outbreak worse than reported as hospitalisations swell
Science
- Samsung launches new Note, foldable phone as pandemic shrinks market
- Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels
- Virginia first state to try pandemic app from Apple, Google
- Disney takes $5 billion hit but pandemic impact not as bad as feared
- White House unveils partnership to boost quantum science education
