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Looking to Super Tuesday, Buttigieg campaigns in Nashville.

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Clyburn's endorsement of Biden 'a factor' for a majority of South Carolina voters: poll

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Voters in South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday appeared to be more moderate than those who took part in earlier presidential nominating contests, and a majority said a senior black congressman's endorsement of Joe Biden influenced their vote, according to exit polling by Edison Research. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2TpF7zX

Coronavirus: South Korea reports more than 800 new cases - The Guardian

Coronavirus: South Korea reports more than 800 new cases    The Guardian We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus    The New York Times How to prepare for a coronavirus pandemic - Business Insider    Business Insider First Coronavirus Death Reported in U.S.    The Wall Street Journal Virus cases mount in more countries    Bangkok Post View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2I7HlPa

First coronavirus death in US confirmed - CNN

First coronavirus death in US confirmed    CNN CDC erroneously identified first patient to die from coronavirus as female | TheHill    The Hill CDC 'erroneously' identified first coronavirus patient to die in US as female    Washington Examiner Specialist: Coronavirus could widely spread though US    CNN Coronavirus Update: First Infected Person In U.S. Dies, Latest NYC Test Comes Back Negative As City Gets Cleared To Start Local Testing    Gothamist View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39hSJnS

More than 10K turn out for Bernie Sanders rally in Elizabeth Warren's backyard - USA TODAY

More than 10K turn out for Bernie Sanders rally in Elizabeth Warren's backyard    USA TODAY Inside Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren's Hometown    Los Angeles Times House Ways and Means chair endorses Elizabeth Warren    POLITICO Bernie Sanders goes for the campaign kill    The Boston Globe A not-so-super Tuesday and other commentary    New York Post View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2PxoZLG

Person dies from coronavirus in Washington state, first in the US, health officials say - Fox News

Person dies from coronavirus in Washington state, first in the US, health officials say    Fox News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3ck3OGH

House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes - Fox News

House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes    Fox News House approves bill banning flavored tobacco products | TheHill    The Hill House Votes to Ban Flavors in Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes    The New York Times Broad anti-tobacco bill narrowly passes House    POLITICO House Democrats go full nanny state and pass overkill vape flavor ban    Washington Examiner View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Vs1vvk

A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia's election - CNN

A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia's election    CNN Slovakia election: Anti-corruption party wins most votes - exit poll    BBC News Journalist’s Murder Puts a Tycoon, and a Nation, on Trial    The New York Times Slovak opposition party OLANO takes lead in election: TV Markiza exit poll    Reuters Slovakia election: Double murder haunts voters    BBC News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3aoAjlx

Joe Coulombe, Founder And Namesake Of Trader Joe's, Dies At 89 - NPR

Joe Coulombe, Founder And Namesake Of Trader Joe's, Dies At 89    NPR Joe Coulombe, Who Founded Trader Joe’s, Dies at 89    The New York Times Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies    Fox Business Joe Coulombe, Trader Joe's Founder, Has Died in Pasadena at Age 89 | Pasadena California, Hotels,CA Real Estate,Restaurants,City Guide... - Pasadena.com    Pasadena Now Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe dies at age 89    CNN View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/38cwluH

The Dow is up 38% since Trump's election, down from 61% in a matter of days amid sell-off - CNBC

The Dow is up 38% since Trump's election, down from 61% in a matter of days amid sell-off    CNBC The Week That Wiped $3.6 Trillion Off the Stock Market U.S. stocks were at record levels    msnNOW Stocks, Dow Sink As Coronavirus Fears Continue Driving Economic Uncertainty    HuffPost The Dow lost 12% in one week. Here's why and what likely happens next    CNBC Coronavirus and the market plunge: 5 things you can do right now    Bankrate.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2VA2z0m

China economic activity plunges as coronavirus hit intensifies - South China Morning Post

China economic activity plunges as coronavirus hit intensifies    South China Morning Post China manufacturing plunges in February amid virus controls    Yahoo Finance Coronavirus Update, Feb 29: Here's What You Need To Know Today    International Business Times China factory activity shrank at its fastest rate on record in February    CNBC China data portends more punishment for bruised stock markets    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2PDgcIi

Apple Sends Care Packages to Employees Stranded in China's Wenzhou City and Hubei Province by Coronavirus - MacRumors

Apple Sends Care Packages to Employees Stranded in China's Wenzhou City and Hubei Province by Coronavirus    MacRumors Apple sends care packages including free iPads to some workers in China    PhoneArena Apple is sending care packages to stranded employees in China    AppleInsider View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2VtZFtX

Miranda Lambert's Husband Has a New Boss: His Wife - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Miranda Lambert's Husband Has a New Boss: His Wife    Showbiz Cheat Sheet Miranda Lambert's Husband Retires From NYPD to Work Her Security    Taste of Country Miranda Lambert’s Husband Brendan McLoughlin Retires From NYPD, Is Working as Her Security Guard    Us Weekly Miranda Lambert's Husband, Brendan McLoughlin, Retires From NYPD    The Boot Miranda Lambert’s husband Brendan McLoughlin leaving NYPD    LawOfficer.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3cmmt4z

Greece pushes back migrants after Turkish border 'onslaught'

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Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Union's doorstep. Greece, which has tense relations with Turkey, accused Ankara of sending the migrants to the border post in an organized "onslaught" and said it would keep them out. Turkey said on Thursday it would stop keeping hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in its territory after an air strike on Idlib in neighboring Syria killed 33 Turkish soldiers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VwLnbT

U.S.-Taliban sign landmark agreement in bid to end America's longest war

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The U.S. has agreed to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan within 14 months and pull out of five bases in 135 days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32DkbcV

Ex-Phoenix area sheriff declares victory despite court loss

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Former Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio lost a bid to erase his criminal conviction for disobeying a 2011 court order, but claimed victory Thursday after an appeal's court said the verdict no longer has any legal consequence because of President Donald Trump's pardon. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals explained Arpaio was pardoned before he could be sentenced and that the final judgment in the case ended up dismissing the contempt charge. “They can’t use that conviction against me in a court of law,” Arpaio said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2To3JZU

Most Coronavirus Cases Are Mild. That's Good and Bad News.

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HONG KONG -- As a dangerous new coronavirus has ravaged China and spread throughout the rest of the world, the outbreak's toll has sown fear and anxiety. Nearly 3,000 deaths. More than 82,000 cases. Six continents infected.But government officials and medical experts, in their warnings about the epidemic, have also sounded a note of reassurance: Although the virus can be deadly, the vast majority of those infected so far have only mild symptoms and make full recoveries.It is an important factor to understand, medical experts said, both to avoid an unnecessary global panic and to get a clear picture of the likelihood of transmission."Many people are now panicking, and some actually are exaggerating the risks," said Dr. Jin Dongyan, a virology expert at the University of Hong Kong. "For governments, for public health professionals -- they also have to deal with these, because these will also be harmful."Much about the virus remains unknown, and the danger could in...

Iran reports new surge in coronavirus cases

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Iran on Saturday reported a surge in new coronavirus cases as the number of deaths jumped to 43, but it dismissed as "rumours" a report the real toll was much higher. Since it announced its first deaths from COVID-19, Iran has scrambled to bring the outbreak under control, shutting schools, suspending cultural and sporting events and halting meetings of the cabinet and parliament. The health ministry on Saturday reported nine new deaths and a 53 percent jump in infections over the previous 24 hours, taking the overall totals to 43 deaths among 593 cases. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32DxLgy

An electrician, Navy veteran, and father of two small children are among the Molson Coors shooting victims

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Poilice have identified the six people killed Wednesday at the Molson Coors beverage company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pw6uqQ

After chemical attack and kidnapping, migrant mom tries again to enter U.S.

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“They’re putting us at risk,” the asylum-seeker said. “After all we’ve been through.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VwtLwF

What Does Israel Have To Fear From Syria's Tunnels?

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Is Syria taking a cue from Hezbollah? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38gXkFz

Joe Biden to win South Carolina vote - US media

It comes as a major boost to the former vice-president's flagging presidential campaign. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PALoaR

Berlin International Film Festival: Iranian film about executions wins top prize

Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned from leaving Iran and filmed There Is No Evil in secret. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Tdyt14

Idaho targets transgender people, birth certificate changes

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Idaho lawmakers moved forward Thursday with legislation banning transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling declaring such a ban unconstitutional. Ohio and Tennessee are the only other states in the country where transgender people cannot change their birth certificates, according to a law firm that has challenged the practice in court. In Idaho, this is another effort by the conservative state to target the population as Republicans in the House a day earlier advanced legislation to keep transgender women from competition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/398dUsa

Central Park Five's Kevin Richardson slams Bloomberg campaign

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Kevin Richardson, a member of the Central Park Five, has hit out at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential run and his blocking of a multimillion-dollar settlement over the group’s wrongful persecution.Mr Richardson, one of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted for the shocking assault of Trishia Meili in 1989, was reported to have criticised Mr Bloomberg at an event outside his campaign office in Manhattan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cjCXdJ

Inside the 'horrifying' 4-star hotel in Tenerife, where hundreds of guests have been quarantined after coronavirus cases in the resort

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Hundreds of tourists at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace in Tenerife are on lockdown for the next two weeks. One guest called it the "holiday from hell." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3a7gaAb

Court won't let Trump pardon void guilty verdict against Arpaio

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Used to giving orders, Kansas abortion foes can't cut a deal

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Abortion opponents who've become used to giving orders to Kansas lawmakers on the exact wording of new restrictions are stymied now that they face compromising to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot. After falling short in a House vote three weeks ago, abortion opponents have pressured a dozen members who voted no, moderate Republicans and Democrats who are Catholic or who represent relatively conservative or heavily Catholic districts. Kansans for Life, the state's most influential anti-abortion group and a GOP power-broker, has for years told lawmakers what proposals to pursue and has watched them approve the group's language and echo its talking points. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32F1IwD

Police rescue 24 babies, pregnant teens from Nigerian 'baby factory'

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Nigerian police have rescued 24 babies and four expectant mothers from an illegal maternity home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, a spokesman said Thursday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TmizAi

China reports rise in new coronavirus cases, warns of risk of rebound

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SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 433 new cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 26, the National Health Commission said on Thursday, up from 406 a day earlier, with a cluster of new cases in Beijing raising concerns about the management of employees returning to work. The total number of confirmed cases on mainland China has now reached 78,497, the Commission said, though the number of new deaths on Wednesday stood at 29, the lowest daily rate since Jan. 28. The outbreak has now killed a total of 2,744 people in China. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/384FCVw

Why is Iran's reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries?

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Iran has now suspended parliament indefinitely due to the outbreak. Secretary of State Pompeo says the U.S. has offered to help Iran respond to the virus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3c6yyLf

A man convicted for killing his high school girlfriend was freed by decades-old DNA evidence. Now he's on a mission to find the real killer.

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Leah Freeman's shoes were the only clue police had in her murder — and the only evidence that her high school boyfriend Nick McGuffin wasn't her killer. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w9592y

Mike Huckabee goes on bizarre rant about Trump 'sucking' coronavirus out of Americans' lungs

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In Donald Trump’s America, very few national figures are as loyal to the president as Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and father of the former White House press secretary.And, as criticism has mounted regarding Mr Trump’s reaction to the deadly coronavirus, Mr Huckabee got a chance to display that obedience once again — and took the bait, hook line and sinker, by delivering a bizarre defence of the man. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39abrNV

Belarus leader says nation being forced to merge with Russia

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The president of Belarus said Thursday that his country is "being forced into integration” with Russia and insisted that real integration of the two countries' economies implied “sovereignty and independence” for Belarus. “We remain committed, as always, to real integration without being forced into integration,” President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with Mikhail Myasnikovich, chair of the Eurasian Economic Commission. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32vclSN

Anti-Greta Blasts ‘Climate Alarmism’ to Conservative Gathering

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Canadian National Railway starts calling back employees laid off during rail blockade

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Canadian National Railway Co has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this month in eastern Canada, when blockades crippled operations on strategic rail lines, according to a company email sent to customers on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vhVO8G

Biotechnology trade group taps former Biogen CEO as its coronavirus czar

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The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the biotechnology industry's largest trade association, told Reuters on Friday that former Biogen Inc CEO George Scangos would coordinate its response to the global coronavirus outbreak. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I3WoJP

Government Eyes War Powers to Speed Medical Manufacturing Ahead of Virus - The New York Times

Government Eyes War Powers to Speed Medical Manufacturing Ahead of Virus    The New York Times from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2VvkSUj

Pete Buttigieg draws a crowd in South Carolina ahead of primary - CBS News

Pete Buttigieg draws a crowd in South Carolina ahead of primary    CBS News Pete Buttigieg, the Political Junkie Who Is Running for President    The New York Times 'Help me get it.' Pete Buttigieg's black surrogates face a skeptical audience for the candidate in South Carolina    USA TODAY Frank Bruni: The case for Pete Buttigieg    Salt Lake Tribune Pete Buttigieg is no 'white Obama,' but merely a pale imitation    Washington Examiner View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39lGwhC

Virus sell-off hands S&P 500 biggest drops at the opening bell - Financial Times

Virus sell-off hands S&P 500 biggest drops at the opening bell    Financial Times Dow Drops 800 At Open, Extending Worst Week Since Financial Crisis | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC    MSNBC Global markets, Wall Street drag out week-long free fall as coronavirus crisis worsens    The Washington Post Here’s When You Should Buy Stocks Again    TheStreet Stocks sink again, heading for the worst week since 2008    KSL.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3aeGqsg

Powell Opens Door to Fed Rate Cut on ‘Evolving’ Risks From Virus - Bloomberg

Powell Opens Door to Fed Rate Cut on ‘Evolving’ Risks From Virus    Bloomberg Fed's Powell warns coronavirus poses 'evolving risks' to economy, vows to support expansion    Fox Business Fed opens door to rate cut after week of plunging stocks    POLITICO Market getting ahead of itself, is dependent on Fed: Fisher    CNBC Television Fed teases rate cut as coronavirus fears pummel markets    Fox Business View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2TrS38n

Tech conferences are falling as fast as the stock market - MarketWatch

Tech conferences are falling as fast as the stock market    MarketWatch from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/397VOGM

Game Developers Conference Has Been 'Postponed' To Summer - Kotaku

Game Developers Conference Has Been 'Postponed' To Summer    Kotaku GDC running out of time to cancel as Amazon, Blizzard join no-show list    Ars Technica Amazon is the latest to pull out of GDC over coronavirus fears    Engadget Microsoft Drops Out Of GDC, Too [Update: And Epic]    Kotaku Game Developers Conference 2020 has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns    PC Gamer View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2vq3GF4

Google restricts travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads and employee in Switzerland tests positive - CNBC

Google restricts travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads and employee in Switzerland tests positive    CNBC Google employee tests positive for novel coronavirus, company restricts travel - Business Insider    Business Insider Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus    Boing Boing Google Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus    Yahoo Entertainment Google employee tests positive for coronavirus as company further restricts travel    msnNOW View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39abmtI

Creating the MLS Hall of Fame: The First 25 Inductees and Exhibits to Tell the League's Story - Sports Illustrated

Creating the MLS Hall of Fame: The First 25 Inductees and Exhibits to Tell the League's Story    Sports Illustrated Premier League to open Hall of Fame What about a Hall of Infamy?    ESPN Which League Is Best? The One Your Team Is In    The New York Times Liverpool's Mane: I didn't know Premier League winners got medals    Yahoo Sports 20 years since Manchester United’s best ever end to a Premier League season    United In Focus - Manchester United FC News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2wdnStN

FOX NEWS: Martha MacCallum on the personal history of 'Unknown Valor'

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Martha MacCallum on the personal history of 'Unknown Valor' 'The Story' host MArtha MaCallum opens up about writing 'Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima.'

Coronavirus threatens global economy as experts warn no country will be spared

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All countries need to prepare to combat the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic's rapid global spread and Wall Street looked set for its biggest weekly fall since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TsuUTE

German states report total of 22 new coronavirus cases

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Six western German states reported a total of 22 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, a day after the federal health minister said the country is at the start of an epidemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VpkYNf

Dominican Republic turns away cruise ship over coronavirus fears

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Port authorities in the Dominican Republic on Thursday turned away a cruise ship on a tour of the Caribbean and Central America over fears some passengers might have the coronavirus. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PxFHKT

A Delhi neighborhood divided by a highway and now hatred

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The Hindu area of Bhajanpura and Muslim quarter of Chand Bagh face each other across a wide thoroughfare running through the northeastern part of India's capital, New Delhi. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PvL9xL

Poll: Biden crushing Sanders in South Carolina - POLITICO

Poll: Biden crushing Sanders in South Carolina    POLITICO View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2T2NUZO

Cycling: UAE Tour canceled after positive coronavirus tests

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The final two stages of the UAE Tour, which is featuring some of the world's leading riders, has been canceled due to two Italian participants testing positive for coronavirus, the Abu Dhabi Sports Council said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VvF3Bo