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Call Of Duty Patch Notes: Modern Warfare/Warzone Update Adds 200-Player Mode, Grau Nerf    GameSpot Call of Duty®: Warzone - Verdansk Air Trailer    Call of Duty Call of Duty: Warzone gets 200-player mode, new weapon    Polygon Warzone ups its player count to 200, adds a tasty shopping contract    Rock Paper Shotgun Report: Call of Duty Warzone to Follow Apex Legends and PUBG with New Feature    Essentially Sports View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3dOoDcI

Facebook’s newest proof-of-concept VR headset looks like a pair of sunglasses    The Verge How holographic tech is shrinking VR displays to the size of sunglasses    Ars Technica Facebook Researchers Show The Most Compact VR Optics Yet    UploadVR Facebook reveals the future of VR headsets, and it's more 'CSI Miami' than 'Tron'    Mashable Facebook’s Future VR Headsets Could Feature Holographic Optics    VRFocus View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/31vcSWb

In early March, while President Donald Trump’s loudest allies at Fox News downplayed the coronavirus pandemic, with some claiming it was nothing more than an “impeachment scam” to destroy the president, Tucker Carlson received widespread—and usual, considering his notoriously far-right rhetoric—praise for calling out his colleagues and Trump for “minimizing” the impending danger.The Fox News primetime star continues to receive plaudits for reportedly convincing the president to finally take the crisis seriously. Days after that March 9 monologue, which was delivered shortly after Carlson privately spoke with Trump about the virus, the president publicly addressed the nation and his administration began pushing social-distancing guidelines.While Carlson sounding the alarm much earlier than his Fox News peers may have a had a positive impact (on his viewers, especially, as studies show his audience took protective measures before Trump confidant Sean Hannity’s), it didn’t take long for t...

Google Sheets will soon be able to autocomplete data for you    TechCrunch Google Sheets will soon suggest formulas as you type    Engadget Google makes Connected Sheets generally available for G Suite users    ZDNet PwC uses Connected Sheets to scale data insights    G Suite Google’s G Suite finalizes Connected Sheets and introduces AI-driven data cleanup tools    VentureBeat View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2BQF0Za

July 4th will be quieter than usual this year, thanks to COVID-19. Many U.S. cities are canceling fireworks displays to avoid drawing large crowds that could promote the spread of coronavirus. But President Trump is planning to stage a celebration at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on July 3. It’s easy to see why an Independence Day event at a national memorial featuring the carved faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt would seem like a straightforward patriotic statement. But there’s controversy. Trump’s visit will be capped by fireworks for the first time in a decade, notwithstanding worries that pyrotechnics could ignite wildfires. And Native Americans are planning protests, adding Mount Rushmore to the list of monuments around the world that critics see as commemorating histories of racism, slavery and genocide and reinforcing white supremacy. As I show in my book, “Memorials Matter: Emotion, Environment, and Public Me...

Prince Harry's 'increased spending' caused Prince William rift    Daily Mail Meghan Markle & Prince Harry's INSANE Price For Public Speaking Revealed!    Clevver News Kate Middleton and Prince William Show Off Lockdown Tans — and Princess Beatrice Has a New Hair Color!    PEOPLE Meghan Markle Has a Secret Tie to Prince Andrew    Yahoo! Voices Meghan Markle 'embarrassed' Harry with pregnancy announcement, new book claims    MSN UK View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2AlXKQ0

Russian state opinion pollster VTsIOM said on Monday that its exit polls showed that 76% of Russians had so far voted to support reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036. The nationwide vote on constitutional reforms began on June 25 and is being held over seven days as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic. If approved, the changes would allow Putin to run twice for president again after his current term expires in 2024. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31rN2mb

Kanye West's 'Wash Us in the Blood' seeks spiritual fix for society's pain    New York Post Kanye West – Wash Us In The Blood feat. Travis Scott (Official Video)    Kanye West Listen to “Wash Us in the Blood” [ft. Travis Scott] by Kanye West    Pitchfork Kanye West drops 'Wash Us in the Blood,' his first new music since 'Jesus Is King'    Entertainment Weekly North West Dances With Choir In New Music Video by Kanye West and Travis Scott    TooFab View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2VyJQBe

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* Infectious disease expert says US ‘going in the wrong direction’ * ‘I’m very concerned. I’m not satisfied with what’s going on’Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has said the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases daily unless action is taken to reverse the epidemic.Appearing before the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee on Tuesday, Fauci warned that the US is “going in the wrong direction” over handling the coronavirus, and said the death toll “is going to be very disturbing”.He appeared a day after the White House insisted the outbreak had been reduced to “embers” but the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Anne Schuchat, insisted: “This is really the beginning.”Speaking on Capitol Hill, Fauci was asked about the increase in new cases of coronavirus – the US last week reported 40,000 in one day – and whether the pandemic was under control.“The numbers speak for themselves,” he said. “I’m v...

A new study found what happened to the Earth's dinosaurs. An asteroid strike blocking out the sun for years and causing permanent winters was cause. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31xIF8Y

The victim had been with friends at a nearby party when she apparently snatched one of the swastika flags displayed outside the man's home. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zon7cj

A white couple who pointed guns at protesters in St Louis have said they were threatened as crowds marched down their street.Video shared online showed 63-year-old Mark McCloskey and 61-year-old Patricia McCloskey stationed on the lawn outside their St Louis home on Sunday night as protesters walked past. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BQZXTN

North Korea's fury over anti-Pyongyang leaflets launched from the South is driven by "dirty, insulting" depictions of leader Kim Jong Un's spouse, Russia's top envoy in the reclusive country has said. In recent weeks Pyongyang has issued a series of vitriolic condemnations over anti-North leaflets which defectors based in the South send across the militarised border -- usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles. The campaigns have long been a point of contention between the two Koreas, but this time, Pyongyang upped the pressure, blowing up a liaison office and threatening military measures. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BouZT1

After the Cedarville University board of trustees voted to reinstate its president two board members resigned, citing concerns about an investigation into the president's hiring and firing of a faculty member. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38eJ1CV

‘We’re not the problem’: Texas bar owners sue over governor’s shutdown order    The Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Vy8fa4

New York City won't start counting absentee ballots for another week    POLITICO from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/31ybGlc

Publication of explosive tell-all book by Trump’s niece temporarily blocked by New York state judge    The Washington Post Trump family WIN temporary restraining order over niece's book    Daily Mail President Trump’s Forward-Thinking Federal Workforce Policy    National Review Judge Temporarily Blocks Publication Of Tell-All Book By Trump's Niece    Forbes Trump says duo who defaced NYC statues face 10 years in prison    New York Daily News View Full Coverage on Google News from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2BXQkTa

'They basically swallowed hard': Trumpy Census Bureau hires revive fears of political meddling    POLITICO from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2NVyh37

A look back at how Covid-19 has swept the globe and altered the world in the course of six months. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/38gRFkr

Travel vlogger Bogdan Alexe has had to come up with new ways make films. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2YPvLSd

Fashion student Karina Bondareva recreated the dress worn by Cardi B at last year's Met Gala in New York. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/38ggJrv

Joseph DeAngelo has pleaded guilty to 13 murders and numerous sexual assaults. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/38ds7EI

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed cutting $1bn (£814m) from the police force’s $6bn (£4.48bn) yearly budget, amid calls for reform.Mr de Blasio announced the plan during his daily City Hall press briefing on Monday, and said the proposed budget would help reform the New York City Police Department (NYPD). from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NGUzFq

Millions track the pandemic on Johns Hopkins’s dashboard. Those who built it say some miss the real story.    The Washington Post More states reverse or slow reopening plans as coronavirus cases climb    CNBC Worldwide coronavirus deaths pass 500,000 mark, Johns Hopkins University research shows    Fox News Coronavirus Worldwide Death Toll Reaches 500,000    Newsweek Coronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000 worldwide    CBS News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Zet2QY

The South Pole has warmed three times faster than the rest of the planet in the last 30 years due to warmer tropical ocean temperatures, new research showed Monday. Antarctica's temperature varies widely according to season and region, and for years it had been thought that the South Pole had stayed cool even as the continent heated up. Researchers in New Zealand, Britain and the United States analysed 60 years of weather station data and used computer modelling to show what was causing the accelerated warming. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VuJueO

John Wayne’s son responds to resolution calling for John Wayne Airport to be renamed    Fox News Democrats want John Wayne Airport renamed after 'I believe in white supremacy' interview resurfaces    CNN Leaders want John Wayne name, statue gone from Orange County airport    NBC News Orange County Democrats push to have John Wayne's name and statue removed from California airport    CBS News Are California Dems Trying to Change the Name of John Wayne Airport?    Snopes.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3eJWrt9

A large brush fire, estimated to have reached 150 to 200 acres , was “rapidly spreading” on Traverse Mountains near Lehi, Utah, on June 27, according to ABC4 . Utah Fire Info reported that the fire was “started by fireworks” and said “strong, gusty winds” were responsible for the rapid spread of the fire across the mountain side. Lehi Community Emergency Response Team issued an evacuation order in a quarter mile radius in the city. Video shows the fire burning on the mountain side from a residential area in the hills of the city of Lehi. Credit: Jeremy Roberts via Storyful from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NGfGYI

As U.S. soars past 2.5 million coronavirus cases, Pence urges Americans to wear masks, social distance    The Washington Post How Trump’s team veered off his coronavirus victory lap    Politico Vice President Pence encourages wearing masks as cases surge    CBS News Analysis | Power Up: Worried Republicans urge Trump to change his tone. Again.    The Washington Post Pence: Masks 'Good Idea' When Distancing Not Possible | NBC News    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2YFas5t

A white couple who stood outside their St. Louis mansion and pointed guns at protesters who were marching toward the mayor's home to demand her resignation support the Black Lives Matter movement and don't want to become heroes to those who oppose the cause, their attorney said Monday. Video posted online showed Mark McCloskey, 63, and his 61-year-old wife, Patricia, standing outside their Renaissance palazzo-style home Sunday night in the city’s well-to-do Central West End neighborhood. Mark McCloskey told KMOV-TV that he and wife, who are personal injury lawyers, were facing an “angry mob” on their private street and feared for their lives Sunday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZlYE7h

Gilead Science releases pricing plan for COVID-19 drug Remdesivir    One America News Network Gilead sets U.S. price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir at $3120 for typical treatment    CNBC Television Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in developed nations    Yahoo Finance Gilead Sets a Good-Enough Bar With Covid-Treatment Price    Bloomberg Dr. Marc Siegel: Coronavirus defense — as numbers rise, promising drug Remdesivir cleared for use    Fox News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Zljkwf

Beijing said on Monday it will impose visa restrictions on U.S. individuals with "egregious conduct" on Hong Kong-related issues, mirroring U.S. sanctions against unnamed Chinese officials deemed responsible for curbing freedoms in the city. The announcement comes as the top decision-making body of China's parliament deliberates a draft national security law for Hong Kong that pro-democracy activists in the city fear will be used to eliminate dissent and tighten Beijing's control. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, who announced the new sanctions during a press briefing in response to a question about Washington's new visa restrictions, did not specify which U.S. individuals have been targeted. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dIDyWb

Lululemon is buying exercise hardware startup Mirror for half a billion dollars    The Verge Lululemon to acquire at-home fitness company Mirror for $500 million    CNBC Lululemon CEO on latest acquisition: Mirror will be profitable next year    CNBC Television Lululemon to buy connected fitness startup Mirror for $500 million    Axios Lululemon to buy at-home fitness system Mirror for $500 million    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/38eO5a9

The Navy’s carrier air wings would have greatly benefited from an A-12-like capability had the program survived. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AdEJiD

Two police officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were shot and critically wounded on the city's east side Monday morning and police arrested the suspected gunman following a more than seven-hour search, authorities said. David Anthony Ware, 32, was arrested about 10:45 a.m., said Capt. Richard Meulenberg. The officers — Sgt. Craig Johnson and rookie officer Aurash Zarkeshan — remained in critical condition Monday afternoon and were “fighting for their lives,” said Police Chief Wendell Franklin. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ieplDO

Without deliberate action, the U.S. shipbuilding industry will become increasingly fragile. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Bm0z3X

Steven Lopez is accused of firing a gun into the crowd at a protest at Louisville's Jefferson Square Park, killing a 27-year-old photographer. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ajs6mc

The fire in Mount Charleston, Nevada, engulfed about 5,000 acres (20 sq km) within an afternoon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VuQsR9

Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Texas all currently have positive test rates higher than 10%. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CJnlD6

Donald Trump is accusing some Democratic officials of "incredible stupidity" for calling for actor John Wayne's name to be removed from an airport in California even after an interview resurfaced of "The Duke" embracing white supremacy.John Wayne Airport in southern California serves Orange County and Los Angeles. Mr Trump in January 2016, as a presidential candidate, held a special event at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa. He spoke at a lectern with a wax statue of the late actor behind him. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dIx9u6

As U.S. soars past 2.5 million coronavirus cases, Pence urges Americans to wear masks, social distance    The Washington Post How Trump’s team veered off his coronavirus victory lap    Politico Vice President Pence encourages wearing masks as cases surge    CBS News Analysis | Power Up: Worried Republicans urge Trump to change his tone. Again.    The Washington Post Pence: Masks 'Good Idea' When Distancing Not Possible | NBC News    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2YFas5t

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump 'Didn't Hear' White Power Clip but Shared It to Stand With 'Demonized' Supporters    The Daily Beast Trump retweets, then deletes video of supporter shouting "White Power"    CBS News Trump Shares Video of Armed White St.Louis Couple Confronting Protesters    The New York Times The 'white power' video that Trump retweeted is not what the media are saying it is    Washington Examiner Trump’s only campaign promise is to make bigotry safe again    The Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3eKXybH

Judge explains decision to reject delay in Roger Stone’s sentence    POLITICO Judge ordered Roger Stone to prison because there are no coronavirus cases at Jesup, Ga., minimum security facility    The Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News from U.S. - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2NFqg1V

Concerns have been expressed around the world over plans by Israel’s prime minister to annex parts of the West Bank. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3eNBeyc

Corruption, medical supply shortages and militant attacks have deepened the country's health crisis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2VtiLiS

A video of Kaitlyn Saunders skating on the square opposite the White House has amassed over 350,000 views. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3dES0yg

Rep. Louie Gohmert is among a group of Republican lawmakers including the president and vice president who have been photographed without a face mask. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31ptLSq

The coronavirus hasn’t gone away.As the Northeast, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. for months, has seen steep, persistent declines in confirmed cases, other parts of the country have spiked. A month or so ago, most of the increased cases were a function of increased testing. Now, states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona have seen worrying increases in their positivity rates — the percentage of tests that are positive — in a sign of accelerating community spread.The media’s tone about this trend is, of course, apocalyptic, with many commentators portraying the Republican governors of these states as callous extremists hell-bent on reopening, come what may. The fact is that states all over the country have been reopening, and California and North Carolina, both with Democratic governors, have seen spikes in new confirmed cases, too (although not dramatically increasing positivity rates). It’s also irksome to see these governors depicted as villains at the same time New York Gove...

A Facebook post falsely claimed the CDC admitted adding influenza and pneumonia deaths to its COVID-19 death count. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eJ9ESN

Health officials urged anyone who visited the establishment between June 12 and June 20 to self-quarantine for 14 days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eGL3Op

Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ifc6Ts

The cases, which occurred over several weeks in May, are related to alcoholism, according to health officials. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Vr6lIp

Before George Floyd stopped pleading for air beneath a police officer's knee, 19-year-old Weidmayer Pierre was planning to work at Wal-Mart during his summer break from Palm Beach State College. Pierre has quit his retail job to focus on organizing Black Lives Matter protests every few days in Florida, determined to channel the groundswell of energy around the world into meaningful reform in his hometown. “Every time someone gets killed by police brutality we protest once or twice and it’s done," said Pierre, who wants to help police improve the system from within. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Vn0h3w

US president heads to Virginia a day after saying he’d stay in Washington DC to ‘make sure law and order is enforced’ amid ongoing anti-racism protests * Coronavirus in the US – follow live updatesDonald Trump visited one of his own private golf courses in Virginia on Saturday as America continued to see fallout from a rapid surge in coronavirus cases. The trip came a day after the US president said he would stay in Washington DC to “make sure law and order is enforced” amid ongoing anti-racism protests.The president has been frequently criticized for the scale of his golfing habit while in office. CNN – which tallies his golfing activities – said the visit to the Trump National course in Loudon county, just outside Washington DC, was the 271st of his presidency – putting him at an average of golfing once every 4.6 days since he’s been in office. His predecessor, Barack Obama, golfed 333 rounds over the two terms of his presidency, according to NBC.The visit comes as the number of conf...

By Christian K. Anderson, The ConversationWhen I toured the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion in 2019, I noticed the multi-volume papers of John C. Calhoun on display. It struck me as remarkable that Calhoun’s ideas would be featured so prominently given his vigorous defense of slavery and his role in laying the groundwork for the Civil War.But the reality is Calhoun’s legacy until now has been quite prominent in American society—and not just in the South.His statue stands between the two chambers of the House and Senate in the South Carolina Statehouse. However, a separate statue in Charleston has been removed from the town square following nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd during an encounter with police. The statue had stood for 124 years just a block from Mother Emanuel Church, site of the horrific shooting massacre in 2015 of nine Black worshipers by an avowed white supremacist. The church is also located on Calhoun Street.Despite his historic prominence, ...