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Burning Man festival canceled for first time ever amid coronavirus pandemic

Organizers announced Friday that the arts festival -due to start on August 30 - in Nevada will not take place in 2020.




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England and Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves is home after a week in hospital with ill health

Greaves is now recovering at home in Essex with his wife Irene. The former striker, who has been in poor health since a severe stroke five years ago left him disabled, was taken to hospital last Tuesday.




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New unemployment claims reach 5.2 million in a week

There were 5.2 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.




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$350 billion paycheck fund runs out of cash and Trump blames Dems for 'killing' small businesses

Donald Trump blamed Democrats for 'killing' small businesses as the $350 billion paycheck protection fund ran dry Thursday morning.




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Washington's Jay Inslee accuses Donald Trump of 'fomenting rebellion' for backing lockdown rebels

Inslee, a Democrat, called Trump 'unhinged' for 'ranting' in support of protests to 'liberate' states - all of them held by Democratic governors - and said the 'meltdown' risked 'violence.'




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Crowd in Texas chants 'fire Fauci' as thousands across the country protest stay-at-home orders

Dr. Anthony Fauci became the subject of a targeted chant from hundreds at an Austin, Texas, anti-lockdown rally on Saturday




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New unemployment claims reach 4.4 million in a week

There were 4.4 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.




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Phil Neville will NOT take charge of England Women at Euros in 2022

Neville was due to be in charge for the home Euros next year but this will not be the case after the tournament was put back 12 months due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Navy leaders recommend REINSTATING USS Roosevelt captain

Defense Secretary Mark Esper was handed the recommendations Friday but has asked for more time to decide on an outcome.




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Kew crash: Trucker who killed four police officers in Melbourne crash charged with culpable driving

Mohinder Singh Bajwa was initially taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital under police guard after he suffered a 'medical episode' in the wake of the horrific crash.




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Trump unveils plan to test one in 50 Americans for coronavirus

President Trump announced Monday that the federal government will assist the states in conducting enough coronavirus testing to have businesses open their doors again.




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FOUR more residents at coronavirus-stricken nursing home die of COVID-19

In total, 11 residents at the Newmarch House in Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, have now died from the deadly respiratory infection.




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Ligue 1 is CANCELLED as their prime minister demands that no football is played until August

The seasons of France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are over after league bosses accepted that it would be impossible to complete the season amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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The House of Representatives will NOT come back to Washington next week

The House of Representatives will no longer come back in session on May 4, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday on a call with reporters.




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Joe Biden sex assault accuser blasts Hillary Clinton over endorsement

The former staffer who is accusing Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s lashed out at Hillary Clinton's endorsement Tuesday of the presumptive Democratic nominee.




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FDA may approve emergency use authorization of Ebola drug remdesivir TODAY

The FDA may announce its decision allowing emergency use authorization of an antiviral remdesivir for coronavirus patients as early as Wednesday.




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US may approve emergency use of Ebola drug remdesivir TODAY

Remdesivir, an antiviral made by California-based Gilead Sciences, was shown to slash recovery times in a global trial of more than 1,000 patients, including Britons.




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Gunman on the loose following double shooting in Merrylands in Sydney's west

Emergency services arrived at a home in Merrylands in Sydney's west following reports of a shooting about 9.30pm.




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New unemployment benefit claims hit 3.8 million in a week 

There were 3.8 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.




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'It is what it is.' Donald Trump brushes off unemployment claims passing 30 million

President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the 30 million unemployment claims that came in the wake of the coronavirus, saying 'it is what it is.'




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Heated war of words 'escalates to punches before a GUN is pulled outside a Sydney home'

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south-west Sydney, at about 4.05pm on Thursday.




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'This never happened': Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation by former Senate staffer

Joe Biden denied on Friday the sexual assault allegation made against him by a former member of his Senate staff, Tara Reade. 'They aren't true. This never happened,' Biden said in a statement




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FDA has APPROVED experimental drug Remdesivir for emergency use for coronavirus patients

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the FDA has approved the drug remdesivir for emergency use in hospitalized coronavirus patients. 




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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, is hospitalized with a gallbladder infection

Ginsburg, 87, underwent 'non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a gallbladder condition' on Tuesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Supreme Court said in a statement.




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Another 3.2 million Americans file new claims for unemployment benefits

There were 3.1 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed in the week ending May 2, according to a Labor Department report released on Thursday.




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911 call of white ex-cop who killed of unarmed black jogger

Two calls were made before the shooting in Brunswick, GA. Arbery, 25, was shot by Gregory McMichael and his son Travis who claim he was a burglar. Outcry has erupted over the killing.




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Coronavirus US: At least 33 million file for unemployment

JP Morgan's Bob Michele has said it will take between 10 to 12 years for US employment levels to get back to where they were before the coronavirus outbreak




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US unemployment rate hits 14.7% as more than 20.5 million lose jobs

The US unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 14.7% - the highest rate since the 1930s Great Depression as more than 20.5 million Americans suffer job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: Harry and Meghan are being peevish and tin-eared... just who IS advising them? 

ROBERT HARDMAN: Like every Sandhurst cadet, Prince Harry had the age-old maxim drummed in to him throughout his military training: time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.




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ROBERT HARDMAN on the Corona Home Guard

ROBERT HARDMAN: We are now almost numb to the pace of daily developments. The graph lines of infection and mortality grow steeper as the global situation verges on the Biblical.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: The forgotten care home victims

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterday morning could not have got off to a more harrowing start as Michelle Fay arrived to take over from the night shift.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: Prince Charles beamed in from his armchair to open Nightingale Hospital

ROBERT HARDMAN: Thus it was that the Prince of Wales opened the 4,000-bed Nightingale Hospital in east London yesterday - while sitting in his armchair in deepest Aberdeenshire.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: Behind the Queen's broadcast lay the legacy of her years in wartime isolation

ROBERT HARDMAN: There is, quite simply, no one else in Britain who could have delivered such a message with such unimpeachable authority.




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Countess of Bradford - obstetrician Dr Penelope Law - is battling shortage of protective equipment

The last time the Countess of Bradford wore a Stewart Parvin creation, it was on the day of her wedding. It was also a very different look from the Parvin ensemble she has been wearing this weekend.




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The girl who became an icon: ROBERT HARDMAN takes you through the Queen's own unseen photo album

ROBERT HARDMAN: No peal of bells from an empty Westminster Abbey. No thunderous gun salutes from Hyde Park, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle or anywhere else.




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The Numbers Game: Everton transformed by Roberto Martinez, but do they need David Moyes steel?

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Everton, for years the plucky underdogs, have been transformed by Roberto Martinez into genuine Champions League candidates. The Spaniard has brought about an immense change in style, outlook and ambition at Goodison Park.




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Liverpool clawing their way into the title race with Steven Gerrard in the holding role - NUMBERS GAME

With 12 games left to play in the Premier League, Liverpool sit just four points off top spot. Arsenal’s demolition at Anfield was followed up with the drab stalemate with Manchester United, while the usually free-scoring Manchester City have failed to find the net in their last two games.




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Numbers Game: How do you solve a problem like Mesut Ozil. Time to get off his back

Never had the Gunners faithful awaited a trip to the Stadium of Light with such excitement. After a summer of tearing their hair out thanks to the now-custom inactivity of manager Arsene Wenger in the summer transfer window, Arsenal fans were getting a chance to see a new signing – not just any signing, but a club record £42.5million capture from Real Madrid, Mesut Ozil.




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Capital One Cup final: Johnson's got a point to prove, Brown's back to marshal Aguero again - THE NUMBERS GAME

CHARLIE SKILLEN: It's not every Wembley final that one of the teams is as big as 7/1 to lift the trophy. But then the League Cup isn't every Wembley final.




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Hazard warning... Chelsea star is on course to be as good as Ronaldo and Messi

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Who is the best Premier League player of all time? It's a debate that has possibly filled more hours than any other, from expert TV panels to barstool bores in pubs everywhere in the country.




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The Numbers Game: Tottenham players are to blame for current mess, not Tim Sherwood or Andre Villas-Boas

CHARLIE SKILLEN: This was supposed to be it. This was meant to be the year that Spurs finally shook off the also-ran tag and made a break for the upper echelons of the Premier League. Now, on the brink of the North London derby, the situation is rather different.




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THE NUMBERS GAME: Kroos? Morata? Curtis Davies?! The players Moyes should buy to rebuild United

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Old Trafford was in raptures on Wednesday evening. Robin van Persie celebrating a hat-trick, David Moyes beaming as Manchester United overcame reached the Champions League quarter-finals. But in the harsh light of Friday's draw, just how much the win barely papered over the cracks was revealed.




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THE NUMBERS GAME: Ross Barkley's played his way in and Adam Lallana must go, but Jack Wilshere and Michael Carrick have to miss out... here's the men to be England's midfield maestros in Brazil

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Whisper it quietly, but we’re actually quite excited about some of the players that could be wearing the Three Lions this summer.




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THE NUMBERS GAME: Why Lukaku's NOT the right striker for Chelsea

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Five days, 120 minutes. That's how long it takes to ruin a season, apparently. Chelsea's 3-1 defeat at PSG to put them on the back foot in the Champions League came hot on the heels of the shock reverse at Crystal Palace.




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Lukaku and Barry returning home will rip up the Champions League dreams of Everton and Martinez THE NUMBERS GAME

THE NUMBERS GAME: All good things come to an end. For Roberto Martinez and Everton, that finale could come all too abruptly.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My position on health scares is scepticism... but there must be something in it 

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This is the police - step away from the Creme Egg... 

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Britain's top police officer, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick, yesterday promised that enforcement of the rules would be through persuasion, not punishment.




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BET Awards 2013: Meagan Good goes braless in extremely low-cut gown as she attends the BET Awards

As she stepped out at the 2013 BET Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, the 31-year-old actress flaunted her lady parts in a plunging blue gown.




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BET Awards 2013: Jordin Sparks shows off some major curve appeal in a skin-tight orange floral dress at the BET Awards

There was no stopping Jordin Sparks from putting her curves on centre stage as she stepped on the red carpet at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.




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Letoya Luckett bumps into Destiny's Child replacement Michelle Williams at BET Awards 2014

She watched her former bandmates achieve worldwide success after she left Destiny’s Child in 1999 with fellow member LaTavia Robertson.