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	news As-it-happens update ⋅ August 31, 2020
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	ESPN John Thompson took a chance on hapless Georgetown ... then worked a miracle ESPN In 1972, Georgetown had a problem. Its basketball program was coming off a 3-23 season, and, one appearance in the 1943 national championship game notwithstanding, the Hoyas were and had long been an afterthought in the sport. The university's very ... Flag as irrelevant
	ESPN NBA playoffs: Everything to know for Bucks-Heat and Raptors-Celtics in the East semis ESPN The conference semifinals are underway -- in the East, at least. While the West waits on the results of two first-round series, the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat tip off their second-round series on Monday night, and the Boston Celtics already took Game 1 ... Flag as irrelevant
	ESPN Notre Dame football limiting attendance to 20% of capacity ESPN Notre Dame football attendance this fall will be limited to 20% or less of stadium capacity with priority going to students, the school announced Monday. Once student ticket demand is met, Notre Dame faculty and staff will receive the remaining tickets. No fans ... Flag as irrelevant
	ESPN Messi and Barcelona likely heading to courts, and there's no telling how this relationship will resolve ESPN The problem with analyzing the future of Lionel Messi is that, after 20 years, his relationship with Barcelona lies somewhere between the professional and the romantic. You can use reason and logic on the first part to come up with plausible scenarios. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 2020 US Open: Live Updates from Day 1 The New York Times The United States Open opens Monday, with stars Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka slated to play their opening matches at night. By Ben Rothenberg, Christopher Clarey, Matt Futterman and Max Gendler. Right Now. The first singles matches of the day are ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Sudan Signs Peace Deal With Rebel Alliance The New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — Hoping to put an end to nearly two decades of bloodshed that has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions more displaced, the transitional government of Sudan signed a peace agreement with an alliance of rebel groups on Monday ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Indian Economy Shrank Record 23.9% Last Quarter Wall Street Journal India's economy shrank a record 23.9% last quarter as a nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus and fear of the fast-spreading pandemic strangled spending. Gross domestic product took a beating in the April-through-June quarter compared with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero, Paul Rusesabagina, Is Held on Terrorism Charge The New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier whose bravery saved more than 1,200 Rwandans during the 1994 genocide, was arrested on charges including terrorism, arson and murder, the Rwandan authorities said on Monday. Mr. Rusesabagina ... Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Defying Wisconsin governor, Trump says he will still visit Kenosha Politico President Donald Trump declared Monday that he would move ahead with a planned trip to Kenosha, Wis., in defiance of Gov. Tony Evers' request that he stay away from the state amid raw tensions surrounding protests against racial injustice and police ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Lebanon Names New Prime Minister After Weeks of Political Uncertainty Wall Street Journal BEIRUT—Lebanon named its ambassador to Germany as the country's next prime minister, an appointment that is unlikely to sate the anger of protesters who have sought a complete overhaul of the nation's leadership following the deadly Beirut explosion. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Hurricane Rita flooded his home in 2005. It survived Ike in 2008. Laura took everything. USA TODAY HACKBERRY, La. – Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into his white, wooden home in Hackberry, Louisiana, a tiny Cameron Parish community 15 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Next came Ike in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Scalise on doctored Biden video: 'It shouldn't have been edited' Politico House Minority Whip Steve Scalise on Monday defended his decision to tweet a video of a doctored exchange between Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and progressive health care activist Ady Barkan — insisting that the altered clip correctly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Lebanese turn their back on 'hopeless' country after blast Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Days after the port explosion that ravaged Beirut, a news anchor at a little-watched state TV channel declared he was leaving Lebanon for good. Web developer Darine Tamer, 30, poses for a picture in her house in Beirut, Lebanon, August ... Flag as irrelevant
	Acme Packing Company Vikings' Ngakoue trade makes Packers right tackle decision even more important Acme Packing Company The Green Bay Packers hope the adage about quarterbacks isn't true about right tackles: if you have two, you don't have one. Being able to slot Lane Taylor, a quality guard, in on the right side if Billy Turner wins the tackle job would be boost for depth, but that ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge The Motorola One 5G has faster speeds and a macro lens ring light for less than $500 The Verge Motorola is bringing a midrange 5G phone to the US (as it had promised earlier this year) with the announcement of the Motorola One 5G, which will cost under $500. The One 5G is technically Motorola's second 5G phone, following the release of the Moto G ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yahoo Sports Report: Man United push to sign Upamecano Yahoo Sports Upamecano to Manchester United is gathering steam. A report from ESPN states that Manchester United are now focusing on signing French center back Dayot Upamecano after all but securing a $50 million deal for Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post DC police, protesters clash again near Black Lives Matter Plaza Washington Post Police moved in on dozens of protesters in the District early Monday, deploying a chemical irritant in the crowd and tackling some demonstrators as officers moved quickly to clear Black Lives Matter Plaza. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. It is unclear ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com NYC Delays Issuing 22K Layoff Notices As Unions Press Lawmakers Patch.com NEW YORK CITY — A 22,000-strong batch of layoff notices going to New York City employees is on pause while unions press lawmakers for help bridging the city's budget gap, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. De Blasio announced the delay Monday — the day ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Cuomo sends SWAT team to SUNY Oneonta to contain COVID-19 cluster Fox News New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed a SWAT team to the State University of New York College at Oneonta to help contain a surge in coronavirus cases that developed at the school. The state team will include 71 contact tracers and eight case ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report 2020 Watch: Can Trump Ignore Reality as Election Day Nears? U.S. News & World Report By STEVE PEOPLES, AP National Political Writer. NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 64. Days to first debate: 29. ___. THE NARRATIVE. Flag as irrelevant
	EarthSky Asteroid 2011 ES4 will pass much closer than the moon on September 1 EarthSky The orbit of asteroid 2011 ES4 is still not entirely known. Our knowledge of it might improve sometime today – or early tomorrow – if it is "recovered" by astronomers. It's expected to pass within the moon's orbit, possibly as close as 0.19 lunar distances. Flag as irrelevant
	Vulture Surprise, Bitch, Emma Roberts Is Pregnant Vulture Update August 31: Emma Roberts has confirmed on Instagram that she is pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend, Garrett Hedlund. The post functioned as both a pregnancy announcement and a gender reveal, because she captioned it, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Massachusetts student flu shot mandate draws hundreds of protesters to Boston Fox News All Massachusetts students, from child care to college, are required to get the flu vaccine before Dec. 31. Danielle Wallace. By Danielle Wallace | Fox News. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Comments; Print; Email. close. Could a COVID vaccine be ready for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution 'Tenet' launches with $53M in overseas gambit at box office Atlanta Journal Constitution The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" and the long-delayed "X-Men" spinoff "The New Mutants," arrived in theaters over the weekend, testing the waters of a radically different ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet CNBC Amazon on Monday received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones. The approval will give Amazon broad privileges to "safely and efficiently deliver packages to customers," the FAA said. Amazon ... Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Ahead of Kentucky Derby, Trump's immigration squeeze has horse trainers boxed in Politico LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Trump administration's immigration squeeze and the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic threaten to leave the horse racing industry short of workers, racing officials warn as they prepare for a reconfigured Kentucky Derby. Flag as irrelevant
	pymnts.com Report: TikTok Sale Could Come Tuesday pymnts.com The winning bidder for TikTok's U.S., New Zealand and Australian operations could be announced as soon as Tuesday (Sept. 1), sources told CNBC. But the source did not reveal or perhaps did not know whether the winning bidder is the team of Microsoft ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seahawks.com Seahawks Sign DE Pita Taumoepenu; Place Branden Jackson On IR Seahawks.com The Seahawks added defensive end Pita Taumoepenu on Sunday, a move that adds defensive line depth with Branden Jackson going on injured reserve. Taumoepenu, who was a sixth-round pick out of Utah ... Flag as irrelevant
	CHANNELS TELEVISION Health Highlights: Aug. 31, 2020 U.S. News & World Report Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: FDA Could Green Light COVID-19 Vaccines Before Clinical Trials Completed: Commissioner. Emergency use authorization or approval for a COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBSSports.com 2020 BMW Championship leaderboard, grades: Jon Rahm drains insane 66-foot putt to win in a playoff CBSSports.com Jon Rahm has never won a major championship, but it probably feels like he's won a couple after the season he's had on the PGA Tour. Rahm took the 2020 BMW Championship at Olympia Fields on Sunday in a surreal playoff over Dustin Johnson by closing ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA Sheriff's prisoner transport bus strikes and kills pedestrian, closing 5 Freeway Los Angeles Times A stretch of the northbound 5 Freeway was closed in the Arleta area Monday morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department prisoner transport bus, authorities said. The crash was reported about 3:19 a.m. in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Stock market live updates: Stocks mostly lower, Tesla surges, best August since 1984 CNBC Airlines stocks moved higher in premarket trading on Monday on the heels of news last week about impending layoffs in October. The support for the industry from the CARES Act barred the companies from making layoffs until October, but airline executives ... Flag as irrelevant
	FiercePharma Nestlé plunks down $2.1B to acquire Aimmune and blockbuster hopeful peanut allergy med FiercePharma Palforzia would be a natural fit now that Nestlé has recentered on nutrition since its Galderma sell-off in 2019. (Pixabay). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. Swiss giant Nestlé has had a mixed bag in its dive into pharma, including a disappointing ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com Strike leader detained in Belarus as crackdown continues STLtoday.com KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authorities on Monday detained the organizer of a strike at a top industrial plant, part of a methodical effort to stifle weeks of protests demanding the resignation of the country's authoritarian leader of 26 years after an election the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vulture John Oliver Fires One Last Missive at Jared Kushner, 'America's Most Laminated Prince' Vulture In the last of his summer Last Week Tonight episodes before a hiatus kicks in, John Oliver spent the entirety of his Sunday show talking about two headlines: the spectacularly ugly mess known as the Republican National Convention and the ongoing civil ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOB Police: Man killed at Chicago eatery was targeted by gunmen KOB CHICAGO (AP) - A 31-year-old man who was killed in a shooting that wounded four others at a Chicago restaurant had been targeted by gunmen who jumped out of a vehicle and opened fire, police said. Diners were having lunch under a tent Sunday ... Flag as irrelevant
	Lighthouse Hockey Islanders News: Greiss be nimble, Greiss be quick Lighthouse Hockey Thomas Greiss, holy cow. I don't know if there will be any more back-to-backs for the Islanders (certainly not in this round), so there's no telling if we'll see #1 in the crease again. But last night he was his 2016 playoff self, standing on his head to steal a win for ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Six MLB teams to watch as 4 pm ET trade deadline looms — from the Indians to the Dodgers USA TODAY In a season filled with firsts for Major League Baseball, the trade deadline, too, shall be unprecedented. In fact, Monday's final window for teams to swap players in time to join postseason rosters is not so much a crystal-clear day of reckoning as much as it is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Florida reports less than 2000 new coronavirus cases for first time since June WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando ORLANDO, Fla. – For the past two weeks the Florida Department of Health reported less than 5,000 new coronavirus cases daily and the rate of infection has been under the medically advised percent for the same time period. The positive outlook continues ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Mariners and Padres complete seven-player trade on the eve of the MLB trade deadline Seattle Times When "Trader Jerry" and "Always awake A.J." have the proper motivation to make trades for whatever reasons, something like this shouldn't be considered surprising. On the eve of Monday's Major League Baseball trade deadline, MLB sources confirmed that ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report France Opens Probe After Magazine Portrays Black Politician as Slave U.S. News & World Report PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Monday it was opening an investigation into an alleged racist insult after a French right-wing magazine published an article with an illustration portraying a Black member of parliament as a slave. Flag as irrelevant
	Bleacher Report Report: LSU's Ja'Marr Chase Will Opt-Out of 2020 Season, Prepare for NFL Draft Bleacher Report The defending national champions are going to be without one of their offensive superstars in 2020. According to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd, wideout Ja'Marr Chase is opting out of the 2020 season to focus on his future NFL career, with an announcement ... Flag as irrelevant
	WDRB Indiana congressman introduces bill to block rioters from coronavirus unemployment benefits WDRB (FOX NEWS) -- A House Republican introduced a bill Friday that would make those convicted of violence, looting or vandalism in connection with a protest ineligible for enhanced coronavirus unemployment benefits. The "Support Peaceful Protest Act" would ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patently Apple A new Supply Chain Report Claims that Apple is preparing to launch a 12" MacBook with Apple Silicon later this year Patently Apple A new report from Financial section of the China Times news site, which isn't known for reporting on supply chain rumors, is reporting this morning that Apple's supply chain industry has revealed that by the end of this year, Apple is expected to launch a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Grealish gets England call-up ahead of Nations League games WTOP LONDON (AP) — Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish was included in England's squad on Monday for the first time ahead of UEFA Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark. Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford and Tottenham midfielder ... Flag as irrelevant
	Colorado Springs Gazette Colorado Springs weather: Sun and afternoon showers start off the week Colorado Springs Gazette The week kicks off in Colorado Springs with a sunny Monday morning and the chance of afternoon thunderstorms with likelihood of rain at night, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday is expected to get up to 76 degrees with an evening ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian Berlin minister 'deeply regretful' over far-right Reichstag standoff The Guardian Berlin's interior minister has expressed regret over a standoff outside the Reichstag building on Saturday during a rally against coronavirus restrictions. Speaking to a committee of the city state's interior ministry on Monday, Andreas Geisel said he was "deeply ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tulsa World Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's 'communicative' relationship Tulsa World Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are in a "very communicative relationship". The couple have been dating on and off since 2016, before getting engaged in February 2019, and the 'Smile' hitmaker believes being open with one another is the reason for their ... Flag as irrelevant
	NiagaraFallsReview.ca Greece: Wildfire blackens gate of ancient fortified city NiagaraFallsReview.ca ATHENS, Greece - Monuments at the archaeological site of Mycenae have not been damaged by a wildfire that swept through the area, despite blackening the entrance to the ancient citadel, Greece's culture minister said Monday. Four water-dropping planes ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint Facebook says Ankhi Das's internal posts being taken out of context Livemint NEW DELHI: A day after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article highlighting multiple celebratory internal posts by Facebook India's public policy head Ankhi Das between 2012 and 2014, every time the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Flag as irrelevant
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