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UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials
Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 7:04am
Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russia on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine.
GOP restricts convention attendance over coronavirus fears
Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 6:59am
The Republican National Committee is sharply restricting attendance on three of the four nights of its convention in Jacksonville, Florida, next month, as it looks for ways to move forward with the event while coronavirus cases are spiking in the state.
IS bride to return to UK to fight for British citizenship
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 6:30am
A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group won the right Thursday to return to Britain to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.
Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers
Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 10:35pm
President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
Watchdog report faults Medicare agency's contract management
Richard Lardner, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 10:29pm
The head of the Medicare and Medicaid programs failed to properly manage more than $6 million in communications and outreach contracts, giving broad authority over federal employees to a Republican media strategist she worked with before joining the Trump administration, a government watchdog said in a report to be released Thursday.
In the open: White House advisers tussle over virus response
Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 10:27pm
Infighting over the White House's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is spilling further into public view, with trade adviser Peter Navarro panning Dr. Anthony Fauci as President Donald Trump stands watch.
Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with North Korea
Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 9:00pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility of another summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the U.S. presidential election, saying Trump would only want to engage if there were real prospects of progress.
Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers
Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 6:49pm
President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
Anti-mask crowd fills Utah County meeting on mask mandate exemption request; meeting rescheduled due to health concerns
MacK Jones, KSL | Posted Jul 15th - 6:35pm
Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee pulled his mask off before addressing a crowd of nearly 100 anti-mask protesters, drawing cheers from the unmasked crowd.
Pro-Western party claims victory in North Macedonia election
Konstantin Testorides, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 6:20pm
A suspected hacking attack caused the site of North Macedonia’s electoral commission to crash for hours after polls closed in national elections Wednesday, delaying preliminary results that showed the pro-Western Social Democrats narrowly leading the center-right opposition.
Obama, Biden, Gates, Bezos, Musk's Twitter accounts hacked in bitcoin scam
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 4:57pm
Con artists on Wednesday apparently hacked into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians and major companies in an apparent bitcoin scam.
Ivanka Trump defends Goya post that watchdogs call unethical
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 3:21pm
Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly treated, arguing that she has “every right” to publicly express her support.
In the open: White House advisers tussle over virus response
Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 3:20pm
Infighting over the White House's handling of the coronovirus pandemic is spilling further into public view, with trade adviser Peter Navarro panning Dr. Anthony Fauci as President Donald Trump stands watch.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration
Will Weissert and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press | Posted Jul 15th - 2:30pm
President Donald Trump is assailing Joe Biden for immigration proposals that Biden actually isn't proposing. Trump's account of what his Democratic presidential rival says he'd do with people in the country illegally is false in almost every detail.
Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Jim Acosta and Devan Cole, CNN | Posted Jul 15th - 11:57am
Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from COVID-19 vaccine.researchers
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 7:01am
Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from COVID-19 vaccine.researchers.
US carries out its 2nd execution this week, killing by lethal injection a man whose lawyers argued he had dementia
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 6:31am
US carries out its 2nd execution this week, killing by lethal injection a man whose lawyers argued he had dementia.
UN says 2 aid workers, 4 others shot dead in South Sudan
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 16th - 5:01am
Two aid workers in South Sudan were shot dead along with four people they were helping after members of an unknown armed group attacked them early this week, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country said Thursday.
