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A New York City nurse accused of stealing COVID-19 patient’s credit card
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A New York City nurse accused of stealing COVID-19 patient’s credit card

According to the latest reports, A nurse at a New York City hospital has been accused of stealing and charging a patient's credit card while he was fighting COVID-19. Danielle Conti, 43, a nurse at Staten Island University Hospital, is facing charges of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and petit larceny after a patient's daughter, called police on April 28 for noticing a charge on her father’s card

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Sun May 10 - Insider
Elon Musk to sue Alameda County
Business
Elon Musk to sue Alameda County

Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his anger against Alameda County over factory reopen issues. Musk said on Twitter Saturday that the company is preparing to file a lawsuit against Alameda County and will move its headquarters and future operations out of California. Interim Public Health Officer of Alameda County said on Friday that Tesla does not have a “green light,” to resume vehicle production in California, yet

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Sun May 10 - CNBC
Johnson & Johnson to produce 1 billion coronavirus vaccines
International
Johnson & Johnson to produce 1 billion coronavirus vaccines

Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer of healthcare giant Johnson and Jonhson said that the company is looking to produce around 1 billion coronavirus vaccines by next year. “We are upscaling manufacturing, and we start producing in the late year with the aim to deliver 1 billion vaccines next year,” Stoffels said. Clinical trials will start in September this year, he added

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Sun May 10 - TheHill
4-year-old Port Orchard boy describes seeing meteor over Puget Sound
Science
4-year-old Port Orchard boy describes meteor experience

Four-year-old Tobin was one of the few people to see the meteor that streaked through the sky this week and resulted in a loud boom heard around Puget Sound. People across Puget Sound heard the loud boom Wednesday evening that was the result of a meteor, but few people saw it as it streaked across the sky. The boy described it scary and horrific

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Sun May 10 - King5
Former Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt dies at age 101
Sports
Baseball Legend Mary Pratt dies at age 101

Baseball Legend, Mary Pratt, who played for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, has died. Pratt pitched in the women’s league from 1943-47. She was believed to be the last surviving member of the original 1943 Peaches. The league said in a tweet that Pratt’s “stories, her energy will be missed for a long time.”

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Sun May 10 - Nypost
UFC 249: Dominick Cruz says ref Keith Peterson ‘smelled like alcohol and cigarettes’
Sports
UFC 249: Dominick Cruz's take on ref Keith Peterson

“That was an early stoppage, 100 percent ' Dominick Cruz said. “I’m not a guy to make excuses but that was not right" Cruz added to his criticism on Keith Peterson. Since I was 11 years old, I sacrificed my whole life to get where I’m at today.

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Sun May 10 - Nypost
Coronavirus: How South Korea 'crushed' the curve
International
South Korea's success in handling Coronavirus

South Korea's coronavirus response has been one of the best in the world, South Korea was at risk of becoming among the world's worst-affected countries. But the country managed to avoid the peaks and fatalities seen elsewhere due to the government's implementation of an aggressive test, trace, and contain policy. A tracking app using GPS on mobile phones paired with CCTV footage managed to identify Covid-19 carriers

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Sun May 10 - Bbc
UK expected to require 14-day quarantine for those entering country
International
UK still require 14-day quarantine for new entrants

England is expected to require incoming airline passengers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in the country due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to local reports. Full details of the new measure are not yet known, but sources told the network that passengers would need to provide the address of a private residence where they plan to isolate when they land.

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Sun May 10 - Thehill
Iran ready to exchange prisoners with US 'without preconditions'
International
Iran is ready to exchange prisoners with United States

Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, according to a spokesman for the Iranian government. Rabiei said Tehran considers Washington responsible for the health of the Iranian prisoners, adding "it seems the US has more readiness to bring the situation to an end". "There is no need for a third country to mediate between Iran and America for the prisoner exchange," Rabiei said on Sunday

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Sun May 10 - Aljazeera
International
US, China and WHO
Sun May 10
US spars with China over pro-WHO language in UN Security Council ceasefire resolution
International
US, China and WHO

A Chinese push to include support for the World Health Organization in a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a global ceasefire has drawn strong U.S. opposition. The Associated Press reported that a compromise on the Security Council resolution was agreed to by the U.S. and China on Thursday, but by Friday that had all changed with senior U.S officials objecting to the new language.

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Sun May 10 - Foxnews
International
Protests reemerging in Hong Kong
Sun May 10
Hundreds gather in Hong Kong malls as anti-gov't rallies reemerge
International
Protests reemerging in Hong Kong

Small protests have erupted in Hong Kong as hundreds of people gathered in several shopping centres to call for independence and the resignation of the city's Beijing-backed leader. On Wednesday, China's Hong Kong affairs office condemned protesters as a "political virus", warning the territory would never be calm until the demonstrators were removed.

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Sun May 10 - Aljazeera
68% of Retirees May Be in for a Huge Social Security Shock
Business
A Huge Social Security Shock for Retirees

In coming years, Social Security will owe more in benefits than it collects in revenue for one simple reason: Baby boomers are leaving the workforce faster than new workers are entering it. At that point, it's estimated that Social Security will only collect enough revenue to pay 79% of scheduled benefits, which means current and future recipients are looking at a 21% cut.

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Sun May 10 - Fool
Entertainment
Cannes Film Festival ruled out
Sun May 10
Cannes Rules Out Physical Edition For Now, Will Host Screenings at Fall Festivals
Entertainment
Cannes Film Festival ruled out

The Cannes Film Festival will unveil a selection of movies in early June and collaborate with several festivals, including Venice, to present some films, Variety has confirmed. “As of today, a physical edition seems complicated to organize, so we are going forward with an announcement of films from the (initial Official) Selection at the beginning of June,” said a spokesperson for the festival.

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Sun May 10 - Variety
Entertainment
A tribute to Little Richard
Sun May 10
Little Richard obituary
Entertainment
A tribute to Little Richard

His piano work, crucial to his sound, was limited to hammered chords and skitterish riffing but with that megaphone voice, falsetto squeal, bursting energy and powerhouse band, his records became classics: songs every local group played every weekend for years to come; songs the other rock greats covered; songs that fired the ambition of those artists who would change the 1960s, the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

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Sun May 10 - Theguardian
Google Duo will soon support group calls with up to 32 people
Technology
Google Duo to increase call participation capacity to 32 people

Google has confirmed to Android Police that the company is working on rolling out support for up to 32 participants in Duo calls. The maximum number of call participants was increased from 8 to 12 back in March, and Google said last month that it was working on a higher limit, though the exact count was unknown at the time.

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Sun May 10 - Androidpolice
Technology
Facebook dark mode for desktop
Sun May 10
How to enable Facebook dark mode on desktop
Technology
Facebook dark mode for desktop

Facebook just rolled out its biggest visual change in years to its website with dark mode and has added other features to make the desktop version easier to use and faster. There are three main improvements: Dark Mode, finding things faster and easier management of pages, groups and events.

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Sun May 10 - Tomsguide
Malaysia extends Movement Control Order (MCO) until June 9
International
Malaysia extends Movement Control Order (MCO) until June 9

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin made an announcement on Sunday about the lockdown measures in the country. Country’s movement control order (MCO) will be extended for a further month until Jun 9, the fourth extension since it was enforced on Mar 18, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said. PM said even though the country saw many positive developments in its fight against COVID-19, the efforts have not fully succeeded

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Sun May 10 - CNA
China starts another trade war, this time with Australia
International
China starts another trade war, this time with Australia

Relations between China and Australia have not been great in recent months amid coronavirus pandemic statements. Australia criticized China’s coronavirus response while China accused Australia of siding the US narrative. Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is “deeply concerned” by China threatening to slap a tariff on Australian barley imports, saying there is “no justification”

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Sun May 10 - Perthnow
India’s coronavirus infection rate is 4%, one of the lowest in the world
International
India’s coronavirus infection rate is 4%, one of the lowest in the world

A country of more than 1.3 billion people has reported around 60,000 coronavirus infections so far as health authorities conducted more than 1.5 million tests, which marks the infection rate at about 4%. This rate is one of the lowest in the world considering that the infection rate in the US, UK, and Spain has been above 10%. India has increased testing capacity to 95,000 tests per day

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Sun May 10 - CNBC
'Jurassic Park' raptors may not have hunted in packs like they did in the movies
Science
Interesting theory about Raptors

Raptors may not have hunted in packs, that's the finding of a new study that analyzed teeth from Deinonychus antirrhopus, wolf-sized raptors that lived in what is now North America during the Cretaceous Period more than 100 million years ago.

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Sat May 09 - CNN
Aarogya Setu, India’s coronavirus contact tracing app
Technology
Fastest app ever to reach 50 million downloads

Aarogya Setu, India’s coronavirus contact tracing app that didn’t even exist about 2 months ago, now nearly has 100 million users. Within two weeks of its launch in April, the app reached 50 million users to become the fastest app ever to reach that milestone. “We beat Pokémon Go,” says a smiling Arnab Kumar, who is leading the development of the service for the Indian government

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Sat May 09 - Technologyreview
Obama described Trump’s coronavirus response as an “absolute chaotic disaster”
Politics
Obama described Trump’s coronavirus response as an “absolute chaotic disaster”

Former US President Barack Obama is not happy with the coronavirus response of White House as he said that the response from Trump’s administration has been an “absolute chaotic disaster”. In a 30-minute conversation with members of the Obama Alumni Association, the former president said the response to the coronavirus outbreak served as a critical reminder for why strong government leadership is needed during a global crisis

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Sat May 09 - CNN
Another U.S. retailer shutting down stores
Business
Another U.S. retailer shutting down stores

Nordstrom, an American luxury department store chain, announced that the company is permanently closing 16 of its department stores due to the coronavirus pandemic. The permanent closures, which are set to take place this year, impact Nordstrom stores across California and in Florida, New Jersey, and Texas, among other states. “More than ever, we need to work with flexibility and speed,” CEO Erik Nordstrom said in a statement

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Sat May 09 - CNBC
Thousands gathered in Belarus for Military Parade
International
Thousands gathered in Belarus for Military Parade, defying social-distancing

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko decided to hold a military parade in Minsk on Saturday despite coronavirus concerns. Unlike other former Soviet states, Belarus did not cancel mass events to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and has not imposed strict self-isolation rules. As of Saturday, Belarus, a country of 9.5 million, has officially reported 21,101 cases of coronavirus and more than 120 deaths

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Sat May 09 - CNN
Bangkok’s Chatuchak weekend market reopens
Business
Bangkok’s Chatuchak weekend market reopens with 10,000 vendors

Famous Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok, Thailand reopening as more than 10,000 vendors joined the market after weeks of lockdown in the country. A senior official of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) inspected the famous tourist hotspot Chatuchak Weekend Market on Saturday on the first day of its reopening after being closed since March 22 under a government order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus

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Sat May 09 - Thestar