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By Unknown Author from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/3eOXJTE

Can’t Request an Absentee Ballot Online? This Group Wants to Help

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By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2ZpP0AH

Swift Charges Against Atlanta Officers Met With Relief and Skepticism

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By BY RICHARD FAUSSET from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2ZqbdhX

U.S. Calls for Indefinite Arms Embargo of Iran, but Finds No Takers

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By BY RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, LARA JAKES AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gbCY4L

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY JONATHAN WOLFE AND LARA TAKENAGA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gaVp9N

Pence Raised Nearly $500,000 From Donors to Pay Mueller Legal Defense

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By BY KENNETH P. VOGEL AND BEN PROTESS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YNWAGs

$1 Billion Is Shifted From N.Y.P.D. in a Budget That Pleases No One

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By BY DANA RUBINSTEIN AND JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3gqe41B

As coronavirus spreads to people under 40, it's making them sicker — and for longer — than once thought

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Once assumed to be safe from the dangers of COVID-19, younger adults share their prolonged struggles with the disease. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZlkI1V

Woman shot in back while trying to steal man's Nazi flag, authorities say

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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

National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there's more than one kind of patriotism

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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...

Syed Ali Geelani: Kashmir leader quits Hurriyat Conference

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Syed Ali Geelani has been heading political opposition to Indian rule in Kashmir for decades. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZmD9mP

The 10 Best Dino-Killing, Ice Spewing, Earth-Destroying Asteroids

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An Italian teenager is one miracle away from becoming the first millennial saint

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Carlo Acutis coined the phrase: "Everyone is born an original, but many die like photocopies," to warn people not to lose themselves on the internet. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Amv8pM

Gunmen raided Pakistan's largest stock exchange, killing at least 3 people before police shot them dead, officials say

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The raid took place on Monday at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the city of Karachi. It is not yet clear who is responsible. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NE36sO

More Chinese regions brace for floods as storms shift east

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Torrential rain is set to hit China's eastern coastal regions this week after overwhelming large parts of the southwest, inundating villages and tourist spots and displacing more than 700,000 people, state weather forecasters said on Monday. Nearly 14 million people in 26 different provinces had been affected by storms and floods by Friday, with 744,000 evacuated, the China Daily reported, citing the Ministry for Emergency Management. Much of the damage has hit southwestern regions like Guangxi and Sichuan, and the municipality of Chongqing on the upper reaches of the Yangtze river last week experienced its worst floods since 1940. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eJK9kf

City crews remove some barriers from Seattle protest zone

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Seattle city crews used heavy equipment Tuesday to remove makeshift barriers around the city’s “occupied” protest zone following two fatal shootings in the area. People have occupied several blocks around a park and the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct for about two weeks after police abandoned the building following standoffs and clashes with protesters calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. Seattle police Assistant Chief Adrian Diaz said the large, makeshift barriers would be removed in incremental steps to allow traffic to move through portions of a road that had been closed off. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3igMqFI

Betelgeuse: Nearby 'supernova' star's dimming explained

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Astronomers say big cool patches on the Betelgeuse star likely drove its surprise dimming last year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NBdy4e

Family Of Missing Texas Soldier Say Army Investigators Are 'Covering Up For Each Other'

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Pfc. Vanessa Guillen was last seen on April 22. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is looking into her disappearance and Army investigators say they suspect foul play. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CNXM3N

Coming Soon: Russian Bombers (Now Armed with Hypersonic Missiles?)

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Hypersonic missiles have been seen as a potential game changer, with some in the U.S. military warning that there is really no defense against the missiles due to their speed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZpJzBK

Distancing from Trump? Some Republicans step up critiques

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For more than three years, President Donald Trump instilled such fear in the Republican Party's leaders that most kept criticism of his turbulent leadership or inconsistent politics to themselves. Four months before voters decide the Republican president's reelection, some in Trump's party are daring to say the quiet part out loud as Trump struggles to navigate competing national crises and a scattershot campaign message. “He is losing,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump friend and confidant, said Sunday of Trump’s reelection prospects on ABC’s “This Week.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZkME6i

The Texas Medical Center scrubbed data showing ICU beds at full capacity as the state's coronavirus cases spike

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The medical center had no empty ICU beds by Thursday. Its ICU capacity is usually between 70% and 80% of its total stock. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3g7RmLb

Russia's Putin appeals to patriotism as key vote reaches climax

Russians have one more day to decide on key reforms, but opponents say the vote is a farce. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3dMC514

Coronavirus: What's behind new US outbreaks?

Cases are rising in Texas, Florida, Arizona and California - here's a look at the data and the theories. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/38g9MXu

‘Trump political base hit hardest by coronavirus'

Covid-19 has hit President Trump's political base the hardest, says White House economic adviser. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NHEv6s via IFTTT

Civil service: What changes does the government want to make?

There are 450,000 civil servants working in the UK, but what do they do? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MQy3tI via IFTTT

‘It’s More Than a Seat at the Table’

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By BY JENNIFER MEDINA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ioBZjI

A White Gatekeeper of Southern Food Faces Calls to Resign

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By BY KIM SEVERSON from NYT Food https://ift.tt/2NJradC

Remote School Is a Nightmare. Few in Power Care.

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By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2NFsmij

In Texas, Voting Reflects Partisan Split Over How to Deal With Virus

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By BY J. DAVID GOODMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NHHmMI

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY JONATHAN WOLFE AND LARA TAKENAGA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dLG6CS

‘Our Luck May Have Run Out’: California’s Case Count Explodes

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By BY SHAWN HUBLER AND THOMAS FULLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ePoVl6

Three Hikers Are Missing on Mount Rainier

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By BY SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YKijir

Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag

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Mississippi lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to remove a Confederate emblem from their state flag on Sunday, marking one of the most dramatic repudiations yet of white-supremacist imagery during a wave of protests against racism and police brutality in America.The bill passed 128 to 37 and is now awaiting signature by Gov. Tate Reeves. It requires the current state flag to be removed within 15 days of passage. A commission selected by the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the House will design a flag including the phrase “In God We Trust” to be completed by September 14. Mississippi voters will decide on the new flag during the November general election. If the new flag is not ratified by voters in November, a new design will be created and voted on the following year. "Today’s vote is not a vote to erase Mississippi’s history or its heritage," Sen. John Horhn said. "But it’s an affirmation of Mississippi’s future, and that we intend to move forward together....

Three men arrested for murder in case of missing California couple who vanished in 2017

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Three men have been arrested for murder in the case of Audrey Moran and Jonathan Reynoso, who have been missing since 2017. Manuel Rios, of Coachella, Abraham Fregoso, of Indio, and Jesus Ruiz Jr., of Stockton, were taken into custody on Saturday, June 27, 2020, and booked in Riverside County Jail. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3g7tibs

Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in developed nations

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The price tag is slightly below the range of $2,520 to $2,800 suggested last week by U.S. drug pricing research group the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) after British researchers said they found that the cheap, widely available steroid dexamethasone significantly reduced mortality among severely ill COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of COVID-19. After the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial, it won emergency use authorization in the United States and full approval in Japan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VtTh4U

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population: AP

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Beijing accused of forced sterilisation, abortions, and pregnancy checks on hundreds of thousands of minority women. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31sFy2j

Court says president can fire Consumer board head 'at will'

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In a ruling underscoring the power of the president, the Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for the president to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices struck down restrictions Congress had written on when the president can remove the bureau’s director. “The agency may ... continue to operate, but its Director, in light of our decision, must be removable by the President at will,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YLDMHP

New York City mayor plans to cut $1bn from police budget

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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

Israel orders evangelical Christian media network God TV to take channel off air

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“The channel does not appeal to the Christian population in Israel, but rather to the Jews,” Israel's broadcasting regulator said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YM3EmV

The coronavirus is devastating communities of color. The Trump administration's top doctor blames 'structural racism' and shares his plans to take action.

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Dr. Jerome Adams is preparing two calls to action — one on high blood pressure, the other on maternal mortality — to address racial health inequality. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eX2Hhj

Detroit police SUV drives through crowd after protesters climb on hood

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The driver activated the overhead lights, then gunned the accelerator, sending two protesters flying onto the pavement as the vehicle sped off. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dGP3x1

Huntsman at risk of shocking defeat in Utah

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After a decade away from Utah politics and a weeks-long fight with the coronavirus, the former governor is locked in a tight race for his old job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NCYOlq

Greta Thunberg accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of lining up to take a selfie with her just to 'look good'

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Thunberg castigated Angela Merkel and other world leaders at the UN summit as stealing her dreams, but they still craved an Instagram moment with her. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CQm5OH

Robert Jenrick under fresh pressure after whistleblower claims he ignored pleas to block Westferry project

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Robert Jenrick has found himself under fresh pressure, after a whistleblower claimed he ignored pleas from senior officials to block the controversial Westferry printworks project. The Housing Secretary reportedly overruled objections from civil servants and lawyers to greenlight Tory donor Richard Desmond’s £1 billion development in January, with one source saying he showed “total disregard” for the law. Mr Jenrick had weeks earlier watched a promotional video for the luxury East London project on the businessman’s mobile phone during a dinner at the Savoy hotel in London. Home Secretary Priti Patel insisted she would not “be watching videos” at Conservative fundraisers when quizzed on the matter on Sunday. Ms Patel also argued that going to Tory events would “absolutely not” help a person’s chances in securing planning permission as she described the matter as "closed". She told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "I haven't followed the details of every single decisio...

Coronavirus overwhelms Afghanistan’s war-ravaged hospitals

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

Coronavirus: How much does your boss need to know about you?

Firms are collecting a lot more information about staff as they try to contain coronavirus risks. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CUcmH9

Coronavirus: Can you really do these jobs from home?

Coronavirus has forced people to get creative with the way they work, with some surprising jobs going online. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3g7R07A via IFTTT

'My chronic acne inspired me to start my own skincare company'

How Michelle Doherty overcame her skin problems and launched skincare business Alpha-H. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NEJIM8 via IFTTT

Is Becky Hill pop's biggest unknown star?

She's sung on dozens of chart hits but after eight years, people are only just starting to recognise her name. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eImReG via IFTTT

Child poverty: Boris Johnson's claims fact-checked

The prime minister has made four claims on poverty, do the figures support them? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ibcK4d via IFTTT

Trump Denies Briefing on Reported Russian Bounties Against US Troops

President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan, and he appeared to minimize the allegations against Moscow. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Vrykb3 via IFTTT

Mask Exemption Cards From the ‘Freedom to Breathe Agency’? They’re Fake

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By BY CHRISTINA MORALES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31rMzAq

For Biden VP, Black Democrats are torn between Harris and Warren

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The California senator represents the diversity and generational transition activists want, but polls suggest Black Democratic voters may prefer Warren. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3i7TQem

Coronavirus updates: New US cases hit single-day record; as heat rises in places like Florida and Mexico, so do infections

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The U.S. hit a single-day record. Texas, Florida closing bars amid surge in cases. The Trump administration is considering new approach to testing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dwOKox

Satellite images show buildup on disputed India-China border

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Construction activity appeared underway on both the Indian and Chinese sides of a contested border high in the Karakoram mountains a week after a deadly clash in the area left 20 Indian soldiers dead, satellite images showed. The images released this week by Maxar, a Colorado-based satellite imagery company, show new construction activity along the Galwan River Valley, even as Chinese and Indian diplomats said military commanders had agreed to disengage from a standoff there. China has said that India first changed the status quo last August when it split the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two federal territories — the territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the territory of Ladakh, parts of which are contested by China. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31otvmu

Trump signs executive order to punish vandalism against federal monuments

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Details of the executive order were not immediately released, but Trump said earlier this week that the order would "reinforce" existing federal law. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2A876P0

'I pray it will finally be over': Golden State Killer survivors hope guilty plea brings justice

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Forty years later, suspect Joseph DeAngelo is expected to take a deal that would see him sentenced to life in prisonJennifer Carole sleeps with a small baseball bat nearby, keeps bells on her door and has taken multiple self-defense classes.Gay Hardwick never feels safe alone, and can’t sleep with an open window.Both women’s lives were forever changed by the Golden State Killer, a rapist and murderer who haunted the state for more than 40 years. He murdered Carole’s father and stepmother in bed in their southern California home and sexually assaulted and terrorized Hardwick when she was 24.In 2018, California authorities said they had identified Joseph DeAngelo, a former police officer, as the suspect in at least 13 murders and more than 50 rapes attributed to the Golden State Killer between 1974 and 1986.Authorities have told some of the survivors that the 74-year-old DeAngelo will plead guilty on Monday – a deal that would see him sentenced to life in prison and would spare the state...

White House does not commit to temperature checks in meeting with U.S. airlines

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Top U.S. airline executives met on Friday with Vice President Mike Pence and other senior administration officials but did not come away with any commitments from the White House on mandating temperature checks for airline passengers. Airlines want the U.S. government to administer temperature checks to all passengers in a bid to reassure the public. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZcJNwa

Pakistan army says Indian spy drone shot down in Kashmir

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Trump visits private golf course as US battles rapid surge in coronavirus cases

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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...

The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police

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MINNEAPOLIS -- There were two Black men at the scene of the police killing in Minneapolis last month that roiled the nation. One, George Floyd, was sprawled on the asphalt, with a white officer's knee on his neck. The other Black man, Alex Kueng, was a rookie police officer who held his back as Floyd struggled to breathe.Floyd, whose name has been painted on murals and scrawled on protest signs, has been laid to rest. Kueng, who faces charges of aiding and abetting in Floyd's death, is out on bail, hounded at the supermarket by strangers and denounced by some family members.Long before Kueng was arrested, he had wrestled with the issue of police abuse of Black people, joining the force in part to help protect people close to him from police aggression. He argued that diversity could force change in a Police Department long accused of racism.He had seen one sibling arrested and treated poorly, in his view, by sheriff's deputies. He had found himself defending his decision to...

Sen. Ernst proposes bill to end lawless zones

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Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst explains bill to combat autonomous zones. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eGBYVZ

The H-20 Stealth Bomber: China's Biggest Threat to the U.S.?

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The bomber, which has yet to be revealed, is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Nx9W3e