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Links and stories that I find interesting.

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Federal judge rules all Kentucky churches can have in-person services starting this Sunday

U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove made the ruling Friday evening. It's a result of the lawsuit Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nicholasville, Ky., filed against Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky.

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On The Heels Of Strong Membership Growth, Peloton’s Head Of Marketing Is Stepping Down

Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, who joined the exercise tech company in 2016, will be leaving in late May to spend more time with family before having her third child this summer.

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Biggest threat to Brazil coronavirus response? President Bolsonaro, says The Lancet

The biggest threat to Brazil's ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to British medical journal The Lancet.

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r/aww - Morning Playtime with the kittens

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Germany's defence ministry and BND foreign spy agency have privately cast doubt on American claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Chinese lab, German media reported Friday. An internal memo prepared for Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer "classifies the American claims as a calculated attempt to distract" from Washington's own failings, Der Spiegel reported.

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Evercade has just announced the “Atari Lynx Collection 2” cartridge which includes 8 games

Press release: Evercade, the brand new handheld retro gaming console, today announced the next cartridge in its library – a new Atari® Lynx cartridge with 8 games including: California Games,…

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NASA's EmDrive Leader Has a New Interstellar Project

Harold White left NASA in December to join a new nonprofit focused on building the technologies to bring humans to the outer solar system and beyond.

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Uber is offloading Jump's bikes and scooters to Lime, as it reports $2.9B in losses

Uber is offloading Jump, its bike and scooter business, to Lime, a company in which it is investing $85M. Jump had been losing about $60M a quarter.

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Social media group supports men who shot and killed unarmed jogger

While outrage spreads like wildfire across the country over the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmad Arbery, an unarmed black man taking a jog through a Brunswich neighborhood. support is growing for the men who killed Arbery.

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South Carolina Restaurants to Reopen Monday for Limited Services

Henry McMaster announced Friday that restaurants throughout the state will be allowed to reopen for limited dine-in services starting Monday.

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Abbott to Newsmax TV: Jailing Biz Owners Who Defy Virus Closures 'Not The Right Action'

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday defended his no-jail amendment for violators of coronavirus mitigation in the wake of the controversial jailing of a hair salon owner who refused to pay a fine for staying open...

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COVID-19 in El Salvador: Semi-naked gang members lined up for prison photos, and thousands held in quarantine centres

El Salvador, which has reported 13 deaths and 555 confirmed cases, has 91 containment centres; 3,964 people are quarantined there, according to official data

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Covid-19 sees cancellation of Ploughing Championships

Organisers of the National Ploughing Championships have said that, in the interests of public health and safety, this year's event has been cancelled.

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A chef who is recently unemployed has been sentenced to three months of imprisonment by the Eastern Magistrates' Courts today for carrying a baseball bat during clashes between anti-government pro...

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Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed: WHO

A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an "amplifying setting", the World Health Organization said on Friday, calling for more research.

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British Spy Arm Takes Action On 160,000 Suspicious COVID-19 Emails

GCHQ praises the public for taking swift action on the exploitative actions of coronavirus fraudsters.

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Obama Knew About Wiretapped Flynn Phone Calls, Former Top Official Claimed In Declassified Docs

A former top Department of Justice (DOJ) official alleged in newly released documents on Thursday that former President Barack Obama knew about the details of a wiretapped phone call between then-incoming national security advisor Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Fox News Editor Gregg Re reported: On January 5, 2017, Then-Deputy Attorney General Sally […]