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‘We were wrong for not listening’: Roger Goodell encourages NFL players to ‘peacefully protest’

FILE - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media during a press conference prior to Super Bowl LIV at the Hilton Miami Downtown on January 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida.

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Abortion opponents protest COVID-19 vaccines’ use of fetal cells

Meredith WadmanScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.Senior Catholic leaders in the United States and Canada, along with other antiabortion groups, are raising ethical objections to promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates that are manufactured using cells derived from human fetuses electively aborted decades ago. They have not sought to block government funding for the vaccines, which include two candidate vaccines that the Trump administration plans to support with an investment of up to $1.7 billion, as well as a third candidate made by a Chinese company in collaboration with Canada’s National Research Council (NRC).

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London Ont., standing up against racism, police brutality Saturday

George Floyd.Black Lives Matter London is hosting a physical distancing rally in Victoria Park from 3 to 6 p.m. June 6.

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'Why I Protest': Lauren Jauregui on Why She Marches in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter

Thousands of people have taken the streets, from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to Miami, and beyond, to protest against racial injustice and police brutality in the U.S. The national outrage is in response to the death of George Floyd and other black citizens who have died in the hands of police.

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Justin Trudeau takes a knee at anti-Black racism protest in Ottawa

Justin Trudeau took a knee in a show of solidarity with demonstrators at a rally against anti-Black racism and police brutality in Ottawa on Friday.Video from the event shows Trudeau, and cabinet minister Ahmed Hussen, kneeling while surrounded by a crowd.The Prime Minister walked up to the Hill to listen. He gets some applause, at least one thank you, as he walks from his office up to the gates.

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Shopping at farmers’ market to look different this year

With easing restrictions, some New Brunswick farmers’ markets are starting to reopen. But as Shelley Steeves reports, the shopping experience will be completely different.

WHO unveils COVID-19 mask guidance; UK group pulls plug on malaria drug study

In two major COVID-19 developments today, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its mask guidance, urging countries with widespread transmission to encourage mask use in situations where physical distancing isn't possible, and researchers from the United Kingdom stopped a large hydroxychloroquine trial after no benefit was found in hospitalized patients.

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27 Revolution Songs and Speeches to Revitalize Your Weary Spirit

, social media managerQueen of music! Queen of TV! Queen of movies! Queen of hip-hop! Queen Latifah is an OG of feminist activism in hip-hop. Queen Latifah walked so that Megan Thee Stallion could gallop, and I mean that.

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Kanye West attends Chicago protest, donates $2M to victims

Kanye West has donated $2 million to support the families and legal teams for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.A representative for the rapper confirmed that some of the money donated would fully cover college tuition costs for Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna. Floyd died last month after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes as he pleaded for air.Donations were also made to the legal teams of Arbery, who was gunned down while jogging in Georgia in February, and Taylor, who was killed in her home in Louisville in March.

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Unseen video of Kate Garraway and Derek dancing before illness will break your heart

Television journalist Kate Garraway dances with her husband Derek Draper in a heartbreaking unseen clip.

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Olly Murs plans to marry girlfriend Amelia Tank after less than a year together

Pop star Olly Murs is planning to marry his girlfriend Amelia Tank after less than a year together.

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Doctors warn NHS faces 'winter like no other' with seasonal flu and coronavirus

Doctors have warned the NHS faces a "winter like no other" like no other with seasonal flu on top of coronavirus.

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Students prefer gap year, skip online classes

MUMBAI : Maahir Uttam has decided that he’s done with remote classes. The BSc psychology student at Los Angeles’s Occidental College will take a gap year if his university continues the next semester online.“Half of the last semester was remote and I didn’t enjoy it.

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Official HIGE DANdism On Topping Billboard Japan Mid-Year Charts & Growing During Quarantine: Interview

Official HIGE DANdism dominated the Billboard Japan 2020 mid-year charts, with their mega-hit song "Pretender" ruling the Japan Hot 100 and the band leading the artist ranking, both a first milestone for the breakout pop-rockers.Official HIGE DANdism, often referred to as HIGE DAN, formed in 2012 and made their major-label debut in April 2018. "Pretender" dropped in May 2019 and topped the streaming chart for the first time on June 3 of that year.The piano-pop band continued to build a strong following, performing in numerous music festivals for the rest of the year and landing their first appearance in the historic year-end Kohaku Utagassen music program.

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Official HIGE DANdism, King Gnu & LiSA Top Billboard Japan's Mid-Year Charts

Official HIGE DANdism dominates the top two slots of the Japan Hot 100 with their long-running hits "Pretender" and "I LOVE…""Pretender" takes the top spot after coming in at No. 3 on the 2019 year-end chart, as the band's popularity soared after performing live on numerous year-end music shows.

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Police seek suspect vehicle in shooting death of 22-year-old man at Mount Dora Lowe’s

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – Mount Dora police say they’re looking for a gray pickup truck that’s believed to be connected to a the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man outside a Lowe’s last month.On May 15, Lamonte Lockhart was found shot to death in the parking lot of the home improvement store on Donnelly Street, according to a news release.Authorities said at the time that the crime was not believed to be random, but they hadn’t identified a suspect.On Friday, they released two pictures showing a gray pickup truck with dark tinted windows that is believed to be connected to the shooting.Anyone who recognizes the vehicle is asked to call the Mount Dora Police Department at 352-735-7130.

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Listen to Meek Mill’s emotive new protest song, ‘Otherside of America’

Meek Mill has released an emotive new protest song, ‘Otherside of America’ – you can listen to it below.On the track, which comes a week after the death of George Floyd, Mill explores inequality and racism in America and opens with comments US President Donald Trump made about the Black community in 2016.Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis last week (May 25) following an altercation with police officers. Floyd, who was African American, was killed when a white police officer appeared to kneel on his neck as he lay on the ground during an arrest.Officer Derek Chauvin has since been sacked and charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.

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WHO welcomes crucial new funding for vaccines

WHO welcomes funding commitments made at today’s Global Vaccine Summit, hosted virtually by the UK government. The Summit is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s third pledging conference and follows the successful Berlin summit in January 2015.

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M&S has infuriated shoppers with its new food product

The sun may have disappeared, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy some summery treats - at least not if M&S has anything to do with it, anyway. To celebrate the good weather we've been having recently, Marks & Spencer has released a quintessentially British product with a controversial twist - strawberry flavoured clotted cream.Unveiling the new product on Facebook, M&S wrote: "What comes first – jam or cream? Now you don’t have to choose thanks to our new strawberry-flavoured clotted cream.

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Legendary club owner says Scottish nightlife is dead until vaccine is found

coronavirus vaccine is found.Mike Grieve, one of the owners of Glasgow's Sub Club, believes that only an immunisation will allow clubs to open and return to their former glory.The Jamaica Street venue, which opened in the late 1980s, claims to be among the longest running underground dance clubs in the world.It is home to one of the UK's largest bodysonic dance floors, allowing revelers to feel the music pulsing below their feet.The "proper house venue" - which has no outdoor areas, and has a maximum capacity of 410 people - has been closed because of the Covid-19 lockdown.Clubbers won't get a chance to feel the music any time soon - and Mike believes that may never happen for many establishments.He said: "One of the concerns we have is

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Imagine No More Pandering: Why John Lennon's Protest Perennial Became an Anthem For the Clueless

On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the latest public figure to reference John Lennon’s “Imagine” during turbulent times. When countering calls for police reform, de Blasio mentioned the enduring rock standard; the latest example of how notables have co-opted its lyrics for their own agendas.

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X Factor's Jedward protest on top of moving car during Black Lives Matter march

X Factor stars Jedward have been filmed protesting for Black Lives Matter from on top of a moving car in Hollywood.The twin brothers, John and Edward Grimes, have been busy protesting on top of a moving car in West Hollywood.The pair were protesting with American Pie star Tara Reid in Los Angeles, California, while holding up signs which read, "Black Lives Matter".The Black Lives Matter movement has been catapulted into everyone's feeds after George Floyd was detained by white police officer Derek Chauvin, which led to his death.Footage showed Derek kneeling on George's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds before he died.The outrage over his death has led to protests across America and the rest of the globe.During the video of Jedward

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Scots warned of four signs your dog is suffering from depression - and how to cure it post lockdown

Scots are being warned of the tell-tale signs that show a dog is suffering from depression as the country gears up to go back to work after lockdown.Dogs can show a wide range of emotions and even feel sadness and anxiety.And with owners preparing to head back to work post-lockdown, bouts of depression in pooches is likely to rise if they are left alone all day.Pet joint supplement company YuMove have released a new guide to combat dog depression with veterinarian Chad Dodd.Dr Dodd says: "Anxiety often manifests as a response to triggers or stimuli, like loud noises such as fireworks and thunderstorms or being left alone or kennelled."Depression is generally brought on by a significant life change, loss of a family member or another pet,

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M&S settles Cream Tea debate with controversial new product

Marks and Spencer have launched a new product to solve the afternoon tea debate - but have managed to divide consumers even more. It's a classically British conundrum - do you put cream on your scone first, or jam? A recent survey by YouGov revealed that 61 per cent of the UK - including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth herself - prefer the Cornish approach (jam first), while the remainder favour the Devonian method (cream first, then jam).

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Intravacc forms alliance to develop intranasal Covid-19 vaccine

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Dutch research and development vaccine institute Intravacc has collaborated with Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) and Utrecht University to develop an intranasal vaccine against Covid-19. The alliance will combine Intravacc’s vaccine development technology, WBVR’s viral vector and animal technologies, along with Utrecht University’s coronavirus expertise.

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CSL teams up with CEPI and UQ for Covid-19 vaccine

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Australia-based biotechnology company CSL has partnered with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the University of Queensland (UQ) to advance the university’s Covid-19 vaccine. The aim is to speed up the development, manufacture and distribution of the vaccine.

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Ava DuVernay backs David Oyelowo’s claims Academy snubbed Selma over Eric Garner protest

which has sparked protests against police treatment of black people around the world.Following this, actor Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr in Selma, told Screen Daily that following the cast’s show of support for Garner, Academy members called the studio saying they would not vote for the film at the upcoming Oscars.He said: ‘I remember at the premiere of Selma us wearing I Can’t Breathe T-shirts in protest.

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Don't sully JNU image by flouting distancing norms: Admin on anti-CAA protest

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Friday appealed to its teachers "not to sully the image of the university by violating COVID-19 guidelines", two days after some of them held a protest on the campus against the CAA and expressed solidarity with arrested students.The JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA), however, said they did not flout any rule and followed social-distancing norms.They also backed student bodies across India that staged a virtual and symbolic protest against the arrest of Jamia Millia Islamia and JNU students in connection with the northeast Delhi communal violence and over earlier protests against the CAA.Registrar Pramod Kumar Friday said the university administration noticed that a few faculty members held a

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Mass gatherings in UK to protest George Floyd death 'unlawful', says Met Police chief

coronavirus restrictions, a senior Metropolitan Police officer has warned.Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor told the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme people should not be meeting in groups of six for health reasons.He said: “The health protection regulations are really clear that it is unlawful.“The government said that for health reasons people should not be meeting in groups of six, so we would strongly encourage people not to come out and gather in these large numbers because they are putting themselves and others at risk.“And if they do come out, then we would ask them to observe that social distancing, think about those around them.”Crowds have gathered in London and Birmingham this week to protest over the death of Mr Floyd,

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Scots MP gives backing to Black Lives Matter protest movement

Stirling MP Alyn Smith voiced his support for the Black Lives Matter movement this week after hundreds of constituents contacted him to express shock at the death of a black man in Minneapolis as a police officer knelt on his neck.There have been widespread protests in the US following 46-year-old George Floyd’s death from asphyxiation and President Trump has been criticised for his handling of unrest at home and abroad.Mr Smith, the SNP’s foreign affairs spokesperson, wrote to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday, pointing to the President’s threats to use military force against demonstrators, and called on Mr Raab to hold the President to account.Mr Smith said: “The death of George Floyd has shocked America, and the world.

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Covid-19 upsets timetable, students opt for gap year over remote classes

₹65 lakh, and Singh doesn't see value in joining now. He’s decided to wait a year and defer his admission till March 2021 when the campus is likely to be open.

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Buffalo, N.Y. police officers caught on video pushing 75-year-old to ground suspended

@MikeDesmondWBFO pic.twitter.com/JBKQLvzfET— WBFO (@WBFO) June 5, 2020“I was deeply disturbed by the video,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said in a statement. “After days of peaceful protests and several meetings between myself, police leadership and members of the community, tonight’s event is disheartening.”The incident drew widespread condemnation on social media as protesters returned to the streets of several U.S.

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AstraZeneca signs $750m Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing deal

UK and US. It is working towards a supply chain to ensure global access and has received manufacturing capacity for two billion of the vaccine’s doses to date.

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Seth Rogen, Kacey Musgraves, More React As Buffalo, N.Y. Police Officers Caught On Video Pushing 75-Year-Old To Ground

Two Buffalo, New York, police officers were suspended without pay on Thursday after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd continued into their tenth night.

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Shangela on the Political Significance of HBO's 'We're Here': "Pride Was Born Out of Protest"

It's been 10 years since D.J. "Shangela" Pierce burst onto the small screen as a competitor on season two of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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Elvis Costello returns with new protest song ‘No Flag’

Elvis Costello has shared a new song called ‘No Flag’ – listen below.The thunderous track, which comes with an animated lyric video, was recorded in February but according to a statement is fitting for the current world unrest. “No time for this kind of love / No flag waving high above,” Costello sings.

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Kate Garraway admits husband Derek 'could be in a coma for a year' on GMB return

Kate Garraway made a tearful return to Good Morning Britain on Friday, as she gave a live update on her husband's battle with Covid-19.

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Billie Eilish takes knee at peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in LA following George Floyd killing

Billie Eilish is one of several celebs who's been using their platform to promote Black Lives Matter amid nationwide protests.But the five-time Grammy winner has also taken her support beyond social media and to the streets.She posted a video Thursday to her Instagram story as she took a knee while participating in a peaceful protest in Los Angeles, following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin.

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NFL player Ryan Russell joins a Black Lives Matter protest with his boyfriend Corey O'Brien

He came out as bisexual in August to forever remove the fear of being outed.Ryan Russell once again let his conscience lead him when he joined a Black Lives Matter protest in Pasadena on Thursday.The 28-year-old NFL player was joined by his boyfriend Corey O'Brien at the gathering, which was inspired by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Making his voice heard: Ryan Russell, 28, marched with his boyfriend Corey O'Brien (left) during a Black Lives Matter protest in Pasadena on ThursdayRyan arrived at the protest in a black T-shirt that read, 'Command Respect,' in red cursive letter.He also wore distressed gray–blue jeans and red and white Nike Air Jordans.

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Kanye West joins Justice For George Floyd protest after donating $2 million to family funds

Kanye West joined a Black Lives Matter march in his hometown of Chicago to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd.

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Family of tragic Perth man open up on their heartache a year on from his death

The family of tragic Barry Dixon say they are “alive but we are no longer living” on the anniversary of his death.

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Hamilton Accies will survive and still be around in 100 years, says chief executive McGowan

Hamilton Accies chief executive Colin McGowan this week boldly insisted that the club will still be here a century from now – even if Scottish football collapses due to the current financial crisis.

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East Kilbride Rugby boss hails 'game-changer' Aidan Stott as he wins Player of the Year prize

East Kilbride Rugby Club boss Allan Steel heaped praise on player of the year Aidan Stott and insisted he would have had an even more spectacular season, if not for the Covid-19 shutdown.

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Roberta Battaglia: 10-year-old Canadian dazzles on ‘America’s Got Talent’

10-year-old Canadian Roberta Battaglia sings ‘Shallow,’ wows judges on America’s Got Talent.

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Trump threatens military action to quell protest over George Floyd death

For a sixth day protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. to demonstrate against racism, and the death of George Floyd.

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Lucy Hale sports Alone Together charity cap while carrying dog Elvis... after attending BLM protest

Pretty Little Liars alum Lucy Hale opted to carry, rather than walk, her dog Elvis (whom she adopted in 2016) in Los Angeles on Thursday.The Katy Keene star - turning 31 this month - protected herself by wearing a black mask, which LA Mayor Eric Garcetti made mandatory for all outdoor activity on May 13.Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 58K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 2,489 deaths as of Thursday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

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13 projects at Canadian Light Source looking for COVID-19 vaccine, ways to extend life of PPE

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon is gearing up to help scientists battle COVID-19.

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13 projects at CLS looking for vaccine for COVID-19, extend life of PPE, and have faster tests

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon is gearing up to help scientists battle COVID-19 by supporting 13 research projects from across Canada.

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