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Tampa’s hockey team celebrated with hordes of fans after winning the Stanley Cup in a Covid bubble.

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Top companies pledge to get virus tests, treatments and vaccines to the developing world.

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N.Y.C.’s positivity rate ticks up slightly.

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A major Boston hospital has a cluster of cases among its staff and patients.

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Steelers-Titans game is postponed after another Titans player tests positive for the virus.

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Disney lays off 28,000, mostly at its two U.S. theme parks.

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In a chaotic debate, Trump blamed China for the outbreak, and Biden criticized the administration’s response.

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The pandemic’s financial pain is worst for Black and Latino parents, a survey finds.

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Israel’s second lockdown could last a while, Netanyahu says.

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In Madrid, Covid Resurgence Divides Rich and Poor

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Abandoned Rio Tinto Mine Is Blamed for Poisoned Bougainville Rivers

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A beloved teacher died from the virus, and now her school confronts reopening.

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Trump blames China for the U.S. outbreak, and Biden blames Trump.

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Teacher in China Is Sentenced to Death for Poisoning 25 Students

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Fox News Breaking News Alert HIGH-STAKES SHOWDOWN 09/29/20 7:51 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Biden defends son, says Hunter overcame 'drug problem' after Trump raises family controversies 09/29/20 7:35 PM

Biden slams Trump over the federal government’s coronavirus failures in debate.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Trump tells Biden radical left will 'have you wrapped around their finger' as clash over law and order takes center stage 09/29/20 7:11 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Presidential debate gets personal as Biden calls Trump a ‘clown,’ Trump tells Biden he’s not ‘smart’ 09/29/20 6:38 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump, Joe Biden clash over Supreme Court nomination. Join the debate now. 09/29/20 6:26 PM

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs?

Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs? 9 by stevenhubertron | 2 comments on Hacker News. I have been in my current role for about 6 years. While I wasn't hired for it specifically, my average week has my time split between product management, managing a small team to develop those products, ux design, and front-end JS/Python development. It's really a roll where I am all over the place and I do really enjoy it. However, due to the Covid reality in the world right now I am starting to think my time here is up. How can I find another job that isn't specialized to one specific roll as I really do enjoy being a jack of all trades master of none and would like to continue to do that in my next role. I'm also fairly experienced with 16 years of "jack of all trade" type positions.

A North Carolina college student apparently died of rare neurological complications from the virus, his family says.

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Quebec brings back restrictions as cases rise again

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Presidential debate: Trump, Biden clash over Barrett Supreme Court nomination, ObamaCare in first showdown 09/29/20 6:16 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump and Joe Biden square off for historic debate in Cleveland, 9 pm ET on Fox News Channel 09/29/20 5:51 PM

New ask Hacker News story: I am sick of people defending Apple

I am sick of people defending Apple 5 by anfilt | 0 comments on Hacker News. The user owns the device. They should be able load software without apples blessing. The problem is simple. - There is no way for a user to load their own signing keys for the boot ROM to load other OSes like linux, or even simpler disable signature checks. - There is no way to give iOS your own signing keys or disable signing checks to run applications. As such there is no way for me to run Firefox's rendering engine. This is because the app store policies. Then there are other open source applications that don't want to bother with having a developer account with apple. There also the fact proprietary software probably raises their prices. So the user eats the 30% instead. Unlike the case if that software were able to self distribute.

Meron Benvenisti Dies at 86; Urged One State for Jews and Palestinians

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Trump officials specifically sought data supporting school reopening, documents and interviews show.

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The pandemic is far from over, experts say, despite Trump allies’ claims.

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For Hong Kong Protesters Caught at Sea, Trial in China Is Likely

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Canada faces a surge in cases, and other news from around the world.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you ask customers for 'secrets'

Ask HN: How do you ask customers for 'secrets' 3 by chrisacky | 1 comments on Hacker News. We provide API integrations as a service to our customers. We'll frequently need things like a single API key, or a Client + Secret, or a BasicAuth + username/password, merchant vendor codes etc. Once we get the passwords/keys/secrets, they are stored within a vault, but we don't have a good way of asking our customers for them to give them confidence on supplying. Curious what solutions people have come up with? ie. PGP email. (Might be difficult for non-technically inclined people to achieve). Sending half to "Skype" (or generic chat), the other to email/phone. This i'd argue is less secure but seen as more secure to the customer than just having a collection form to let them enter directly. PGP self-hosted form submission which encrypts before sending... The things we want to avoid here is having passcodes all flying around on different medium, and have a singl

No More ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ on Japan Airlines

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Talks on a virus relief package resume in Washington.

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Senior Trump administration officials sought to play down the risks of sending children back to the classroom, documents and interviews show.

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‘It did not need to be nearly this bad.’ A million people have died from Covid-19 across the world.

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New York State’s positivity rate rises as officials warn of clusters.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is it still possible for an individual to quit the internet?

Ask HN: Is it still possible for an individual to quit the internet? 6 by krrishd | 8 comments on Hacker News. How do you do it without being a total hermit? Can you even come close? For all the talk of exit vs. voice, and the internet as the destination to exit to -- is there any meaningful way to exit from it without isolating yourself from society?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Websites Like LWN

Ask HN: Websites Like LWN 3 by higerordermap | 1 comments on Hacker News. These days most of tech / programming related content is very shallow, and lot of it is written for resume padding or SEO purpose. I like LWN articles, which are generally interesting and often cover technical topics that we don't know existed. I also like some ACM queue articles, they are pretty in depth. Usenix as well, while it is conference papers, I feel it has less noise than arxiv, and I am more likely to find an interesting paper. Edit: John Regehr and Prof. Lemire's blogs are also very nice.. Any other similar sources?

Talks on a virus relief package resume in Washington.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Tampa Bay Lighting Win Stanley Cup 09/28/20 8:02 PM

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to prepare a talk for developer conference

Ask HN: How to prepare a talk for developer conference 5 by mraza007 | 0 comments on Hacker News. How to find an interesting topic about which we can speak at the conference or how to prepare a talk just in general for the conference

Talks on virus relief package resume in Washington.

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New ask Hacker News story: G Suite account recovery for cancer widow advice

G Suite account recovery for cancer widow advice 5 by rietta | 4 comments on Hacker News. Google G Suite issue for cancer widow. Her blog domain is expiring in Google Domains on her LATE HUSBAND's account. She is the estate executor. She can read his emails via his phone. If his GSuite password is not in KeePass, what recovery options does she have? My friend was 38 years old and didn't even know he was sick until January & died from an aggressive cancer by March. They were not prepared for this. Fellow geeks don't turn your home into corporate IT and make your spouse & kids feel trapped by technology while grieving your loss.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Thoughts on how we can alleviate homelessness?

Ask HN: Thoughts on how we can alleviate homelessness? 3 by mikeg8 | 2 comments on Hacker News. I've lived in the Bay area most of my (32 yo) life and in the past 7-10 years, the level of homelessness seems to be spinning out of control. If you've driven on 580 through Berkeley or parts of Oakland, you have seen encampments and trash piles that would seem unfathomable for the "5th largest economy in the world". It isn't normal. What strategies/initiatives should be considered outside of the traditional methods (shelters, methadone clinics, street teams sharing helpful resources etc) that may be able to help with this is increasingly prominent issue??

Coronavirus Deaths Pass One Million Worldwide

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Worldwide coronavirus death toll passes 1 million 09/28/20 5:44 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Several states are reporting 911 dispatch outages. 09/28/20 5:27 PM

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New ask Hacker News story: Azure Is Down Worldwide

Azure Is Down Worldwide 7 by tus88 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Affectings Teams, etc. Title: We're investigating a potential issue affecting multiple Microsoft services User Impact: Affected users may be unable to access multiple Microsoft services and features. Current status: Rolling back the previously described change did not resolve the incident as expected. We're evaluating additional options to remediate the problem. More info: Existing sessions do not appear to be affected. Affected users are encouraged to keep existing sessions going and to avoid re-authenticating to Outlook.com services. Next update by: Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 12:00 AM UTC

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Where are the good static site themes

Ask HN: Where are the good static site themes 4 by brkumar | 0 comments on Hacker News. One of the impressive things about WordPress is the ecosystem of high-quality templates like Elemetor, Divi, and Oxygen that have democratized website building to non-developers. Given the issues of security and performance, we would like to avoid WordPress. I am unable to find a similar vibrancy of themes for static sites. Forestry.io showcases (https://ift.tt/2Ga4ByP), some beautiful websites as examples of what can be done. However, I cannot find themes that can be picked up and built like the showcased examples, without hand-coding or going through an agency to create similar high-quality static sites. For example, JAMstack themes (https://ift.tt/2laReny) has some templates, but most of them lack quality and finesse. Any help on where one can find good quality static site templates?

As the virus surged in the U.S. over the summer, so did murders and assaults.

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The F.D.A. delays Inovio’s vaccine trial.

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Growing numbers of Europeans cry hoax as new virus cases rise.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What do you outsource in your life?

Ask HN: What do you outsource in your life? 6 by sbolt | 4 comments on Hacker News.

Masks, floor decals, mute buttons: Here’s how N.Y.C. schools are scrambling to open.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Does anyone have a fix for people not using reply-all?

Ask HN: Does anyone have a fix for people not using reply-all? 2 by zrail | 3 comments on Hacker News. Pretty regularly in my personal life I email people who have obviously not been trained in email etiquette. I intentionally include my spouse on emails, or they me, and then we have to forward responses to each other. I know a system like zendesk might handle this but it seems a little heavyweight for personal use. Does anyone have any suggestions for a software solution to this that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg?

Fighting Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Risks Drawing in Bigger Powers

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As Europe’s Coronavirus Cases Rise, So Do Voices Crying Hoax

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Myanmar’s virus restrictions keep journalists at home.

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In Britain, quarantine violators face fines up to 10,000 pounds.

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Black microbiologists push for visibility amid the pandemic.

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A migrant in Greece died of the virus, and other news around the world.

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Spanish Court Upholds Ban on Catalan Leader

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Ex-President of Pakistan Is Indicted on Money Laundering Charges

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Fox News Breaking News Alert EXCLUSIVE: Inside the White House's plan to deploy 'knife fighters' to defend Amy Coney Barrett 09/28/20 3:32 AM

India passes 6 million cases.

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American Could Face Prison in Thailand After Posting Negative Reviews of a Resort

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With no school to go to, the world’s children go to work.

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Some workers in the U.S. face losing job-based health insurance.

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As global deaths approach 1 million, new hot spots emerge.

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Masks, floor decals, mute buttons: How New York schools are scrambling to open.

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