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• Cornell says in-person learning is best for public health

  30-06-2020 23:55
  
  Cornell University President Martha Pollack says students will return to Ithaca, New York, in September for a blend of in-person and online instruction. The campus reactivation decision was made after modeling by Cornell researchers determined that two to 10 times more people could be infected with COVID-19 during an online-only semester. That’s because a large percentage of students planned to return to off-campus housing for online-only classes. That would leave the college with no autho
  
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• 1 of 2 Oklahoma officers shot during traffic stop dies

  30-06-2020 23:52
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The police chief in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says one of the two officers who were shot during a traffic stop has died. Police Chief Wendell Franklin says Sgt. Craig Johnson died Tuesday. He says Johnson was shot multiple times and he described Johnson’s death as a “tremendous loss” to the police department. Johnson and rookie officer Aurash Zarkeshan were shot at about 3:30 a.m. Monday during a traffic stop. The suspected gunman, 32-year-old David Anthony War
  
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• Carl Reiner, comedy’s rare untortured genius, dies at 98

  30-06-2020 23:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Reiner,  who died Monday at 98, was the rare untortured genius of comedy, his career a story of laughter and camaraderie, of innovation and triumph and affection. Reiner’s persona was so warm and approachable that you could forget that he was an architect of modern comedy, a “North Star,” in the words of Billy Crystal. Reiner was everyone’s friend or favorite uncle. He is remembered best for “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” a master cl
  
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• Council leader: Plan to cut $1B from NYPD expected to pass

  30-06-2020 23:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers are expected to approve shifting $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year. The spending plan acknowledges protesters’ demands to cut police spending but falls short of what activists sought. City Council members are due to debate and vote on the plan Tuesday night, with time running short ahead of the fiscal year that begins Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio supports the $88.2 billion spending plan, and Council
  
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• UA Pauses Bringing Back Student Athletes

  30-06-2020 23:30
  
  The University of Arizona announced Tuesday they will pause bringing additional student-athletes back to campus after the recent spike in COVID-19 cases through the Pima County and the state.…
  
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• White Florida officer charged in shoving of Black woman

  30-06-2020 23:29
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say a white Florida police officer is facing a battery charge for allegedly shoving a kneeling Black woman to the ground during a protest march last month. Broward State Attorney Mike Satz said Fort Lauderdale officer 29-year-old Steven Pohorence was seen “intentionally touching or striking” the 19-year-old woman during a civil rights protest march on May 31. The charge is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. Pohorence was p
  
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• Republicans, with exception of Trump, now push mask-wearing

  30-06-2020 23:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In Republican circles — with the notable exception of the man who leads the party — the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on. As a surge of infections hammers the South and West, GOP officials are pushing back against the notion that masks are about politics, as President Donald Trump suggests, and telling Americans they are a vital tool that can save lives. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee on Tuesday bluntly called on Trump to
  
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• Adidas HR head resigns as company addresses diversity issues

  30-06-2020 23:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The head of global human resources at sports apparel and shoe company Adidas has resigned following criticism from employees of what they see as the company’s failure to diversify its workforce. The announcement follows media reports about criticism from a group of Black employees who were calling on the company’s board to investigate Karen Parkin and her strategy for addressing racial issues in the workplace. Adidas said its CEO Kasper Rorsted will assume respo
  
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• SpaceX launches Air Force’s newest GPS satellite

  30-06-2020 23:12
  
  SpaceX has launched the military’s newest, most accurate GPS satellite. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, carrying the GPS satellite to orbit. The brand new first-stage booster made a bull’s-eye landing on an ocean platform following liftoff. The launch had been scheduled for April, but the newly organized U.S. Space Force delayed the flight because of the pandemic. This is the third in the latest, most advanced line of GPS satellites, and joins
  
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• Florida gov chooses side in sunscreen debate: Slather away!

  30-06-2020 23:12
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When it comes to sunscreen, skin cancer and coral reefs, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is siding with sun worshipers who have gotten tacit approval to slather away. The Republican governor announced on Monday that he signed into law a measure that reverses a ban on sunscreen imposed by Key West. Advocates said the ban would help protect reefs and the fragile ecosystem they host, but DeSantis sided with opponents who argued that people’s health outweighed threats
  
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• Extreme fire danger leads to Tonto National Forest closures

  30-06-2020 23:07
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say many sections of the Tonto National Forest will be closed starting at 6 a.m. Thursday because of extreme fire danger due to dry conditions. Taiga Rohrer, Tonto’s fire management officer, says new fire starts have become increasingly difficult to control and the closure is the best option to deal with the fire danger conditions. Authorities say wildfires have burned more than 350 square miles (906 square kilometers) of the forest already this year, cause
  
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• The revolution comes again: Miranda and Kail on ‘Hamilton’

  30-06-2020 23:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — On Friday, Lin-Manuel Miranda will steal the brag of “Well, I saw it with the original cast’ from anyone who ever saw ‘Hamilton’ in its initial, blistering run on Broadway. A live capture taken from two of the last performances with most of the original cast in June 2016 will premiere on Disney+, opening a new — and far less expensive — chapter in Miranda’s ever-evolving pop-culture phenomenon. In just a weekend, over Independence D
  
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• Awkwafina, Zendaya among 819 invited to join film academy

  30-06-2020 23:00
  
  Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organization that puts on the Oscars announced the new invitees Tuesday. If they accept, which most do, those in the new class will have voting privileges at the next Oscars. This will also be the first year that talent agent members will be able to vote on the awards. The 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place on
  
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• UNC fined $1.5M for inadequate campus crime reporting

  30-06-2020 22:58
  
  Raleigh, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Education over its failure to fully report information about crimes that occurred on campus. The department will monitor UNC for three years to make sure it offers more transparency when in its public records. Under the deal, which was announced Tuesday, the university must create a committee to comply with the Clery Act. A report last year found
  
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• St. Louis mayor blasted for revealing identity of protesters

  30-06-2020 22:56
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of St. Louis is being pressed to resign after she publicly revealed the names and addresses of anti-police protesters. Lyda Krewson recited the names live on Facebook last week after meeting with demonstrators who presented her with written suggestions for the city budget, including proposals to cut funding for police. She was elected on a pledge to address the city’s violence. Krewson knows something about the trauma of crime because she and her
  
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• Tigers give $8.4M deal to Torkelson, who joins player pool

  30-06-2020 22:48
  
  DETROIT (AP) — No. 1 overall draft pick Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers agreed to a minor league contract, and the team said the infielder will join its player pool for this abbreviated season. Torkelson’s deal includes $8,418,800, of which $8,416,300 is a signing bonus and $2,500 is a newly created contract execution bonus that is not in the usual structure of initial major league contracts. The slot value for the pick was $8,415,300. Detroit had the top pick for the second
  
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• Gas explosion at clinic in Iranian capital kills 19

  30-06-2020 22:46
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says an explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran has killed 19 people. The state-run IRNA news agency also reported Tuesday that a fire department spokesman says the dead included 15 women and four men. The spokesman says firefighters rescued 20 people. Online videos appear to show more than one explosion and thick black smoke rising from the flames. Deputy Tehran Gov. Hamidreza Goudarzi told state TV that a leak from medical gas
  
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• Arizona man gets 13 months in Vegas shooting ammunition case

  30-06-2020 22:45
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Arizona man has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison after selling home-loaded bullets to the gunman who killed 58 people in a Las Vegas Strip shooting in October 2017. Douglas Haig also was sentenced Tuesday in Las Vegas to three years of supervised release. Haig wasn’t accused of a direct role in the outdoor concert shooting that also injured more than 850 people. He pleaded guilty last November to illegally manufacturing ammunition. He acknowledged mak
  
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• BBB warns public about cyber and legal issues concerning COVID-19 tracking and contact tracing

  30-06-2020 22:35
  
  On Tuesday, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) alerted employers about cybersecurity issues associated with COVID-19 contact-tracing solutions.In a press release, the BBB said interest in COVID-19 monitoring is growing as employers grapple with appropriate measures to keep employees and customers safe and avoid workplace outbreaks.The BBB said tracking and contact-tracing solutions are being considered and implemented throughout the country to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. High-tech
  
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• Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virus

  30-06-2020 22:29
  
  The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and it lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century. An investigation by The Associated Press and KHN finds that since 2010, spending for state public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita and by 18% per capita for local health departments. At least 38,000 public health jobs have disappeared, leaving a skeletal workforce for what was once viewed as one of the world’s top public health systems. It&
  
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• Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops

  30-06-2020 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming under growing pressure from lawmakers to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. Democrats are accusing Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin and are demanding more answers about U.S. intelligence Trump had said he never saw. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Tuesday the president now has indeed been briefed. House Democrats returning from their own briefing at the W
  
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• Venezuela general accused with Maduro unable to pay attorney

  30-06-2020 22:26
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan general who was organizing a volunteer army to overthrow Nicolas Maduro says he is unable to afford a legal defense in a U.S. narcotics case that charges him alongside his homeland’s socialist president. Gen. Cliver Alcala surrendered in March to face U.S. accusations that he led with Maduro and two others a narcoterrorist conspiracy that sent 250 metric tons of cocaine a year to the U.S. Alcala maintains his innocence and has been an outspoken critic
  
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• Officers put on leave over photos tied to Elijah McClain

  30-06-2020 22:25
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Suburban Denver police say multiple officers are on paid leave during an investigation into photos that emerged of them near where Elijah McClain died last summer. Three white officers stopped the Black man as he walked down the street and one put him into a chokehold. Interim Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said Monday that the suspended officers were depicted in the photos but didn’t say what the images show or how many were on leave. A police spokesman says
  
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• New Florida laws address sea level, algae, pythons, iguanas

  30-06-2020 22:23
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is addressing sea level rise, iguanas, pythons and algae in a number of new Florida laws.  A bill he signed Tuesday attempts to rein in the blue-green algae blooms that have hurt tourism and wildlife. The day before he signed a bill requiring public coastal construction projects to first be reviewed for impacts on the state’s fragile seashore because of rising sea levels. He also signed bills allowing the state to use drones to
  
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• New Mexico tribe transforms old casino into movie studio

  30-06-2020 22:22
  
  TESUQUE PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — A northern New Mexico Native American tribe is opening a movie studio it hopes will attract big productions. Tesuque Pueblo recently converted its former casino near Santa Fe into a movie studio campus with more than 25,000 square feet of film shooting space. The tribe also dedicated more than 27 square miles on its land for outdoor movie scenes. Cheyenne and Arapaho filmmaker Chris Eyre is advising the studio and says the campus has many existing sets. The trib
  
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• Ex-wife of ‘Da Vinci Code’ author alleges he led double life

  30-06-2020 22:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The ex-wife of “The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown has filed a lawsuit alleging he led a secret life during their marriage that included several affairs. In her lawsuit filed Monday in New Hampshire, Blythe Brown calls her ex-husband’s behavior “unlawful and egregious” and says she only learned about it after their 2019 divorce. She accuses the best-selling author of secretly diverting funds to pay for gifts to the unnamed horse trainer, includi
  
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• Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college

  30-06-2020 22:13
  
  The number of high school seniors applying for federal college aid plummeted in the first weeks of the pandemic and still remain below last year’s levels. That is according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. In the four weeks starting March 14, the number of FAFSA completions was down 45% compared to the same period the year before. The decrease was sharpest among students at low-income schools. Schools blame the drop-off on the pandemic, saying many students lost touch with
  
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• City council to probe handling of Breonna Taylor shooting

  30-06-2020 22:11
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s city council has announced plans to review the handling by the mayor’s administration of the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The Louisville Metro Council’s government oversight committee announced its intentions Monday. News outlets report the Metro Council’s next meeting is scheduled for July 23. Jean Porter, a spokeswoman for Mayor Greg Fischer, says the mayor welcomes the review. Protesters have been calling for the of
  
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• Stocks close out best quarter since 1998 with more gains

  30-06-2020 22:10
  
  Wall Street closed out its best quarter since 1998 with more gains Tuesday but still well below the record high it reached in February, before devastating lockdowns were put in place to fight the coronavirus. The S&P 500 gained 1.5%, bringing its gain for the quarter to nearly 20%. However that came after a wipeout in the first quarter as the economy screeched to a halt and millions of people lost their jobs. The economy remains in a recovering but still fragile state, and moves by Texas and
  
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• Ex-Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks granted bond

  30-06-2020 22:08
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge says the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. A judge on Tuesday set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the killing of the 27-year-old Black man. Rolfe fatally shot Brooks in the back when Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle on June 12. Rolfe is white. Felony murder convictions are punishable by a minimum sente
  
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• Facebook bans violent ‘boogaloo’ groups, not the term itself

  30-06-2020 22:00
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network loosely associated with the broader “boogaloo” movement, a slang term supporters use to refer to a second Civil War or a collapse of civilization. But the platform didn’t try to name the group, underscoring the difficulty of grappling with an amorphous network linked to a string of domestic terror plots that appears to obfuscate its existence. Facebook designated the movement as a dangerous or
  
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• UK allows e-scooter rentals to aid transport in pandemic

  30-06-2020 21:58
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain is giving the green light for trials of electric scooter rental programs, as authorities look for ways to help people get moving while maintaining distance and easing pressure on public transit. The transport department unveiled new regulations that take effect on the weekend and pave the way for e-scooter rentals in Britain. The new rules announced on Tuesday will help the U.K. play catch-up with the U.S. and countries in Europe and Asia where they’ve operated
  
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• Former Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks granted bond

  30-06-2020 21:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge says the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. A judge on Tuesday set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the killing of the 27-year-old Black man. Rolfe fatally shot Brooks in the back when Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle on June 12. Rolfe is white. Felony murder convictions are punishable by a minimum sente
  
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• Fauci, CDC chief raise concerns about full airline flights

  30-06-2020 21:47
  
  Top federal health officials are criticizing American Airlines for planning to fill flights and leave no seats empty during the virus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that packing people close together is even more problematic within the confines of an airplane. American said last week it will end its practice of trying to leave half of all middle seats empty. CDC director Robert Redfield says American’s announcement sends the wrong message to the public. American is joining United
  
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• Trump faces pressure on Russian bounties to kill US troops

  30-06-2020 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming under growing pressure from lawmakers to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. Democrats are accusing Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin and are demanding more answers about U.S. intelligence Trump says he never saw. House Democrats returning from a briefing at the White House Tuesday said they learned nothing new about assessments that suggested Russia was making o
  
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• Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

  30-06-2020 21:38
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Rudolfo Anaya, who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Lliterature Mmovement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” has died. Anaya’s niece, Belinda Henry, says the celebrated author died Sunday after a long illness. He was 82. Anaya came onto the scene with his breakthrough work “Bless Me, Ultima” in 1972. The World War II-era novel about a young Mexican American boy’s relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generat
  
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• Gas explosion at clinic in Iranian capital kills 13

  30-06-2020 21:37
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian State TV reported an explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran has killed 13 people and injured six. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr told state TV on Tuesday that 10 men and three women were killed in the explosion, which led to fire. Firefighters were still battling the blaze late Tuesday. Alqasimehr also said six people were injured and they were transferred to Tajrish hospital for medical treatment. Online videos appeared to show more
  
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• 1st COVID-19 case in asylum seeker camp at US-Mexico border

  30-06-2020 21:36
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — An international disaster relief organization reports the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among asylum seekers living in a tent encampment at the U.S.-Mexico border. Global Response Management said Tuesday that one person in the Matamoros, Tamaulipas camp across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas had tested positive. The U.S.-based relief organization says: “Aggressive isolation and tracing measures have been enacted.” There are some 2,000 asylum seekers
  
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• The revolution is coming: Miranda and Kail on ‘Hamilton’ now

  30-06-2020 21:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — On Friday, Lin-Manuel Miranda will steal the brag of “Well, I saw it with the original cast’ from anyone who ever saw ‘Hamilton’ in its initial, blistering run on Broadway. A live capture taken from two of the last performances with most of the original cast in June 2016 will premiere on Disney+, opening a new — and far less expensive — chapter in Miranda’s ever-evolving pop-culture phenomenon. In just a weekend, over Independence D
  
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• Leader of scheme that caused bank collapse set for release

  30-06-2020 21:32
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Court documents indicate the leader of a massive fraud scheme that contributed to the collapse of Bank of the Commonwealth nearly a decade ago will soon be released from federal prison amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The Virginian-Pilot reports Ed Woodard, the 77-year-old former bank president, has served less than a third of a 23-year sentence he received in November 2013 for multiple bank fraud and related charges. Woodard was granted compassionate releas
  
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• Governor’s Office Provides $270 Million for Reopening Schools

  30-06-2020 21:30
  
  Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced a new funding plan last week intended to help public school districts across the state safely open at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.…
  
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• Pope urges US Catholic media to work to overcome racism

  30-06-2020 21:25
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging Catholic media in the U.S. to work to overcome “the diseases of racism and injustice” in his latest comments about anti-racism protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. In a message to a virtual conference of Catholic journalists of North America on Tuesday, Francis said Catholic media must build bridges and dialogue, as well as defend life. He prayed for journalists to be enlightened by wisdom and understanding and guided by the
  
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• Wisconsin family saves bear swimming with head stuck in bin

  30-06-2020 21:24
  
  BLOOMER, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin family helped save a young bear that was struggling to breathe while swimming in a lake with its head caught in a plastic food container. Tricia and Brian Hurt and their son, Brady, were boating Saturday on Marsh Miller Lake in western Wisconsin when they came across what they first thought was a swimming dog. They soon realized, though, that it was a young bear with a clear plastic cheese ball container stuck on its head. Their first attempt to pull the tu
  
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• Missouri high court says state must pay Planned Parenthood

  30-06-2020 21:23
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court says lawmakers violated the state Constitution when they tried to end all government funding of Planned Parenthood. The judges’ 6-1 Tuesday ruling means Missouri must start paying Planned Parenthood again. Abortion opponents in Missouri have for years sought to stop any taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood clinics, even those that don’t provide abortions. Planned Parenthood says some of its chapters provide preventative
  
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• Hotel Congress pauses operations amid coronavirus pandemic

  30-06-2020 21:23
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – Hotel Congress pausing its operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.“2020, wow is all we can say! After thoughtful and heartbreaking conversations and uncovering every possible approach, our next steps are clear,” Hotel Congress said in a Facebook post. “This pandemic has reached a breaking point and for us the only actionable response is to pause our operations.”They say the health and safety of its staff and community is “what is important
  
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• Biden team putting together list of Black female court picks

  30-06-2020 21:22
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden says his team is putting together a list of potential options for his first Supreme Court nominee, which he has already pledged will be a Black woman. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told reporters Tuesday after a campaign event in Delaware: “We are putting together a list of African American women who are qualified and have the experience to be on the court.” He says he won’t release the list until the picks have been vet
  
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• Mnuchin says hardest-hit businesses should be next aid focus

  30-06-2020 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has told Congress that the administration wants the next round of economic aid to focus on supporting businesses like restaurants that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis. Mnuchin said Tuesday he is already talking to lawmakers about getting another round of relief approved by the end of July. He said those discussions included ways to use left-over funds from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. There is about $128 bill
  
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• Court affirms ruling that Pentagon funding of border wall is ‘unlawful’

  30-06-2020 21:00
  
  PHOENIX – Just days after President Donald Trump was in Yuma to praise construction of the border wall last week, a federal court reaffirmed its ruling that the administration’s method of funding that construction was “unlawful.”The ruling Friday by a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that the administration’s plan to divert $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds toward construction of the border wall – funding Congress had specifi
  
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• Belgium takes down statue, king regrets colonial violence

  30-06-2020 20:46
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has confronted its colonial past and looked toward reconciliation, with the king expressing regret for the violence carried out by the country when it ruled over what is now Congo. Later Tuesday, the bust of a former monarch held responsible for the death of millions of Africans was taken off public display. As Belgium marked the 60th anniversary of the end of its colonial rule in Congo, King Philippe’s words had resounding significance since none of his prede
  
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• Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, dies

  30-06-2020 20:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, arranger and musician, has died at 94. He worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included “The Shadow of Your Smile” played with everyone from Count Basie to Buddy Rich and his songs were covered by Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and many others. His songwriter partners included Johnny Mercer and Paul Williams. His most widely heard composition was likely &
  
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