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• FBI investigates reported assault on Black man as hate crime

  07-07-2020 23:57
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney says the FBI is investigating as a hate crime the assault of a Black man by a group of white men at a southern Indiana lake. Vauhxx Booker says the men pinned him against a tree, shouted racial slurs and one of them threatened to “get a noose” at Monroe Lake near Bloomington over the July Fourth weekend. Much of the assault was captured on cellphone video. Katherine Liell, Booker’s attorney, said at a news conference Tuesday that the FBI is
  
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• The Latest: Doctor’s referral not needed for NCarolina tests

  07-07-2020 23:52
  
  RALEIGH , N.C. — North Carolina has announced that residents will no longer need a doctor’s referral to get a coronavirus test.
  Tuesday’s order, lasting until Gov. Roy Cooper’s current state of emergency is rescinded, aims to encourage more Black, Hispanic and Native American residents to get tested.Mandy Cohen, state secretary of Health and Human Services, also announced the creation of up to 300 free temporary testing sites throughout July.The expansion comes even as Co
  
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• Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits

  07-07-2020 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released government data show at least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid. Among businesses that received money was a California hotel partially owned by the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as a shipping business started by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s family. Chao is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Car dealerships owned by Republican Reps. Roger Williams of Texas and M
  
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• California condors seen in Sequoia after nearly 50 years

  07-07-2020 23:36
  
  SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Endangered California condors have been spotted in Sequoia National Park for the first time in nearly 50 years as the giant birds reclaim historic habitat lost when the species teetered on the brink of extinction. The National Park Service says condors were observed atop the granite dome of Moro Rock in late May. Condors fitted with GPS transmitters were also tracked flying around Giant Forest.  The birds are scavengers and almost died out in large
  
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• The Latest: Birx says rich nations caught off guard by virus

  07-07-2020 23:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the Trump administration’s White House task force on COVID-19, says experts have been surprised by the impact the virus has had on high-income and upper-middle-income countries.She says public health experts never thought that 80 percent of the cases and probably 90 percent of the deaths would be reported in high-income and upper-middle-income countries.
  She says COVID-19′s impact in the United States has been aggravated by the prevale
  
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• Russia and China veto cross-border aid to Syria’s northwest

  07-07-2020 23:35
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution that would maintain two border crossing points from Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest for a year. The United Nations says the crossing points are crucial to save millions of lives. Immediately after Tuesday’s veto, Russia circulated a resolution that would authorize the delivery of aid through a single crossing point from Turkey for six months. The defeated resolution, d
  
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• Missouri kid camp virus outbreak raises questions of safety

  07-07-2020 23:34
  
  An overnight summer camp in rural southwestern Missouri has seen scores of campers, counselors and staff infected with the coronavirus. That’s raising questions about the ability to keep kids safe at what is a rite of childhood for many. Missouri is one of several states to report outbreaks at summer camps. Others include Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Missouri outbreak caused the Kanakuk camp near Branson for to cancel and send teens home. On Friday, the local health de
  
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• Kanye West? Tim McGraw? Girl Scouts? All got PPP loans

  07-07-2020 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs that Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the recipients include many you probably wouldn’t have expected. Kanye West’s clothing line. The sculptor Jeff Koons. Law firms and high-dollar hedge funds. The Girl Scouts. Political groups on both the left and the right. All told, the Treasury Dep
  
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• US hits Chinese officials with visa bans over Tibet access

  07-07-2020 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is firing a new shot in its diplomatic war with China by imposing travel bans on Chinese officials it says are restricting foreigners’ access to Tibet. The visa restrictions limit or entirely eliminate their ability to travel to the United States. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the restrictions Tuesday in a statement that accused China of systematically obstructing the travel of foreign diplomats, journalists and tourists to Tibet.
  
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• Brazil corporations urge action on illegal logging in Amazon

  07-07-2020 23:26
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of Brazilian corporations are calling for a crackdown on illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, expressing their concerns in a letter to the vice president, who heads the government’s council on that region. The letter sent Tuesday says the country’s business interests are being hurt by the “negative perception of Brazil’s image abroad in relation to socio-environmental issues in the Amazon.”  Brazilian President Jair Bolso
  
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• Man charged with murder claims defense against racist attack

  07-07-2020 23:23
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A biracial man charged with murder in the shooting of a 17-year-old girl on a Georgia highway says he fired in self-defense after her friends in a pickup truck yelled racial slurs and tried to run his car off the road. A judge in Statesboro postponed a preliminary hearing Tuesday for 21-year-old Marc Wilson. Wilson is charged with felony murder in the June 14 death of 17-year-old Haley Hutcheson. She was fatally wounded in what police referred to as a possible drive-by
  
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• NASA adds more safety fixes for Boeing’s crew capsule

  07-07-2020 23:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has added more safety fixes for Boeing’s crew capsule following a pair of close calls during last year’s test flight. NASA officials said Tuesday they have now identified 80 corrective actions, mostly involving software, that must be done before the Starliner capsule launches again. During its space debut last December, the Starliner ended up in the wrong orbit and could not reach the International Space Station. Ground controllers barely had ti
  
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• Victims’ family asks for delay of federal inmate’s execution

  07-07-2020 23:17
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family members of the victims of a federal inmate facing lethal injection next week are asking that his execution be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The family members of Daniel Lewis Lee’s victims asked Tuesday that Lee’s execution be put off until a treatment or a vaccine for the virus is available. Lee is the first of four federal inmates scheduled for execution starting next week. He was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in 19
  
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• 2 female firsts at the Supreme Court announce retirements

  07-07-2020 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the first-ever women to hold two prominent positions at the court are retiring. Pamela Talkin’s most public role in nearly two decades as the court’s marshal has been opening court sessions by announcing the justices’ entrance into the courtroom and banging a gavel before court begins. But her job included serving as the court’s general manager and chief security officer. Part of Christine Luchok Fallon’s job as the rep
  
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• New Mexico ads ask visitors to comply with virus safeguards

  07-07-2020 23:11
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Tourism Department has published advertisements informing residents of neighboring states that visitors should comply with its rules regarding masks and travel. The advertisements in six newspapers in Texas and Arizona include letters explaining New Mexico has different rules than the other two states. The tourism department spent $67,000 on the full-page advertisements in major newspapers in Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona and in Austin, Houston
  
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• Cases of coronavirus in Idaho spike after businesses reopen

  07-07-2020 23:11
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For a while in Idaho, it seemed like the worst of the coronavirus pandemic was over, with most businesses back to nearly normal operations in June. A new spike of COVID-19, however, has prompted some concern in the mostly rural state. Idaho Gov. Brad Little has called the spike in cases alarming, but so far hasn’t announced any moves to shut the state back down. Idaho is still far from being a national hot spot: The state ranks about 14th in the nation for new con
  
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• Texas passes 10,000 confirmed new virus cases in single day

  07-07-2020 23:09
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has surpassed 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time as a resurgence of the outbreak rages across the U.S. The record high of 10,028 confirmed cases Tuesday follows Republican Gov. Greg Abbott decision to mandate masks in much of the state and to close bars, retreating from what had been one of America’s fastest reopenings. New York and Florida are the only other states to have reported more than 10,000 confirmed new cases in a sing
  
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• Boy struck by bullet in St. Louis remains in grave condition

  07-07-2020 23:07
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a 4-year-old boy is in grave condition after being shot in the head by an apparent stray bullet in St. Louis on the Fourth of July. Police initially said Monday that the department was reclassifying the shooting of Michael Goodlow III as a homicide after it was notified of his death. But police later reversed themselves, explaining in an email Tuesday that the department was “notified that the victim had in fact not succumbed to his injuries, and has not b
  
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• Texas surpasses 10,000 confirmed new coronavirus cases in a single day for 1st time as record surges continue across US

  07-07-2020 23:06
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas surpasses 10,000 confirmed new coronavirus cases in a single day for 1st time as record surges continue across US.The post Texas surpasses 10,000 confirmed new coronavirus cases in a single day for 1st time as record surges continue across US appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Opponents: Pipeline’s defeat ‘a testament to perseverance’

  07-07-2020 23:06
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The news that energy giants Duke Energy and Dominion Energy were pulling the plug on the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline delighted environmental advocates and other opponents of the project who had spent six years fighting what they considered an uphill battle. They say the decision to scrap the natural gas pipeline marks a turning point in the climate fight, illustrating the time has passed for energy companies to invest in massive fossil fuel infrastructure projec
  
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• Bodies of 6 of 8 Idaho plane collision victims recovered

  07-07-2020 23:05
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of six of the eight people killed when two airplanes collided over a scenic mountain lake in Idaho. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that specialized divers are searching Lake Coeur d’Alene for the remaining two victims. The eight people, including three children, were in two small airplanes that collided in mid-air on Sunday afternoon and plunged into the water. Recreational boaters rushed to
  
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• Marine Corps says Marine shot self on California base

  07-07-2020 23:03
  
  TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps says a Marine suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound ending a two-hour standoff with military police on a California Marine Corps base. Spokeswoman Capt. Nicole Plymale says shots were reported on base at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday triggering an alert that there was a possible active shooter on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. She says the Marine was in a remote hillside and military police cordoned off the area fo
  
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• Correction: Child Shot-St. Louis story

  07-07-2020 23:02
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a July 6, 2020, story about a 4-year-old who was struck by a stray bullet, The Associated Press erroneously reported based on information from police that the child was dead. Police said Tuesday he is in grave condition.The post Correction: Child Shot-St. Louis story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Serbs protest reintroduction of virus lockdown measures

  07-07-2020 23:01
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people are protesting the Serbian president’s announcement that a lockdown will be reintroduced after the Balkan country reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus. Police fired tear gas at thousands of people, some chanting “Resignation! Resignation!” gathered in front of the downtown parliament building in Belgrade. Some managed to enter the building by force, but were pushed back by riot police. Earlier, Preside
  
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• Agonizing Lag in Coronavirus Research Puts Pregnant Women and Babies at Risk

  07-07-2020 23:00
  
  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Click here to read their biggest stories as soon as they’re published.In late June, after three months of near silence on the topic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally weighed in on a question of critical importance to millions of American women and families: How dangerous is the coronavirus for pregnant women and new mothers?The CDC had been asserting that pregnant women don’t seem to be at hig
  
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• Judge halts virus relief funding for Alaska Native firms

  07-07-2020 22:57
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has put the brakes on federal coronavirus relief funding for Alaska Native corporations for now. The decision Tuesday stems from lawsuits that several tribes filed against the Treasury Department seeking to keep the corporations from getting a share of $8 billion set aside for tribes. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., ruled against the tribes late last month. But he says he wrestled with the decision, and it deserves a closer look b
  
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• At least 8 Mississippi lawmakers test positive for COVID-19

  07-07-2020 22:51
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state health officer in Mississippi says at least eight of the state’s lawmakers have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Dr. Thomas Dobbs says Tuesday that there are also 11 other suspected cases of the virus among lawmakers and Capitol employees. Among those who have said they have COVID-19 are Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn. They are the top officers in the Legislature. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says his own coronavirus tes
  
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• After 35 seasons, MTV’s ‘The Challenge’ still going strong

  07-07-2020 22:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Before “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “American Ninja Warrior,” there was MTV’s “The Challenge.” The reality competition series is currently airing its 35th season, one that’s seen an uptick in viewers from recent years. That’s perhaps due to the lack of live sports, and could also be because this season’s “Total Madness” theme has featured some spectacular challenges involving moving ve
  
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• At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have contracted COVID-19; many in Capitol did not wear masks or stay distanced.

  07-07-2020 22:47
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have contracted COVID-19; many in Capitol did not wear masks or stay distanced.The post At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have contracted COVID-19; many in Capitol did not wear masks or stay distanced. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ecuador VP resigns, setting off talk of a presidential bid

  07-07-2020 22:45
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s vice president has resigned, setting off speculation that he may be preparing a presidential bid for the South American nation’s elections in February. Otto Sonnenholzner has become one of Ecuador’s most visible politicians since leading a task force that helped control a severe outbreak of the new coronavirus in Guayaquil, the nation’s second largest city and its main port. He said in a resignation speech Tuesday that he decided to l
  
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• US government launches campaign to reduce high suicide rates

  07-07-2020 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is launching a national campaign aimed at reducing high suicide rates, particularly among veterans. Its message to the public during the coronavirus pandemic is to reach out to others, talk openly about mental health and acknowledge daily stresses in people’s lives. Known as REACH, the campaign is the core part of a $53 million, two-year effort announced by President Donald Trump to reduce suicide. Starting Wednesday, digital ads will hit the int
  
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• Man avoids prison for threatening vaccine bill supporter

  07-07-2020 22:37
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man who worked for a Defense Department contractor has been sentenced to six months of home detention for threatening to kill a member of Congress who supported vaccination requirements for public school students. Darryl Albert Varnum told a judge on Tuesday that he was drunk when he called in the death threat last year. A defense attorney said Varnum had been enraged when he read a post on social media that misrepresented a pro-vaccine bill sponsored b
  
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• Trump says he will pressure states to reopen schools in fall

  07-07-2020 22:34
  
  President Donald Trump says he will pressure governors to reopen schools and colleges this fall, arguing that some want to keep schools closed for political reasons against the will of families. Trump said he is “very much gong to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools.” Trump did not immediately explain how he would pressure governors, but he repeated an earlier claim that Democrats want to keep schools closed for political reasons and not health reasons. T
  
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• ASU researchers develop cheaper, faster saliva test for COVID-19

  07-07-2020 22:30
  
  PHOENIX — As the number of Arizonans who have contracted COVID-19 has raced past 100,000, testing for the novel coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease has become a priority.…
  
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• Dream owner Loeffler objects to WNBA’s social justice plans

  07-07-2020 22:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler is not in favor of the WNBA’s social justice plans and has sent a letter to Commissioner Cathy Engelbert objecting to the league’s initiatives to honor the Black Lives Matter movement when the season begins in Florida. Loeffler is a Republican U.S. senator running for re-election in Georgia. She asked the commissioner to scrap plans for players to wear warmup jerseys reading “Black Lives Matter” and “Say He
  
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• States sue US department over virus relief funds for schools

  07-07-2020 22:14
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California, Michigan and three other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education over pandemic relief funds. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the attorneys general of California and Michigan say the department run by Secretary Betsy DeVos is attempting to take pandemic relief funds away from K-12 public schools and divert them to private schools. Maine, New Mexico, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia have joined the lawsuit. They say the department’s interi
  
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• Twins joined at head separated at Vatican pediatric hospital

  07-07-2020 22:11
  
  ROME (AP) — Doctors at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital said Tuesday they have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused back-to-back, an exceedingly rare surgery for an equally rare congenital defect. Ervina and Prefina Bangalo were born June 29, 2018 in Central African Republic with their heads attached and sharing critical blood vessels around their brains. The Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital brought the twins and their mother to Italy soon after their birth.
  
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• 7th former eBay staffer charged in harassment campaign

  07-07-2020 22:10
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A seventh former eBay Inc. employee has been charged with participating in a campaign to terrorize the editor and publisher of an online newsletter because eBay executives were upset about coverage of the company. Authorities say Philip Cooke is charged with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, prosecutors said. The San Jose, California, man is expected to appear in Boston’s federal court at a later date. There was no attorney list
  
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• Lawsuit: Gentrification project tied to Breonna Taylor’s death

  07-07-2020 22:07
  
  (WAVE)  The attorneys representing Breonna Taylor’s family now claim a development project was the reason police focused on her ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover.
  Part of the project includes Elliott Avenue, where Glover rented a house, the lawsuit states, and where the City of Louisville has recently acquired several properties.A warranty deed obtained by WAVE 3 News, dated June 5th, 2020, shows the city purchased Glover’s rented home from Law-Mar Inc. for $1. The estimated home v
  
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• Vigils continue as police release partial video of weekend fatal shooting

  07-07-2020 22:00
  
  PHOENIX – Phoenix police released partial video Monday of the fatal shooting by officers this weekend of a man in Maryvale, but that did little to satisfy activists who are pressing for more footage to be released to the public.“We want the full video to be released.…
  
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• Black Lives Matter protesters face rare leak charge in Iowa

  07-07-2020 22:00
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors in Iowa have filed a rarely used leak charge against a Black Lives Matter protester accused of stealing a confidential police document and another who allegedly displayed it during a TV news broadcast. The two have been charged with unauthorized dissemination of intelligence data. It’s a felony charge that carries up to five years in prison. The Iowa Judicial Branch says it’s only the second time the charge has been used since 2010. Des Moines
  
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• Virus fears, regional spats snarl Arizona-Mexico route

  07-07-2020 21:55
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Fears about possible coronavirus infections from hard-hit Arizona and regional politics south of the U.S.-Mexico border saw American vacationers turned back on the road to the popular tourist resort of Puerto Peñasco over the long July 4 weekend. The spat in the small community of Sonoyta continued Tuesday after erupting over the weekend against a backdrop of  international politics, local rivalries and resentments, and growing fears about virus spread along the
  
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• US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization

  07-07-2020 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
  The pullout won’t take effect until a year from now, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration or if circumstances change.
  But the withdrawal notification makes good on Trump’s vow in late May to terminate U.S. participation in the WHO.
  Trump has harshly criticized the WHO for its response to the coronavirus pandemic and accuse
  
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• Wall Street follows solid stock market rally with pullback

  07-07-2020 21:51
  
  Banks and companies that rely on consumer spending led stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, as the market gave back some of the big gains it made the past couple of weeks. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% after spending most of the day in the red. The pullback put the benchmark index on pace to snap a five-day winning streak. Stocks sank more across the Atlantic after the European Union said this year’s recession will be deeper than earlier forecast. But gains for Microsoft and other
  
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• Outspoken Iraqis fear rogue groups after analyst killed

  07-07-2020 21:46
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The killing of a prominent security analyst who had received threats from Iran-backed militias has struck fear in the hearts of outspoken Iraqis concerned that they, too, could be targeted by armed groups. Experts and Iraqi officials said Tuesday the death of Hisham al-Hashimi also highlighted the limits of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s power to reign in armed groups acting outside the state’s authority. Iraqi mourners and relatives of al-Hashimi carried hi
  
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• Coronavirus survivor celebrates 100th birthday

  07-07-2020 21:40
  
  (WNDU) Beating pneumonia and COVID-19, Margaret Rohl defied all the odds and was able to celebrate her 100th birthday Monday.“It’s been hard not being able to be with her and hug her and touch her. So, I wanted her birthday to be special,” Rohl’s granddaughter Peggy Hopper said outside of her Niles, Michigan nursing home.This was a day that Hopper wasn't sure her grandmother would make it to.“The doctor, oh probably a month ago, called me and said ‘Your grand
  
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• Immigrant advocates say US policy change endangers workers

  07-07-2020 21:38
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates in New Orleans claim in a lawsuit that 2019 federal rule changes by the U.S. Department of Labor diminish protections for workers subjected to workplace abuses and human trafficking. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington deals with visas issued to protect workers from deportation when they report workplace crimes. The lawsuit says that last year the Department of Labor began requiring that applications for such visas be referred to law enforcement a
  
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• Arkansas mother says her 6-year-old was kicked out of daycare for wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-shirt

  07-07-2020 21:34
  
  (KARK/NBC News)  An Arkansas mother says her 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of daycare because of a t-shirt reading "Black Lives Matter."Journei Brockman attended daycare at His Kids Preschool in Russellville for the past six months, but was recently told she was no longer welcome.“She was like ‘I don’t like it, I don’t agree with it’, and I would prefer it if you didn’t send her to school in it again,” Journei's mother, Deval Brockman says.Bro
  
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• The Latest: Dr. Fauci says wear masks to limit surging cases

  07-07-2020 21:27
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci says Alabama and other states with soaring coronavirus rates have a window of opportunity to bring it under control and spoke in favor of state and local requirements for masks in public.Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Diseases, says the United States is in a resurgence of new coronavirus cases, with daily cases nearly double the country’s previously high baseline. Infection rates have been rising in the South and West.
  “We are facing a seri
  
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• Hollywood catches up to director Gina Prince-Bythewood

  07-07-2020 21:23
  
  Director Gina Prince-Bythewood is going to get the biggest audience of her career when “The Old Guard” debuts Friday on Netflix to subscribers in 190 countries. Although her films like “Love & Basketball” and “Beyond the Lights” are beloved by critics and audiences, none have exactly been runaway hits at the box office, hampered by limited distribution plans informed by incorrect assumptions about the reach of films with Black leads. The Netflix scope feel
  
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