Mayors Of College Towns Brace For The Economic Impact Of Remote Learning

Mayor Walt Maddox of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Mayor Donnie Tuck of Hampton, Va., and Mayor Bruce Teague of Iowa City, Iowa, on how they're trying to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Cases Top 25 Million Globally As India Emerges As A New Epicenter

The grim milestone was crossed on Sunday, one day after India recorded more than 78,000 cases of the virus.
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Chadwick Boseman In His Own Words

In his public comments and in interviews with NPR, Chadwick Boseman both sought to inspire and to give thanks, particularly to young Black people.
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Are we heading for a second lockdown, and what are the current UK rules?

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Police Union In Kenosha, Wis., Provides Account Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The union says Blake was armed with a knife and fought with the officers who tried to arrest him, putting one of them in a headlock.
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Kenosha Police Chief: Jacob Blake 'Being Guarded' In Hospital

At a Friday news conference, Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said Blake, who was shot multiple times by a police officer, is under arrest on an outstanding warrant for third-degree sexual assault.
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FDA Removes Top Spokesperson After Blood Plasma Blunder

Emily Miller was central in defending the FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, after he falsely said that blood plasma could lower the death rate from COVID-19 by more than a third.
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Wielding Chainsaws, A Town Comes Together To Clean Up After Hurricane Laura

Residents of Bell City, La., gathered Thursday morning to cut down trees, clear roads — and share what it was like as the storm made landfall overnight.
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Kenosha Shooting Suspect Charged With Six Criminal Counts, Including Homicide

Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse is facing five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge in connection with a shooting in Kenosha, Wis., that left two protesters dead and another injured.
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'Change Doesn't Happen With Just Talk': NBA Playoffs Return. But Athletes Fight On

The NBA postponed its playoffs for a second night in a row but says it's reached an agreement to resume soon. Players protested continued racial injustice after another police shooting of a Black man.
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Gulf Coast residents flee incoming Hurricane Laura

ENNIS, Texas — Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled from rapidly intensifying Hurricane Laura as hotels and shelters filled quickly, exacerbating the struggles of evacuees who lost jobs in the coronavirus pandemic long before the storm ever approached on Wednesday. Leaders in Texas and Louisiana urged people in the expected path of what forecasters called...
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RNC 2020: Widower Sam Vigil endorses Trump, lauds ‘Operation Legend’

An Albuquerque man whose wife was tragically murdered by an illegal immigrant with a lengthy rap sheet praised President Trump for finding her accused killer through Operation Legend in a moving speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Sam Vigil took the stage in Washington, D.C. to recount the nightmarish morning he found his wife,...
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Desegregation activist Clarence Henderson says at RNC Trump represents US he fought for

Lunch counter desegregation activist Clarence Henderson on Wednesday endorsed President Trump in a 2020 Republican National Convention speech. Henderson, who is black, recounted taking part in the 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins at the Woolworth Department Store — and said Trump represents the America he was fighting for. He blasted Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden...
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RNC 2020: Trump presides over surprise naturalization ceremony from White House

President Trump presided over a naturalization ceremony for five new Americans in a surprise pre-taped video aired Tuesday during the 2020 Republican National Convention. The president emphasized the achievements of each of the newly-minted Americans and applauded them for entering the county through the proper channels. “You followed the rules, you obeyed the laws, you...
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RNC 2020: Ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi slams Joe and Hunter Biden as ‘corrupt’

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi tore into Hunter Biden during her speech Tuesday on the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention. Bondi, a longtime ally of President Trump, launched into a prolonged attack of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son as corrupt, citing his overseas business ties and his former role on...
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Melania Trump talks coronavirus, compassion during Rose Garden RNC speech

First lady Melania Trump on Tuesday urged voters to support her husband President Trump’s re-election and offered words of comfort for coronavirus pandemic victims during an address from the Rose Garden. “It has been inspiring to see what the people of our great nation will do for one another, especially when we are at our...
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Florida Judge Rules State Order Requiring Schools To Reopen 'Unconstitutional'

The judge says the order disregards safety and denies local school boards' decision-making power. The Florida Department of Education has appealed the ruling.
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New Hurdle For Major Alaska Gold Mine After Donald Trump Jr. Tweets Opposition

The Trump administration had been moving ahead with the controversial Pebble Mine. That appears to have changed after public opposition from some key Republicans worried about a salmon fishery.
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Liberty University Doubles Down After Falwell Denies Reports Of His Resignation

Jerry Falwell Jr., has officially resigned as president of Liberty University, according to a university source. In an interview with Virginia Business, he contradicts the university official.
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Fatal Police Shooting Of Black Man In Louisiana Sparks Outrage And Protest

An investigation has been opened into the killing of Trayford Pellerin, 31, who was shot as he walked away from police toward a convenience store holding a knife, according to authorities.
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Louisiana Braces For 'One-Two Punch' Of Storms As Marco And Laura Approach Shore

Tropical Storm Marco is forecast to make landfall on Monday, followed closely behind by another storm named by Laura. "The first 72 hours is on you," Gov. John Bel Edwards warned residents.
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Older White Voters Who Helped Trump Win May Be In Play

Polls suggest movement in this key demographic toward Joe Biden, but some white seniors in battleground states tell NPR they're sticking with the president.
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Carter Page: ‘I was a pawn in the Democrat crusade to bring down Trump’

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Carter Page reveals: ‘I was a pawn in the Dems’ crusade to overthrow Trump’
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Two more suspects arrested in gang rape of 16-year-old girl in Israel

Two more suspects were reportedly arrested Saturday in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Israel that has outraged the nation. The two suspects, both 17 years old, are allegedly among the up to 30 men accused of filming themselves raping the victim in a hotel in the resort town of Eliat in Southern...
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House passes bill to fund USPS, prevent mail delays ahead of 2020 election

WASHINGTON — With heated debate over mail delays, the House approved legislation in a rare Saturday session that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers to Washington over objections from Republicans dismissing the action...
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U.S. Movie Theaters Say It's Safe To Watch A Film: How About 'Unhinged'?

The new Russell Crowe film is out and a theater owners' group launches a public awareness campaign dubbed "CinemaSafe," meant to ease moviegoer's coronavirus fears.
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As Wildfires Continue To Spread In California, Its Governor Seeks Outside Help

Gov. Gavin Newsom says an area the size of Rhode Island is now ablaze in his state. He's looking for help from other states and the federal government.
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Smithsonian National Zoo's Giant Panda Gives Birth

"A precious giant panda cub has arrived!" overjoyed officials announce in a tweet Friday. Mei Xiang is caring for the newborn "attentively."
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Covid-19 in the UK: The latest numbers of confirmed cases and deaths

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Senegal port seeks removal of 2,700 tonnes of chemical that caused Beirut blast

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Friday morning news briefing: Covid hospital admissions inflated at height of pandemic

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Elizabeth Warren casts election as COVID-19 reckoning in 2020 DNC remarks

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren used her Democratic National Committee speech on Wednesday to encourage voters to back Joe Biden in November — an election she cast as a referendum on the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “COVID-19 was [President] Trump’s biggest test,” she said in pre-taped remarks. “He failed miserably.” Warren cited both America’s staggering...
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Billie Eilish debuts ‘My Future’ song, endorses Joe Biden at DNC

The 18-year-old Grammy-winner urged Americans to cast their ballots for Biden "like our lives and the world depend on it."
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Helicopter pilot dies in crash while fighting California wildfires

A helicopter pilot fighting the California wildfires died Wednesday morning when his aircraft went down in Fresno County, officials said. The pilot was on a water dropping mission when the chopper crashed about 160 miles south of San Francisco, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement. The pilot was the...
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Rhode Island’s DNC roll call for Biden prominently features plate of calamari

The Democratic National Convention’s roll call has never been this appetizing. Rhode Island State Rep. Joseph McNamara cast the state’s votes to officially nominate Joe Biden as the party’s presidential pick Tuesday while standing next to a giant plate of fried calamari. “The calamari comeback state of Rhode Island casts one vote for Bernie Sanders...
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John Kerry calls Trump’s foreign policy record a ‘blooper reel’ during DNC

Former Secretary of State John Kerry slammed President Trump’s foreign policy record as a “blooper reel” and talked-up Joe Biden during the 2020 Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. “When this president goes overseas, it isn’t a goodwill mission. It’s a blooper reel,” said Kerry. “He breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to...
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Jill Biden recalls family struggles in endorsement of husband at DNC

Longtime teacher Jill Biden was back in the classroom Tuesday night to vouch for her husband’s ability to lead the nation in a speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Speaking from Brandywine High School in Wilmington, Del., where she worked as an English teacher in the 1990s, Jill, 69, gave a deeply personal endorsement...
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De Blasio noticeably missing from DNC’s presidential candidate montage

Good thing he forgot about this week’s convention. Mayor Bill de Blasio was conspicuously missing Monday night from a video montage at the Democratic National Convention showing most of the party’s former 2020 presidential candidates. But it’s possible the mayor wasn’t watching and didn’t even realize the omission considering he admitted Monday night that he...
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Bernie Sanders urges leftwing supporters to join him in backing Joe Biden at DNC

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said on the first night of the Democratic National Convention that President Trump is “leading us down the path of authoritarianism.” Sanders, a self-declared socialist, endorsed Joe Biden and urged his leftwing supporters to join him. “We have moved this country in a bold new direction,” Sanders said to his backers....
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John Kasich in DNC speech says ‘respectful’ Joe Biden won’t ‘turn sharp Left’

Standing at an actual crossroads, Republican former Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention, saying he is “respectful” and won’t “turn sharp Left.” Kasich, who lost to President Trump in the 2016 GOP primary, said in a recorded message that “we’re being taken down the wrong...
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Beavers should be designated native species, charity says, ahead of killing season

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New York City's Museums To Reopen As State's COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Tick Down

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that the city's cultural institutions will be able to reopen later this month. Less than 1% of COVID-19 tests in the state have been coming back positive.
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Purge Of Senior Officials At Foreign Broadcast Agency Stirs Fear And Outrage

Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.
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Facing Eviction, Residents Of Denmark's 'Ghettos' Are Suing The Government

A sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as "ghettos" is being challenged by residents, as Denmark also begins to grapple with broader questions about racism.
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California Issues First Rolling Blackouts Since 2001, As Heat Wave Bakes Western U.S.

California electrical utilities implemented their first rolling blackouts since 2001, as the state grapples with an intense, prolonged heat wave.
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Trump: TikTok Must Be Sold In 90 Days, Cites 'Credible Evidence' Of Security Threat

The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal.
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