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Trump is pushing to reopen schools, which he claims are closed for political reasons and not to curb the coronavirus spread

President Donald Trump pushed back at states considering keeping schools closed in the fall, saying that state leaders may be seizing on the opportunity to make a "political...
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Wedding season brings new virus outbreak in West Bank

37 minutes ago | ABC News

The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is grappling with a renewed coronavirus outbreak that authorities blame on the summer wedding...
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Dinner With A Side Of Quarantine: Get Ready For Contact Tracing

37 minutes ago | Forbes

States are starting to ramp up contact tracing to slow the spread of COVID-19, with a focus on restaurant customers.
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Arizona records its highest number of newly reported coronavirus deaths on Tuesday

1 hour ago | Business Insider

Arizona recorded its highest single-day death toll on Tuesday with 117 deaths. The state has become an epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic, surpassing 100,000 cases on...
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Texas State Fair canceled for first time since WWII over coronavirus concerns

1 hour ago | New York Post

The Texas State Fair has been canceled for the first time since World War II. Officials said Tuesday that the event will not take place in 2020 as the Lone Star state continues...
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Good health is good business. Here's why

1 hour ago | Fortune

COVID-19 has forced health onto the agenda of every business around the world. Companies must address health and safety risks as health regulations and market conditions...
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Kanye West Says He's Done With Trump-Opens Up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden And Everything In Between

1 hour ago | Forbes

Across four hours of interviews, the rap billionaire says he's never voted, has recovered from Covid but doubts vaccines and envisions running a presidency modeled on Wakanda...
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UFC 251 'Embedded,' No. 2: Jorge Masvidal checks in wearing a pink robe and Trump mask

2 hours ago | MMAjunkie

The UFC returns after one-week break on Saturday with UFC 251, and the promotion's popular “Embedded” series is back to help build the excitement ahead of the action. UFC 251...
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Mary Kay Letourneau, Teacher Convicted of Raping Her Student, Dies at 58

2 hours ago | Time | 3 articles

Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted for raping him, has died. She was 58. Her lawyer David Gehrke told multiple news outlets...
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House spending panels give NIH big increase to deal with COVID-19 impacts

2 hours ago | Science Mag

Emergency spending provision also helps DOE national labs, but not NSF or NASA
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Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who wou plead guilty in the 90s to raping...

Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher made famous for sexually assaulting her sixth-grade student, whom she later married, has died following a battle with cancer. Read more ...

Two people charged with a hate crime for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural

A White man and a White woman who allegedly painted over a California community's Black Lives Matter mural this weekend are each facing a hate crime charge for the act. Read more ...

President Trump says he will pressure states to reopen schools in fall

"We're very much gong to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools,” President Donald Trump said. Read more ...

Chief Justice Roberts was hospitalized after head injury

Chief Justice John Roberts fell last month while walking, received stitches to close a wound on his head and spent the night in the hospital, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said... Read more ...

Personal protective equipment for medical workers begins to run low again as...

PPE that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number... Read more ...

EPA approves two Lysol products as the first to effectively kill coronavirus...

The news comes one month after a CDC survey found that people said they were cleaning more frequently because of the pandemic, but only about half said that they really knew... Read more ...

Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who married her student, dead of cancer at 58

The former Washington state teacher rose to infamy in 1996 for having a sexual relationship with a sixth-grade student she later married. Read more ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Brazil is second only to the United States in numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths. Read more ...

White House informs Congress that the US is withdrawing from World Health...

President Trump initially announced his intention to withdraw from WHO in May. Read more ...

Deutsche Bank slammed with $150 million fine over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Authorities said issues with Deutsche Bank allowed Jeffrey Epstein to conduct hundreds of transactions worth millions of dollars that should have prompted additional scrutiny. Read more ...