SEATTLE (AP) — Two women were struck by a car whose driver sped through a protest-related closure on a freeway in Seattle, authorities said early Saturday.
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Trump Makes Appeal To Whites In Rant Against ‘Far-Left Fascism’ At Mount Rushmore
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — At the foot of Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump made a direct appeal to disaffected white voters four months before Election Day, accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.”
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Catastrophe
I seldom think anything good about Donald Trump. I hate what he has done to the country. I hold his enablers even more responsible for what has happened on his watch. But today I feel that stew of emotions in a new, deadening way. I am baffled and aghast and angry in a way that feels new.
The US is not experiencing a COVID surge. We are back to exponential growth in the virus just as most of the rest of the wealthy, industrialized world is moving on. COVID is not done for them of course. There are masks and mitigation and distancing and people are still falling ill. Some are dying. But most of these countries have beaten COVID down into low enough numbers that they can get about the business of a new form of social and economic life.
New COVID Outbreaks Push Inmate Cases Past 50,000
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of prison inmates testing positive for the coronavirus soared well past the 50,000 mark last month, as recent outbreaks threatened to undo control measures put in place earlier in the pandemic.
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Trump Admin Plans To Launch Pandemic Office Similar To One It Disbanded At NSC
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to launch an office at the State Department similar to the National Security Council’s pandemic response office that it disbanded in 2018 amid surging coronavirus cases in several cities. Continue reading “Trump Admin Plans To Launch Pandemic Office Similar To One It Disbanded At NSC”
Despite COVID Spike, Texas GOP Committee Votes For In-Person State Convention
The state convention of Texas’ Republican Party could bring thousands of people to an enclosed space in the middle of a COVID-19 spike in the state.
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White Michigan Couple Charged After Pulling Gun On Black Family
A white couple face criminal charges after one of them was captured on video pulling a handgun on a Black woman and her daughters in a restaurant parking lot in Michigan.
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With Fireworks Sales Booming, Risks Shoot Up For Injury And Fires
ATLANTA (AP) — For many Americans, the Fourth of July will be more intimate this year. It also could be riskier.
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Under Pressure, D.C. Football Team Will ‘Undergo A Thorough Review’ Of ‘Redskins’ Name
Washington, D.C.’s football team us undergoing a “thorough review” of its “Redskins” name, the team said Friday.
Watch Out, New York
After being the center of the cataclysm, New York State and New York City have become a great COVID success story, showing what’s possible with an aware public, aggressive mitigation and robust testing. But we may be seeing the first hints that the national trends are catching up with this.