U.S. CDC reports 2,085,769 coronavirus cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 2,085,769 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 21,957 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 373 to 115,644.
UK ‘deeply disappointed’ by sentence passed on ex-U.S. marine in Russia
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday he was deeply disappointed by Monday’s verdict and sentence against Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was convicted of spying for the United States.
After crowded bar scenes, New York governor urges better enforcement of coronavirus rules
Scenes of crowds gathering outside bars prompted New York’s governor, his state hardest hit along with New Jersey by the coronavirus pandemic, to urge local officials and businesses on Monday to strictly honor reopening guidelines.
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for pipeline to cross Appalachian Trail
Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects cases over ‘qualified immunity’ for police
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear eight cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including seven involving police accused of excessive force or other miscond…
Atlanta mayor says ‘abundantly clear’ review of policing needed
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms said on Monday she would issue a series of administrative orders to accelerate a review of policing in the wake of the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
People attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday will receive temperature checks, masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena, the Republican’s campaign said.
Presidential candidate Biden, Democratic Party raise $81 million in May
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee jointly raised $80.8 million in May, the Biden campaign said on Monday, the campaign’s largest monthly sum of the presidential race.
Biden lands Planned Parenthood endorsement in U.S. presidential race
The political advocacy arm of reproductive-services provider Planned Parenthood on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for U.S. president, calling his race against Republican President Donald Trump a “fight for our country’s very survival.”
Family of Rayshard Brooks demands justice after Atlanta police fatally shoot him in the back
Relatives of Rayshard Brooks, many of them in tears, called for justice and “drastic change” in policing after a white Atlanta officer fatally shot the African-American man in the back, and the city’s mayor called for a shake-up in the force.
