U.S. Army Chief Welcomed to Thailand – With a Coronavirus Test

(BANGKOK) — A U.S. Army delegation led by chief of staff Gen. James McConville on Thursday became the first official visitors to Thailand since entry rules were eased as part of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. A photo released by the Thai Army shows a medical team wearing hazmat suits taking a nose swab from McConville on his arrival from...

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Tropical Storm Fay Triggers Warning for Parts of the Northeast

(MIAMI) — Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed off the North Carolina coast on Thursday and is expected to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of the mid-Atlantic coast and southern New England. Reconnaissance aircraft put the center of Fay approximately 40 miles (65 kilometers) east-northeast of...

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Naya Rivera, Pioneering Glee Star, Is Presumed Dead at 33

Naya Rivera, the singer and actor best known for playing the acid-tongued cheerleader Santana Lopez on Glee, is presumed dead from a suspected boating accident in Lake Piru, California. On Thursday, July 9, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced that its missing person search had turned into a recovery mission, and that “investigators believe...

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How the Supreme Court Delivered Trump a Short-Term Political Win — and a Long-term Loss to His Quest for Broader Power

The Supreme Court handed a short-term political win to Trump on Thursday when justices punted on rulings that will likely keep his financial records out of public view until after the November election. But while the rulings spared Trump that immediate scrutiny, they were ultimately a long-term loss to his claims of sweeping executive power. The decisions...

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Ousted New York Prosecutor Tells House Panel William Barr ‘Repeatedly Urged’ Him to Resign

(WASHINGTON) — The ousted U.S. attorney who was leading investigations into President Donald Trump’s allies told the House Judiciary panel on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr “repeatedly urged” him to resign during a hastily arranged meeting that sheds light on the extraordinary standoff surrounding his departure. Geoffrey Berman, the former...

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TikTok Teens Are ‘Going to War’ Against the Trump Campaign After Republicans Call to Ban the App

The TikTok-tivists are at it again. Thousands of users of the popular video app flocked to the Apple App Store in the last few days to flood U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign app with negative reviews. On Wednesday alone 700 negative reviews were left on the Official Trump 2020 app and 26 positive ones, according to tracking firm Sensor...

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After Push From Experts, World Health Organization Says It’s Possible COVID-19 Spreads by Air

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday heeded calls from more than 200 scientists, who urged the global health authority to acknowledge that COVID-19 may spread by air. Previously, the WHO said contact with large respiratory droplets, like those expelled in a sick person’s cough or sneeze, appeared to be the primary way COVID-19 spreads....

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Environmental Injustice Is Another Form of ‘Assault on Black Bodies,’ Says Sen. Cory Booker

Senator Cory Booker said you can’t address climate justice without considering race and that environmental injustice is yet another form of “assault on Black bodies” in addition to the disproportionate effects of police brutality. “We still live in a nation where so many Americans are suffering with environmental injustice but the biggest determining...

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Coronavirus Is Now Reaching ‘Full Speed’ in Africa, Says Top Health Official

(JOHANNESBURG) — The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is reaching “full speed,” the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said Thursday, while a South African official said a single province is preparing 1.5 million graves. Just a day after confirmed coronavirus cases across Africa surpassed the half-million milestone the total was over...

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Trump’s Former Lawyer Michael Cohen Sent Back to Federal Prison After Flouting Home-Sentencing Rules

(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday. In a statement to The Associated Press, the Bureau of Prisons said Cohen...

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