A caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by counterdemonstrators in Portland’s downtown.
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17- year-old arrested in killings of 2 people protesting Kenosha shooting
According to witnesses and video footage, police apparently let the suspect walk past them with a rifle over his shoulder as people in the crowd yelled for him to be arrested because he had shot people.
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Laura, ‘in full beast mode,’ poised to inundate Gulf Coast
The Category 4 hurricane, with a storm surge that forecasters called ‘unsurvivable,’ took aim at the low-lying area near the Texas-Louisiana line.
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The Latest: Federal government to require testing of nursing home staff
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will for the first time require the regular testing of nursing home staff for the novel coronavirus, the agency’s administrator said Tuesday. Until now such testing has only been recommended by federal authorities, in part […]
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Jamaican official says Usain Bolt tests positive for COVID
Jamaica’s Minister of Health says legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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July sales of new homes surge 13.9%, far more than thought
Sales of new homes jumped again last month, rising 13.9% as the housing market continues to gain traction following a spring downturn caused by pandemic-related lockdowns.
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The Latest: Federal CDC drops 14-day self-quarantine guidance for travelers
Since March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days after all international travel, and after domestic travel to states seeing a high rate of coronavirus cases. But the CDC has changed that stance, removing the directions for two-week quarantines from the “After You Travel” section of its […]
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National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
Kenosha becomes the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.
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Justin Townes Earle, Americana singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle, dies at 38
Earle, who battled substance abuse like his father, was named for legendary country songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
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‘The whole world celebrates’ on-camera birth of panda cub
Officials at the National Zoo are jacking up their internet capabilities as a new giant panda cub is sparking fresh rounds of pandemic-fueled panda-mania