From Jenna Orkin

Coronavirus: more than a dozen US states see record high of new cases

America's billionaire wealth jumps by over half a trillion during COVID-19 pandemic: report

World faces worst food crisis for at least 50 years, UN warns

D.C. National Guard members test positive for COVID-19 after responding to protests

US faces allegations of human rights abuses over treatment of protesters

Georgia election 'catastrophe' in largely minority areas sparks investigation

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Central Banks Added Nearly 32 Tons of Gold to Reserves in April

Fauci said the spread of the coronavirus is his 'worst nightmare' come true, and warned it 'isn't over yet'

China's secretive spy agency, known for kidnapping and torturing dissidents, could operate openly in Hong Kong under new national security laws

70 coronavirus test sites were destroyed during George Floyd protests, which US officials worry could lead to a spike in infections

Human remains have been found in the home of doomsday writer Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow

The wife of a former Putin ally has donated £325,000 to Boris Johnson's Conservatives as he continues to sit on a report into Russian interference

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin 'bumped heads' at the nightclub where they both worked because of Chauvin's aggression with clients, former coworker says

The US shale oil industry could collapse unless oil prices bounce back soon, a think-tank warns

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North Korea isn't talking to the South anymore. Experts say it could be trying to manufacture a crisis

IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology

The Best and Worst Rated National COVID-19 Responses

Vietnam and UK respectively

Large global study affirms face masks reduce COVID-19 infection risk by 85 percent

Coronavirus Infections Are On The Rise In 21 U.S. States, With Cases Spiking In California, Arizona And North Carolina

A Candidate Vaccine for Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Developed from Analysis of its General Method of Action for Infectivity

Unions: $500 billion went to corporations, Postal Service got nothing

1. LAPD to review, temporarily ban chokeholds 
2. What does abolishing the police mean?

3. State Patrol officers acknowledge knifing people's tires during Minneapolis Black Lives Matter protests, saying they were 'strategically deflated'

   Home Depot billionaire Bernie Marcus decided how to donate his fortune

   Iran says it has found a CIA informant who helped the US assassinate Qassem Soleimani, and has sentenced him to death

   Brooks Brothers has permanently closed 8 stores as it weighs shuttering factories and eliminating as many as 700 jobs.

   Dunkin' is hiring 25,000 workers across America

   Research says that white women will reach pay equality by the year 2055. Black women won't get there until 2119.

From Jenna Orkin
Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline

Why Camden, N.J., the Murder Capital of the Country, Disbanded Its Police Force

Corona Stimulus Bill Creates Digital Dollar

Marin epidemiologist Larry Brilliant: Virus crisis just beginning
Norway Scientist Claims Report Proves Virus Was Manmade
For the record. Forbes has since taken the article down.

'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean

Family of young black man killed in Brampton, Ont., says he was shot by police after calling 911 himself

Minneapolis Mayor Loudly Booed, Subjected To 'Walk Of Shame', After Refusing To Abolish Police Department

Park Police contradict the White House's claims that it didn't use tear gas on protesters, admit they were 'incorrect' in saying pepper balls aren't tear gas

Black-owned businesses across the country are putting up signs to show solidarity with protesters and deter looting

France is set to bail out its ailing aerospace industry with a rescue package worth billions of euros

People are paying as much as $10,000 for an unlicensed remdesivir variant for their cats, in a thriving black market linked to Facebook groups

Facebook employees are revolting after it chose to not moderate a Trump post. Here's what's going on inside Facebook, and how its identity problem is tearing the company apart.

"It's Still Very Cool" - Dutch Club Unveils Post-COVID 'Social Dis-Dancing'

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From environmental villain to pandemic hero — plastic is back, for now

Air pollution in China back to pre-Covid levels and Europe may follow

James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor

The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents

White House claims violence incited at Floyd protests linked to Venezuela’s Maduro

Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s a chance coronavirus vaccine may not provide immunity for very long

‘It’s a war crime’: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu annexation bid

Bald Men At Greater Risk with Covid

Study Finds Trump Tax Cuts Failed to Do Anything But Give Rich People Money

Exclusive: Meghan Markle Delivered Black Lives Matter Speech 'Raw,' Without Notes and Brought Students to Tears

Trump got into a shouting match with a top Pentagon official after demanding 10,000 troops be deployed to the streets of Washington DC

Minneapolis is about to ban police chokeholds and make officers intervene if they see a colleague using excessive force

Some Republicans officials are considering voting for Biden

A Maine factory says it will have to discard all coronavirus swabs made during Trump's factory tour

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Every Buffalo Cop in Elite Unit Quits to Back Officers Who Shoved Elderly Man to Ground

2 National Guardsmen injured by lightning strike during George Floyd protests in D.C.

Fact check: Police did destroy a medic area during protests in Asheville, North Carolina

Confederate Monuments Are Coming DownAcross the United States. Here’s a List.

Vitamin K found in some cheeses could help fight Covid-19, study suggests

US reports over 21,000 new cases amid mass protests
Biotech to Use Genetic Outliers - Sherpas
Amazon Censors Covid-19 Book

French forces kill al-Qaida's north Africa chief in Mali

Journalists Targeted: 279 Press Freedom Violations

Thousands in Hong Kong Defy Ban to Attend Tiananmen Vigil

Record Stampede Into Stocks: Nasdaq Volume Hits All Time High As Put-To-Call Ratio Craters

The Price Of Half The World's Staple Food Is Up 70% In 2020

More than 3,900 stores are closing in 2020 as the retail apocalypse drags on. Here's the full list.

Delta will stop flying to 11 US cities indefinitely: list

These Chinese firms were blacklisted for Uighur oppression. Now they want to sell COVID-19 surveillance tools to the West.

Almost 600 US healthcare workers have died of COVID-19 and the majority of them are people of color

Dutch authorities ordered 10,000 mink to be culled in case they became a 'reservoir' of COVID-19 — but animal rights activists have postponed their deaths

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Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

Are Diamonds The Future Of Energy Storage?

Army reservist, Navy and Air Force vets plotted to terrorize Vegas protests, prosecutors charge

Feds investigating whether 'professional' Antifa-linked agitators exerting 'command and control' over unrest

The White House is now surrounded by nearly 2 miles of fencing and barricades

U.S. lawmaker prepares bill aiming to end court protection for police

Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use

More Than 400 Current And Former Members Of The De Blasio Administration Say The Mayor Is Failing At His Job

Florida Sets New Single-Day Record for Coronavirus Cases Since Reopening Economy, Over 4,000 in Three Days

NYC Pushes $1.1 Billion Cut To NYPD Budget As Ninth Night Of Demonstrations Begins

Google caught Iranian and Chinese state hackers targeting the Trump and Biden campaigns

Here's a quick and easy explainer of all the drama at The New York Times, after employees condemned the publishing of a US senator's op-ed

Law enforcement mysteriously seized hundreds of face masks that were being mailed to George Floyd protesters, rights group says

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Police: Man Dies After Attempting To Break Into North Philadelphia ATM With Explosives, Approximately 30 ATMs Damaged 

Man Behind Sweden’s Controversial Virus Strategy Admits Mistakes

Russia Developing Coronavirus Treatment That Disinfects the Body With UV Light From Inside

Denver police officer fired for "Let's start a riot" post during George Floyd protest

Latin gangs attack Black Chicago protesters in effort to assist police

“Guerilla Grafters” Secretly Graft Fruit-Bearing Branches Onto Sterile City Trees

U.S. Arrests Former Green Beret, Son, in Connection with Carlos Ghosn Escape From Japan

More than 10,000 people have been arrested in anti-police-brutality protests across the US since George Floyd's death

US Embassy In Athens Comes Under Firebomb Attack Amid Greek BLM Protests

3 self-proclaimed members of the far-right 'boogaloo' movement were arrested on domestic terrorism charges for trying to spark violence during protests

New York Times journalists openly speak out against the decision to run an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton calling for military action amid protests

The Trump campaign is hemorrhaging support. Here's what insiders are saying about the past 72 hours.

1. Germany agrees $146bn virus stimulus
2. Fauci offers an optimistic timeline for a coronavirus vaccine: a trial of 30,000 people next month, and 200 million doses by 2021

Where did policing go wrong?

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Putin orders state of emergency after huge fuel spill inside Arctic Circle

United States added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she sees strong evidence that organized groups have taken advantage of largely peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd to rob stores and create mayhem—and she’s asked federal authorities for help in determining exactly who did what.

Where did policing go wrong?

Target and Nordstrom closed stores after locations were damaged, but focused their statements on support for the protestors' cause.

New survey on weight gain during the coronavirus outbreak reveals that the average adult has put on five pounds since beginning quarantine.

NYPD SCANNERCALLS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS... 'Shoot Motherf*****s' Heard, But Who Said It?

Mass protests could lead to a another wave of coronavirus infections

REVEALED: Harry Potter, British spies, and the arms corporations penetrating UK schools

Infectious disease specialists call for an end to tear gas during COVID-19 pandemic

Neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro running US militant group The Base from Russia - January

FBI Asks for Evidence of Individuals Inciting Violence During Protests, People Respond With Videos of Police Violence

Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion

Teresa Leger Fernandez defeats Valerie Plame in the Democratic primary for New Mexico's third district

Trump is talking about using tanks to quell the George Floyd protests but the Pentagon is getting cold feet

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White House Officials Asked If They Could Take Over D.C.’s Local Police

Coronavirus: Sex during lockdown with someone outside your household is illegal from today

Violence against journalists covering George Floyd protests draws scrutiny from U.S. allies

LAB-GROWN HUMAN MINI-LIVERS PAVE THE WAY FOR MADE-TO-ORDER ORGAN TRANSPLANTS

US protests: Police officer killed after being 'shot in head' in Las Vegas Boulevard

A Louisville restaurant owner known for feeding police for free was killed by authorities — and his body was reportedly left on the street for 12 hours

The French economy will shrink 11% this year in a 'brutal' recession after the country imposed one of Europe's harshest pandemic lockdowns

CVS has temporarily closed about 60 stores amid looting and protests

New York City is reportedly voting on a bill that would criminalize the NYPD's use of chokeholds during an arrest, as protests for George Floyd rage on

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to veto the bill in 2015, but said Sunday that he would support it if it included certain protections for police.

'They gonna blame that on us': Videos show white protesters smashing windows and defacing stores as black protesters tell them they're endangering black lives

Note To Rioting Americans: Why Looting A Rolex Store Isn't Such A Great Idea

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SEC. __. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ORDER RETIRED MEMBERS TO ACTIVE DUTY IN HIGH-DEMAND, LOW-DENSITY ASSIGNMENTS DURING WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

Trump to lose 2020 election in a landslide defeat, model predicts

2 banks burn to ground in San Diego suburb as protests turn to violence, looting

Officers cut off blood and air flow to George Floyd's brain, causing his death, independent autopsy says

Pentagon Wants to Predict Anti-Trump Protests Using Social Media Surveillance

Minneapolis police rendered 44 people unconscious with neck restraints in five years

Protests could cause catastrophic setback for controlling coronavirus, experts say

Fires Near White House
Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups

The Latest: India has another record jump of cases - KUSI.com

U.S. has sent two million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil.

Esto acaba de comenzar: el New York Times anuncia el comienzo del colapso estadounidense

Congo hit by a second, simultaneous Ebola outbreak

Bogdan Vechirko Accused of Driving Tanker Truck Through Minneapolis Crowd

Lessons from Operation "Denver," the KGB’s massive AIDS disinformation campaign

Videos show NYPD cruisers ramming into protesters behind a barricade and sending bodies flying

The coronavirus is disappearing in Italy, according to Italian doctors

Chain restaurants permanently closing 500+ locations due to pandemic