California is now the state with the most coronavirus cases, as hair salons and other businesses struggle to work under new restrictions. Jamie Yuccas reports. Source
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Despite Trump threat, growing number of school districts go virtual
Of the nation’s 10 largest school districts, five will either start the new school year solely with online instruction or are recommending doing so. Source
Former UConn basketball star Stanley Robinson dies at 32
He was Alabama’s Mr. Basketball at Huffman High School and was a starting forward on the Huskies’ Final Four team in 2008-09. Source
NBA cuts ties with Chinese region over its treatment of minorities
China is under fire worldwide for its repression of ethnic Uighurs and other minorities, mostly Muslims, in Xinjiang. Source
Ex-Nazi camp guard, 93, given 2 year suspended prison sentence
Dey, who was just 17 when he joined the unit of Hitler’s SS tasked with running death camps, could be the last Nazi to face justice for Holocaust atrocities. Source
Watch: Funeral service honors civil rights leader C. T. Vivian
Vivian, a towering figure in the civil rights movement and a key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at the age of 95. Source
Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents at protest
It wasn’t clear the agents knew Ted Wheeler was there when they used the tear gas. He’d addressed a mostly hostile crowd of demonstrators. Source
Portland mayor jeered by protesters later targeted with tear gas
The tear gas was used again by federal agents. Mayor Ted Wheeler strongly opposes their presence but is being criticized by many sides. Source
China launches ambitious Mars mission
The Tianwen-1 mission – China’s most ambitious attempt yet at interplanetary exploration – aims to send an orbiter, lander and rover to the red planet. Source
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Florida deploying relief nurses to aid overwhelmed hospitals; Scholarship named after former football player who rescued child from fire Source