President Donald Trump smiles at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2020, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. PANDEMIC BRINGS NO CHANGE TO PRESIDENT'S STYLE In times of pain, mass death, fear and deprivation, the Trump show may be losing its allure, exposing the empty space once filled by the empathy and seriousness of presidents leading in a crisis. Bluster isn't beating the virus; belligerence isn't calming a restive nation.
2. DOCTORS, JOURNALISTS SCAPEGOATED IN EGYPT As authorities fight the swelling coronavirus outbreak, security agencies have tried to stifle criticism about the handling of the health crisis by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
3. MAESTRO OF CINEMATIC SOUNDS DIES Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the soundtrack for the iconic Spaghetti Western 'œThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly'ť and hundreds of other films like 'œThe Untouchables'ť and 'œOnce Upon A Time In America,'ť has died. He was 91.
4. NBA STAR READY FOR RETURN After marching in Portland for Black Lives Matter and releasing powerful rap 'œBlacklist'³ under his music persona, Dame D.O.L.L.A, Damian Lillard, welcomes the chance to resume playing after a difficult few months.
5. BLACK ABOLITIONIST'S MONUMENT VANDALIZED A statue of Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester, N.Y., and found at the brink of the Genesee River gorge about 50 feet (15 meters) from its pedestal.
FILE - In this March 29, 2020 file photo, Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours as prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt. Coronavirus infections are surging in the country of 100 million, threatening to overwhelm Egyptian hospitals. Egypt has the highest death toll in the Arab world. Yet even as authorities fight the swelling outbreak, they have also tried to stifle nearly all criticism about the government's handling of the health crisis. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo, Italian composer Ennio Morricone poses during a photo call to promote his German 2014 concerts, in Berlin, Germany. Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as 'The Untouchables,' died Monday, July 6, 2020 in a Rome hospital at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
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Portland Trailblazers' Damian Lillard, second from right, joins other demonstrators in Portland, Ore., during a protest against police brutality and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
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This photo provided by WROC-TV shows the remnants of a Frederick Douglass statue ripped from its base at a park in Rochester, N.Y., Sunday, July 5, 2020. The statue of abolitionist Douglass was ripped on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852. (Ben Densieski/WROC-TV via AP)
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