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5 things to know today - that aren't about the virus

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news:

1. VIDEO SURFACES OF POLICE CONFRONTATION WITH ARBERY A video from 2017 shows police in Georgia attempting to search Ahmaud Arbery's parked car, and when he refuses to let them and begins to walk back to the vehicle, an officer tries to tase him.

2. STORM SWIRLS OVER BAY OF BENGAL A powerful cyclone is moving toward India and Bangladesh as authorities try to evacuate millions of people from the storm's path. Forecasters warn of extensive damage from high winds, heavy rainfall and tidal waves.

3. BIDEN HIRES FORMER KAMALA HARRIS AIDE The granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez is joining Joe Biden's campaign to help with Latino outreach.

4. EX-WWE PERFORMER DISAPPEARS IN RIP CURRENT Shad Gaspard, a former World Wrestling Entertainment pro, is still missing after being swept out to sea in Southern California last weekend while he was swimming with his son.

5. TITANIC RULING A federal judge in Virginia rules that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress calls from the sinking Titanic ocean liner.

Boats are anchored at a fishing harbor at Paradeep, on the Bay of Bengal coast in Orissa, India, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Cyclone Amphan was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities tried to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing. (AP Photo) The Associated Press
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, personal effects recovered from the Titanic sit on shelves at a storage facility in Atlanta. A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress calls from the sinking Titanic ocean liner. In an order released Monday, May 18, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith agreed that the telegraph is historically and culturally important and could soon be lost within the rapidly decaying wreck site. (AP Photo/Angie Wang, File) The Associated Press
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