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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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A woman looks out a window from a locked-down public housing tower Monday in Melbourne. As Australia is emerging from pandemic restrictions, the Victoria state capital Melbourne is buckling down with more extreme and divisive measures that are causing anger and igniting arguments over who is to blame as the disease spreads again at an alarming rate.

Australia's 2nd largest city foils nation's pandemic success

Australia has been among the world's most successful countries in containing its coronavirus outbreak -- with one exception.
This image from a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Web page to obtain COVID-19 nursing home data. When the Trump administration required nursing homes to report data on COVID-19 cases, it promised to make user-friendly results available online for consumers searching for a particular facility. The result has been a far cry from that.

Medicare nursing home virus site leaves users 'in the dark'

When the Trump administration required nursing homes to report their COVID-19 cases, it also promised to make the data available to residents, families and the public in a user-friendly way.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said she hopes schools will test students in the fall to gauge where they are academically, particularly because this spring’s standardized tests that might have provided a barometer were canceled.

DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be "fully operational" even amid the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump speaks Saturday during a “Salute to America” event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

Trump increasingly turning to executive orders, more to come

President Donald Trump is setting a brisk pace lately in issuing executive orders and he's just getting started as he tries to position himself as a man of action on everything from foreign policy to racial justice in an election year. The impact of some of the orders, though, is less than meets the eye.
This undated photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a Pascagoula map turtle. The federal government says it will decide whether protection is needed for Pascagoula map turtles, found only in Mississippi, and Pearl River map turtles, found in Mississippi and Louisiana. (Grover Brown/Center for Biological Diversity via AP)
Feds to decide if 2 Mississippi turtles need protection
The federal government says it will decide whether protection is needed for a map turtle found only in Mississippi and a related species found in Mississippi and Louisiana
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks Wednesday during a news conference at the State Department in Washington.
Pompeo says the U.S. is 'certainly looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese apps
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday that the United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, one of the world's most popular online platforms.
How risky is dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic?
How risky is dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic
An Israeli flag flies over a Jewish owned house in a Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Israeli leaders paint Jerusalem as a model of coexistence, the "unified, eternal" capital of the Jewish people, where minorities have equal rights. But Palestinian residents face widespread discrimination, most lack citizenship and many live in fear of being forced out. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Jerusalem offers a grim model for a post-annexation future
It's hard to say what exactly will change in the West Bank if Israel follows through on its plans to annex parts of the occupied territory
Vauhxx Booker speaks to the hundreds gathered at the Monroe County courthouse, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. Booker, a local civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, says a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to 'get a noose' after claiming that he and his friends had trespassed on private property as they gathered at an Indiana lake over the Fourth of July weekend. (Rich Janzaruk/The Herald-Times via AP)
FBI investigating reported assault on Black Indiana man
The FBI says it's investigating the reported assault of a Black man by a group of white men at a southern Indiana lake
FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, protesters rally as Philadelphia Police officers and Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers look on in Philadelphia, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
5 Things to Know for Today
Here are a few things to know about the day's news from The Associated Press
Pope denounces unimaginable "hell" of Libyan migrant camps
Pope Francis is denouncing the unimaginable 'hell' of Libya's migrant detention camps
Ethiopia's week of unrest sees 239 dead, 3,500 arrested
Officials say at least 239 people have been killed and 3,500 arrested in more than a week of unrest in Ethiopia that poses the biggest challenge yet to its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Matt Ciciora-Gold, of Des Plaines swims laps Saturday June 20, 2020 at the Des Plaines Park District Iroquois pool. Ciciora-Gold was not able to practice swimming until Friday because his gym was closed due to COVID. He is training for a half Ironman and a full Ironman race. “I am really grateful this is open,” Ciciora-Gold said. The Des Plaines Park District is scheduled to have its two outdoor neighborhood pools open Saturday for adult lap swim and team practice, with the possibility of hosting open public swimming as soon as a week later. At the Iroquois pool, lap swimming is scheduled daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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