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Thursday, August 6, 2020

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept Democratic presidential nomination.

Biden won't go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination

Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual.
President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.

Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump was flanked in the White House briefing room by a team of public health experts in a seeming portrait of unity to confront the disease that was ravaging the globe. But as the crisis has spread to all reaches of the country, with escalating deaths and little sense of endgame, a chasm has widened between the Republican president and the experts.
Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, listens Monday during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A group of GOP senators is the driving force for virus deal. They're all up for reelection.

A small but singularly influential group is a driving force for an agreement on a stalled coronavirus relief bill: endangered Senate GOP incumbents who need to win this fall if Republicans are going to retain control of the majority.
President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 1957 ' "The Great American Outdoors Act," in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump encourages mail voting in Florida but sues in Nevada

President Donald Trump is reversing his months of criticism of mail-in voting by encouraging people to vote by mail in the critical swing state of Florida - but not those in Nevada
In this image made from video, Koko Kondo speaks during an video interview from Miki city, western Japan, on July 30, 2020. Kondo was determined to find the person who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, western Japan, the person that caused the suffering and the terrible facial burns of the girls at her father's church - and then square off and punch them in the face. Ten-year-old Kondo appeared on an American TV show called 'This is Your Life' that was featuring her father, Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of six survivors profiled in John Hersey's book 'Hiroshima.' Kondo stared in hatred at another guest: Capt. Robert Lewis, co-pilot of B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the bomb. (AP Photo)
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A man wearing a mask walks past Luna Park in the suburb of St Kilda during lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. People are allowed to exercise for one hour a day within a 5-kilometer radius of their house. Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
City streets drain of life in Australia's toughest lockdown
Melbourne's usually vibrant downtown streets are draining of signs of life on the eve of Australia's toughest-ever pandemic restrictions coming into force
In this image made from video, Saninu Laizer, a small scale miner, holds a six kilograms (13 pounds) tanzanite stone he dug up in Mererani, Tanzania, Monday Aug. 3, 2020. Saninu Laizer who had become an overnight millionaire over a month ago when he unearthed two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found has struck it rich again, digging up a third stone weighing 6 kilograms (13 pounds) with an estimated value of $2 million. The first two stones have an estimated value of $3.4 million. (AP Photo)
Tanzanian miner strikes it rich again with huge gem find
A small-scale miner in Tanzania who had become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found over a month ago has struck it rich again, digging up a third tanzanite stone weighing 6 kilograms (13 pounds) with an estimated value of $2 million
A man reacts as a health worker collects a sample for coronavirus testing during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19, in Eldorado Park outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa sees dip in new virus cases but warns of return
South Africa's health minister is reporting decreasing rates of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but warns that vigilance must continue 'to prevent a renewed surge.'
FILE - This June 28, 2018, file photo provided by the Anne Arundel Police shows Jarrod Ramos in Annapolis, Md. Lawyers are scheduled to argue about whether a psychologist's observations about Ramos, who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper, should be heard by jurors who will decide whether he's criminally responsible because of his mental health. A pretrial hearing set for Wednesday, Aug. 5, relates to the second part of the case against Ramos, who already has pleaded guilty to killing five at the Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018. (Anne Arundel Police via AP, File)
Lawyers to argue about psychologist in newspaper attack case
Lawyers are scheduled to argue about whether a psychologist's observations about a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper should be considered in determining if he's criminally responsible due to his mental health
This photo provided by Ronnel Manjares shows Kobe Christ Manjares during a video call with him, upper right, at a hospital in metropolitan Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Manjares' 16-day-old son Kobe was heralded as the country's youngest COVID-19 survivor. But the relief and joy proved didn't last. Three days later, Kobe died on June 4 from complications of Hirschsprung disease, a rare birth defect. (Ronnel Manjares via AP)
Lives Lost: Parents hoped baby Kobe would play basketball
A young couple in the Philippines named their newborn son Kobe Christ
The scene of the explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut is seen through a damaged apartment in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Prime Minister Hassan Diab, in a short televised speech, has appealed to all countries and friends of Lebanon to extend help to the small nation, saying: "We are witnessing a real catastrophe." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
In a horrific instant, a burst of power that ravaged Beirut
The single, horrific instant hit people across Beirut with the same blunt force: First, they watched a heavy fire down by the Lebanese capital's port sending a pall of smoke into the air
Piotr Grabarczyk and his boyfriend Kamil Pawlik, right, from Poland, wait for a taxi outside the airport after Grabarczyk arrived in Barcelona, Spain, early Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Like them, many LGBT people are choosing to leave Poland amid rising homophobia promoted by President Andrzej Duda and other right-wing populist politicians in power. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Election aftermath: LGBT emigres don't wait to see 2nd term
Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are leaving Poland following the anti-LGBT campaign rhetoric the country's president used during his successful reelection campaign and other leaders promoted before that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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