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- Joe Biden Taps Kamala Harris as Vice-Presidential Running Mate
- Florida, Georgia Record Record Coronavirus Deaths as U.S. Colleges Delay Fall Sports Season
- Bodies of COVID-19 Victims Lie Unclaimed Outside Chapel in La Paz, Bolivia
- QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Wins Georgia 14th Congressional District GOP Primary
- Rep. Ilhan Omar Fends Off Primary Challenger Who Dramatically Outraised Her
- Clintons, Obamas Among Top Speakers at Democratic National Convention
- Beirut Vigil Marks One Week Since Catastrophic Port Explosion
- Thousands of Protesters in Mali Demand President’s Ouster
- Chicago Man Accused of Firing at Police Held on $1 Million Bond
- Family of Elijah McClain Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Aurora, CO
- L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Detain Alleged Assault Victims at Gunpoint
- Michigan Teen Jailed for Failing to Complete Online School Work Removed from Probation
- California Orders Uber, Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees
- Lebanese Gov’t Steps Down in Wake of Catastrophic Beirut Explosion and Mounting Protests
- Trump Mulls Barring Americans from Reentry into U.S.; Coronavirus Cases Rise in Kids
- Russia Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine; New Zealand Goes Back into Lockdown
- Unrest in Chicago Sparked by Police Shooting Leads to 100+ Arrests
- 16 People Arrested in Portland, OR Protests, Including Hate Crime Survivor Demetria Hester
- Belarus in Turmoil as Lukashenko Cracks Down on Protests, Opposition Candidate Flees to Lithuania
- Bolivia Protests Against Interim Right-Wing Gov’t Intensify; Union Calls for General Strike
- Fires in Brazilian Amazon on Pace to Create Record-Breaking Destruction
- Last Intact Ice Shelf in Canadian Arctic Has Collapsed
- EPA to Rescind Methane Regulations
- Advocates Call for ICE to Free Persecuted Mexican Prisoner; Family of South Korean Man Demands Probe into Suicide
- New Bodycam Footage Reveals More Devastating Details in George Floyd’s Killing by Police
- NC Jail Staffers Face Manslaughter Charges over Killing of Black Prisoner
- Baltimore Gas Blast Kills One Person, Injures Seven
- President Trump’s Deal with Kodak on Hold Amid SEC Probe
- Florida Court Rules School Cannot Discriminate Against Transgender Students
- Lebanon Unrest Mounting as Death Toll from Catastrophic Port Blast Tops 200
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