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Attention turns to Chicago's last standing Columbus statue
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aCHICAGO (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue on Chicago’s South Side that was left standing after two other Columbus statues were removed last week may yet be taken down, a City Council member says.
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Masked mourners brave heat, virus fears to honor John Lewis
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aWASHINGTON (AP) — Mourners braved both coronavirus fears and brutal heat on Tuesday to pay their respects to the late Rep. John Lewis, the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
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Source: US, Oregon in talks about pulling agents in Portland
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trump administration has started talks with the Oregon governor’s office and indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents sent to quell two months of chaotic protests in Portland if…
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St. Louis couple charged for pulling, waving guns at protest
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aST. LOUIS — St. Louis’ top prosecutor on Monday charged a husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.
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Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aWASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday that he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice” that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections. The statement came hours after Democratic…
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Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aNEW YORK — Workers from the service industry, fast-food chains and the gig economy rallied with organized labor Monday to protest systemic racism and economic inequality, staging demonstrations across the U.S. and around the world seeking better treatment of Black…
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UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aLONDON — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
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Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana. The Trump administration immediately…
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US budget deficit hits all-time high of $864 billion in June
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June as spending on programs to combat the coronavirus recession exploded while millions of job losses cut into tax revenues.
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Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time.
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