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- What Black Lives Matter Has Revealed About Small-Town America July 15, 2020A multiracial future has appeared, along with unprecedented conversations about race.
- National Parks May Become Latest Battleground in Reopening July 15, 2020Americans crave outdoor recreation more than ever. But national parks — sometimes many miles from equipped hospitals — are grappling with how to safely stay open.
- Representative Steve Watkins of Kansas Is Charged With Voter Fraud July 15, 2020Three felony charges were filed against Steve Watkins, a Republican, shortly before he appeared in a televised debate ahead of the state’s primary election.
- Most Big School Districts Aren’t Ready to Reopen. Here’s Why. July 15, 2020All but two of the nation’s 10 largest districts exceed a key public health threshold, according to a New York Times analysis.
- A Heat Wave, the Coronavirus: Double Spikes of Risk Hit Communities July 15, 2020The South and Southwest hit record temperatures over the weekend and meteorologists warned that heat will rise in the East and High Plains.
- How a Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target Over His Tweets July 15, 2020The outcry over free speech and race takes aim at Steven Pinker, the best-selling author and well-known scholar.
- Smithsonian Chief Says He Will Look Into Staff Complaint of Racism July 15, 2020Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s secretary, responded to a letter of “outrage” from former staff members at the National Museum of African Art.
- Scientists Accidentally Bred the Fish Version of a Liger July 15, 2020American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon were not supposed to be able to create hybrid offspring. Surprise!
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- 'Things have not gone according to plan': America's coronavirus reopening falls apart July 15, 2020States and localities across the US are backtracking amid a patchwork response as Covid-19 continues to rageIn echoes of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, some American states and localities are reversing economic reopenings after spread of the coronavirus accelerated in some regions.America’s Sun Belt, the region extending from southern California to […]
- ‘There's a direct relationship’: Brazil meat plants linked to spread of Covid-19 July 15, 2020Conditions at plants contributed to transmission of virus, experts say, as country remains second only to US for deathsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBrazilian meat plants helped spread Covid-19 in at least three different places across the country as the virus continues to migrate from big cities to the country’s vast interior, […]
- UK coronavirus live: Downing Street unable to back up PM's test-and-trace claim; death toll rises by 85 July 15, 2020No 10 spokesman unable to provide evidence to back Boris Johnson claim that UK system ‘as good or better than anywhere in world’Boris Johnson indicates he has not read winter coronavirus report‘MPs should be role models’: Gove and Truss face-off stirs mask debateInfection rate in England fell sharply month before lockdown liftedGlobal coronavirus updates – l […]
- Revealed: Italy's call for urgent help was ignored as coronavirus swept through Europe July 15, 2020Exclusive: A litany of failings meant that when Italy faced disaster, its distress call to the EU met with a shocking silenceIt was a moment of chilling clarity. On 26 February, with the numbers of Italians known to be infected by coronavirus tripling every 48 hours, the country’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, appealed to fellow EU member states for help.H […]
- Coronavirus live news: Mallorca closes Magaluf party strip; US sees another new record number of cases July 15, 2020160,000 Catalans back into lockdown; Florida records new daily death toll high; India Covid-19 cases top 900,000Italy’s call for urgent help ignored as virus swept through EuropeFauci stands ground as Trump works to undermine himCoronavirus vaccine tracker: how close are we to a vaccine?UK coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates – live 5.34pm BST Sp […]
- Revealed: Phoenix officer brutalized woman during minor traffic stop, then took her to jail July 14, 2020Body-cam footage shows an officer with a history of misconduct claims slammed 23-year-old Mariah Valenzuela to the ground within seconds of traffic stopOne week after police in Phoenix, Arizona, were caught on camera surrounding a parked car and killing a man inside, a young woman is coming forward with footage of a brutal assault by another officer in the d […]
- ‘Italy’s Robinson Crusoe’ despairs as eviction from island paradise looms July 15, 2020Mauro Morandi, 81, has lived on Budelli near Sardinia since his catamaran broke down in 1989He has lived alone on an Italian paradise island for over three decades and intimately knows its ecosystem. But as eviction looms, Mauro Morandi, 81, has plunged into despair.Labelled “Italy’s Robinson Crusoe”, Morandi, originally from the Emilia-Romagna city of Moden […]
- Labour set to apologise to antisemitism whistleblowers July 15, 2020Exclusive: party attempts to draw line under allegations made during Jeremy Corbyn eraLabour and antisemitism: how party became embroiled in crisisLabour is poised to make a formal apology to antisemitism whistleblowers as part of a settlement designed to draw a line under allegations made during the Jeremy Corbyn era, the Guardian has learned.The whistleblo […]
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- Huawei: China attacks UK's 'groundless' ban of 5G kit July 15, 2020The UK cited security risks - but China says it is "an excuse to co-operate with the United States".
- Assam: Fifty dead and two million hit by India monsoon floods July 15, 2020Two million people are hit by monsoon flooding in Assam, with tigers and rhinos also badly affected.
- Cecil Rhodes statue in Cape Town has head removed July 15, 2020The statue had been targeted before amid anger in South Africa at monuments to colonialism.
- Viola Davis: I betrayed myself and my people in The Help July 15, 2020The Oscar-nominated 2011 film was created in the "cesspool of systemic racism", the actress says.
- Azerbaijan protesters demand war after Armenia clashes July 15, 2020Thousands marched in the capital Baku and some attacked the parliament after clashes with Armenia.
- Kenyan 12-year old girl married to two men within a month July 15, 2020Authorities in Kenya's Narok county rescued the child and are searching for her father and the two men.
- Hong Kong: China vows to retaliate after Trump ends special economic status July 15, 2020Beijing strongly condemns the US move to end Hong Kong's special trade status and target officials.
- Bushehr port: Seven ships ablaze in latest Iran mystery fires July 15, 2020The incident in the port of Bushehr follows a series of fires and explosions in the country.
