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Wednesday
8 July 2020
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Johns Hopkins tracker confirms US has hit 3m mark, representing about a quarter of the world’s total cases
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Ruling supporting expansion of religious objections could deny 125,000 women coverage, Sotomayor says
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The president’s father fueled division and detested weakness, says Mary Trump. Now the country is paying the price
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Voting rights advocates are worried about a surge in ‘arbitrary’ ballot rejections – over signatures and cutoff dates – this fall
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Townspeople block road to beach resort popular with US tourists as cases surge in states including Arizona
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Top public health expert urges further action as new cases surge to record highs of around 50,000 a day across country
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Trump administration letter comes despite virtually no international support for the move amid pandemic
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There are now more than 2.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the United States
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WHO adviser says results from well-designed studies are needed before it changes its advice
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Melbourne goes into full lockdown after rises in cases; Bolsonaro taking hydroxychloroquine to cure his Covid-19 infection
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UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions
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Next year visitors to Tatsuno ‘will once again see fireflies dance wonderfully’, says mayor
CV explained thrasher
Spotlight
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As part of our series Childfree, we hear from five people about why they decided not to have children
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After impressing Sundance audiences, the unconventional semi-constructed documentary shows life in a Vegas dive bar as it closes down
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Concerned about trees’ slow migration patterns, some ecologists are spreading seeds themselves. Critics fear they are playing God
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Inclusivity seminars and books like White Fragility protect power; they don’t challenge it. We’re being hustled
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The league resumes with a month-long tournament but there is disquiet about playing in a state where coronavirus is surging. And then there are the sandwiches ...
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Minute-by-minute report: Can City bounce back from defeat at Southampton or will Newcastle spring another surprise? Join Barry Glendenning now
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Bas Javid reflects on his experiences as a BAME officer and discusses the Met’s use of stop and search, while Ben Bowling, a
professor of criminology and criminal justice, examines the history of police race relations
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Rapper also unveils intention to end police brutality, return ‘fear and love of God’ to schools and appoint Elon Musk to run space programme
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Harper’s letter asserts way to ‘defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion’, but critics accuse authors of censorious mentality
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Research shows lead exposure worse for poor and black children and highlights risk from contaminants in unregulated private wells
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The family behind the firm that made OxyContin denies wrongdoing – but numerous cases against them have been halted while a court deliberates
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Residents rush to erase digital footprints as law gives police powers over online activity
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Anti-trafficking organisations say widespread trust in white outsiders makes children an easy target for abusers from the west
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The Guardian’s picture editors select highlights from around the world
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Heavy rainfall that caused deadly floods in southern Japan has moved north-east, hammering large areas of the country’s main island
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The skies may be blue, but photographer George Elsasser captures the part of the US that lurks in the shadows in his new book American Psyche: The Unlit Cave
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