Headlines for July 2, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#559R5)
- States Reverse Reopenings as Daily U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 50,000 for First Time
- As U.S. Deaths Top 128,000, Trump Predicts Coronavirus Will "Sort of Just Disappear"
- Dallas Choir Members Tested Positive for COVID-19 Ahead of Performance for Mike Pence
- San Quentin Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Amid Explosion of COVID-19 Cases
- Seattle Riot Police Clear Autonomous Zone
- Los Angeles City Council Approves $150M in Cuts to Police Budget
- Trump Calls Black Lives Matter Message Outside Trump Tower a "Symbol of Hate"
- Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Removes Confederate Statue
- Trump Backs Confederate Base Names as Monuments to Racism Continue to Fall
- Baltimore Court Reinstates $38 Million in Damages to Family of Korryn Gaines, Killed by Police
- Family of Andres Guardado, Shot by L.A. Sheriff's Deputy, Demands Autopsy Report
- Families Demand Investigations into Police Killings of Sean Monterrosa, Erik Salgado
- Shallow Grave Found Near Fort Hood, TX Likely Holds Missing Soldier Vanessa Guillen
- Reporters German Vallecillo and Jorge Posas Murdered in Northern Honduras
- U.S. Seizes Chinese Hair Products Said to Be from Uyghurs in Forced Labor Camps
- Russians Approve "Rigged" Referendum Allowing Vladimir Putin to Remain in Power
- Fires in Brazil's Amazon Surge to Highest Rate in 13 Years