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Clark County, Nev., election worker Stean Durias scans mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department this month.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail

7:02pm June 22, 2020

by Miles Parks

President Trump tweeted a conspiracy theory that foreign countries could print and send counterfeit absentee ballots. Election officials from both parties say those concerns aren't based in fact.

A passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Air Lines flight after landing at Minneapolis−St. Paul International Airport in late May.

Delta To Resume Flights Between The U.S. And China

6:48pm June 22, 2020

by Austin Horn

The company says it's the first U.S. airline to do so since February after flights were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The flights will run from Seattle to Shanghai via Seoul, South Korea.

New York City police officers watch demonstrators in Times Square on June 1 during a Black Lives Matter protest.

National

Police Researcher: Officers Have Similar Biases Regardless Of Race

6:35pm June 22, 2020

by James Doubek

Rashawn Ray, who studies the intersection of race and policing, says officers have similar implicit biases, especially about Black people.

Bubba Wallace drives past the #IStandWithBubba stencil on the field prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway on June 22, 2020.

Sports

'Together' NASCAR Looks To Move Forward After Noose Found In Driver's Garage

5:39pm June 22, 2020

by Tom Goldman

The FBI joins investigation into who left a noose inside NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. NASCAR plans to ban the perpetrators from the sport for life.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, here in Sacramento on Friday, has ordered face coverings be required in public spaces statewide.

California Hits New High In COVID-19 Hospitalizations

5:29pm June 22, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Officials attribute at least part of the rise to a decline in social distancing as people venture out into the world again. The majority of new cases are in Southern California and the Central Valley.

Laurie Robinson, left, professor of criminology at George Mason University, and Charles Ramsey, right, Philadelphia police commissioner, listen while President Obama discusses law enforcement recommendations from his Task Force on 21st Century Policing in

National

How Recommendations Of An Obama Task Force Have, And Haven't, Changed U.S. Policing

5:22pm June 22, 2020

by Becky Sullivan

The co-leaders of the task force, Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, say their 2015 report is still a valuable playbook. But there are things — for instance, about hiring practices — they would add.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with staff members at the control room of China Central Television in Beijing in 2016.

Trump Administration Labels 4 More Chinese News Outlets 'Foreign Missions'

4:50pm June 22, 2020

The State Department's new listing of Chinese media escalates a tit-for-tat scrap over journalists that kicked off earlier in the year.

Bamby Salcedo, here speaking at a 2017 rally, is president and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed to keep Obama-era civil rights protections in place. "Everyone deserves easy access to health care," Salcedo says, "a

Health & Safety

LGBTQ Clinics Sue Trump Administration Over Discrimination In Trans Health Care

4:31pm June 22, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rule affecting LGBTQ discrimination in health care is filed Monday. Plaintiffs say last week's Supreme Court decision has put "wind in our sails."

After three months of much of the country working from home, many employers and their workers now say the benefits of remote work — cost savings and a more relaxed atmosphere — outweigh the drawbacks.

Economy

Get A Comfortable Chair: Permanent Work From Home Is Coming

4:05pm June 22, 2020

by Uri Berliner

After three months with much of the country working from home, many employers and their workers say the benefits of remote work — cost savings and a more relaxed atmosphere — outweigh the drawbacks.

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Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, here in a snapshot Monday, shows the state has more than 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Florida Passes 100,000 COVID-19 Cases

3:58pm June 22, 2020

by Greg Allen

Florida is one of a handful of states that's seeing a surge of record daily high cases. The governor says the jump is because of increased testing for the coronavirus.