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Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a lean revised budget and signaled the end of the state’s record stretch of economic growth; 2.98 million Americans filed for unemployment last week; A Texas appeals court upheld a ruling that allows eligible voters to apply for mail-in ballots if they fear contracting Covid-19 at the polls, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a lean revised budget and signaled the end of the state’s record stretch of economic growth; 2.98 million Americans filed for unemployment last week; A Texas appeals court upheld a ruling that allows eligible voters to apply for mail-in ballots if they fear contracting Covid-19 at the polls, and more.  

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National

1.) On top of the 25.3 million people currently receiving unemployment benefits, 2.98 million Americans brought their first claims last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday.

Many businesses like Good Vibe CBD on East Colfax Avenue in Denver were allowed to reopen this week, while others like the R&R Lounge remain closed. (Courthouse News photo/Amanda Pampuro)

2.) Despite steep losses Thursday morning, Wall Street was able to swing back to end the day in positive territory.

While Chook Charcoal Chicken on 6th Street in Denver remains open for take-out, its dining room remains empty. (Courthouse News photo/Amanda Pampuro)

3.) The en banc Fourth Circuit cleared the way Thursday for two states to claim that President Donald Trump rakes in prohibited emoluments from foreign and domestic governments. 

The Trump International Hotel is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Regional

4.) Steering a suddenly divebombing economy in just his second year in office, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a lean revised budget Thursday and signaled the end of the state’s record stretch of economic growth.  

FILE - In this May 5, 2020 file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his plan for the gradual reopening of California businesses during a news conference at the Display California store in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom’s administration is projecting a $54.3 billion budget deficit because of tax losses and expenses related to the coronavirus.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

5.) A Texas appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling that broadens the state’s election laws, allowing eligible voters to apply for mail-in ballots if they fear contracting Covid-19 at the polls – a change the state’s Republican attorney general has fought tooth and nail.

An election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting site in Austin, Texas, in 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

6.) Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought on behalf of children in Detroit that described slum-like conditions in some public school buildings and a general atmosphere that could not competently deliver education to students.

A student gets water from a cooler in the hallway at Gardner Elementary School in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Some 50,000 Detroit public school students will start the school year Tuesday by drinking water from coolers, not fountains, after the discovery of elevated levels of lead or copper — the latest setback in a state already dealing with the consequences of contaminated tap water in Flint and other communities. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

International

7.) The European Court of Human Rights sided Thursday with a Latvian doctor whose family turmoil became a public spectacle when a reporter published the grousing of her elderly mother. 

In this Monday, April 9 2018 photo, the sun sets over the skyline of the Latvian capital of Riga. Latvia has come into focus as a potential weak link in the West’s banking system as the U.S. and EU increasingly rely on financial sanctions as a weapon in their diplomatic spats with North Korea, but also Russia and Syria, among others. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

8.) European Union member states can’t ban the import of the popular cannabis extract CBD, a magistrate for the EU’s top court said Thursday. 

FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo, a Yolo! brand CBD oil vape cartridge sits alongside a vape pen on a biohazard bag on a table at a park in Ninety Six, S.C. More than 50 people around Salt Lake City had been poisoned by the time the outbreak ended early last year, most by a vape called Yolo!, the acronym for "you only live once." (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
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