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Top eight CNS stories for today including Pacific Gas and Electric’s chief executive pleaded guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter and one count of recklessly starting the most destructive wildfire in California history; Chinese authorities announced a new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing possibly linked to salmon imported from Europe; President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to incentivize police reforms on use-of-force policies, and more.

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1.) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that seeks to incentivize police reforms on use-of-force policies and other issues.

Law enforcement officials applaud after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on police reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) Even after a volatile trading session in which stocks dropped after a huge opening, Wall Street finished on a positive note.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified virtually Tuesday, June 16, before the Senate Banking Committee. (Courthouse News image)

Regional

3.) Staring at pictures of the faces of 84 people killed in a deadly fire sparked by his company’s equipment, Pacific Gas and Electric’s chief executive on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter and one count of recklessly starting the most destructive wildfire in California history.

The Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. , on Nov. 8, 2018. (AP file photo/Noah Berger)

4.) Any time a New York City police shooting leads to the injury or death of a civilian, the NYPD must publicly release footage from officers’ body-worn cameras within a month, Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered Tuesday.

5.) A federal judge waived some of the requirements to vote absentee in Alabama ahead of the Republican runoff primary between former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former football coach Tommy Tuberville as they compete to take on vulnerable Democratic Senator Doug Jones.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville poses with his bus outside Decatur, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (CNS Photo/Dan Jackson)

6.) Grammy-winning producer Lij Shaw says Nashville’s ban on home businesses makes no sense during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lij Shaw stands in the recording studio in his Nashville. (Courthouse News photo/Daniel Jackson)

International

7.) The challenges of living in a globalized world and containing the spread of the new coronavirus are coming into stark focus this week after Chinese authorities announced a new outbreak in Beijing possibly linked to salmon imported from Europe.

Residents line up to get tested at a coronavirus testing center set up outside a sports facility in Beijing, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. China reported several dozen more coronavirus infections Tuesday as it increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of the capital to control what appeared to be its largest outbreak in more than two months. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

8.) A 120-page report released Tuesday found a six-year Russian misinformation campaign flooded countries across Europe and North America with fake stories and forged documents to provoke tensions between perceived enemies.

A report from Graphika says this tweet attributed to U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is a fake. Published as part of a Russian disinformation campaign, the bogus tweet accuses the U.K. of interfering in America's 2018 midterm elections. (Courthouse News image)

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