Top eight CNS stories for today including the 54th consecutive night of protests against racism and police brutality in Portland was filled with drumming and dancing, then with tear gas and flash bangs; California secured the dubious distinction of having the most coronavirus cases in the United States; Senators debated the need for more federal dollars to help states conduct voting safely, and more.
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Top eight CNS stories for today including the 54th consecutive night of protests against racism and police brutality in Portland was filled with drumming and dancing, then with tear gas and flash bangs; California secured the dubious distinction of having the most coronavirus cases in the United States; Senators debated the need for more federal dollars to help states conduct voting safely, and more.
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1.) With the 2020 election looming and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to rage across the country, senators and state election officials debated the need Wednesday for more federal dollars to help states conduct voting safely.
2.) As the number of confirmed U.S. cases of Covid-19 neared 4 million on Wednesday, the Trump administration announced an almost $2 billion vaccine contract with the New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a German biotechnology company.
4.) The 54th consecutive night of protests against racism and police brutality was filled with drumming and dancing, then with tear gas and flash bangs.
7.) Every week, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City’s public transit system loses about two-thirds as much in revenue as it costs to operate. As its chairman put it Wednesday, the very survival of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency is in peril.
8.) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that endangered species protections for a certain population segment of the Arctic grayling are no longer necessary, claiming the future for the long-beleaguered fish is “shining brightly.”
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