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Top eight CNS stories for today including presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden selected California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate; Minnesota voters headed to socially distanced polls to cast ballots in the state’s primary election; Russian President Vladimir Putin announced approval for a coronavirus vaccine that has not undergone the most critical phase of its clinical trials, and more.

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1.) Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden selected California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate Tuesday, upholding a debate promise to pick a woman to round out his ticket.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the 25th Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

2.) The en banc D.C. Circuit showed little patience Tuesday for the lawyer fighting to get Michael Flynn’s prosecution dismissed without a study of the government’s motives.

Screenshot a remote D.C. Circuit hearing held Tuesday, Aug. 11, on the government’s bid to dismiss its prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

3.) Democrats and Republicans are still at an impasse in negotiations over another Covid-19 relief bill, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying Tuesday additional aid to local and state governments is a red line the GOP will not cross.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, speak to reporters following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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4.) Freshly spritzed with hand sanitizer, Minnesota voters headed to socially distanced polls Tuesday morning to vote in the state’s primary election, featuring several hotly contested races.

Amanda and Mason Fong voted for incumbent Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (Courthouse News photo/Andy Monserud)

5.) A federal judge on Tuesday denied a voting rights group’s request for an order barring Georgia election officials from requiring voters to pay for their own postage to submit absentee ballots and ballot applications.

FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo wearing gloves, a King County Election worker collect ballots from a drop box in the Washington State primary in Seattle. Washington is a vote by mail state. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds Democrats are now much more likely than Republicans to support their state conducting elections exclusively by mail, 47% to 29%. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

6.) Most of the approximately 550 people arrested in Portland, Oregon, since May 29 in protests against police brutality and systemic racism won’t be prosecuted, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday.

Speakers address a crowd of over 1,000 protesters in Portland on Friday night. (Courthouse News photo/Karina Brown)

International

7.) Tens of thousands of Russians will be given a vaccine against the coronavirus after President Vladimir Putin announced approval Tuesday for a drug that has not undergone the most critical phase of its clinical trials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Speaking at a government meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, Putin said that the vaccine has proven efficient during tests, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

8.) Is Europe on the verge of seeing its last dictatorship topple? That’s the hope of many both across the continent and in Belarus, the former Soviet state ruled by what many call Europe’s last authoritarian strongman.

People watch as police block a square during a mass protest following presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Thousands of people have protested in Belarus for a second straight night after official results from weekend elections gave an overwhelming victory to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, extending his 26-year rule. A heavy police contingent blocked central squares and avenues, moving quickly to disperse protesters and detained dozens. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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