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Top eight CNS stories for today including Europe is being shaken by a new wave of the coronavirus crisis with a surge of infections across the continent; The American economy recovered just 1.4 million jobs in August while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4%; Democrats condemned President Donald Trump for his reported remarks disparaging veterans as “losers” and “suckers,” and more.

/ September 4, 2020
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Top eight CNS stories for today including Europe is being shaken by a new wave of the coronavirus crisis with a surge of infections across the continent; The American economy recovered just 1.4 million jobs in August while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4%; Democrats condemned President Donald Trump for his reported remarks disparaging veterans as “losers” and “suckers,” and more.

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1.) Continuing on a downward trend, the American economy recovered just 1.4 million jobs in August while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4%.

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

2.) The Trump administration has feigned doubt over how Congress intended to allocate Covid-19 emergency relief to K-12 schools, civil rights groups argued in Washington Friday, challenging a rule they claim unlawfully shortchanges public schools. 

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks Tuesday, August 25, 2020 to chemistry students during a visit to Forsyth Central High School in Cumming, Georgia. DeVos is softening her push for all schools to reopen for five-day-a-week instruction face to face, saying what’s important is “100% learning.” (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

3.) A group of House Democrats, many of whom have served in the U.S. military, condemned President Donald Trump on Friday for his reported remarks disparaging veterans as “losers” and “suckers.”

President Donald Trump talks with reporters at Andrews Air Force Base after attending a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

4.) America’s summer was punctuated by sweeping protests against police brutality and racism and those activities, regardless of the city or state they unfolded in, were almost entirely nonviolent, according to new analysis reviewing 7,750 U.S. demonstrations. 

Supporters of both President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matters clash in a park outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

5.) The Pentagon announced Friday that it has completed a reevaluation of cloud computing proposals and will award a $10 billion contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon, despite a court order blocking the contract in light of claims that President Trump’s bias against Amazon influenced the decision.

In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. The House has passed its annual defense policy measure, which combines a $738 billion Pentagon price tag with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

International

6.) Europe is being shaken by a new wave of the coronavirus crisis with a surge of infections across the continent, throwing into confusion the reopening of schools and casting shadows over its politics and economies.

A group of young students wearing face mask protection to prevent the spread of the coronavirus enter in state school, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. After six months with all Spanish schools closed by crisis of COVID-19, today is opening a new school year with new rules to prevent the pandemic coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

7.) Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders lost his appeal of a criminal conviction for insulting a population group on Friday, but again he faced no punishment. 

FILE- In this Tuesday March 14, 2017, file photo Democrats 66 party leader Alexander Pechtold, right-wing populist leader Geert Wilders, Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer, Party for the Animals' Marianne Thieme, Green Left party leader Jesse Klaver, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Gert-Jan Segers of the Christian Union, Labour Party leader Lodewijk Asscher, and Christan Democrats party leader Sybrand Buma, from left, pose for a picture after the closing debate at parliament in The Hague, Netherlands. The leaders of four parties negotiating to form the next Dutch government have reached agreement on a draft program for a new center-right coalition, after 208 days of negotiations. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen ANP POOL via AP, File)

8.) A former Peruvian president cannot overcome extradition to his home country based on claims that the Peruvian government failed to formally charge him with bribery and other crimes as required by its treaty with the United States, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Alejandro Toledo, then the president of Peru speaks during the session The Challenge for Latin America at the 'Annual Meeting 2003' of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Daniel Ammann/World Economic Forum)
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