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Top eight CNS stories for today including the coronavirus pandemic wiped out 20.5 million jobs last month; Advisers warned California’s budget troubles will persist through at least 2024; The European Union’s highest court hit back against Germany’s top court for contradicting one of its rulings, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including the coronavirus pandemic wiped out 20.5 million jobs last month; Advisers warned California’s budget troubles will persist through at least 2024; The European Union’s highest court hit back against Germany’s top court for contradicting one of its rulings, and more.

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National

1.) With the coronavirus pandemic unleashing historic devastation on the U.S. economy, 20.5 million jobs were lost in April and the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 14.7%.

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a pedestrian walks by The Framing Gallery, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Grosse Pointe, Mich. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy.. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

2.) Markets closed out the week on a positive note even after a terrible jobs report that likely does not include all the unemployment caused by Covid-19.

FILE - In this May 3, 2020 file photo, Jan Clever, 81, center, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., waves a U.S. flag while wearing a protective mask during a demonstration against California's stay-at-home orders that were put in place due to the coronavirus outbreak in Rancho Cucamonga. Donning a mask will be as common as putting on a cap or sunglasses for Californians as the state begins gradually easing stay-at-home orders, but rules about face coverings vary from county to county and it's unclear what enforcement might look like. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

3.) Congress had been set to obtain grand jury materials from the Mueller probe on Monday, but now that release is on hold indefinitely.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands beside a chart during a news conference following the back-to-back hearings with former special counsel Robert Mueller who testified about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Regional

4.) On the heels of a nightmarish U.S. jobs report, California offered a second dose of abysmal economic news Friday as advisers warned the state’s budget troubles will persist through at least 2024.

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.) Fueling controversy over his leadership in New York City’s Covid-19 crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday established a contact-tracing corps under the umbrella of an agency that has not handled past outbreaks.

Meals on Wheels delivery driver Pasquale Fabbricatore, 66, delivers meals to homebound senior Louise Delija, 93, during the coronavirus pandemic, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

International

6.) In an unprecedented move, the European Union’s highest court hit back against Germany’s top court on Friday after the national judges contradicted one of its rulings. 

A man walks by the Euro sculpture in front of the old the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled that the country's central bank must stop participating in a key European Central Bank stimulus program but gave the ECB time to demonstrate that the stimulus program is needed and appropriate. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

7.) Europe observed the anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent with quiet wreath-laying ceremonies instead of big celebrations as it battles the coronavirus pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath of flowers during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II victory over Nazi Germany, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Friday May 8, 2020. The ceremony was marked by the absence of public and complete silence in the streets of central Paris, as all gatherings are banned under France's confinement measures. At left behind is French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. (Charles Platiau/Pool via AP)

8.) Numerous studies have predicted that by 2100, heat and humidity in many areas across the globe will exceed what humans can tolerate. A new study says it’s already happening.

People enjoy the Bournemouth beach in Dorset, England, as the hot weather continues across Britain. Britain is experiencing a severe heatwave which has prompted its national weather service to issue an alert for people to 'stay out of the sun'. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
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