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Top eight CNS stories for today including the Supreme Court struggled with the boundaries of a doctrine that insulates religious institutions from lawsuits over hiring and firing decisions for certain types of employees; Wall Street is betting on an eventual resolution to escalating tensions between the United States and China; Websites for the Texas Supreme Court and the state’s appellate courts remained mostly shuttered after a cyberattack last week, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including the Supreme Court struggled with the boundaries of a doctrine that insulates religious institutions from lawsuits over hiring and firing decisions for certain types of employees; Wall Street is betting on an eventual resolution to escalating tensions between the United States and China; Websites for the Texas Supreme Court and the state’s appellate courts remained mostly shuttered after a cyberattack last week, and more.

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National

1.) Considering the case of two teachers fired from Catholic schools, the Supreme Court struggled on Monday with the boundaries of a doctrine that insulates religious institutions from lawsuits over hiring and firing decisions for certain types of employees.

The U.S. Supreme Court. (Jack Rodgers/Courthouse News)

2.) Wall Street is betting on an eventual resolution to escalating tensions between the United States and China, in spite of conflicting statements out of the Trump administration.

A man wearing a face mask walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 11, 2020. Asian stock markets are higher after Wall Street advanced as investors looked past dismal U.S. jobs and other data toward hopes for a global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

3.) Fewer Americans fear they or someone they love will catch the novel coronavirus while more of them are confident they will weather the financial storm the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought.

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)

Regional

4.) Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will head to the polls for the second time during the Covid-19 pandemic, this time to determine whether one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters in the state legislature or a small town school board president will fill a vacant U.S. Congressional seat. 

In this April 7, 2020, photo, voters masked against coronavirus line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin's primary election in Milwaukee. The devastating coronavirus pandemic stands poised to reshape the political map this November. The virus has pummeled battleground states and alarmed Republicans who see early warning signs for an election that could be a referendum on President Donald Trump’s management of the crisis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

5.) Websites for the Texas Supreme Court and the state’s appellate courts remained mostly shuttered Monday after a cyberattack last week, according to the court system’s administrator.

The Texas Supreme Court building in Austin, which is also home to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. (Kelsey Jukam/Courthouse News)

6.) A group of Texas voters and advocacy organizations asked a federal judge Monday to lift four provisions of the state’s election code they claim will keep mail-in voters’ ballots from being counted in the November general election.

A cyclist passes a mural painted on a boarded up business closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to relax some restrictions that have been imposed on businesses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

7.) A collection of lawmakers and governors from Western states told congressional leaders that their states, cities and counties will need $1 trillion in federal money to weather the economic downturn created by the coronavirus pandemic. 

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)

International

8.) France, the United Kingdom and Russia became the latest European countries to ease restrictions on Monday and allow citizens more freedoms, but concerns are growing that the stage is being set for a spike in new infections as people go back to work, see friends again and return to everyday activities.

People walk near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday, May 11, 2020. The French began leaving their homes and apartments for the first time in two months without permission slips as the country cautiously lifted its lockdown. Clothing stores, coiffures and other businesses large and small were reopening on Monday with strict precautions to keep the coronavirus at bay. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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