A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on George Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes as the man begged for his life, had his bail set at $1.25 million during a Monday hearing https://t.co/9zn2rtSWlx
As protests and a pandemic continue, the President's approval rating dips to 38%, a CNN poll says. He's 14 points behind Biden in the White House race. https://t.co/ZHDX90oQhr
NEW: Congressional Democrats unveil policing legislation; would ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants in drug cases; would create federal registry for misconduct complaints against officers; would limit transfer of military-grade equipment to police depts. https://t.co/L2h6xU56TX
Sunday marked the most Covid-19 cases — 136,000 — reported to the World Health Organization in a single day so far during the coronavirus pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. https://t.co/wv23TWkTFF
Food banks are still swamped as Covid-19 wreaks havoc on the economy. They want to give people more SNAP benefits until employment bounces back, but Congress is so far resistant to the idea https://t.co/mOQgVN2HFm
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