A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A Lebanese official says the massive blast that shook Beirut's port area was caused by confiscated “high explosive materials.” https://t.co/DGzseFMalb
Tropical Storm Isaias is spawning tornadoes and dumping rain during an inland march up the U.S. East Coast. At least one person was killed and several people are missing after one of those tornadoes flattened a mobile home park in Windsor, North Carolina. https://t.co/bAQyWAIBqY
NEW: ICUs of at least 45 Florida hospitals have reached capacity and don't have any free beds, according to new data released by Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration.
Clorox, the world's biggest maker of disinfectant cleaning materials, said consumers will continue to see a shortage of its wipes and other products into 2021 because of overwhelming demand during the pandemic. https://t.co/ce9fpIeStc
BREAKING: New York City's health commissioner resigns, saying in her resignation letter that "the Health Department’s incomparable disease control expertise was not used to the degree it could have been." https://t.co/DxrdylenTk
President Donald Trump again extended well-wishes to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, apparently expressing sympathy for Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion https://t.co/EbEBXF58oMpic.twitter.com/KrsYxgRrG3
Police officers in Aurora, Colorado, ordered a group of Black women and girls to the ground and handcuffed them, according to a bystander, in a mistaken stolen-car stop. https://t.co/cCn3ObQYaX
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