News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: One of the Capitol Police officers injured after a suspect rammed a car into a barricade has died, acting Police Chief Yogananda Pittman says https://t.co/Upe8dIHzqr pic.twitter.com/n5HRkxIt4X
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2021
Lt. Richard Zimmerman said the use of force by former officer Derek Chauvin against George Floyd was “totally unnecessary.”
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2021
“Pulling him down to the ground face down, and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for," he said. https://t.co/8U9xdf0nSw
JUST IN: MLB announces it will move 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's new voting restrictions.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 2, 2021
"Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box."https://t.co/0dwf6EEQ0e
The CDC says that fully vaccinated Americans can resume domestic and overseas travel as long as they wear masks in public https://t.co/H4F3rNhRKT
— POLITICO (@politico) April 2, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order today prohibiting businesses from requiring customers to show proof they have received COVID vaccines and preventing the state government from issuing so-called "vaccine passports." https://t.co/CvVeKY7lDr
— Axios (@axios) April 2, 2021
Federal prosecutors are examining whether Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and a political ally who is facing sex trafficking allegations may have paid underage girls or offered them gifts in exchange for sex, two people familiar with the matter told @AP. https://t.co/IO3WZEEcSl
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 2, 2021
#BREAKING: Gaetz communications director resigns https://t.co/VHGm3bGkuu pic.twitter.com/ZSUZaxVQVv
— The Hill (@thehill) April 2, 2021
Pres. Biden touts today's job report: "The first two months of our administration has seen more new jobs creating than the first two months of any administration in history. But we still have a long way to go." https://t.co/OaTXMgaERp pic.twitter.com/GGqD7EhduP
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2021
Biden offers Ukraine 'unwavering support' in faceoff with Russia https://t.co/7wZaormAFR pic.twitter.com/4q6INWHE7o
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2021
The historic walled Old City of Jerusalem came alive this week with Christian and Jewish religious festivals, now that more than a third of the city is inoculated against COVID-19. https://t.co/F1VSR4kczX
— NPR (@NPR) April 2, 2021
