News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Paul Hodgkins, 38, has become the first Capitol rioter to be sentenced for a felony.
— Axios (@axios) July 19, 2021
He was sentenced to 8 months in prison after pleading guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding. https://t.co/4MA2jlvZIL
NEW: The American Academy of Pediatrics calls for schools to enforce universal masking mandates because so many kids won’t be protected by fall and schools have no way of verifying COVID vaccine status yet.
— ABC News (@ABC) July 19, 2021
Read more: https://t.co/CXsVRY58qT
Vaccines for kids under age 12 expected midwinter, FDA official says. https://t.co/H3XSW4yUer
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 19, 2021
US likely undercounting new COVID-19 cases fueled by delta variant, Gottlieb says https://t.co/OF1dc4FBdB pic.twitter.com/ArApPFqlkX
— The Hill (@thehill) July 19, 2021
L.A. music executive Theresa Velasquez is 95th fatality identified in Florida condo collapse https://t.co/C4Mjw4bfBR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 19, 2021
BREAKING: Biden administration blames China for massive Microsoft Exchange email hack, discloses other cyberthreats from Beijing. https://t.co/2P439J1VAJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 19, 2021
Breaking News: Claude Joseph, the acting prime minister who immediately took control of Haiti’s government after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse this month, is stepping down, the elections minister said. https://t.co/rVhtz1hCyo
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 19, 2021
Texas Democrats' escape to block voting bill will cost around $1.5M, legislator says. https://t.co/gEgwhv77I2
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 19, 2021
BREAKING: The Biden administration transfers a detainee out of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for the first time. Abdullatif Nasser was cleared for repatriation to Morocco in July 2016 but remained at Guantanamo during the Trump presidency. https://t.co/672HP7MwV0
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 19, 2021
Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota pulls Olympics TV ads and neither the carmaker’s president nor other top executives will be attending the opening ceremony later this week. https://t.co/OCDVMIgea7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 19, 2021
There have been about two dozen reports of symptoms of mysterious health incidents similar to the "Havana syndrome" among US diplomats, intelligence officials and other government personnel in Vienna, sources say https://t.co/mHUlNmqhc3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 19, 2021
