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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 but will remain in isolation pending a second test, his physician announced in a letter.https://t.co/KDDGjP8fvt
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2022
The Biden administration is expected to extend the Covid-19 public health emergency once again, ensuring that federal measures expanding access to health coverage, vaccines and treatments remain in place beyond the midterm electionshttps://t.co/YeMJQyoPVg
— POLITICO (@politico) August 6, 2022
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a near-total abortion ban with exceptions only for rape, incest and severe medical complications. It's the first state to approve restrictions since Roe was overturned.https://t.co/RpPumQRhm5
— NPR (@NPR) August 6, 2022
NEW: The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats' major spending bill. https://t.co/13UvO62W2T
— ABC News (@ABC) August 6, 2022
“The more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill,” President Zelenskyy says.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2022
But many Ukrainians are refusing to leave.https://t.co/pNjwu1K1Ng
Ukrainian military personnel are fortifying their positions around the eastern city of Sloviansk in expectation of a fresh Russian attempt to seize the strategic point in the fiercely fought-over Donetsk region. https://t.co/Y5HihuaEwg
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 6, 2022
Taiwan says China’s military drills appear to simulate an attack on the self-ruled island, after multiple Chinese warships and aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait. https://t.co/ThyHG5FiiC
— ABC News (@ABC) August 6, 2022
Bullet holes pocked walls and shards of glass crunched underfoot at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, where 14 students and three staff members were killed in the 2018 shooting. Nothing had changed, except for the removal of the victims' bodies. https://t.co/cHq9DUJCKN
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 6, 2022
North Carolina school district plans to put AR-15s in every school https://t.co/G9Wpj2VR4o
— Axios (@axios) August 6, 2022
Israeli fighter jets pounded targets in Gaza as Palestinian militants launched rocket attacks for the second day in a row. https://t.co/l5mOE5WFOR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2022
Travis McMichael fears being killed in state prison and wants to remain in federal custody for his safety. https://t.co/eVSlzpM7vE
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2022
Gas prices have dropped to $3.99 per gallon at approximately 88,000 stations across the U.S. https://t.co/rjzKGJXHiP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 6, 2022