News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Former Pres. Trump has dropped his remaining motion seeking have the Fulton County DA probing efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia removed from the case. https://t.co/MyHxlc55fb
— ABC News (@ABC) August 4, 2023
Breaking News: Chris Christie, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, made a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he praised for showing “the resolve it takes to survive a war and ultimately win it.”https://t.co/8hzSw7ShlH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2023
Ukraine’s Navy and main internal security service, the SBU, used sea drones early Friday to attack a Russian naval base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a Ukrainian government official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.… pic.twitter.com/8IhbmVrb64
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 4, 2023
NEW: Alexey Navalny, Russian Pres. Putin's most prominent opponent, was sentenced to an additional 19 years behind bars on extremism charges. https://t.co/194UH0W7oi
— ABC News (@ABC) August 4, 2023
U.S. hiring slows in July: Employers add a still-solid 187,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 3.5% https://t.co/Y7Kk1njCFX
— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2023
Breaking News: An appeals court said the Biden administration can continue enforcing its asylum policy on the southern border for at least several more weeks. https://t.co/KQJZZs24hv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2023
Mexico said two bodies were found in the Rio Grande in separate incidents, including one on buoys installed by Texas. The causes of death are unclear. https://t.co/fPjTci74T4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 4, 2023
An appointee by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to an oversight board of Disney’s special tax district taught a seminar in 2021 falsely claiming “Whites were also slaves in America,” using discredited research to say there was an “Irish slave trade” https://t.co/wc7GNPvWTV
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2023
Justice Elena Kagan said Congress funds the Supreme Court and regulates its jurisdiction. https://t.co/2QPOWdDScY
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2023
Long Island officials have identified another victim during an update on the Gilgo Beach murders investigation.
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2023
Live updates: https://t.co/hd17TbXnPp pic.twitter.com/m4UPQFbKS3
Sixteen hospitals and more than a hundred other medical facilities across the United States are offline after the largest cyberattack on a U.S. hospital system in the past year. https://t.co/RtGaJHqZNn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 4, 2023
Hepatitis C kills more than 15,000 Americans every year, even though it is curable.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) August 4, 2023
But the oral antiviral drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars. Now, a new White House initiative is trying to wipe out the disease in the U.S., reports @DrLaPook. https://t.co/SzEAFoZ2vy pic.twitter.com/qfukP11zVn
