PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 14:  People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school that reportedly killed and injured multiple people on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Numerous law enforcement officials continue to investigate the scene.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
'A mess': Parkland School shooting survivor Cameron Kasky on battle over gun laws
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    1. Coronavirus

    Ten mass shootings happened across the nation this weekend, leaving at least seven people dead and more than 40 injured. It was the latest in a streak of violent weekends in America. The weekend before this, there were also 10 mass shootings that left 12 people dead across seven states. (CNN defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot, not including the shooter.) This weekend’s violence included shootings at several parties and celebrations, including in California, Indiana and Colorado. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 293 mass shootings in 2021 so far.

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    Man survives after he was shot next to children
    01:15 - Source: CNN

    2. Debt ceiling

    It’s been a little over 500 days since the first coronavirus death was recorded in the US. Though much of the country is heading back to normal, there are still signs of wariness: States with high rates of unvaccinated adults, like Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wyoming, are at particular risk for the spreading Delta variant. The US also has extended restrictions on nonessential travel to Mexico and Canada. Meanwhile, China has administered more than 1 billion doses in its unparalleled vaccination drive. That accounts for almost 40% of the 2.5 billion shots given globally. In Brazil, a more tragic milestone has emerged. The country surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths, and angry citizens are putting the blame squarely on President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic. 

    Commuters wearing face coverings due to Covid-19, enter Oxford Circus London Underground station in central London on June 7, 2021. - The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in India, is estimated to be 40 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant that caused the last wave of infections in the UK, Britain's health minister said Sunday. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)
    Delta variant fuels the rise of new Covid cases across the globe
    02:05 - Source: CNN

    3. Immigration

    The Senate is set to vote soon on whether to advance the For The People Act, a sweeping elections overhaul that would, among other things, make Election Day a public holiday, expand early voting and ban partisan gerrymandering. The bill doesn’t have Republican support, but Democratic lawmakers are hoping to come to some sort of compromise. Democrats believe the bill would counteract efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict voting rights. As those efforts unfold, Georgia’s secretary of state announced last week the state is purging more than 100,000 names from voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state’s voter files “up to date.”

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    Sanders won't say if he'll support Manchin's voting rights compromise
    01:55 - Source: CNN

    4. Policing

    The Biden administration is preparing to impose more sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny. It’s only been a few days since President Biden met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, when Biden made it clear the US is not happy with the situation regarding the Russian dissident. The Biden administration imposed a round of sanctions in March over Navalny’s poisoning and imprisonment. Those sanctions represented Biden’s first significant move against Moscow. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said yesterday the Biden administration is “not going to pull our punches” with regard to chemical weapons or other issues, like cyberattacks. 

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    Sullivan: US preparing more Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning
    01:48 - Source: CNN

    5. France

    Ethiopians are heading to the polls today for the country’s first multiparty election in 16 years. The race to elect a new parliament has been postponed twice due to the pandemic and logistical constraints, and it now comes amid nationwide unrest, famine and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country’s Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a recipient of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, is expected to be reelected. But opposition party members have said Abiy’s government has jailed and silenced political rivals and thus eliminated the possibility of free and fair elections. The US State Department said last week it “is gravely concerned about the environment” under which Ethiopia’s elections will be held. Ethiopia is an influential powerhouse in East Africa, with a population of more than 100 million people.

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    UN report: 350K facing starvation in conflict-hit Ethiopia
    01:36 - Source: CNN

    THIS JUST IN …

    Tokyo 2020 makes a spectator decision

    Olympics organizers announced they will allow spectators at the Games this year amid the pandemic but set a 50% cap at venues, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. Organizers said they could restrict fan attendance further if there were an emergency or a rise in Covid-19 infections. 

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    See where Olympians will eat, sleep and relax in Tokyo
    02:15 - Source: CNN

    BREAKFAST BROWSE

    Netflix buys the rights to Roald Dahl’s beloved stories

    It’s time to break out your flowered headgear and celebrate the seasonal apex

    ‘Sesame Street’ introduces family with 2 gay dads during Pride Month

    Welcome to the neighborhood, gentlemen!

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    'Sesame Street' introduces family with two gay dads
    01:41 - Source: CNN

    Usain Bolt and partner Kasi Bennett welcome newborn twin sons, Thunder and Saint Leo

    “Thunder Bolt?” Now, that’s a baby-name power move if we’ve ever seen one.

    Lo, Amazon Prime Day is upon us 

    And that’s a bummer for some sellers who can’t afford to give discounts (or whose wares are caught up in global shipping snarls).

    A man works at a distrubiton station at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, on February 5, 2019. - Inside a huge warehouse on Staten Island thousands of robots are busy distributing thousands of items sold by the giant of online sales, Amazon. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
    Amazon changes marijuana and time off policies
    02:19 - Source: CNNBusiness

    Store offers color-coded bracelets to show social distancing comfort levels

    Can this just … be a regular thing? Because I, too, would like a big bag of red bracelets implying “no contact.”

    TODAY’S NUMBER

    38,680

    That’s how many deaths could have been avoided globally in 2016 under the World Health Organization’s newly released air quality guidelines, the organization said. 

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    Alabama crash kills 9 children and 1 adult
    02:13 - Source: CNN

    TODAY’S QUOTE

    “Dad knew that Black images matter. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth?”

    Danica Roem, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the state’s first lawmaker to identify as transgender. Roem says LGBTQ people “have to care” about politics because “politics cares about” them, for better or worse.

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    Danica Roem to LGBTQ Americans: You have to care about politics
    03:46 - Source: CNN

    TODAY’S WEATHER

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    First day of summer hints at more extreme heat for the West
    02:45 - Source: CNN

    Check your local forecast here>>>

    AND FINALLY

    How wax figures are made

    Watch this resourceful bird go from empty nest to cozy home – and first egg! – in just a few minutes. (Click here to view.)