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	news As-it-happens update ⋅ June 2, 2021
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	Bloomberg Democrat Melanie Stansbury Wins US House Race in New Mexico Bloomberg Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) -- Democrat Melanie Stansbury won election to Congress for New Mexico on Tuesday with a campaign closely tied to initiatives of the Biden administration. Stanbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Australia weighs taking China to the WTO again — this time for a dispute over wine CNBC China's commerce ministry in March announced anti-dumping tariffs between 116.2% and 218.4% on Australian wine imports, measures that are set to last for five years. China is the top destination for Australian wine exports. Both the Australian government ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Gov't Use of Chinese Drones in Limbo as Congress Weighs Ban U.S. News & World Report More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams and wildlife, the future of drone use by the federal government remains uncertain. By Associated Press. |. June 1 ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Iran's Largest Navy Ship Sinks In Gulf Of Oman After Catching Fire NPR A fire broke out on the IS Kharg while the ship was near Iran's port of Jask, southeast of Tehran, according to the Iranian Navy. All crew on board were able to flee the burning ship and were transferred to safety on the coast. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Opinion: What the Biden administration's narrative on Afghanistan gets wrong Washington Post Madiha Afzal is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of "Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State." It appears that President Biden's announced withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding ahead of schedule, ... Flag as irrelevant
	IndieWire 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' Review: Another Weak Chapter for the Scary Series IndieWire Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are as thrilling and chilling as ever, but the latest film in the possession franchise is messy, stilted, and just not scary. Flag as irrelevant
	Capital Public Radio News California Launches Task Force To Study Reparations For African Americans Capital Public Radio News In this June 11, 2020, file photo, then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber calls on lawmakers to create a task force to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans, during the Assembly session in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters EU reaches deal on tax transparency for multinational firms Reuters European Union government and parliament negotiators reached a deal on Tuesday on rules that will force large multinational companies to disclose how much revenue and tax they pay in the 27-nation bloc and how much in countries considered tax havens ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY California man falls 500 feet to his death in Sequoia National Park, woman injured in same accident USA TODAY The deadly accident happened on the summit of Mount Russell, near the park's eastern boundary, rangers said. The victim was identified as a 56-year-old man from California. The man's hiking partner ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Sun-Times Indians' Shane Bieber: Picks up sixth win CBSSports.com Bieber (6-3) earned the win Tuesday against the White Sox after allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks across seven innings. Chicago scored all three runs on a two-run double from Billy Hamilton during the third ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vulture iCarly Is All Grown Up in the Reboot's First Trailer Vulture The laugh track is the same, Cosgrove looks the same, her brother Spencer (Jerry Trainor) looks the same because he already looked like a de-greenified The Mask, and Freddie (Nathan Kress) has lost some hairline but has gained the ability to film on a ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Further searches of residential school sites are next stage of healing for some Indigenous communities CBC.ca Discovery at former Kamloops, B.C., residential school may be the start of a movement to search others. Briar Stewart · CBC News · Posted: Jun 02, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: in less than a minute. Stephanie Gutierrez, whose grandmother attended the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic Elephants Can Suction Up Their Food The Atlantic When offered a tortilla chip, they found, an elephant will use its trunk to deftly suction the salty treat into its grip. The chip stays intact (at least until it's deposited into the elephant's mouth); in the video, you can hear the researchers cheer. Flag as irrelevant
	India Today Coronavirus LIVE: Why start vaccination centres with pomp if 2nd Covaxin jab not available, HC asks Delhi govt India Today The country's active caseload now stands at 17,93,645 even as total active cases declined by 1,01,875 in the last 24 hours. In wake of the pandemic, CBSE Class 12 board exams 2021 have been cancelled after the meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi on ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post Fiery head-on car crash kills 4, including 3 sisters New York Post A fiery head-on car crash in Idaho killed four people from California on Saturday, including three young sisters. A 22-year-old man and the sisters — aged 16 to 26 — were in a Honda Civic that plowed into a GMC Sierra on Highway 95 near Marsing, where ... Flag as irrelevant
	TechCrunch SoftBank-backed construction giant Katerra said to be shutting down after raising billions TechCrunch After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The Information. Last year, the company claimed it had more than 8,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post Highly contagious India COVID variant spreading rapidly in the US New York Post The highly contagious COVID-19 variant that first emerged in India is spreading at a rapid rate in the US — and now makes up 7 percent of new cases, data shows. The dramatic rise of the B.1.617.2 variant comes after it accounted for only 1 percent of new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Adweek Facebook and Its Family of Apps Are Ready for Pride Month Adweek The flagship mobile application added Pride-themed avatars, post backgrounds and stickers for feed and Stories. The social network also teamed up with Berlin-based artist Jasmina El Bouamraoui on this year's Pride logo for ... Flag as irrelevant
	masslive.com Tuesday marks the start of an above-average hurricane season, but hopefully not as bad as 2020 masslive.com The MEMA has designated hurricane evacuation zones, designated as Zone A, Zone B and Zone C, for areas of the state at risk for storm surge flooding associated with tropical storms or hurricanes. If evacuations are ... Flag as irrelevant
	WJLA National Institutes of Health testing effectiveness of mixed COVID-19 vaccines as boosters WJLA Although the vaccines currently authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration offer strong protection against COVID-19, we need to prepare for the possibility of needing booster shots to counter waning immunity and to keep pace with an evolving virus," ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Sports here's never any quit in Damian Lillard or the Portland Trail Blazers. NBC Sports Lillard's late-game heroics were on full display in Game 5 Tuesday night in Denver. · But even with a performance that the NBA playoffs has never seen before, Lillard and the Blazers came up short in a 147-140 double-overtime loss. · Download and Subscribe to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Q13 FOX (Seattle) 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Seattle Space Needle to pass by Earth Q13 FOX (Seattle) JPL has an asteroid watch dashboard that tracks all of the giant asteroids that make very close flybys of Earth. The asteroid, named ... Flag as irrelevant
	RTE.ie Elephants on tour in China guzzle crops and wreak havoc RTE.ie A herd of 15 wandering elephants on an epic trek through southwestern China have entered villages to gorge on crops, broken into barns and caused a million dollars of losses. Over the past week, the animals drained a water tank, helped themselves to a ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News UK begins process to join Asia-Pacific trade bloc BBC News The 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc has agreed to open accession talks with the UK. The British government, which asked to join the TPP in February, said membership was a huge opportunity in a post-Brexit world. A working group is now ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia lands big transfers in Gilbert, Kendrick Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia's wide receiver group took a huge hit with the injury to star receiver George Pickens during spring practice. Another freshman from last season, tight end Darnell Washington, was a star recruit and has emerged as a receiving threat for the Bulldogs. Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Bombs in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 10, wound 12 Seattle Times Two bombs exploded in quick succession in separate locations of a west Kabul neighborhood, killing at least 10 people and wounding a dozen others, said deputy Interior Ministry spokesman Said Hamid Rushan. A third bomb heavily ... Flag as irrelevant
	NEWS.com.au Opposition demands government provide answers amid extension of Covid lockdown NEWS.com.au The Victorian opposition has demanded government be more transparent about decisions related to Covid-19, as Melbourne prepares for an additional seven days of lockdown. Restrictions in regional Victoria will ease from 11:59pm on Wednesday, but ... Flag as irrelevant
	pennlive.com Solar eclipse could be seen in Pa. early this month: When and how to watch pennlive.com An unusual, crescent-shaped sun will rise over Pennsylvania on Thursday, June 10, part of an annular solar eclipse that will stretch from the upper Midwest across eastern Canada and end in Russia. Even at its peak over Baffin Island in northern Canada, this ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Nation Israeli-Palestinian problem is complex NUjournal David Shulman has written several books on the Israeli peace movement's attempt to protect Palestinians and their crops, orchards, and olive groves from destruction and poisoning of their wells from Israeli settlers in the occupied territory of the South Hebron ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlantic Council Biden-Putin summit: Ukraine should not expect miracles Atlantic Council Ukraine is set to be high on the agenda when US President Joe Biden holds a hotly-anticipated summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Switzerland on June 16. However, there is little reason to expect any breakthroughs towards ending the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post WHO grants emergency approval to 2nd Chinese COVID vaccine Washington Post In a statement Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said data submitted to its experts showed that two doses of the vaccine prevented people from getting symptoms of COVID-19 in about half of those who got the vaccine. Flag as irrelevant
	WMDT Gov. Hogan: Pandemic unemployment benefits to end in July WMDT ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan announced on Tuesday that the State of Maryland will discontinue enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits and reinstate work search requirements early next month. Claimants will no longer be able to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Morning Brew London's See-Through Sky Pool Opens Morning Brew Finally, something to freak out people who are afraid of heights and depths. Suspended 115 ft. above the ground in London, the infamous Sky Pool opened for business this week.*. *If you're a resident of the luxury Embassy Gardens' apartment buildings, ... Flag as irrelevant
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