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	news As-it-happens update ⋅ June 1, 2021
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	ESPN Ben Roethlisberger felt taking pay cut was 'necessary' in order to help Pittsburgh Steelers sign top talent ESPN Roethlisberger reduced his salary by $5 million, signing a new contract that's set to void after the 2021 season. But even though the terms of the deal seemingly set an expiration date on his tenure as quarterback, Roethlisberger wasn't willing to speculate on his ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Washington Post The move by the Interior Department, which could spark a major legal battle, aims to unwind nearly a dozen leases in the heart of a pristine expanse in Alaska that Republicans and Democrats have fought over for four decades. Flag as irrelevant
	CBSSports.com Jayson Tatum will come back down to earth in Brooklyn, other best bets for Tuesday CBSSports.com Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend. I enjoyed mine, as I spent most of it watching sports. I even spent time watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs and had a few thoughts I want to share here. The first is about yesterday's schedule. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Texas Democrats call on Congress to act on voting rights but key obstacles loom CNN But Democrats across the country are now pointing to Texas as an example of how to pull out all the stops to prevent restrictive voting bills from passing and are now ramping up the pressure on Biden to do more -- and to worry less about bipartisanship. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Fact-checking Sidney Powell's claim Trump could be reinstated CNN Washington (CNN) Months into President Joe Biden's first term, supporters of former President Donald Trump are still touting the "big lie" that Trump actually won the 2020 election. One of the prominent supporters of these theories is Trump's former lawyer ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Kamala Harris will lead Biden administration's efforts on voting rights, President says CNN The new role comes as the Biden administration condemns efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to pass restrictive laws the White House says makes it harder for Americans to vote. "President Joe Biden asked me to help lead our Administration's effort to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Golf.com Want an epic Phil Mickelson gambling story? Just ask Xander Schauffele Golf.com When you're playing a match against Phil Mickelson, what kind of money changes hands? "That's not for me to say," Xander Schauffele explained on Tuesday at the Memorial Tournament. "They're much larger than most games, I can tell you that." Before we ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg UK Covid Deaths Fall to Zero as Calls Grow to End Lockdown Bloomberg The U.K. recorded no new Covid-19 deaths for the first time since the global pandemic began, bolstering demands from industry groups for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift restrictions as planned this month. Zero deaths have been reported in the past day, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes June Stock Market Outlook Forbes After four straight months of gains, the market's year-to-date surge of nearly 12% may seem like reason to bust out the fireworks and celebrate. Yet many investors have persistent concerns that higher inflation will force the Federal Reserve to stop buying ... Flag as irrelevant
	Variety Warner Bros. Discovery's Initial Logo Mocked Online Variety It's worth pointing out that the logo is not final: Discovery is referring to it as the "initial wordmark" for the new media conglomerate. The deal that would spin off WarnerMedia from AT&T and merge it with Discovery is projected to close in mid-2022. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN US marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre CNN Black Wall Street was decimated in 1921. Here's a look at the racial tensions that led to the massacre. From CNN's Jazmin Goodwin. Tensions between the Black and White residents of Tulsa ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Vatican revises Church law on sexual abuse and other issues CNN Pope Francis waves from a window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 09, 2021. (CNN) Pope ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com All the 'Friends'-themed merch that will make you say, 'Oh. My. God.' Today.com Though "Friends" debuted in 1994, most of us likely spent a large portion of our time at home last year binge-watching episodes while curled up on the couch. So, when news broke that a "Friends" reunion special would air in 2021, fans of all ages couldn't ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tom's Hardware All the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti Cards Announced So Far Tom's Hardware It's just a hair slower than the RTX 3090, with the biggest tradeoff (between the two SKUs) being the VRAM capacity, which is shaved down from 24GB to 12GB. The RTX ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Gunmen kill Ugandan minister's daughter and driver in 'targeted shooting' CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) The daughter of Ugandan government minister General Edward Katumba Wamala has been killed in a drive-by attack targeting the general outside his home in Kampala on Tuesday, Ugandan police said in a statement. Police said ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com NJ cops must have body cams starting today. Here's when they can turn them on and off. nj.com Do all cops have to wear body cameras? Most on-duty officers must have them, including SWAT teams, K-9 cops and those working a police station's front desk. Flag as irrelevant
	The Advocate Former star LSU tight end Arik Gilbert to play at Georgia: report The Advocate Gilbert, who was briefly committed to conference rival Florida, returned to Baton Rouge during spring football to meet with the team. It was the first known time that Gilbert visited with LSU since he entered the NCAA transfer portal and left the team toward the end ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post SUV linked to shooting of dozens outside Miami-area concert found ditched in a canal Washington Post Hours after the Miami-Dade Police Department released video footage showing three suspected gunmen exiting a white Nissan Pathfinder before a Sunday-morning shooting, police said the missing vehicle was found submerged in a Miami-area canal. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Texas Hospital Workers Sue Over Vaccine Mandates WebMD June 1, 2021 -- A group of 117 people who work at Houston Methodist Health System has filed a lawsuit against the medical center, objecting to its policy of requiring employees and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY JoJo Siwa wants kissing scene removed from upcoming movie: 'I'm trying to get it pulled' USA TODAY The 18-year-old YouTube sensation is set to star in "Bounce," the film adaptation of the Megan Shull book about a girl who wishes to trade families around the holidays. Siwa plays the main character whose wish is granted as she tries out different families on ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report European Countries Begin Using Digital Coronavirus Travel Certificate U.S. News & World Report Seven countries began using the European Union's digital certificate on Tuesday, allowing for fully vaccinated people to travel. The Digital Green Certificate began operating ahead of schedule this week in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Wilberforce University cancels student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates. That's more than $375000 CNN "As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, we are honored to be able to give them a fresh start by relieving their student debt to the university," President Elfred Anthony Pinkard said. Students were seen cheering and dancing after Pinkard ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Pardoned Kentucky Man Faces New Federal Charges in Slaying U.S. News & World Report FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man convicted of reckless homicide in a 2014 home invasion and pardoned two years later by then-Gov. Matt Bevin has been arrested on federal charges in connection to the same crime, according to court records ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Coronavirus variants to be named using Greek letters, WHO says Livescience.com Likewise, the B.1.351 variant first identified in South Africa will now be called Beta. The P.1 variant found in Brazil is now Gamma, and the B.1.617.2 discovered in India is Delta. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Coachella announces 2022 dates as live music makes a comeback CNN DJ Marshmello performs in the Sahara Tent during the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. (CNN) Coachella is back. After one ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Tons of toxic pellets blanket Sri Lanka beaches, causing environmental disaster Livescience.com A burning container ship dumped tons of plastic debris onto Sri Lanka's beaches, prompting a widespread environmental disaster, according to recent news reports. The ship, the X-Press Pearl, had sailed to Sri Lanka from India and was anchored near ... Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com 'A Quiet Place Part II' might just restore your faith in sequels – and humanity pressherald.com That should have been expected from the wicked, Mona Lisa smile on the face of Emily Blunt as her character racked her shotgun after shooting one of the monsters in the face at the close of the otherwise impeccably minimalist, deeply suspenseful 2018 thriller. Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune A 21% global tax floor would mean $140 billion more for Europe and UK, think tanks claim Fortune The U.K. would rake in an additional £14.7 billion ($20.8 billion) in corporate tax revenue each year if there were a global minimum tax rate of 21%, the Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Center for Economic Justice said in a report published Tuesday. Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Rainbow flag raised at Daley Plaza in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, to be flown for all of June for first time Chicago Tribune At a news conference Tuesday at Daley Plaza, county commissioners hoisted a large rainbow flag in tow with the American and city of Chicago flags — the first time the flags have flown at full staff since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	al.com Summer is here -- meteorological summer, that is al.com Summer is here -- meteorological summer, that is ... The three-month outlook from the Climate Prediction Center shows a good chance that Alabama will have above-average temperatures in June, July and August. ... Summer is officially here -- at least by some ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA Condemned sex offender dies while awaiting execution in connection with killing San Luis Obispo County family KTLA A 74-year-old sex offender sentenced to death for killing a woman and three of her children has died on death row, California corrections officials said Tuesday. Richard Allen Benson was found unresponsive alone in his San Quentin State Prison cell early ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Park Ridge veterans mark Memorial Day with ceremonies Chicago Tribune The first of two Memorial Day ceremonies took place at the Civil War Memorial inside Town of Maine Cemetery. Members of the Park Ridge Mel Tierney American Legion Post hosted the ceremony and were given a police escort from City Hall to the cemetery in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charleston Post Courier Graham says US will maintain strong relationship with Israel regardless of prime minister Charleston Post Courier COLUMBIA — Amid a potential shakeup to the Israeli government, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said the relationship between the U.S. and Israel will remain strong regardless of who is prime minister. Graham, R-S.C., told reporters during a visit to Jerusalem on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider Obama says he 'absolutely' wants to know more about UFOs and hopes they can unite us if they're real Business Insider Former President Barack Obama recently spoke about UFOs in a podcast interview. · Obama told New York Times columnist Ezra Klein that hopefully aliens could unite humans. Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Clint Smith traces the harrowing history of slavery in 'How the Word Is Passed' Seattle Times He captures the devastating personal impacts of slavery: children separated from their families, sexual assault and appalling violence and brutality. He also provides critical context: The slave trade, for example, was an integral part of larger capitalist and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Editor of JAMA to Step Down Following Racist Incident The New York Times Dr. Howard Bauchner will leave his post after a colleague suggested "taking racism out of the conversation" on a journal podcast. Flag as irrelevant
	Sporting News Bruce Arians: Tom Brady may be set for a different than usual role at Buccaneers' minicamp Sporting News Mandatory minicamp is rapidly approaching for the Buccaneers and with it will come a key decision for Bruce Arians: How much work is he willing to let Tom Brady do? The 43-year-old veteran is recovering from offseason knee surgery. While Brady, an ... Flag as irrelevant
	TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Guns N' Roses cancels Target Field show, books September stop at Xcel Energy Center TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Tickets are priced from $35.50 to $995 and go on sale at noon Friday through Ticketmaster. But tickets may well be scarce for the show. GNR had been booked to play Target Field on July 16, ... Flag as irrelevant
	MarketWatch WHO grants emergency use of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, second Chinese-made shots approved MarketWatch The U.N. health agency said data showed that two doses of the vaccine prevented people from getting symptoms of COVID-19 in about half of those who got the vaccine. The World Health Organization has issued an emergence use listing for the COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times US extends deadline letting Chevron stay in Venezuela Seattle Times The special license exempting the companies from U.S. sanctions comes as the Biden administration reviews the U.S. policy that seek to starve President Nicolás Maduro's socialist government of badly needed oil revenue. It allows Chevron and other ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFist With Bay Area COVID Cases Continuing to Decline, Marin and Solano Counties Reach New Tiers SFist The COVID picture around the Bay Area has been slowly but surely improving, with hospitalization numbers finally ticking downward and new case numbers in single digits some days in some counties. The seven-day average of daily new cases in the Bay ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bring Me The News Minneapolis ends its indoor face mask mandate Bring Me The News Gov. Tim Walz ended the statewide mask mandate on May 14 following updated CDC guidance that stated vaccinated people don't need to wear masks indoors unless in a few specific settings (such as healthcare), but Minneapolis and St. Paul kept their local ... Flag as irrelevant
	WeAreGreenBay.com The June 1 Designation: What it means for the Packers and Aaron Rodgers WeAreGreenBay.com GREEN BAY (WFRV) – As "Aaron Rodgers Watch" enters a new month on the calendar, June 1 represents a significant date as far as the feasibility of a trade. When news first broke that Rodgers wanted out of Green Bay on the night of the NFL Draft, it set into ... Flag as irrelevant
	Midwest Communication Michigan reports 862 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday, 13 more deaths Fox17 A total of 978 adults with confirmed or suspected cases of the virus are hospitalized in the state. As of May 28, 818,165 have recovered from the virus. 10,957,415 COVID-19 vaccines have been ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian 'Our society is totally nuts': Fauci emails lift lid on life in eye of the Covid storm The Guardian As Anthony Fauci, the US's leading infectious diseases official, grappled with the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, he was pulled in many directions. Donald Trump's White House, which was downplaying the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca Russia's Kremlin cracks down on dissent before September parliamentary election Globalnews.ca Russian authorities are cracking down on dissent before a crucial parliamentary election in September, in what a leading Kremlin critic on Tuesday described as an attempt to sideline opponents. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian tycoon who moved to London ... Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News It's time to search all residential schools for unmarked graves, First Nations groups say CTV News TORONTO -- The head of a First Nations organization in Saskatchewan says ground searches will soon be underway at the 22 residential schools in that province, as calls for a similar effort to take place across the country grow louder. Chief Bobby Cameron ... Flag as irrelevant
	WDRB Louisville Free Public Library begins 10-week summer reading program WDRB LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Free Public Library's annual summer reading program started Tuesday. Participants that complete the free program receive prizes and passes to local attractions like the Kentucky Science Center, Frazier History ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Chattanoogan Desha Wilkins Named Hamilton County 4-H June Dairy Month Chairman The Chattanoogan Wilkins was honored May 21 at the Tennessee June Dairy Month Kickoff Event at Battle Mountain Farm in College Grove. The event included recognition from Celeste Blackburn, president of the American Dairy Association of Tennessee. The official ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg NATO to Discuss Spending Ahead of Key Summit: Brussels Edition Bloomberg Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg's daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union. Foreign and defense ministers of NATO countries hold separate meetings today as the 30-nation alliance seeks to turn the page on four ... Flag as irrelevant
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