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Subscribers Back Issues Search Columns Courthouse COVID-19 Measures For subscription info click here George Floyd’s Brother Urges House to Pass Police Reforms Philonise Floyd challenged House Judiciary committee members Wednesday to change and reform policing in America for his brother George — the 46-year-old black man asphyxiated on Memorial Day under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. by JACK RODGERS Mnuchin Touts Recovery as Experts Predict Deeper Burn Telling senators that the federal lending program for small businesses facing coronavirus-related financial difficulty has overcome an admittedly shaky rollout, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin predicted that the economy is poised to rebound with gusto. by BRANDI BUCHMAN Scientists Expect More Pandemics in Age of Globalization, Climate Change & Assault on Nature Here’s an unsettling possibility: The deadly coronavirus infecting millions of people around the planet may turn out to mark the onset of an age in which a natural world under siege from human activities injects more new diseases into humanity’s ever-more-globalized bloodstream. by CAIN BURDEAU Americans Divided on Returning to Routine Due to Virus by NATHAN SOLIS 3-in-4 Americans Believe Undocumented Workers Fill Unwanted Jobs by VICTORIA PRIESKOP Sandoz, Pfizer and 2 Dozen Accused of Fixing Generic Drug Prices by CHRISTINE STUART Retired Judge Says Flynn’s Guilty Plea Must Stand by MEGAN MINEIRO California Judicial Council Ends Covid-Related Emergency Bail Schedule by MARIA DINZEO 7th Circuit Blocks Feds From Enforcing Public Charge Immigration Rule in Illinois by JOE KELLY Political Currents Fifth in Primary, Baltimore Mayor Has Advice for Race's Winner Outgoing Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young offered congratulations and some words of wisdom Wednesday after coming in fifth in a primary race dominated by City Council President Brandon Scott. by EDWARD ERICSON Jr. At NAACP Town Hall, Biden Backs Police Reform by MARTIN MACIAS JR. Oscar Grant’s Father Tells Protesters to Keep Fighting in Oakland by NICHOLAS IOVINO Fourth Circuit Blasts Deadly Police Force: ‘This Has to Stop’ by BRAD KUTNER Former Pro Wrestler Projected to Win Nevada GOP Primary for House Seat by BRAD POOLE Judge Declares Courthouse Immigration Arrests Illegal in New York by ADAM KLASFELD Ousted State Watchdog Says He Was Fired for ‘No Valid Reason’ by TIM RYAN Finance Most Markets Tread Water, but Tech-Heavy Nasdaq Soars Wall Street had a mixed day Wednesday, as some exchanges remained flat following the Federal Reserve’s economic forecast while the Nasdaq broke the 10,000-point mark. by NICK RUMMELL In the Courts Dutch Prosecutor Pushes Back on Russia in MH17 Plane Crash Trial Russia’s alternative theories about how a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 are not plausible, a Dutch public prosecutor said during the trial of four men accused of helping to bring it down. by MOLLY QUELL Journalist Blinded in One Eye During Protest Sues Minneapolis Police Chief A journalist who was left permanently blind in one eye after being with a projectile during recent protests in Minneapolis claims in a lawsuit that the city and law enforcement officials used excessive force and violated her First Amendment rights. by ANDY MONSERUD Sweden Says Dead Office Worker Was Behind Europe’s JFK-Like Murder In the end, after 34 years of investigations into the assassination of popular socialist Prime Minister Olof Palme, Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday said they did not uncover a wide-ranging political conspiracy behind his killing. by CAIN BURDEAU Florida Inmates Take Fight for Hepatitis Treatment to 11th Circuit With an eye toward ending a saga of preventable deaths from hepatitis C in Florida jails, inmates are fighting to preserve a court order that forces Sunshine State prisons to treat early stages of the disease. by IZZY KAPNICK LA County Expands Reopening Despite Rising Infection Numbers Los Angeles County health officials announced Wednesday they will move ahead with reopening gyms, spectator-free professional sports, museums, TV production and other sectors of the economy at the end of the week despite a rise in infections from the novel coronavirus. by NATHAN SOLIS California Vineyard Drops Lawsuit After State Issues Reopening Guidelines Prominent Napa winery Caymus Vineyards has dropped its federal lawsuit claiming it was unfairly excluded from reopening following Governor Gavin Newsom’s Monday announcement that all tasting rooms across California can resume service even if they do not serve food. by MARIA DINZEO Texas Virus Hospitalizations Break Records as Reopening Continues by TRAVIS BUBENIK Upgrading LaGuardia Is One Thing Pandemic Hasn’t Derailed by AMANDA OTTAWAY Florida University Wants Jurors to Know Name of Rape Victim A Florida university asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday to allow the school to reveal the name of an alleged rape victim to jurors during an upcoming Title IX discrimination trial. by ALEX PICKETT Read the Top 8 California Courts Covid Recap Science & Research Further Secrets of Planet Creation Uncovered in 'Peter Pan Disks' British scientists have revealed how the recently discovered planet forming disks, coined with the name Peter Pan disks for their longevity, come to be formed, furthering our understanding of how planets are created. by MADELINE REYES Archaeologists Discover Ancient Bird Figurine in China Archaeologists recently discovered the oldest known instance of East Asian three-dimensional art while excavating a spoil heap from a well dug in Lingjing, Henan, China. by DUSTIN MANDUFFIE Scientists Discover Some Islands Prove Resistant to Sea Level Rise Scientists have long warned of the potential dangers rising sea levels could pose to coral reef islands, but new research released Wednesday suggests that those islands may be far more adaptable than we gave them credit for. by CARSON MCCULLOUGH Most Popular Satanist Loses Challenge to Missouri Abortion Consent Law by JOE HARRIS Survival Time of Covid-19 Droplets Linked to Climate and Location by VICTORIA PRIESKOP Austin-Area Sheriff Who Resisted Probe on Slain Motorist Asked to Resign by DAVID LEE In Brief by ROBERT KAHN From the Walt Girdner Studio BajaDirtRoad-WG Image 1 of 54 Dirt road to the Pacific, Baja California (Walt Girdner photo) Rulings by KELSEY JUKAM More Top News Briefings More News Law Self-Represented Identity Thief Asks Court to Toss Sentence Austin-Area Sheriff Who Resisted Probe on Slain Man Asked to Resign George Floyd Laid to Rest in Houston ‘Homegoing Celebration’ Ex-Businessman Argues Mental Illness Should Void Fraud Sentence Politics NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag From Its Races, Venues Ex-DOJ Officials Ask Internal Watchdog to Investigate Barr Pope Sends Message to US Catholics After Floyd Death LAPD Costco Shooting Violated Department Policy, Oversight Body Rules Science IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Calls for Police Reforms 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