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U.S. sees record economic downturn, newly unsealed documents in Ghislaine Maxwell's case, and more from Apple News

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Coronavirus hotspots emerge in the Midwest


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Ohio and Missouri are reporting record highs of new cases “because of vacations and other reasons of travel,” said Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House task force. Meanwhile, new infections are leveling off in Texas, Arizona, and Florida, though deaths from COVID-19 are rising. Reuters
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The latest data showed the economy shrank the most in history last quarter, and that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is growing. Today, the emergency $600-per-week federal payment for people out of work expires because of a stalemate in Congress. POLITICO
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Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential hopeful, died of COVID-19. He was 74. Fox News
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What scientists are saying about airborne transmission, plus a map of the virus’s spread, in our always-updating COVID-19 hub. Apple News Spotlight
John Lewis, the civil-rights icon and longtime congressman, was laid to rest in Atlanta. In the eulogy, Barack Obama called Lewis a “founding father of a fuller, fairer, better America” and encouraged Americans to carry forward Lewis’s life work and press for racial justice. CNN Politics
President Trump floated the idea of delaying the November election, but that’s not a decision he has the power to make. Only Congress could change the date, and neither party supports such a move. NPR
The officer who killed Michael Brown won’t face charges, the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney said, after a reexamination of the 2014 case. The death of Brown, a Black teenager who was shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked protests and a national debate about police brutality and racism. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Newly unsealed documents show Ghislaine Maxwell is alleged to have converted an underage girl into a “sex slave” and that she had more recent contact with Jeffrey Epstein than she claims. Maxwell is awaiting trial in New York. Bloomberg
NASA successfully launched a Mars rover — its most ambitious yet — that is expected to reach the red planet in February to search for signs of ancient life. CNET

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