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Early Addition: Couple In Luxury McMansion Point Guns At Peaceful Protesters In St. Louis


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Published Jun 29, 2020


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  • As protesters marched by, a white couple in St. Louis emerged from their marble mansion carrying guns and threatening people.
  • The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana abortion restriction law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic by a vote of 5-4.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that anti-vaxxers could hold the country back from reaching herd immunity once a vaccine is available.
  • Climate change is getting worse and worse during the pandemic.
  • Also: nearly twice as many properties around the country may be susceptible to flood damage than previously thought, according to a new effort to map the danger.
  • Country singer Chase Rice held a crowded concert, free of social distancing and masks, in Tennessee.
  • Stereogum has launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to stay independent and avoid shutting down completely.
  • Mel Magazine has an oral history of The Onion's iconic 9/11 issue.
  • During an interview with Fox News about his expertise on statues, Donald Trump misidentified a statue of a cowboy in his office as Teddy Roosevelt.
  • Many companies are embracing telecommuting and downplaying the role of offices in the future, but the Times writes that there is a history of companies reneging on promises to embrace remote work.
  • Listen to "Pigeons," the brilliant first song off of Bill Callahan's upcoming album Gold Record.
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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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