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  • Health officials say Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June “likely contributed” to a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases there.
  • Has the pandemic destroyed your friendships (along with everything else)?
  • Alexander Vindman, a lieutenant colonel and national security aide who testified during Donald Trump's impeachment case, announced that he will retire from the army, accusing the president of running a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” against him.
  • This made me laugh, maybe it will make you laugh: "Dumbass Dog Wearing Face Mask All Wrong."
  • George Floyd told officers more than 20 times that he could not breathe, according to newly released transcripts of Minneapolis police body camera footage.
  • Jane Walenta, the artist behind Brooklyn Bridge Park's historic carousel, died on July 5th. She was 76.
  • Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is joining CNBC for a nightly newscast.
  • Does this not sound like the makings of a romcom: an Oregon man driving a stolen car crashed into a woman who was driving another stolen car.
  • Because of the pandemic shutdown, graffiti has made a resurgence in NYC.
  • Black comedians are calling out Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City for problems dealing with race, inclusion and paying performers.
  • The Times enlisted 29 writers to write short stories about the pandemic inspired by The Decameron.
  • And finally, look at this precious angel: