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- Trump's Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have broken federal law on his way to becoming a top Republican fundraiser, according to former employees who say they were pressured to write checks and attend Republican fundraisers at his North Carolina mansion.
- “There’s fire on all sides, all around us.” A terrifying video from the California wildfires.
- Shootings have skyrocketed in NYC but police have arrested far fewer suspects than usual, furthering speculation about an NYPD slowdown intended to undermine recent criminal justice reforms.
- A man who was hospitalized for COVID-19 in March has recovered and was finally released from Elmhurst hospital six months after he was admitted.
- At least four boats sank during a pro-Trump boat parade on a Texas lake.
- Having been slammed for a "complete disregard for a global pandemic," fashion influencer Danielle Bernstein has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer seven times, released a powerful video from his hospital bed.
- 20 NYU students have been suspended for violating social distancing rules.
- Vox ranks the "gayest" Disney films.
- A former neo-Nazi explains how people fall prey to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
- And finally, here's a 660-pound Florida alligator getting the medical help it needs.
Published Sep 6, 2020
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