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Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to block mail voting in Montana

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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid by Republicans and the Trump campaign to block mail voting in Montana.The emergency application was denied by Justice Elena Kagan without any additio…

Police recorded offering to turn blind eye to prayer against COVID rules – The Jerusalem Post (politics first, health of all citizens second)

A police commander in the ultra-Orthodox city of Modiin Illit made an offer this week to an influential individual within the extremist Jerusalem Faction group that the police would ignore mass prayer indoors as long as the congregation pretended to disperse.
The revelation comes following allegations against the Jerusalem police that similar deals had been struck with extremist hassidic communities in Mea Shearim during the course of the recent holiday season.

Source: Police recorded offering to turn blind eye to prayer against COVID rules – The Jerusalem Post

Dozens infected, nine dead in COVID-19 outbreak at a Santa Cruz County nursing home

A skilled nursing home in Santa Cruz County is suffering a severe outbreak of COVID-19, with 61 people having tested positive and nine dead, a county health spokeswoman said Thursday.

Of the 61 infected at the Watsonville Post-Acute Center, nine were staff. All those who died were residents and ranged in age from their early 70s to 90s, said Corinne Hyland, a public information officer for the county Department of Public Health. The facility is licensed for 95 beds.

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A severe outbreak of coronavirus infection at a nursing home in Santa Cruz County has led to 61 cases and nine fatalities.

Companies slam Trump ally Harlan Hill after vulgar attack on Kamala Harris

Hill will no longer be allowed to appear on Fox News, the network said Thursday.

Both American Airlines and AT&T distanced themselves from him on Thursday and demanded he stop using their names and logo on his website.

“We have found no record of this person working for us, and he certainly never will in the future. We have contacted him and demanded he remove our name and logo from his website,” Jim Greer, a spokesman for AT&T, told CNBC.

Source: Companies slam Trump ally Harlan Hill after vulgar attack on Kamala Harris