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Supreme Court Allows Restrictions on Voting by Ex-Felons

State voted yes. GOP legislature put “poll tax” stopper on to overturn what voters approved. #suppress vote big time,.

The case concerned a Florida state law that limited the sweep of a voter initiative meant to allow former prisoners to vote.

Scott Morrison says Australia cannot shut down to contain second wave of Covid-19

He’s giving up and accepting death of Australians needlessly?

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Prime minister says trying to eliminate virus not the ‘right strategy’ as he moves to reassure people income support will remain

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Scott Morrison says the response to a second wave of Covid-19 infections cannot be shutting the country down to try to eliminate the virus, and he’s moved to reassure people his government will not be withdrawing income support “for those in need”.

With renewed debate around whether Australia should respond to the latest outbreak and a spike in community transmission with more forceful lockdowns, Morrison said on Wednesday elimination was impractical, but Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton told reporters it was an idea “worthy of consideration”.

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The deadly plague that could devastate the US rabbit population

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Scientists aren’t sure they can mitigate the spread of the virus, which causes fevers, internal bleeding and liver failure

In early March, Gary Roemer was walking in the hills of New Mexico with his dog, Duke. Usually Duke would chase rabbits, but never catch them. This time, though, he brought back a jackrabbit.

Roemer, a wildlife biologist with the University of New Mexico in Las Cruces, initially thought the rabbit was just feeble. But the next day he found a fresh carcass with grisly conditions: it was bleeding from the nose and the anus. “That’s when I thought: this is pretty unusual,” Roemer says.

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Cecil Rhodes statue in Cape Town decapitated

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Police open vandalism case after head removed from statue of 19th-century colonialist

Activists in South Africa have beheaded a statue of the 19th-century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, a diamond magnate who became wealthy through the labour of black miners and then limited the amount of land they could own.

The statue in Cape Town is the latest to be targeted as part of a global reckoning over racial injustice sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in the US in May.

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Magaluf main strip shut down after outcry over drunk and maskless tourists

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Punta Ballena in Mallorca closed for at least two months after social distancing ignored

Spanish authorities have shut down all shops, bars and restaurants along Magaluf’s notorious Punta Ballena strip in Mallorca, days after images emerged of drunk tourists paying little heed to regulations on wearing masks and social distancing.

The closures, which also extend to two streets known for partying near S’Arenal beach, will take effect immediately and will last at least two months, the regional government said on Wednesday.

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Boris Johnson indicates at PMQs he has not read winter coronavirus report

Waiting for the anime version?

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Keir Starmer presses PM over scientists’ call for preparations for possible second wave

Boris Johnson has indicated he has not read a government-commissioned report setting out urgent measures needed to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, telling the Commons only that he was “aware” of it.

Johnson was questioned at length by Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions about the study by 37 senior doctors and scientists, published this week, and the need for an effective test-and-trace system to mitigate any new outbreak.

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Covid: India records 30,000+ cases in a day

The Covid-19 pandemic worsened in the country as fresh cases on Tuesday zoomed past the 30,000 mark for the first time, even as total deaths from the virus crossed 24,000, with the second-highest single-day addition of 582 fatalities to the toll. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened in the country as fresh cases on Tuesday zoomed past the 30,000 mark for the first time, even as total deaths from the virus crossed 24,000, with the second-highest single-day addition of 582 fatalities to the toll.