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  • President Biden says there needs to be a new push to register and educate voters, and new pressure on the Senate to pass a bill. Vice President Harris will lead his charge for voting rights.
  • The CDC has reversed its position that vaccinated people no longer need masks and recommends masking up again in certain settings. Does that mean grocery stores? What about roller coasters?
  • The Trump administration asked, and the Supreme Court allowed, for a suspension to a lower court order that extends the census schedule. The move sharpens the threat of an incomplete count.
  • California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is under pressure to call off a special election for his reform measures this fall. Three of the four major proposals have been withdrawn or challenged. Now the governor's redistricting measure faces a legal challenge in the state court of appeals.
  • Oregon's governor says he'll leave office next week. Democrat John Kitzhaber had been under pressure to resign amid ethics investigations related to his fiancee's consulting work. In recent days, leaders from his own party asked him to step down. Rachel Martin talks with Northwest News Network's Chirs Lehman.
  • Women in Iraq's capital say crime, economic uncertainty and religious conservatism are curtailing their freedoms. As a result, many young women say they feel trapped in their homes. Some feel they had more freedoms under Saddam Hussein than they do now.
  • State health officials, Tuesday, reported a new record high number of coronavirus cases recorded in a single day since the pandemic began. The 2,783 cases reported June 16 bring the statewide total number of cases to 80,109.The Florida Department of Health also reported 55 new coronavirus-related deaths, Tuesday, increasing the statewide death toll to 2,993 fatalities including more than 1,500 deaths in long-term care facilities.
  • In a split with President Trump, Vice President Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has said he will not attend.
  • In a new statement made jointly with teachers unions, the American Academy of Pediatrics now says "science and community circumstances must guide decision-making."
  • The Florida Department of Health said in a statement that there are two presumptive positive coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the state.According to FL-DOH,…
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