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 | | | A call for justice | | The latest on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The nation braces for a likely historic unemployment rate. It's Thursday's news. | | |
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| New details emerge in the slaying of a Georgia jogger. The unemployment rate is predicted to break records. And antibody tests may not be the coronavirus savior we've been hoping for – yet. |
| It's Ashley with the news you need to know, and a pup to cheer you up. |
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Why didn't police arrest the men who shot Arbery? |
| Attorneys for the family of Ahmaud Arbery believe he was the victim of racial profiling after he was chased down while jogging and shot by two white men in Georgia as a third white man recorded the killing on video. Gregory McMichael, a former police officer, and his adult son Travis were captured on the video, which was taken by Travis' neighbor. The three men were in "hot pursuit" of Arbery, according to a memo obtained by USA TODAY, written by the district attorney who previously led the investigation into Arbery's death. The attorney initially told police that he did not see grounds for an arrest of the men, according to the memo. Now, attorneys for Arbery's family want an immediate arrest and many are calling for justice. |
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 | | A crowd marches through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga on May 5, 2020. They were demanding answers in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. | | Bobby Haven, AP | |
Brace for a historic unemployment rate |
| Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the nation braces for a likely historic unemployment rate. Almost 3.2 million Americans filed new jobless claims last week, pushing the total to an astonishing 33 million in less than two months as the coronavirus crisis continues to hammer the U.S economy. The tally signals what is almost certain to be the worst unemployment rate ever seen when the government reports that figure Friday. The number who sought assistance through March and April exceeds all the jobs created since the Great Recession. |
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New York exceeds 20,000 deaths due to COVID-19 |
| New York topped 20,000 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, far exceeding any other state. Only four countries have absorbed more deaths than New York. The positive news: They've been on the decline in recent weeks, with 231 cases reported Thursday. But New York continues to be the COVID-19 epicenter in the nation, even as new cases and hospitalizations slow. Nationwide, the pandemic has shown no signs of retreat. |
| • | President Trump is A-OK: A member of the U.S. military who serves in the White House has tested positive for the coronavirus, but President Donald Trump has since tested negative. | | • | Step away from the antibody test: Medical experts have some advice for Americans thinking about getting coronavirus antibody tests: Don't – at least not until the questionable ones have been weeded out and scientists know whether people who survived COVID-19 are immune from the virus. | | • | Give it to me straight: There were more than 75,400 deaths and 1.2 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. on Thursday. | |
 | | A police officer wears a protective mask as he walks among people at the Union Square GreenMarket on Saturday in New York. | | Frank Franklin II/AP | |
Is Flynn off the hook? |
| Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, is having his criminal case dropped by the Justice Department. Remember him? Flynn pleaded guilty in late 2017 to lying about discussing election-related sanctions against Russia with Sergey Kislyak, then the Russian ambassador to the U.S., in the weeks before Trump took office. The decision to drop his case, sure to ignite fresh speculation about Attorney General William Barr's close relationship with the White House, comes just more than a week after Trump claimed that newly released FBI notes exonerate Flynn. |
 | | Donald Trump and Michael Flynn back in 2016. | | George Frey, George Frey | |
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Senate fails to override Trump's veto of Iran war measure |
| The Senate on Thursday failed to override Trump's veto of an Iran war powers resolution that would have barred Trump from using military force against Iran without approval from congress. In his veto statement, Trump called the resolution "very insulting" and leveled unexpectedly harsh criticism at Republicans who supported it. He argued that Democrats were using the issue to divide the GOP in an election year. The measure was introduced after the strike that killed Tehran's most powerful military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Iran responded by launching ballistic missiles at an Iraqi airbase housing American troops. |
A break from the news |
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Employee of the day 🐾 |
| Now that many of us are WFH, you may have found yourself with a purr-fect new colleague: YOUR PETS! Send me their picture at TheShortList@usatoday.com. |
| Meet Bogey. He's on the lookout for any humans not adhering to proper social distancing guidelines. Bogey firmly believes that all cats should be quarantined for good. |
 | | Bogey takes his job as guard dog at the Dalton household in California very, very seriously. | | Samantha Dalton | |
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