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Straight To It: Gwen’s Friday, July 30 recap

Jul 30, 2021

By Straight Arrow News

Gwen’s picks for Friday, July 30 include:

Team USA leads the Olympic medal count!
American Pole Vaulter, Sam Kendricks tests positive for COVID at the Olympics. Senator Roger Wicker requests the Olympic Committee retest Kendricks and let him compete.
CDC says the Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox.
Scarlett Johansson files lawsuit against Disney.

Politics

Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial: Legal experts debate name coined by media.

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Black Chicagoans feel neglected as millions funneled to migrant crisis

Congress wants to curtail ‘judge shopping.’ Can it act before the election?

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U.S.

Utah students protest ‘furries,’ school admin deny problem

1 min ago

San Francisco Zoo to welcome pandas in diplomatic exchange with China

Department of Justice cracking down on carjackings in 7 states

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International

Israel carries out strike against Iran

9 hrs ago

NASA warns that China is using civilian cover to weaponize space

Heavy rain leads to ‘historic weather event’ in UAE

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Tech

Meta AI debuts across platforms raising privacy, bias concerns

3 hrs ago

FBI director warns Chinese hackers waiting for ‘just the right moment’ to strike

911 emergency outages resolved in four states

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