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• Presidential candidate Joe Biden visits with family of man shot by police in Kenosha, WI.
• President and Republican National Committee sue to stop vote by mail in Montana.
• 7 police officers suspended over suffocating death of black man in Rochester, N.Y.
• Experts discount President’s pledge to release a coronavirus vaccine before election.
• California Democrats demand funding to reopen schools during pandemic.
• LA declares fiscal emergency, furloughs 15,000 workers amidst coronvirus pandemic.
• As lawsuit challenges Census count 1 month early, California races to meet deadline.
• Trump administration plans to collect biometric data of immigrants including D.N.A.
• New oil and gas well permits in California up 190%, say public interest groups.

Photo from Joe Biden’s Facebook page.

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