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• President Joe Biden is returning home to Delaware to self-isolate after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The White House has confirmed that Biden, who is fully vaccinated, is experiencing mild symptoms and is being treated with antivirals while doctors await the results of a confirmation test.
• The Biden campaign held an event in Milwaukee today to call out Donald Trump’s poor choice for vice president, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
• A new shelter camp in Gaza is designed to support refugees with disabilities. After nine months of war, the needs and population of disabled individuals are growing.
• Five Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives, Milwaukee’s police chief said.
• July 17, 2024, marks the fourth anniversary of the death of the late Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
• The San Francisco Police Department was sued Tuesday over its use of facial recognition technology.
• Researchers with the University of California system and labor advocates rallied outside Genentech Hall on UC San Francisco’s campus today to call out the University of California Board of Regents for unfair labor practices. They also protested the UC’s handling of pro-Palestine student protests across the UC campuses.

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