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| U.N. chief: School closures amid pandemic have caused 'generational catastrophe' |
| Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:37:50 -0400 |
 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for nations to place the reopening of schools as a top priority in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. |
| On This Day, Aug. 4: Anne Frank captured by Gestapo |
| Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:00:06 -0400 |
 On Aug. 4, 1944, acting on a tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captured 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family. |
| Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina as residents brace for impacts |
| Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:58:27 -0400 |
 Tropical Storm Isaias will regain its strength to a Category 1 hurricane Monday evening and make landfall in North and South Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said in an updated advisory. |
| Census Bureau to end counting a month early |
| Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:07:54 -0400 |
 The U.S. Census Bureau announced it will end all data collection efforts on Sept. 30, a month earlier than planned. |
| Multiple people injured after 3 hot air balloons crash in Wyoming |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 23:44:59 -0400 |
 More than a dozen people were injured when three hot air balloons crashed Monday in Wyoming. |
| Esper: Nation grieves over 9 service members killed in training |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:50:07 -0400 |
 Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday the United States grieves the deaths of eight Marines and a Sailor who were killed over the weekend when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the California coast. |
| Tedros: There may never be a 'silver bullet' to cure COVID-19 |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:38:52 -0400 |
 WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus said Monday there may not ever be a "silver bullet" cure for COVID-19, encouraging the nations of the world to take necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. |
| Seized Fyre Festival merch auctioned off by U.S. Marshals |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:20:50 -0400 |
 U.S. Marshals are auctioning promotional hats, clothing, and other merchandise left over from the disastrous 2017 Bahamas Fyre Festival fraud scheme as a way to raise forfeiture funds. |
| U.S. CEOs urge Congress to approve small business coronavirus rescue aid |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:25:26 -0400 |
 Saying American small business owners need a "Marshall Plan," 100 U.S. CEOS of large companies such as Starbucks, Salesforce and Walt Disney Company urged Congress in a letter to increase rescue aid for small businesses. |
| Israel conducts airstrikes in Syria after thwarting explosive attack near Golan Heights |
| Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:02:42 -0400 |
 Israeli Defense Forces said they conducted a series of airstrikes against multiple targets in Syria on Monday after thwarting a potential IED attack by four men the night before. |
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