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Oakland protesters set fire to courthouse, smash windows

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A protest in Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when a small group of demonstrators wearing helmets and goggles and carrying large signs that doubled as shields set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers, authorities said. About 700 demonstrators participated in what …

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Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening

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The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. per day has roughly doubled over the past month, hitting 44,800 on Tuesday. California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona’s outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis …

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