The Daily Populous

Friday July 3rd, 2020 night edition

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(Reuters) - Florida shattered records on Thursday when it reported over 10,000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase in the state since the pandemic started, according to a Reuters tally.

Outbreaks in Texas, California, Florida and Arizona have helped the United States break records and send cases rising at rates not seen since April.

In June, Florida infections rose by 168% or over 95,000 new cases.

The percent of tests coming back positive has skyrocketed to 15% from 4% at the end of May.

Florida, with 21 million residents, has reported more new daily coronavirus cases than any European country had at the height of their outbreaks.

Only one other state has reported more than 10,000 new cases in a single day.

Once the epicenter of the U.S. epidemic, New York saw cases rise by about 6% in June - the lowest rate in the entire country. »

Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges

Authored by nbcnewyork.com

Epstein, a friend to presidents and captains of industry, died by suicide last August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

She was found living at a reclusive, million-dollar luxury home with 156 acres of rural mountainside property, federal prosecutors said.

Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, outlines the charges filed against Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell. »

Fastest-growing black hole in the universe eats the equivalent of one sun per day

Authored by zmescience.com

Astronomers have come across a monstrously large black hole with a gargantuan appetite.

Each passing day, the insatiable void known as J2157 consumes gas and dust equivalent in mass to the sun, making it the fastest-growing black hole in the universe.

“Is this galaxy one of the behemoths of the early Universe, or did the black hole just swallow up an extraordinary amount of its surroundings? »

Trump 2020 campaign accused of ‘ripping off’ Nazi eagle logo

Authored by globalnews.ca
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The logo, which can be found on T-shirts sold through the Trump campaign website, shows a stylized eagle grasping a circle containing the American flag.

The Trump and Nazi symbols depict the eagle in the same perched spread-wing pose, although the Nazi bird is typically drawn with more sharp-edged lines.

This is the second time in two weeks that the Trump campaign has been accused of using Nazi imagery. »