upi--2020-05-30--Israeli police fatally shoot unarmed Palestinian man

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Israeli police fatally shot an unarmed Palestinian man headed to school for people with disabilities in East Jerusalem on Saturday .
Israeli police identified the man as Iyad Khairi Hallak , 32 , a resident of the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in East Jerusalem Officers shot Hallak after spotting him holding what they described as a `` suspicious object , '' near Jerusalem 's Lion 's Gate .
They said they instructed Hallak to stop but he fled the scene , at which border police were called .
The border police helped chase Hallak on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the officers were unable to locate a `` suspicious object . ''
Jerusalem police closed the gates to the Old City amid fear of protests following the fatal shooting .
Temple Mount has been scheduled to reopen Sunday .
Investigators said two border police officers , who have not been identified , opened fire on Hallak , one of whom missed Authorities are investigating both border officers under suspicion of causing death by negligence .
`` This is a murder , and this is not the first time this has happened , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case needs to be thoroughly investigated .
Eight bullets were fired at him -- there are cameras that recorded everything . ''
The border police have blamed the Jerusalem police officers , who they said told them Hallak was a terrorist .
The more senior officer shot in the air while the victim tried to hide behind a dumpster , Haaretz reported .
The officer who shot Hallak said he suspected him of being a terrorist because he wore gloves .
`` This morning 's case was transferred to the Department of Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Israeli police wrote in a statement .
`` It is appropriate to wait for the results of the investigation 's findings before drawing any conclusions , and to avoid the ugliness and wrongful outbursts of commentary on those who put protecting the citizens of Israel in front of their own lives . ''
One of the officers has been released under restrictive conditions and the other has been placed on house arrest .
Hallak 's family said he had autism and `` was n't capable of harming anyone . ''
Lawyers for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tragedy occurred . ''

An Israeli border police leaves the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem last month. On Saturday, Jerusalem police closed the gates to the Old City amid fear of protests after a special needs student was fatally shot. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Israeli police fatally shot an unarmed Palestinian man headed to school for people with disabilities in East Jerusalem on Saturday. Israeli police identified the man as Iyad Khairi Hallak, 32, a resident of the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in East Jerusalem Advertisement
Officers shot Hallak after spotting him holding what they described as a "suspicious object," near Jerusalem's Lion's Gate. They said they instructed Hallak to stop but he fled the scene, at which border police were called. The border police helped chase Hallak on foot before shooting him. Afterward, the officers were unable to locate a "suspicious object."
Jerusalem police closed the gates to the Old City amid fear of protests following the fatal shooting. Temple Mount has been scheduled to reopen Sunday.
Investigators said two border police officers, who have not been identified, opened fire on Hallak, one of whom missed
Authorities are investigating both border officers under suspicion of causing death by negligence.
"This is a murder, and this is not the first time this has happened," prosecutor Gad Kadmani said. "The case needs to be thoroughly investigated. Eight bullets were fired at him -- there are cameras that recorded everything."
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The border police have blamed the Jerusalem police officers, who they said told them Hallak was a terrorist.
The more senior officer shot in the air while the victim tried to hide behind a dumpster, Haaretz reported. The officer who shot Hallak said he suspected him of being a terrorist because he wore gloves.
"This morning's case was transferred to the Department of Police Investigations to be examined and investigated," Israeli police wrote in a statement. "It is appropriate to wait for the results of the investigation's findings before drawing any conclusions, and to avoid the ugliness and wrongful outbursts of commentary on those who put protecting the citizens of Israel in front of their own lives."
One of the officers has been released under restrictive conditions and the other has been placed on house arrest.
Hallak's family said he had autism and "wasn't capable of harming anyone."
Lawyers for one of the officers said "a tragedy occurred."


upi--2020-05-30--Protests grip dozens of cities in response to George Floyd's death

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Protests erupted in dozens of cities across the United States overnight as activists called for justice for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis .
Speaking during a news conference Saturday , Minneapolis Gov .
Tim Walz blamed the violence on groups unrelated to the Floyd cause , including anarchists , white supremacists and drug cartel participants .
He said he plans to mobilize the National Guard to keep the peace for any further weekend protests .
`` Our cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are under assault , '' he said , blaming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destabilize society . ''
Walz said he spoke with Floyd 's family , who said the violence that had overtaken the city was counterproductive to the message activists were trying to send about the 46-year-old 's death .
Floyd died Monday after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck during an arrest for nearly 9 minutes .
There have been daily protests since the incident -- which was recorded on video -- calling for the officer and three others present during the arrest to face charges .
Chauvin was charged Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at $ 500,000 .
All four officers , including Thomas Lane , J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao , were fired from the MPD .
Protesters took to the streets across the country Friday night , many beginning as peaceful demonstrations that later took a more violent turn .
Several buildings were torched while businesses were vandalized and looted .
In the early hours of Saturday , Walz implored protesters to disperse .
`` The absolute chaos -- this is not grieving , and this is not making a statement [ about an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be fixed -- this is dangerous , '' he said .
`` You need to go home . ''
`` The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests , '' he added Saturday morning .
`` The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished . ''
`` There terrifying thing is that this resembles more a military operation now as you observe ringleaders moving from place to place . ''
Walz activated the National Guard earlier in the week , and 500 responded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minnesota National Guard tweeted Saturday that it 's activating an additional 1,000 service members Saturday .
`` This represents the largest domestic deployment in the Minnesota National Guard 's 164-year history , '' the agency said .
Protests gripped the nation 's capital , as well , with some 2,000 activists gathering outside the White House .
The Secret Service temporarily put the White House on lockdown Friday evening , not allowing anyone to leave or enter the building .
Some people said President Donald Trump 's tweet calling protesters `` thugs '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported .
`` We are human beings that want justice for our people , '' participant Anzhane Laine told the news station .
Washington , D.C. , police officers arrested five people , including one woman who allegedly climbed over a barrier .
Local officials said multiple Secret Service officers sustained injuries .
Officers deployed pepper spray int he crowd as they pushed against metal barriers and tried to remove them .
President Donald Trump condemned the protests outside the White House as having nothing to do with Floyd .
He also praised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Big crowd , professionally organized , but nobody came close to breaching the fence .
If they had they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs , and most ominous weapons , I have ever seen , '' Trump said in a series of tweets .
Police and thousands of demonstrators clashed outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn , with protesters throwing water bottles and other objects at officers .
The police shot tear gas to try to disperse the crowd , which chanted `` black lives matter '' and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made between 50 to 100 arrests , a senior police official told The New York Times .
Crowds also gathered in the nearby Fort Greene neighborhood , setting a patrol van on fire and tossing fireworks .
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for calm Friday night after protesters there torched a visitors center at Centennial Olympic Park and vandalized the CNN Center .
`` This is not a protest , '' she said .
`` This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr .
This is chaos .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was assassinated , we did n't do this to our city .
You are disgracing our city .
You are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country . ''
Police said they clashed with protesters , who threw knives , eggs , firecrackers and other debris .
Officers fired tear gas into the crowds .
Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp said Saturday he plans to deploy the National Guard to quell the disorder .
Demonstrators in Louisville protested not only the death of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor , a 26-year-old emergency medical technician killed while in bed in her own apartment when police conducted a raid .
Her boyfriend , Kenneth Walker , who was also shot in the March 13 raid , said police did n't identify themselves when they forced their way into the apartment .
Thinking the plainclothes officers were robbers , Walker said he discharged his gun , injuring one of the officers .
Protesters in Louisville and Lexington called for an end of police violence against unarmed black people .
The march in Lexington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they progressed through the city .
Police shot tear gas and pepper bullets in Louisville , though , to disperse crowds .
Footage from the protest appeared to show a Louisville Metro Police Department officer directly targeting at a WAVE-TV reporter and cameraman with pepper bullets .
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency in response to protests and imposed a curfew for the weekend .
Protesters set fire to the Multnomah County Justice Center , which includes the county jail and a police precinct .
People were working inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to evacuate and the facility 's sprinkler system doused the flames .
`` Burning buildings with people inside , stealing from small and large businesses , threatening and harassing reporters , '' Wheeler said .
`` All in the middle of a pandemic where people have already lost everything .
This is n't calling for meaningful change in our communities , this is disgusting . ''
Protests took place in several cities across California , with more than 400 people arrested in Los Angeles amid clashes with police .
The Los Angeles Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the confrontations , one with a head injury and another with a broken hand .
`` It 's unsafe .
It 's an unlawful assembly , '' LAPD Chief Michel Moore .
`` It 's dangerous for all the residents and others .
So it 's unfortunate .
It 's a dark day in our history , that we have to do this , but this is what 's going to save lives and this is going to save property . ''
In San Jose , protesters briefly shut down Highway 101 during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protester charged at and punched one officer before he was arrested .
San Jose police later opened live fire on an SUV that hit two protesters after the occupants of the vehicle got into a verbal confrontation with protesters .
Demonstrators threw objects at the SUV before it went into reverse , running over one pedestrian and knocking over another .
Protests were also seen in several cities in Denver , Chicago , Des Moines , Iowa , New Orleans , Lincoln , Neb.
, Boston , Detroit , Kansas City , Mo.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Richmond , Va. , and Seattle , and several cities in Indiana , Ohio and Texas .

Demonstrators hold a sign in Los Angeles on June 14 for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was shot by police in her home while she was sleeping. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Protests erupted in dozens of cities across the United States overnight as activists called for justice for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Speaking during a news conference Saturday, Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz blamed the violence on groups unrelated to the Floyd cause, including anarchists, white supremacists and drug cartel participants. He said he plans to mobilize the National Guard to keep the peace for any further weekend protests. Advertisement
"Our cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are under assault," he said, blaming riots on "an organized attempt to destabilize society."
Walz said he spoke with Floyd's family, who said the violence that had overtaken the city was counterproductive to the message activists were trying to send about the 46-year-old's death.
Floyd died Monday after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck during an arrest for nearly 9 minutes. There have been daily protests since the incident -- which was recorded on video -- calling for the officer and three others present during the arrest to face charges.
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Chauvin was charged Friday with third-degree murder and bail was set at $500,000. All four officers, including Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, were fired from the MPD.
Minneapolis
Protesters took to the streets across the country Friday night, many beginning as peaceful demonstrations that later took a more violent turn. Several buildings were torched while businesses were vandalized and looted.
In the early hours of Saturday, Walz implored protesters to disperse.
"The absolute chaos -- this is not grieving, and this is not making a statement [about an injustice] that we fully acknowledge needs to be fixed -- this is dangerous," he said. "You need to go home."
"The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests," he added Saturday morning. "The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished."
"There terrifying thing is that this resembles more a military operation now as you observe ringleaders moving from place to place."
Walz activated the National Guard earlier in the week, and 500 responded to Friday night's protests. The Minnesota National Guard tweeted Saturday that it's activating an additional 1,000 service members Saturday.
"This represents the largest domestic deployment in the Minnesota National Guard's 164-year history," the agency said.
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Washington, D.C.
Protests gripped the nation's capital, as well, with some 2,000 activists gathering outside the White House. The Secret Service temporarily put the White House on lockdown Friday evening, not allowing anyone to leave or enter the building.
Some people said President Donald Trump's tweet calling protesters "thugs" only served to enflame tensions, WRC-TV reported.
"We are human beings that want justice for our people," participant Anzhane Laine told the news station.
Washington, D.C., police officers arrested five people, including one woman who allegedly climbed over a barrier. Local officials said multiple Secret Service officers sustained injuries.
Officers deployed pepper spray int he crowd as they pushed against metal barriers and tried to remove them.
President Donald Trump condemned the protests outside the White House as having nothing to do with Floyd. He also praised the actions of the Secret Service.
"Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen," Trump said in a series of tweets.
New York City
Police and thousands of demonstrators clashed outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with protesters throwing water bottles and other objects at officers. The police shot tear gas to try to disperse the crowd, which chanted "black lives matter" and "we want justice."
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Police made between 50 to 100 arrests, a senior police official told The New York Times.
Crowds also gathered in the nearby Fort Greene neighborhood, setting a patrol van on fire and tossing fireworks.
Atlanta
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for calm Friday night after protesters there torched a visitors center at Centennial Olympic Park and vandalized the CNN Center.
"This is not a protest," she said. "This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. This is chaos. A protest has purpose. When Dr. King was assassinated, we didn't do this to our city. You are disgracing our city. You are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country."
Police said they clashed with protesters, who threw knives, eggs, firecrackers and other debris. Officers fired tear gas into the crowds.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday he plans to deploy the National Guard to quell the disorder.
Kentucky
Demonstrators in Louisville protested not only the death of Floyd, but also that of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician killed while in bed in her own apartment when police conducted a raid.
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Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was also shot in the March 13 raid, said police didn't identify themselves when they forced their way into the apartment. Thinking the plainclothes officers were robbers, Walker said he discharged his gun, injuring one of the officers.
Police opened fire, killing Taylor.
Protesters in Louisville and Lexington called for an end of police violence against unarmed black people. The march in Lexington was largely peaceful, shutting down roads as they progressed through the city.
Police shot tear gas and pepper bullets in Louisville, though, to disperse crowds. Footage from the protest appeared to show a Louisville Metro Police Department officer directly targeting at a WAVE-TV reporter and cameraman with pepper bullets.
Portland, Ore.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency in response to protests and imposed a curfew for the weekend.
Protesters set fire to the Multnomah County Justice Center, which includes the county jail and a police precinct. People were working inside the building, but they were able to evacuate and the facility's sprinkler system doused the flames.
"Burning buildings with people inside, stealing from small and large businesses, threatening and harassing reporters," Wheeler said. "All in the middle of a pandemic where people have already lost everything. This isn't calling for meaningful change in our communities, this is disgusting."
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California
Protests took place in several cities across California, with more than 400 people arrested in Los Angeles amid clashes with police. The Los Angeles Police Department said five officers were injured during the confrontations, one with a head injury and another with a broken hand.
"It's unsafe. It's an unlawful assembly," LAPD Chief Michel Moore. "It's dangerous for all the residents and others. So it's unfortunate. It's a dark day in our history, that we have to do this, but this is what's going to save lives and this is going to save property."
In San Jose, protesters briefly shut down Highway 101 during a tense standoff with police. One protester charged at and punched one officer before he was arrested.
San Jose police later opened live fire on an SUV that hit two protesters after the occupants of the vehicle got into a verbal confrontation with protesters. Demonstrators threw objects at the SUV before it went into reverse, running over one pedestrian and knocking over another.
Protests were also seen in several cities in Denver, Chicago, Des Moines, Iowa, New Orleans, Lincoln, Neb., Boston, Detroit, Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas, Charlotte, N.C., Richmond, Va., and Seattle, and several cities in Indiana, Ohio and Texas.


upi--2020-05-30--Google delays Android 11 unveiling

Google delays Android 11 unveiling

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Google announced Saturday that it will delay the unveiling of its new Android 11 @ @ @ @ @ are excited to tell you more about Android 11 , but now is not the @ @ @ @ @ the post read .
`` We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release @ @ @ @ @ with more on Android 11 soon . ''
Google did n't offer an explanation for @ @ @ @ @ comes as police brutality protests sweep through the United States and the world deals with @ @ @ @ @ killed at least 366,000 people .
Google had already delayed the release of Android 11 @ @ @ @ @ because Google I/O , an annual developer conference held in California , was canceled because @ @ @ @ @ launch of the first beta of Android 11 was previously scheduled to release along with @ @ @ @ @ Show '' on Wednesday , but this also is no longer set to take place @ @ @ @ @ the unveiling has not been released .

Google said Saturday it would delay unveiling the Android 11 operating system update. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Google announced Saturday that it will delay the unveiling of its new Android 11 operating system. Android developers announced the delay in a tweet. Advertisement
"We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate," the post read. "We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release. We'll be back with more on Android 11 soon."
Google didn't offer an explanation for the delay, but it comes as police brutality protests sweep through the United States and the world deals with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed at least 366,000 people.
Google had already delayed the release of Android 11 by a month in part because Google I/O, an annual developer conference held in California, was canceled because of the pandemic.
The launch of the first beta of Android 11 was previously scheduled to release along with a live-streamed "Beta Launch Show" on Wednesday, but this also is no longer set to take place.
An updated timeline for the unveiling has not been released.


upi--2020-05-30--Coronavirus was already spreading in U.S. in January: Study

More evidence has surfaced that the COVID-19 coronavirus was circulating in the United States as much as a month prior to the first confirmed local case in February , the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday .
Genetic analysis of early cases suggests a single line of coronavirus imported from China began circulating in the United States between Jan. 18 and Feb. 9 , followed by several importations from Europe , according to research from the CDC 's COVID-19 Response Team .
That means the new coronavirus entered the United States weeks before the first documented case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a California resident who fell ill on Feb. 13 and was confirmed on Feb. 26 , the researchers reported .
The data `` suggests that limited community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States occurred between the latter half of January and the beginning of February , following an importation of SARS-CoV-2 from China , '' the report states .
Three other early cases , involving people who had n't traveled internationally prior to their illness , bolster the genetic evidence , the study authors said .
These include : • A California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and died on Feb. 6 .
• Another resident of the same California county who died at home between Feb. 13 and 17 .
• A third person who fell ill aboard a Pacific cruise ship that left San Francisco on Feb. 11 .
These cases confirm `` circulation of the virus by early February , '' according to the report .
Genetic analysis of the early Washington state strains of coronavirus also indicate that they sprang from a common ancestor , estimated to have existed between mid-January to early February , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the first known travel-related U.S. case of COVID-19 , which occurred in a man who arrived in Seattle from Wuhan , China on Jan. 15 , and fell ill four days later , the study authors noted .
However , the contact tracing that public health officials conducted in that case was very thorough and the Seattle man did not wind up causing other documented cases of COVID-19 , the researchers believe .
Still , based on the genetic evidence , the researchers speculate that the Seattle man might have : • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 .
• Passed the virus on to others before he developed symptoms , and those contacts were not identified through tracing .
• Been accompanied on his flight home by at least one other person who was infected with the coronavirus .
It 's also possible that the Washington state coronavirus strains were `` imported into the United States by another unknown person around the same time , '' the researchers added .
The findings highlight the fact that , in many cases , coronavirus can be spread by people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Robert Glatter , an emergency medicine physician with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City .
`` The ability of both asymptomatic and presymptomatic transmission provides an explanation for the rapid spread of the virus throughout the community , prior to clinical detection of symptoms , '' said Glatter , who was n't involved in the new report .
The findings also underscore the importance of an immediate and fierce public health response in the United States to any future epidemic on foreign soil , he said .
`` Viruses do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Going forward we must be more vigilant when considering how rapidly global travel can spread a viral respiratory disease . ''
The report was published Friday in the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about COVID-19 .

A woman wears a protective face covering while walking in the Upper West Side of Manhattan during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City on May 27. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
More evidence has surfaced that the COVID-19 coronavirus was circulating in the United States as much as a month prior to the first confirmed local case in February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. Genetic analysis of early cases suggests a single line of coronavirus imported from China began circulating in the United States between Jan. 18 and Feb. 9, followed by several importations from Europe, according to research from the CDC's COVID-19 Response Team. Advertisement
That means the new coronavirus entered the United States weeks before the first documented case of COVID-19 infection from unknown origins -- a California resident who fell ill on Feb. 13 and was confirmed on Feb. 26, the researchers reported.
The data "suggests that limited community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States occurred between the latter half of January and the beginning of February, following an importation of SARS-CoV-2 from China," the report states.
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Three other early cases, involving people who hadn't traveled internationally prior to their illness, bolster the genetic evidence, the study authors said. These include:
A California woman who fell ill on Jan. 31 and died on Feb. 6.
Another resident of the same California county who died at home between Feb. 13 and 17.
A third person who fell ill aboard a Pacific cruise ship that left San Francisco on Feb. 11.
These cases confirm "circulation of the virus by early February," according to the report.
Genetic analysis of the early Washington state strains of coronavirus also indicate that they sprang from a common ancestor, estimated to have existed between mid-January to early February, the researchers reported.
That sequence is consistent with the first known travel-related U.S. case of COVID-19, which occurred in a man who arrived in Seattle from Wuhan, China on Jan. 15, and fell ill four days later, the study authors noted.
However, the contact tracing that public health officials conducted in that case was very thorough and the Seattle man did not wind up causing other documented cases of COVID-19, the researchers believe.
Still, based on the genetic evidence, the researchers speculate that the Seattle man might have:
Infected others who did not develop symptoms of COVID-19.
Passed the virus on to others before he developed symptoms, and those contacts were not identified through tracing.
Been accompanied on his flight home by at least one other person who was infected with the coronavirus.
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It's also possible that the Washington state coronavirus strains were "imported into the United States by another unknown person around the same time," the researchers added.
The findings highlight the fact that, in many cases, coronavirus can be spread by people who show few or no symptoms, said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
"The ability of both asymptomatic and presymptomatic transmission provides an explanation for the rapid spread of the virus throughout the community, prior to clinical detection of symptoms," said Glatter, who wasn't involved in the new report.
The findings also underscore the importance of an immediate and fierce public health response in the United States to any future epidemic on foreign soil, he said.
"Viruses do not know borders," Glatter said. "Going forward we must be more vigilant when considering how rapidly global travel can spread a viral respiratory disease." The report was published Friday in the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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upi--2020-05-30--Richard Ayoade to host virtual BAFTA TV Awards ceremony

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Comedian and The IT Crowd alum Richard Ayoade is set to host this year @ @ @ @ @ Television Awards , the BBC announced .
`` I am as surprised as you are @ @ @ @ @ ahead , '' Ayoade joked in a statement Friday .
The prize presentation was originally @ @ @ @ @ but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic .
It will now take place on @ @ @ @ @ to be announced Friday .
`` In accordance with current restrictions , the awards ceremony @ @ @ @ @ closed studio , socially distanced show , with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually @ @ @ @ @ said .

Richard Ayoade is set to host this year's BAFTA TV Awards ceremony. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Comedian and The IT Crowd alum Richard Ayoade is set to host this year's Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, the BBC announced. "I am as surprised as you are that this is still going ahead," Ayoade joked in a statement Friday. Advertisement
The prize presentation was originally scheduled for the spring, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It will now take place on July 31. Nominations are to be announced Friday.
"In accordance with current restrictions, the awards ceremony will take place as a closed studio, socially distanced show, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually," a press release said.


upi--2020-05-30--Colorado's Telluride Film Festival to kick off Sept. 3

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Colorado 's Telluride Film Festival will kick off Sept. 3 as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic , organizers announced .
`` We are not ignorant of the devastation facing the world .
We feel the fear and distress too .
This is why we are committed to observing all guidance as suggested by the consensus of voices of the scientific community with whom we are consulting now .
This will not be a business as usual event .
Things will look and feel very different , '' a statement from the festival said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide a safe and joyous environment that will include an extra day to allow more space within and between screenings , along with all of the necessary safety tweaks and adjustments you 've become very familiar with , regardless of where you call home . ''
The news comes after plans for the Venice Film Festival were confirmed for the end of the summer .
The pandemic has caused the shutdown of most TV and film productions , and the cancellation of many live events and festivals in recent months as people practice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of the virus .
The Telluride Film Festival generally screens about 20 films and attracts about 5,000 people .
No 2020 lineup has been announced .
Last year 's event featured the world premiere of Judy for which Renee Zellweger eventually won the Oscar for Best Actress .
The Two Popes and Ford v Ferrari also debuted there in 2019 .

Renee Zellweger's "Judy" had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last year. The 2020 edition of the festival is to begin on Sept. 3. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Colorado's Telluride Film Festival will kick off Sept. 3 as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced. "We are not ignorant of the devastation facing the world. We feel the fear and distress too. This is why we are committed to observing all guidance as suggested by the consensus of voices of the scientific community with whom we are consulting now. This will not be a business as usual event. Things will look and feel very different," a statement from the festival said. Advertisement
"We're hard at work to provide a safe and joyous environment that will include an extra day to allow more space within and between screenings, along with all of the necessary safety tweaks and adjustments you've become very familiar with, regardless of where you call home."
The news comes after plans for the Venice Film Festival were confirmed for the end of the summer.
The pandemic has caused the shutdown of most TV and film productions, and the cancellation of many live events and festivals in recent months as people practice social-distancing in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
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The Telluride Film Festival generally screens about 20 films and attracts about 5,000 people.
No 2020 lineup has been announced.
Last year's event featured the world premiere of Judy for which Renee Zellweger eventually won the Oscar for Best Actress. The Two Popes and Ford v Ferrari also debuted there in 2019.


upi--2020-05-30--In photos: U.S. protests death of George Floyd

Protests broke out in cities across the United States the week of May 25 , 2020 , after a white @ @ @ @ @ recorded kneeling on the neck of George Floyd , an unarmed African-American man .
Floyd @ @ @ @ @ the officer faces a third-degree murder charge .

Demonstrators hold a sign in Los Angeles on June 14 for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was shot by police in her home while she was sleeping. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI


upi--2020-05-30--Rock guitarist Bob Kulick dead at 70

Rock guitarist Bob Kulick dead at 70

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Rock musician Bob Kulick -- a guitarist who collaborated with KISS and the late @ @ @ @ @ at age 70 , his family confirmed .
`` I am heartbroken to have to @ @ @ @ @ passing of my brother Bob Kulick .
His love of music , and his talent @ @ @ @ @ should always be celebrated .
Please respect the Kulick Family 's privacy during this sad @ @ @ @ @ Kulick 's brother Bruce Kulick tweeted on Friday .
KISS paid tribute to the musician @ @ @ @ @ are heartbroken .
Our deepest condolences to the Kulick family in this difficult time , @ @ @ @ @ Kulick recorded music for KISS Alive II in 1977 and contributed to 1980 's Unmasked @ @ @ @ @ Creatures of the Night , as well as lead singer Paul Stanley 's eponymous , @ @ @ @ @ also performed on Reed 's 1975 album , Coney Island Baby .
Yahoo News said @ @ @ @ @ Kulick has been disclosed .

May 30 (UPI) -- Rock musician Bob Kulick -- a guitarist who collaborated with KISS and the late Lou Reed -- has died at age 70, his family confirmed.
"I am heartbroken to have to share the news of the passing of my brother Bob Kulick. His love of music, and his talent as a musician and producer should always be celebrated. Please respect the Kulick Family's privacy during this sad time. RIP," Kulick's brother Bruce Kulick tweeted on Friday.
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KISS paid tribute to the musician on Twitter.
"We are heartbroken. Our deepest condolences to the Kulick family in this difficult time," the band said.
Kulick recorded music for KISS Alive II in 1977 and contributed to 1980's Unmasked, 1982's Killers and Creatures of the Night, as well as lead singer Paul Stanley's eponymous, 1978 solo album. He also performed on Reed's 1975 album, Coney Island Baby.
Yahoo News said no cause of death for Kulick has been disclosed.


upi--2020-05-30--Instagram influencer Ashley Stock's 3-year-old daughter dies of brain cancer

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Social media star Ashley Stock announced on Instagram that her 3-year-old daughter Stevie has died of brain cancer .
`` Stevie Lynn Stock .
3 years old .
Seed Planter .
Miracle Maker .
Light Giver .
Heart Healer .
Blue eyed , dimpled smile , curly haired forever baby girl .
Adored little sister , daughter and friend .
At 1:05pm on May 27th , Stevie took her final breath in our arms , '' Stock wrote in a post on Friday .
`` There have been many miracles and countless God moments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my heart has strength , '' she added .
`` For now , I 'm overwhelmed with relief that she 's at peace but I 'm also feeling crushed by a pain so intense i ca n't put it into words . ''
The post included a photo of Stock 's tiny hand with polished fingernails holding a star , as well as a video of the child playing with a puppy .
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News said doctors at Children 's Hospital Los Angeles diagnosed Stevie with DIPG , a rare and fast-growing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , about a month ago .
Stock and her husband Ben are also parents to sons Wesley , 10 , and Sawyer , 7 .

Social media star Ashley Stock has announced her 3-year-old daughter Stevie died this week of brain cancer. Photo courtesy of Pixnio
May 30 (UPI) -- Social media star Ashley Stock announced on Instagram that her 3-year-old daughter Stevie has died of brain cancer. "Stevie Lynn Stock. 3 years old. Seed Planter. Miracle Maker. Light Giver. Heart Healer. Blue eyed, dimpled smile, curly haired forever baby girl. Adored little sister, daughter and friend. At 1:05pm on May 27th, Stevie took her final breath in our arms," Stock wrote in a post on Friday. Advertisement
"There have been many miracles and countless God moments that I'll put into words when my heart has strength," she added. "For now, I'm overwhelmed with relief that she's at peace but I'm also feeling crushed by a pain so intense i can't put it into words."
The post included a photo of Stock's tiny hand with polished fingernails holding a star, as well as a video of the child playing with a puppy.
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E! News said doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles diagnosed Stevie with DIPG, a rare and fast-growing tumor with a zero percent survival rate, about a month ago.
Stock and her husband Ben are also parents to sons Wesley, 10, and Sawyer, 7.


upi--2020-05-30--Julianne Hough, Brooks Laich split up after nearly 3 years of marriage

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Television personality Julianne Hough and hockey player Brooks Laich have announced they are splitting @ @ @ @ @ of marriage .
`` We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed @ @ @ @ @ to separate , '' the couple said in a joint statement .
`` We share @ @ @ @ @ respect for one another and will continue to lead with our hearts from that place @ @ @ @ @ compassion and respect for our privacy moving forward . ''
Hough , 31 , and @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 after four years of dating .
They have not been social distancing together @ @ @ @ @ `` They continue to spend time apart and are doing their own thing , '' @ @ @ @ @ News earlier this month .
Another insider told UsMagazine.com the breakup was `` a long @ @ @ @ @ They argued a lot and just had different viewpoints on important issues , '' the @ @ @ @ @ 's still a love there , but not in a romantic sense . ''

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Brooks Laich (L) and Julianne Hough have announced they are ending their marriage. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- Television personality Julianne Hough and hockey player Brooks Laich have announced they are splitting up after nearly three years of marriage. "We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate," the couple said in a joint statement. Advertisement
"We share an abundance of love and respect for one another and will continue to lead with our hearts from that place. We kindly request your compassion and respect for our privacy moving forward."
Hough, 31, and Laich, 36, married in 2017 after four years of dating.
They have not been social distancing together amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"They continue to spend time apart and are doing their own thing," a source told E! News earlier this month.
Another insider told UsMagazine.com the breakup was "a long time coming."
"They argued a lot and just had different viewpoints on important issues," the source said. "There's still a love there, but not in a romantic sense."


upi--2020-05-30--Latin America becomes epicenter of coronavirus pandemic

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Latin America is poised to become the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic , according to public health experts , as the rate of new deaths and cases decline in the United States and Europe .
Brazil has 465,166 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 27,878 deaths from the virus , according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University .
That 's the second highest number of cases in the world next to the United States , which has more than 1.7 million cases and 102,836 deaths from the coronavirus , the global tracker shows .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , roughly 920,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed and there have been nearly 50,000 deaths .
`` This is the new epicenter , '' Dr. Marcos Espinal , director of communicable diseases at the Pan American Health Organization , told CNN .
The World Health Organization also said Latin America , particularly Brazil , is the new focus of fighting the disease .
`` In South America , we are particularly concerned that the number of new cases reported last week in Brazil was the highest for a seven-day period since the outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WHO director for the Americas .
While the rates of infection and deaths have gone down in the United States , Europe and Asia , Latin America 's rates have reached new highs .
`` In many ways this is no surprise , '' Drexel University 's Public Health Dean Dr. Ana Diez Roux said .
`` It was predictable that this was going to happen . ''
Experts told CNN that flawed government response and Latin America 's economic inequality and lack of public health investment fueled the outbreak , which will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , Center for Disease Control and Prevention said an investigation ruled out a seafood market in Wuhan as the place where the outbreak started .
`` It now turns out that the market is one of the victims , '' Chinese CDC Director Gau Fu said in a press conference this week .
Gau added that he personally collected samples from the Wuhan site in early January and samples collected from animals came back negative , indicating that the animals had not infected shoppers .
He also said that China would cooperate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus-tracing probe .
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he cut ties between the United States and WHO , blaming it on the `` malfeasance '' of China , which he blames for covering up COVID-19 's origins .
Italy , which once had the most deaths from the virus worldwide , now has 232,248 COVID-19 cases and 33,229 deaths , the COVID-19 global tracker shows .
The country will began to allow inter-regional travel on Wednesday , the government announced Friday evening .
The move came as Italy 's health ministry reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any region .
Still , health officials urged caution as travel increases , especially considering a new wave of infections is possible in the fall .
COVID-19 has infected more than 5.9 million people worldwide and killed more than 365,000 , according to the global tracker .

Workers bury victims of the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday in the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the largest cemetery in Latin America. Photo by Paulo Whitaker/EPA-EFE
May 30 (UPI) -- Latin America is poised to become the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, according to public health experts, as the rate of new deaths and cases decline in the United States and Europe. Brazil has 465,166 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 27,878 deaths from the virus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Advertisement
That's the second highest number of cases in the world next to the United States, which has more than 1.7 million cases and 102,836 deaths from the coronavirus, the global tracker shows.
Across the 33 countries in Latin America, roughly 920,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed and there have been nearly 50,000 deaths.
"This is the new epicenter," Dr. Marcos Espinal, director of communicable diseases at the Pan American Health Organization, told CNN.
The World Health Organization also said Latin America, particularly Brazil, is the new focus of fighting the disease.
"In South America,we are particularly concerned that the number of new cases reported last week in Brazil was the highest for a seven-day period since the outbreak began," said Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the Americas.
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While the rates of infection and deaths have gone down in the United States, Europe and Asia, Latin America's rates have reached new highs.
"In many ways this is no surprise," Drexel University's Public Health Dean Dr. Ana Diez Roux said. "It was predictable that this was going to happen."
Experts told CNN that flawed government response and Latin America's economic inequality and lack of public health investment fueled the outbreak, which will likely get worse.
Meanwhile, in China, Center for Disease Control and Prevention said an investigation ruled out a seafood market in Wuhan as the place where the outbreak started.
"It now turns out that the market is one of the victims," Chinese CDC Director Gau Fu said in a press conference this week.
Gau added that he personally collected samples from the Wuhan site in early January and samples collected from animals came back negative, indicating that the animals had not infected shoppers.
He also said that China would cooperate with the World Health Organization on its virus-tracing probe.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he cut ties between the United States and WHO, blaming it on the "malfeasance" of China, which he blames for covering up COVID-19's origins.
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Italy, which once had the most deaths from the virus worldwide, now has 232,248 COVID-19 cases and 33,229 deaths, the COVID-19 global tracker shows.
The country will began to allow inter-regional travel on Wednesday, the government announced Friday evening.
The move came as Italy's health ministry reported no critical spikes in COVID-19 cases in any region. Still, health officials urged caution as travel increases, especially considering a new wave of infections is possible in the fall.
COVID-19 has infected more than 5.9 million people worldwide and killed more than 365,000, according to the global tracker.
World moves to reopen amid COVID-19 pandemic


upi--2020-05-30--Developing East Pacific tropical system to bring flood risk to Central America

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Forecasters are focused on a brewing tropical system in the East Pacific , and depending on the path the system takes , it could be one for the record books .
The first tropical system of the 2020 East Pacific hurricane season developed back in late April , when Tropical Depression One-E formed well west of Mexico .
This depression remained over water and did not make any impact to land .
The next tropical system in the East Pacific could be a different story .
Approximately 250 miles southwest of southern Guatemala , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week near what meteorologists call a gyre , or a large area of disturbed weather .
This disturbance has become more organized in the past several days .
The center of this low is expected to creep closer to the Guatemala coast into early next week .
`` As this low continues to churn over the warm waters off the coast of Central America , it will have a slight chance to intensify into a tropical depression or even tropical storm , '' said AccuWeather 's lead tropical meteorologist Dan Kottlowski .
Should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it would be given the name Amanda .
However , the closer the system gets to the coast , the better chance that the mountainous terrain of Central America shreds the system and limits how strong it can become .
Whether it intensifies or not , the combination of the tropical moisture already pushing through the region and the tropical low will bring rounds of heavy rain from the Panama-Costa Rica border to Guatemala through the weekend .
Downpours will also spill northward through much of southern Mexico .
Any downpour is likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inches of rainfall in just a few hours .
Areas that receive days of this much rain are likely to experience flash flooding and , in the mountainous terrain , mudslides .
More than 2 feet of rain can fall into early next week .
This is enough rain , when combined with the rugged terrain , to lead to life-threatening conditions from flash flooding and mudslides .
At this time , forecasters say the low should meander northward towards Guatemala , remaining mostly parallel to the country 's shores .
After that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is somewhat uncertain .
The low could stall and drift westward this weekend , or , depending on how close the low gets the coast , wobble northeast and make landfall in the region .
In anticipation of the approaching tropical low , the President of El Salvador issued a `` Yellow Alert '' for a possible tropical depression .
`` If the system were to make landfall in Central America , anywhere from Costa Rica to Guatamala , it would be quite rare , '' Kottlowski said .
AccuWeather meteorologists will continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central America in relation to the lingering and still developing gyre .
`` There is some potential for a system to develop during the first or second week of June on the Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico side of Central America and the northern and eastern side of the gyre , '' according to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski .
While tropical systems often track near Central America , or even make landfall along the coast with the Caribbean Sea , a landfalling Pacific system is much less common , only occurring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The last tropical system to do this was Tropical Storm Selma , which formed late in October 2017 .
Selma was the first ever tropical storm to make landfall in El Salvador .
Tropical Storm Alma formed off the coast of Costa Rica in late May 2008 and drifted northward to make landfall in Nicaragua .
It was the first tropical storm ever to do so on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua .
Two other notable storms have made landfall in Central America since the turn of the century .
Adrian made landfall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2005 , while Tropical Storm Agatha made landfall in Guatemala in 2010 .
The same gyre set to create the next tropical system in the Eastern Pacific could be powerful enough produce additional tropical activity in the coming weeks .
`` A tropical gyre is just a large slowly spinning area of disturbed weather , that can be as wide as a 1,000 miles in diameter .
When they form over Central America , they can create extra moisture to spawn tropical development on the Atlantic side or the Pacific side or sometimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alex Sosnowski .
Because of this , AccuWeather meteorologists will also be monitoring the waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean very closely for tropical development through the middle of June .

May 30 (UPI) -- Forecasters are focused on a brewing tropical system in the East Pacific, and depending on the path the system takes, it could be one for the record books.
The first tropical system of the 2020 East Pacific hurricane season developed back in late April, when Tropical Depression One-E formed well west of Mexico. This depression remained over water and did not make any impact to land.
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The next tropical system in the East Pacific could be a different story.
Approximately 250 miles southwest of southern Guatemala, a tropical low formed early in the week near what meteorologists call a gyre, or a large area of disturbed weather. This disturbance has become more organized in the past several days.
The center of this low is expected to creep closer to the Guatemala coast into early next week.
"As this low continues to churn over the warm waters off the coast of Central America, it will have a slight chance to intensify into a tropical depression or even tropical storm," said AccuWeather's lead tropical meteorologist Dan Kottlowski.
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Should the system reach tropical storm strength, it would be given the name Amanda.
However, the closer the system gets to the coast, the better chance that the mountainous terrain of Central America shreds the system and limits how strong it can become.
Whether it intensifies or not, the combination of the tropical moisture already pushing through the region and the tropical low will bring rounds of heavy rain from the Panama-Costa Rica border to Guatemala through the weekend.
Downpours will also spill northward through much of southern Mexico.
Any downpour is likely to be heavy and could produce 2 inches of rainfall in just a few hours. Areas that receive days of this much rain are likely to experience flash flooding and, in the mountainous terrain, mudslides.
More than 2 feet of rain can fall into early next week. This is enough rain, when combined with the rugged terrain, to lead to life-threatening conditions from flash flooding and mudslides.
At this time, forecasters say the low should meander northward towards Guatemala, remaining mostly parallel to the country's shores. After that, the exact path of the storm is somewhat uncertain. The low could stall and drift westward this weekend, or, depending on how close the low gets the coast, wobble northeast and make landfall in the region.
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In anticipation of the approaching tropical low, the President of El Salvador issued a "Yellow Alert" for a possible tropical depression.
"If the system were to make landfall in Central America, anywhere from Costa Rica to Guatamala, it would be quite rare," Kottlowski said.
AccuWeather meteorologists will continue to monitor waters on either side of Central America in relation to the lingering and still developing gyre.
"There is some potential for a system to develop during the first or second week of June on the Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico side of Central America and the northern and eastern side of the gyre," according to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
While tropical systems often track near Central America, or even make landfall along the coast with the Caribbean Sea, a landfalling Pacific system is much less common, only occurring twice in the last 10 years.
The last tropical system to do this was Tropical Storm Selma, which formed late in October 2017. Selma was the first ever tropical storm to make landfall in El Salvador.
Tropical Storm Alma formed off the coast of Costa Rica in late May 2008 and drifted northward to make landfall in Nicaragua. It was the first tropical storm ever to do so on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.
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Two other notable storms have made landfall in Central America since the turn of the century. Adrian made landfall in Honduras as a tropical storm in 2005, while Tropical Storm Agatha made landfall in Guatemala in 2010.
The same gyre set to create the next tropical system in the Eastern Pacific could be powerful enough produce additional tropical activity in the coming weeks.
"A tropical gyre is just a large slowly spinning area of disturbed weather, that can be as wide as a 1,000 miles in diameter. When they form over Central America, they can create extra moisture to spawn tropical development on the Atlantic side or the Pacific side or sometimes both," said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
Because of this, AccuWeather meteorologists will also be monitoring the waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean very closely for tropical development through the middle of June.


upi--2020-05-30--Future's 'High Off Life' tops the U.S. album chart

May 30 ( UPI ) -- Rapper Future 's High Off Life is No .
1 on the U.S. album @ @ @ @ @ No .
2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Polo G 's The @ @ @ @ @ Baby 's My Turn at No .
3 , Drake 's Dark Lane Demo Tapes @ @ @ @ @ DaBaby 's Blame It On Baby at No .
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Rounding out the top @ @ @ @ @ 's Eternal Atake at No .
6 , The Weeknd 's After Hours at No @ @ @ @ @ 's Hollywood 's Bleeding at No .
8 , Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ @ @ @ @ 9 and NAV 's Good Intentions at No .
10 .

May 30 (UPI) -- Rapper Future's High Off Life is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart.
Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Polo G's The Goat, followed by Lil Baby's My Turn at No. 3, Drake's Dark Lane Demo Tapes at No. 4 and DaBaby's Blame It On Baby at No. 5.


upi--2020-05-30--Supreme Court upholds California's limits on churches amid pandemic

May 30 ( UPI ) -- The Supreme Court has ruled against a church 's challenge to California 's executive order limiting church crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic .
The ruling Friday upholds California state guidelines for places of worship to limit attendance to 25 percent of building capacity or a maximum of 100 attendees .
It also supports Gov .
Gavin Newsom 's executive order to obey state public health directives to curb the spread of COVID-19 .
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court 's four liberal justices in the 5-4 opinion against South Bay United Pentecostal Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Our Constitution principally entrusts 'the safety and health of the people ' to the politically accountable officials of the States 'to guard and protect , '' Roberts wrote , citing Jacobson vs. Massachusetts , which upheld state 's authority to enforce laws requiring immunization .
Church lawyers argued that the First Amendment 's protection of the `` free exercise '' of religion exempted them from being shut down or limiting their attendance .
They also argued it was unfair considering other businesses such grocery stores remained open .
However , Roberts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` free exercise '' clause of the First Amendment and there were similar restrictions on other large gatherings .
Grocery stores remain open , he said , because people did n't `` remain in close proximity for extended periods , '' in them as they would in churches .
The four other conservative justices dissented .
`` California 's latest safety guidelines discriminate against places of worship in favor of comparable secular businesses , '' Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the dissent .
`` Such discrimination violates the First Amendment . ''

The Supreme Court Friday ruled against a church's challenge to California's executive order restricting crowds at places of worship to curb the spread of COVID-19. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo
May 30 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court has ruled against a church's challenge to California's executive order limiting church crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ruling Friday upholds California state guidelines for places of worship to limit attendance to 25 percent of building capacity or a maximum of 100 attendees. It also supports Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order to obey state public health directives to curb the spread of COVID-19. Advertisement
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberal justices in the 5-4 opinion against South Bay United Pentecostal Church, which sought to prohibit the restrictions.
"Our Constitution principally entrusts 'the safety and health of the people' to the politically accountable officials of the States 'to guard and protect," Roberts wrote, citing Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, which upheld state's authority to enforce laws requiring immunization.
Church lawyers argued that the First Amendment's protection of the "free exercise" of religion exempted them from being shut down or limiting their attendance. They also argued it was unfair considering other businesses such grocery stores remained open.
However, Roberts said the restrictions did not violate the "free exercise" clause of the First Amendment and there were similar restrictions on other large gatherings.
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Grocery stores remain open, he said, because people didn't "remain in close proximity for extended periods," in them as they would in churches.
The four other conservative justices dissented.
"California's latest safety guidelines discriminate against places of worship in favor of comparable secular businesses," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the dissent. "Such discrimination violates the First Amendment."


upi--2020-05-30--Watch live: NASA astronauts on way to space station

ORLANDO , Fla. , May 30 ( UPI ) -- NASA and SpaceX ended a nine-year absence of human spaceflight from U.S. soil Saturday when two astronauts lifted off toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station .
The 3:22 p.m. EDT launch , under overcast skies , from Kennedy Space Center in Florida marked the first time since the final space shuttle mission in 2011 that NASA astronauts did n't have to rely on Russia to get into space .
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine , in comments earlier this week , called the launch a beacon of hope to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and social strife , much in the same way the Apollo moon program boosted the nation 's morale .
The successful launch began a 19-hour journey for astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley , who are to dock with the International Space Station .
It also is a final test for the Crew Dragon space capsule made by Elon Musk 's SpaceX .
SpaceX confirmed the capsule successfully reached orbit , and separated from the second stage booster .
The first-stage rocket booster landed successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hard work and thanks for the great ride into space , '' Behnken said over the communication link to ground crews .
Bridenstine said he 'd been praying for the astronauts and their families at liftoff .
`` I 've felt that rumble before , but it 's a whole different feeling when you 've got your own team on that rocket , '' Bridenstine said .
`` And they are our team , they are America 's team .
...
This is everything that America has to offer in its purest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Vice President Mike Pence returned for the launch after Wednesday 's postponement .
In a speech at the space center 's Vehicle Assembly Building after the launch , President Donald Trump called for an end to violence following the death of Minnesotan George Floyd during an arrest Monday .
He then praised NASA and SpaceX for recent advances , as well as plans to return to the moon and eventually Mars .
`` Today as we mark a new commitment to an American future in space -- a tremendous commitment it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brighter future for all our citizens right here on Earth , '' Trump said .
NASA and SpaceX defied iffy weather forecasts to begin the mission .
Storms in the east-central Florida area created `` no go '' conditions about two hours before launch .
But the weather cleared as the countdown neared liftoff time .
Storm clouds and precipitation had forced a postponement of the launch Wednesday afternoon .
Astronauts Behnken and Hurley announced from the capsule that they had chosen the name Endeavour for it , which was the name of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ space shuttle Endeavour .
The launch is the first time a private company has sent astronauts into orbit , under NASA 's Commercial Crew Program .
SpaceX secured a contract to provide ferry service to the space station for a fixed cost , and developed the rocket and capsule with NASA 's cooperation .
The Falcon 9 rocket had already been proven as a reliable workhorse for carrying supplies to the space station 250 miles above Earth .
Musk , speaking to family members of both astronauts on Wednesday , said he felt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety .
`` I said we 've done everything we can to make sure your dads come back OK , '' he recalled telling each astronaut 's only child Wednesday before the launch was called off .
After launch , the capsule headed east over the Atlantic Ocean and toward the United Kingdom .
The capsule was to orbit the Earth until it reaches the altitude of the space station and catches up to it .
Crew Dragon will inch closer and dock slowly .
The capsule is to dock autonomously , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a brief test .
The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the space station Sunday , with docking planned for 10:29 a.m. EDT .
Hurley and Behnken are to remain in the capsule for almost two hours as it is locked in place and checks are made on its systems .
Once the hatch opens , astronaut Chris Cassidy -- already on board the space station -- will greet the new arrivals .
He and Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner arrived in April and are to stay there until October .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Behnken and Hurley will conduct final tests of the Crew Dragon capsule before it is certified for regular ferry service to the space station .
One of the biggest tests will be flying the capsule manually for brief periods , using Crew Dragon 's touchscreen controls .
`` We 've longed to be a part of a test mission , a test spaceflight , '' Behnken said during a brief press conference in the days before the launch .
`` It 's something we dreamed about , flying something other than the space @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Behnken and Hurley do n't know how long they will be on the space station .
NASA has said it could be as little as six weeks and as much as 16 weeks , depending on how quickly the crew completes necessary maintenance on the space station and how favorable weather conditions are for spacecraft splashdown .
If the mission ultimately is successful , NASA plans to launch another SpaceX capsule to the space station Aug. 30 , Bridenstine , the NASA administrator , said Tuesday .
Crew members for that mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glover and Shannon Walker , along with Soichi Noguchi , an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency .
The return to Earth for the Demo 2 mission would mark the first splashdown of a U.S. space capsule carrying astronauts since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 .
SpaceX is more than two years behind schedule for the launch .
NASA awarded two finalist contracts in 2014 to certify new spacecraft to carry people by 2017 -- Boeing received $ 4.2 billion for its Starliner capsule and SpaceX received $ 2.6 billion for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the space station during a test flight in December , and is scheduled for another attempt in the third quarter of this year .
Over the past decade , NASA astronauts only used Russian Soyuz rockets and capsules to reach the space station , at a cost of more than $ 70 million per seat .
Behnken , 49 , and Hurley , 53 , have been astronauts since their selection in 2000 .
They worked closely with SpaceX to develop the new spacecraft systems .
The two men share similar life experiences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who have traveled into space , and both have one child .
Both were military test pilots and hold the rank of colonel -- Behnken with the U.S.Air Force and Hurley with the U.S. Marine Corps .
Behnken , originally from the St. Louis area , was a former chief of NASA 's Astronaut Office .
He flew aboard two space shuttle flights as a mission specialist .
Hurley , originally from upstate New York , flew on the last shuttle mission in 2011 and was the first Marine pilot to fly the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Falcon 9 rocket is the first orbital launch vehicle to be fully reusable , although the rocket for this launch was brand new .
The Falcon 9 is just short of 230 feet tall , with a 12-foot diameter .
Nine of SpaceX 's Merlin engines provide thrust of 1.7 million pounds upon liftoff .
By comparison , a typical F-16 fighter jet emits 32,000 pounds of thrust .

NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley (C) waves to onlookers as he boards a plane at Naval Air Station Pensacola to return him and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken home to Houston a few hours after the duo landed in their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Fla,, on August 2, 2020. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA | License Photo
ORLANDO, Fla., May 30 (UPI) -- NASA and SpaceX ended a nine-year absence of human spaceflight from U.S. soil Saturday when two astronauts lifted off toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The 3:22 p.m. EDT launch, under overcast skies, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida marked the first time since the final space shuttle mission in 2011 that NASA astronauts didn't have to rely on Russia to get into space. Advertisement
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, in comments earlier this week, called the launch a beacon of hope to a nation troubled by the COVID-19 pandemic and social strife, much in the same way the Apollo moon program boosted the nation's morale.
The successful launch began a 19-hour journey for astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who are to dock with the International Space Station. It also is a final test for the Crew Dragon space capsule made by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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SpaceX confirmed the capsule successfully reached orbit, and separated from the second stage booster. The first-stage rocket booster landed successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean.
"It was incredible. Appreciate all the hard work and thanks for the great ride into space," Behnken said over the communication link to ground crews.
Bridenstine said he'd been praying for the astronauts and their families at liftoff.
"I've felt that rumble before, but it's a whole different feeling when you've got your own team on that rocket," Bridenstine said. "And they are our team, they are America's team. ... This is everything that America has to offer in its purest form."
Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence returned for the launch after Wednesday's postponement.
In a speech at the space center's Vehicle Assembly Building after the launch, President Donald Trump called for an end to violence following the death of Minnesotan George Floyd during an arrest Monday.
He then praised NASA and SpaceX for recent advances, as well as plans to return to the moon and eventually Mars.
"Today as we mark a new commitment to an American future in space -- a tremendous commitment it is -- let us all commit to a brighter future for all our citizens right here on Earth," Trump said.
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NASA and SpaceX defied iffy weather forecasts to begin the mission. Storms in the east-central Florida area created "no go" conditions about two hours before launch. But the weather cleared as the countdown neared liftoff time.
Storm clouds and precipitation had forced a postponement of the launch Wednesday afternoon.
Astronauts Behnken and Hurley announced from the capsule that they had chosen the name Endeavour for it, which was the name of Behnken's first space vehicle, the space shuttle Endeavour.
The launch is the first time a private company has sent astronauts into orbit, under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
SpaceX secured a contract to provide ferry service to the space station for a fixed cost, and developed the rocket and capsule with NASA's cooperation.
The Falcon 9 rocket had already been proven as a reliable workhorse for carrying supplies to the space station 250 miles above Earth.
Musk, speaking to family members of both astronauts on Wednesday, said he felt a strong sense of responsibility for their safety.
"I said we've done everything we can to make sure your dads come back OK," he recalled telling each astronaut's only child Wednesday before the launch was called off.
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Heading east
After launch, the capsule headed east over the Atlantic Ocean and toward the United Kingdom.
The capsule was to orbit the Earth until it reaches the altitude of the space station and catches up to it.
Crew Dragon will inch closer and dock slowly. The capsule is to dock autonomously, but Hurley will demonstrate flying it manually for a brief test.
The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the space station Sunday, with docking planned for 10:29 a.m. EDT. Hurley and Behnken are to remain in the capsule for almost two hours as it is locked in place and checks are made on its systems.
Once the hatch opens, astronaut Chris Cassidy -- already on board the space station -- will greet the new arrivals. He and Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner arrived in April and are to stay there until October.
During the mission, called Demo 2, Behnken and Hurley will conduct final tests of the Crew Dragon capsule before it is certified for regular ferry service to the space station.
Flying manually
One of the biggest tests will be flying the capsule manually for brief periods, using Crew Dragon's touchscreen controls.
"We've longed to be a part of a test mission, a test spaceflight," Behnken said during a brief press conference in the days before the launch. "It's something we dreamed about, flying something other than the space shuttle" to carry people into space.
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Behnken and Hurley don't know how long they will be on the space station. NASA has said it could be as little as six weeks and as much as 16 weeks, depending on how quickly the crew completes necessary maintenance on the space station and how favorable weather conditions are for spacecraft splashdown.
If the mission ultimately is successful, NASA plans to launch another SpaceX capsule to the space station Aug. 30, Bridenstine, the NASA administrator, said Tuesday.
Crew members for that mission are NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
The return to Earth for the Demo 2 mission would mark the first splashdown of a U.S. space capsule carrying astronauts since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.
SpaceX is more than two years behind schedule for the launch. NASA awarded two finalist contracts in 2014 to certify new spacecraft to carry people by 2017 -- Boeing received $4.2 billion for its Starliner capsule and SpaceX received $2.6 billion for Crew Dragon.
Starliner failed to reach the space station during a test flight in December, and is scheduled for another attempt in the third quarter of this year.
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Over the past decade, NASA astronauts only used Russian Soyuz rockets and capsules to reach the space station, at a cost of more than $70 million per seat.
Veteran astronauts
Behnken, 49, and Hurley, 53, have been astronauts since their selection in 2000. They worked closely with SpaceX to develop the new spacecraft systems.
The two men share similar life experiences. Both are married to female astronauts who have traveled into space, and both have one child. Both were military test pilots and hold the rank of colonel -- Behnken with the U.S.Air Force and Hurley with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Behnken, originally from the St. Louis area, was a former chief of NASA's Astronaut Office. He flew aboard two space shuttle flights as a mission specialist.
Hurley, originally from upstate New York, flew on the last shuttle mission in 2011 and was the first Marine pilot to fly the F/A‐18 E/F Super Hornet.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is the first orbital launch vehicle to be fully reusable, although the rocket for this launch was brand new.
The Falcon 9 is just short of 230 feet tall, with a 12-foot diameter. Nine of SpaceX's Merlin engines provide thrust of 1.7 million pounds upon liftoff. By comparison, a typical F-16 fighter jet emits 32,000 pounds of thrust.


upi--2020-05-31--Watch live: Astronauts approach space station on historic mission

ORLANDO , Fla. , May 31 ( UPI ) -- Two astronauts aboard SpaceX 's Crew Dragon capsule neared a historic rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday morning .
Controllers said the capsule actually was ahead of schedule and could dock earlier than the planned time , which was planned for at 10:29 a.m. EDT .
SpaceX 's Demo 2 mission lifted off from NASA 's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday afternoon -- the first crewed launch from U.S. soil in nine years .
The flawless launch began a 19-hour journey to the space station , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first private company to send astronauts into orbit .
The mission marked the first time since the final space shuttle mission that NASA astronauts did n't have to rely on Russia to get into space .
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley performed a manual flight test in orbit on Saturday , using the capsule 's touchscreen controls .
They were then to sleep for about eight hours before the approach to the space station .
The astronauts awoke at 4:45 a.m. EDT , and have engaged in monitoring conferences with ground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No issues with the spacecraft have been reported -- described a SpaceX commentator as `` pretty boring for the astronauts , but that 's what we wanted . ''
SpaceX had confirmed the capsule , which the astronauts named Endeavour , successfully reached orbit and separated from the second stage booster .
The first-stage rocket booster landed successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean .
`` America is leading again in space , '' NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said after the launch .
`` It was incredible .
Appreciate all the hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into space , '' Behnken said over the communication link to ground crews .
NASA and SpaceX defied iffy weather forecasts to begin the mission .
Storms in the east-central Florida area created `` no go '' conditions about two hours before launch .
But the weather cleared as the countdown neared liftoff time .
Storms also had forced a postponement of the launch Wednesday afternoon .
SpaceX secured a contract to provide ferry service to the space station for a fixed cost in 2014 , and developed the rocket and capsule with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rocket had already been proven as a reliable workhorse for carrying supplies to the space station 250 miles above Earth in 20 flights .
The space station travels at over 17,000 mph , so the capsule performed several orbits to match its speed and altitude .
Crew Dragon will inch closer and dock slowly .
The capsule is to dock autonomously , but Hurley plans to fly it manually one more time in a brief test before docking .
`` We will inspire the world as the nation leads humanity in space , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the launch .
After docking , Hurley and Behnken are to remain in the capsule for almost two hours as it is locked in place and checks are made on its systems .
Once the hatch opens , astronaut Chris Cassidy -- already on board the space station -- is to greet the new arrivals .
He and Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner arrived in April and are to stay there until October .
Behnken and Hurley do n't know how long they will be on the space station .
NASA has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ six weeks and as much as 16 weeks , depending on how quickly the crew completes necessary maintenance on the space station and how favorable weather conditions are for spacecraft splashdown .
Behnken is scheduled to make several spacewalks with Cassidy , as Hurley monitors and controls instruments inside the station .
`` We 've longed to be a part of a test mission , a test spaceflight , '' Behnken said during a brief press conference in the days before the launch .
`` It 's something we dreamed about , flying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to carry people into space .
If the mission ultimately is successful , NASA plans to launch another SpaceX capsule to the space station Aug. 30 , Bridenstine said .
Crew members for that mission are to be NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins , Victor Glover and Shannon Walker , along with Soichi Noguchi , an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency .
The return to Earth for the Demo 2 mission would mark the first splashdown of a U.S. space capsule carrying astronauts since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 .
Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used Russian Soyuz rockets and capsules to reach the space station , at a cost of more than $ 70 million per seat .
Behnken , 49 , and Hurley , 53 , have been astronauts since their selection in 2000 .
They worked closely with SpaceX to develop the new spacecraft systems .
The two men share similar life experiences .
Both are married to female astronauts who have traveled into space , and both have one child .
Both were military test pilots and hold the rank of colonel -- Behnken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. Marine Corps .
SpaceX 's Falcon 9 rocket is the first orbital launch vehicle to be fully reusable , although the rocket for this launch was new .

NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley (C) waves to onlookers as he boards a plane at Naval Air Station Pensacola to return him and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken home to Houston a few hours after the duo landed in their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Fla,, on August 2, 2020. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA | License Photo
ORLANDO, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Two NASA astronauts safely boarded the International Space Station on Sunday, capping a successful flight of SpaceX's historic Crew Dragon Demo 2 mission. The capsule connected to the station at 10:16 a.m. EDT, slightly ahead of the scheduled time as the space station passed above the northern China-Mongolia border. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken entered the station at 1:22 p.m. Advertisement
NASA and SpaceX crews on the ground congratulated the astronauts, while astronaut Chris Cassidy -- already on board the station -- welcomed them.
"Bob and Doug, we here at SpaceX are honored to have been part of the ushering in of this new era of human spaceflight," SpaceX engineer Anna Menon said.
Behnken, in turn, congratulated the teams at SpaceX and NASA.
"Their incredible efforts over the last several years to make this possible cannot be overstated," he said of the SpaceX employees.
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Just before docking, practiced flying the capsule manually. He congratulated SpaceX's teams for successfully training him and building the capsule.
"It flew really well, very crisp," Hurley said.
Behnken joked about Hurley's brief manual piloting experience.
"I only had to twist Doug's arm for two or three times to get him to allow me to deactivate the piloting controls," Behnken said.
The mission lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday afternoon -- the first crewed launch from U.S. soil in nine years.
The successful 19-hour journey to the space station makes SpaceX the first private company to send astronauts into orbit. It also was the first time since the final space shuttle mission that NASA didn't have to rely on Russia to get people into space.
After the launch on Saturday, Musk said he considers the launch a boost for SpaceX's ultimate goal of traveling to Mars. The company has been testing prototypes of its next-generation rocket and habitat, Starship, in Texas.
"This is hopefully the first step on a journey toward a civilization on Mars, of life becoming multi-planetary," Musk said. "That's seeming increasingly real after what happened today, getting people to orbit, finally after 18 years."
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The astronauts slept for about eight hours before the approach to the space station.
No issues with the spacecraft have been reported -- described by a SpaceX commentator as "pretty boring for the astronauts, but that's what we wanted.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the launch proved that NASA's new approach of contracting with private companies for entire missions is successful.
"America is leading again in space," Bridenstine said.
SpaceX secured a contract to provide ferry service to the space station for a fixed cost in 2014, and developed the rocket and capsule with NASA's cooperation.
The Falcon 9 rocket had already been proven as a reliable workhorse for carrying supplies to the space station 250 miles above Earth in 20 flights.
The space station travels at more than 17,000 mph, so the capsule performed several orbits to match its speed and altitude. The capsule docked autonomously.
Behnken and Hurley don't know how long they will be on the space station.
NASA has said it could be as little as six weeks and as much as 16 weeks, depending on how quickly the crew completes necessary maintenance on the space station and how favorable weather conditions are for spacecraft splashdown.
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Behnken is scheduled to make several spacewalks with Cassidy, as Hurley monitors and controls instruments inside the station.
If the mission ultimately is successful, NASA plans to launch another SpaceX capsule to the space station Aug. 30, Bridenstine said.
Crew members for that mission are to be NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Over the past decade, NASA astronauts only used Russian Soyuz rockets and capsules to reach the space station, at a cost of more than $70 million per seat.
Behnken, 49, and Hurley, 53, have been astronauts since their selection in 2000. They worked closely with SpaceX to develop the new spacecraft systems.
The return to Earth for the Demo 2 mission would mark the first splashdown of a U.S. space capsule carrying astronauts since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.


upi--2020-05-31--On This Day, May 31: London's Big Ben rings out for first time

On this date in history : In 1790 , President George Washington signed a bill creating the first U.S. copyright law .
In 1859 , construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London 's Big Ben clock tower .
In 1889 , a flood in Johnstown , Pa. , left more than 2,200 people dead .
In 1902 , Britain and South Africa signed a peace treaty ending the Boer War .
In 1916 , the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark .
It would continue for another 200 days , amassing a casualty list @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injured or missing .
In 1940 , a thick fog hanging over the English Channel prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions against evacuating Allied troops from Dunkirk .
In 1985 , seven federally insured banks in Arkansas , Minnesota , Nebraska and Oregon were closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp .
It was a single-day record for closings since the FDIC was founded in 1934 .
In 2003 , Eric Robert Rudolph , the long-sought fugitive in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing and attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dumpster in North Carolina .
Rudolph , whose bombings killed two people and injured many others , was sentenced to four life terms in prison .
In 2005 , Mark Felt admitted that , while No .
2 man in the FBI , he was `` Deep Throat , '' the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon 's resignation .
In 2012 , John Edwards of North Carolina , former U.S. senator and presidential candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking illegal campaign contributions , and a judge declared a mistrial on five other charges against him .
In 2014 , U.S. Army Sgt .
Bowe Bergdahl , 28 , captured in Afghanistan nearly five years earlier , was released by the Taliban in exchange for five detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba .
In March 2015 , the Army announced that Bergdahl had been charged with desertion .
In 2019 , a shooting a a Virginia Beach , Va. , municipal center left 12 victims and the shooter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

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On May 31, 1859, construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London's Big Ben clock tower. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo
On this date in history: In 1790, President George Washington signed a bill creating the first U.S. copyright law. Advertisement
In 1859, construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London's Big Ben clock tower.
In 1889, a flood in Johnstown, Pa., left more than 2,200 people dead.
In 1902, Britain and South Africa signed a peace treaty ending the Boer War.
In 1916, the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark. It would continue for another 200 days, amassing a casualty list of an estimated 800,000 soldiers dead, injured or missing.
In 1940, a thick fog hanging over the English Channel prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions against evacuating Allied troops from Dunkirk.
Troops evacuated from Dunkirk on a destroyer about to berth at Dover, England, on May 31, 1940. File Photo courtesy of the Imperial War Museum
In 1985, seven federally insured banks in Arkansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oregon were closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It was a single-day record for closings since the FDIC was founded in 1934.
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In 1996, Israeli voters elected opposition Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
In 2003, Eric Robert Rudolph, the long-sought fugitive in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing and attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub, was arrested while rummaging through a dumpster in North Carolina. Rudolph, whose bombings killed two people and injured many others, was sentenced to four life terms in prison.
In 2005, Mark Felt admitted that, while No. 2 man in the FBI, he was "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation.
File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI
In 2012, John Edwards of North Carolina, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, was acquitted on a charge of taking illegal campaign contributions, and a judge declared a mistrial on five other charges against him.
In 2014, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, captured in Afghanistan nearly five years earlier, was released by the Taliban in exchange for five detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In March 2015, the Army announced that Bergdahl had been charged with desertion.
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In 2019, a shooting a a Virginia Beach, Va., municipal center left 12 victims and the shooter -- a disgruntled former employee -- dead.


upi--2020-05-31--Famous birthdays for May 31: Clint Eastwood, Chris Elliott

May 31 ( UPI ) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini .
-- Genghis @ @ @ @ @ Mongol Empire , in 1162 -- Surgeon William Mayo , founder of the Mayo Clinic @ @ @

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Clint Eastwood attends the premiere of "Richard Jewell" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on November 20. The actor/director turns 90 on May 31. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. | License Photo
May 31 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: Advertisement
-- Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongol Empire, in 1162
-- Poet Walt Whitman in 1819
-- Surgeon William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, in 1819
-- Pope Pius XI in 1857
-- Radio humorist Fred Allen in 1894
-- Clergyman/author Norman Vincent Peale in 1898
-- Actor Don Ameche in 1908
-- Actor Denholm Elliott in 1922
-- Artist Ellsworth Kelly in 1923
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-- Prince Ranier of Monaco in 1923
-- Actor/director Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 90)
-- Folk singer Peter Yarrow in 1938 (age 82)
-- Country singer Johnny Paycheck in 1938
-- British human rights activist Terry Waite in 1939 (age 81)
-- Actor Sharon Gless in 1943 (age 77)
-- Football Hall of Fame member Joe Namath in 1943 (age 77)
-- British rock musician John Bonham in 1948
-- Actor Tom Berenger in 1949 (age 71)
-- Actor Gregory Harrison in 1950 (age 70)
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-- Comedian/actor/writer Chris Elliott in 1960 (age 60)
-- Actor Lea Thompson in 1961 (age 59)
File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
-- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 1963 (age 57)
-- Actor/model Brooke Shields in 1965 (age 55)
-- Actor Archie Panjabi in 1972 (age 48)
-- Actor Colin Farrell in 1976 (age 44)
-- Actor Eric Christian Olsen in 1977 (age 43)
-- Actor Yael Grobglas in 1984 (age 36)
-- Rapper Waka Flocka Flame, born Juaquin James Malphurs, in 1986 (age 34)
-- Rapper Azealia Banks in 1991 (age 29)
-- Singer Normani Hamilton in 1996 (age 24)


upi--2020-05-31--Brad Keselowski wins Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol after late crash

May 31 ( UPI ) -- Brad Keselowski earned his second win of the season Sunday after a late crash between Chase Elliott and Joey Logano in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol , Tenn. Keselowski , who started on the pole , was sitting in third with a lap and a turn left when Logano and Elliott made contact and drifted into the wall .
Keselowski slid past with a lap remaining and held off Clint Bowyer by .471 seconds to seal the victory .
`` He wrecked me , '' Logano told reporters after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underneath me .
The part that 's frustrating is afterwards .
A simple apology , like be a man and come up to me and say , 'Hey , my bad . '
I had to force an apology , which to me is childish .
...
It 's hard racing at the end .
I get that .
But be a man and take the hit when you 're done with it . ''
Keselowski , in a contract year with Team Penske , picked up his first win of the season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He is the first driver to win multiple races in the five Cup Series events since NASCAR resumed May 17 following a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic .
`` There 's so much going on in the world , I am just thankful I get to be a race car driver and do this , '' Keselowski said .
Jimmie Johnson came in third , while Kyle Busch finished fourth .
Erik Jones ( fifth ) , Austin Dillon ( sixth ) , Kurt Busch ( seventh ) , William Byron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ninth ) and Bubba Wallace ( 10th ) rounded out the top 10 .
The NASCAR Cup Series resumes next Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 .

May 31 (UPI) -- Brad Keselowski earned his second win of the season Sunday after a late crash between Chase Elliott and Joey Logano in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.
Keselowski, who started on the pole, was sitting in third with a lap and a turn left when Logano and Elliott made contact and drifted into the wall. Keselowski slid past with a lap remaining and held off Clint Bowyer by .471 seconds to seal the victory.
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"He wrecked me," Logano told reporters after the race. "He got loose underneath me. The part that's frustrating is afterwards. A simple apology, like be a man and come up to me and say, 'Hey, my bad.' I had to force an apology, which to me is childish. ... It's hard racing at the end. I get that. But be a man and take the hit when you're done with it."
Keselowski, in a contract year with Team Penske, picked up his first win of the season last Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600. He is the first driver to win multiple races in the five Cup Series events since NASCAR resumed May 17 following a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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"There's so much going on in the world, I am just thankful I get to be a race car driver and do this," Keselowski said.
32! Thinking our next stop should be Vegas pic.twitter.com/a7MyWuSk9B— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 31, 2020
Here's a look at what happened between @joeylogano and @chaseelliott with three laps to go at @BMSupdates. pic.twitter.com/aADnCUwFk4— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 31, 2020
Jimmie Johnson came in third, while Kyle Busch finished fourth. Erik Jones (fifth), Austin Dillon (sixth), Kurt Busch (seventh), William Byron (eighth), Christopher Bell (ninth) and Bubba Wallace (10th) rounded out the top 10.
Logano finished 21st and Elliott was 22nd.
The NASCAR Cup Series resumes next Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.


upi--2020-05-31--Patriots' Devin McCourty, wife mourn loss of stillborn daughter

May 31 ( UPI ) -- New England Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty and his wife , Michelle , are grieving the loss of their daughter , Mia , who was stillborn last week .
`` I cry as I type this .
Dev and I suffered the most painful experience of our lives , '' Michelle wrote Saturday on social media .
`` My pregnancy had resulted in a still birth at almost 8 months of being pregnant -- at exactly 31 weeks 2 days when we found out that the baby girl growing inside me no longer had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week before at my last doctor 's [ appointment ] .
`` We are so heartbroken .
We are devastated .
We are speechless .
We are angry .
We are sad .
We are confused .
We are numb . ''
McCourty , who has spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Patriots , shared his wife 's post on his social media accounts .
In recent interviews , the veteran safety expressed his excitement about the arrival of their third child .
`` While trying to cope with our family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and support we 've already gotten , and just ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time , since we have no answers to give anyway , '' Michelle wrote .
McCourty and his twin brother , Jason , are finalists for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award at the 2020 ESPY Awards .
The award is given to those `` whose demonstrated leadership has created a positive impact on their community through sports . ''

New England Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty (R), who has spent his entire 11-year career with the Patriots, revealed the news on social media over the weekend. File Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo
May 31 (UPI) -- New England Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty and his wife, Michelle, are grieving the loss of their daughter, Mia, who was stillborn last week. "I cry as I type this. Dev and I suffered the most painful experience of our lives," Michelle wrote Saturday on social media. "My pregnancy had resulted in a still birth at almost 8 months of being pregnant -- at exactly 31 weeks 2 days when we found out that the baby girl growing inside me no longer had a heartbeat after being completely fine the week before at my last doctor's [appointment]. Advertisement
"We are so heartbroken. We are devastated. We are speechless. We are angry. We are sad. We are confused. We are numb."
McCourty, who has spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Patriots, shared his wife's post on his social media accounts. In recent interviews, the veteran safety expressed his excitement about the arrival of their third child.
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"While trying to cope with our family's loss, we appreciate the love and support we've already gotten, and just ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time, since we have no answers to give anyway," Michelle wrote.
McCourty and his twin brother, Jason, are finalists for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award at the 2020 ESPY Awards. The award is given to those "whose demonstrated leadership has created a positive impact on their community through sports."