mercurynews--2020-06-14--San Leandro: CHP officers unhurt after I-880 shooting, suspect arrested

SAN LEANDRO — An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of at least two charges in connection with a shooting targeting California Highway Patrol officers in a vehicle struck seven times early Sunday , authorities said .
At 2:22 a.m. , a black Mercedes Sprinter van was driving near the Lewelling Boulevard off-ramp of southbound Interstate 880 when gunfire hit a CHP patrol vehicle with two officers from the CHP ’ s Hayward office inside , according to a CHP statement issued Sunday .
Neither officer was hurt , the CHP said .
Other CHP officers soon stopped a similar van @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occupants , ages 20 , 18 and 14 , and found multiple firearms taken as evidence inside the van .
The 18-year-old , identified as Ethan Escobedo of Los Angeles , was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and shooting at an occupied vehicle .
Escobedo was not listed in jail custody Sunday afternoon , according to an Alameda County records check .
Officials did not say if either the 20-year-old or the 14-year-old were arrested or released after they were detained .
Detectives with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services unit were actively working to learn more .
Anyone with information should call its tipline at 707-917-4491 .

SAN LEANDRO — An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of at least two charges in connection with a shooting targeting California Highway Patrol officers in a vehicle struck seven times early Sunday, authorities said.
At 2:22 a.m., a black Mercedes Sprinter van was driving near the Lewelling Boulevard off-ramp of southbound Interstate 880 when gunfire hit a CHP patrol vehicle with two officers from the CHP’s Hayward office inside, according to a CHP statement issued Sunday.
Neither officer was hurt, the CHP said.
Other CHP officers soon stopped a similar van further south on I-880 with three male occupants, ages 20, 18 and 14, and found multiple firearms taken as evidence inside the van.
The 18-year-old, identified as Ethan Escobedo of Los Angeles, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and shooting at an occupied vehicle.
Escobedo was not initially listed in custody, but was later shown in Santa Rita Jail on $160,000 bail and facing arraignment Tuesday at East County Hall of Justice, according to an Alameda County records check Sunday night.
Officials did not say if either the 20-year-old or the 14-year-old were arrested or released after they were detained.
Detectives with the CHP Golden Gate Division’s investigative services unit were actively working to learn more. Anyone with information should call its tipline at 707-917-4491.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.


mercurynews--2020-06-14--Cal alum Collin Morikawa edged in playoff by Daniel Berger in PGA’s first post-coronavirus-shutdown

Cal alum Collin Morikawa edged in playoff by Daniel Berger in PGA’s first post-coronavirus-shutdown event

FORT WORTH , Texas — Daniel Berger dreamed of moments like this , a putt on the final hole with everything riding on it , and he pulled it off to perfection Sunday at Colonial .
What he never imagined is how quiet it would be .
No cheers when his 10-foot birdie on the final hole gave him a share of the lead .
No groans when Collin Morikawa missed a 6-foot birdie putt for the win .
And more silence on the first playoff hole that Berger won with a par .
“ It was a little different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I was holding the trophy , ” Berger said .
“ And that ’ s all that matters to me.
” The PGA Tour made a healthy and muted return from the COVID-19 pandemic at the Charles Schwab Challenge , except for Morikawa and Xander Schauffele having reason to feel sick to their stomachs .
One hole after a chance to win in regulation , Morikawa hit a superb pitch on the 17th hole in the playoff to 3 feet .
Berger converted his simple up-and-down for par from behind the green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putt to extend the playoff hit the right side of the cup and spun out .
“ Just hit a better putt , ” Morikawa said .
“ My mind can ’ t go much else than other what just happened on that hole.
” Schauffele , whose moxie is easy to miss behind his California cool , made three straight clutch putts — for par , bogey and birdie — that kept him tied for the lead only to learn new meaning of “ Horrible Horseshoe ” at Colonial .
His 3-foot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dipped in the hole on the right side and came out on the left .
His 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th to force a playoff was right on line and came up short .
“ If there are fans and everything with the ‘ oohs ’ and ‘ aahs , ’ I ’ d probably be a little more ( ticked ) off , ” Schauffele said .
“ Maybe that ’ s a good thing for me right now .
But it was definitely weird .
It was sort of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for me , but more so internal this week just with no fans.
” Berger , whose birdie on the 18th gave him a 4-under 66 , won for the third time on the PGA Tour , all three titles coming on this week in the calendar .
The other two in 2016 and 2017 were at the St. Jude Classic when it preceded the U.S. Open .
This felt different because Colonial was devoid of fans — just like the next four weeks will be on the PGA Tour — and because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went from the golf course to his rented house , his uncle serving as the chef .
He had a saliva test in Florida and a nasal test when he arrived for the new coronavirus , both negative .
He was excited when he arrived — Berger has shot par or better every round since Oct. 11 — because golf was back to business .
And he was thrilled when he left , a winner again after missing nearly five months at the end of 2018 because of a wrist injury .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 to No .
31 in the world .
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan , on the first tee when golf returned Thursday , was back in Florida watching a final round unfold with eight players taking turns at the top , and a half-dozen still in the mix over the final hour .
The scorecard this week included 487 tests for COVID-19 at Colonial , all returned negative .
The leaders brought star power , Colonial brought heritage , and it was the first live PGA Tour event since March 12 because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been a phenomenal start to our return , ” Monahan said .
It almost a tremendous return for Morikawa , who steady that he already has won and has made every cut as a pro dating to his graduation from Cal a year ago .
No newcomer has had a streak that long since Tiger Woods .
Morikawa took a share of the lead with a 50-foot putt on the 14th hole .
It was the short ones that hurt .
“ We gave ourselves our chance , and that ’ s what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Morikawa said .
“ Yeah , it ’ s going to sting for a little bit but we ’ ll make it out and we ’ ll go on to next week.
” Bryson DeChambeau ( 66 ) , Justin Rose ( 66 ) and Jason Kokrak ( 64 ) all had birdie chances on the 18th .
Berger was the only who who delivered , and this time the playoff worked out in his favor .
Jordan Spieth , trying to end three years without a victory , left with a consolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2-foot par putt on the sixth hole — part of three bogeys in a four-hole stretch — but was still in the mix until a tee shot out of bounds on the 14th .
Even then , he made a 35-foot putt to save bogey .
He wound up with a 71 and tied for 10th .
Rory McIlroy had seven straight tournaments no worse than fifth , a streak that came to a stunning halt .
Starting the final round three shots behind , he was 5 over through seven holes and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 32nd .
Monahan conceded his biggest concern going into the week , even with its testing and safety procedure , was positive tests popping up .
“ That ’ s something , candidly , that I lost a lot of sleep over in the weeks that preceded coming in , ” he said .
Next up is the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head on the South Carolina coast , and Monahan said the first week won ’ t be complete until then to see how players handled the interstate travel .
Those on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ round .
Everyone else would be tested when they arrived at Hilton Head .
“ This is about a sustained return , ” Monahan said .
“ But I think as we sit here late in the day Sunday , there ’ s no question that this has been an exceptional week .
”

FORT WORTH, Texas — Daniel Berger dreamed of moments like this, a putt on the final hole with everything riding on it, and he pulled it off to perfection Sunday at Colonial.
What he never imagined is how quiet it would be.
No cheers when his 10-foot birdie on the final hole gave him a share of the lead. No groans when Collin Morikawa missed a 6-foot birdie putt for the win. And more silence on the first playoff hole that Berger won with a par.
“It was a little different for sure, but in the end, I was holding the trophy,” Berger said. “And that’s all that matters to me.”
The PGA Tour made a healthy and muted return from the COVID-19 pandemic at the Charles Schwab Challenge, except for Morikawa and Xander Schauffele having reason to feel sick to their stomachs.
One hole after a chance to win in regulation, Morikawa hit a superb pitch on the 17th hole in the playoff to 3 feet. Berger converted his simple up-and-down for par from behind the green, and Morikawa’s short par putt to extend the playoff hit the right side of the cup and spun out.
“Just hit a better putt,” Morikawa said. “My mind can’t go much else than other what just happened on that hole.”
Schauffele, whose moxie is easy to miss behind his California cool, made three straight clutch putts — for par, bogey and birdie — that kept him tied for the lead only to learn new meaning of “Horrible Horseshoe” at Colonial. His 3-foot par putt on the 17th in regulation dipped in the hole on the right side and came out on the left.
His 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th to force a playoff was right on line and came up short.
“If there are fans and everything with the ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs,’ I’d probably be a little more (ticked) off,” Schauffele said. “Maybe that’s a good thing for me right now. But it was definitely weird. It was sort of an internal battle, which it always is for me, but more so internal this week just with no fans.”
Berger, whose birdie on the 18th gave him a 4-under 66, won for the third time on the PGA Tour, all three titles coming on this week in the calendar. The other two in 2016 and 2017 were at the St. Jude Classic when it preceded the U.S. Open.
This felt different because Colonial was devoid of fans — just like the next four weeks will be on the PGA Tour — and because of the routine he followed. Berger went from the golf course to his rented house, his uncle serving as the chef. He had a saliva test in Florida and a nasal test when he arrived for the new coronavirus, both negative.
He was excited when he arrived — Berger has shot par or better every round since Oct. 11 — because golf was back to business. And he was thrilled when he left, a winner again after missing nearly five months at the end of 2018 because of a wrist injury. The victory moved him from outside the top 100 to No. 31 in the world.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, on the first tee when golf returned Thursday, was back in Florida watching a final round unfold with eight players taking turns at the top, and a half-dozen still in the mix over the final hour.
The scorecard this week included 487 tests for COVID-19 at Colonial, all returned negative. The leaders brought star power, Colonial brought heritage, and it was the first live PGA Tour event since March 12 because of the pandemic.
“This has been a phenomenal start to our return,” Monahan said.
It almost a tremendous return for Morikawa, who steady that he already has won and has made every cut as a pro dating to his graduation from Cal a year ago. No newcomer has had a streak that long since Tiger Woods.
Morikawa took a share of the lead with a 50-foot putt on the 14th hole. It was the short ones that hurt.
“We gave ourselves our chance, and that’s what you want at the end,” Morikawa said. “Yeah, it’s going to sting for a little bit but we’ll make it out and we’ll go on to next week.”
Bryson DeChambeau (66), Justin Rose (66) and Jason Kokrak (64) all had birdie chances on the 18th. Berger was the only who who delivered, and this time the playoff worked out in his favor.
Jordan Spieth, trying to end three years without a victory, left with a consolation prize of progress. He missed a 2-foot par putt on the sixth hole — part of three bogeys in a four-hole stretch — but was still in the mix until a tee shot out of bounds on the 14th. Even then, he made a 35-foot putt to save bogey. He wound up with a 71 and tied for 10th.
Rory McIlroy had seven straight tournaments no worse than fifth, a streak that came to a stunning halt. Starting the final round three shots behind, he was 5 over through seven holes and closed with a 74 to tie for 32nd.
Monahan conceded his biggest concern going into the week, even with its testing and safety procedure, was positive tests popping up. “That’s something, candidly, that I lost a lot of sleep over in the weeks that preceded coming in,” he said.
Next up is the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head on the South Carolina coast, and Monahan said the first week won’t be complete until then to see how players handled the interstate travel. Those on the charter were tested after the third round. Everyone else would be tested when they arrived at Hilton Head.
“This is about a sustained return,” Monahan said. “But I think as we sit here late in the day Sunday, there’s no question that this has been an exceptional week.”


mercurynews--2020-06-14--What do the MLB, MLBPA negotiations mean for baseball’s economic future?

NEW YORK ( AP ) — Jeremy Jeffress , Jordan Montgomery , Kevin Plawecki could be playing for free this season , earning salaries lower than what they already received as advances .
Marcus Semien , Mookie Betts , George Springer , J.T .
Realmuto , James Paxton and Marcus Stroman are likely to find fewer bidders , dollars and contract years as the free-agent market lurches into a free fall next offseason .
And all of baseball could be bracing for a spring training lockout and shortened 2022 season after the coronavirus pandemic heightened the likelihood of the sport @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Bryce Harper , Manny Machado , Christian Yelich , all these guys are lucky that they signed , ” former Miami Marlins president David Samson said Sunday .
“ The biggest people you should watch this offseason are Mookie Betts and J.T .
Realmuto because J.T .
thought that he would surpass Joe Mauer and Buster Posey , and there is likely no chance .
And Mookie Betts thought that he would be above Bryce Harper and I would view that as much less likely now.
” The pathogen highlighted each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care most about the regular season , when they accrue the entirety of their salaries ; owners worry about the postseason , when $ 787 million in broadcast revenue is due .
Major League Baseball owners are left with the decision of how long a regular season to schedule after players ’ union head Tony Clark said Saturday night that “ unfortunately it appears that further dialogue with the league would be futile.
” Bruce Meyer , the union ’ s chief negotiator , sent Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem a letter that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your plans by close of business on Monday.
” A March 26 agreement called for players to receive prorated salaries and bound the sides to “ complete the fullest 2020 championship season and postseason that is economically feasible , ” consistent with a series of provisions : no government restrictions on mass gatherings , no travel restrictions and no health or safety risk “ to stage games in front of fans in each of the 30 clubs ’ home ballparks.
” It also called for MLB and the union to “ discuss in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ games in the absence of spectators or at appropriate substitute neutral sites.
” Commissioner Rob Manfred has threatened a regular-season of about 50 games , which would lead to players receiving about 31 % of their salaries , about $ 1.23 billion .
That is less than the $ 1.27 billion they were guaranteed in the offer they turned down , a deal worth $ 1.45 billion if the postseason is completed .
MLB appears likely to announce a decision after Manfred confers with the 30 controlling owners .
Barring a move toward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ file grievances .
The union would claim MLB failed to schedule the longest season possible and ask for money damages .
The union would say to make an evaluation it needs documents detailing the equity relationships between baseball owners and regional sports networks , and between owners and real estate ventures adjacent to ballparks .
MLB would claim the union did not bargain in good faith .
Players say they have no obligation to help clubs reduce expenses caused by playing in empty ballparks .
Agent Scott Boras says the MLB stance is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strikes you , you tell the runners no race until you fix my track.
” Arbitrator Mark Irvings , who ruled against Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant in the service time manipulation grievance filed by the union , would likely spent months ruling on document demands before the sides even start to present the merits of the case .
Players have received $ 170 million in salary advances , up to $ 286,500 each .
That means a player with a salary of about $ 925,000 or less whose contract did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the major leagues — Jeffress , Montgomery and Plawecki , among them — already has received more money that he would be owed under the proration formula .
Those players wouldn ’ t have to return any money ; instead , the money would be paid back to MLB by the union from taxes collected from teams for exceeding international signing bonus pool thresholds .
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While they argue and file briefs , Betts , Realmuto and the rest are unlikely to reach the $ 300 million-and-more deals given to Mike Trout , Harper , Giancarlo Stanton , Gerrit Cole and Machado .
The average salary , stagnated around $ 4.4 million since 2016 , is likely to fall sharply this winter .
And if the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be impacted .
Unless the sides reach an agreement , the sides would argue whether MLB has the right to suspend the Uniform Player Contract during a national emergency , as Manfred threatened before the March agreement .
Teams also will probably push for a pandemic provision in the guarantee language of new guaranteed contracts .
Bargaining during a major grievance will be even more difficult than usual heading into the labor contract ’ s expiration on Dec. 1 , 2021 .
Given the experience of 1994 and the union ’ s threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather have a confrontation during spring training than in summer .
And if Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in the presidential election and Democrats win control of both houses of Congress , player take-home could go down no matter what .
“ If the Democrats win , I think they recognize that tax rates are going to go through the roof , ” former Commissioner Fay Vincent said .
“ $ 40 million is an awful lot of money , but the tax on that is going to be extraordinary .
”

NEW YORK — Jeremy Jeffress, Jordan Montgomery, Kevin Plawecki could be playing for free this season, earning salaries lower than what they already received as advances.
Marcus Semien, Mookie Betts, George Springer, J.T. Realmuto, James Paxton and Marcus Stroman are likely to find fewer bidders, dollars and contract years as the free-agent market lurches into a free fall next offseason.
And all of baseball could be bracing for a spring training lockout and shortened 2022 season after the coronavirus pandemic heightened the likelihood of the sport’s first work stoppage since 1994-95.
“Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Christian Yelich, all these guys are lucky that they signed,” former Miami Marlins president David Samson said Sunday. “The biggest people you should watch this offseason are Mookie Betts and J.T. Realmuto because J.T. thought that he would surpass Joe Mauer and Buster Posey, and there is likely no chance. And Mookie Betts thought that he would be above Bryce Harper and I would view that as much less likely now.”
The pathogen highlighted each side’s economic interest: players care most about the regular season, when they accrue the entirety of their salaries; owners worry about the postseason, when $787 million in broadcast revenue is due.
Major League Baseball owners are left with the decision of how long a regular season to schedule after players’ union head Tony Clark said Saturday night that “unfortunately it appears that further dialogue with the league would be futile.”
Bruce Meyer, the union’s chief negotiator, sent Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem a letter that “we demand that you inform us of your plans by close of business on Monday.”
A March 26 agreement called for players to receive prorated salaries and bound the sides to “complete the fullest 2020 championship season and postseason that is economically feasible,” consistent with a series of provisions: no government restrictions on mass gatherings, no travel restrictions and no health or safety risk “to stage games in front of fans in each of the 30 clubs’ home ballparks.”
It also called for MLB and the union to “discuss in good faith the economic feasibility of playing games in the absence of spectators or at appropriate substitute neutral sites.”
Commissioner Rob Manfred has threatened a regular-season of about 50 games, which would lead to players receiving about 31% of their salaries, about $1.23 billion. That is less than the $1.27 billion they were guaranteed in the offer they turned down, a deal worth $1.45 billion if the postseason is completed.
MLB appears likely to announce a decision after Manfred confers with the 30 controlling owners.
Barring a move toward a deal, both sides probably will file grievances. The union would claim MLB failed to schedule the longest season possible and ask for money damages.
The union would say to make an evaluation it needs documents detailing the equity relationships between baseball owners and regional sports networks, and between owners and real estate ventures adjacent to ballparks. MLB would claim the union did not bargain in good faith.
Players say they have no obligation to help clubs reduce expenses caused by playing in empty ballparks. Agent Scott Boras says the MLB stance is akin to saying: “When lighting strikes you, you tell the runners no race until you fix my track.”
Arbitrator Mark Irvings, who ruled against Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant in the service time manipulation grievance filed by the union, would likely spent months ruling on document demands before the sides even start to present the merits of the case.
Players have received $170 million in salary advances, up to $286,500 each. That means a player with a salary of about $925,000 or less whose contract did not include a lower rate of pay while in the major leagues — Jeffress, Montgomery and Plawecki, among them — already has received more money that he would be owed under the proration formula.
Those players wouldn’t have to return any money; instead, the money would be paid back to MLB by the union from taxes collected from teams for exceeding international signing bonus pool thresholds.
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While they argue and file briefs, Betts, Realmuto and the rest are unlikely to reach the $300 million-and-more deals given to Mike Trout, Harper, Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole and Machado. The average salary, stagnated around $4.4 million since 2016, is likely to fall sharply this winter.
And if the coronavirus lingers into 2021, another season could be impacted. Unless the sides reach an agreement, the sides would argue whether MLB has the right to suspend the Uniform Player Contract during a national emergency, as Manfred threatened before the March agreement. Teams also will probably push for a pandemic provision in the guarantee language of new guaranteed contracts.
Bargaining during a major grievance will be even more difficult than usual heading into the labor contract’s expiration on Dec. 1, 2021. Given the experience of 1994 and the union’s threat to strike in 2002, teams would rather have a confrontation during spring training than in summer.
And if Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in the presidential election and Democrats win control of both houses of Congress, player take-home could go down no matter what.
“If the Democrats win, I think they recognize that tax rates are going to go through the roof,” former Commissioner Fay Vincent said. “$40 million is an awful lot of money, but the tax on that is going to be extraordinary.”


mercurynews--2020-06-14--Beyoncé wants officers charged in black woman’s death

LOUISVILLE , Ky. ( AP ) — Beyoncé has joined the call for charges against officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor , a black woman gunned down by officers who burst into her Kentucky home .
The superstar said in a letter Sunday to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron that the three Louisville police officers “ must be held accountable for their actions.
” The officers , Jon Mattingly , Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove , have been placed on administrative reassignment while the shooting is investigated .
“ Your office has both the power and the responsibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and demonstrate the value of a Black woman ’ s life , ” said the letter released on the singer ’ s website .
Taylor , 26 , who was studying to become a nurse , was shot eight times by officers conducting a narcotics investigation on March 13 .
No drugs were found at her home .
The city of Louisville last week banned the used of controversial “ no-knock ” warrants .
Taylor ’ s aunt , Bianca Austin , has said the family wants the officers fired and prosecuted .
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Beyoncé has joined the call for charges against officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black woman gunned down by officers who burst into her Kentucky home.
The superstar said in a letter Sunday to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron that the three Louisville police officers “must be held accountable for their actions.”
The officers, Jon Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove, have been placed on administrative reassignment while the shooting is investigated.
“Your office has both the power and the responsibility to bring justice to Breonna Taylor, and demonstrate the value of a Black woman’s life,” said the letter released on the singer’s website.
Taylor, 26, who was studying to become a nurse, was shot eight times by officers conducting a narcotics investigation on March 13. No drugs were found at her home. The city of Louisville last week banned the used of controversial “no-knock” warrants.
Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, has said the family wants the officers fired and prosecuted.


mercurynews--2020-06-14--The Latest: Ghana’s health minister contracts COVID-19

By The Associated Press ACCRA , Ghana — Ghana ’ s president has announced that Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has contracted COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at a hospital .
In a state broadcast Sunday night , President Nana Akufo-Addo said the health minister had “ contracted the virus in his line of duty ” leading the West African nation ’ s fight against COVID-19 .
Ghana has one of highest number of confirmed cases in Africa because of its robust testing , with more than 11,400 cases .
Health authorities have reported 51 deaths .
News of the health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Ghana ’ s universities prepared to reopen Monday so students in their final year of study can take exams .
“ If the health minister is contracting the disease , what is the guarantee that my son will be safe ?
” said Peter Owusu , who son studies at the University of Cape Coast .
HERE ’ S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK : — Europe opens its borders to Europeans , but not Americans , Asians .
— Thai entrepreneur connects Michelin bistros to those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowed to reopen in party-loving New Orleans after a long shutdown prompted by coronavirus fears .
— Workers who agreed to live at a Georgia nursing home to keep residents safe from the coronavirus are back with loved ones .
— Major League Baseball appears headed to its shortest season since the 1870s .
HERE ’ S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING TODAY : NEW YORK — Upset by “ rampant ” violations of New York ’ s pandemic-fighting restrictions , Gov .
Andrew Cuomo is threatening to reinstate closings in areas where local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manhattan and Long Island ’ s tony Hamptons were singled out Sunday as problem areas by Cuomo , who cited 25,000 complaints statewide of reopening violations .
The large gatherings , social-distancing violations and lax face-covering enforcement endanger the state ’ s fragile progress in the fight against the coronavirus , Cuomo said , adding that many complaints involve bars and restaurants .
“ We are not kidding around with this .
You ’ re talking about jeopardizing people ’ s lives , ” Cuomo said at his daily briefing .
The warning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reacted sternly to a short Twitter video from New York City of young people enjoying a warm day packed tightly on a city street , many without masks .
New York officials are trying to avoid the fate of states seeing a surge in new cases after reopening .
New York ’ s coronavirus-related hospitalizations are declining and the state recorded 23 deaths Saturday , the lowest one-day coronavirus death toll since the early days of the crisis .
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country is emerging from the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is struggling because it has a fragmented government system .
In an interview on state television Sunday , parts of which were reported before broadcast by news media , Putin said “ we are working quite steadily and getting out of this situation with the coronavirus confidently , with minimal losses.
” In the U.S. , “ this is not happening , ” he said , noting the central and regional governments work more closely in Russia .
“ I doubt that someone somewhere in the government or in the regions suddenly said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government says or the president says .
We consider this inappropriate , ’ ” Putin said .
LIMA , Peru — Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a cathedral full of faces — none of them now alive .
The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru and South America as a whole , using his broadcast homily to criticize a health system he said “ is based on egotism and on business and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people.
” COVID-19 has taken at least 6,400 lives in the nation of some 32 million people — a toll second only to that of Brazil within South America .
Hundred of them have died without receiving help from the health system , and many families have faced financial ruin due to the cost of trying to care for the ill .
The nation as a whole faces a projected economic contraction of 12 % this year , and Castillo called for solidarity with the poor .
“ An even harder moment is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It would be terrible if in the times to come we have thousands of these photos — but dead of hunger.
” Church workers spent days filling the pews with images of coronavirus victims , and when the 84 pews were filled , the archbishop ordered thousands of photos more attached to the base of the columns that rise to the arched ceiling .
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron announced that France is fully reopening its economy , including all restaurants , to accelerate the country ’ s recovery after virus crisis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be allowed to open indoor seating starting on Monday .
Until then , only outdoor seating was permitted .
Restaurants in other French regions have already reopened .
From June 22 , all nursery schools , primary schools and junior high schools will be open and mandatory for all students — instead of classes capped to small groups and many children staying at home .
Macron also confirmed that the second round of local elections that have been interrupted by the virus lockdown will take place on June 28 .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
France is reopening its borders with other European countries at midnight and will start allowing visitors from other continents on July 1st .
The country , which has reported at least 29,398 deaths from the virus in hospitals and nursing homes , has been under strict lockdown from March 17 to May 11 , before gradually easing restrictions .
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the government ’ s two-meter ( 6.5-feet ) social distancing rule , saying the falling number of coronavirus cases gives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” in easing the guideline .
Johnson said that “ probably ” fewer than one in 1,000 people now have the virus , and the chance of coming in contact with someone who ’ s infected are increasingly remote .
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said that officials will be drawing on advice on the issue from economists as well as the government ’ s scientific and medical advisers .
Conservative lawmakers and businesses have been putting increasing pressure on the government to ease the two-metre rule , arguing that it will make it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to operate .
They say that the government in the U.K. can follow other countries and ask people to socially distance at one meter or 1.5 meters .
MILAN — Italy added 44 deaths from coronavirus on Sunday , with nearly half of those in hardest-hit Lombardy .
While most Italian regions counted fewer than 10 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours , with eight regions at zero , Lombardy ’ s count remained stuck in the triple digits , numbering 244 , according to the civil protection agency .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at 30 .
As of Sunday , more than a month after a gradual easing of lockdown started and nearly two weeks since regional borders opened , the number of people currently positive for the virus is 26,274 — with 3,800 being treated in the hospital .
ATHENS , Greece — Greece has announced zero new fatalities for the fifth consecutive day , the longest such run since mid-March .
Thus , fatalities remain at 183 , while nine new confirmed cases over the past 24 hours have pushed the total to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ventilators , while 116 have exited intensive care units , authorities said Sunday .
On Monday , Greece is opening a second airport to international traffic , in Thessaloniki , the country ’ s second-largest city , part of an attempt to ease into the tourist season .
Depending on the country of origin , arriving passengers will either be tested at random or will follow the existing protocol , which mandates that all aboard an arriving flight be tested .
Flights will be allowed only from European Union countries , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ routes from France , Italy and the Netherlands to Athens will resume Monday , the ban remains in Thessaloniki .
Also , land travel with Bulgaria , the only neighboring country that is also an EU member , will be permitted from Monday .
Greece ’ s museums reopen Monday , after a three-month shutdown .
Masks , social distancing and limits to groups will be enforced .
ANKARA , Turkey — Turkey is “ moving away from the target , ” the country ’ s health minister warned Sunday as the daily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1,500 following the relaxation of restrictions .
Fahrettin Koca tweeted that 1,562 new cases were recorded over the previous 24 hours , the highest daily figure since June 3 .
Reporting 1,330 recoveries , he said : “ Our number of recovered patients fell below the number of new cases .
The need for intensive care and respiratory equipment is rising.
” Koca also reported 15 deaths due to coronavirus , taking the total since the first case on March 11 to 4,807 .
Turkey has recorded a total of 178,239 coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government authorized cafes , restaurants , gyms , parks , beaches and museums to reopen and eased stay-at-home orders for the elderly and young .
A weekend curfew that was due to be implemented last week was canceled , ending the series of part-time lockdowns in place since April .
Koca called for people to switch to a period of “ controlled social life ” from Monday to halt the rise in cases .
CAIRO — Egypt says it will resume international flights starting July 1 with countries that will open its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manar told a news conference on Sunday that all of the country ’ s airports will be reopened allowing travelers around the world to return to parts of the country less hard-hit by the coronavirus .
Antiquities and Tourism Minister Khaled el-Anany also says the government will open three provinces to tourists starting July 1 .
Those include the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula , home to the major resort and beach destination of Sharm el Sheikh , the Red Sea resort areas of Hurghada and Marsa Alam , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The government hopes to draw tourists to popular yet remote attractions that have been spared the ravages of the virus .
The decision comes even as the pandemic surges in the Arab world ’ s most populous country , which has at least 1,484 deaths among 42,980 confirmed cases .
PARIS — France is opening its borders with other European countries at midnight for the first time since shutting them amid virus fears three months ago , and will start opening up to visitors from other continents July 1 .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first thing Monday — though it ’ s not clear how many Europeans are ready to travel again .
The French government has urged fellow EU members to coordinate their border rules , and is sticking to calendar recommendations from the European Commission last week .
“ Given the favorable evolution of the health situation in France and in Europe , ” the French government said in a statement it ’ s opening its borders to all arrivals from the EU and countries in the border-free Schengen zone Monday .
People arriving from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undergo quarantine .
But France will apply different rules to visitors from Spain and Britain because those countries established different reopening schedules .
France will gradually allow visitors from outside Europe starting July 1 , based on the virus situation in countries of origin .
The French government promised to ease entry for foreign students in particular ahead of the new academic year .
SAN SALVADOR , El Salvador — El Salvador ’ s president says that a stringent quarantine imposed to fight COVID-19 has legally expired and a gradual reopening of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American nation ’ s Supreme Court ruled that the strict measures decreed by President Nayib Bukele were unconstitutional and Bukele said Saturday night that he is going to veto the alternative restrictions passed Friday by the National Assembly .
As a result , he acknowledged , by law the region ’ s most restrictive legal lockdown has ended , though he asked citizens to continue in quarantine voluntarily until Tuesday , when phased measures to reactivate economic life would begin .
Under Bukele ’ s stay-at-home decrees , violators were sent to government-run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had resisted loosening the orders , arguing that the country ’ s medical system could be quickly overwhelmed , resulting in much greater loss of life .
Health Minister Francisco Alabí said that the nation ’ s health system is already strained , with 90 of its 105 available intensive care beds already occupied .
He said he expected to see an increase in COVID-19 cases with the end of restrictions .
The country of nearly 6.5 million people has reported 3,603 confirmed cases of the disease , with 72 deaths .
SKOPJE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Macedonia have reported a new record day of fatalities from the coronavius .
The Health Ministry announced Sunday nine deaths from COVID-19 and 162 new cases over the past 24 hours , which brings the total number of infected to 4,064 with 188 deaths .
The figures place the small Balkan nation of about 2 million people at the top of the list of infections and deaths in the region .
Despite the spike , North Macedonia has lifted a state of emergency as of midnight Saturday .
It has also adopted a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , either through the land crossings with neighboring Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Kosovo and Serbia , or through the international airport in the capital Skopje .
Transiting visitors are allowed to remain in the country for five hours maximum and will be obliged to fill out a form upon entry in North Macedonia and to hand it over to the border police at the exit as proof of the duration of transit .
Macedonian citizens can leave the country , but they are obliged to sign a statement at the exit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 while abroad , they will pay for their treatment .
Upon re-entry , they must present to border authorities the results of a diagnostic test taken within the past 72 hours .
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says Spain will open its borders to travelers from Europe ’ s Schengen travel areas except Portugal on June 21 , moving up the original date by 10 days .
Spain will drop its requirement for people arriving from abroad to stay in quarantine , either at home or in a hotel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it reopens on that day .
Sánchez said Sunday that Spain and Portugal will keep their border closed to non-essential crossings until July 1 .
Spain ’ s government had already announced that on June 21 it will end the nation ’ s state of emergency to fight the COVID-19 pandemic .
From then on , Spaniards will be able to move freely around the country without restrictions , but face masks will remain obligatory in public transport and crowded spaces .
On Monday , Spain ’ s Balearic Islands test their reopening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany of tourists who will be exempt from a quarantine .
The islands plan to welcome up to 10,900 Germans during the trial .
Over 27,000 Spaniards have died in the country ’ s pandemic .
DHAKA , Bangladesh — Bangladesh reported 3,141 new cases and 32 more deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday , raising its total caseload to 87,520 , including 1,171 fatalities .
Nasima Sultana , additional director general of the Health Directorate , said a junior minister from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ’ s Cabinet and a former health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died of the virus on Saturday in Dhaka , the capital .
Bangladesh ’ s main state-run hospitals are overwhelmed , with many critical COVID-19 patients being deprived of intensive care beds and ventilators .
RIYADH , Saudi Arabia — The Yemeni Embassy in the Saudi capital , Riyadh , is shuttering indefinitely due to a number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus among staff .
The embassy made the announcement on Twitter late Saturday , but did not specify how many people had contracted COVID-19 .
Similarly , the Philippine Embassy in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office for labor affairs will close after a number of employees were tested for the coronavirus and six people were confirmed positive for the disease .
The office is being sterilized and employees were working remotely , according to the embassy .
Despite taking early and unprecedented measures to curb the spread of the virus , Saudi Arabia ’ s numbers continue to climb by more than 3,000 cases daily with more than 123,000 confirmed cases overall .
BEIJING — China is reporting its highest daily total of coronavirus cases in two months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food market was shut down following a resurgence in local infections .
Officials say there were 57 confirmed cases in the 24 hours through midnight Saturday .
That was the highest daily total since mid-April and included 36 new cases in Beijing .
The Xinfadi market on Beijing ’ s southeast side was closed Saturday and 11 neighboring residential compounds locked down after more then 50 people in the capital tested positive for the virus .
They were the first confirmed cases in 50 days in the city of 20 million people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ controls after the ruling Communist Party declared victory over the disease in March .
SEOUL , South Korea — South Korea has confirmed 34 more coronavirus cases in a continuation of an upward trend in new infections , mostly in the densely populated Seoul region .
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that 30 of the 34 new cases are in the grater Seoul area , where half of the country ’ s 51 million people live .
The agency says South Korea has now recorded 12,085 virus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1,090 remain in treatment and the other 277 died .
New cases have been linked to nightlife establishments , church services , a large-scale e-commerce warehouse and door-to-door sellers .
In late February and early March , South Korea reported hundreds of new cases daily , then a significant easing prompted authorities to ease social distancing rules .

By The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD __ Pakistan’s upward spiral of new virus infections neared 145,000 Monday amid warnings from political leaders that the numbers could double by the end of June and were likely to hit a stunning 1.2 million by the end of July if Pakistan’s 220 million people continue to flout basic precautions like mask wearing.
Planning and Development Minister Asad Umer, who also heads the government’s COVID-19 command center, warned that the virus will rampage through Pakistan unless there is “a change in our attitude toward the virus,” that ends the relentless refusal of most in Pakistan to social distance and wear masks in public.
Still he defended Pakistan’s easing on lockdown restrictions saying the country’s economy would collapse under the burden of a total shutdown. Pakistan has stepped back on some easing of restrictions, closing markets on the weekend and extending closures of large wedding halls, restaurants, gymnasiums and large gatherings.
Pakistan’s doctors have pleaded for stricter lock downs saying the struggling health care system is already straining under the escalating numbers of infections. On Monday. Pakistan reached 2,729 deaths since mid March..
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
— Russia’s low virus death toll still raises questions in West.
— China, Korea, Egypt report rise in virus cases as curbs ease.
— Europe opens its borders to Europeans, but not Americans, Asians.
— Thai entrepreneur connects Michelin bistros to those in need.
— Bars are being allowed to reopen in party-loving New Orleans after a long shutdown prompted by coronavirus fears.
— Workers who agreed to live at a Georgia nursing home to keep residents safe from the coronavirus are back with loved ones.
— Major League Baseball appears headed to its shortest season since the 1870s.
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Follow AP pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING TODAY:
HONG KONG — Hong Kong Disneyland will re-open June 18, as the city looks to gradually restart its economy amid a dwindling of coronavirus infections.
Hong Kong Disneyland, which has been closed since January due to the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen with limited visitor capacity. It will also introduce social distancing measures in restaurants, rides and other facilities, while suspending activities that require close interaction such as photo sessions with Disney characters, the park said in a press release Monday.
Visitors to the park will also be asked to wear masks, as well as fill out health declaration forms and have their temperature taken upon arrival.
It is the second Disney-branded theme park to re-open globally, following Shanghai Disneyland which opened its doors to guests last month.
Hong Kong’s social distancing measures, which prohibits gatherings of more than eight individuals and limits the capacity of restaurants and eateries, are currently in place until June 18. The city has reported 1,110 cases of coronavirus infections so far, with four deaths.
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BEIJING — China has reported 49 new confirmed coronavirus cases as the capital Beijing re-instituted measures to contain a new outbreak.
Of the new cases, 36 were reported Monday in Beijing, traced to a wholesale market that supplies much of the city’s meat and vegetables.
Ten of the other cases were brought from outside the country and three were found in Hebei province just outside Beijing. The National Health Commission reported 177 people in treatment for COVID-19, while 115 were in isolation and under monitoring for showing signs of the illness or having tested positive without giving off symptoms.
China has reported a total of 4,634 deaths from the virus among 83,181 confirmed cases.
Beijing has closed the Xinfadi market, ordered testing of all its workers and is requiring anyone who traveled there to self-isolate for two weeks.
The new cases reported over the weekend mark China’s highest daily total of coronavirus cases in two months, prompting Beijing to suspend the restart of some classes and reverse the relaxation of some social isolation measures.
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ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s president has announced that Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has contracted COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
In a state broadcast Sunday night, President Nana Akufo-Addo said the health minister had “contracted the virus in his line of duty” leading the West African nation’s fight against COVID-19.
Ghana has one of highest number of confirmed cases in Africa because of its robust testing, with more than 11,400 cases. Health authorities have reported 51 deaths.
News of the health minister’s illness further fueled worries as Ghana’s universities prepared to reopen Monday so students in their final year of study can take exams.
“If the health minister is contracting the disease, what is the guarantee that my son will be safe?” said Peter Owusu, who son studies at the University of Cape Coast.
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NEW YORK — Upset by “rampant” violations of New York’s pandemic-fighting restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to reinstate closings in areas where local governments fail to enforce the rules.
Manhattan and Long Island’s tony Hamptons were singled out Sunday as problem areas by Cuomo, who cited 25,000 complaints statewide of reopening violations. The large gatherings, social-distancing violations and lax face-covering enforcement endanger the state’s fragile progress in the fight against the coronavirus, Cuomo said, adding that many complaints involve bars and restaurants.
“We are not kidding around with this. You’re talking about jeopardizing people’s lives,” Cuomo said at his daily briefing.
The warning comes a day after the Democractic governor reacted sternly to a short Twitter video from New York City of young people enjoying a warm day packed tightly on a city street, many without masks.
New York officials are trying to avoid the fate of states seeing a surge in new cases after reopening. New York’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations are declining and the state recorded 23 deaths Saturday, the lowest one-day coronavirus death toll since the early days of the crisis.
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country is emerging from the coronavirus crisis, but that the United States is struggling because it has a fragmented government system.
In an interview on state television Sunday, parts of which were reported before broadcast by news media, Putin said “we are working quite steadily and getting out of this situation with the coronavirus confidently, with minimal losses.”
In the U.S., “this is not happening,” he said, noting the central and regional governments work more closely in Russia. “I doubt that someone somewhere in the government or in the regions suddenly said: ‘We will not do what the government says or the president says. We consider this inappropriate,’” Putin said.
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LIMA, Peru — Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a cathedral full of faces — none of them now alive.
The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru and South America as a whole, using his broadcast homily to criticize a health system he said “is based on egotism and on business and not on mercy and solidarity with the people.”
COVID-19 has taken at least 6,400 lives in the nation of some 32 million people — a toll second only to that of Brazil within South America.
Hundred of them have died without receiving help from the health system, and many families have faced financial ruin due to the cost of trying to care for the ill. The nation as a whole faces a projected economic contraction of 12% this year, and Castillo called for solidarity with the poor.
“An even harder moment is coming,” he said. “It would be terrible if in the times to come we have thousands of these photos — but dead of hunger.”
Church workers spent days filling the pews with images of coronavirus victims, and when the 84 pews were filled, the archbishop ordered thousands of photos more attached to the base of the columns that rise to the arched ceiling.
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PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron announced that France is fully reopening its economy, including all restaurants, to accelerate the country’s recovery after virus crisis.
Macron said restaurants in the Paris region will be allowed to open indoor seating starting on Monday. Until then, only outdoor seating was permitted.
Restaurants in other French regions have already reopened.
From June 22, all nursery schools, primary schools and junior high schools will be open and mandatory for all students — instead of classes capped to small groups and many children staying at home.
Macron also confirmed that the second round of local elections that have been interrupted by the virus lockdown will take place on June 28.
“We must relaunch our economy,” Macron said.
France is reopening its borders with other European countries at midnight and will start allowing visitors from other continents on July 1st.
The country, which has reported at least 29,398 deaths from the virus in hospitals and nursing homes, has been under strict lockdown from March 17 to May 11, before gradually easing restrictions.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the government’s two-meter (6.5-feet) social distancing rule, saying the falling number of coronavirus cases gives the government “more margin for manoeuvre” in easing the guideline.
Johnson said that “probably” fewer than one in 1,000 people now have the virus, and the chance of coming in contact with someone who’s infected are increasingly remote.
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said that officials will be drawing on advice on the issue from economists as well as the government’s scientific and medical advisers.
Conservative lawmakers and businesses have been putting increasing pressure on the government to ease the two-metre rule, arguing that it will make it extremely difficult for many pubs and restaurants to operate.
They say that the government in the U.K. can follow other countries and ask people to socially distance at one meter or 1.5 meters.
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MILAN — Italy added 44 deaths from coronavirus on Sunday, with nearly half of those in hardest-hit Lombardy.
While most Italian regions counted fewer than 10 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, with eight regions at zero, Lombardy’s count remained stuck in the triple digits, numbering 244, according to the civil protection agency.
The next highest number was in neighboring Piedmont, at 30. As of Sunday, more than a month after a gradual easing of lockdown started and nearly two weeks since regional borders opened, the number of people currently positive for the virus is 26,274 — with 3,800 being treated in the hospital.
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ATHENS, Greece — Greece has announced zero new fatalities for the fifth consecutive day, the longest such run since mid-March.
Thus, fatalities remain at 183, while nine new confirmed cases over the past 24 hours have pushed the total to 3,121.
Thirteen patients remain hooked up to ventilators, while 116 have exited intensive care units, authorities said Sunday.
On Monday, Greece is opening a second airport to international traffic, in Thessaloniki, the country’s second-largest city, part of an attempt to ease into the tourist season. Depending on the country of origin, arriving passengers will either be tested at random or will follow the existing protocol, which mandates that all aboard an arriving flight be tested.
Flights will be allowed only from European Union countries, at least until June 30. But while routes from France, Italy and the Netherlands to Athens will resume Monday, the ban remains in Thessaloniki.
Also, land travel with Bulgaria, the only neighboring country that is also an EU member, will be permitted from Monday.
Greece’s museums reopen Monday, after a three-month shutdown. Masks, social distancing and limits to groups will be enforced.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is “moving away from the target,” the country’s health minister warned Sunday as the daily number of new coronavirus cases rose above 1,500 following the relaxation of restrictions.
Fahrettin Koca tweeted that 1,562 new cases were recorded over the previous 24 hours, the highest daily figure since June 3.
Reporting 1,330 recoveries, he said: “Our number of recovered patients fell below the number of new cases. The need for intensive care and respiratory equipment is rising.”
Koca also reported 15 deaths due to coronavirus, taking the total since the first case on March 11 to 4,807. Turkey has recorded a total of 178,239 coronavirus cases.
At the start of June, the government authorized cafes, restaurants, gyms, parks, beaches and museums to reopen and eased stay-at-home orders for the elderly and young.
A weekend curfew that was due to be implemented last week was canceled, ending the series of part-time lockdowns in place since April.
Koca called for people to switch to a period of “controlled social life” from Monday to halt the rise in cases.
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CAIRO — Egypt says it will resume international flights starting July 1 with countries that will open its airports.
Minister of Civil Aviation Mohammed Manar told a news conference on Sunday that all of the country’s airports will be reopened allowing travelers around the world to return to parts of the country less hard-hit by the coronavirus.
Antiquities and Tourism Minister Khaled el-Anany also says the government will open three provinces to tourists starting July 1.
Those include the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, home to the major resort and beach destination of Sharm el Sheikh, the Red Sea resort areas of Hurghada and Marsa Alam, as well as Marsa Matrouh, on the Mediterranean coast.
The government hopes to draw tourists to popular yet remote attractions that have been spared the ravages of the virus.
The decision comes even as the pandemic surges in the Arab world’s most populous country, which has at least 1,484 deaths among 42,980 confirmed cases.
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PARIS — France is opening its borders with other European countries at midnight for the first time since shutting them amid virus fears three months ago, and will start opening up to visitors from other continents July 1.
It’s among several European countries opening borders first thing Monday — though it’s not clear how many Europeans are ready to travel again.
The French government has urged fellow EU members to coordinate their border rules, and is sticking to calendar recommendations from the European Commission last week.
“Given the favorable evolution of the health situation in France and in Europe,” the French government said in a statement it’s opening its borders to all arrivals from the EU and countries in the border-free Schengen zone Monday.
People arriving from inside Europe won’t need to undergo quarantine. But France will apply different rules to visitors from Spain and Britain because those countries established different reopening schedules.
France will gradually allow visitors from outside Europe starting July 1, based on the virus situation in countries of origin.
The French government promised to ease entry for foreign students in particular ahead of the new academic year.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s president says that a stringent quarantine imposed to fight COVID-19 has legally expired and a gradual reopening of the economy will begin Tuesday.
The Central American nation’s Supreme Court ruled that the strict measures decreed by President Nayib Bukele were unconstitutional and Bukele said Saturday night that he is going to veto the alternative restrictions passed Friday by the National Assembly.
As a result, he acknowledged, by law the region’s most restrictive legal lockdown has ended, though he asked citizens to continue in quarantine voluntarily until Tuesday, when phased measures to reactivate economic life would begin.
Under Bukele’s stay-at-home decrees, violators were sent to government-run containment centers for month-long stays. He had resisted loosening the orders, arguing that the country’s medical system could be quickly overwhelmed, resulting in much greater loss of life.
Health Minister Francisco Alabí said that the nation’s health system is already strained, with 90 of its 105 available intensive care beds already occupied. He said he expected to see an increase in COVID-19 cases with the end of restrictions.
The country of nearly 6.5 million people has reported 3,603 confirmed cases of the disease, with 72 deaths.


mercurynews--2020-06-14--The Latest: Interfaith group holds vigil outside St. John’s

By The Associated Press — A group of interfaith leaders held a prayer vigil outside St. John ’ s Church near the White House .
— The mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami .
— At least seven Minneapolis police officers have quit and another seven are in the process of resigning .
— Tulsa Health Department director wishes Trump would postpone a planned campaign rally because of recent increases in coronavirus cases .
A group of interfaith leaders held a prayer vigil Sunday outside St. John ’ s Church near the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held a June 1 appearance that sparked criticism after protesters were forcibly cleared from the area .
The faith leaders , representing multiple Christian denominations as well as Jewish , Muslim , Hindu and Sikh faiths , addressed a crowd of several dozen at the edge of the recently named Black Lives Matter Plaza with a message of racial justice .
“ The government stands under God ’ s judgment , and must therefore be held accountable for protecting the innocent , guaranteeing basic freedoms and liberties , and establishing justice and equality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church .
Among the speakers at St. John ’ s was Rev .
William Barber , leader of the Poor People ’ s Campaign movement on behalf of lower-income Americans , who also addressed Sunday services at the Washington National Cathedral .
MIAMI — The mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami on Sunday , demanding racial equality following the death of George Floyd last month at the hands of a white police officer in Minnesota .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ signs that read “ Stop Killing Us ” and “ We Are All Equal ” at the Torch of Friendship , a 60-year-old monument erected as a welcoming beacon to the city ’ s Latin American and Caribbean neighbors .
The protest organized by several churches was one of several across Florida on Sunday .
Fulton ’ s unarmed son , Trayon Martin , was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer , George Zimmerman , while walking back from a central Florida convenience store in 2012 .
The teen ’ s killing helped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matter movement , which grew after the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri , and Eric Garner in New York .
Fulton is currently running for a seat on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners .
At one point , demonstrators lined up U.S. flags that spelled out “ RESIST ” on a blocked-off downtown street .
Nearby at a separate protest , dozens of police supporters waved flags and chanted “ We support the police !
” at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami .
At one point , about three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protesters and gave high-fives to supporters who applauded and took photos .
At least seven Minneapolis police officers have quit and another seven are in the process of resigning , citing a lack of support from department and city leaders as protests over George Floyd ’ s death escalated .
Current and former officers told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that officers are upset with Mayor Jacob Frey ’ s decision to abandon the Third Precinct station during the protests .
Demonstrators set the building on fire after officers left .
Protesters also have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numerous officers and protesters have been injured and the state has launched a civil rights investigation into the department .
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar told CNN on Sunday that the department is “ rotten to the root.
” LAS VEGAS — An officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is paralyzed from the neck down , on a ventilator and unable to speak .
Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot on June 1 during protests over the death of Floyd at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s family released a statement Saturday through the police , saying the 29-year-old is expected to stay on the ventilator .
He has been tentatively accepted at a spine rehabilitation center .
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with deliberately shooting Mikalonis during the protest .
A judge who reviewed evidence at June 5 court hearing said that police video shows Edgar Samaniego “ walking by , taking out a gun and firing … at officers.
” He is charged with attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $ 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Samaniego will plead not guilty .
SEATTLE — Large protests in Seattle over police brutality and racial injustice have again caught the nation ’ s eye , but demonstrations have been part of the city since shortly after it was founded in 1851 .
This week , demonstrators have staked out several blocks near downtown Seattle .
They named the area the “ Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone , ” demanded broad reforms and faced criticism from President Donald Trump , who called them anarchist occupiers .
Similar descriptions of Seattle protests have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stretching from large labor strikes before World War I to the massive 1999 WTO trade protests .
Its latest protest epicenter , also known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest area , has been peaceful so far , Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said on CBS ’ “ Face the Nation ” on Sunday .
She wants officers to return to the precinct without creating “ something that devolves into a force situation.
” CHICAGO — A published report says black people made up 75 % of those arrested in Chicago for alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following demonstrations over George Floyd ’ s death .
The Chicago Sun-Times analyzed police data from the first five days of the curfew imposed May 30 and lifted June 7 .
The racial disparity in Chicago , where black people are about 30 % of the population , drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois .
A Chicago police spokesman says the department ’ s curfew enforcement was “ universal ” regardless of race or neighborhood .
TULSA , Okla. — The director of the Tulsa Health Department says he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planned campaign rally in Tulsa because of recent increases in the number of coronavirus cases .
Bruce Dart told the Tulsa World that it ’ s an honor for the president to want to come to the city , but said he ’ s concerned about protecting anyone attending a large indoor event .
“ I wish we could postpone this to a time when the virus isn ’ t as large a concern as it is today.
” Dart told the Tulsa World .
“ I think it ’ s an honor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to come and visit our community , but not during a pandemic , ” Dart said .
“ I ’ m concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large , indoor event , and I ’ m also concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe as well.
” Trump plans a rally at the 19,000-seat BOK Center on Saturday .
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Sunday reported 158 new cases of the coronavirus to bring the confirmed total in the state to 8,231 cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — some carrying guns and baseball bats — gathered around a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia over the weekend , saying they intended to protect it from vandals amid recent protests .
The group clustered around the statue in Marconi Plaza on Saturday .
“ It would be over my dead body before they got to this statue , ” Anthony Ruggiero , 41 , told The Philadelphia Inquirer .
“ This is a part of history.
” Mayor Jim Kenney condemned the “ groups of armed individuals ‘ protecting ’ ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sunday .
Meanwhile , three people were charged in the vandalism of a Christopher Columbus statue in Providence , Rhode Island .
Responding officers said they saw two people run toward the statue early Saturday and throw objects that left paint splattered on the protective surface around the monument .
The two fled on foot and were arrested shortly after , as was the man police say was driving the car .
All three face a felony charge of desecration of a monument and conspiracy .
TAHLEQUAH , Okla. — The Cherokee Nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ placed in its Capitol Square nearly a century ago by the Daughters of the Confederacy .
A crane removed the two monuments from the nation ’ s tribal headquarters in Tahlequah on Saturday while Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin , Jr. , watched .
“ It ’ s difficult to tell our story when we have non-Indian-driven monuments talking about the Confederacy , when they greet people as they come into our Cherokee Nation museum , ” Hoskin said in a statement .
“ It was time for a change.
” The monuments included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stand Watie that was dedicated in 1913 and a second granite monument honoring Watie dedicated in 1921 .
The capitol square in downtown Tahlequah houses the original Cherokee Nation courthouse , which has been converted into a Cherokee history museum .
According to the Cherokee Nation , the site is home to 13 different monuments , several with no ties to Cherokee history , that were erected before the tribe reclaimed ownership in 1979 .
The Cherokee Nation is planning to commission an art project for the square dedicated to the Trail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Native Americans perished during their forced removal from ancestral homelands east of the Mississippi River .
BERLIN — Demonstrators are forming a planned 9-kilometer ( 5½-mile ) chain in Berlin in a message against racism , among a range of other causes .
Organizers of Sunday ’ s “ Indivisible ” demonstration were told to require participants to wear masks , and protesters were also asked to maintain social distancing .
They were linked by colored ribbons , forming what organizers called a “ ribbon of solidarity ” that stretched southeast from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police said people appeared to be keeping up with safety protocols .
Berlin recently lifted coronavirus-related limits on the number of people who can attend demonstrations , though people are still required to keep at least 1.5 meters ( 5 feet ) apart in public .
MILAN — Protesters have scrawled ‘ ’ rapist ’ and ‘ ’ racist ’ on the statue of a late Italian journalist who had acknowledged having had a 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s .
The statue of Indro Montanelli , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name , has been a flashpoint in Italy ’ s Black Lives Matters protests , which have put renewed focus on Italy ’ s colonial past .
Activists are also pushing for Italy to grant automatic citizenship to those born in Italy to parents who are permanent residents .
Montanelli , who died in 2001 at 92 , was one of Italy ’ s most revered journalists , honored by the Vienna-based International Press Institute in 2000 as among the 50 World Press Freedom Heroes .
A noted war correspondent , he chronicled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fascism , Italy ’ s postwar reconstruction and the anti-corruption scandals that overturned Italy ’ s political class in the 1990s .
In 1977 , he was shot four times in the legs by the Red Brigade domestic terror group .
He also mentored many of today ’ s top Italian journalists .
NEW ORLEANS — Protesters tore down a bust of a slave owner who left part of his fortune to New Orleans ’ schools , and then they took the remains to the Mississippi River and rolled it down the banks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is part of a nationwide effort to remove monuments to the Confederacy or with links to slavery as the country grapples with widespread protests against police brutality toward African Americans .
Police said in a statement Saturday that demonstrators at Duncan Plaza , which is directly across the street from City Hall , dragged the bust into the streets , loaded it onto trucks and took it to the Mississippi River where they threw it in .
Two people who were driving the trucks transporting the bust were apprehended by police and taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Their names were not given in the statement .
The police did not identify the bust , but local media identified it as one depicting John McDonogh .
When he died , McDonogh left a large portion of his money to New Orleans and Baltimore for schools , and many schools in New Orleans are named after him .
Video on social media showed dozens surrounding the bust , which sat on a pedestal while some people pulled on a rope tied to the bust and another hit it .
As the bust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the crowd cheers .
Another video posted on social media shows a crowd watching as the bust is rolled down the rocky banks of the Mississippi River and into the water .
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a tweet that the city “ rejects vandalism and destruction of City property .
It is unlawful.
” Follow all AP coverage of protests against racial injustice and police brutality at https : //apnews.com/GeorgeFloyd .

By The Associated Press
TOP OF THE HOUR:
— A group of interfaith leaders held a prayer vigil outside St. John’s Church near the White House.
— The mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami.
— At least seven Minneapolis police officers have quit and another seven are in the process of resigning.
— Police officer shot during Las Vegas protest paralyzed.
— Tulsa Health Department director wishes Trump would postpone a planned campaign rally because of recent increases in coronavirus cases.
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A group of interfaith leaders held a prayer vigil Sunday outside St. John’s Church near the White House, where President Donald Trump held a June 1 appearance that sparked criticism after protesters were forcibly cleared from the area.
The faith leaders, representing multiple Christian denominations as well as Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh faiths, addressed a crowd of several dozen at the edge of the recently named Black Lives Matter Plaza with a message of racial justice.
“The government stands under God’s judgment, and must therefore be held accountable for protecting the innocent, guaranteeing basic freedoms and liberties, and establishing justice and equality,” said Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Among the speakers at St. John’s was Rev. William Barber, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign movement on behalf of lower-income Americans, who also addressed Sunday services at the Washington National Cathedral.
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MIAMI — The mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami on Sunday, demanding racial equality following the death of George Floyd last month at the hands of a white police officer in Minnesota.
Sybrina Fulton joined the demonstrators who carried signs that read “Stop Killing Us” and “We Are All Equal” at the Torch of Friendship, a 60-year-old monument erected as a welcoming beacon to the city’s Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. The protest organized by several churches was one of several across Florida on Sunday.
Fulton’s unarmed son, Trayon Martin, was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, while walking back from a central Florida convenience store in 2012. The teen’s killing helped plant the seeds of the Black Lives Matter movement, which grew after the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York.
Fulton is currently running for a seat on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
At one point, demonstrators lined up U.S. flags that spelled out “RESIST” on a blocked-off downtown street.
Nearby at a separate protest, dozens of police supporters waved flags and chanted “We support the police!” at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. At one point, about three dozen officers on bikes rode by the protesters and gave high-fives to supporters who applauded and took photos.
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At least seven Minneapolis police officers have quit and another seven are in the process of resigning, citing a lack of support from department and city leaders as protests over George Floyd’s death escalated.
Current and former officers told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that officers are upset with Mayor Jacob Frey’s decision to abandon the Third Precinct station during the protests.
Demonstrators set the building on fire after officers left. Protesters also have hurled bricks and insults at officers, numerous officers and protesters have been injured and the state has launched a civil rights investigation into the department.
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar told CNN on Sunday that the department is “rotten to the root.”
Mylan Masson, a retired Minneapolis officer and use-of-force expert, says officers don’t feel appreciated.
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LAS VEGAS — An officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is paralyzed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak.
Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot on June 1 during protests over the death of Floyd at the hands of police.
The officer’s family released a statement Saturday through the police, saying the 29-year-old is expected to stay on the ventilator.
He has been tentatively accepted at a spine rehabilitation center.
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with deliberately shooting Mikalonis during the protest. A judge who reviewed evidence at June 5 court hearing said that police video shows Edgar Samaniego “walking by, taking out a gun and firing … at officers.”
He is charged with attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $1 million.
An appointed public defender says Samaniego will plead not guilty.
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SEATTLE — Large protests in Seattle over police brutality and racial injustice have again caught the nation’s eye, but demonstrations have been part of the city since shortly after it was founded in 1851.
This week, demonstrators have staked out several blocks near downtown Seattle.
They named the area the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” demanded broad reforms and faced criticism from President Donald Trump, who called them anarchist occupiers.
Similar descriptions of Seattle protests have been used for more than 100 years, stretching from large labor strikes before World War I to the massive 1999 WTO trade protests.
Its latest protest epicenter, also known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest area, has been peaceful so far, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
She wants officers to return to the precinct without creating “something that devolves into a force situation.”
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CHICAGO — A published report says black people made up 75% of those arrested in Chicago for alleged violations of a curfew put in place following demonstrations over George Floyd’s death.
The Chicago Sun-Times analyzed police data from the first five days of the curfew imposed May 30 and lifted June 7.
The racial disparity in Chicago, where black people are about 30% of the population, drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.
A Chicago police spokesman says the department’s curfew enforcement was “universal” regardless of race or neighborhood.
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TULSA, Okla. — The director of the Tulsa Health Department says he wishes President Donald Trump would postpone a planned campaign rally in Tulsa because of recent increases in the number of coronavirus cases.
Bruce Dart told the Tulsa World that it’s an honor for the president to want to come to the city, but said he’s concerned about protecting anyone attending a large indoor event.
“I wish we could postpone this to a time when the virus isn’t as large a concern as it is today.” Dart told the Tulsa World.
“I think it’s an honor for Tulsa to have a sitting president want to come and visit our community, but not during a pandemic,” Dart said.
“I’m concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large, indoor event, and I’m also concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe as well.”
Trump plans a rally at the 19,000-seat BOK Center on Saturday. The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Sunday reported 158 new cases of the coronavirus to bring the confirmed total in the state to 8,231 cases.
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A group of about 100 people — some carrying guns and baseball bats — gathered around a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia over the weekend, saying they intended to protect it from vandals amid recent protests.
The group clustered around the statue in Marconi Plaza on Saturday.
“It would be over my dead body before they got to this statue,” Anthony Ruggiero, 41, told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “This is a part of history.”
Mayor Jim Kenney condemned the “groups of armed individuals ‘protecting’” the statue in a Twitter post on Sunday.
Meanwhile, three people were charged in the vandalism of a Christopher Columbus statue in Providence, Rhode Island.
Responding officers said they saw two people run toward the statue early Saturday and throw objects that left paint splattered on the protective surface around the monument.
The two fled on foot and were arrested shortly after, as was the man police say was driving the car. All three face a felony charge of desecration of a monument and conspiracy.
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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation has removed two confederate monuments that were placed in its Capitol Square nearly a century ago by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
A crane removed the two monuments from the nation’s tribal headquarters in Tahlequah on Saturday while Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., watched.
“It’s difficult to tell our story when we have non-Indian-driven monuments talking about the Confederacy, when they greet people as they come into our Cherokee Nation museum,” Hoskin said in a statement. “It was time for a change.”
The monuments included a fountain memorializing confederate soldiers and Gen. Stand Watie that was dedicated in 1913 and a second granite monument honoring Watie dedicated in 1921.
The capitol square in downtown Tahlequah houses the original Cherokee Nation courthouse, which has been converted into a Cherokee history museum.
According to the Cherokee Nation, the site is home to 13 different monuments, several with no ties to Cherokee history, that were erected before the tribe reclaimed ownership in 1979.
The Cherokee Nation is planning to commission an art project for the square dedicated to the Trail of Tears, along which thousands of Native Americans perished during their forced removal from ancestral homelands east of the Mississippi River.
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BERLIN — Demonstrators are forming a planned 9-kilometer (5½-mile) chain in Berlin in a message against racism, among a range of other causes.
Organizers of Sunday’s “Indivisible” demonstration were told to require participants to wear masks, and protesters were also asked to maintain social distancing.
They were linked by colored ribbons, forming what organizers called a “ribbon of solidarity” that stretched southeast from the Brandenburg Gate to the Neukoelln neighbourhood. Police said people appeared to be keeping up with safety protocols.
Berlin recently lifted coronavirus-related limits on the number of people who can attend demonstrations, though people are still required to keep at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) apart in public.
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MILAN — Protesters have scrawled ‘’rapist’ and ‘’racist’ on the statue of a late Italian journalist who had acknowledged having had a 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s.
The statue of Indro Montanelli, inside a Milan park that bears his name, has been a flashpoint in Italy’s Black Lives Matters protests, which have put renewed focus on Italy’s colonial past. Activists are also pushing for Italy to grant automatic citizenship to those born in Italy to parents who are permanent residents.
Montanelli, who died in 2001 at 92, was one of Italy’s most revered journalists, honored by the Vienna-based International Press Institute in 2000 as among the 50 World Press Freedom Heroes. A noted war correspondent, he chronicled contemporary Italy from its colonial era through fascism, Italy’s postwar reconstruction and the anti-corruption scandals that overturned Italy’s political class in the 1990s.
In 1977, he was shot four times in the legs by the Red Brigade domestic terror group. He also mentored many of today’s top Italian journalists.
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NEW ORLEANS — Protesters tore down a bust of a slave owner who left part of his fortune to New Orleans’ schools, and then they took the remains to the Mississippi River and rolled it down the banks into the water.
The destruction Saturday is part of a nationwide effort to remove monuments to the Confederacy or with links to slavery as the country grapples with widespread protests against police brutality toward African Americans.
Police said in a statement Saturday that demonstrators at Duncan Plaza, which is directly across the street from City Hall, dragged the bust into the streets, loaded it onto trucks and took it to the Mississippi River where they threw it in. Two people who were driving the trucks transporting the bust were apprehended by police and taken to police headquarters, authorities said. Their names were not given in the statement.
The police did not identify the bust, but local media identified it as one depicting John McDonogh. When he died, McDonogh left a large portion of his money to New Orleans and Baltimore for schools, and many schools in New Orleans are named after him.
Video on social media showed dozens surrounding the bust, which sat on a pedestal while some people pulled on a rope tied to the bust and another hit it.
As the bust tilts and then crashes to the ground the crowd cheers. Another video posted on social media shows a crowd watching as the bust is rolled down the rocky banks of the Mississippi River and into the water.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a tweet that the city “rejects vandalism and destruction of City property. It is unlawful.”
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ATLANTA — Three dozen demonstrators were arrested Saturday evening after a flood of protesters overtook Atlanta ’ s Downtown Connector and blocked traffic , police said .
The incident happened shortly after a Wendy ’ s restaurant that was the site of a black man ’ s death at the hands of an Atlanta police officer was set ablaze .
Protesters walked onto the highway and locked arms when troopers warned them that they were violating laws .
“ You have three minutes to disperse , ” a trooper said .
Organizers encouraged people to leave , but not many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opened the third straight weekend of protests in Atlanta , was roused by the death of Rayshard Brooks .
Brooks , 27 , was fatally shot Friday night in the parking lot of the Wendy ’ s on University Avenue .
Police were sent to the Wendy ’ s after Brooks reportedly fell asleep in his car and blocked the restaurant ’ s drive-thru .
A struggle broke out when officers attempted to arrest the man .
Video posted on social media showed Brooks on the ground wrestling with two white Atlanta police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempted to use a Taser on Brooks , who was able to wrestle the stun gun away and run away , with officers in pursuit .
Shots are heard but not seen in the video .
Officer Garret Rolfe , who officials said fired the shots that killed Brooks , was terminated from the department .
The second officer involved , Officer Devin Bronson , has been placed on administrative duty , officials said .
The incident comes as people across the country are protesting the death of George Floyd , who died @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minnesota .
Floyd ’ s death sparked new outrage over the treatment of black people by law enforcement and led to the first round of enthusiastic demonstrations in Atlanta .
The Wendy ’ s restaurant that was the site of the Brooks ’ death was left burning Saturday after protesters broke windows and tossed fireworks inside .
Cortez Stafford , a spokesman for Atlanta fire , said the blaze grew because it wasn ’ t safe to get to the area near the restaurant when the fire began .
Fire crews contained the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go inside the building to thoroughly extinguish all hot spots , parts of the blaze were rekindled .
The few flames that popped up “ did not pose a threat to the already burned structure , ” Stafford said .
The furor mirrored a May 29 protest that began peacefully but devolved into chaos , leaving behind a slew of fires , damaged business and a vandalized CNN Center .
Of the 36 people arrested , 15 had Atlanta addresses , according to department spokesman Officer Steve Avery .
Seventeen were from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city , and four were from out of state , he said .
• Thousands gather for Hollywood march as protesters return to streets across Southern California The charges of those who were arrested have not been released .

By Asia Simone Burns | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATLANTA — Three dozen demonstrators were arrested Saturday evening after a flood of protesters overtook Atlanta’s Downtown Connector and blocked traffic, police said.
The incident happened shortly after a Wendy’s restaurant that was the site of a black man’s death at the hands of an Atlanta police officer was set ablaze.
Protesters walked onto the highway and locked arms when troopers warned them that they were violating laws.
“You have three minutes to disperse,” a trooper said.
Organizers encouraged people to leave, but not many did.
The massive demonstration, which opened the third straight weekend of protests in Atlanta, was roused by the death of Rayshard Brooks. Brooks, 27, was fatally shot Friday night in the parking lot of the Wendy’s on University Avenue.
Police were sent to the Wendy’s after Brooks reportedly fell asleep in his car and blocked the restaurant’s drive-thru. A struggle broke out when officers attempted to arrest the man.
Video posted on social media showed Brooks on the ground wrestling with two white Atlanta police officers in the parking lot. Officers attempted to use a Taser on Brooks, who was able to wrestle the stun gun away and run away, with officers in pursuit. Shots are heard but not seen in the video.
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Officer Garret Rolfe, who officials said fired the shots that killed Brooks, was terminated from the department. The second officer involved, Officer Devin Bronson, has been placed on administrative duty, officials said.
The incident comes as people across the country are protesting the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd’s death sparked new outrage over the treatment of black people by law enforcement and led to the first round of enthusiastic demonstrations in Atlanta.
The Wendy’s restaurant that was the site of the Brooks’ death was left burning Saturday after protesters broke windows and tossed fireworks inside. Cortez Stafford, a spokesman for Atlanta fire, said the blaze grew because it wasn’t safe to get to the area near the restaurant when the fire began.
Fire crews contained the flames, but as firefighters were unable to go inside the building to thoroughly extinguish all hot spots, parts of the blaze were rekindled. The few flames that popped up “did not pose a threat to the already burned structure,” Stafford said.
The furor mirrored a May 29 protest that began peacefully but devolved into chaos, leaving behind a slew of fires, damaged business and a vandalized CNN Center.
Of the 36 people arrested, 15 had Atlanta addresses, according to department spokesman Officer Steve Avery. Seventeen were from the state of Georgia outside of the city, and four were from out of state, he said.
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