1.  WH Deletes Tweet Claiming Security Barrier Is Antifa Trap

 FAKE NEWS 

The tweet spread a conspiracy theory that had already been debunked two days earlier.

2.  Trump Tried to Enroll to Vote in FL With White House Address

  CASTING STONE 

The president resubmitted the form as he was changing his official address to Mar-a-Lago. Florida voters must be legal residents of the state.

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3.  Face Masks Can Irritate Your Skin. This Moisturizer May Help

 SMOOTH IT OUT 

Whenever I recommend it to friends and encourage them to try some, I struggle to prise it from their (moisturized) hands.

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4.  Minneapolis PD Uses Force on Black People 7 Times More Often

 HUGE DISPARITIES 

The city was “a living laboratory on everything you shouldn’t do when it comes to police use of force,” one expert said.

5.  LeBron Dunks on Saints QB for Remark on Kaepernick Protests

 ‘WOW MAN!!’ 

“Is it still surprising at this point. Sure isn’t! You literally still don’t understand why Kap was kneeling on one knee??”

6.  Long Island Restaurant Owner Faces Backlash for Racist Video

 FALLOUT 

Luigi Petrone, who owns Tutto Pazzo restaurant in Huntington Village, threatened to throw watermelons at peaceful protesters and called them “savages.”

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7.  NBA to Approve Plan for 22-Team Return in July: ESPN

 GUESS WHOSE BACK? 

After coronavirus ended the regular season early, a new plan will allow 22 teams to play eight games in Orlando starting July 31.

8.  Steven Avery of ‘Making a Murderer’ Diagnosed With COVID-19

 CONFINED 

Steven Avery is currently serving a life sentence for a 2005 murder and has been confined to his cell.

9.  Trump-Touted Drug Ineffective at COVID-19 Prevention: Study

 NO PROTECTION 

Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent the coronavirus—but there’s no evidence it has any such effect.

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10.  Snapchat Stops Promoting President Trump’s Account

 OH SNAP 

The social network determined that Trump’s comments outside of the platform may incite violence.

11.  No Sign of Foreign Trolls Inflaming Tensions Amid Protests

  NOT YET 

A social-media analysis company said “there is no evidence as yet to suggest a large-scale, covert interference campaign” stoking violence.

12.  Oklahoma State Football Players Test Positive for COVID-19

 GAME DELAYED 

The players, who are all asymptomatic, have returned to the university ahead of the NCAA start date.

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13.  Rochester Radio Hosts Fired for Racist Remarks On-Air

 INTOLERABLE 

Kimberly Ray and Barry Beck referred to the n-word several times on-air during a discussion of the Black Lives Matter protests in Rochester, N.Y.

14.  Cuomo Privately Apologized for Criticizing NY Cops: Chief

 TAKING IT BACK 

New York governor retracts his condemnation of how NYPD officers handled Monday night’s unrest.

15.  U.S. Expat Family Returning to Rome Imports COVID Cluster

 STAY AT ROME 

Members of an American family who came back to Rome from Chicago via Frankfurt last weekend have all tested positive for coronavirus.

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