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NEED TO KNOW

Trump Visits Kenosha

President Trump is expected to visit Kenosha today, the Wisconsin city rocked by violent protests in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake last Sunday. He is scheduled to tour the damage in the city and meet with police officers. City officials reported at least 175 people have been arrested over the past week, with more than 100 having addresses listed outside the city. That number includes 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, whose lawyer says will claim self-defense in a shooting last Tuesday that left two dead and one injured.  

Democratic nominee Joe Biden condemned violent protests during remarks in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile, a number of recent polls show the presidential race tightening in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. 

Separately, in Portland, Oregon—where a suspect self-identifying as an Antifa supporter is under investigation in the fatal shooting of a counterprotester during Saturday clashes—state police have been called back in to help quell unrest.

John Thompson Jr. Dies

Legendary college basketball coach John Thompson Jr. passed away at the age of 78, his family announced yesterday. The Hall of Fame coach was best known for elevating Georgetown University basketball to national prominence, becoming the first Black coach to win a NCAA title in 1984. The program had never finished the season ranked before Thompson's arrival. During his three-decade tenure, he had 26 players drafted into the NBA, including Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Allen Iverson, and more. He coached Georgetown to three Final Fours and led the USA men's team in the 1988 Olympics.

Thompson was equally well-known for his off-the-court work, using his stature to advocate for players coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, emphasizing the educational opportunities of athletic scholarships. He also famously confronted notorious drug kingpin, Rayful Edmonds, over associating with Georgetown players.

A cause of death was not provided.

Flynn Case Drags On

An appeals court panel rejected an effort yesterday by Michael Flynn to dismiss a previously agreed to plea deal, the latest step in the winding, yearslong case against the former national security adviser.

Charged as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, Flynn originally pleaded guilty in 2017 to making false statements to the FBI regarding conversations with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak before President Trump assumed office (Mueller actually recommended Flynn receive little to no jail time for cooperating). After two years of delayed sentencing—and documents that critics say show the FBI tricked Flynn—the Justice Department dropped the case. A three-judge panel upheld the motion to dismiss, which was subsequently overturned by yesterday's 8-2 decision.

District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will now hear arguments over the Department's move to dismiss the case—a request that may still be upheld.

Separately, an appeals court rejected a Democrat-led lawsuit to allow a subpoena of former White House lawyer Don McGahn.

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> Genomics study reveals the New Guinea singing dog, thought to be extinct in the wild for five decades, is still thriving; may be used as a model organism for human vocal cord disorders (More) | Hear one in action (Listen)

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Business & Markets

> S&P 500 sees 7% increase in August, the highest level since 1986; S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all increase for fifth consecutive month since March lows (More) | Tesla soars another 12% on first day after 5-to-1 stock split (More) | Videoconferencing giant Zoom sees quarterly revenues surge 355%, with 148 million monthly users in Q2; shares up more than 20% in after-hours trading (More)

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> Spain sees second wave of coronavirus infections, recording more than 23,000 cases since Friday (More) | The US reports just over 6 million total cases, with 183,598 deaths as of this morning; see the rolling daily case average (More) | ... and deaths (More)

> Lebanon taps new prime minister in the wake of a deadly explosion that killed at least 190 and injured more than 6,500 (More) | Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for the main character of "Hotel Rwanda," being held by the Rwandan government on terrorism charges (More)

> Liberty University launches investigation into the tenure of former President Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned last week following string of personal scandals; school is one of the world's largest and most influential evangelical universities (More)

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What They Saw

BuzzFeed | Alison Killing, Megha Rajagopalan. Hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims are detained in de facto labor camps in China's western Xinjiang province. Very few have escaped to tell their story—until now. (Read)

COVID-19 Deaths Are Mostly Caused by Coronavirus

Medium | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz. An epidemiologist breaks down the statistic that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths are due to the virus alone, explaining why the implication that the coronavirus is therefore less deadly—a claim that zoomed across social media over the weekend—is misleading. (Read)

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