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 | | | A heart-wrenching 100 days | | Coronavirus death toll reaches 100,000 in the US. SpaceX's historic rocket launch is delayed. It's Wednesday's news. | | |
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| Police brutality is back in the news. Coronavirus hits a grim milestone. And we're sorry for today's difficult news lineup but can promise a cute dog at the end. |
| It's Ashley with today's news to know. |
| But first, let's toast to life: How did a 103-year-old woman who beat coronavirus celebrate? |
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In our fight against the coronavirus, 100,000 Americans are dead |
| The U.S. has surpassed 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins, though experts say the true number of casualties could be much higher and predict thousands more could die deaths as the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold. The first person in the U.S. to die from COVID-19 is believed to have been on Feb. 6 in California. That's 100,000 deaths in 100 days; what will the next 100 days look like? USA TODAY consulted experts in a variety of fields to get an assessment of what the new normal may look like. The outlook? Not so good. |
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Chants of 'I can't breathe' filled Minneapolis streets |
| The mayor of Minneapolis is calling for charges against the white police officer who knelt on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd, a black man who died Monday after being restrained. "Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?" Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday. "If you had done it, or I had done it, we would be behind bars right now." A horrifying video of the incident spread quickly on social media Tuesday, showing the police officer driving his knee into Floyd's neck as the man repeatedly said he can't breathe. Thousands of protesters demanding justice for Floyd gathered late Tuesday where he was restrained and marched to a city police precinct before clashing with officers. Four officers involved in the incident have been fired, and Floyd's family and their attorney have called for their arrests. |
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 | | Protesters gather under the rain near the spot where George Floyd died while in custody of the Minneapolis Police. | | Kerem Yucel, AFP via Getty Images | |
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Bad weather postpones historic SpaceX rocket launch |
| We were thiiiiiis close to seeing the United States launch astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade today. But due to bad weather, the SpaceX rocket launch – which was set to be the first time a private company sent humans into orbit – was postponed. The bad weather was serious: Wind, rain and lightning rattled the Space Coast throughout the day Wednesday, and a tornado warning and significant weather advisory were issued hours before the planned launch. Another attempt to launch is scheduled for Saturday at 3:22 p.m. EDT. |
 | | Workers make last minute checks on a horizontal SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, FL Tuesday, May 26, 2020. | | Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY-USA TODAY Network | |
Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, Pompeo says |
| In a move that threatens to exacerbate U.S.-China tensions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Wednesday that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is poised to push a national security law through China's rubber-stamp legislature that would ban treason and other perceived offenses in Hong Kong – a move critics say will put the territory firmly under China's rule. (The back story: Hong Kong was returned to China from British control as a semi-autonomous territory in 1997 – on the condition that China maintained a "one country, two systems" framework guaranteeing freedoms not found on the mainland.) Pompeo's decision could have serious economic consequences: U.S. law currently grants Hong Kong special trade status, but that could be stripped under Wednesday's declaration. |
 | | Riot police detain a protester during a demonstration against Beijing's national security legislation in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on May 24. Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas in a popular shopping district as hundreds took to the streets to march. | | Vincent Yu, AP | |
Real quick |
| • | With revenue drying up due to coronavirus, wineries are doing something they've resisted for years: selling 🍷 online. | | • | Tulsi Gabbard withdrew her lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. | | • | The CDC changed its "confusing" guidelines on coronavirus and surfaces. Here's what we know. | | • | An invasive "rainbow lizard" population is rapidly increasing in Florida with no end in sight. | |
Hit me with the bug spray, please: 17-year cicadas are here |
| A "brood" of big cicadas that have been patiently waiting underground for 17 years is slowly waking up in the eastern U.S. this month. To make things creepier, they have giant red eyes and are as noisy as a lawnmower. But people who know more about insects than I do say there's nothing to fear: The bugs are harmless to humans, other than the "ick" factor if you're not a fan of massive, creepy-crawly insects. As many as 1.5 million of the bugs are emerging each acre, entomologists at Virginia Tech say, which can be quite noisy. |
 | | A cicada appears in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. | | Chris Simon, AP | |
A break from the news |
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Employee of the day 🐾 |
| Now that many of us are WFH, you may have found yourself with a purr-fect new colleague: YOUR PETS! Send me their picture at TheShortList@usatoday.com. |
| When Short List reader Sara Tenboer tells her dogs Annie and Snuggles they are going fishing, they run to their life vests. Talk about having an office with a view! |
 | | Annie, the obvious captain of this vessel, takes boat safety very seriously. | | Sara Tenboer | |
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