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Tuesday, June 2

A protestor grabs his bike as the police uses tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd gathered near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue.

George Floyd protests spread nationwide. Four officers shot in St. Louis. Federal prisons on lockdown. It's Tuesday's news.

Crowds continue to gather across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death during a confrontation with Minneapolis police has flared nationwide outrage.

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Protests continue to sweep the nation

Another day of protesting is underway nationwide Tuesday. Demonstrators keep chanting, "I can't breathe" a week after Floyd died in police custody uttering those words. Here are the latest developments:

Tear gas on protesters outside the White House before curfew is 'shameful'

In Washington on Monday night, police fired tear gas and stun grenades into peaceful crowds near the White House, clearing the way for the president to walk to St. John's Church. The mayor of the nation's capital called the incident "shameful," and Republican senators were split on President Donald Trump's decision to push back protesters.

Four officers shot in St. Louis, police say

Four St. Louis police officers were shot early Tuesday as a protest devolved into "mayhem," Police Chief John Hayden said. Several hundred people rallied peacefully Monday afternoon outside the justice center downtown, including Mayor Lyda Krewson and Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards. Later Monday, protesters gathered in front of police headquarters, where officers fired tear gas. It was unclear who fired the gunshots.

Federal prisons are on lockdown

The federal Bureau of Prisons imposed a national lockdown in a move resembling the agency's response to mass rioting at several facilities 25 years ago. Federal authorities, struggling to contain coronavirus outbreaks that have left 68 inmates dead, had already ordered nationwide restrictions on inmate movements in March.

Atlanta officers charged in incident with college students

Six Atlanta police officers seen on video forcefully pulling two young college students out of their car and shooting them with stun guns during protests Saturday have been charged, most of them with aggravated assault. Two of the officers were fired Sunday. The incident was caught on bodycam video and denounced by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Protesters rally at New York City Hall near NYPD headquarters on June 2.

Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

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40,600 coronavirus deaths tied to US nursing homes

More than 40,600 residents and staff at U.S. long-term care facilities have died of COVID-19 over the past three months, roughly 450 people per day . That's about 40% of the nation's death toll attributed to the coronavirus, according to an analysis of state data gathered by USA TODAY. The analysis eclipses the federal government's tally, which includes only nursing homes. More than 2.4 million people live in long-term care settings, and experts say this vulnerable population remains at risk as states reopen.

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Jack Campise talks with his mother, Beverly Kearns, through her apartment window at the Kimberly Hall North nursing home May 14 in Windsor, Conn.

Chris Ehrmann, AP

The 'Super Tuesday' of postponed elections

Eight states and Washington, D.C., are holding primary elections Tuesday as the election season slithers forward amid the coronavirus pandemic and general chaos nationwide. Several states delayed or made changes to their scheduled primary plans because of the outbreak and have been postponing their contests since mid-March. Although the results of the presidential primary have been settled, races for offices down the ballot could help determine the battle for the House and Senate in November. Here are six races to watch as Democrats and Republicans duke it out at the polls today.

•	Will mail-in voting decide America's next president?

Joshua Lindl sanitizes a voting station during Indiana's primary in Indianapolis June 2. Coronavirus concerns prompted officials to delay the primary from its original date of May 5. Nearly 550,000 voters requested mail-in ballots, more than 10 times the number cast during the 2016 primary.

Michael Conroy, AP

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Who's the 'Tiger King' now? Carole Baskin.

Carole Baskin has some news to share with her "cool cats and kittens." The founder and CEO of Florida sanctuary Big Cat Rescue was awarded the zoo of "Tiger King" Joe Exotic, the man who allegedly tried to have her killed . Exotic, a mullet-headed man with two husbands who likes to wield firearms and blow things up, was the central character in Netflix's bizarre docu-series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness." He's serving 22 years in prison for the attempted murder for hire and killing five tigers, among other charges. On a related note: We still don't know exactly what happened to Baskin's last husband.

Carole Baskin, the founder of Big Cat Rescue, is featured in the docu-series "Tiger King." She was married to Don Lewis, a man who went missing in 1997.

Courtesy of Netflix

A break from the news

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