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Finance Committee Chair Says Second Stimulus Check In Next Coronavirus Bill: Will Americans Save It Or Spend It? – Forbes

Finance Committee Chair Says Second Stimulus Check In Next Coronavirus Bill: Will Americans Save It Or Spend It?  Forbes Senate HEALS Act includes another $1,200 stimulus check—here’s who would qualify  CNBC Here’s What’s in the New Republican Coronavirus Relief Deal  Motley Fool Republican

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Rep. John Lewis praised as ‘person of greatness’ in memorial service at U.S. Capitol – New York Daily News

Rep. John Lewis praised as ‘person of greatness’ in memorial service at U.S. Capitol  New York Daily News LIVE July 28 at 8 a.m. ET | Rep. John Lewis’s public viewing at the U.S. Capitol continues  Washington Post Casket carrying John Lewis

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Protesters chain themselves to gate outside Newsom’s home to call for release of prisoners | TheHill – The Hill

Protesters chain themselves to gate outside Newsom’s home to call for release of prisoners | TheHill  The Hill California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom Says State Has A New COVID Hot Spot, Deploys “Strike Teams”  Deadline California tackles troubling coronavirus infection rates

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Ex-mayor of Julis convicted of murder in 2016 shooting caught on video

Haifa District Court rejects Salman Amar’s claim that he acted in self-defense in killing of man he was feuding with

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Roblox jumps to over 150M monthly users, will pay out $250M to developers in 2020

Gaming platform Roblox, which has seen a surge of use due to the coronavirus pandemic, now has over 150 million monthly active users, up from the 115 million it announced in February before the U.S.’s shelter-in-place orders went into effect.

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Trailblazing French feminist Gisele Halimi dies aged 93

Tunisian-born French lawyer Gisele Halimi, who devoted her life to the feminist cause and was instrumental in winning the decriminalization of abortion in France, died Tuesday aged 93, her family told AFP. She died peacefully a day after her 93rd

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YC alum Paragon snags $2.5M seed for low-code app integration platform

Low-code is a hot category these days. It helps companies build workflows or simple applications without coding skills, freeing up valuable engineering resources for more important projects. Paragon, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced a $2.5

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Rare Rembrandt goes on sale at UK auction

One of the last self-portraits by Rembrandt still in private hands goes on sale in Britain on Tuesday, with a guide price of £12-16 million ($15-21 million, 13-18 million euros). The work, “Self-portrait wearing a ruff and black hat”, will

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Guard at Ukrainian synagogue fends off ax-wielding attacker

Security footage shows assailant struggling with guard, then running off and returning to hurl feces at building; rabbi and worshipers reportedly inside at the time

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Tahini maker hit with Arab Israeli boycott over support for gays sees sales rise

Nazareth-based Al Arz gets a boost from social media activists after donating to LGBT youth support line, drawing local ire

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