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Alex Peebles Anchor

Straight To It: Gwen’s Monday Recap

Jun 21, 2021

Alex Peebles Anchor

By Alex Peebles (Anchor)

Gwen’s picks from Monday, June 21 include:

An Olympic coach tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Japan
SCOTUS hands collegiate athletes a W, NCAA an L
A look at how the Postal Service handles more than your holiday cards
More airline cancellations pile up as post-pandemic travel demand spikes

Politics

Sen. Tuberville holding up another senior military nominee for a new reason

Friday

Springfield faces bomb threats for second day in wake of unproven claims

Tack on one more to Trump’s tax-cut pledges: No tax on overtime pay

U.S.

Boar’s Head closes Virginia plant after deadly listeria outbreak

Friday

Uber, Waymo unleashing fleet of self-driving taxis in Atlanta, Austin next year

Navient banned from student loans, ordered to pay $120 million in settlement

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International

3 Americans sentenced to death in Congo coup trial

Friday

4-day rescue frees entangled humpback whale off British Columbia coast

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of attack on Ukrainian grain ship in Black Sea

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Tech

Tech giants commit to removing nude images from AI training data

Friday

Australia weighs privacy law overhaul amid Meta photo scraping dispute

Video: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission sees first-ever private spacewalk