A woman and a child wearing protective face masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus walk by people lining up outside a health center to get the nucleic acid test in Beijing, Monday, June 15, 2020. China's capital was bracing Monday for a resurgence of the coronavirus after more than 100 new cases were reported in recent days in a city that hadn't seen a case of local transmission in more than a month. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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1. CHINA CAPITAL BRACES FOR VIRUS RESURGENCE 79 new cases were reported in Beijing as the U.S. continues to struggle with an outbreak that appears ready to stretch on for months or even years.
2. '~I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A JUSTIFIED USE OF FORCE' White Atlanta officer who a shot black man, Rayshard Brooks, outside a Wendy's is fired, second officer place on administrative leave.
3. ON TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION ISRAELI PM WANTS WEALTHY FRIEND TO FUND DEFENSE Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping an oversight committee approves his request to accept $2.9 million from Michigan-based magnate.
4. BLOW TO FREEDOM OF PRESS IN ASIA Journalist Maria Ressa has been convicted of libel in a Philippine court decision, sentenced to six years
5. WHO'S TO BLAME FOR COVID NURSING HOME DEATH The Trump administration has been pointing to facilities with low federal ratings for infection control while Democrats are critical of the administration's response.
___ This story has been corrected to show that the number of new coronavirus cases in Beijing is 79, not more than 100.
Protesters march from a Wendy's restaurant to a police precinct at Grant Park on Sunday, June 14, 2020, in Atlanta. Atlanta police video released Sunday showing a seemingly routine sobriety check outside a Wendy's restaurant that quickly spun out of control, ending in gunfire. The killing of Rayshard Brooks, 27, in an encounter with two white officers late Friday rekindled protests in Atlanta and prompted the police chief's resignation. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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FILE- In this May 24, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, wearing a face mask in line with public health restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, stands with his lawyers inside the court room as his corruption trial opens at the Jerusalem District Court. Netanyahu is on trial for accepting gifts from wealthy friends. But that has not stopped him from seeking another gift from a wealthy friend to pay for his multimillion-dollar legal defense. (Ronen Zvulun/ Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, center, gestures beside former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr., left, during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday June 15, 2020. Ressa, an award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president, her online news site Rappler Inc. and Santos were convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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FILE- In this May 14, 2020 file photo, Notes for healthcare workers hang in the front window at the Kimberly Hall North nursing home, in Windsor, Conn. A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. The Trump administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry - facilities with low federal ratings for infection control - and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus patients.. (AP Photo/Chris Ehrmann, File)
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