The US and China are sending out talks scheduled for the weekend aimed at monitoring progress at the six-month mark of their phase-one trade agreement, people familiar with the matter said. Chinese Vice Prime Minister Liu He is due to hold a video conference with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer …
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George Floyd: Former Minneapolis officer told investigators call for backup to sound ‘urgent’
Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao responded on May 25 at the scene where officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng tried to arrest Floyd for alleged attempts to pay a counterfeit bill. Floyd was later confined to the ground. While Thao was standing nearby, Lane, Kueng and Officer Derek Chauvin …
Read More »When Fargo gets a grip on COVID-19, Bismarck struggles to spread slowly
Fargo saw the worst of the outbreak early when Cass County reported about 70% of the state’s new infections in April and May. The death rate rose rapidly in Fargo when the virus spread through nursing homes. In all, 76 of the state’s 120 deaths from the disease occurred in …
Read More »Serena Williams defeated by Shelby Rogers in the Quarterfinals of Top Seed Open | Sport
Serena Williams lost Friday to an opponent outside the top 100 ranks, for the first time in eight years Friday, and fell to Shelby Rogers 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the Top Seed Open quarterfinals . Rogers picked up six of the final eight points after kicking off 3-1 in …
Read More »Listen to a ‘Woodstock’ by Joni Mitchell of 21 year old Bonnie Raitt
Since writing “Woodstock” in a hotel room in New York City, Joni Mitchell’s anti-culture song has been treated several times in the last 50 years, most notably with the electrifying version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on Déjà Vu. Now a folk version of Bonnie Raitt has been discovered, …
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