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President Trump downplays rise in coronavirus cases

Twenty states are reporting an increase in new coronavirus cases compared with two weeks ago. President Trump has attributed the surge to better testing, but experts tell CBS News the data says otherwise. One of the states seeing a growing outbreak is Oklahoma, where the president will soon host his first in-person campaign rally since the pandemic began. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and The 19th’s editor-at-large, Errin Haines, join CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

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Netflix CEO donates $120 million to HBCUs, says he wanted “to really go big”

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin are personally giving $120 million dollars to be split among Morehouse College, Spelman College and the United Negro College Fund. The donation, announced first on “CBS This Morning,” is the largest single individual gift ever made to support scholarships at historically black colleges and universities. Source

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Classic venues that launched music legends may vanish thanks to COVID-19

The music industry has all but given up hosting music festivals this summer, and there are no big tours filling stadiums. The bands who headline these events usually cut their teeth in small live clubs, but most of those stages, according to a recent survey, are in danger of never reopening. Lee Cowan reports. Source

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Titans LB Rashaan Evans Ready to Do Even More in 2020

Evans led the team in tackles (139) in 2019, posting double-digit tackles in half of the team’s contest. He recorded sacks, made tackles in the backfield, scored a touchdown, and in the team’s playoff win at New England, was a force at the goal-line in a critical series of plays. Source

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