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Billy Dume says he has focused his public activism primarily on LGBTQ issues. He says George Floyd's death led him to march for racial justice in New York City.

One protester in New York City said George Floyd's death moved him to action. "As a black person, I've actually been relatively passive."

Bubba Wallace wears an "I Can't Breathe, Black Lives Matter" shirt before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Wants Confederate Flags Banned From Race Tracks

"No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race," Wallace says. "... Get them out of here. They have no place for them."

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at half their normal height to honor those lost to the pandemic.

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24.

77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

In a letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, these U.S. scientists said they were "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance.

President Trump, here last week at the White House, insists he wasn't briefed on reports of Russian bounties on coalition forces in Afghanistan because the intelligence community didn't find them credible.

Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress

The president dismisses the allegation as politically motivated. The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to receive a briefing on the matter Wednesday.

The FBI team investigating the incident concluded the "noose" found in Bubba Wallace's garage was actually a pull rope that had been in the stall long before the driver was assigned.

NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Was Not The Target Of A Hate Crime, FBI Says

"After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed," FBI officials said in a statement, Tuesday.

DMX performs at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards in 2001 in Miami Beach, Fla. The rapper died Friday at age 50.

Rapper And Actor DMX Dead At 50

The rapper died Friday at White Plains, N.Y., Hospital after being on life support.

An Enormous Cargo Ship Is Stuck Blocking One Of The World's Key Shipping Routes

An enormous cargo ship is stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt, blocking one of the world's key shipping routes.

3 Skiers Killed In Colorado Avalanches As Authorities Warn Of Weak Snowpack

"Colorado is the home of weak snow and avalanches are not uncommon. This year is worse," the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said Sunday. A snowmobiler in Wyoming also died on Friday.

Italians Revive An Old Wine-Serving Custom In Florence

In the era of social distancing, Italians in Florence have revived the custom of serving wine through pint-size windows in centuries-old buildings.

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