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Ron DeSantis speaking at an event. | AP Photo/Lynne Sladky TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged on Saturday that the rising number of new Covid-19 cases in Florida cannot be explained away by an increase in testing, and announced plans to step up enforcement of social distancing practices in bars and nightclubs. “Even with the…

A number of people have been seriously injured after a multiple stabbing at a public park in Reading.Emergency services were called to Forbury Gardens in the town at about 19:00 BST on Saturday.Two air ambulances were photographed landing at another park nearby to ferry the injured to hospital.Armed police officers have also been seen in…

President Trump is making his return to the campaign trail on Saturday with one of his trademarks rallies in Tulsa, Okla., where thousands have streamed into the BOK Center -- amid protests outside and lingering controversy over the potential coronavirus risk.It is the president's first rally since early March, when both Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden canceled in-person campaign…

The president’s move deepened a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal.Geoffrey S. Berman, who refused to step down as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, walks toward his offices in Lower Manhattan on Saturday.  Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesJune 20,…

A white security guard is facing manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a Tulsa motel parking lot earlier this month.The guard, Christopher Straight, was taken into custody on June 6 and charged with first-degree manslaughter for the death of Carlos Carson that day, according to a Tulsa police statement and…