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Several states lifting stay at home orders
Several states across the U.S. have begun reopening some public areas and businesses such as beaches and tattoo parlors. But many consider the reopening premature and dangerous. Danya Bacchus reports.
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Several states across the U.S. have begun reopening some public areas and businesses such as beaches and tattoo parlors. But many consider the reopening premature and dangerous. Danya Bacchus reports.
Protesters showed up outside the home of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday, concerned about him lifting coronavirus restrictions on some businesses in the state. Oklahoma and Michigan followed suit with limited openings on Friday, while Tennessee, Minnesota and Colorado will join them on Monday. Michael George reports on how some Americans feel about the loosening restrictions.
Georgia reopened several businesses Friday after confirming over 700 new coronavirus cases the day before. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, who said he does not agree with Governor Brian Kemp's decision to reopen the state, joined CBSN to discuss.
Georgia has partially reopened some non-essential businesses such as gyms, tattoo parlors, and barbershops. President Trump has voiced disapproval over the decision. Mark Strassmann reports.
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Governor Brian Kemp said the decision to allow some businesses to reopen is "driven by data and guided by state public health officials."
Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp has announced plans to roll back stay-at-home restrictions and reopen businesses even though health experts warn the coronavirus outbreak is still spreading. Greg Bluestein, a political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBSN with the latest.
"If he's wrong more people will die," Keisha Lance Bottoms said of the governor's decision to re-open the state.
"There's no legitimate reason for reopening the state except for politics, and I think it's deeply disingenuous he would pretend otherwise," she said of the governor's decision.
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Tybee Island's Shirley Sessions calls Brian Kemp's reversal a "reckless mandate" and says she fears people crowding the beaches again.
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The National Taxpayer Advocate, a watchdog that's part of the IRS, said the delays could cause financial harm to some taxpayers.
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn't qualify for CNN's Trump-Biden debate.
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Bloomberg News reported that the Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in certain emergency situations in Idaho, which has one of the nation's most stringent bans on the procedure.
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Voice actors Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage say their voices are their livelihoods and are now being stolen by AI.
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A cyberattack on a company that provides software for thousands of car dealers in North America says it's a "ransom event." The hack on CDK Global happened last week and is still disrupting about 15,000 car sellers who depend on the company's software to run their businesses. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Megan Cerullo has more.
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New research paints a worrying picture about the state of polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay. The big furry bears could go extinct in the region as early as the 2030s due to thinning ice, longer ice-free seasons and human activity leading to climate change. Geoffrey York, one of the study's co-authors, joins CBS News to break down the findings.
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