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Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill PALM BEACH, Fla/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, protesting that it did not do enough to help everyday people. Continue Reading . . . https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-idUSKBN290046

US passes 5 million coronavirus cases As school districts across the country struggle to figure out how — or if— to safely reopen schools to teachers and students, the number of coronavirus cases in the US passed 5 million on Sunday, according to the Coronavirus Research Center at Johns Hopkins University. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/9/21360916/us-5-million-coronavirus-cases

Samsung today introduced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy A8s. It is Samsung's first smartphone with an Infinity-O display, which has a nearly edge-to-edge, uninterrupted design beyond a small hole for the front-facing camera. from https://www-macrumors-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.macrumors.com/2018/12/10/samsung-removes-headphone-jack-galaxy-a8s/amp/ https://cdn-macrumors-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2018/12/galaxy-a8s.jpg