More than 1,300 lives lost from coronavirus in the US yesterdayVirus takes heavy toll in south TexasPortland protesters unleash fury over BLM, Covid-19 and economyHateful incidents against Americans of color surgeSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.44pm BST The flag-draped coffin of former Democratic Representative John Lewis, the Civil Rights icon, is scheduled to be transported from the Capitol in Washington DC to Atlanta, Georgia this morning. Here’s more from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It will pass several notable spots in Atlanta, including the Rainbow Crosswalk at 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, Chabad Intown Synagogue, will travel down John Lewis Freedom Parkway, the Martin Luther King Jr Historic District, the John Lewis “HERO” mural and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters.As was done in the nation’s capital and three Alabama cities, members of the public will be allowed to file past Lewis’ casket from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, and again from 8 to 10 p.m. A rainbow appears over the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday night, the last evening that late civil rights icon John Lewis will lie in state there. https://t.co/bui2UX9830 pic.twitter.com/fOK1PwBRuj 2.24pm BST Good morning, US live blog readers, it’s going to be a lively day in American political news. We will have a separate live blog for you on all the drama on Capitol Hill as the chiefs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are grilled (via video conference) in a historic anti-trust hearing, which begins at 12pm ET.In this regular live blog, here’s what’s afoot, stay tuned. Continue reading…
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