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Trump to hold press conference this afternoon‘We’re making it up’: How Trump’s America failed the Covid testTrumpism has taken over, but what happens if Trump loses?US sees wave of progressive victories by people of colorSign up to our First Thing newsletter 8.33pm BST Health officials in Arizona reported 1,054 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 56 more deaths on Saturday.The figures from the state’s department of health services raise the total number of confirmed cases to nearly 186,000 and the reported death toll to 4,137 since the start of the pandemic. The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick, authorities said. 8.13pm BST The father and son jailed on murder charges in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge to grant them bond and to throw out two charges in their indictment.Arbery, 25, was killed by Travis McMichael on 23 February after he and his father, Gregory McMichael, chased Arbery in their truck and shot him while he was jogging in his neighborhood in the town of Brunswick. They said they believed Arbery was a robbery suspect.Gregory McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, were jailed and arrested in May, more than two months after Arbery was slain. The 25-year-old Black man was chased and fatally shot after the McMichaels, who are white, spotted him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick.Attorneys for both men filed legal motions Thursday asking Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley to set a bond that would allow the McMichaels to be freed pending trial. The judge denied bond last month for William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., a third man charged in Arbery’s killing. Related: The killing of Ahmaud Arbery – podcast Continue reading…

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8.33pm BST

Health officials in Arizona reported 1,054 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 56 more deaths on Saturday.

The figures from the state’s department of health services raise the total number of confirmed cases to nearly 186,000 and the reported death toll to 4,137 since the start of the pandemic. The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick, authorities said.

8.13pm BST

The father and son jailed on murder charges in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge to grant them bond and to throw out two charges in their indictment.

Arbery, 25, was killed by Travis McMichael on 23 February after he and his father, Gregory McMichael, chased Arbery in their truck and shot him while he was jogging in his neighborhood in the town of Brunswick. They said they believed Arbery was a robbery suspect.

Gregory McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, were jailed and arrested in May, more than two months after Arbery was slain. The 25-year-old Black man was chased and fatally shot after the McMichaels, who are white, spotted him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick.

Attorneys for both men filed legal motions Thursday asking Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley to set a bond that would allow the McMichaels to be freed pending trial. The judge denied bond last month for William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., a third man charged in Arbery’s killing.

Related: The killing of Ahmaud Arbery – podcast

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