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2020-08-20来源:和谐英语

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House Democrats on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing August 24 on mail delays. This is as concerns grow that the Trump administration is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options for the November presidential election.

Police said at least 18 people were shot, including 4 killed in multiple shootings across Cincinnati. Reports suggest that there were four shootings within hours of each other. The city's assistant police chief said the shootings "seem to be separate independent incidents but horrific and tragic."
Firefighters continued to battle a massive fire threatening homes in Northern California on Sunday. Officials on Saturday said the fire had burned at least 31 square miles and triggered evacuation orders for sparsely populated areas.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in the center of the Belarus capital Minsk on Sunday for a nationwide "March for Freedom," participants were contesting the results of presidential elections last week that handed a sixth term to Alexander Lukashenko.