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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A re-energized Tropical Storm Cristobal advanced toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Saturday, spawning a tornado in Florida and bringing the heavy rains that already caused flooding and mudslides in Mexico and Central America. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Cristobal’s maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 kph) and is forecast to close in on the U.S. Gulf Coast by Sunday night. The storm already made its presence felt Saturday evening, spawning a tornado that touched down near downtown Orlando. The twister just missed a group of protesters at Lake Eola at around 7:30 p.m. There appeared to be no injuries, but tree limbs were knocked down, and there were reports of power outages.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 57 additional cases of the coronavirus, marking a second day in a row that its daily jump is above 50. The new cases take the country’s total to 11,776 with 273 deaths. South Korea’s caseload peaked in late February and early March when it recorded hundreds of new cases each day. But the outbreak has significantly eased amid aggressive tracing, testing and treatment, prompting authorities to loosen strict social distancing rules. The new cases in recent weeks have been linked to nightclubs, an e-commerce warehouse, church gatherings and door-to-door sellers in the Seoul metropolitan area. Australia's health minister hopes the Black Lives Matter rallies that broke social distancing rules won't lead to new infections.

UNDATED (AP) — China is reporting its first non-imported case of the new coronavirus in two weeks, an infected person on the island of Hainan off the southern coast. The National Health Commission said Sunday that there were also five imported cases in the previous 24-hour period, bringing the nation’s total case count to 83,036. China says it has largely stopped the spread of the virus at home, though it continues to have occasional localized outbreaks. It is on guard against imported cases as it begins to ease restrictions on flights and people arriving from abroad. The official death toll in China is 4,634.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper was three blocks from the FBI’s Washington field office last Monday evening when he got a call to divert immediately to the White House. President Donald Trump wanted a briefing on how the military was handling security as protests grew on the streets of the nation’s capital. The night before, Washington streets had filled with protesters angered by the death of George Floyd in the hands of Minneapolis police officers. The president pushed for the fastest, most extreme measures while advisers at the Pentagon tried to persuade him that a more moderate approach would work.

SEATTLE (AP) — Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler on Saturday ordered the city’s police to stop using a common type of tear gas except as a last resort in life-threatening situations, making it one of several cities that have started restricting law enforcement tactics in response to widespread protests over the killing of George Floyd. Wheeler said he shares community concerns about the use of CS gas, especially during a respiratory-illness pandemic. Critics have called on the Portland Police Bureau to permanently ban the use of CS gas on protesters.

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