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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker has won New Jersey's Democratic Senate primary. The incumbent Booker had faced Lawrence Hamm, who was running on Bernie Sanders' “Not Me. Us.” slogan. Booker arrived in the Senate in 2013 after serving as mayor of Newark. He also ran for president in 2020, ending his campaign in January after struggling to raise the type of money required to support a White House bid. His campaign’s message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts spent a night in a hospital last month after he fell and injured his forehead. A Supreme Court spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday night that Roberts was treated at a hospital on June 21 for an injury sustained in a fall while walking for exercise near his home. The spokeswoman, Kathleen L. Arberg, said in a statement that Roberts' injury required sutures, and out of an abundance of caution, he stayed in the hospital overnight. The statement followed reporting on the incident by The Washington Post.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has surpassed 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time as a resurgence of the outbreak rages across the U.S. The record high of 10,028 confirmed cases Tuesday follows Republican Gov. Greg Abbott decision to mandate masks in much of the state and to close bars, retreating from what had been one of America’s fastest reopenings. New York and Florida are the only other states to have reported more than 10,000 confirmed new cases in a single day. Texas surged past 8,000 hospitalizations for the first time over the Fourth of July weekend, a more than quadruple increase in the past month.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a request for an emergency order to delay the process of shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline while attorneys appeal a ruling to shutter the pipeline during the course of an environmental review. Pipeline attorneys filed the motion — along with a notice of appeal — late Monday after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled to stop the flow of oil by Aug. 5. In denying the request for an expedited ruling, Boasberg said Tuesday he will scheduled a status hearing to discuss scheduling when he receives the Dakota Access motion to keep the pipeline running. Dakota Access attorney William Scherman said in his motion filed Monday that shutting down the pipeline requires a number of time-consuming and expensive steps that would take ”well more” than 30 days.

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as uncertainty over the pandemic sapped the buying enthusiasm that has been pushing prices higher. Optimism that the economy is on the mend as businesses reopen has helped drive recent rallies. But surges in confirmed new coronavirus cases have clouded hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround. Overnight, Wall Street’s recent string of big gains came to an abrupt stop. Shares fell in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Analysts say that given the current murky outlook, investors are prone to cash in on recent gains.

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