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5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus

May 12, 2020 GMT
REMOVES “UNARMED” AND ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT ARBERY WAS EITHER ARMED OR UNARMED -  FILE - In this Friday, May 8, 2020, file photo, people hold a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick Ga. Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Arbery, a black man in his mid-20s, who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a neighborhood. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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REMOVES “UNARMED” AND ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT ARBERY WAS EITHER ARMED OR UNARMED - FILE - In this Friday, May 8, 2020, file photo, people hold a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick Ga. Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Arbery, a black man in his mid-20s, who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a neighborhood. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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REMOVES “UNARMED” AND ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT ARBERY WAS EITHER ARMED OR UNARMED - FILE - In this Friday, May 8, 2020, file photo, people hold a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick Ga. Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Arbery, a black man in his mid-20s, who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a neighborhood. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news:

1. SUPREME COURT TAKES UP TRUMP TAX CASE Rulings against the president could lead to the campaign season release of personal financial information that Trump has kept shielded from investigators and the public.

2. WHERE TRUMP DIFFERS WITH CAMPAIGN His reelection team is helping Republican voters cast their ballots through the mail even as the president says the process is ripe for fraud and “cheaters.”

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3. SHOOTOUT IN AFGHANISTAN — Militants storm a maternity hospital in the western part of Kabul, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing 14 people, including two newborn babies.

4. ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN US HIT RECORD HIGH The surge last year was marked by deadly attacks on a California synagogue, a Jewish grocery store in New Jersey and a rabbi’s New York home, the Anti-Defamation League reports.

5. WHAT BASEBALL IS CONSIDERING The National League might join the American League and use the designated hitter on a full-time basis this season.