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A cyclist assisted Atlanta police in the capture of a murder suspect by loaning an officer his bike for the chase. On Tuesday, officers were canvassing an area in the city's Old Fourth Ward where a fatal shooting occurred when they spotted the suspect, according to a news release from the Atlanta Police Department. Source

MONTREAL -- Quebec public health authorities reported 102 new COVID-19 cases Saturday and six more deaths due to the virus. It is the highest number of new daily cases since June 19 when 133 cases were reported. Source

A fourth person has died following a tractor accident in Quebec earlier this week, provincial police said. One of the two adults who had been in critical condition after the accident died Friday night. Three children, all under the age of five, also died after they fell out of the front bucket of the tractor and were struck on Wednesday. Source

China played down the threat of a new swine flu strain with pandemic potential that researchers discovered in pigs, saying the study is "not representative." The deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has now infected more than 10 million people worldwide, first emerged in China and is thought to have originated in bats and jumped to humans through an unknown intermediary animal. Source

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA -- At the beginning of March, Joey Conicella and Alex Marin were riding high. Their new Orlando restaurant, Hungry Pants, had drawn rave reviews. With revenue rising, they planned to hire more servers. Source

Canada's sex work laws are creating undue harm and contribute to human rights violations during COVID-19, sex workers and human rights advocates say, which is why they're now pushing Ottawa to stop enforcing them. Amnesty International Canada has joined a number of rights and sex work advocates in a lobby effort asking federal Justice Minister David Lametti for a moratorium on prostitution laws. Source

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. -- Some statues of figures from America's slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted -- colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a Georgia mountainside -- may outlast them all. Source

WASHINGTON -- As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not President Donald Trump's style, and he aimed to go big, promising a "special evening" in Washington that could bring tens of thousands to the National Mall. Source

WASHINGTON -- As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not U.S. President Donald Trump's style, and he aimed to go big, promising a "special evening" in Washington that could bring tens of thousands to the National Mall. Source

The latest:England's pubs, restaurants and hair salons reopen as lockdown eases further.U.K. scraps quarantine for arrivals from about 60 countries, excluding Canada, U.S.With cases spiking across the U.S., there's concern Fourth of July parties will help spread coronavirus.Atlantic bubble opens, allowing travellers from within the four provinces to cross borders. Source