Claims circulated on Wednesday suggesting that former vice president Joe Biden pre-screened questions from reporters, and that he read pre-written answers with the assistance of a teleprompter during a Q&A session at a June 30 press briefing, are false, according to Politico, The Daily Beast and the Daily Mail.

The Killeen Police Department said one of the suspects tied to Guillen's disappearance at Fort Hood in April died by suicide early Wednesday morning. In a press conference, Guillen’s family said that unidentified human remains found in Bell County on Tuesday are believed to be the missing 20-year-old soldier.

A loophole in Texas Governor Greg Abbott's COVID-19 restrictions means a Vanilla Ice concert set for the Fourth of July can go ahead. A total of 2,500 tickets are on sale for the show, despite the fact that more than 8,000 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Texas on Wednesday, the state's highest single-day total since the start of the pandemic.

A wedding that took place on June 15 has been called a COVID-19 "super-spreader" after at least 80 guests tested positive for the virus following the event in Patna, Bihar. The groom, who was displaying symptoms at the wedding, died two days later. His official cause of death has not been confirmed.

Seattle police converged on the city's "occupied" protest zone after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order on Wednesday. Protesters were told to disperse and several arrests have been made.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City will not be reintroducing indoor dining and drinking during Phase 3 on July 6th as originally planned. He added that the city will continue to focus on outdoor dining.

Russia has been courting the Taliban at least since 2014 with money and weapons, ostensibly to fight ISIS, certainly to undermine the American effort in Afghanistan.

Lionsgate says it will not pull the Season 3 episode “My Old Kentucky Home” from the “Mad Men” catalog, despite the recent removals of blackface episodes from several other series, including “30 Rock,” "Scrubs" and “Community."

In New York City’s poor neighborhoods, some patients have languished in understaffed hospitals, with substandard equipment. It was a different story in Manhattan’s private medical centers.

In an interview with Fox Business, the president questioned the necessity of making face masks mandatory but said he would wear one if he were in a "tight situation" with people nearby. "I'm all for masks. I think masks are good," Trump said, adding that he “looked like the Lone Ranger” when he wore one. His comments come after prominent Republican figures publicly advocated for the use of face masks.

Why would the startup sell for $500 million when sales were booming in the middle of a pandemic?

Heh heh. The 90s MTV and Gen X icons are headed back to television. Creator Mike Judge will oversee two new seasons, that feature "meta-themes relatable to both new and old fans —Gen X parents and their Gen Z kids.

Cases of femicide have spiked globally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic — especially in South Africa. The country has seen a surge since the government eased lockdown restrictions in June, which is renewing public outrage.

Rolling Stones has threatened to sue Trump for playing their songs during his campaign rallies - but they're not the first band to do this.

Creative workers with multiple gigs are among the worst hit by the recession and face long roads to recovery.

Gov. Newsom is imposing the restrictions on indoor activities in advance of the July 4 holiday weekend, when officials fear disaster if businesses remain open in areas already experiencing significant spikes in COVID-19 infections.

Five-term Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton, who was endorsed by President Trump, lost in Tuesday’s Republican Party primary to Lauren Boebert, a gun-themed restaurant owner who says she "believes in personal freedom, citizen rights, and upholding the Constitution of the United States." Boebert will run in November’s general election against Diane Mitsch Bush who won the Democratic nomination on Tuesday.