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With job losses and COVID-19 cases mounting across the country, President Trump said in an interview Monday that there will be a second round of stimulus payments to Americans.

“We will be doing another stimulus package,” President Trump said in an interview with a Scripps correspondent.

Justin Bieber has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2014.

The woman, who posted from an anonymous Twitter account Saturday evening using the name Danielle, alleged she and her friends were invited to Bieber's room at the Four Seasons in Austin, Texas, after an event, where she was "sexually assaulted without consent." The tweet and account have since been removed from Twitter.

The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.

The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India.

Experts said rising case counts can reflect multiple factors including more widespread testing as well as broader infection.

Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything from androids to hobbits via Harold Pinter and King Lear, has died in London aged 88, his agent confirmed to the Guardian.

 Another round of businesses can reopen Friday after the coronavirus shutdowns.

Those businesses that can reopen as long as they follow the state’s rules for COVID-19 prevention include:

Casinos
Racinos
Amusement parks
Water parks

The holiday -- which is also called Freedom Day, Liberation Day or Jubilee Day -- is the oldest celebration in America of the end of slavery, commemorating June 19, 1865.

That's the date Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and informed a group of slaves that the Civil War had ended ... and they were free.

Ohio reported its biggest spike in new coronavirus cases since May 21 on Thursday.

The state reported 700 new cases. The 21-day average is 438, ending a week-long span of relatively similar new cases each day.

On Wednesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a series of proposals for police reform in the state, which would improve the training, oversight and overall work of law enforcement.

What follows is a full list DeWine's proposals, which come in the wake of George Floyd's death while being arrested on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.

The three counts of rape by force or fear come after a three-year investigation of the 44-year-old Masterson, The charges were filed Tuesday and an arrest warrant was issued, prosecutors said. It’s not clear whether he has been taken into custody.

Masterson is charged with raping a 23-year-old woman in 2001, a 28-year-old woman in early 2003 and a 23-year-old woman in late 2003.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office,  all of the alleged crimes occurred at Masterson’s Hollywood Hills home.

PepsiCo, the parent company of Quaker Oats, said the Aunt Jemima brand name and imagery is coming to an end, it announced Wednesday.

Media outlets, including AdAge and AdWeek, reported that the name and imagery on the 131-year-old brand of pancake syrup and mix will change, though it’s not yet known to what.