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President Joe Biden spent Tuesday afternoon in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre that wiped out a thriving Black community in 1921. Biden is the first U.S. president to participate in remembrance events of the destruction of "Black Wall Street." His visit comes amid a national reckoning on racial justice.
Pope Francis has changed Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority, and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. The new provisions were released Tuesday after 14 years of study. The most significant changes aim to address major problems in the church's handling of sexual abuse.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that a firefighter has died and another one is wounded following a shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday. A home near the station was on fire. Aerial footage showed a heavy police presence in the area.
Italians have cause for celebration Tuesday: they can finally eat and drink indoors at bars and restaurants for the first time in months. Italy began rolling back pandemic restrictions in April as the number of new virus cases have showed signs of steady decline.
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