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News: Wednesday, June 10

In this image taken from an online video, Lancaster NAACP President Blanding Watson speaks during a news conference at Lancaster’s Art Park on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Source: TCP | The Cultured Professional)

In this image taken from an online video, Lancaster NAACP President Blanding Watson speaks during a news conference at Lancaster's Art Park on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Source: TCP | The Cultured Professional)
In this image taken from an online video, Lancaster NAACP President Blanding Watson speaks during a news conference at Lancaster's Art Park on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Source: TCP | The Cultured Professional)

Headlines for Wednesday, June 10, 2020:

Lancaster NAACP president encouraged by protests: “Aggressive reforms should must and should take place in this county and country,” Blanding Watson said. (Source: ABC 27)

Legislature votes to end Pa.'s emergency Covid-19 declaration: Republican legislators claim Wolf isn't empowered to veto the resolution, but Wolf plans to do so. (Source: PennLive)

Mask-wearing optional at county offices, mandatory at courthouse: Republican commissioners Josh Parsons and Ray D'Agostino say they neither can nor should require masks; Democratic commissioner Craig Lehman says they could and should. (Source: LNP)

National roundup: George Floyd laid to rest in Houston (Source: AP) Military weighs renaming bases that commemorate Confederate officers (Source: NPR) Georgia's primary election was a mess (Source: NBC News) Covid-19 exposes systemic problems at nursing homes (Source: Reuters)