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SAUDI WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREED AFTER BEING 'FORCED TO KISS, PERFORM SEX ACTS' ON PRISON INTERROGATORSDuring the campaign, candidate Biden criticized the kingdom’s continued pursuit of its catastrophic war in Yemen, its 2018 murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and its continuing repression of political dissidents at home and abroad. ap 15450 CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE FAULCONER SLAMS SF FOR RENAMING SCHOOLS BEFORE RETURNING KIDS TO CLASSROOMSThe superintendent of a California school district board apologized for board members' "truly inappropriate comments" after a group published a video that appeared to show board members complaining about parents who want teachers to return to classrooms. ap 15450 nbsp;SIMON COWELL FEELING 'VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK HOME' AFTER BREAKING HIS BACK, SURGERY: REPORTThe former "American Idol" judge admitted he didn't know how the explain the situation to his son but revealed "[Lauren] obviously said something to him because he came in and I was lying in bed and he went, ‘Daddy, you’re like Iron Man,’ and I thought that was the sweetest thing and it meant a lot. ap 15450 The proposal contains a third $1,400 stimulus check for Americans earning less than $75,000 annually, increases jobless benefits to $400 a week through the end of August, expands the child tax credit to up to $3,600 per child, includes $350 billion for state and local government funding and allocates $170 billion for K-12 schools and higher education institutions to cover reopening costs. ap 15450