NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 7/13/2020

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TONIGHT)

Lockdown  again in California with Governor Gavin Newsom ordering shutdowns of everything from gyms to churches and any indoor dining.     Fear of the coronavirus driving the reimposition of restrictions.....Also New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants contact information from anyone arriving at the airport from 19 states.    Fines and mandatory quarantine being threatened by Cuomo for those who don't comply......

Under pressure from major corporations who either sponsor the team or sell its products, the NFL's "Washington Redskins" are dropping the team name and logo.......BBC NEWS

The presidential election results in Poland show Andrej Duda, the nationalist and social conservative, winning with 51.2 percent of the vote.    Duda is the incumbent.   He defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.....BBC NEWS

The Australian man who pled guilty to killing 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019 will represent himself at sentencing next month.    A court in New Zealand announcing today the decision of Brenton Tarrant.   The sentencing hearing set to begin August 24th......REUTERS STORY

Armenia says that Azerbaijan continued shelling overnight in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region following yesterdays incident in which two were killed and  five wounded on the Azerbaijani side....TASS STORY.....The US State Department issued a short statement condemning the recent fighting and calling on both nations to open up communication links to prevent escalation.......STATE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT

IN OHIO REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE EXTENDED MASK (MUZZLE) MANDATES TO ADDITIONAL COUNTIES OVER THE LAST WEEKEND MAKING THEM LEVEL 3 RED COUNTIES.     HE SAID THAT THREE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TWO WHERE CINCINNATI AND CLEVELAND ARE LOCATED ARE AT RISK OF GOING TO LEVEL 4 PURPLE STATUS IF CORONAVIRUS CONDITIONS DO NOT CHANGE.....WKBN-TV YOUNGSTOWN

Today's coronavirus numbers in the US from Worldometers include 12,624 new cases reported in Florida, 9,156 in Texas, 8,350 in California, 3,643 in Georgia and 3,314 in Tennessee.....

The BBC News coronavirus blog reports today with stories from around the world.....BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 7/13/2020

That's the way it really is Monday July 13th, 2020..........