Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. It's Friday, July 17, and these are the top 5 stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The U.S. shatters—yet—ANOTHER daily coronavirus record, Travis and Gregory McMichael plead NOT GUILTY to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, civil rights icon Rev. C.T. Vivian passes away at the age of 95, Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes chemotherapy for cancer recurrance, and the Pentagon finally bans Confederate flags from being flown at U.S. military bases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.