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George Floyd mural in LA
NPR
Courts & Law

Transcripts of police body cams show Floyd pleaded 20 times that he couldn’t breathe

The transcripts from cameras worn by ex-officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng were filed in Minnesota state court as part of a motion to dismiss charges against Lane.

5 years ago

In this Saturday, June 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at BOK Center during his rally in Tulsa, Okla. (Stephen Pingry/Tulsa World via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

Health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge

Although masks were provided to rally goers, there was no requirement that participants wear them, and most didn't.

5 years ago

Lines of cars wait at a drive-through coronavirus testing site
Health

‘A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as coronavirus surges

Some Americans are left to wonder why the U.S. can't seem to get its act together, especially after it was given fair warning as the virus spread in China and elsewhere.

5 years ago

A passerby wears a mask out of concern for the coronavirus while walking past an American flag displayed in Boston on Tuesday. The U.S. has now recorded more than 3 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
NPR
Health

3 million cases: Coronavirus continues to surge across U.S.

One million of those cases have been confirmed over the past month — part of a wave of infection that began after many states started to reopen their economies in May.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
Education

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

Trump made the comments a day after launching an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen the nation’s schools and colleges this fall.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden puts on a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he departs after speaking at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Biden wants US to produce more of its own pandemic supplies

It marked the Biden campaign's most comprehensive statements yet on how it would better equip the nation to fight the coronavirus and future pandemics and other threats.

5 years ago

Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people lined up in vehicles
Health

Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again

“We’re five months into this and there are still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers, masks, N95 masks,” said Deborah Burger, president of National Nurses United.

5 years ago

A sneeze can carry the coronavirus pathogen in droplets and in aerosols — and they could land on a surface, making it a fomite.
NPR
Health

Aerosols, droplets, fomites: What we know about transmission of COVID-19

Here's what we know about the novel coronavirus' different modes of transmission.

5 years ago

Ray Washburne
Politics & Policy

Trump donors among early recipients of coronavirus loans

The Trump-connected companies obtained the aid through the Paycheck Protection Program, which extends a lifeline to small businesses struggling to navigate the pandemic.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Education

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

New federal guidelines say international students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall.

5 years ago

Video shows Amy Cooper threatening to call the police on Christian Cooper
Community

White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation

In May, Amy Cooper drew widespread condemnation for calling 911 to report she was being threatened by “an African-American man."

5 years ago

Specimens collected from multiple people can be combined into one batch to test for the coronavirus. A negative result would clear all the specimens.
NPR
Health

Pooling coronavirus tests can spare scarce supplies, but there’s a catch

Instead of running a COVID test on every specimen, a lab can combine multiple samples. If the batch is negative, everyone is in the clear. A positive leads to more testing.

5 years ago

Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular vote winner

So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.

5 years ago

White House
Politics & Policy

Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in COVID-19 boom

The findings were detailed in a report released Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen. Trump campaigned on a pledge to “drain the swamp.”

5 years ago

People visit Jacksonville Beach on Saturday in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Coronavirus cases are spiking in states including Florida, Texas and Arizona.
NPR
Health

U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 130,000; Florida and Texas report record case numbers

Florida and Texas reported their biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past few days as deaths in the U.S. continue to rise.

5 years ago

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