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What’s up with pro sports and the pandemic
With the NFL season looming, a lot of Eagles fans are wondering why pro leagues are adjusting to COVID-19 so differently, and why some players are sounding the alarm.
Air Date: July 16, 2020
Listen 18:20Mail delays likely as new Postal Service boss pushes cost-cutting
The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a "different mindset” to ensure the Postal Service survives COVID-19.
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Trump administration finalizing rollback of rules for landmark environmental law
The NEPA as first enacted in 1970 and mandates federal agencies conduct environmental and public reviews of the impacts of projects like highways, pipelines, and power plants.
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The future of higher education
Most universities have decided that at least some in-person instruction will resume this fall. But as coronavirus cases continue to surge, students and faculty are concerned.
Air Date: July 16, 2020
Listen 48:59Number of laid-off workers seeking jobless aid stuck at 1.3M
The Labor Department’s report showed that applications for jobless aid fell by about 10,000 from the previous week. The figure has now topped 1 million for 17 straight weeks.
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Twitter says it was the victim of a ‘coordinated social engineering attack’
Twitter says it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on the social media platform.
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Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers
President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
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Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Con artists on Wednesday apparently hacked into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians and major companies in an apparent bitcoin scam.
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White House strips CDC of data collection role for COVID-19 hospitalizations
The Trump administration is directing hospitals to use a new platform to report COVID-19 data instead of an existing system at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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It’s nice to be rich: Wall Street is raking in profits in the stock market
The economy is tanking, with massive layoffs and bankruptcies. But the richest sliver of the country continues to do quite well.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized again
According to a press release, the justice is "resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment."
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Trump again casts doubt on Fauci as COVID-19 cases surge
President Trump shared a tweet from game show host Chuck Woolery, who claimed the CDC is lying about the coronavirus pandemic to hurt the president in November’s election.
6 years ago
Judge seeks more details on Trump’s clemency for Roger Stone
Trump commuted Stone's 40-month prison sentence on Friday evening, just days before he was to report to prison.
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Roger Stone clemency latest example of Trump rewarding his friends, scholars say
Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime confidant just days before he was set to report to prison. Scholars say Trump's clemencies have rewarded friends and allies.
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Florida smashes U.S. state record of daily new cases: More than 15,200
Gov. Ron DeSantis has not ordered a statewide mask mandate, even as the coronavirus sets new records in Florida. Some local officials have imposed their own restrictions.
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