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A street artist spray paints a protective face mask over an old mural featuring a Venezuelan Indigenous man
NPR
Health

U.S. coronavirus deaths top 140,000 as world sets daily record in new cases

Nearly 260,000 new cases of COVID-19 infections have been reported over the past day, according to data from the WHO. More than a quarter were in the U.S.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses

It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American electoral process. But for Trump, it comes from his 2016 playbook.

6 years ago

Kids on bicycles in Cincinnati. (Ahshea1 Media/Pexels)
Community

Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys

I challenge all of us to see, understand, and appreciate the uniqueness and individual qualities of different Black and brown boys, writes Whiquitta Tobar.

6 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event in New York earlier this month, days before undergoing surgery for early stage lung cancer. The 85-year-old justice was discharged from the hospital on Christmas Day
Courts & Law

Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire

Ginsburg said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesions on her liver and that she will continue chemotherapy sessions every two weeks.

6 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Constitution Center about the Commission on Unalienable Rights, Thursday,  July 16, 2020, in Philadelphia. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pompeo releases human rights report in Philly, denounces destruction of monuments

Sec. of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled a human rights report that counsels a more limited interpretation of “rights.” He also blamed the media for division.

6 years ago

A locker sits open at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Education

Exclusive: CDC won’t release school guidance this week as anticipated

The full set will be published before the end of the month, a CDC spokesperson says. Trump has emphasized that he wants to see schools reopen their classrooms in the fall.

6 years ago

Malcolm Jenkins
The Why
Lifestyle

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

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The American Postal Workers union local 89 and other labor supporters protest in Old City demanding the postal service be fully funded. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Mail 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.

6 years ago

Pipes for the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Radio Times
Education

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

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Juan Santos
Community

Number 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.

6 years ago

Twitter
NPR
Community

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.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, after stepping off Marine One. Trump is returning from Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

The Trump Administration is requiring hospitals to report COVID-19 data to a new system, sidestepping the CDC.
NPR
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

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