The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Katherine Lee
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
NYC elementary schools reopen in big back-to-school test
Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Healthy U.S. economy failed to narrow racial gaps in 2019
The typical white family possessed eight times the wealth of Black families and five times the wealth of Hispanic families in 2019, the Fed said.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
U.S. to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools
Monday’s announcement comes as confirmed new COVID-19 cases remain elevated at more than 40,000 per day.
Posted inNation & World
Trump considered Ivanka as 2016 running mate, book says
Donald Trump repeatedly discussed with advisers the idea of naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016 before settling for Mike Pence, according to a former Trump campaign aide who became a star witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Rick Gates, who in the summer of 2016 was Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Assange lawyer says Trump offered a deal to avoid extradition in exchange for documents
The alleged “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump would allow Assange to avoid extradition to the U.S. if he revealed the source of a leak of documents from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2016 election.
Posted inNation & World
Puerto Rico gets $13 billion aid package, 3 years after hurricane, 6 weeks before election
Democrats and Republicans are battling for Puerto Rican voters in crucial Florida.
Posted inNation & World
Push is underway to test COVID-19 vaccines in diverse groups
Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines.
Posted inNation & World
Gulf between Trump and doctors on masks keeps getting wider
The president has continued to undercut medical experts who say consistent face covering is one of the best tools to fight coronavirus.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Russia seeks to stop Biden from winning election, FBI chief says
Moscow views him as part of an anti-Russian American establishment, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.