Sep 22 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: U.S. officially passes 200,000 pandemic deaths In our news wrap Tuesday, the United States has officially passed 200,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. About two-thirds of the fatalities were over age 65, but young people are driving increased infections in some… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 5:56 Research shows coronavirus spreads primarily through air. Here’s how to reduce risk A growing body of evidence indicates that airborne transmission is the main way people are becoming infected with the novel coronavirus. Given that understanding, how should we change our behavior to reduce our risk of infection? William Brangham talks to… Continue watching
Sep 22 Louisville restricts downtown access before decision in Breonna Taylor case By Associated Press The Louisville Metro Police Department said Tuesday that authorities were placing barricades around Jefferson Square Park, where many of the demonstrations have been held, and the perimeter of the downtown area. Continue reading
Sep 22 Beta weakens to tropical depression, stalls over Texas coast By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and has the distinction of being the first time a storm named for a Greek letter made landfall in the continental United States. Continue reading
Sep 22 Graham says GOP has votes to confirm Trump court pick by Nov. 3 By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Republicans have the votes to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick before the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to the Senate Judiciary chairman who will shepherd the nomination through the chamber. Continue reading
Sep 22 CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Ginsburg’s legacy and what’s ahead for the Supreme Court By Courtney Vinopal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who long stood for women’s rights issues and became the court’s second female justice, died Friday, Sept. 18 at her home in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 4:56 Supreme Court vacancy sparks political battle just weeks before election By John Yang Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has created an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court -- mere weeks before a presidential election. Now a major political battle is brewing over whether that spot should be filled by President Trump now or… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: Dozens of wildfires still burning on West Coast In our news wrap Monday, dozens of wildfires are still burning on the West Coast. Southern California’s Bobcat Fire has doubled in size over the past week, fanned by high winds. Flames have scorched 165 square miles of Los Angeles… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 3:06 Understanding the magnitude of the U.S. coronavirus death toll By William Brangham, Jaywon Choe The United States is approaching another tragic marker of the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly 200,000 Americans dead from COVID-19 and related complications. The magnitude of the loss is difficult to comprehend. We examine how the virus has spread across the… Continue watching