Jul 31 1 dead, 8 missing after U.S. Marine sea tank sinks By Associated Press An amphibious assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and a Navy sailor sank near a military-owned island off the coast of Southern California. Continue reading
Jul 31 Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers By Charlotte West, The Hechinger Report With their summer jobs and internships canceled and anxiety about getting Covid-19 — or just succumbing to boredom — college students have found one type of work that they largely can do at home this summer: mentoring younger students to… Continue reading
Jul 31 Census speeds up count schedule while extension request stalls By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The Census Bureau has sped up the timetable on its website for crunching 2020 census numbers. The change came Friday after an earlier request for an extension stalled in the U.S. Senate. Continue reading
Jul 31 Rent and other monthly anxieties deepen as aid falls off By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic is entering a new month, meaning Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry about paying their rent. Many who lost jobs months ago are already behind on payments. Continue reading
Jul 31 U.S. sinks another $2.1 billion into a potential vaccine By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur have announced they will supply 100 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the United States as drugmakers scramble to develop drugs to stem the pandemic. Continue reading
Jul 31 Read Fauci, Redfield and Giroir's full witness testimony as submitted to the House By Laura Santhanam, Travis Daub In prepared witness testimony, leaders of the nation's three top agencies battling the coronavirus outbreak describe their months-long efforts to develop testing, treatments and possible vaccines to control the pandemic. The statements come as the U.S. has recorded nearly 4.5… Continue reading
Jul 30 How dual threats of heat and COVID-19 exacerbate threats to vulnerable communities By Courtney Vinopal As temperatures soared throughout the country in July, local and state officials had to adjust their crisis response plans to account for the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 8:10 How long we can expect the U.S. economic catastrophe to endure The coronavirus pandemic leveled the U.S. economy in the second quarter of the year, leading to the worst collapse since the Great Depression. Gross domestic product fell by more than 9 percent between April and June. While some parts of… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 5:29 News Wrap: NASA launches rover Perseverance to Mars In our news wrap Thursday, NASA has launched Perseverance, the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to Mars. It blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a mission to drill for rock samples that could indicate whether life once… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 6:09 Public health expert says 'zero doubt' most U.S. virus deaths were avoidable The U.S. recorded more than 1,400 coronavirus deaths Wednesday. Hospitalizations are up significantly, and at least five states reported single-day death records this week. With the national death toll from the pandemic now over 150,000, many public health experts say… Continue watching