Jul 31 Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Tsarnaev's lawyers had argued that intense media coverage had made it impossible to have a fair trial in Boston. Tsarnaev was convicted on 30 charges, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction. … Continue reading
Jul 31 Portland protests relatively calm after U.S. drawdown By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press The first nightly protest in Portland, Oregon, since a deal was struck for federal agents to withdraw from the city was largely peaceful after state troopers took over protecting a federal courthouse. Continue reading
Jul 31 U.S. officials seek limits on what constitutes a 'habitat' for imperiled species By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals… Continue reading
Jul 31 WATCH: Trump joins roundtable in Florida over COVID-19 response and storm preparedness By Kevin Freking, Steve Peoples, Associated Press Trump is holding a campaign event with Florida sheriffs in Tampa. He has pinned a surge in crime in some big cities on their Democratic mayors and has threatened to send federal law enforcement to protect what he describes as… Continue reading
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