Aug 04 Watch 7:43 This college lowered tuition due to the pandemic — and plans not to raise it again By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise U.S. colleges have struggled with how to conduct the upcoming academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic. With many schools deciding to offer only remote classes but still charging full tuition, the pandemic has added a new urgency to questions about… Continue watching
Aug 04 Millennials report more stress than older Americans during pandemic By Gretchen Frazee Young Americans are reporting high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted by job loss or fears that their loved ones might become seriously ill. Continue reading
Aug 04 What are the rules of a pandemic wedding? It depends on whom you ask By Rhana Natour “As a wedding photographer, I was like ‘let's encourage people to have weddings’ because I wanted to go back to work. And now, after actually going to a wedding, I am in a different head space ... things are not… Continue reading
Aug 04 Census will end data collection for 2020 count a month early By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The decision comes as legislation that would have extended the national head count’s deadlines stalls in the U.S. Senate. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 5:04 Where Congress stands on a potential new pandemic relief bill COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., but children in some southern states returned to school Monday -- causing parents to worry about potential virus transmission. Meanwhile, negotiations over a new economic relief bill continued between the White House and… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 7:23 What kids are losing as coronavirus cancels camp By John Yang, Jaywon Choe Summer means swimming, crafts and camaraderie for the roughly 26 million children who attend camp in the U.S. But the pandemic has closed an estimated 82 percent of the country's overnight camps and many more daytime programs, causing layoffs and… Continue watching
Aug 03 WATCH: 2020 Hutchins Forum ‘America’s racial reckoning: The pandemic(s) and the election’ By Yasmeen Alamiri Join PBS NewsHour’s special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS’ “Finding Your Roots”) as they host and moderate the 2020 Hutchins Forum "America's racial reckoning: The pandemic(s) and the election."… Continue reading
Aug 03 WATCH: Trump meets with tech workers and signs executive order on ‘hiring American’ By Candice Norwood Since March, the president has made changes to immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processes seeking to create more job opportunities for Americans. Continue reading
Aug 03 Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship, could spread along coast By Associated Press The 41 people on the MS Roald Amundsen who tested positive have been admitted to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsoe, north of the Arctic Circle, where the ship currently is docked. Continue reading
Aug 03 Retail continues to falter as Lord & Taylor seeks bankruptcy By Associated Press The company last year, before the emergence of coronavirus, sold its 11-story flagship building on New York’s Fifth Avenue which it's owned for more than a century. Continue reading