Aug 30 COVID-19 & The Classroom: Parents share their struggles and plans as schools reopen By PBS NewsHour Weekend Even as schools strategize reopening, parents don’t know what the upcoming school year might look like. Some are struggling with balancing work with parenting while others are trying to cope with schools shifting from a hybrid structure to remote learning. Continue reading
Aug 30 ‘Tenet’ launches with $53M in overseas gambit at box office By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Warner Bros.' “Tenet” — the most hotly anticipated movie of the year and the one that has repeatedly positioned itself to lead the return of multiplex moviegoing — opened with an estimated $53 million overseas in 41 markets, including most… Continue reading
Aug 30 1 dead in Portland after Trump supporters, protesters clash By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press One person was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets of the city that has become a flashpoint in the national unrest since… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 6:14 COVID-19 is pushing some schooling outdoors, but will it work for NYC? By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong For a preschool program along New York's Hudson River, taking kids outdoors, no matter the weather, is built into the school's model. But for an urban district like New York City, schools face a bigger set of challenges as they… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 4:26 Can outdoor schooling work for everyone? By PBS NewsHour Outdoor schooling poses several equity challenges including finding green spaces in certain cities and accessibility issues for children with physical and learning disabilities. Kate Gardoqui, educator and senior associate with Great Schools Partnership joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss creative solutions… Continue watching
Aug 29 Thousands march in Mauritius over dead dolphins, oil spill By Cara Anna, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people protested Saturday in Mauritius over the government’s slow response to an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery of dozens of dead dolphins in recent days. Continue reading
Aug 29 Blake’s family to lead Kenosha rally against police violence By Stephen Groves, Amy Forliti, Associated Press Family members of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was paralyzed after a Kenosha police officer shot him in the back, are leading a march and rally Saturday to call for an end to police violence. Continue reading
Aug 29 Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins By Gerald Herbert, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Cleanup after Hurricane Laura has begun but residents returning to Southwestern Louisiana are coming back to weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. Continue reading
Aug 29 UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. Continue reading
Aug 23 Trump authorizes emergency plasma treatment to treat COVID-19 By PBS NewsHour President Trump authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 on Sunday. The treatment, which has been used on more than 64,000 patients already, infuses blood plasma from COVID-19 patients who have recovered and have antibodies with those who… Continue reading