Chicago Public Schools will start the year with all remote learning: source

4 minutes ago | WGN TV

CHICAGO - Chicago Public Schools will start the year with all remote learning, according to a source. Last month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson unveiled a...
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Who Gets Counted?

20 minutes ago | NY Times

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Amazon is making huge changes to its pandemic Prime Days

24 minutes ago | iMore

It all starts in India later this week. What you need to know Amazon will host its first COVID-19 Prime Day later this week. India's Prime Day will take place on August 6...
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Why Are Child Care Programs Open When Schools Are Not?

40 minutes ago | NY Times

Society's perception of child care being of lesser quality to education has rarely been so pronounced.
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Leaked iPhone 12 images reveal magnets housed in chassis

44 minutes ago | iMore

They could be mounting or charging related... What you need to know New images claim to show magnets housed inside the iPhone 12's chassis. They have also been shown inside an...
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Column: Trump's right, schools must reopen. We just need kids to promise they won't get the coronavirus

44 minutes ago | Chicago Tribune

As President Donald Trump has said, we must reopen America's schools, and it can be done with 100% safety, as long as children promise to patriotically not get the coronavirus.
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Children's Museum cuts 129 employees, won't reopen until January

48 minutes ago | Post Gazette

Forty-six employees remain on the payroll at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side, which is closed due to COVID-19.
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Peak summer tomatoes make for perfect bruschetta

54 minutes ago | Boston Herald

Peak summer tomatoes are sweet enough to eat alone or layered into a simple salad, but sometimes they need a little heft to turn into a meal. Enter bruschetta. This...
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What you need to know about COVID-19: 'No one size fits all' approach as schools start to reopen

1 hour ago | WLWT

As the infection rates in the country change, so will many districts' plans, said Wendy Price, president of the National Association of School Psychologists.
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Backs search for answers as Astros find some

1 hour ago | National Post

Less than two weeks into the season, it has become clear that teams in need of a win to rebuild some momentum have found the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chase Field a welcome...
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Chasm grows between President Trump and government coronavirus experts

Until recently, the medical experts on the White House coronavirus task force have walked a tightrope. But as deaths and infections surge, a divide has been growing between the... Read more ...

Navy finds human remains on sunken Marine tank off Southern California

The Navy on Tuesday located an amphibious tank that sank off the Southern California coast last week and is preparing to recover the human remains of troops believed to have... Read more ...

President Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

Supporters say the act is the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century. Opponents countered that the money isn't enough to cover the estimated... Read more ...

'Save Space Camp' drive pulls in more than $1 million in days after pandemic...

A fundraising drive launched to help the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Space Camp through the coronavirus pandemic has pulled in more than $1.1 million in just a few days. Read more ...

Progressive Activist Cori Bush Projected To Oust Longtime Missouri Rep. Lacy...

Rep. William Lacy Clay has represented the state's 1st Congressional District, around St. Louis, since 2001. Read more ...

Explosion in Beirut: Photos From a City Still Reeling From the Blast

A massive explosion rocked the capital city of Lebanon on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. So far, at least 60 people were killed in the blast and over... Read more ...

Beijing complains to US about health chief Azar's visit to Taiwan, highest...

China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry in... Read more ...

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut

Local news reported multiple people were wounded in the incident. Read more ...

Abreu, White Sox edge Brewers 3-2 for 6th straight victory

MILWAUKEE - These don't appear to be the same old Chicago White Sox that have stumbled through seven consecutive losing seasons. Read more ...

Death toll from Beirut blast rises to 100, more victims remain under rubble...

The death toll from the powerful explosions in Lebanon's capital Beirut has grown to 100 and could increase even more, the head of the Lebanese Red Cross has warned. Lebanese... Read more ...