The signage reminding students to stay 6 feet apart is already on the floors. The plexiglass is up in the front office. The desks are spaced in a socially-distanced way in the classrooms. This is how Mantua Elementary and all other public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are preparing for back-to-school in the age of…… MORE
First lady Melania Trump on Sunday posted a video of herself wearing a mask during a visit to The Mary Elizabeth House last week, the first time the public has seen footage of the first lady in a face covering in several weeks. “It was a pleasure to spend time with the staff, mothers &…… MORE
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that he will grant a request by Democrats to have former special counsel Robert Mueller testify about his investigation before the committee. Graham’s comments follow an op-ed by Mueller published Saturday in The Washington Post, in which the former special counsel…… MORE
Admiral Brett Giroir, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said in an interview Sunday that there is “no downside to wearing a mask,” responding to a previous claim by President Donald Trump that wearing a mask is a “double-edged-sword.” “It’s really essential to wear masks and for this to work we have…… MORE
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday said a mask mandate would work best at local and state levels, casting doubt on how a national mandate would be enforced and saying that education is needed. As coronavirus cases surge across the US, the debate over whether to require Americans to wear a mask to slow…… MORE
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with racist threats made to Wilfried Zaha, a star player for the UK soccer team Crystal Palace. Ahead of a game in the English Premier League on Sunday, Zaha wrote on Twitter, “Woke up to this today,” then showed what he had been sent by a user…… MORE
The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit dedicated to John Wayne as the late actor’s past bigoted remarks have come under increased scrutiny. “Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions along with the recent global, civil uprising by the Black Lives Matter Movement require that we consider the…… MORE
One of the bright spots in Atlanta as it struggles under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic is Chavis Flagg, a guitar player who has turned the city’s popular Beltline trail into his stage. Flagg’s impromptu performances aboard a Onewheel electric skateboard have helped double the 24-year-old musician’s social media following over the past two…… MORE
Residents of an Illinois community were shocked to see a hot air balloon make an emergency landing on a neighborhood front lawn. The pilot made an impromptu landing in Lake in the Hills on Wednesday after one of his five passengers lost consciousness, Al Schlick, the deputy chief of Huntley Fire Protection District, told CNN.…… MORE
Dr. Eliot Godofsky doesn’t have a single dose of remdesivir for his Covid-19 patients in South Florida. Hundreds of miles away in North Carolina, Dr. Cameron Wolfe has doses he does not need right now. Wolfe would love to share some of his remdesivir with doctors like Godofsky, given that it’s the only drug authorized…… MORE
