On Tuesday morning, 6-year-old Andonios Anastsiou will put on his backpack and head to school in New York City for the first time since March. He’ll be one of the thousands of children in the nation’s largest school district able to get in-person schooling once again in buildings that have been shuttered in the pandemic.…… MORE
President Donald Trump is expected to wage an attack on the election itself at Tuesday night’s debate with former Vice President Joe Biden by repeating his past claims that conflate and exaggerate problems with mail-in voting. The “integrity of the election” is one of six topics at the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden.…… MORE
Summer’s over, but the pandemic persists. The days are getting shorter and colder. And the next few months could get ugly where Covid-19 is concerned. Fall was always going to be a difficult period of the pandemic. The season brings with it brisker air and shorter days, which drive people to spend more time inside…… MORE
LeBron James has many things on his mind, but right now his focus is on helping his Los Angeles Lakers team win a championship in the year it lost its most beloved former player Kobe Bryant. Win this title and the Lakers equal the Boston Celtics’ record 17 NBA rings. Win this title and James…… MORE
Target isn’t letting Amazon hog the sales spotlight during Prime Day. The big-box store is once again bringing back its own version of the event. On October 13 and 14, Target is holding Deal Days (the same days as Amazon’s Prime Day event). The retailer promises that this year’s sales extravaganza will have “nearly 1…… MORE
When 5-year-old Carver learned about the wildfires ravaging his home state of Oregon, he told his grandmother Sasha Tinning he wanted to do something to help the heroes on the front lines. So, when Tinning heard about a local donation drive for firefighters in Molalla and Colton, Oregon, she took Carver shopping to buy groceries…… MORE
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, will meet Republican senators throughout Tuesday on Capitol Hill, as the party finalizes plans for a quick confirmation process ahead of the November presidential election. Barrett is scheduled to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and…… MORE
The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday evening to advance a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown. A procedural vote is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET to limit debate and pave the way for a final vote to pass the spending measure Wednesday, setting up a final passage just hours before government funding…… MORE
Hackers may have gained access to confidential information about current and former staff and students of the fifth largest school district in the United States, according to a statement posted on the district’s website. The Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas reopened for in-person learning on August 24. It was attacked by hackers…… MORE
Elementary school students in New York City streamed back into classrooms with masks, temperature checks and globs of hand sanitizer on Tuesday as the nation’s largest school district tries to safely open schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. But at the same time, new clusters of Covid-19 in several neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish communities are…… MORE
