Spain enters a second wave of the coronavirus—spreading at eight times the rate in Italy, 10 times the pace in Germany. / The New York Times The Trump administration says it won’t join a global vaccine effort in part because the World Health Organization is involved. / The Washington Post
Around 145,000 fewer Americans would have died if the US had done an average job of fighting COVID-19. / The New York Times See also: Sorting the COVID-19 death data to try and ascertain how many people have died as a result of the outbreak. / Nature According to
The Justice Department secretly took steps in 2017 to keep investigators from completing an examination of President Trump’s personal and business ties to Russia. / The New York Times A man was killed in Portland on Saturday after clashes between a caravan of Trump supporters and counterprotesters. / The Associated Press
Interviews with unemployed Americans going without federal funds find rage toward Trump and the Republicans for the lapse. / The Washington Post Reporter Kevin Roose put together a Twitter feed that tracks each day’s 10 top-performing posts by Facebook pages in the United States. All of them are alt-
Making landfall early yesterday morning, Hurricane Laura pummeled parts of Louisiana, leaving six people dead. / CNN Japan's Shinzo Abe, the country's longest serving prime minister, is resigning due to poor health. / Reuters Trump's speech last night at the Republican National Convention echoed the speech
Half a million residents have been told to leave parts of Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Laura makes landfall overnight. / BBC News Britain to pay low-income residents to self-isolate if they test positive for the coronavirus: £130 for 10 days of isolation. / World Economic Forum New Covid-19
The first documented COVID-19 reinfection has been reported. The patient had a new immune response, but was asymptomatic. / The New York Times Nigeria becomes the last African country to be declared free from wild polio. / BBC News Medical experts say the FDA "grossly misrepresented" its stat that
Even in the context of recent years, the size and scope of Northern California’s fires are historically unprecedented. / Weather West See also: A useful fire and smoke map for people living in the Western United States. / AirNow To study disease-carrying mosquitoes, scientists let them feed on their own
The Republican National Convention begins today, and Trump will make an appearance every single night. / NPR, CNN The Republican National Committee won't present a party platform at the convention, and will instead "enthusiastically support the president’s America-first agenda." / MarketWatch See also: What happens when
In the past week, the wildfires in California have now engulfed 918,000 acres, prompting requests for out-of-state firefighting assistance. / Los Angeles Times It's now been more than five months since Breonna Taylor was murdered, and calls for the officers' arrests are intensifying. / The Washington
