Day: July 14, 2020

Health
Jul 14

White House virus task force member stresses that school reopening guidance is based on facts

By Darlene Superville, Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

South Dakota has agreed to share driver’s license and state ID records with the Census Bureau as part of efforts to carry out the executive order for citizenship data that President Trump announced last July with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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National

South Dakota Is Sharing Driver’s License Info To Help Find Out Who’s A Citizen

To produce citizenship data that can be used when voting districts are redrawn, the Trump administration asked states to share their records. South Dakota agreed to do so in April, NPR has learned.

Health
Jul 14

Trump bristles at question about police killings of Black Americans

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Mark McCloskey defends brandishing gun against protesters who threatened his home; reaction and analysis on ‘The Five.’

Science
Jul 14

COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics. Are they here to stay?

By Jessica Heiges, Kate O’Neill, The Conversation