National & World News
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Damian Dovarganes
‘A homeless pandemic’ looms as 30 million are at risk of eviction
“I don’t know what’s going to happen and if they’re going to kick me out of my apartment. You can hardly even sleep sometimes.”
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Rick Bowmer
Now is the time to start biking
“It’s freedom. When you were a kid and you got a bike and you could go riding around and it was just freedom. And that’s what it can be for adults, too.”By Meg Anderson/NPR -
Kate Landis / PA Post
Black activist burnout: ‘You can’t do this work if you’re running on empty’
By Christianna Silva/NPR -
Charles Krupa
Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts in Pa. and other states
Hospital networks in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin and elsewhere are among more than 60 institutions participating.By Philip Marcelo/The Associated Press -
Susan Walsh
States on hook for billions under Trump’s unemployment plan
Many states are already facing budget crunches caused by the pandemic.By Matthew Barakat/The Associated Press -
Twitter
Schools mull outdoor classes amid virus, ventilation worries
Healthy children almost always recover from COVID, if they become ill at all, but they can pass the disease to teachers, parents and other adults.By Terry Spencer/The Associated Press -
Good thinking: How Rodin ensured the financial future of his Paris museum
Musée Rodin in the southwest corner of Paris has a unique economic model to keep it running … and it involves selling some of the artwork.
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Azar leads highest-level US delegation to Taiwan in decades
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Matt Rourke
‘It’s ridiculous’: States struggle to accommodate COVID-19 positive voters
“If we want voter confidence, we can’t make them choose between exercising their right to vote and their health.”
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David Goldman
COVID-19 may never go away — with or without a vaccine
The first thing to remember is that we haven’t been successful at eradicating many viruses at all.
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Jim Watson
In executive actions, Trump extends unemployment benefits
The actions amount to a stopgap measure, after failing to secure an agreement with Congress.
By Tamara Keith and Matthew S. Schwartz/NPR