Teachers should have access to “medical grade PPE” so schools can safely reopen, a pediatrician told CNN. “We should treat them [staff and teachers] as essential workers and we should give them all of the safety equipment they need in order to be safe,” Seattle pediatrician Dr. Dimitri Christakis told CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday. Christakis’…… MORE
The Trump administration has dropped its policy barring international students from staying in the US if they take only online courses. Major institutions like Harvard and MIT were all set to fight the policy in court. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also…… MORE
In the University of Chicago Medical Center, where Dr. Brian Williams works, doctors have been “running” in the past several weeks to try and keep up with the incoming patients. Some are infected with the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 136,466 American lives in the past five months and is spreading uncontrollably nationwide.…… MORE
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams was among 87 protesters arrested outside a home owned by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The protesters, who occupied the front yard of the home and chanted support for Breonna Taylor, were arrested Tuesday. Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was killed when she was shot eight times by police…… MORE
The office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said on Twitter that Missouri’s governor and President Donald Trump “came after her” for investigating a case. At a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson said Trump had expressed interest in the Mark and Patricia McCloskey case. The McCloskeys were seen on a viral video brandishing…… MORE
Davon McNeal, an 11-year-old boy in Washington, DC, was getting out of a car to grab phone charger from his aunt’s house. As he stepped out, he was caught in the middle of a shooting among a group of men and was killed. His grandfather, John Ayala, told CNN the support of the surrounding community…… MORE
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a traffic stop earlier this month that ended with an officer using his knee to restrain a 17-year-old boy. The department says it was prompted by video shot by a bystander and posted to social media, appearing to show the suspect face-down on the street with an officer’s…… MORE
A Fourth of July kayaking trip forever changed the lives of two families when 12-year-old Kolton Conrad found a dog tag that belonged to a man who died 46 years ago. It belonged to Steven Rhonemus, a Marine veteran who died in a 1974 motorcycle crash at the age of 24. Today, the dog tag…… MORE
A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague. The squirrel tested positive on July 11 in the town of Morrison, marking the first case of plague in the county this year, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) department. The disease has been around for centuries and…… MORE
A kayaker exploring a section of a North Carolina river found more than he expected when an alligator slammed into his boat. Pete Joyce was paddling in a swampy section of the Waccamaw River on Sunday when the alligator charged at him. The impact tipped him over into the water, but he was able to…… MORE
