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Heading Home for the Holiday? Get a Virus Test, Colleges Say

November 20, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As college students prepare to go home for the holidays, some schools are quickly ramping up COVID-19 testing to try to keep infections from spreading further as the coronavirus surges across the U.S.

travelers make their way through an airport

CDC Pleads with Americans to Not Travel for Thanksgiving

November 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.

Judge Orders US to Stop Expelling Children Who Cross Border

November 18, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic.

Study Suggests Video Games Can Help Mental Health

November 16, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Time spent playing video games can be good for mental health, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford University.

Bangladeshi Wins Children’s Prize for Fighting Cyberbullying

November 13, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating cyberbullying in his country, and he vowed to keep fighting online abuse until it is eradicated.

US Deports Migrant Women Who Alleged Abuse by Georgia Doctor

November 11, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration is trying to deport several women who allege they were mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center, according to their lawyers.

For Biden, How to Help Mangled Economy is Next Obstacle

November 9, 2020

BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Biden will inherit a mangled U.S. economy — one that never fully healed from the coronavirus and could suffer again as new infections are climbing.

a scientist works on Alzheimer’s disease research in a laboratory

FDA Panel Urges Rejection of Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug

November 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health advisers sharply criticized a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug on Friday, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence that the experimental drug slowed the brain-destroying disease.

Preview: North Home Children & Family Services – James Christmas

November 6, 2020

James Christmas, President & CEO of North Homes Children and Family Services, discusses the organization’s unique approach to ensuring children grow up in loving, caring, and supportive households. This interview was produced in collaboration with WDSE/WRPT.

INSIGHT: North Home Children & Family Services – James Christmas

November 6, 2020

James Christmas, Founder, President, & CEO of North Home Children & Family Services, discusses the founding of the organization and its mission to provide mental health services to children and families in Northern Minnesota. This episode was produced in collaboration with WDSE/WRPT.

Courtney Normand, director of the Planned Parenthood-affiliated political group Safe & Healthy Youth Washington

Washington Passes 1st Voter-Approved Sex Ed Mandate in US

November 4, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state voters approved a sex education referendum, allowing Democrats’ wide-ranging mandate for public schools to stand and take effect later this school year.

s Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, men hold up signs at a rally

California Measure Would Allow Cities to Expand Rent Control

November 3, 2020

Californians are deciding whether to let cities expand rent control as residents grapple with rising housing costs.

notes to medical personnel are hung in an area as they prepare to ender a COVID-19 unit

Hospitals Competing for Nurses as US Coronavirus Cases Surge

November 2, 2020

FENTON, Michigan (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help — especially in rural areas and at small hospitals.

Families, Day Cares Feel Strain of New COVID-19 Health Rules

November 2, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) — Joelle Wheatley hit her pandemic-parenting rock bottom after her son was sent home from day care for a second time, with the sniffles, due to stricter health guidelines in a symptom-sensitive COVID-19 world.

Camden City School District Superintendent Katrina McCombs

On Pandemic ‘Learning Loss,’ Schools Look Forward, Not Back

October 30, 2020

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was lost by students during the pandemic. That’s all right with educators like Superintendent Craig Broeren, whose top concern is figuring out where each student stands now.

Heightened Unrest in Philadelphia After Black Man’s Killing

October 28, 2020

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations Wednesday over the police killing of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off clashes with police and break-ins of stores on the other side of the city.

a house during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco

Halloween in 2020: Some Fun with Death and Fear, Anyone?

October 27, 2020

PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The setting: a rolling patch of Pennsylvania farmland, about 15 miles from the little town where “Night of the Living Dead” was filmed. The moment: Halloween season 2020, a moonlit Friday night.

Pallets of various foods are stacked on shelves

Feeding Houston’s Hungry: 1M Pounds of Food Daily for Needy

October 26, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — In car lines that can stretch half a mile (0.8 kilometers), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed by the Houston Food Bank. On some days, the hundreds of sites supplied by the country’s largest food bank collectively get 1 million pounds.

Third grade student thinks while reciting multiplication tables

In Video Classes Teachers Parse Clues to Student Wellbeing

October 23, 2020

DENVER (AP) — Orange skies, winds gusting up to 70 mph, smoke tornadoes and hazardous air. While it could be an apocalyptic scene out of a movie, it has become the reality of Colorado’s wildfire season.

Colorado Wildfires Drag on Later Than Normal, Break Records

October 23, 2020

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