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PM News Brief: Pacific Islander Community, Deadly Rabbit Disease & ACLU Comments On Protests

Wednesday evening, July 22, 2020COVID’s Impact On Utah’s Pacific Islander CommunityThe Pacific Islander community accounts for the second highest rate of…

School buses sit parked at a lot in Marietta, Ga., in March. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has pushed for students to return to school in the fall, but the state's largest system, in Gwinnett County, has decided on all-virtual learning.

As Georgia Governor Calls To Reopen Schools, Largest District Will Teach Online Only

Public schools in Gwinnett County will move online this fall. The district's superintendent said most everyone will have the Internet but he "can't guarantee" reliable access for all.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little speaks at a news conference in Boise on March 13. Less than four months after the state confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, it has emerged as one of the nation's biggest hot spots.

In Idaho, One Of The Last States Hit By The Coronavirus, Cases Are Now Surging

Idaho's case count has quadrupled since mid-June, and about half of the more than 15,000 confirmed cases in the state have come in the past two weeks.

AM News Brief: Fireworks In Wildfire Land, Lee Questions Surveillance & Jazz Honors Late Jerry Sloan

Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020Utah Senator Questions SurveillanceSen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr Tuesday,…

Cities Hard Hit By Coronavirus Crisis Consider Rolling Back Reopenings

COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the country, and that's prompting city leaders in some of the hardest hit places — Seattle, Chicago and Atlanta — to consider closing down again.

Dr. Glenn Lopez administered a standard test for the coronavirus to Daniel Contreras at a mobile clinic in South Los Angeles last week. Though highly accurate, such tests can take days or more to process.

Rapid, Cheap, Less Accurate Coronavirus Testing Has A Place, Scientists Say

A single test that can give false reassurance sounds bad. But a $10 test for the coronavirus, if repeated daily, would discover real infections, say proponents of such tests as screening tools.

Coronavirus Updates: President Trump Resumes Coronavirus Task Force Briefings

NPR's White House and health correspondents discuss the reappearance of daily coronavirus task force briefings after a long hiatus.

Travelers who arrive in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from 31 states where coronavirus statistics have been worsening must quarantine themselves for two weeks.

N.Y., N.J., Connecticut Now Say Travelers From 31 Hot Spot States Must Quarantine

"I never thought it would be this bad," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says of the number of U.S. states where the coronavirus numbers have worsened.

An Advocate For The Wrongly Convicted Reflects On Faith, Justice And Innocence

"I saw firsthand how police and prosecutors manipulate evidence, coerce witnesses into giving false testimony," says Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries. His memoir is When Truth is All You Have.

President Trump departs a July 2019 press conference on the census with U.S. Attorney General William Barr (center) and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the White House Rose Garden.

With No Final Say, Trump Wants To Change Who Counts For Dividing Up Congress' Seats

The president is calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from census numbers used to divide seats in Congress. The Constitution says the count must include every person living in the U.S.

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