Beirut Blast Arrests, Mail-in Voting Debate & Instagram Reels - Thursday, August 6th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 6 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, August 6th, 2020!
What to know today about:
- the aftermath of the Beirut explosion and the international effort to help the city
- how the world is looking back on the Hiroshima bombing 75 years later
- new controversy and confusion surrounding mail-in voting
- which state is the first to roll out Apple and Google's contact tracing technology
- Instagram's version of Tiktok
All that and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Beirut Explosion Investigation: AP, ABC News, WSJ, CBS News
75 Years Since Hiroshima: WaPo, USA Today, NY Times, AP
New Chicago Schools Reopening Plan: Chicago Tribune, CNN, Reuters, WSJ
High School Sports Status: CBS Sports, NFHS
UConn Cancels Football: AP, ESPN, NY Times, Axios, UConn
COVID-19 Outbreaks: Johns Hopkins, NBC News, CBS News
Trump/RNC Sue Nevada: CNN, CBS News, AP, The Hill
Trump Encourages Florida Mail-in Voting: AP, NBC News, CBS News, Trump Tweet
Virginia Rolls out Pandemic App: AP, Engadget, Reuters, Axios
Instagram Reels Launches: The Verge, NYT, WSJ, Instagram
Samsung Unveils New Phones: Reuters, Engadget, AP
PGA Championship Begins: CBS Sports, ESPN, CNN
Thing to Know Thursday: Antibodies: Dictionary.com, Science Alert, Live Science, CDC
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, August 6th. |
| 0:01.9 | What to know today about the aftermath of the Beirut explosion |
| 0:04.9 | and the international effort to help that city now in mourning. |
| 0:08.1 | And the world looks back on the Hiroshima bombing |
| 0:10.4 | 75 years later. |
| 0:12.3 | Plus the latest controversy and confusion surrounding mail and voting. |
| 0:16.1 | Which state is the first to roll out Apple and Google's contact tracing tech? |
| 0:20.2 | And Instagram debuts its version of Tik-Tok. |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:26.8 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.0 | New details about the massive blast in Beirut that was so powerful it shattered windows more than a mile away. |
| 0:45.9 | As of early this morning, at least 137 people have now been confirmed dead and 5,000 people were hurt. |
| 0:52.3 | ABC News reports at least one American was among those killed. |
| 0:55.9 | Emergency workers are still digging through the rubble, so Lebanon's president warned the death |
| 1:00.0 | toll will likely go up again. |
| 1:02.4 | The massive explosion caused billions of dollars worth |
| 1:04.8 | of damage and Beirut City Governor says it left about 300,000 people homeless. |
| 1:09.4 | The United Nations has promised to support Lebanese hospitals as they struggled to deal with the emergency. |
| 1:14.8 | Three hospitals were damaged by the blast and the others are at capacity and overwhelmed. |
| 1:20.0 | The UN already sent specialists to Beirut to help. |
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