College Reversal, 100 Years of Women Voting & New Alcohol Guidelines- Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 18 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, August 18th, 2020!
We have updates about:
- the importance of this day in history 100 years ago: what it did and didn't do to change America
- what investigators uncovered 18 years after a high-profile murder
- the first big reversal at a big university as COVID-19 sweeps through campus
- new alcohol guidelines from the federal government
- how TikTok is trying to change minds about its popular platform
- SpaceX being poised to break another new record today
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
UNC Chapel Hill Reverts to Online Learning: WSJ, NBC News, CNN
COVID-19 Outbreaks at Other Colleges: NBC News, AP, WaPo
Jam Master Jay Murder Suspects Charged: CNN, NY Times, AP
DNC Opens, Day 2 Today: AP, NY Times, WSJ, DNC Livestream
Trump Blasts Biden in Upper Midwest: The Hill, USA Today, AP
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: AP, NBC News, NY Times, Women's Vote 100, NPS, Pew Research
New Men Alcohol Guidelines: WSJ, FOX News, Dietary Guidelines
NFL's First Black Team President: NBC News, ESPN, WaPo
TikTok Addresses Rumors: USA Today, TechCrunch, TikTok Website, TikTok Twitter
SpaceX Rocket Launch could Break Record: TechCrunch, Space.com, Florida Today
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, August 18th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know about today in history 100 years ago, |
| 0:04.8 | what this big milestone for women did and did not do to change America. |
| 0:08.4 | Also, mystery solved, what investigators uncovered |
| 0:11.0 | about a high profile cold case, and the first big reversal at a big university |
| 0:15.3 | as COVID-19 swept through a college campus. |
| 0:18.3 | Plus we're talking about new alcohol guidelines from the federal government. |
| 0:21.4 | A new Tik-Toc website trying to change minds about the popular |
| 0:24.3 | platform, and SpaceX is set to break another new record today. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:32.2 | All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. Just days into the fall semester and already COVID-19 has |
| 0:48.3 | swept through a few college campuses in fact the University of North Carolina |
| 0:51.9 | at Chapel Hill became the first big university to cancel in-person classes after they began. |
| 0:57.0 | Classes started there just a week ago, but already about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 and hundreds more are having to self-isolate. |
| 1:05.6 | UNC says clusters of cases popped up in dorms, a fraternity house and other student housing, |
| 1:10.8 | so starting tomorrow all undergraduate classes are moving online. |
| 1:14.4 | UNC is not the only school running into these problems either. |
| 1:17.6 | Oklahoma State University also reported clusters of new cases among students over the |
| 1:22.1 | weekend. |
| 1:23.0 | There, everyone who lives in a particular sorority house must now quarantine and not leave. |
| 1:27.7 | But for now, the university as a whole is sticking to its combo with in-person and online classes. Meanwhile, the University of Notre Dame is also dealing with dozens of new cases. |
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