Historic VP Pick, Fall Football Canceled & Blockbuster Airbnb- Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, August 12th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- Joe Biden's VP pick: why it's historic, where she stands on the issues, and the reaction from the Trump campaign.
- what happened at a Georgia school that reopened recently
- what a new study shows about the effectiveness of different types of masks
- some of the most popular college football teams not playing this fall
- another big tech leader who just became a billionaire
- how $5 could get you a lot more than a rental at the world's last Blockbuster store
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Biden Picks Running Mate: AP, WaPo, WSJ, Axios, Politico, FOX News, NAACP
Big 10 and Pac 12 Postpone Fall Sports: ESPN, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, NY Times
Georgia, Florida Death Toll Records: Johns Hopkins, WaPo, Axios, AP, AJC
Different Masks Tested: WaPo, ABC News, SF Chronicle, Full Study
Russia Announces COVID-19 Vaccine: CBS News, AP, Reuters, Axios
Moderna Announces U.S. Vaccine Deal: WSJ, CNN, CNBC, Axios
Phoenix Heat Records: Arizona Republic, KSAZ, NWS
Apple CEO Becomes a Billionaire: CNN, The Verge, Boomberg
Walmart Tests Same-Day Delivery: Engadget, The Verge, CNBC
Hamilton's Popularity on Disney+: Variety, Forbes, FOX Business
Blockbuster Sleepover on Airbnb: CNN, Engadget, USA Today, Mashable, Airbnb
Work Wednesday: CEOs to Hire 100k Low-Income New Yorkers: CBS News, ABC News, Press Release
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| 0:28.6 | Today is Wednesday, August 12th. We're talking about Joe Biden's VP pick, |
| 0:34.0 | why it's historic where she stands on the issues |
| 0:36.0 | and the reaction from the Trump campaign. |
| 0:38.0 | Also what happened at a Georgia school that reopened recently |
| 0:41.0 | and what a new study shows about the effectiveness of different types of face masks. |
| 0:44.8 | Plus some of the most popular college football teams will not be playing this fall. |
| 0:48.4 | Another big tech leader just became a billionaire and $5 could get you a lot more than a rental at the world's last blockbuster store. |
| 0:57.7 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 1:01.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, |
| 1:05.7 | thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 1:16.5 | Well, we now know Joe Biden's running mate in the race for president, it's U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. |
| 1:17.5 | And today, they'll make their first public appearance together since the big announcement yesterday. |
| 1:21.7 | And this VP pick is historic. |
| 1:23.5 | Harris is the first black woman and the first person of Indian descent |
| 1:26.7 | to be named to a major party presidential ticket in the US. |
| 1:30.1 | Her father is Jamaican and her mother is from India. |
| 1:32.6 | The N-W-A-C-P called this a defining moment in U.S. history. |
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