Kids' Covid Cases, Rare Midwest Storms & Meteor Shower Show - Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, August 11th, 2020!
We have updates about:
- new research showing a surge of new COVID-19 cases in American kids, even before most schools reopen
- Chicago dealing with looting and violence after another police shooting and what role social media is playing in it
- a rare but powerful storm that hit the midwestern U.S.
- how a court case could change Uber and Lyft
- a meteor shower that peaks tonight: how to see the best of it
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Children Coronavirus Infections: Time, GMA, CNN, WaPo, AAP, CDC
Trump on Reopening Schools: The Hill, Business Insider
Trump May Give RNC Speech at Gettysburg: Reuters, AP, Axios, Trump Tweet
Some DNC Speakers Announced: USA Today, WaPo, CNN, DNC
Lebanon's Prime Minister, Cabinet Resigns: Reuters, Axios, CNN, AP, United Nations
Chicago Shooting & Unrest: Chicago Tribune, NBC News, AP, WSJ
Rare Midwest Storms: AP. The Weather Channel, CNN
Uber, Lyft must Classify Drivers as Employees: Reuters, Axios, NPR, The Verge
McDonald's Sues Former CEO: NYT, NBC News, Axios
MLB Postpones Another Series: ABC News, AP, ESPN
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, August 11th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about new research showing a surge of new COVID |
| 0:04.7 | cases in American kids, even before most schools start up again. |
| 0:08.3 | Also, Chicago is dealing with looting and violence |
| 0:10.4 | after another police shooting. |
| 0:11.9 | What role a social media post is playing in this. |
| 0:14.7 | Plus a rare but powerful storm hit the Midwest, |
| 0:17.2 | how a court case could change Uber and Lyft, |
| 0:19.7 | and a meteor shower peaks tonight |
| 0:21.5 | how to see the best of it. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:27.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:34.8 | You ready? |
| 0:35.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:36.8 | A new report out this week is giving decision makers more to consider about how and when to send kids back to school. |
| 0:45.6 | It turns out COVID-19 has surged among American children over the summer. |
| 0:49.6 | The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association found infections |
| 0:54.0 | rose by 90% in just about four weeks. Now out of the more than 5 million |
| 0:58.2 | confirmed cases in the US, the total number of American kids infected is |
| 1:02.4 | more than 380,000. |
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