Postal Service Showdown, California 'Firenado' & NBA Playoffs Begin- Monday, August 17th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, August 17th, 2020!
What to know about:
- controversy with the U.S. Postal Service: how its new leader is making changes and why he's warning every vote might not count this November
- a heatwave, wildfires, and a tornado all in one state
- an unconventional convention that starts today
- the NBA finals
- another app getting into video chatting
- a first for the Disney Channel
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Dems Address USPS Crisis: NBC News, CBS News, WSJ, Politico, Delivering for America Act
USPS Changes: CNBC, USA Today, WaPo, CNN, USPS
New Saliva COVID Test Approved: WSJ, USA Today, Axios, FDA
Drop in COVID-19 Testing: NY Times, USA Today, Business Insider, CDC
COVID-19 Survivors 3-Month Guidelines: NBC News, The Hill, CDC
President Trump's Brother Dies: NBC News, ABC News, CNN, AP
DNC Begins: USA Today, CNN, WaPo, Reuters, DNC Livestream
More CA Rolling Blackouts: LA Times, WSJ, SF Gate, AP
California Wildfire Triggers Apparent Tornado: WaPo, CNN, Weather Channel, CBS News, LA Times
Trump Orders TikTok Owner to Sell US Assets: AP, Politico, The Verge, Executive Order
NBA Playoffs Begin: ESPN, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, AP
Disney's First Bisexual Character: Variety, PEOPLE
Hallmark Showing Gay Wedding: USA Today, Fox News, NBC News, Hallmark
Telegram Launches One-on-One Video Calls: Engadget, The Verge
Monday Monday: Relief Payments Holdup: Today, Detroit Free Press, IRS Relief FAQs, Check Payment Status
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, August 17th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know about controversy with the U.S. Postal Service, |
| 0:04.8 | how its new leader is making changes, |
| 0:06.4 | and why he's warning every vote might not count this November. |
| 0:09.7 | Also a heat wave, wildfires, and a tornado all in one state, and an unconventional convention starts today. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus the NBA finals are here. |
| 0:18.0 | Another app gets into video chatting, and a first for the Disney Channel. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome, welcome. and a first for the Disney channel. Welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:26.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:32.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:36.0 | Recent changes to the U.S. Postal Service have prompted a new warning and new worries about how it might impact the presidential |
| 0:44.6 | election. |
| 0:45.6 | So now top Democrats in the House are calling back lawmakers and cutting their August break short |
| 0:49.4 | to deal with this. |
| 0:50.6 | The House is expected to vote in the coming week on what's being called the Delivering for America Act. |
| 0:55.0 | It would block the Postal Service from cutting back services, |
| 0:58.0 | and it would force the USPS to keep working at the standards it did back in January. |
| 1:02.0 | Top Democrats are worried about recent changes put in place |
| 1:05.0 | by the new Postmaster General Louis de Joy. |
| 1:07.6 | He just took over the USPS in June. |
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