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Parties around WSU’s Greek Row linked to ‘substantial increase’ in COVID-19 cases

August 22, 2020, 7:08pm Northwest

Health officials have noticed a “substantial increase” in coronavirus cases among Washington State University students living off campus in Pullman, according to university officials. Read story

President Donald Trump speaks in a March 11 address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus.

The bully pulpit: Trump pushes Washington, but virus resists

August 22, 2020, 6:39pm Politics

His face framed by the golden Oval Office curtains behind him, President Donald Trump stared straight into the camera aimed at the Resolute Desk. Read story

Cimmie Hunter, left, and Cadence Ludlow, both sixth graders, arrive at Liberty Elementary School for the first day of class Monday in Murray, Utah.

Quarantines and closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen

August 22, 2020, 4:53pm Nation & World

Frightening calls from the school nurse. Waiting in vain for word from school officials. Canceled sports practices. Marching bands in quarantine. Read story

Tom Baumgarten, superintendent of the Morongo County School District, looks at a laptop with a cracked screen at Twentynine Palms Junior High School, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Baumgarten was set to order 5,000 Lenovo Chromebooks in July when his vendor called him off, saying Lenovos were getting "stopped by a government agency because of a component from China that's not allowed here," he said.

U.S. educators see back-to-school laptop shortages

August 22, 2020, 4:51pm Nation & World

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year’s most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation has found. Read story

Trump pressures FDA, claims ‘deep state’ slowing virus vaccine

August 22, 2020, 4:50pm Politics

For most of President Donald Trump’s administration, science-driven health agencies have faced less of the criticism and mistrust aimed at the spy agencies, the Justice Department and other parts of the federal government. Read story