Evening Edition: Months into pandemic, experts grapple with unknowns

Supreme Court for now will not stop Ohio order to identify prisoners for release because of virus; Frustrated and struggling, New Yorkers contemplate abandoning the city they love; WHO warns of 'second peak'; some U.S. states see uptick in hospitalizations; Plastic barriers, face masks and lots of disinfectant: What newly reopened schools in South Korea look like; Two black men died of covid-19 five days apart. This is what was lost.; Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency.; Wall Street, betting the worst is over, propels Dow more than 500 points; Is this the end of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong?; Four Minneapolis officers are fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of black man who later died, mayor says; Flying astronauts were always risky. No wonder NASA and SpaceX are on edge.; Storms could scrub historic SpaceX launch of astronauts; How astronauts are preparing for a new era in American space flight; America's response to virus is 'incomprehensibly incoherent,' says historian who studied the 1918 flu ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     Months into pandemic, experts grapple with unknowns With stay-at-home orders expiring and businesses reopening, all the scientific data — and all the tentative, provisional language surrounding it — is being scrutinized anew, but basic questions remain unanswered. By Joel Achenbach ●  Read more »   Supreme Court for now will not stop Ohio order to identify prisoners for release because of virus The Trump administration had asked the court to stop a federal judge's order after an outbreak at a low-security prison. But the court left open the door for the administration to file a future request. By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   Frustrated and struggling, New Yorkers contemplate abandoning the city they love The coronavirus has already driven thousands from New York. For many who remain, a great reassessment is underway. By Richard Morgan and Jada Yuan ●  Read more »   WHO warns of 'second peak'; some U.S. states see uptick in hospitalizations More than 1.6 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the United States, where the covid-19 death toll is nearing 100,000. LIVE UPDATES ●  By Antonia Farzan, Katie Shepherd, Rick Noack, Jennifer Hassan, Lateshia Beachum, Marisa Iati, Miriam Berger, Siobhán O'Grady, John Wagner, Kim Bellware and Felicia Sonmez ●  Read more »   Plastic barriers, face masks and lots of disinfectant: What newly reopened schools in South Korea look like The country has been slowly reopening schools in the past week, and these pictures show how some of them are trying to keep students and teachers from contracting the coronavirus. By Valerie Strauss ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Two black men died of covid-19 five days apart. This is what was lost. George Valentine and Kenneth Moore were African American men during a pandemic that is robbing black communities of pastors and professionals, fathers and mentors. By Sydney Trent ●  Read more »   Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency. Biden's mask underscored his humanity. His signature Ray-Ban aviators were perched on his nose because Biden is still Biden. Critic's Notebook ●  By Robin Givhan ●  Read more »   Wall Street, betting the worst is over, propels Dow more than 500 points The Standard & Poor's 500 touches 3,000 for the first time since early March as shutdown protocols continue to unwind and more drug companies chase vaccines. By Thomas Heath and Taylor Telford ●  Read more »   Is this the end of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong? Beijing signals the end of Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" framework. How the new Christopher Nolan movie became a test case for the summer movie season. And, a bus driver on the front lines in New York City. Post Reports | Listen Now ●  By The Washington Post ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Four Minneapolis officers are fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of black man who later died, mayor says Video of the encounter between a black man and Minneapolis police sparked immediate outrage. By Timothy Bella and Brittany Shammas ●  Read more »   Flying astronauts were always risky. No wonder NASA and SpaceX are on edge. Wednesday's planned mission is an enormously risky endeavor whose failure could be a major setback for a growing commercial space industry and a devastating blow to SpaceX. By Christian Davenport ●  Read more »   Storms could scrub historic SpaceX launch of astronauts The test flight would restore crewed spaceflight to the U.S. for the first time in nine years. By Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   How astronauts are preparing for a new era in American space flight From diving to zip lining to flying, The Post goes behind the scenes with U.S. astronauts training for a new era in human space flight. Video ●  By Whitney Leaming, Whitney Shefte and Eric Maierson ●  Read more »   America's response to virus is 'incomprehensibly incoherent,' says historian who studied the 1918 flu John M. Barry compares the two events and reflects on the many differences. By Joe Heim ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Post Most for the most popular and interesting stories of the day, from politics to opinions to world news, to keep you in the know. In your inbox, every day. Sign up »

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