Thursday's Headlines: U.S. health-care workers are once again short of protective supplies
Surge in hospitalizations strains hospitals in several states; Trump pushes to fully reopen schools. Schools say not so fast.; No masks, no coughs: Robots can be just what the doctor ordered in time of social distancing; As Floyd said he was going to die, officer said his pleas were using up oxygen, transcripts show; Man who allegedly drove car into Seattle demonstration, killing protester, charged with homicide; New Redskins name, logo unlikely to use Native American imagery; Black Lives Matter protests spark debate over racism in the Arab world; What the 'black-on-black crime' fallacy misses about race and gun deaths; We need to dismantle the inequality that makes careers like mine an exception; Dear Dan Snyder: Don't pick a new native-inspired team name; If Trump wants to reopen schools, here's what his administration needs to do; Trump is shouting for schools to reopen. He needs an actual strategy.; Congress's bipartisan national-service bill would be a tonic for what's ailing America; The contraception war that just won't end; Retail workers are being pulled into the latest culture war: Getting customers to wear masks; Court upholds contraceptive care exception; Russian ambassador calls reports of bounty program to kill U.S. soldiers a 'downright lie'
In a recurrence of a struggle that haunted the first months of the crisis, workers on the front lines are scrambling for equipment, reusing masks and keeping some medical offices closed.
Many districts are planning a hybrid system of classroom learning and remote instruction to safeguard the health of employees, students and family members.
George Floyd repeatedly asked police officers not to shoot him and complained of being claustrophobic before he was killed in May, according to transcripts of body camera footage released Wednesday.
People familiar with the team's review say it is an informal process, primarily led by Daniel Snyder, with the owner speaking to key advisers and league officials.
Mixed messaging and politicization have turned a public health safeguard into a lightning-rod issue. As a result, workers have been berated, even assaulted, by aggressive anti-maskers.
At issue was the Trump administration's decision to expand the types of organizations that could opt out of providing cost-free access to contraceptive care and the extent to which the government should create exemptions for religious employers and others who assert moral objections.
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