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Future has dropped three chart-topping albums in just six months
by Stephen Thompson
This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.
News Brief: CDC And COVID-19 Data, Twitter Hack, Mary Trump Memoir
by Tamara Keith
Hospitals have been ordered stop sending COVID-19 data to the CDC. Major Twitter accounts were hacked last night. And, Mary Trump discusses her new memoir.
Parents Must Make Big Decision For Children As School Starts Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
by Mary Rose Madden
Parents are wondering whether or not they should send their kids into classrooms for on-site learning this fall.
U.S. Wants To Ramp Up COVID-19 Testing To 100 Million A Month By September
by Rob Stein
Why is the US suffering such a shortage of testing? The Trump administration is promising to perform 100 million tests by September. Is that realistic?
Several States Begin Walking Back Reopening Plans Amid COVID-19 Surge
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the economic impact on states who have reversed their reopenings during the pandemic.
Federal Tax Filing Deadline Arrives
by Scott Horsley
Wednesday is the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns. Thousands of IRS agents are still working from home, and many of the volunteers have been sidelined by the pandemic.
Lake From 'Dirty Dancing' Rising Again After More Than A Decade After It Dried Up
The lake in Pembroke, Virginia where Patrick Swayze lifted Jennifer Grey into the air in Dirty Dancing dried up after the movie came out. Now, 12 years later, it is filling up with water again.
Former West Virginia Nursing Assistant Confesses To Murder Of Veterans At VA Hospital
by Dave Mistich
Reta Mays has pleaded guilty to killing several patients. She admitted to injecting the veterans with unneeded insulin which killed them.
Many Georgia Residents Still Struggling To Get Tested
by Grant Blankenship
How long does it take to get results from a coronavirus test in Georgia? Local health departments' responses are literally and figuratively all over the map.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, WNBA Clash Over Black Lives Matter Movement
by Emma Hurt
Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler is a co-owner of Atlanta's WNBA team. The team's players have embraced the Black Lives Matter movement while Loeffler has called on the WNBA to drop its support for BLM.