Many Americans say they are preparing to stockpile essentials again. Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. It's Monday's news.
Republicans hustle to confirm their Supreme Court nominee. More than a dozen states set new records for COVID-19 cases. And I'm not trying to freak anyone out but I'm hearing rumbles of another possible toilet paper shortage? *shivers*
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Remember the great toilet paper shortage of 2020?
Only a few short months ago, toilet paper seemed to be nonexistent at grocery stores nearly everywhere. Let's hope that doesn't happen again, but some Americans say they are planning to stockpile food and other essentials this fall. The chief reason: fears of a COVID-19 surge and unrest around the presidential election. Thankfully, rational shoppers are unlikely to see the types of shortages experienced in March and April when states enacted stay-at-home orders and grocery shelves were emptied of essentials. Can we all make a pact to leave some TP for everyone?
It's a big week for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
The Senate began confirmation hearings on Monday for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, 48, as Republicans aim to confirm her before Election Day. Though Barrett appears to have the support in the Senate to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, her historic confirmation hearings this week will offer Democrat and Republican senators the chance to vet Barrett's background and stance on issues that could come before the high court. Let's recap day one:
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Barrett outlined her judicial philosophy, telling senators, "courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life."
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She said she hoped she would bring a "few new perspectives to the bench" as the first mother of school-age children to join the Supreme Court.
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Barrett paid homage to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, saying, "I have been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat, but no one will ever take her place."
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
More than a dozen states have set records for the number of new COVID-19 cases in a week, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data shows. Through late Sunday, 13 states – Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin – had topped their own records for new cases in a seven-day period. To sprinkle on an extra layer of grim: The coronavirus pandemic may have caused tens of thousands of more deaths in the spring and summer than previously thought, a new study says. Researchers found nearly 75,000 more people may have died from the pandemic than what was recorded in March to July, according to the report.
Election Day countdown: 22 days
We're getting down to it, America. Let's take a minute to see what the polls are showing: In the first week of polls since Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization, national and state polls continue to show Biden ahead in the presidential race. Biden continued to lead in 10 of 11 swing states (though Georgia is a virtual tie) – and he expanded his lead in seven of those states, including big gains in Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Nationally, Biden surged 2 percentage points to a more than 10-point lead, according to the USA TODAY average of averages.
For comparison sake, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's lead between the two polling averages was 6.2 points at this point four years ago. Yet Trump won. So should we believe the polls?
In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020.
Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, who starred with the Big Red Machine in the 1970s and played 22 major-league seasons, has died at 77. Morgan was a 10-time All-Star, two-time regular-season MVP and also won two World Series with the Big Red Machine, where he cemented himself as one of the best second basemen in the 1970s. Morgan died Sunday at his home in California due to a non-specified polyneuropathy, according to his family. Morgan is the sixth Baseball Hall of Fame member to die in 2020: Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Lou Brock and Al Kaline have all died earlier this year.
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan acknowledges the crowd after throwing out a ceremonial first pitch prior to the Reds' baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Cincinnati.
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