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| We made it to Friday, Daily Briefing readers! Before we get into today's news, let's talk about the post office. President Donald Trump made conflicting statements Thursday about whether he opposes supplementary funding for the U.S. Postal Service, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and recently been mired in controversy with its new leadership. |
| Trump originally acknowledged his position would starve the agency of funds that Democrats insist it needs to process and handle the anticipated influx of mail-in ballots for the November election. Despite repeated unfounded claims that mail-in ballots will lead to widespread voter fraud, Trump requested a mail-in ballot for the upcoming Florida primary. Here's everything you need to know about what's going on with the post office. |
| It's N'dea and here's more news you need to know today. Have a good weekend! |
Hawaii alters contact tracing while considering delay of tourist return |
| The state of Hawaii is expected to see a rapid increase in coronavirus contact tracers as the state's top health officials recently turned their much maligned program over to new hire, Dr. Emily Roberson. By the end of the week, there should be more than 100 contact tracers across the state , a Health Department spokeswoman told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser this week. But the number of contact tracers appears to be well below what Lt. Gov. Josh Green said Hawaii needs to be to reach national recommendations, the paper noted. Another more unfortunate development to combat the virus is officials are "looking at" delaying the start of a much-anticipated program that would allow out-of-state visitors to vacation there without quarantining for 14 days by presenting a negative COVID-19 test, Gov. David Ige said Thursday. The state has seen a rapid rise in reported cases in recent days, including a record 355 on Thursday. |
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Coronavirus updates: A deadly fall could be coming |
| Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned the U.S. could have a deadly fall if Americans don't follow public health guidelines like wearing a face mask and maintaining six feet from each other. |
| Meanwhile, as California approaches 600,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the state ordered a private school to close after it welcomed students back Thursday without face masks or social distancing. The school, with nearly 600 students, is now on the state's monitoring list. |
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'Hard to predict' Southern California wildfire grows 🚒 |
| Hot and dry weather conditions in Southern California could complicate matters for emergency crews on Friday as a raging wildfire has threatened more than 5,000 structures in rural Los Angeles County. The Lake Fire, described by officials as "hard to predict, " is burning between Lake Hughes and Lake Castaic, about 65 miles north of Los Angeles. It has grown to about 11,000 acres, or 17 square miles, and was 5% contained as of late Thursday. About 500 firefighters from several departments and 15 helicopters and air tankers were battling the blaze and more firefighters were arriving, according to county Fire Chief Eric Garcia. |
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NBA regular season ends. So what's next? 🏀 |
| With the NBA's restarted regular season ending Friday, reality sets in for those eliminated teams leaving the Disney campus bubble safety net. The NBA restart has been an impressive feat thus far, as it has become clear that a "bubble" environment with rigorous testing, mandated social distancing and mask-wearing policies is the safest way to play games during the coronavirus pandemic. As for what's next: the league unveiled its upcoming playoff schedule. But the matchups aren't 100% set quite yet. A special-to-the-bubble play-in game will be staged Saturday afternoon between the Portland Trail Blazers (No. 8 seed) and Memphis Grizzlies (No. 9) to determine the final playoff team in the Western Conference. |
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Pinterest employees plan walkout |
| Continuing a reckoning sparked by two Black employees who accused the company of racial bias, employees of the social media service Pinterest are planning a virtual walkout Friday . The work action is to support Aerica Shimizu Banks and Ifeoma Ozoma, who accused the social media service of racial discrimination in June, as well as Francoise Brougher, Pinterest's former COO who filed suit against the service Wednesday accusing it of gender bias and wrongful termination. Pinterest has denied the racial bias charges while saying it's hired a law firm to investigate. It's also told the New York Times that Brougher's claim was being reviewed. |
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Rock on: Hundreds of vintage posters for sale 🤘 |
| Want a piece of rock and roll history? On Friday at 1 p.m. ET, a Pennsylvania auction house is offering hundreds of vintage posters from Perry Pfeffer, a longtime collector who died in February. The posters tout legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin, but also more contemporary artists such as Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Stephenson's Auctioneers and Appraisers, near Philadelphia, is also offering internet bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. |
In better news: A new Mississippi flag design is generating a lot of buzz |
| It took a 33-year-old Michelangelo four years to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but 26-year-old Thomas Rosete needed just five minutes to create the Mosquito Flag. Rosete created the Mosquito Flag as a joke, but this week it took on a life of its own. Mississippi is currently in the process of choosing a new flag. Lawmakers took a historic vote this year to take down the old state flag, which featured the Confederate battle flag. Rosete and nearly 3,000 Mississippians have since submitted designs for a new state flag, some more serious than others. Rosete said he had submitted his flag as a joke, but it made it to the second round of 147 designs. The flag was cheeky. It was irreverent. It was fun. It was exactly what many Mississippians needed to distract themselves this week from an exceptionally difficult year. But it wasn't long before the Mississippi Department of Archives and History swatted it down. The Mosquito Flag had been selected accidentally. The reaction online was swift and negative. For Rosete, it was a whirlwind. "The mosquitoes, it's their state," he said. "We're just living in it." |
 | | Proposed Mississippi mosquito flag. | | Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History | |
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