| The body of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court, Louisville prepares for Breonna Taylor announcement and more news to start your Wednesday. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Good morning Daily Briefing readers! It's Jane here, bringing you today's top stories. | | The public will pay their respects to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in repose at the Supreme Court after a private ceremony for her friends, colleagues and family. Louisville is awaiting a possible decision in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, an incident that's sparked months of protests. And it's bad news for trick-or-treaters — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says going from door to door during the pandemic isn't a good idea. | | Here's today's news: | Public viewing set for Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Supreme Court | | The late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, will return to the Supreme Court for the final time Wednesday. Her body will lie in repose there following a private ceremony for her family, close friends and members of the court. The public can pay their respects from about 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET Thursday. Her body will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will disclose his new nominee for the Supreme Court on Saturday, triggering an historic battle for the high court's future in the last six weeks of a presidential election. | | | Louisville prepares for Breonna Taylor case announcement | | Louisville, Kentucky, will anxiously await Wednesday for a possible decision on whether any police officers will be charged in the death of Breonna Taylor , the 26-year-old unarmed Black woman fatally shot by police who has become a national symbol of racial injustice. On Tuesday, commuters awoke to eerily empty downtown streets after police erected barricades in a 25-block perimeter to limit car traffic, including around a park that's been home to nearly four months of protests over the fatal shooting. Protests in the city, since they began in May, have remained largely peaceful, occasionally marred by violence, tear gas and pepper balls. Louisville Metro Police interim Chief Robert Schroeder said the planned restrictions were meant to protect public safety, property, protesters and avoid conflicts between drivers and demonstrators. | | In the 5 things to know podcast, host Claire Thornton sits down with Louisville Courier Journal reporters Tessa Duvall and Darcy Costello to discuss how gentrification in Louisville, a hotly disputed police account from the March 13th shooting and her family's $12 million civil settlement have become intertwined in Breonna Taylor's story. | | | In coronavirus news: | | | House OKs spending bill, sending legislation to Senate just days before government set to shutdown | | The House approved a government spending bill Tuesday in hopes of averting a government shutdown that would rock the country in eight days in the midst of a global pandemic. The bill extends current government funding levels and would punt negotiations over a number of hot-button issues until Dec. 11 — a month after the election. The legislation saw some last-minute changes with billions for farmers and pandemic food assistance programs for families, additions that allowed the bill to pass with bipartisan support in a 359-57 vote, with a majority of Republicans voting with Democrats. One lawmaker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., voted present. It will now go to the Senate for approval, then, if approved, will head to the White House for President Donald Trump's signature. | Beta still poses risk of heavy rain in Texas, Louisiana | | Although weakened to a tropical depression, Beta was expected to stall inland over Texas through Wednesday , after bringing torrential rain and flooding to portions of the state. Forecasters say Beta will gradually pick up forward speed across the southern U.S. this week, but not before unleashing more heavy rainfall in the Houston area and triggering pockets of flooding from eastern Texas and Louisiana to Georgia in the coming days. Beta, which made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O'Connor, is the first storm named for a Greek letter to make landfall in the continental United States. Forecasters ran out of traditional storm names last week, forcing the use of the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s. | | | More news you need to know: | | | 50 years ago, Original 9 created their own tennis tournament to gain equality | | The platform women in professional tennis have used to denounce a variety of societal issues has been evolving for decades. Its foundation was first laid 50 years ago by nine female players, including icon Billie Jean King , who risked their careers in an effort to gain equality with the men in the sport by starting their own professional tournament and, eventually, their own tour. King, alongside fellow Americans Rosie Casals, Peaches Bartkowicz, Nancy Richey, Julie Heldman, Valarie Ziegenfuss, Kristy Pigeon and Australians Judy Tegart Dalton and Kerry Melville Reid — dubbed the Original 9 — boycotted the Pacific Southwest Championships in Los Angeles, which paid the winner of the men's tournament $12,500 and the winner of the women's $1,500. Instead of playing, they united to hold their own event in Houston, the Virginia Slims Invitational. Understanding the risks, the women went through with the event anyway and became equality pioneers, with Casals winning the title that became the first step in ultimately changing the sport. | | | And finally: | | Plan your werewolf costumes accordingly, because a rare Halloween full "blue" moon is coming to a sky near you next month. The last time that a Halloween full moon was visible in all U.S. time zones was 1944, according to the Farmers' Almanac. | | | | | | | |
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