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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! It's Tuesday and today, Hurricane Isaias will move along the mid-Atlantic coast, the community of Dayton, Ohio will mark the one-year anniversary of its mass shooting, and voters in several states will head to the poll for primary elections. |
| Also, I've got good news for anyone (like me) who has been stress baking during the pandemic: It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! Here's a tried and true chocolate chip cookie recipe you can perfect plus a list of other great recipes to bake while you're stuck inside 🍪. |
| It's N'dea, and here's what you need to know today. |
Isaias moves north after making landfall in NC; tornadoes possible 🌀 |
| Hurricane Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm early Tuesday after it made landfall late Monday night in North Carolina after mostly dodging Florida and gaining strength throughout the day, hammering the state's coast with heavy rain and strong winds. Isaias, which prompted evacuation orders in the Tar Heel State over the weekend, brought maximum sustained winds of 85 mph to southern North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center wrote. Isaias began Monday as a tropical storm before strengthening into a hurricane hours before hitting the North Carolina coast. Nearly 270,000 customers were without power in North Carolina as of 2:05 a.m. Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us. |
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1 billion students impacted by coronavirus school closures 🏫 |
| As more schools across the country welcome students back to class this week, some are already temporarily reclosing because of COVID-19 concerns. In Indiana, one school is shutting down two days after an employee tested positive for the virus. In another Indiana school, a student tested positive after the first day back to school. |
| The United Nations estimates more than one billion students worldwide have been affected by school closures. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history. |
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Tuesday marks one year since mass shooting in Dayton |
| Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, that left nine dead and dozens more injured . Early in the morning on Aug. 4, 2019, a gunman opened fire in a popular entertainment neighborhood known as the Oregon District before being killed by officers. According to local reports, several events are scheduled to remember those lost and many businesses in the district will close out of respect for the victims' loved ones. The Columbus Dispatch, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported guns are just as accessible to people experiencing mental health crises on Aug. 4, 2020, as they were on Aug. 4, 2019. Also, no law has been passed to encourage or require background checks for the private sale of firearms. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday he believes a deal still is possible. "We owe it to the victims. We owe to the families and to all Ohioans to finish the job and get this done," he said. |
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Tlaib, her state of Michigan, in the spotlight ahead of Tuesday's primaries 🗳️ |
| Michigan holds its primary Tuesday amid an unprecedented pandemic and changes in Michigan law that have brought a deluge of requests for absentee ballots . Every registered voter in the state was allowed to request an absentee ballot for any reason – a move blasted by President Donald Trump, who has railed against vote-by-mail. In Michigan, 1.8 million voters requested mail ballots for Tuesday's state primary and more than 600,000 have returned their ballots, though the data isn't broken down by party. The state will also play host to one of the most-watched races of the day as first-term congresswoman – and member of the "Squad" – Rashida Tlaib is again locked in a tight primary race against Brenda Jones, the Detroit City Council president, to represent Michigan's 13th congressional district. During the 2018 midterms, Tlaib won the six-way primary race by less than 1,000 votes, with Jones finishing a close second. . |
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Hearing for Chad Daybell continues after Lori Vallow's children found dead |
| Chad Daybell's court hearing will continue Tuesday, nearly two months after his wife Lori Vallow's children Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found dead on his property . Daybell is facing evidence destruction charges as well as charges alleging he was part of a conspiracy to destroy evidence. No one has yet been charged in the deaths of the children, whose disappearances sparked a high-profile, months-long search. The complex case, which spans multiple states and involves several suspicious deaths, has attracted national attention, in part because of the alleged doomsday beliefs of the couple. |
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Fact or fiction? ✅ |
| Misinformation, distortions and outright lies are a significant problem for our country. See the latest work from our fact checking team with our newest newsletter, Checking The Facts. |
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New 'Twilight' book 'Midnight Sun' hits shelves 📖 |
| Coronavirus lockdown is about to get a whole lot sparklier for "Twilight" fans: "Midnight Sun," the newest book in Stephenie Meyer's series , finally hits shelves Tuesday. Teased for over a decade, the fifth book in the young-adult series is a long-anticipated retelling of the original "Twilight" love story from vampire Edward Cullen's perspective. "It's definitely darker, and I would say more desperate," Meyer said of the new book in an interview with USA TODAY. The original "Twilight" saga, four books published between 2005 and 2008, told the sprawling supernatural love story between teenage every girl Bella Swan and her century-old heartthrob vampire paramour from the girl's vantage point. Now, readers will get to experience the story from the other side. |
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In better news: Stop! Sanitize! 🛑 |
| With schools in certain states starting to open for in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Alabama principal Quentin Lee wanted to make sure the more than 300 students at Childersburg High got the message about the school's new restrictions. |
| In a musical parody of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Lee shows how the school is looking to keep kids safe. |
| Water fountains? Doorknobs? Vending machines? Can't touch this. Students are also told to social-distance, and Lee is seen with a no-contact thermometer. The song ends with a "Stop! Sanitize!" to drive the point home. Lee, who stars in the video along with a teacher and three other students, said the idea "just really stuck." |
 | | Alabama school principal Quentin Lee created a parody video of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" to show students and families what to expect as children return to class amid coronavirus. | | Quentin Lee, YouTube | |
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