The Lebanese government says it is putting an unspecified number of Beirut port officials under house arrest pending an investigation into how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the port for years.
Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain along the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it smashed boats together and caused floods and fires that displaced dozens of people.
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BRYAN ANDERSON and SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press
In an email to parents, Superintendent Brian Harvey said the Board of Trustees voted in favor of pushing the start date back to Aug. 24 with teachers returning Aug. 17.
Several Mississippi school districts have been re-evaluating their back-to-school plans after Governor Tate Reeves signed multiple executive orders to prepare for back-to-school season.
Corinth was the first school district in Mississippi to return to the classroom. Now in its second week, the district has seven confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.
Fayette County Public Schools begins the new year Aug. 10, and for at least the first month students will learn remotely, according to the district’s reopening plan.
Voters across Tennessee and in Shelby County have requested a record number of absentee ballots, most not wanting to show up in person to vote because of the pandemic.
