How An Artist, A Toy-Maker, A College Student Use Their Skills To Fight The Pandemic We asked NPR readers to tell us about people who are coming up with creative ways to to address COVID-19 challenges in their community. Here are six of their stories. NPR Staff
Payroll Tax Delay To Boost Take-Home Pay, But Don't Spend It Yet President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop collecting payroll taxes this fall in an effort to boost workers' paychecks. But the move is temporary, and could spark headaches in 2021. Scott Horsley
TSA Finds 3 Times Usual Rate Of Guns At Checkpoints, Despite Drop In Air Traffic While screening 75% fewer people at airports this summer than last, the security officers discover guns hidden in carry-on bags at a rate surpassing last summer. And 80% of those guns are loaded. David Schaper
Georgia Schools Quarantine Hundreds Of Students After Possible Coronavirus Exposure Barely a week after Georgia reopens its public schools, 38 students, ten teachers and two staff members test positive for the coronavirus, forcing the quarantine nearly 850 students. Scott Neuman
New Zealand On Alert After 4 Cases Of COVID-19 Emerge From Unknown Source The cases came after 102 days with no community spread. The four are members of the same family. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three-day period of high restrictions due to the new cluster. Laurel Wamsley
Skepticism Greets Putin's Announcement Of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine It's the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, but it has not finished Phase III trials to assess safety and effectiveness in the general population. Scott Neuman
Skepticism Abounds As Russia Announces Coronavirus Vaccine President Putin made public that Russia has approved a coronavirus vaccine and will put it into production. Putin says one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Lucian Kim
Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms. Greg Rosalsky
At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For Coronavirus In Last 2 Weeks Of July President Trump falsely claimed that children are "almost immune" from the coronavirus, but a new review of state data finds child cases are up 40%. Cory Turner
California Gov. Says Trump Unemployment Executive Action Spells Disaster For Budget "There is no money sitting in the piggy bank of the previous CARES Act to be reprioritized or reconstituted" to pay the state's share, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday. Vanessa Romo
