Here are the headlines you Need2Know for Monday, July 27, 2020:
COVID-19: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Florida is now the second state after California to blow past New York’s record of total coronavirus cases, though New York has recorded far more deaths than either. Some promising news: multiple data points suggest that the rate of spread is slowing in Arizona, with new cases now declining week-over-week. AZ DAILY STAR
HURRICANE DOUBLE-WHAMMY
DOUGLAS: Hurricane Douglas is currently a Category 1 storm tracking just north of Maui and Oahu and looks likely to spare Hawaii’s islands from the worst of its winds and rain. The storm will spin out to sea later today. TRACK
HANNA: The storm that made landfall in southern Texas as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday is now a tropical depression. The system is currently dumping rain on the Rio Grande Valley, which is already dealing with a serious COVID-19 outbreak. Some strained hospitals on the U.S.-Mexico border have had to airlift patients to larger cities. CBS NEWS
POLICE PROTESTS: A new wave of protests against the police, some violent, erupted over the weekend in cities like Seattle, L.A. and Oakland, as Portland saw its 60th straight day of unrest. The mayor of Seattle says the situation is turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy, with demonstrations against the deployment of federal law enforcement turning violent and creating images of “anarchy” that President Trump has warned about. NY TIMES
IN MEMORIAM
REGIS PHILBIN: The legendary TV host died on Friday at 88. Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most hours on television in the U.S., and countless clips from his six-decade career were shared on social media over the weekend. Among the most memorable: the moment from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire when he crowned the show’s first winner, John Carpenter, who famously used his only lifeline to call his dad to tell him he was about to win the $1 million prize: WATCH
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND: One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age has died at 104. De Havilland starred in dozens of popular movies in the 30s and 40s, but was probably best known for playing Melanie in Gone with the Wind. OBIT
SECOND STIMULUS: Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a second economic stimulus bill today, which will reportedly include another one-time $1,200 cash payment to families. The sticking point remains what to do about the enhanced unemployment benefits, which are about to run out. One idea that seems to be gaining steam: capping benefits at 70 percent of each worker’s lost wages. FORBES
ALUMINUM CAN SHORTAGE: It may soon become difficult to find your favorite beer in stock at the grocery store, especially if it’s a smaller brand. A nationwide aluminum can shortage exacerbated by the pandemic is leading big brewers to prioritize their most popular beers. The shortage has to do with beer that would be going to kegs for bars and restaurants now being canned and sold, combined with consumers stocking up. Even before coronavirus, the explosion in popularity of hard seltzers was putting strain on the aluminum can supply chain. CNN
MLB OPENING WEEKEND: One way to think about the shortened baseball season: it’s already five percent over. Opening Weekend is in the books, and it (generally) went smoothly. Still, it’s a strange scene, best exemplified by a moment during Sunday’s Pirates-Cardinals game. The home plate umpire had ejected the Pirates' Derek Holland, who was heckling his calls from the stands. The Pirates manager then charged out of the dugout for a socially-distanced, masked argument with the ump: WATCH
T. SWIFT #1: Taylor Swift’s surprise album folklore, which dropped Friday, has smashed several streaming records in its first weekend of release. It was streamed more than 80 million times on Spotify on its first day, the biggest debut ever for a female artist on the platform, and has received 35 million streams on Apple Music. Folklore is earning rave reviews from critics, who call it “head-spinning” and her most impressive work to date. ROLLING STONE
SPOTTED...a casket carrying the body of civil rights icon John Lewis, crossing the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma for the final time: SEE IT
LEFTOVERS: PROMISE KEPT: A Wisconsin man who won $22 million playing Powerball is sharing his winnings with an old fishing buddy, 28 years after the two men shook hands and promised each other that if either ever won the lottery, they’d split it down the middle. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
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