UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

The surgeon general warns that the US needs to lower transmission rates before schools reopen; President Trump hoping to reset his coronavirus response plans to resume the daily briefings; and 300 workers at Los Angeles Apparel test positive for coronavirus, forcing health officials to shut down the factory temporarily.

The coronavirus summer surge pushes several cities and states to the brink; congressional leaders start negotiations on another large-scale coronavirus stimulus relief package; the presence of federal agents is exacerbating tensions in Portland, Oregon, after nearly two months of nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The battle over the mandatory use of face masks grows as Georgia’s governor sues Atlanta’s mayor over the issue, while Democrats in Florida plead with the state’s governor to issue a statewide order; Across the country, Republican state and local leaders are starting to break ranks with President Trump over his handling of the Coronavirus pandemic; A Cuban-American man bikes 3,000 miles, from Washington state to Washington, D.C. to get President Trump’s attention.

As the Coronavirus crisis escalates in the U.S., states across the country say they’re running out of hospital beds, including Miami-Dade county, the current epicenter, who says very soon, no ICU beds will be left; A growing rift at the White House between the Trump administration and the nation’s top infectious disease expert threatens to harm progress in battling the pandemic; A conservative radio talk show host is fired after she recorded herself yelling at landscapers for speaking Spanish.

Summary: As the Coronavirus crisis worsens in the U.S., health experts warn the death toll could surge to more than 220,000 people; The head of the CDC pleads with people to wear a mask, saying the safety of school children and the battle against the virus is dependent on face coverings; A day of division at the White House as President Trump downplays the risks Black people face at the hands of police, and attacks Joe Biden from the Rose Garden.

The state of California is locking down again as Florida becomes the new epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak in the United States; The growing battle over whether to send students back to school as the nation’s second largest district now says its schools will remain closed; The body of “Glee” star Naya Rivera has been recovered in Southern California.

There are now more than 3,300,000 cases of Coronavirus in the United States and as the country struggles to contain the virus, the White House is taking aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci; Days after President Trump commuted the sentence of his friend and adviser Roger Stone, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is speaking out, saying Stone “remains a felon”; Details on a shocking report that President Trump reportedly considered selling the island of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

The president travels to Florida to discuss drug trafficking in South America as coronavirus cases explode in 36 states, ten of them breaking single-day records; Univision goes inside a Texas hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak; and the mother of U.S. soldier Vanessa Guillen blasts the military for irregularities into investigation of her daughter’s murder.

Coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the US, Texas, Florida, and California experience single-day infection records; the Supreme Court delivers a historic ruling that will likely determine whether the public sees President Trump’s long-hidden financial records; and rescue crews are looking for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera who disappeared from a California lake.

The US hits 3 million coronavirus cases as the White House pushes schools to reopen; President Trump meets with Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador to discuss the new trade deal despite a historical tense relationship; and a conversation with the director of “Mucho Mucho Amor”, the documentary on late astrologer Walter Mercado.