DBON - September 29, 2020

TOPICS & SOURCES: 

-President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are preparing for their first presidential debate today, Tuesday at 9 P.M. ET, hosted by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/us-presidential-debates-explained/index.html) 

-In the 10 months since a mysterious pneumonia began striking residents of Wuhan, China, Covid-19 has killed more than one million people worldwide as of Monday. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/world/covid-1-million-deaths.html) 

 -President Trump on Monday announced that his administration will begin distributing 150 million rapid coronavirus tests, including 100 million to states and another 50 million tests to vulnerable communities. The tests, which cost $5 apiece and are produced by Abbott Laboratories, are less expensive than lab tests and show results in 15 minutes. (https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-announces-plan-to-distribute-150-million-coronavirus-tests/) 

 -A nonprofit organization, Shark Allies, estimates about 500,000 deep-sea sharks may need to die to supply the world with a coronavirus vaccine when one proves safe and effective. (Miami Herald: https://www.yahoo.com/news/500-000-sharks-may-die-192510978.html) 

 -Northern California's wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched region, destroying homes and prompting orders for nearly 70,000 people to evacuated. The Glass Fire broke out before 4 a.m. Sunday and merged with two other fires to scorch more than 56 square miles as of Monday. (Associated Press: https://www.yahoo.com/news/news/california-fire-scorches-wine-country-143041718.html) 

 -Residents of eight different cities in Texas have been warned not to use their water supply over concerns that a brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri had infected the water system. (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-boy-dies-brain-eating-amoeba-very-rare-infection-165831261.html) 

 -Police arrested Brad Parscale, President Trump’s former campaign manager for his 2020 reelection campaign until July, on Sunday at his home in Fort Lauderdale after his wife called authorities and said she was afraid he was suicidal and had seen him load a gun. (https://www.nationalreview.com/news/police-arrest-former-trump-campaign-chief-brad-parscale-after-apparent-suicide-attempt-seize-multiple-guns/) 

 -House Democrats unveiled a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill that would provide aid to American families, businesses, schools, restaurants and airline workers. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/us/politics/stimulus-bill-pelosi-mnuchin.html) 

 -A juror in the Breonna Taylor case contends that the K