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Ten candidates are taking the stage for the November Democratic Debate in Atlanta, amid public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. NPR reporters will be providing fact checks and analysis throughout the debate. Follow along live:
Roughly 60% of Americans use a streaming service like Netflix or Amazon to watch their favorite shows. With huge newcomers like Disney+ joining the competition we’ll ask where streaming stands and where it’s headed. Plus, working 9 to 5 is becoming a thing of the past as our work schedules become longer and more unpredictable. We’ll talk about the negative impact of going without down time. Also, on dating apps, it’s not uncommon for LGBT people, and especially people of color, to be on the receiving end of someone’s racial and sexual prejudices. And, more than 150 years ago Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. And for just two weeks, the Lincoln Museum is displaying one of the few handwritten copies in existence.
At their Tuesday night meeting, members of the Urbana School District 116 Board of Education approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city that would quadruple police presence in the district’s middle and high school buildings.
Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.
A key witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Gordon Sondland, is testifying before House lawmakers on Wednesday.
