I Want To Expand My Social Bubble. Should I Get A Coronavirus Test First? If you want to socialize with family or friends — say share a vacation cabin — can testing in advance keep everyone safe? We asked experts how diagnostic tests work and how to interpret the results. Rebecca Davis
Could Giving Kids A 50-Cent Pill Massively Boost Their Income Years Later? The results are in from a Nobel prize winner's landmark study of a deworming program. He finds the impact is immense. But the idea still gets mixed reviews Nurith Aizenman
Can Military Academies Serve As A Road Map For Reopening Colleges? Mandatory masks, strict discipline and rigorous testing have helped the academies, including West Point and Annapolis, welcome students back to campus. Can other schools learn from their example? Sequoia Carrillo
How College Football Is Changing As Conferences Decide Whether Or Not To Play NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with ESPN's Paul Finebaum, about what the Power 5 college football conferences plan to do for the upcoming season.
Reality Show Host Wants To Help Bars Survive COVID-19 Bar Rescue host Jon Taffer is probably best known for telling owners what's wrong with their bars. Now, he wants to help them survive the pandemic.
Funding For Postal Service, Mail-In Voting Stall Coronavirus Relief Talks President Trump on Wednesday repeats the unsubstantiated claim that he would not support wide use of mail-in voting because it leads to fraud. Alana Wise
Florida Sheriff Orders Deputies And Staff Not To Wear Face Masks Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says that "effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies ... wearing a mask will be asked to remove it." Scott Neuman
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