Trump Back At The White House; Hurricane Delta Could Be Major; Little Big Town Hits The Tiny Desk

Plus, how long will fashion’s racial reckoning be in style? by Korva Coleman and Jill Hudson First Up [President Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House on Monday after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md.]( Alex Brandon/AP Here's what we're following today. Claiming a quick recovery from COVID-19, President Trump checked out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening after just three days there. After making a theatrical return to the White House, the president [tweeted a video]( in which he said [he was feeling great](. “And now I'm better and maybe I'm immune. I don't know,” he said. “One thing that's for certain – don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it.” Hurricane Delta is now on the verge of becoming a major storm. After rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean, the hurricane has sustained winds up to 110 mph and is [heading toward the northern Gulf Coast](. The National Hurricane Center says its winds could soon top 130 mph. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says people with COVID-19 can infect others even if they are more than 6 feet apart. In updated guidance, the CDC acknowledges [airborne transmission can occur]( especially in poorly ventilated spaces. This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for their work on black holes. Roger Penrose won half the prize for proving that black holes are [a direct consequence of Einstein's theory of general relativity](. Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez split the other half for their work studying the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued a broadside against the high court's 2015 same-sex marriage decision on Monday when the court declined to hear a case brought by a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue a marriage license for such couples. The justices also said [the 2015 decision harms religious liberty]( and that the ruling created a problem that only the Supreme Court can fix. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Elections 2020 [Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Vice President Pence face off in their only debate Wednesday.]( Caroline Amenabar/NPR; Gage Skidmore/Flickr Plexiglass will separate Vice President Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, during their debate on Wednesday as a coronavirus precaution. The divider was [requested by the Harris and Biden campaign]( and the Commission on Presidential Debates agreed to the change. The VP debate event follows President Trump and Joe Biden's [chaotic and off-the-rails]( presidential debate last week, and it is the sole matchup between the vice presidential candidates. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed with South Carolina and will allow the state to require witness signatures for anyone who wants to use an absentee ballot. Critics say that will [make voting harder for people]( during the pandemic; Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that the high court doesn’t change state voting rules this close to an election. The ruling won’t apply to South Carolina absentee ballots that have already been returned. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens [Code Switch interviews senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan about the uptick in magazine covers featuring black women this September.]( NPR If you've been looking at the fall fashion and lifestyle magazines that have been published over the past few weeks, you'll notice that a lot of the covers feature Black people. That, says Robin Givhan — longtime fashion writer for the Washington Post and now a senior critic-at-large for the paper — is no coincidence. The fashion world, like many industries and institutions, is experiencing a reckoning on race. What brought the industry to this moment? [Click here to listen]( or [read the story](. Social media companies say users' wishing President Trump would die from the coronavirus violates policies against wishing harm on another person. But many, especially women, ask, "Since when?" [Click here to listen](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go NPR - Little Big Town, one of the biggest bands in country music, performed a [Tiny Desk quarantine show]( and they brought the hits. - NPR’s [Glen Weldon has a review]( of FOX's new techno-thriller series NeXt, which he calls "an agreeably cheesy techno-thriller." - Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton has died at age 63. Middleton was known for his performances in The Blacklist, Twin Peaks and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. ([CNN]( - The Mellon Foundation has pledged $250 million over the next five years to create [new monuments or relocate standing ones]( to tell a more diverse and “inclusive story” of U.S. history. --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? 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