Mass. Researchers: We're Close To A New Rapid COVID Test

Also: A data review shows we still don't know the impact of police in Mass. schools; new inclusive artwork in Medford ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  [Donate [WBUR]]( [View in Browser](  [WBUR]( September 18, 2020 Good Morning Boston, 🌧️ A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 62. It's finally Friday, if you're still [keeping track of the days]( at this point. Here's what you need to know this morning: - Starting next week, Boston Public Schools will provide students with access to free breakfast and lunch, even though classes are beginning remotely. Parents and guardians can pick up five days worth of meals from 21 different sites on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. - Jury trials will begin to [resume on a limited basis]( next month. Under a new order from the Supreme Judicial Court, individual courts will start the first phase of hearing jury trials on Oct. 23. - Rosh Hashanah begins tonight at sundown, but services, like many other things in 2020, won't be celebrated the same way this year because of the pandemic. For some synagogues that includes in-person caps and potentially pre-recorded rituals, like the blowing of the horn, known as shofar. - Northeastern University says it will now credit the tuition expenses of the students who were dismissed for the semester after violating the school's COVID-19 safety protocols. They received a lot of heat for initially keeping the tuition. - Twenty-five members of "Massachusetts Task Force One," a search and rescue team, are in Oregon this morning to help search for missing people in the wildfires there. I'm wishing them a safe return! P.S.– This September is full of new challenges and busy schedules for many of us. And I'll admit, I'm not the best at carving out time to take care of myself. But this is so important: please [get your flu shot by the end of October]( The Massachusetts Medical Society is urging people to get it within the next few weeks as a way to protect themselves and to prevent hospitals from becoming overloaded due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. If you need help figuring out where to go to get your shot, the [CDC's vaccine finder tool]( gives you a rundown of all the locations closest to you – all you need to do is select the vaccine you're looking for and add your zip code. — Meagan McGinnes [@meaganmcginnes]( newsletters@wbur.org The Rundown [1.](url)[We Have A Year Of Data, But Still Don't Know Impact Of Police In Mass. Schools]( A review of school policing data compiled by juvenile justice advocates shows only 11% of school districts in the state reported any school-based arrests in 2018-2019, the first year reporting was mandated by law. [Read more.]( - Related: [BPS Has A New Policy Governing Student Information Sharing. Some Educators Say It Doesn't Go Far Enough](   #%23%23[Twitter](  #%23%23[Facebook](    2. [Boston Among Bottom 70 American Cities For Racial Inclusion, Study Finds]( The racial poverty gap progressively widened in Boston since 1990, bucking a trend in the opposite direction of other U.S. cities, according to new research from the nonprofit Urban Institute. [Read more.]( - Zoom Out: [How The Pandemic Is Widening The Racial Wealth Gap]( - Race & Policing: [Mass. High Court Lowers Burden For Proving Racial Bias In Police Stops]( 3. [In His Long-Shot Bid To Unseat Sen. Markey, Kevin O'Connor Wants To Channel Scott Brown]( O'Connor made it clear he too will go after Sen. Ed Markey with arguments that his incumbent opponent has been in Washington too long and done too little. But, the Republican newcomer faces an uphill battle in deep-blue Massachusetts. [Read more.]( 4. [Court Order Keeps Census In Limbo As Counting End Date Loom]( The move throws the national head count further into uncertainty as a coalition led by the National Urban League continues a legal fight to provide the U.S. Census Bureau with more time to tally the country's population and review results, which are used to determine the distribution of federal funding and political representation for the next decade. [Read more.]( 5. [MIT, Harvard Researchers Say They're Close To A New Rapid COVID Test]( Researchers say they have potentially developed a new, more convenient tests for the coronavirus that uses the genetic technology known as CRISPR and could produce results in less than an hour. [Read more.]( Support the news Anything Else? - Anjimile is on the cusp of a breakthrough. His [new album]( "Giver Taker" revamps a lot of Anjimile's old material with a bigger, more adventurous sound – a pretty different artist than fans may remember. - Here are eight upcoming [local, fall film festivals]( explore the influence of family. - I loathed the idea of dating via Zoom, writes Miles Howard [in this commentary](. But the prospect of going into 2021 and regressing into a puddle of Thoreau-esque solitude and celibacy was unthinkable. Here's why Zoom dates aren't so bad. [WBUR] Your Daily Must Listen [On Point | Rethinking Gender With Mathematician Eugenia Cheng]( [Listen]( PIE FEST [Apple, Peach, Potato And Pork — It's The WBUR Pie Fest Reader Recipe Roundup]( We Asked, You Answered: The Best Places For Pie In Massachusetts. [Read more.]( Baking Pie? Here's A Playlist Of Songs For The Kitchen. [Listen here.]( How 'Pie Vibes' — And A Pie Fest — Can Unify In Tumultuous Times. [Read more.]( What We're Reading - The climate refugees are here. 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