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Monday, September 28, 2020
President Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to become the next associate justice on the US Supreme Court. She currently serves on the 7th US Circuit
Court of Appeals and teaches law at the University of Notre Dame. If she is
confirmed by the Senate, she will replace former Associate Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who passed away on the 18th due to complications of pancreatic cancer. The Senate is currently controlled by the Republican party. They want to vote on and confirm Judge Barrett as soon as possible, while the Democrats want to wait until after the election, in which they hope to gain more power.
See last week for more information. In Helsinki, Finland, a new way of detecting COVID-19 is being tested. Researchers have trained dogs to sniff out the virus and are now going through a trial at the Helsinki airport with volunteers. The passenger swabs their skin, puts it in a cup, and the dog checks it for the virus. If successful, this could be rolled out across the country and the world. During these challenging times, a
CNN Hero
is helping senior citizens. Greg Dailey delivers newspapers as a part-time
job, and when one of his customers was afraid to go out into to street to get her paper, he decided to start buying groceries for senior citizens for free.
