In partnership with USA Today, “CBS This Morning’s” School Matters series looks at the challenges facing America’s colleges and universities during a pandemic. Errol Barnett takes a look at the impact Greek life and partying is having on the number of COVID-19 cases. Source
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Some states eye reopening, even as COVID test positivity rates in more than a dozen hang above 10%
A new model from the Centers for Disease Control is projecting as many as 232,000 COVID-related deaths in the United States by late October. Nearly 207,000 people have already died from the coronavirus in the U.S., and case numbers are on the rise in 28 states around the country. Lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports as some states roll their restrictions back. Source
837,000 Americans apply for jobless aid for the first time
Economy has regained roughly half of the 22 million jobs that employers have shed during the pandemic. Source
Suspect arrested three weeks after shooting ambush of Los Angeles County deputies
A suspect, who was already in police custody for another crime, is now facing charges in the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on September 12. He has been charged with attempted murder. Carter Evans reports. Source
President attempts to clean up “stand by” comment, earlier refusal to denounce white supremacists
President Trump on Wednesday attempted to clean up controversial comments he made Tuesday night while refusing to denounce white supremacists. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers sought to distance themselves from the president’s remarks. Paula Reid reports. Source
Trump signs stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown
Mr. Trump signed the measure just after midnight. Source
Sneak peek: The Final Days of JJ and Tylee
The untold story of how investigators found Lori Vallow’s missing children – buried on Chad Daybell’s property. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports in an all-new “48 Hours” Saturday, October 3 at 10/9c on CBS. Source
$2.2 trillion HEROES Act would provide second stimulus check
House Democrats’ revised stimulus bill also would restore $600 in extra weekly jobless benefits. Source
Alabama governor apologizes to 1963 church bombing survivor
Blinded in one eye by the blast, Sarah Rudolph has spent a lifetime dealing with physical and mental pain from the bombing. Source
Laptop, USBs stolen from Philadelphia election machine warehouse
City commissioner “confident that this incident will not in any way compromise the integrity of the election.” Source