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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran about the push to reopen schools in his state.

A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to go to the U.N. Thursday to try to "snap back" sanctions on Iran. It'll be a hard sell with allies because the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal.

Steve Bannon, President Trump's former political strategist, was arrested Thursday along with three other people in connection with an online fundraising scheme.

The facility breaks down organic material and converts it to methane gas, which is then harnessed as green energy. The by-products from that process is then provided to local farmers as a free fertilizer for their fields. However, nearby landowners have complained for years of foul odors, heavy truck traffic and possible groundwater contamination from the facility’s storage pond.

Tesla is a thoroughly eccentric biopic starring Ethan Hawke as the electrical engineer Nikola Tesla, a rival of Thomas Edison's.

Ohioans receiving unemployment benefits can expect an additional $300 weekly starting mid-to-late September. The payments will be retroactive, going back to Aug. 1. Ohio Restaurant Association (ORA) President John Baker told ideastream those additional funds are “really a lifeline” for many restaurant employees, whose industry has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic.

Updated: 8:45 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 Hours after Gov. Mike DeWine announced the appointment of Dr. Joan Duwve as director of the Ohio Department of Health, she withdrew from consideration for “personal reasons,” according to a statement from the governor's office.

Trump is scheduled to visit the U.K. next week. Mayor Sadiq Khan's office says activists who want to fly the 20-foot blimp still need to get approval from police and the national air traffic service.

President Trump held a campaign rally Thursday in Montana — a state he won by 20 points — along with GOP Senate candidate Matt Rosendale.