3 Things To Know Today

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1 Presidential Debate Is Tonight

Tonight’s the night. After weeks of discussion, the “First Presidential Debate: Hosted by CNN” hits the air on multiple networks at 8pm tonight. It’s the first time in history that the presumptive candidates for the two major parties have debated before their party conventions, where both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will officially become their parties’ candidates. The 90-minute debate will have two commercial breaks, and the rules agreed to by both candidates mean there will be no live audience in the room for the debate, and each candidate’s microphone will be muted when it’s not their turn to speak. Biden has spent the last several days at Camp David preparing for the debate, while Trump has spent that time campaigning both in person and on the phone. Foreign policy and the economy in the US are expected to be hot topics during the debate, and former US diplomat Lewis Lukens told “NBC News” “It’s a tricky debate for Biden on foreign policy.”

2 Supreme Court Says It Accidentally Posted A Decision To Its Website Yesterday

Two years ago, the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade was leaked before the court was ready to release it, and now it’s happened again with an abortion decision. This time, though, it’s not a leak, it’s an accident. That’s the official word from the Supreme Court, which admitted yesterday that an unsigned decision on the Moyle v. US and Idaho vs. US cases was accidentally uploaded to the court’s official website “inadvertently and briefly.” That’s all it took…during the brief time the document was available, “Bloomberg News” grabbed a copy and reported on it. The prematurely posted opinion, which the court says hasn’t been officially released, showed that the court will dismiss Idaho’s appeal by a 6-3 vote. That would reinstate a lower court order blocking Idaho from enforcing its almost-total ban when preserving the health of the mother depends on an abortion. If the decision becomes official as posted, it’ll be a win for the Biden administration, which has argued that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide stabilizing treatment to patients that need it, including abortions. The court is scheduled to release the remainder of this term’s decisions today and tomorrow.

3 Texas Hospital Reportedly First In US To Use Holograms For Doctor-Patient Consultations

The hologram will be making his rounds soon in Texas. Crescent Regional Hospital in Lancaster, Texas, just south of Dallas, has installed “Holobox.” It’s a 3D system that projects a life-sized hologram of a doctor to perform real-time consults with patients. The display is 86-inches tall, and only needs electricity and an internet connection. Why install the system, which is believed to be the first time it has been used by a hospital in the US? According to Crescent Regional Hospital CEO Raji Kumar, “Our doctors on the north side of town don’t have to drive 30 miles to see one of their patients.”


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