Headlines for Friday, August 28, 2020:
• Local jury trials to resume in September: Lancaster County courts will begin holding criminal jury trials again in late September, with strict Covid-19 protocols in place. Civil jury trials remain on hold until 2021. (Source: LNP)
• State, municipalities plead for federal aid: Covid-19 and the economic shutdowns imposed in efforts to contain it have produced yawning gaps in state and local budgets. (Source: WITF/Spotlight PA)
• Keisha Finnie is 'authentically Lancaster': The self-taught artist created the Black Lives Matter mural erected in Lancaster's Art Park during protests of police violence following George Floyd's death. (Source: CBS 21)
• National roundup: President Trump delivers nomination acceptance speech. (Source: AP) Tens of thousands expected in Washington, DC, for social justice march. (Source: CBS) Hurricane Laura, now a tropical storm, tracks northeast. (Source: ABC) Health experts alarmed over revised CDC guidelines. (Source: STATnews)
