Some teachers have already died of COVID-19 this school year

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<p>As schools reopen, the <a href="https://apple.news/AJHulcOIESgi57lsXFQzUHg">Washington Post</a> reports that at least six teachers across several states have died of COVID-19 since early August. The <a href="https://apple.news/AXrrbY57rQaOGNllWIEI8Ww?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Post</a> also looks at Florida, which has a high coronavirus positivity rate among children, and where half of the state&rsquo;s K-12 students returned to their classrooms in recent weeks. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7G99HkCDS-2W3xG7Fp8u3Q">State</a> has the story of the youngest reported teacher death, Demetria &ldquo;Demi&rdquo; Bannister, a 28-year-old third-grade teacher. And the president of the American Federation of Teachers tells the <a href="https://apple.news/Aaz-J_Cl9QlyrkwZW5SELwA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Associated Press</a> that schools in certain areas of the country should not hold in-person classes.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AVzyEvU21TNO4M1HiRU4o3g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>&rsquo;s Isaac Chotiner interviews Washington&rsquo;s secretary of state, Kim Wyman, about the advantages of voting by mail and her concerns for the upcoming election.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AJWDJmbLVQOiCbx2OBlqzlg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> details a recent report that found that between 1970 and 2016, animal populations around the world fell by 68% on average.</p> <p>And on the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the <a href="https://apple.news/AmpKiA_ZFTamRAZZcIme1zA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">LA Times</a> describes the recently completed &ldquo;Tower of Voices&rdquo; &ndash; a massive wind chime that is part of the Flight 93 National Memorial.</p>