How Kamala Harris went from Joe Biden's rival to his ally, what to know about onion recalls, and more from Apple News

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Good Morning From Apple News

It’s August 12, 2020.

Here’s what you need to know.

Top Stories

Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. The California senator and former prosecutor is the first woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket. Here’s how Harris went from Biden’s rival to his ally — and where she stands on key issues. Apple News Spotlight

The Big Ten and Pac-12 college conferences postponed their football seasons because of the pandemic, in hopes of playing in the spring. ESPN

Major takeaways from yesterday’s primaries: Ilhan Omar, the progressive Minnesota representative, defeated a well-funded opponent. In Georgia, a candidate who supports the QAnon conspiracy theory won a GOP runoff. Reuters

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What Harris means for the Democratic ticket, plus the secret gyms popping up during coronavirus lockdowns, and more on our daily audio show. Apple News Today

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“She Was Just Like Me. She Was Just Like You.”

Oprah explains why she put Breonna Taylor on the latest cover of her magazine — the first ever not to feature an image of Winfrey herself. O, the Oprah Magazine

The Coronavirus

Experts predict what life will be like after we get a vaccine. HuffPost

COVID-19 studies are proving that urban density is not the enemy. So what is? New York Magazine

The latest surge of cases in U.S. children, plus a map of the virus’s spread, in our always-updating COVID-19 hub. Apple News Spotlight

Five Stories We’re Talking About Today

What are the battleground states in 2020? Where do the candidates stand on key issues? A complete guide to November’s election. Apple News Spotlight

Are your onions safe? What to know about recalls due to recent salmonella outbreaks. Miami Herald

The family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in police custody in Aurora, Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit against the city and police. NBC News

Celebrities keep coming forward to defend Ellen DeGeneres. They aren’t helping. The Atlantic

A New Zealander gets paid $10,400 a year to be his city’s official wizard. CNN

Daily Discoveries

A man in Scotland unearthed 3,000-year-old Bronze Age artifacts using a metal detector. BBC News

A strange “boomerang” earthquake was detected under the Atlantic Ocean, moving so fast it created the geologic version of a sonic boom. National Geographic

A new study sheds more detail on “terror crocodiles,” who preyed on dinosaurs and were nearly the size of city buses. CNET

The Last Word

“	It was like the Twilight Zone, as if people were in the middle of doing something and got zapped by aliens.”

An eerie scene awaits many people returning to offices in Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal

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