10 things you need to know today: July 31, 2020

Herman Cain dies of COVID-19, Trump suggests delaying the November election, and more 

Herman Cain in New Orleans
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1. Herman Cain dies a month after hospitalization for coronavirus

Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain died Thursday of COVID-19. Cain was diagnosed two weeks after attending President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was photographed in the stands without a mask, surrounded by others who weren't wearing face coverings, either. The July 2 statement announcing that he had been hospitalized said that there was "no way of knowing for sure how or where Mr. Cain contracted the coronavirus." The Trump campaign disclosed before the event that six members of an advance team that helped prepare the event had tested positive. Cain, a former business executive, served as board chairman of Kansas City's Federal Reserve Bank before entering politics. He is among the most prominent U.S. public figures to die from the novel coronavirus.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.