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Tuesday) Sources: Johns Hopkins University and State of Michigan Michigan State University will conduct the fall semester as online-only instruction, its president announced Tuesday afternoon, days before students were set to move in for the fall. the current status of the virus in our country particularly what we are seeing at other institutions as they repopulate their campus communities it has become evident to me that, despite our best and strong planning, it is unlikely we can prevent wide- spread transmission of COVID-19 between stu- dents if our undergraduates return to President Samuel Stanley said in a letter to students. immediately, we are asking undergraduate students who planned to live in our residence halls this fall to stay home and continue their education with MSU remotely. While a vast majority of our classes already were in remote formats, we will work the next two weeks to transition those that were in-person or hybrid to remote Some exceptions will be made, including colleges of law, human medicine, nursing, os- teopathic medicine and veterinary medicine, the letter said. Some in-person graduate programs will also continue.

MSU pivots, goes online-only this fall President says impossible to prevent spread of the virus David Jesse Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See MSU, Page 9A The feds have arrived. U.S. Attorney General William Barr visited Detroit on Tues- day to see for himself how a federal anti-crime operation is going, though he view the massive city up close and per- sonal he saw most of it from a helicopter. The top prosecutor boarded a chopper in a outside downtown Detroit to assess a new White House initia- tive dubbed Operation Legend, which, in recent weeks, has US ATTORNEY GENERAL DROPS IN ON THE CITY U.S. Attorney General William Barr, center, visits Detroit with Detroit Police Chief James Craig, second from right, and Matthew Schneider, right, the U.S.

attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. TRESA BARR: DETROIT NEEDS MORE COPS See BARR, Page 11A By helicopter and SUV, he takes tour to survey federal initiative Tresa Baldas Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK U.S. Attorney General William Barr, center, meets with Detroit Police officers and workers at the JZ Motel in Detroit on Tuesday. U.S. OFFICE Postmaster General Louis DeJoy backed away from his reforms Tuesday as several of members of Congress including one who called him a called intent on disrupting the November election sought his resignation and demanded that his be reversed.

United States Postal Service will play a critical role this year in delivering election mail for millions of voters across the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said. avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initia- tives until after the election is It did not appear from his statement that moves already in place such as the removal Under postmaster general backs He suspends removal of boxes, sorting machines Frank Witsil Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See POSTMASTER, Page 9A NEW YORK Joe Biden is drawing on party elders at the Democratic National Convention, making the case that he and his party are uniquely positioned with ex- perience and expertise to re- pair chaos that President Donald Trump has created at home and abroad. also showing younger Democrats the party Steve Peoples ASSOCIATED PRESS See CONVENTION, Page 10A More inside TV viewership down for virtual convention, 10A Trump calls Rep. Dingell a 10A convention pitch: I have ability to chaos.