The number of infections and deaths are three times higher than previously thought, a new government report says. Source

Parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut all saw more rain yesterday than they typically get in an entire month. Source

Teachers across the country offered insight into how some children are struggling in the wake of COVID-19, including with meltdowns, separation anxiety and more. Jessica Grose, parenting columnist for the New York Times, joins CBSN to discuss how the pandemic is affecting students and how to help them. Source

Investigators discussed their initial findings in the fatal movie-set shooting in which Alec Baldwin fired a gun used on set, killing a cinematographer and wounding the director. Source

“All I want to do is play football and be treated equally,” Cavallo said Wednesday. Source

Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza and District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies gave a update Wednesday about the investigation into the shooting on the set of the movie “Rust” that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. Watch their remarks. Source

Also on Wednesday, the Titans signed running back Dontrell Hilliard to the team’s practice squad. Source

Boston residents are getting ready for a historic election next week as voters elect a new mayor. Boston Globe politics reporter Emma Platoff joins “CBSN AM” to break down the final debate between Democrats Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George and the issues at stake. Source

The U.S. government is asking a British court to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to face federal espionage charges over the leak of documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation and Scott Anderson, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and former attorney-adviser for the U.S. State Department, spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about the case. Source

The race for Virginia’s governor remains a virtual tie between former governor Terry McAuliffe and Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin, with the election less than a week away. Anthony Salvanto, CBS News’ director of elections and surveys, joins “CBSN AM” with more on the race and a look at early voting in the state. Source