Wildfires in Florida’s Panhandle have forced hundreds to flee
Wildfires were burning parts of the Florida Panhandle on Thursday, damaging or destroying an unspecified number of buildings and forcing hundreds of…
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Engaged in December and married by May, coronavirus shaped our relationship … and our wedding
“Can we take our masks off?” I ask, as my bride and I get into position. “You may,” responds a Hong Kong official, who is…
Continue Reading Posting edited selfies on social media may make you more at risk for an eating disorder, a new study says
Turns out, all those selfies we’ve edited and posted on social media could be more problematic than we thought. A recent study, published in…
Continue Reading The first HBCU cycling team is formed 120 years after a black cyclist became a star
120 years after Major Taylor became the world’s first black athletic superstar, a historically black university is continuing in his legacy.…
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Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight
Public health experts, including members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have argued accurate Covid-19 antibody tests can support efforts…
Continue Reading Celebrities like Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd and Ellen DeGeneres drew attention to the Navajo Nation while federal aid lagged
While the hard-hit Navajo Nation was waiting for federal coronavirus relief funds, a group of celebrities drew attention to the tribe’s plight.…
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Trump’s personal valet tests positive for virus in 1st White House case
WASHINGTON, DC — A member of the U.S. Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus,…
Continue Reading The NFL, in announcing its schedule tonight, is hopeful for a season
Acrobatic one-handed catches, bone-crunching tackles and toe-tapping touchdowns in the end zone — that’s what the NFL is teasing as it…
Continue Reading U.S. may extend Mexico border restrictions as illegal crossings are cut in half
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. officials say fewer illegal immigrants are trying to enter the country from Mexico amid new enforcement rules imposed in…
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U.S.-Canadian border illegal crossings rise; many are Mexicans
SWANTON, Vermont — The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly…
Continue Reading What a country’s pandemic response reveals
It’s too early to compare how different countries are handling Covid-19, said Boris Johnson earlier this week — the UK Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Man says he just received a postcard from 1987 after coronavirus deep cleaning at his post office
“A picture is worth a thousand words. Happy Holidays!” That’s the message one sister in California sent to her brother living in…
Continue Reading Toxic gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills at least 11 and hospitalizes hundreds
Bodies lay crumpled on the ground beside toppled motorcycles and cars as suffocating toxic gas rose from a chemical plant in southern India in the…
Continue Reading Texas salon owner who defied state order to close for coronavirus has been released from jail
A Texas salon owner who was sent to jail for seven days for violating the state’s stay-at-home order during Covid-19 has been released after…
Continue Reading Indianapolis officer shoots and kills driver after chase, police say
Indiana police are investigating the fatal police-involved shooting of a driver shortly after a high-speed chase, the Indianapolis Metropolitan…
Continue Reading Married for 71 years, a husband and wife die two days apart
Daniel Zane was a World War II veteran who had once dashed across an open field in the midst of enemy fire to administer first aid to a fellow…
Continue Reading 48 states have ordered or recommended that schools don’t reopen this academic year
Most governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that statewide school closures continue for the rest of the academic year to help…
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Justice Department drops criminal case against former Trump aide Michael Flynn
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national…
Continue Reading Customer shot a McDonald’s employee after being told to leave due to coronavirus restrictions, police say
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a fast-food worker and injuring others after they told her to leave a McDonald’s restaurant…
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Customer shot a McDonald’s employee after being told to leave due to coronavirus restrictions, police say
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a fast-food worker and injuring others after they told her to leave a McDonald’s restaurant…
Continue Reading Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu went on an ‘orbital excursion’ toward the sun
When the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, scientists noticed two…
Continue Reading New York City mayor vows to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday vowed to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data, saying “unfortunate and…
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33 million Americans now jobless – 50,000 of them are in El Paso
WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral…
Continue Reading Here’s how countries are getting children back to school
Education is being reshaped around the globe in response to the coronavirus and how easily it can spread. Most schools in the United States are…
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Ahmaud Arbery was killed doing what he loved, and a south Georgia community demands justice
Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia…
Continue Reading Ahmaud Arbery was killed doing what he loved, and a south Georgia community demands justice
Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia…
Continue Reading Those partygoers in Washington state weren’t trying to get Covid-19 after all
So much for those “Covid-19 parties.” Earlier this week, health officials in the Washington county of Walla Walla warned about reports of…
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Customers shot 2 McDonald’s employees after being told to leave due to coronavirus restrictions
Two McDonald’s employees in Oklahoma City were shot Wednesday after they told two customers to leave the store’s dining area, police…
Continue Reading Nearly 20,000 teens in Georgia have received their driver’s licenses without a road test
The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of “Sorry!” The nervous glances from the examiner. They’re all…
Continue Reading Coronavirus forces prosecutors to embrace video conferencing in criminal probes. It’s raised a host of issues.
In the middle of April, with offices closed and air travel at a standstill as coronavirus ravaged the country, federal prosecutors in Georgia…
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