Florida will require schools to reopen in August despite a surge in coronavirus cases
Florida, the new US hotspot for coronavirus, will require schools to reopen in August. The state’s Commissioner of the Department of Education,…
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What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, July 7
The number of new coronavirus cases recorded daily in the United States has doubled in the span of a week and a half. Asked about the surge in cases,…
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WNBA players will wear Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms to honor women lost to racial violence
This season’s WNBA players hope that before you chant their names, you’ll remember the victims of police and racial violence too. When…
Continue Reading Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tells fans he had lung screening
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters gathered outside the presidential palace in BrasÃlia Monday that he took a Covid-19 exam and that…
Continue Reading A former US soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges he was planning an attack on his own unit
A former US Army soldier pleaded not guilty to charges that he was planning a mass casualty attack on his own unit by sending sensitive information…
Continue Reading Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended
Schools in Hong Kong have been told that they must remove books and teaching materials that could violate the sweeping national security law that was…
Continue Reading Chinese authorities confirm case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia
In the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert. On Tuesday, they confirmed a case of a disease that has persisted centuries after…
Continue Reading About a fifth of adults in the US have moved due to Covid-19 or know someone who did, a new study shows
When the coronavirus pandemic began its rapid spread from country to country and eventually state to state, what once felt like home was no longer a…
Continue Reading 5 of the victims who died in an Idaho plane collision have been identified
Authorities have identified five of the victims killed in a deadly plane collision that happened over an Idaho lake over the holiday weekend. Eight…
Continue Reading California prisons replace their top medical officer amid a coronavirus outbreak
The top medical officer for California’s corrections system has been replaced amid a growing coronavirus outbreak among the state’s…
Continue Reading Australia to seal off 6.6 million people in virus-hit state as outbreak worsens
Australia will isolate 6.6 million people in the state of Victoria from the rest of the nation at 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, as authorities take drastic…
Continue Reading A statue of Frederick Douglass was toppled over the Fourth of July weekend, the anniversary of his famous speech
There’s only a stump where a statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stood. The monument to Douglass, one of several in Rochester,…
Continue Reading A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby no longer has her school district job
A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby during a social distancing dispute no longer has her job with a California school district. Oak Grove School…
Continue Reading Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters
Chinese coast guard ships have twice intruded into Japan’s territorial waters in the past four days, forcing Japanese coast guard vessels to…
Continue Reading They envisioned a world without police. Inside Seattle’s CHOP zone, protesters struggled to make it real
In Wednesday’s early morning hours, Seattle police cleared the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, a relatively quiet end to a demonstration…
Continue Reading A woman accused of throwing Molotov cocktail at a police car suggests a protester gave her the device
A White woman accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a police car in late May during a George Floyd protest in Brooklyn claims she was given the…
Continue Reading A Florida man visiting beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper says governor should require masks statewide
A Florida lawyer who visits the state’s reopened beaches dressed as death itself is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to require the public to wear…
Continue Reading At least 6 children were killed by gun violence across the nation this holiday weekend
At least six children were killed in shootings across the country over the holiday weekend, sparking calls from officials to end the gun violence…
Continue Reading Time capsule believed to contain Gen. Robert E. Lee’s button and a hair from his horse found under a Confederate monument
Officials working to remove a Confederate monument from downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, discovered an unopened time capsule in its base. Now, 126…
Continue Reading Woman who called cops on Black man birdwatching in Central Park faces charges
The White woman who called cops on a Black man who was birdwatching in Central Park will be prosecuted, the Manhattan district attorney said Monday.…
Continue Reading Police are looking for two White people who painted over a Black Lives Matter mural
Not long after a California community completed a Black Lives Matter mural on Saturday, a White man and a White woman arrived to paint over it,…
Continue Reading A test excavation for a potential mass grave from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will begin next week
A test excavation for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre investigation for mass graves will resume next week. The test excavation, which was put on hold in…
Continue Reading Harvard and Princeton announce plans to bring back students for the fall semester
Harvard and Princeton universities will bring back students to campus this fall, but not everyone will return at the same time. The pandemic has…
Continue Reading YMCA camp in Georgia closes after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus
An overnight camp with locations in north Georgia closed after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, and other campers and staff have…
Continue Reading Minnesota changes its driver’s manual after Philando Castile’s mother pushes for updates
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced on Monday updates to the state driver’s manual that include guidance for drivers…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a Brooklyn federal detention facility
Ghislaine Maxwell, the onetime girlfriend and alleged accomplice of accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, was transferred on Monday to a Brooklyn…
Continue Reading The Washington Redskins are reviewing their name. These other teams could be next
As America confronts racism more directly, sports teams with Native American names, mascots or logos are facing pressure to change away from ethnic…
Continue Reading Meet the ‘tiny bug slayer,’ an ancient relative of giant dinosaurs
A “tiny bug slayer” that only reached 4 inches in height was the ancestor of much larger dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs 237 million…
Continue Reading Japan floods kill at least 18 people after record-breaking rainfall
Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for survivors after dozens were left dead or missing following widespread flash flooding…
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