US & World Archives

Australia to reimpose six-week coronavirus lockdown in second largest city as country battles potential second wave

July 7, 2020 8:56 AM CNN

Strict lockdown measures are to be reimposed in Australia’s second largest city, as authorities scramble to prevent a second wave of…

Phoenix police shot and killed a man in a parked car, sparking renewed protests

July 7, 2020 8:17 AM CNN

Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man inside a parked car July 4 in an incident captured on bystander video, sparking renewed protests in the…

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes signs most lucrative sports deal in history, agent says

July 7, 2020 7:54 AM CNN

The NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs have signed their quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a 10-year contract extension that his agent says is the most…

Florida will require schools to reopen in August despite a surge in coronavirus cases

July 7, 2020 7:48 AM CNN

Florida, the new US hotspot for coronavirus, will require schools to reopen in August. The state’s Commissioner of the Department of Education,…

What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, July 7

July 7, 2020 5:19 AM CNN

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,…

WNBA players will wear Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms to honor women lost to racial violence

July 7, 2020 5:13 AM CNN

This season’s WNBA players hope that before you chant their names, you’ll remember the victims of police and racial violence too. When…

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world

July 7, 2020 4:31 AM CNN

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tells fans he had lung screening

July 7, 2020 2:52 AM CNN

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters gathered outside the presidential palace in Brasília Monday that he took a Covid-19 exam and that…

A former US soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges he was planning an attack on his own unit

July 7, 2020 1:57 AM CNN

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…

Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended

July 7, 2020 1:44 AM CNN

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…

Chinese authorities confirm case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia

July 7, 2020 1:35 AM CNN

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…

About a fifth of adults in the US have moved due to Covid-19 or know someone who did, a new study shows

July 7, 2020 1:19 AM CNN

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…

5 of the victims who died in an Idaho plane collision have been identified

July 6, 2020 11:39 PM CNN

Authorities have identified five of the victims killed in a deadly plane collision that happened over an Idaho lake over the holiday weekend. Eight…

California prisons replace their top medical officer amid a coronavirus outbreak

July 6, 2020 11:28 PM CNN

The top medical officer for California’s corrections system has been replaced amid a growing coronavirus outbreak among the state’s…

Australia to seal off 6.6 million people in virus-hit state as outbreak worsens

July 6, 2020 8:53 PM CNN

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…

A statue of Frederick Douglass was toppled over the Fourth of July weekend, the anniversary of his famous speech

July 6, 2020 7:59 PM CNN

There’s only a stump where a statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stood. The monument to Douglass, one of several in Rochester,…

A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby no longer has her school district job

July 6, 2020 7:30 PM CNN

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…

Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters

July 6, 2020 7:13 PM CNN

Chinese coast guard ships have twice intruded into Japan’s territorial waters in the past four days, forcing Japanese coast guard vessels to…

They envisioned a world without police. Inside Seattle’s CHOP zone, protesters struggled to make it real

July 6, 2020 7:07 PM CNN

In Wednesday’s early morning hours, Seattle police cleared the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, a relatively quiet end to a demonstration…

A woman accused of throwing Molotov cocktail at a police car suggests a protester gave her the device

July 6, 2020 7:06 PM CNN

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…

A Florida man visiting beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper says governor should require masks statewide

July 6, 2020 6:48 PM CNN

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…

At least 6 children were killed by gun violence across the nation this holiday weekend

July 6, 2020 6:16 PM CNN

At least six children were killed in shootings across the country over the holiday weekend, sparking calls from officials to end the gun violence…

Time capsule believed to contain Gen. Robert E. Lee’s button and a hair from his horse found under a Confederate monument

July 6, 2020 5:43 PM CNN

Officials working to remove a Confederate monument from downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, discovered an unopened time capsule in its base. Now, 126…

Woman who called cops on Black man birdwatching in Central Park faces charges

July 6, 2020 4:57 PM CNN

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.…

Police are looking for two White people who painted over a Black Lives Matter mural

July 6, 2020 3:40 PM CNN

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,…

A test excavation for a potential mass grave from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will begin next week

July 6, 2020 3:35 PM CNN

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…

Harvard and Princeton announce plans to bring back students for the fall semester

July 6, 2020 3:13 PM CNN

Harvard and Princeton universities will bring back students to campus this fall, but not everyone will return at the same time. The pandemic has…

YMCA camp in Georgia closes after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus

July 6, 2020 3:12 PM CNN

An overnight camp with locations in north Georgia closed after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, and other campers and staff have…

Minnesota changes its driver’s manual after Philando Castile’s mother pushes for updates

July 6, 2020 2:19 PM CNN

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced on Monday updates to the state driver’s manual that include guidance for drivers…

Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a Brooklyn federal detention facility

July 6, 2020 1:34 PM CNN

Ghislaine Maxwell, the onetime girlfriend and alleged accomplice of accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, was transferred on Monday to a Brooklyn…