World Jul 06 Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge The border between the states of New South Wales — home to Sydney — and Victoria — home to Melbourne — is due to be shut late Tuesday.
Education Jul 06 Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college It’s raising alarms among education officials who say thousands of students may be opting to delay or forgo college, with potentially dire consequences for their job prospects and future earnings.
World Jul 06 Africa starts opening airspace even as COVID-19 cases climb The continent faces its first recession in a quarter-century and has lost nearly $55 billion in the travel and tourism sectors in the past three months, the African Union says.
World Jul 05 Fearing outbreak, Spain locks down county of 71K Regional authorities in Galicia announced Sunday that movement to and from A Mariña county located on Spain’s northern Atlantic coast will be prohibited starting at midnight. It will run through Friday, two days before the region holds elections.
Nation Jul 05 Former officer charged in Floyd's death posts $750K bond Tou Thao, age 34, is the third former officer accused in Floyd's death to be released on bond. He posted $750,000 bond on Saturday, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. All four officers on the scene of Floyd's death have been fired and face criminal charges…
Nation Jul 05 Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday left two people dead and eight wounded in South Carolina, a sheriff’s official said.
Health Jul 04 The Latest: WHO ending hydroxycholorquine trial for COVID WHO says a review of the interim results showed hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir “produce little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients when compared to standard of care.”…
Health Jul 02 Arizona national guard troops set up virus testing amid surge Vice President Mike Pence, who visited Phoenix on Wednesday, promised the federal government would send 500 health workers to help.
Politics Jul 02 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear foreign Nazi art case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the descendants of a group of Jewish art dealers from Germany who say their ancestors were forced to sell a collection of religious art to the Nazi government in 1935.
World Jul 02 E.U. leaders seek dialogue with China over Hong Kong law Two of the European Union's most powerful individuals say the 27-nation bloc will continue to discuss human rights and the rule of law with China after Beijing imposed a new security law on Hong Kong.