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WATCH: Pelosi remarks on virus aid stalemate

By Associated Press

With talks on emergency coronavirus aid having stalled out, both sides played the blame game Thursday rather than make any serious moves to try to break their stalemate.

How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors

By Shelly Miller, The Conversation

Good ventilation can reduce the risk of catching coronavirus. An environmental engineer explains how to know if enough outside air is getting into a room and what do to if ventilation is bad.

Trump opposes USPS funding, says mail voting hard without it

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus…

WATCH: White House press secretary defends Trump’s TikTok, WeChat orders

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

TikTok and its U.S. employees are planning to take President Donald Trump's administration to court over a sweeping order that could ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits.

WATCH: Biden, Harris speak on COVID-19 pandemic

By Associated Press

Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris are in Wilmington, Delaware this Thursday, August 13, where they will receive a briefing from health officials on the COVID-19 pandemic.

AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening

By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

AMC Theatres, the nation's largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.

U.S. jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months ago yet still remains at a high level.

WATCH: Trump holds White House news conference

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press briefing Wednesday on the nation's response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

WATCH: Trump, new adviser push in-school learning

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press briefing Wednesday on children returning to school safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

WATCH: Why this university scaled back its reopening plan

By Dan Sagalyn

Once UMass Amherst “started looking at all the logistics of how this would work,” chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said, they realized it was going to be too risky and difficult if all the students who were expected to come showed up.