Jul 06 WATCH: White House addresses Trump's NASCAR tweet By Associated Press White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president "rejects this notion that somehow NASCAR men and women, who go to these sporting events, are racists," and that the FBI report on the matter was an "indictment of the media's… Continue reading
Jul 06 What to know about the July 15 tax deadline By Associated Press As the coronavirus pandemic took hold this spring, the federal government postponed the traditional April 15 filing deadline until July 15. Continue reading
Jul 06 Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications By Associated Press Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. Continue reading
Jul 06 Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge By Associated Press The border between the states of New South Wales — home to Sydney — and Victoria — home to Melbourne — is due to be shut late Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 06 Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 06 Africa starts opening airspace even as COVID-19 cases climb By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:22 Experts focus on 'superspreaders' to study virus transmission By PBS NewsHour As businesses reopen and cases across several states in the U.S. and across the world surge, experts worry that “superspreaders,” a small percentage of infected people are transmitting the virus to a much larger percent, could be fueling the pandemic. Continue watching
Jul 04 English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world By Cara Anna, Associated Press More than 11 million people around the world are known to have been infected since the pandemic began, 2.7 million of those in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins data. With shortages of testing materials, the real number of… Continue reading
Jul 04 Across Sun Belt, hopes for economy give way to renewed fears By Tamara Lush, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press For residents across America's Sun Belt — business owners and workers, consumers and home buyers — the past three months have delivered about the scariest ride in memory. With confirmed viral cases surging through the region, it's far from clear… Continue reading
Jul 04 Governors stress 'personal responsibility' over virus orders By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Elevating a message of personal responsibility over statewide crackdowns on businesses and requirements for people in public spaces has been a consistent approach among certain governors during the coronavirus crisis. That’s especially true in Republican-leaning states that had relatively few… Continue reading