Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The presence of federal law enforcement officers on the streets of Portland is controversial The Trump administration is planning to withdraw some federal security forces from Portland, Oregon, after weeks of clashes with protesters. US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the pull-out was conditional on local police protecting…

A hidden cellar was found Wednesday at the former home of a man German police suspect may have murdered Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old British girl who disappeared in 2007.Authorities scoured a garden plot on the outskirts of Hanover in northern Germany for the third day in a row, using dogs, digging up the area, and pitching…

Daily COVID Report / Today COVID REPORT: Seven New Cases Confirmed Today, Says Joint Information Center; Travel and Gatherings Still Strong Drivers of Transmission Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Humboldt County’s COVID-19 case count stands at 228, after seven additional cases were reported today.Travel in and out of the county and…

Bill Gates is siding with President Trump, saying US schools should reopen in the fall despite the continued spread of the coronavirus — claiming “the benefits outweigh the costs.”“I’m a big believer that for young children, the benefits in almost every location — particularly if you can protect the teachers as well — the benefits…

The share of Americans who succumb to COVID-19 is dropping and is lower than many peer nations. The U.S. death toll hit a once-unfathomable 150,000 Wednesday after Northeast nursing homes were battered early, minority populations faced outsized risks and the South and West experienced a midsummer resurgence. Pandemic trackers put the share of U.S. residents…