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The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and millions of others may survive.Ming Wang, 71, and his wife were on a cruise from…

Show captionA protester joins a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/ReutersBlack Lives Matter movementIn stark contrast to rightwing claims, 93% of demonstrations have involved no serious harm to people or propertyThe vast majority of the thousands of Black Lives Matter protests this summer have been peaceful, with more than 93% involving…

(CNN)Fires sparked by lightning and a blistering heat wave raged across California, stretching resources and sending people out of their homes in the middle of the night. Besides having the most cor…

A new poll showed strong favorability ratings for Sen. Kamala Harris, who this week was tapped by Joseph R. Biden to be the first woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket. Her favorability score is particularly good news for Mr. Biden, 77, since the same poll found that most voters don’t expect him…

California surpassed 400,000 total coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with nearly 70 percent of those cases involving people under the age of 49, according to health officials.The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported 9,231 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, which raises the state's total number of cases to 400,769 since the start of the pandemic. Of those cases, 276,023 are…