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CLOSE Going back to school amid COVID-19 outbreaks means uncertainty and fear for students and teachers, but staying home presents problems too. USA TODAYNew York City's schools will delay in-person classes until Sept. 21, averting the threat of a teacher strike — and putting the nation's largest school system on track to be the only major urban district to…

Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat considered a top contender to become the party’s vice presidential nominee, offered an explanation Saturday for having spoken glowingly of Scientology a decade earlier. Ms. Bass issued a statement in light of her 2010 speech at the Church of Scientology building in Los Angeles resurfacing amid murmurings about her…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing, the BBC understands A potential cluster of Covid-19 cases is being investigated in North Lanarkshire, health officials have confirmed. BBC Scotland understands the outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing for the NHS.…

While digging to start construction on a high-speed rail project in the U.K., archaeologists uncovered a skeleton that may be a "murder victim" from the Iron Age.The skeleton, which is laying face down, with its hands bound under its pelvis, was recovered near an area occupied by the British during both the Bronze and Iron ages,…

Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty ImagesScientists warned on Wednesday of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested Covid-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium.A study by researchers at University College London (UCL)described 43 cases of patients with Covid-19 who suffered either temporary brain dysfunction, strokes,…