Protesters

Hundreds of Michigan residents protested outside the state Capitol building in Lansing on Thursday, with some pushing inside while the Legislature was debating an extension of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Protesters held signs, waved American flags and even carried firearms while some chanted, “Let us in!” and “This…

What has not been fine, she said, is what has happened to her family in the past month. Most of her children and grandchildren work in the service industry, including in salons and restaurants, and all had been laid off several weeks ago as Wisconsin ordered nonessential businesses to close and residents to stay at…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A coastal city in San Diego County is demanding that county officials return local control over its access to public spaces such as walking trails and beaches. Encinitas, which is about 25 miles north of San Diego, made national headlines…

A crowd of protesters rallied around California's Capitol building on Monday to protest against the state's lockdown order put in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus.Hundreds of people, in and out of their vehicles, gathered outside the Capitol in Sacramento to put pressure on Governor Gavin Newsom to lift the quarantine restrictions."We are…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The U.S. debate over restrictions for fighting the coronavirus intensified on Monday, as protesters labeled mandatory lockdowns as “tyranny,” while medical workers and health experts cautioned that lifting them too soon risked unleashing a greater disaster. With health authorities and many governors warning that far more testing is needed before the…