Senate Republicans and the Trump administration are preparing a coronavirus package that would pare back enhanced unemployment benefits while probably omitting new aid to cities and states, setting up a divisive struggle with Democrats to pass the last major relief bill before the November election.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin…

10.04am EDT 10:04 A coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University appears to be safe and prompts an immune response, lifting hopes about the possibly distribution of a vaccine in the coming months. The university published the findings from its most recent trials of the vaccine in the medical journal the Lancet. The Oxford team reported…

(CNN)Some cities hit hard by Covid-19 are warning more drastic measures could lie ahead as officials try to contain a virus spreading more rampant than ever. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told CNN…

July 20, 2020 | 12:59am | Updated July 20, 2020 | 10:21am A black man carrying an American flag confronted protesters outside a federal courthouse in Portland on Sunday, telling the mostly white crowd that “none of you guys represent black lives.” The unidentified man can be seen in video footage attempting to stop the…

Judge Salas was home but not wounded in the shooting at her residence in North Brunswick, according to an official.Police investigators outside the home of the federal judge, Esther Salas, in North Brunswick, N.J., early on Monday.Credit...Yana Paskova for The New York TimesPublished July 19, 2020Updated July 20, 2020, 8:14 a.m. ETA gunman shot the…