State reports 290 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice State reports 290 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 17 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Friday, bringing the state's total to 8,149.In…

A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one of the iconic lion statues in front of the New York Public Library Main Branch on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in New York, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one…

We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. In the run-up to the Independence Day weekend, Alaska recorded another death and another record-high daily count of…

An outbreak of coronavirus cases has been reported at the University of Washington's Greek Row, the school said Friday.The public university in Seattle said that it confirmed that at least 89 fraternity house residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Four students who do not live on Greek Row but…

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. -- Health officials say there has been a confirmed case of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, in Hillsborough County.According to the Florida Department of Health (DOH), Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled living amoeba that can cause a rare infection of the brain, called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which destroys brain tissue…