kckate16/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- After shutting down beginning in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, today is the day California officials have allowed for film and television production to resume in the state. However, all productions will have to adhere to a state-mandated set of safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Los […]
(NEW YORK) -- Here's the latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus as of 9:40 a.m. ET. Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University Global diagnosed cases: 7,540,679 Global deaths: 421,948. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 113,820. Number of countries/regions: at least 188 Total patients recovered globally: 3,561,804 […]
RapidEye/iStock(CONROE, Texas) -- An attorney and district judge candidate in Conroe, Texas has been charged with criminal mischief for egging a judge’s car over COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, according to Community Impact Newspaper. The Conroe Police Department charged Eric Yollick, who's running for district judge in Monroe County, with throwing an egg at current Montgomery County Judge […]
iStock/lucadp(NEW YORK) -- As states across the country are working on reopening, COVID-19 cases are back on the rise -- which is rattling the volatile stock market once more. COVID-19 cases are up in about 20 states, with hospitalizations on the rise in at least eight. The new trend has health officials concerned that the […]
ABFF(MIAMI BEACH) -- The 24th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach will be going virtual. ABFF Ventures announced on Thursday that it is moving the annual fest online, where it will now run from August 21 to 30 this year. "While we will surely miss being with our ABFF community in Miami Beach […]
Attackers have struck a gas pipeline in eastern Syria, leaving it ablaze but causing no casualties, state news agency SANA reported, in the latest incidence of sabotage against Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure
The processing of asylum seekers waiting to enter the United States has expanded to a third border crossing, even as nongovernmental organizations called for more effort to protect the thousands still in Mexican border cities
A World War II-era plane has flown over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honor of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain’s health workers by walking laps in his backyard
Iran’s impoverished southeast has experienced wide disruptions and outages of internet service over the past week, as unrest gripped the remote province after a string of fatal border shootings
Police in Myanmar are escalating their crackdown on demonstrators against this month’s military takeover, deploying early and in force as protesters seek to assemble in the country’s two biggest cities
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to voice concern the country could be overwhelmed by religious extremism
An official says Pakistani counterterrorism police and secret service officials have raided a militant hideout, killing two militants accused of involvement in attacks on security forces
An explosion has struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing out of the Middle East, an unexplained blast renewing concerns about ship security amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran
Authorities in Haiti say more than 400 inmates escaped and 25 people died in a prison breakout, making it the country’s largest and deadliest one in a decade
Janet Yellen thought her public service days were behind her after former President Donald Trump declined to offer her a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve in 2018
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its users
U.S. health advisers have endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson that's expected to provide an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic
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