JULY 27, 2020
Rep. John Lewis, the "conscience of Congress" who represented Georgia for more than three decades, made his final trip to the U.S. Capitol on Monday, lying in state in the building where his former colleagues said farewell to the civil rights giant.
A military honor guard carried Lewis' flag-draped casket up the stairs en route to the Capitol...
JULY 27, 2020
Maryland and Virginia officials are issuing a warning to residents to report packages of seeds from China received by mail that they did not order.
Mike Ricci, communications director for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, tweeted Monday that residents who receive this package should contact the Maryland Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Weed Management Program.
Last week, the Virginia...
JULY 27, 2020
Richmond, VA --- Governor Ralph Northam said if the Commonwealth's COVID-19 numbers don't improve soon, health officials will have to take "additional steps to slow the spread."
The governor did not say what those additional steps would be.
Across Virginia, the average number of daily COVID-19 cases during the last seven days was nearly 1,100 cases.
The numbers in Northern...
JULY 27, 2020
President Trump Returns To White House After Weekend At Bedminster, NJ Resort. - Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images
Washington, D.C. — President Trump lashed out at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and Fox News on Sunday after the presidential foundation requested his campaign and the Republican National Committee stop using former President Ronald Reagan's likeness...
JULY 27, 2020
Washington, D.C., will require certain residents and visitors entering the city from 27 states to self-quarantine for two weeks.
Anyone who traveled from the states, including nearby Delaware and North Carolina, on nonessential business must stay home for two weeks unless they must leave to get food or medical care.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the list of affected...
JULY 27, 2020
FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo supporters wait for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden to arrive for a campaign rally in St. Louis. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Joe Biden's supporters are less enthusiastic than President Donald Trump’s, both about the campaign...
JULY 27, 2020
More employees are working from home than ever before due to the coronavirus.
Security chiefs from McLaren, Revolut, and Facebook explained what they're doing to keep their companies safe during the lockdown.
Measures range from using privacy screens to extra vetting on new staff.
Companies have spent years figuring out how they can...
JULY 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: A lab at Methodist Dallas Medical Center testing samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dallas. - Reuters/Cooper Neill
The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country. So why have we seen laboratories overwhelmed and many patients again waiting a week or more for results?
At the heart of the crisis is...
JULY 26, 2020
White House officials and Senate Republicans are finalizing a bill that would offer another round of $1,200 checks to many Americans and that would not renew the full unemployment insurance enhancement as part of a proposal for the next stimulus bill set to be unveiled Monday, several top administration officials said Sunday.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow...
JULY 26, 2020
Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
ATLANTA (AP) — Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside...
