JULY 20, 2020
Visitors are greeted by two large whale ribs that form the entrance. Artists Catherine King and Wayne Adams have called Freedom Cove home since 1992. - Great Big Story
As stay-at-home orders due to the ongoing pandemic have forced many of us to learn to love solitude and become reacquainted with our homes, one couple's life has...
JULY 19, 2020
By the Fourth of July, much of the nation had wearied of admonitions to stay home amid the pandemic and instead flooded popular destinations such as the Las Vegas Strip. - John Locher/AP
Isabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge of patients as the Texas economy reopened. She developed coronavirus symptoms...
JULY 19, 2020
It’s clear that the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the travel industry. The airline industry hasn’t been spared, either. Airlines have suspended flights, severely disrupting travel to, from and within many of the world’s busiest markets.
To cut costs, Delta Air Lines is giving its pilots an ultimatum: take a pay cut or risk furlough. According to...
JULY 19, 2020
FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers return Monday, July 20, to Washington to try to pull the country back from the looming COVID cliff. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
President Trump sought to draw a hard line...
JULY 17, 2020
How much money are we really looking at with a second stimulus check? Angela Lang/CNET
Next week, Washington lawmakers will finally return from recess and set the wheels in motion for another stimulus package, which is expected to include a second stimulus check. At least another round of payments will be part of the discussion, according to Senate Majority...
JULY 17, 2020
Former US President Bill Clinton (L) and Senator Hillary Clinton (2nd-L) stand by their offical White House portraits during the unveiling event hosted by President George W. Bush (R) and First Lady Laura Bush (2nd-R) 14 June, 2004 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images
The official portraits of former...
JULY 17, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden removes a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he arrives to speak at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont says a president Joe Biden would handle a pandemic far differently than...
JULY 17, 2020
Hospital braces for long haul flighting coronaviru. - AP
The United States reported at least 70,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a record daily increase for the seventh time this month, according to a Reuters tally.
U.S. deaths are also rising and have recently reached the highest levels since early June, led by Arizona, California, Florida and Texas,...
JULY 17, 2020
A woman walks along a deserted lane in the Queen Victoria Village precinct in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Victoria state last week enforced a six-week lockdown after health authorities identified breaches in hotel quarantine procedures as the catalyst for outbreaks. An additional 1,000 defense force personnel will be sent to Victoria over the next...
JULY 16, 2020
This image, provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), July 16, 2020, shows the Sun, taken by the ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft. - Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA NASA via AP
NASA and the European Space Agency on Thursday released the closest pictures ever taken of the sun that were snapped just a mere 48 million miles away from earth's...
