JULY 28, 2020
Pedestrians wearing face masks walk across a road in Hong Kong on July 27, 2020. - Everyone in Hong Kong will have to wear masks in public from this week, authorities said on July 27, as they unveiled the city's toughest social distancing measures yet to combat a new wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. (Photo by Anthony...
JULY 27, 2020
Executives at pharmaceutical firms tasked with developing lifesaving drugs for the coronavirus — and receiving billions of dollars in federal funding — are taking home multimillion-dollar compensation packages even before their companies produce a working treatment.
The companies are part of President Donald Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed" initiative, which aims to deploy 300 million doses of the COVID-19...
JULY 27, 2020
A airport employee performs an aircraft disinfecting demonstration during a media preview at the Ronald Reagan National Airport on July 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. / Credit: Michael A. McCoy/Getty
GENEVA — Keeping borders closed to halt the spread of COVID-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging countries to adopt comprehensive strategies based on...
JULY 27, 2020
In this photo illustration the Garmin logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Garmin, the GPS and wearable fitness gadgets giant, revealed Monday that it was the victim of a cyber attack last week but assured customers that there is no indication their data was compromised.
The company said Monday the cyber attack...
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...
