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White House health experts warned that even small rises in the percentage of people testing positive for COVID19 in some U.S. cities could mean trouble and urged local leaders to remain vigilant to avoid a surge.

New York state's attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the nonprofit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees.

Papers filed in a court case reveal that the masks won't be distributed because they have ear loops rather than head loops and may not fit tightly enough.

Amid all the challenges facing the country, Obama said she is managing the "emotional highs and lows" by trying to maintain a routine, trying to not be hard on herself, getting outdoors and spending time with her family.

When the coronavirus epidemic began to intensify in Mexico at the end of March, Doctor Jose Garcia said his bosses at a public trauma hospital in Mexico City denied his request for masks, gloves and disinfectant.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on Thursday appointed veteran public administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal as prime minister, hours after the previous government resigned amid an investigation into alleged highlevel corruption.

The authoritarian leader of Belarus warned political opponents Thursday that authorities won't allow any unsanctioned demonstrations following the weekend election in which he is seeking a sixth consecutive term.

Hilton lost $432 million in the second quarter, but occupancy rates began to improve as coronavirus restrictions were lifted in portions of the country.

A South Korean farmers' cooperative said on Thursday it has clinched a $150 million deal to barter sugar for North Korean liquor and food products, bypassing sanctions banning cash transfers.

Gov. Hideaki Ohmura on Thursday asked businesses to close altogether or close early and urged people to stay home at night.

Mice challenged seven weeks after only a single dose of 1 mcg or 10 mcg of mRNA-1273 were also protected against viral replication in the lung, the scientists said.

Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between stateowned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a senior researcher said.

Virginia on Wednesday launched the first contact tracing app for the novel coronavirus in the United States that uses new technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.

President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador inaugurated a dam in northern Mexico on Wednesday even though work was symbolically suspended by anthropologists because it is flooding thousandyearold Indigenous sites containing rock carvings and the remains of preHis...

The sheriff of New Orleans can be put back in control of the citys longtroubled jail despite stillserious problems that triggered U.S. Justice Department oversight and a 2012 lawsuit, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Three sightseeing hot air balloons crashed this week in western Wyoming because of an unexpected downdraft during a freak storm, according to the balloon company owner.