Pandemic vs. Pandemic: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV
As COVID-19 swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive...
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Fires Raise Fight Over Climate Change Before Trump’s Visit
With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the Democratic-led states and President Donald Trump have...
Read MoreBiden Faces Worries That Latino Support Slipping in Florida
Sen. Kamala Harris’ motorcade raced past Colombian neighborhoods and made a quick stop for takeout in Doral — or “Doral-zuela” as it’s known locally because of its large Venezuelan population — before speeding through the Cuban...
Read MoreItaly’s Initial Virus Hotspot Back to School After 7 Months
The morning bell Monday marked the first entrance to the classroom for the children of Codogno since Feb. 21, when panicked parents were sent to pick up their children after the northern Italian town gained notoriety as the...
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U.S. Remembers 9/11 as Pandemic Changes Tribute Traditions
Americans commemorated 9/11 Friday as a new national crisis — the coronavirus pandemic —...
Read More‘Evacuate Now:’ Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Flee
Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses. People evacuated statewide...
Read MoreEx-Cops Blame One Another, Seek Own Trials in Floyd’s Death
Attorneys for four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd say that each client should get his own trial, as the officers try to diminish their roles in the Black man’s death by pointing fingers at one...
Read MoreThousands Protest After Greek Refugee Camp Burns Down
Thousands of protesting refugees and migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp gathered on a road leading to the island’s main town Friday, demanding to be...
Read MoreCOVID-19 Money to Improve Internet Access for NC Students
North Carolina’s state government is using federal COVID-19 relief dollars to purchase equipment so more public school students can access online classes and homework help. Gov. Roy Cooper announced that nearly $40 million would...
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‘Deadly Stuff’: Trump’s Own Words Bring Focus Back to Virus
Try as he might to change the subject, President Donald Trump can’t escape the coronavirus. In...
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