A 53-year-old tortoise named Ms. Jennifer in Boston is up for adoption because the owner recently died of COVID-19.
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Hawaii’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped to 22.3% in April, up from just 2.4% the previous month, as hotels, restaurants and retailers closed amid efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Grand Canyon National Park plans another four-day period for limited entry and daytime recreational access to some park areas on the South Rim.
The Georgia man who filmed cellphone video of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting was arrested Thursday and charged with murder.
The shooting happened about 7:25 p.m. Wednesday in. Glendale’s Westgate Entertainment District, which reopened last week after shutting down more than a month ago.
The shooter tried to speed through a gate at the base in a vehicle, but security personnel put up a barrier in time to stop the shooting, U.S. officials
Can we go outside? Can we go back to work? Can we go to a restaurant or bar? Can we go to the beach? Can our children go back to school? Can we visit grandma?
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants have little enforcement muscle behind them.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case.
More than 2.4 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the coronavirus outbreak.
Wide swathes of the coasts of India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions of people remained without power Thursday, after the most powerful cyclone to hit the region in more than decade left dozens dead and a trail of destruction.
