Vermont is moving ahead with its ban on single-use plastic bags on July 1, while some other states postponed theirs out of fears of spreading the coronavirus with reusable bags
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Pandemic becomes a patchwork of small successes and setbacks
In parts of America it rages unabated; China battles a new outbreak in Beijing, and Europe continues to emerge warily from lockdown.
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Top federal prosecutor in NYC steps down after feud with administration
Geoffrey Berman and Attorney General William Barr had been in an increasingly nasty standoff after meeting in Manhattan on Friday.
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Florida sets new daily record with 4,049 coronavirus cases as death toll rises by 40
Previously, the highest daily total recorded was on Friday, when 3,822 cases were reported.
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Judge rules Bolton can publish book despite Trump efforts to block it
A federal judge has ruled that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book.
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The Latest: Memorial to Black Wall Street in Tulsa covered with tarp
Residents say they don’t want President Trump to use it for a photo op.
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DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general
Protesters have toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation’s capital and set it on fire.
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The Latest: Nevada has second straight day with new 24-hour high of new cases
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada has 445 more COVID-19 cases, making Saturday the second straight day the state has reported a new 24-hour high since the start of the pandemic. The state had reported 410 new cases Friday, surpassing the previous single-day jump of 379 four days earlier. The state Department of Health and Human […]
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Maine State Bar Association apologizes for member’s comment about white privilege
Leah Baldacci, an Augusta attorney, defended her position Friday, saying “the phrase ‘White Privilege’ is also, by definition, a racist comment” because it “categorizes a whole race as being guilty of bad faith.”
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Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home
States from Maine to Hawaii try to strike a balance between containing the new coronavirus and encouraging out-of-state visitors to spend their cash on hotels, restaurants and other businesses.