Stubborn fire aboard U.S. Navy warship in San Diego injures 21 people
Flames raged for hours on Sunday aboard a U.S. warship docked at Naval Base San Diego, sending 21 people to the hospital with minor injuries and prompting a relocation of two other Navy vessels moored nearby, military and local fire officials said. The San Diego ...
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by over 58,000, setting new single-day record
The U.S. faces a bleak summer as infections surge and many states are forced to close bars and popular beaches to try to curb the rise.
The U.S. coronavirus outbreak crossed a grim milestone of over 3 million confirmed cases on Tuesday as more states reported record numbers of new infections, and Florida faced an impending shortage of intensive care unit hospital beds. Authorities have reported alarming upswings of daily caseloads ...
Citing racial bias, San Francisco will stop releasing mug shots
San Francisco police will stop releasing the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the city's police chief announced Wednesday. The city's police chief, Bill Scott, ...
Young Americans are partying hard and spreading COVID-19 quickly
The median age of the infected has dropped by roughly 20 years in some states, and increased testing shows many are active but asymptomatic.
CDC estimates 20 million in U.S. infected as daily virus cases hit record
As the coronavirus surges from Florida to California to set a single-day record in the U.S., government experts said they believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted COVID-19, 10 times more than official counts. The figure indicates many people without symptoms have or ...
'Coming back and biting us': U.S. sees coronavirus resurgence
A coronavirus resurgence is wiping out two months of progress in the U.S. and sending infections to dire new levels across the southern and western parts of the country, with hospital administrators and health experts warning Wednesday that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are ...
'It may save your life': Facing coronavirus surge, more U.S. states mandate masks
California, North Carolina and a string of U.S. cities mandated or urged mandatory mask use on Thursday to get a grip on spiraling coronavirus cases as at least six states set daily records. Putting aside concerns about individual rights and political unpopularity, U.S. governors and ...
U.S. woman apologizes after backlash from confronting homeowner over BLM stencil
The CEO of a cosmetics company issued an apology Sunday after a video was widely shared online showing her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he stenciled "Black Lives Matter” in chalk on his San Francisco property. The video, ...
Brutality protests show 'progress' on diversity, says 'Star Trek' icon George Takei
The famed actor told University of California graduates to push the limits of high-tech and urged youth to stand firm on minority rights.
California to reopen filming, but coronavirus hub Los Angeles is 'weeks behind'
California will unveil plans to reopen its world-famous entertainment industry next week but coronavirus hotspot Los Angeles faces further delays, the state's governor said Wednesday. Film and television productions in California have been shuttered since mid-March due to the pandemic. The majority of the state's 58 ...
About 10 firefighters were injured in downtown Los Angeles Saturday evening when a fire in a commercial building caused an explosion and spread to nearby structures, fire officials said. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange said the condition of the wounded firefighters was not ...
