Some schools in New York City will close Tuesday, the first rollback in the city’s reopening plan as cases are spiking in some hotspot neighborhoods.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
Raking leaves again this fall? Stop right now
It’s autumn and that means leaves are littering lawns around the country. Time to take out the rake and bag up them up, right? Wrong.
New York City voters get absentee ballots with wrong names, addresses
Voters said they were worried about how it would affect their vote in an election already plagued with doubts.
Meet Magawa, the ‘hero rat’ awarded a bravery medal for detecting dozens of landmines
Magawa, an African Giant Pouched Rat, was awarded a gold medal from the PDSA for his working detecting landmines in Cambodia.
Low tide reveals WWII-era bomb on beach near resort town in UK
The World War II era explosive was found on a beach north of Weston-Super-Mare, a popular seaside vacation town in the Bristol Channel.
Like 9/11, COVID-19 has stripped away Americans’ sense of security as they wonder how safe they really are
The 9/11 terror attacks sparked security campaigns at airports, and now, COVID-19 has again led Americans to wonder how safe they really are.
Car rams into crowd of protesters in New York City’s Times Square, video shows
The group was protesting the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man killed during an incident with police in March, when a car rammed into the crowd.
University of California system can no longer consider SAT, ACT results in admissions, judge rules
A judge in California ruled that the system’s “test optional” policy unfairly disadvantaged disabled students who could not access the SAT and ACT.
Portland protests: Donald Trump threatens to send federal forces back into the city; Mayor Ted Wheeler seeks new home
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s plan to increase law enforcement in Portland faced criticism as President Donald Trump defended a caravan of his supporters.
State police return to Portland after protest shooting; Trump defends Kyle Rittenhouse ahead of Kenosha visit
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced a plan to curb violence in Portland following a fatal shooting and clashes between Trump supporters and protesters.