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The United States has dipped under 50,000 new daily infections for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus outbreak. Johns Hopkins on Sunday counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections reported Saturday in the U.S. after…

The Fourth of July is a day meant for unity and celebration

Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. plan to revive the economy

President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic

An AP Fact Check finds that President Donald Trump has a monthslong history of declaring the coronavirus under control, when it isn’t

The crippling economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic could force a wave of evictions across the United States as a federal ban and a patchwork of state moratoriums quickly expire, fair housing advocates and legal experts warned. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act that Congress passed in March provided a temporary moratorium on evictions, but it was...

Pubs, hair salons and movie theaters have reopened across England in the biggest relaxing yet of Britain’s virus-prevention measures

More than 142,000 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus and more than 5,300 people have died from the disease across the capital region of D.C., Maryland and Virginia, health officials say. As of Saturday, 142,188 cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed. D.C. reported 10,447 cases, Maryland had 69,431 cases and Virginia had 62,400 confirmed cases. These numbers are reported by…

Amid a rapidly-spreading coronavirus outbreak that’s infected about a third of all people incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, dozens of COVID-19 positive prisoners declared a hunger strike this week in protest of what they call “dismal” living conditions during their quarantine, according to sources inside the prison.

Businesses in Adams Morgan hope to see more customers this holiday weekend, but some neighbors worry a new pedestrians-only zone is attracting more chances to spread the virus. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on the balancing act.

This Independence Day promises to be unlike any in recent memory. While a deadly virus keeps people physically apart, we’re also confronting deeper divisions exposed by weeks of protests since the death of George Floyd. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to people at Black Lives Matter Plaza who are approaching this holiday with complicated emotions.

Officials in Maryland are evaluating companies that can print and mail ballots for the general election after a number of issues came up with the state’s current vendor during the primary season

The U.S. is heading into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test of Americans’ self-control. They say this could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak. With confirmed cases climbing in 40 states, governors have ordered the wearing of...

The Alabama Department of Public Health said it could not verify reports of so-called COVID-19 parties where students deliberately tried to become infected, but also warned people not to try it. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry told news outlets this week that she heard of students holding parties and wagering over who would become infected.

After several months of mixed messages on the coronavirus pandemic, the White House is settling on a new one: Learn to live with it. Administration officials are planning to intensify what they hope is a sharper, and less conflicting, message of the pandemic next week, according to senior administration officials, after struggling to offer clear directives amid a crippling surge...

Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual.

Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer

A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control found that 54% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 couldn’t pinpoint how they contracted the virus. The remaining 46% of respondents could recall having close contact with a person — commonly a family member or coworker — who was also diagnosed with Covid-19. These findings are “very concerning,” and suggest that...

World stock markets dipped in Europe after gains in Asia

Singer Prince Royce says he got a wake-up call with a COVID-19 diagnosis and now wants to try and wake others too