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One week after Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center welcomed some fans back for the first time in a year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is upping the game. The governor announced a pilot program Tuesday to test the Excelsior Pass during events at the two arenas. Think of the pass like a “COVID passport” of sorts, one that relies on technology…

After previewing the return of in-person learning ahead of Thanksgiving, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned from the holiday on Sunday to announce the scheduled return of public schools starting with elementary and special education students. The first school buildings will reopen Dec. 7, de Blasio said Sunday. City officials plan to reopen public school buildings in a phased approach, starting…

D.C. Public Schools teachers will not be allowed to teach from home unless they have preexisting conditions or family matters that could be complicated by the coronavirus. DCPS Chancellor Dr. Lewis Ferebee testified at a D.C. Council hearing Friday teachers who don’t meet that criteria will not be granted requests to work from home DCPS will provide COVID-19 testing...

Montgomery County officials say they may be forced to reinstate some restrictions that were lifted if things don’t improve after seeing an increase in COVID-19 infections. The county’s test positivity rate is 3.2%, which is low but higher than last week. More concerning is the number of cases is increasing, averaging more than 10 cases per 100,000, which puts on…

BREAKING UPDATE: Cuomo Orders Schools in NYC Hotspots Closed Tuesday; Mayor Plans to Move Ahead With Additional Closures Wednesday New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says all non-essential businesses, public and private schools will close Wednesday in nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens, if approved by the state, after reporting coronavirus cases above a 3 percent positivity rate…

The Washington Monument reopens Thursday with coronavirus safety precautions in place. After a six-month closure due to the pandemic, the monument will reopen with new safety precautions and cleaning procedures. The new procedures include a reduced elevator capacity, a face mask requirement and daily midday closures for cleaning, according to the National Park Service. Tickets for the monument will only…

With thousands of individual school districts in the United States and no consolidated directive on how to begin fall classes — whether in-person, completely online or a combination of both — local communities are facing uncertain times.

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the…

A number of Florida lawyers are offering free or discounted living wills for teachers who may be required to return to the classroom this school year. “I had read a story a few weeks ago about three Arizona teachers who’d gone back to school to work on a project,” said Charles Gallagher, whose St. Petersburg law firm, Gallagher & Associates, is...

President Donald Trump is now acknowledging that some schools may need to delay their reopening this fall as the coronavirus continues to surge

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Thursday, “When [President Trump] says ‘open,’ he means open and full… The science should not stand in the way of this.”

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at President Donald Trump trying to force students and teachers back to school without a plan to keep them safe.

Despite skyrocketing COVID-19 cases in several states, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is pushing the Trump plan to fully reopen schools, in person, five days a week. Some districts says they’re not ready and will start at least partially online.

As the debate over whether to reopen schools in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues, the United States set a new record: more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, according to NBC News. In response to President Donald Trump’s threat to “cut off” funding for schools that do not completely reopen in this coming school year,...

President Donald Trump is ramping up his attacks on his government’s top health professionals as he pushes the country to move past the coronavirus

Hundreds of millions of students in other countries have resumed their schooling amid the coronavirus pandemic, with varying successes per country.

In the U.S., the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed 3.1 million — meaning nearly one in every 100 people has been confirmed as infected — and the number of deaths is more than 133,000, according to a tally from NBC News. Despite the outbreak, President Donald Trump remains determined to reopen America’s schools, threatening on Wednesday to hold…

The total cases of the coronavirus in the United States are over 3 million, according to a tally from NBC News. There have been more than 132,000 confirmed deaths as a result of COVID-19. And, as many states battle outbreaks, hospitals are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment, or PPE. Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, who is in charge of…

The United States continues to see a massive outbreak of the new coronavirus as the total cases reached 3 million Tuesday, according to a tally from NBC News. Confirmed cases are on the rise in 41 out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia, and the percentage of tests coming back positive for the virus is increasing in 39…

At a roundtable meetings about reopening schools, President Donald Trump praised the U.S. response to the coronavirus in limiting the number of Americans who have died, saying, “We saved of thousands of lives, hundreds of thousands of lives… we’re at [130,000 deaths] and we could be at way over a million right now and I think it could have been...