BOSTON (AP) — Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the ...
WASHINGTON — Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed Monday afternoon in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen safely assuming a higher profile in the talks. Multiple obstacles remain, ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice and state health officials echoed concerns from federal officials about the spread of the novel coronavirus into rural areas as counties on the southern border are becoming hot spots. “The biggest concern and worry that I have at this moment is the migration of this from the South,” Justice said Monday during his coronavirus briefing at the Capitol in Charleston. According to the Department of Health and Human Resources, COVID-19 cases are climbing in Mingo, Mercer, Logan, Lincoln and Raleigh counties. Between those counties, there are 444 active ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia ended the week with the most COVID-19 deaths since the middle of April, along with record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations. According to the Department of Health and Human Resources, as of Friday 13 people have died in the last week from infections of the ...
BETHANY — Bethany College has announced it will delay the start of the fall semester by a week to coincide with campus-wide COVID-19 testing. Incoming freshmen will arrive Aug. 13, and upper-classmen will follow Aug. 14. The start of classes will move to Aug. 17. "The health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff must guide every decision we make," Bethany President Tamara Nichols Rodenberg said. "The decision to change the start date is driven by the fact the required testing is available on campus these dates. This will allow us to test all members of the Bethany College ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers wear them either. So the day after ...
