CDC revamps coronavirus classroom rules
Mar 22, 2021
Desks only need to be 3 feet apart if students are in masks, and they don’t need to have plastic shields, but communities where transmission is […]
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CDC revamps coronavirus classroom rules
Desks only need to be 3 feet apart if students are in masks, and they don’t need to have plastic shields, but communities where transmission is […]
IRS pushes back tax filing deadline to May 17
Mar 18, 2021
Americans won’t need to finish their income tax paperwork this year until May 17. The IRS is pushing back the 2021 federal filing deadline from its […]
House sends relief bill to Biden’s desk
Mar 10, 2021
Over unanimous Republican opposition, congressional Democrats granted final approval to a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package on Wednesday. The amended bill includes $1,400 payments to individual […]
Senate passes relief bill with $1,400 checks
Mar 6, 2021
Senators buried their faces in their hands and dozed at their desks during an all-night session that finally ended midday Saturday with the passage of a […]
House approves stimulus bill with $1,400 checks
Mar 1, 2021
Lawmakers passed a $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan along party lines over the weekend, bringing President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package a step closer to reality. […]
Rubio, Scott vote for acquittal as Trump survives impeachment vote
Feb 13, 2021
Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott both voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on Saturday, delivering a second acquittal to Trump a year […]
Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial
Feb 9, 2021
The U.S. Senate voted 56-44 Tuesday afternoon to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The outcome of the vote on the constitutionality […]
Authorities arrest former UF student for aiding ISIS
Feb 2, 2021
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Florida has announced it arrested a former Gainesville resident overseas and returned him to the area for […]
Biden issues COVID-19 executive orders
Jan 22, 2021
President Joe Biden signed 10 new directives on Thursday to fight the pandemic. He ordered the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a […]
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th U.S. president
Jan 20, 2021
Former Vice President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in a somber, yet peaceful ceremony Wednesday at the U.S. […]
Security forces guard against inauguration threats
Jan 13, 2021
A 12-day state of emergency begins in Washington today as rumors and threats of insurrection swirl around President-elect Joe Biden’s swearing-in. U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Penn., […]
U.S. House moves toward impeaching Trump
Jan 13, 2021
Overnight the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives approved a resolution asking Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, declaring that the president is no longer […]
U.S. breaks daily COVID-19 deaths record
Jan 11, 2021
For the first time, the United States reported more than 4,000 deaths from the coronavirus in a single day. That’s more than double the average daily […]
COVID-19 vaccine developers battle disease, public perception
Jan 2, 2021
Dr. Amy Givler, 62, a family medicine doctor in Monroe, La., decided early in the COVID-19 pandemic that she wanted to participate in a vaccine trial […]
U.S. reports first case of COVID variant
Dec 30, 2020
A Colorado man in his 20s tested positive for the highly infectious virus strain first reported in the United Kingdom, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. State […]
Charles “Chuck” Yeager dies
Dec 8, 2020
Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the United States Air Force brigadier general most well known for being the first person to break the sound barrier, died Monday at […]
That infamous day
Dec 7, 2020
Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in WORLD in 2014. It is reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. CHARLESTON, S.C.—In 1923 Army Col. Billy Mitchell predicted Japanese […]
Survey: Americans paying off debt during pandemic
Oct 8, 2020
The website money.com recently released the findings in a survey of 2,200 US households and how they handled their credit during the pandemic. Beginning in March […]
Wildfires continue spreading across the West
Sep 11, 2020
A thick blanket of smoke continued to cast an orange haze over parts of the usually cool Willamette Valley in Oregon. Nearly 40 fires had burned […]
Classrooms reopen around the world
Sep 10, 2020
Sporting backpacks laden with fresh notebooks and sharpened pencils, millions of children in countries around the world returned to school in recent weeks. Many expressed excitement […]
California heat wave triggers weekend fires
Sep 8, 2020
Rescuers in military helicopters assisted 207 campers in California’s Sierra National Forest after a wildfire left them stranded over the weekend. The Creek Fire began on […]
The CDC halts some evictions
Sep 3, 2020
Experts predicted millions of Americans could lose their homes as coronavirus-related eviction moratoriums began expiring in July. In early August, President Donald Trump issued an executive […]
169 law enforcement officers in the US have died in the line of duty in 2020; 91 from COVID-19
Sep 1, 2020
Tallahassee – The Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) and the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) are designating the month of September 2020, to honor the service and sacrifice […]
Oregon governor sends backup to Portland
Sep 1, 2020
Authorities have arrested more than 600 people in connection with ongoing protests, vandalism, and violence in Portland, Ore., since late May. Gov. Kate Brown is sending […]