Virus testing, tracking still plagued by reporting delays

ATLANTA (AP) — As part of the plan to restart its season next month, the NBA is preparing to test hundreds of players, coaches and others for the coronavirus each night inside a “basketball bubble” — a space at the…

7 people die in car crash during Texas Border Patrol chase

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Seven people were killed and three others were injured when a car being pursued by the Border Patrol smashed into a building in a Texas border city early Thursday, authorities said.

Actors union asks Disney to delay opening Florida parks too

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A day after Disney said it would delay reopening its California theme parks, the union representing actors at Walt Disney World said Thursday that the company should also postpone welcoming bac…

Police: Texas officer fatally shoots woman who stabbed him

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A North Texas police officer shot and killed a woman Thursday morning after she stabbed him and another driver after a car crash, police said.

DA tosses cases involving officers in hate-filled video rant

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina prosecutors have dismissed cases involving three officers who were fired after a video recording captured one of them saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off…

NASA naming headquarters for 'Hidden Figures' engineer

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency’s first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film “Hidden Figures.”

Donors pledge $1.8 billion for Sudan's democratic transition

BERLIN (AP) — Western and Arab countries pledged a total $1.8 billion in aid to Sudan on Thursday to help the struggling African nation a year after pro-democracy protesters forced the removal of the country's long…

Swimmer caught on video grabbing shark at Delaware beach

LEWES, Del. (AP) — A swimmer in Delaware was caught on camera prying a shark’s mouth open with his hands this weekend in an effort to free it from a fishing hook.

US health officials believe 20M Americans have had virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe as many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, suggesting millions had the virus and never knew it.

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The Latest: Texas Gov. Abbott again halts elective surgeries

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott again halted elective surgeries in Texas’ biggest counties in a bid to free up hospital beds after the number of patients admitted with COVID-19 has more than doubled in two weeks.

The Latest: Court rules gyms will remain closed in Michigan

LANSING, Mich. -- A federal appeals court ruled gyms and fitness centers will remain closed under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's shut down order from months ago.

New Jersey seeks to oust officer in Floyd reenactment video

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Department of Corrections said Thursday it has filed removal proceedings against an officer seen in a video with people mocking George Floyd’s death as protesters pass by.

US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. stood near an all-time high Thursday, hovering close to the peak reached in late April during some of the darkest and deadliest days of the cr…

Space agencies unveil site showing lockdown changes to Earth

You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests.