Musk’s SpaceX set for debut astronaut mission, renewing NASA’s crewed launch program
Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch two American astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending the U.S. space agency’s nine-year hiatus in human spaceflight.
A Florida toy importer braces for retail upheaval
Most U.S. states have begun to reopen their economies, but Jay Foreman, chief executive of Basic Fun, said he’s more worried than ever.
Wilderness camps to $50,000 RV rentals: Luxury travelers in pandemic ready to pay for privacy
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Melanie Burns and her husband between them had planned five trips between April and September, including three to Europe.
A pregnant doctor navigates COVID-19 fight in low income Los Angeles
After putting a coronavirus patient onto a ventilator to help him to breathe, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria noted to herself that her baby never kicked during emergency procedures.
NHC: 20% chance of cyclone for system extending across Florida
A broad trough of low pressure extending across Florida and the adjacent Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters has a 20% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.
Americans make low-key Memorial Day tributes, coronavirus overshadowing events
Americans paid a low-key tribute to those who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces on Monday, with many Memorial Day events canceled because of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed nearly 100,000 people in the United States alone.
California opens places of worship, in-store retail businesses: health officials
California retail with in-store shopping and places of worship that were closed under one of the most restrictive coronavirus containment rules in the United States may now open, health authorities announced on Monday.
U.S. CDC reports 1,637,456 coronavirus cases, 97,669 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,637,456 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 15,342 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 620 to 97,669.
U.S. marks hushed Memorial Day holiday as virus deaths near 100,000
Americans paid a mostly low-key tribute to those who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces on Monday, with many Memorial Day events canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak that has killed nearly 100,000 people in the United States alone.
Trump commemorates Memorial Day, defends decision to play golf
President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen members of the American military on Monday to mark Memorial Day while defending his decision to spend most of the holiday weekend playing golf as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak neared 100…
