Fun beats fear in Rube Goldberg contest to fetch soap amid COVID-19 crisis
Caitlin Diel waited in the shower as her brother started their chain-reaction machine, dropping a marble into a tube that sent a toy train speeding, a deodorant stick flying and a stuffed bunny racing along a zip line to finally shoot a bar of soap int…
New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen in COVID-19 crisis
Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park, who is used to being paid for fine dining with exclusive black credit cards, says his richest reward during the COVID-19 crisis is the grateful smiles of poor New Yorkers fed by the Michelin three-starred restau…
Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty via Zoom to U.S. college admissions scam
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband will appear by video on Friday to plead guilty to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme to secure spots for their daughters at the University of Southern California.
A young woman makes COVID-19 warning her dad’s final gift to the world
It could be any one of us. In this case it was Jose Holguin. He was 50.
Reinforcements sent to California border hospital hit by coronavirus surge
Emergency medical reinforcements began work on Thursday at a small Southern California hospital straining to cope with a recent surge in coronavirus patients, some of them turned away from overwhelmed hospitals across the border in Mexico.
U.S. forecasters expect above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season: NOAA
U.S. forecasters expect an above-normal 13-19 named storms during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday.
Next U.S. coronavirus rescue package not too far off, McConnell says
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday another stimulus package to deal with the impact of the coronavirus was “not too far off.”
University of Alabama to push contact tracing app, require online health checks
The University of Alabama will require students and staff returning to its three campuses in the coming months to submit online health checks regularly and encourage them to download its contact tracing app, officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Trump declares state of emergency as Michigan floodwaters recede
Floodwaters that breached two dams in central Michigan began to recede on Thursday after displacing thousands of people while spreading to a Dow Chemical plant and an adjacent hazardous waste cleanup site.
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to halt Idaho transgender inmate’s surgery
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a transgender prison inmate in Idaho to go ahead with sex reassignment surgery, rejecting the state’s bid to put it on hold.
