SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A statue of Junipero Serra, the Franciscan priest who helped to establish the Spanish missions in California, was torn down by protesters in Sacramento's Capitol Park on Saturday night after a day of marches throughout the city.

Demonstrations across the country Saturday had a focus on the rights and historical struggle of...Read more

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire Postmates Inc. in a $2.65 billion all-stock takeover expected to be announced as soon as Monday morning in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.

Uber Eats head Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty is expected to continue to run Uber's combined delivery business, according to a person who asked ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday reported 7,232 more cases of COVID-19 and 30 related deaths, numbers that account for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week.

On Friday alone, 3,187 new cases of COVID-19 were reported -- the highest daily total since the pandemic began, officials said.

Bars and indoor ...Read more

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines on Sunday reported a record of 2,434 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as quarantine restrictions eased nearly four months since a lockdown was imposed.

The death toll from COVID-19 rose to 1,297, with seven additional deaths reported over the past 24 hours, the Department of Health said.

Of the ...Read more

President Donald Trump will hold an outdoor rally in New Hampshire on July 11 at which face coverings are "strongly encouraged," a change in tone after months of skepticism about the value of wearing masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The event is set for 8 p.m. EDT outside the Portsmouth International Airport, the Trump campaign said ...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Dominion Energy is pulling the plug on its controversial plan to build a natural gas pipeline crossing Virginia.

The decision comes in tandem with a major strategic shift out of the energy giant's multi-billion-dollar investment in a gas transmission business with operations as far away as Wyoming.

Dominion wants to focus ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- A month into planning what fall might look like for the 2,700 students in his Gloucester County school district, Jim Lavender tore through 104 pages of guidance from the New Jersey Department of Education.

By Wednesday, Lavender had spent days, nights, and a weekend scouring every page three times, trying to figure out how he ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The 8-year-old boy arrived at Connecticut Children's with stomach pain, a rash and cracked, peeling lips. His blood pressure was dangerously low.

The boy had no underlying health issues but an antibody test suggested he had been infected with COVID-19 at some point.

"He had low blood pressure and his oxygen saturation was ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- Disability rights advocates on Saturday evening gathered in front of St. David's South Austin Medical Center to remember a man whose coronavirus-related death has divided family members yet sparked a public conversation about care given to those with disabilities.

Michael Hickson, 46, died June 11 at St. David's after being ...Read more

With the NBA another day closer to its July 30 reopening, a piece of its plan to battle racial injustice fell into place.

The NBA and the players union agreed Friday on messages players can wear instead of their names on the backs of their jerseys for the first four days of the league's reboot.

Among the approved messages, which several people...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Two people are dead and eight others hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a series of shootings around 2 a.m. Sunday morning at a nightclub in Greenville, South Carolina, reports TV station WYFF.

It happened at the Lavish Lounge and investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office told the Greenville News it was "...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to cap a term like no other with potentially blockbuster decisions covering birth control, religious rights and President Donald Trump's efforts to keep his financial records private.

The justices will tackle their eight remaining cases starting Monday, when they issue opinions in July for the first time since ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The death toll in Los Angeles County had just topped 2,000 and public health officials were painting a grim scenario. "This is a very sad milestone for us," county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during a news conference on May 21.

But around the same time, some county supervisors were pushing to reopen the economy. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Today, like every day, Eric Verdin will cycle the steep hills of Marin County. He'll wait until noon to eat his first meal. He'll wear a mask and stay socially distanced. He'll be asleep no later than 11 p.m.

Despite his excellent health, the 63-year-old scientist and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging knows he ...Read more

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said it's too early to tell if it's safe to host part of the Republican National Convention next month in Florida, where coronavirus cases have been surging.

Originally scheduled to be held in Charlotte, the nominating convention -- including President Donald Trump's acceptance speech -- was partially moved to ...Read more

Arizona reported 3,536 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a 3.7% rise, along with four new deaths, as the Phoenix mayor complained that federal officials were declining to help with more testing.

Cases have been rising at a 4.1% rate over the past seven days and now stand at 98,089. Arizona had 4,878 new infections on Wednesday, the most for a day. ...Read more

The United States should be building up reserves of therapeutic antibodies now ahead of any potential approval or emergency use authorization to treat the coronavirus, said the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

"We need a more coordinated national strategy around this," ex-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on CBS's "Face ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Wearing their masks, Donalene Ferrer and two other generations of family members were walking along an Oceanside neighborhood in April when a car pulled up and a woman yelled: "You started the corona!"

The accuser, with a baby and a toddler in tow, turned out to be her mother's neighbor, Ferrer said. Still in shock, the victim ...Read more