SAN JOSE, Calif. -- As health experts in the U.S. planned for a surge in coronavirus patients earlier this spring, they relied on data from China and elsewhere to estimate everything from how many hospital beds would be needed to demands for protective gear for doctors and nurses.

But new research out of Kaiser Permanente and UC Berkeley ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County announced Tuesday that it will align with California's latest guidelines and allow the resumption of faith-based services, in-store shopping at low-risk retail stores, drive-in movies and other recreational activities with restrictions.

The new order from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Twitter issued a fact check of some of Donald Trump's tweets on Tuesday, marking the first time the U.S. president's favored social media platform has pushed back against him spreading falsehoods.

The move, which is likely to heighten tension between Trump and the social media giant, came in the form of a label under two of the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A defiant Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday said he will not bow to fear and intimidation after protesters hung an effigy of him from a tree Sunday at the end of a 2nd Amendment rally on the Capitol grounds in Frankfort.

"I will not be afraid, I will not be bullied and I will not back down," Beshear said.

At the beginning...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's virtual convention Sunday, making an appeal directly to activists in a state President Donald Trump is targeting this fall.

Biden's appearance, which will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook, comes on...Read more

District apologizes for 'inappropriate' question about slavery in S.C. students' homework

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina school district is apologizing for a fourth-grade social studies assignment meant to teach students about slavery after complaints from parents.

The eLearning worksheet, assigned to all fourth-grade students in the ...Read more

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police said protesters attempted to block roads and disrupt traffic early Wednesday morning, ahead of what could be the biggest day of demonstrations in months against China's moves to increase control of the city.

Officers were clearing roadblocks in multiple areas after a group of "thugs" sought to disrupt traffic with ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Facing a potentially difficult path to reelection, President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded his attacks on states using mail-in ballots, a scorched-earth campaign that could undermine confidence in the democratic process as the novel coronavirus threatens to make in-person voting more dangerous.

The president targeted California...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The head of the Pennsylvania-run Southeastern Veterans' Center and a senior staffer there were placed on indefinite suspension Tuesday amid an investigation into operations at the nursing home where dozens have died from the coronavirus, according to a state senator and sources at the facility.

Rohan Blackwood, the center's ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Peter Manfredonia, the University of Connecticut senior suspected of killing two people and kidnapping a third before fleeing the state, took an Uber to a Walmart in Pennsylvania and was last seen walking down railroad tracks behind the store, Pennsylvania state police said Tuesday.

The manhunt for Manfredonia, who police say...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina school district is apologizing for a fourth-grade social studies assignment meant to teach students about slavery after complaints from parents.

The eLearning worksheet, assigned to all fourth-grade students in the Richland 1 school district, asked students to "write a journal entry responding to the following...Read more

President Donald Trump Tuesday escalated his threats over this summer's Republican National Convention, saying he needs a decision from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper "within a week" as to whether the convention can go forward as planned.

"We need a fast decision from the governor," the president told reporters at the White House. "He's been ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is dropping its inquiry into Sen. Dianne Feinstein over stock trades made as the novel coronavirus struck the U.S. and roiled the economy, a person familiar with the matter said.

Feinstein, D-Calif., is among a handful of senators whose stock trades have been scrutinized by federal investigators to see if ...Read more