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Tennessee native Shawn Dromgoole was afraid to leave his front porch after the death of George Floyd in May. He turned his fear into a national movement with the support of neighbors and other social activists.

FEMA is sending 14 refrigerated trucks to the state next week — on top of the eight that were already sent — to serve as temporary mortuaries.

Most transmission of the coronavirus is coming from people who are asymptomatic and never develop any signs of the virus, a top official from the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.

The U.S. has reported more than 65,400 new cases on average over the past seven days, up nearly 22% compared with a week ago.

On the current climate change trajectory, 2020 will likely be among the hottest years ever. The number of air conditioning units worldwide is expected to quadruple by mid-century.

"It's the community that defeats this virus not the government," Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday.

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci urged young Americans to not take the coronavirus lightly, saying doing so could propagate the pandemic.

U.S. government debt prices ticked higher Friday, as investors digested the fact that the number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. shows no sign of slowing.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Netflix, BlackRock, Microsoft, Lyft, and more.

The company announced that Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos will become co-CEO alongside current CEO Reed Hastings.

Congress has only days to pass another coronavirus relief bill before a key unemployment insurance benefit expires.

"If being sued by the State is what it takes to save lives in Atlanta, then we will see them in court," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.

The CDC added that it remains concerned about a number of elements of the companies' return-to-sailing plans, including failing to close self-serve buffets, gyms and salons.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr blasted American tech giants Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple and Cisco as well as Hollywood for being "all too willing to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday criticized the Trump Administration's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Being indoors, in close quarters, over long periods of time, is just a recipe for spread," Giroir said, adding that outdoor seating for restaurants and bars is "probably really safe."

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joined a growing list of state leaders to order people to wear masks in public spaces indoors to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The U.K. got some things right when it came to fighting Covid-19, but local experts say it locked down too late, failed to protect its elderly, and the messaging has been inconsistent.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would not step in to block a Florida law requiring those with felony convictions to pay fines before they may vote, potentially blocking about three-quarters of a million otherwise-eligible voters from the polls.

Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson said it's a low sum for what appears to be a historic hack that Twitter said involved an insider.