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The heatwave will put people most vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus at heightened risk of illness from high heat and humidity.

Google next month will begin prohibiting publisher content about health crises that contradicts scientific consensus from running ads through its platforms, or ads that contain that content.

The memo from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper lists authorized flags that may be displayed. The Confederate flag is not named.

By making Ted Sarandos his co-CEO, Reed Hastings is further emphasizing that Netflix is more of an entertainment giant than a technology company.

Jamaal Bowman, a progressive candidate running in his first ever political campaign, has defeated longtime Rep. Eliot Engel in the New York Democratic primary, according to an Associated Press tally.

NASA plans to return astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in about two weeks.

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."