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Tropical Storm Isaias has brought tornadoes and heavy rains to the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane.

The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government—one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.

Donald Trump is deploying a “surge” of forces to one of America’s largest cities to crack down on what he calls a “rampage of violence”.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she is undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but will not be retiring.

The number of new Covid-19 cases in California hit a record on July 14, surpassing 10,000 – just days after its governor re-imposed lockdown orders. The Golden State's initial handling of the Covid-19 outbreak was successful, having suppressed coronavirus transmission with prompt confinement measures. But experts say this early victory bred hubris, leading the state to re-open too soon.

The US state of Florida has just broken a worrying new record, single-handedly surpassing almost every country in the world. Why was it hit so hard?

Rise is the biggest in any state since start of the pandemic as its daily average death toll continues to also rise

The US is facing a “serious problem” with more than 45,000 new cases of coronavirus in just one day – its largest spike since the pandemic began.

The United States does not require more widespread lockdowns to get its COVID-19 outbreak under control, despite the fact that the national daily infection rate is not showing signs of decline, leading government expert Anthony Fauci told AFP in an interview Thursday.

The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects people brought to the United States as children by shielding them from deportation and letting them work.

Wall Street has plummeted as investors reacted to renewed fears of a pandemic resurgence, with the worst one-day drop since March 16.

US Democrats in Congress have proposed sweeping legislation to reform American police, following weeks of protests against police brutality and racism.

Americans woke overnight to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after another night of unrest fuelled by rage with looting, vandalism and violence.

A massive group of demonstrators has converged on the White House to protest police brutality, prompting the Secret Service to briefly place the building on lockdown as tensions run high between marchers and police.

As Minneapolis burns and police retreat, Donald Trump has vowed to send in the military and ‘start shooting’ if order isn’t restored.

Diagnostic tests are no longer in short supply, but questions about their accuracy are growing.

Donald Trump has one gigantic advantage heading into this year’s presidential election. It’s one the sitting President has thoroughly earned.

The chapter 11 filing follows that of another well-known American business, retailer J. Crew, and illustrates the extent of the damage to the economy from the deadly disease.

Experts say the coronavirus pandemic has stabilized enough to begin the process of economic recovery.

President Donald Trump is ordering the immediate reopening of churches and other places of worship that have been closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.