(Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in the US topped 4 million on Thursday, with more than 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters count. FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians clean their supplies outside Memorial West Hospital, where patients with coronavirus disease …

A statue of Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate Army, was knocked down overnight and smashed into two pieces in Roanoke, Virginia, police said Thursday. Preliminary investigation and evidence indicated that the monument was intentionally damaged, the Roanoke Police Department said in a statement. CONFEDERATED STATUTES AND CONFEDERATED …

The evolution of the deadliest virus in human history, smallpox, is only partially understood. Like the new coronavirus and many other disease-causing viruses, smallpox appears to have originated from animals, probably rodents, and has spread to humans, probably thousands of years ago. In the 20th century alone, it killed hundreds …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 pm EDT (1800 GMT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday with the Progress MS-15 supply ship bound for the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos Completing a quick three-hour search for the International Space Station, a Russian Progress supply …

It stands to reason that when Christian Pulisic burst onto the international scene, an attacking phenomenon good enough to start games for Bundesliga titan Borussia Dortmund at 17, the types of soccer in the United States native to Pulisic, and even some fanatics preached caution. “Look, no one is more …