A father and his teenage son with COVID-19 were forced to quarantine by authorities in Honolulu this week, authorities said. The teenager, allegedly “in violation of the COVID quarantine restriction,” was seen by an officer from the Honolulu Police Department on patrol Tuesday morning at a shopping center, police said …

On Wednesday, the United States surpassed the 150,000 deaths recorded by Covid-19, a milestone that occurs when the daily number of deaths from coronavirus in the country is the highest since spring. © Anthony Behar / SIPA USA / AP Gerard J. Neufeld Funeral Home’s Ray Neufeld (l) and Omar …

This qualifies as a big surprise, especially given the current MLB circumstances. Braves outfielder Nick Markakis, who retired from the season on July 6 after a “revealing” conversation with teammate Freddie Freeman, returned to participate. Freeman tested positive for COVID-19 in early July and experienced “body aches.” Headaches, chills and …

A federal appeals court ruled that Ashley Judd can sue Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment. A lower-court judge had previously dismissed the sexual harassment part of the lawsuit, but allowed Judd, 52, to sue the movie magnate for defamation. The appeals court determined that Weinstein, now 68, had power over …

America’s long policy of trying to make China a nation that abides by the rules of the global system and ultimately democratizes is so much of the 1990s. 21st century China under President Xi Jinping sees itself on a historic mission to demonstrate that its centralized authoritarian control system, twinned …