Los Angeles County banned the official July 4 fireworks due to the coronavirus outbreak, but that did not appear to deter people from celebrating at home. Los Angeles firefighters responded to thousands of emergency calls on Saturday and extinguished at least one major fire that consumed half of an apartment …

A staff member at a summer camp in Wayne County, Pennsylvania tested positive for COVID-19, days before the camp’s planned opening. A counselor at Camp Seneca Lake tested positive for coronavirus during orientation last week, before the children arrived. Despite this, the Honesdale, Pa., Based summer camp told parents it …

Starting in July, the window opens when missions to Mars can be easily dispatched across the interplanetary gulf. If all goes well, three of those missions, ridden by NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates, will leave Earth for the Red Planet. The number of missions, who is launching them …

Crimson Tide basketball class moves into top 20 after four-star advance Alex Tchikou He engaged Alabama on Sunday over Arizona, the state of Florida, Illinois, the state of Mississippi, Oregon, St. John’s, St. Mary’s and USC. UA now ranks 12th in the nation, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Team …

CULTURE 11:08 AM PDT 7/5/2020 by The Associated Press A northern Illinois auto museum has no plans to stop displaying a Dodge Charger from the TV show with the Confederate battle flag painted on top of the vehicle: “We feel the car is part of history, and people love it.” …