Federally funded sites will open Monday in Hoover, Center Point and Tuscaloosa offering up to 60,000 free coronavirus tests over the next two weeks. The surge testing is part of a general effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus in Alabama. Although the number of cases and positivity figures have …

Never miss a morning briefing. Sign up today to deliver our AM newsletter to your inbox. Children in Southern California have wildly different beginnings of the school year. By LAUSD, students started online classes on Thursday, May important differences in learning experiences about racial and socio-economic groups. Meanwhile 24 private …

Welcome to our weekly analysis of the state of the 2020 campaign. The week in figures 21.8 million people tuned in to television for Biden’s big night at the congress on Thursday, according to Nielsen, something more than the 21 million who saw former President Barack Obama and Senator Kamala …

Danbury saw a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases last week as Connecticut continues to fight the virus. In the past week, 79 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Danbury, the most in any Connecticut jurisdiction. No other municipality (New Haven) had more than 44 newly reported cases. In response …

Sofia Vergara breaks her silence as fans rally against Ellen DeGeneres for her ‘mockery’ While many may have thought that American actor Sofia Vergara was still one of the victims of Ellen DeGeneres’ alleged ‘bullying’, the star is here to set the record straight. With Twitter, the Modern family actor …