Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics available for Florida and our area counties, as of 11:30 a.m. July 6. The next update w…
SARASOTA — The Child Protection Center Inc. announced thas it will receive a $7,500 grant for virtual programming from the COVID-19 Response I…
People came from near and far to watch the fireworks show in North Port. Because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, people were not allowed inside t…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Sunday reported a record of 2,434 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as quarantine restrictio…
LOS ANGELES -- Californians mostly heeded warnings to stay away from beaches and other public spaces during the long weekend.
The global number of coronavirus cases reported on Saturday was highest on record, according to the World Health Organization.
Arizona reported 3,536 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a 3.7% rise, along with four new deaths, as the Phoenix mayor complained that federal off…
WASHINGTON — COVID-19 has raged throughout U.S. jails and prisons, where people live together in close quarters and there is little opportunit…
DALLAS — The critically ill patients in Parkland’s COVID-19 Tactical Care Unit couldn’t wear masks even if they wanted to. They each have a pl…
WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus outbreak swept the country, President Donald Trump for months promised high-tech solutions just over the horiz…
FAYETTE, Maine (AP) — Camp Winnebago was founded during the Spanish Flu and weathered all manner of health scares from polio to the swine flu …
Anointing the song of the summer was going to be a challenge even before once-in-a-generation protests roared to life last month in response t…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Fourth of July holiday weekend began Saturday with some sobering numbers in the Sunshine State: Florida logged…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — California reported 3,974 new coronavirus cases and 51 deaths on Friday, a decline from previous days tempered by the fact …
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has reported its biggest daily increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases — 8,258. Hospitalizations also cont…
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man photographed fleeing smoke and debris as the south tower of the World Trade Center crumbled just a block away …
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Pubs, hair salons and movie theaters across England reopened Saturday as part of Britain’s biggest step toward post-outbre…
LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — In the 20 years since he left his native Senegal, Biram Fall has never slept in the streets. This week, when he ran out o…
MIAMI — Miami Dade College plans to bring back as many students, faculty and staff as possible to its campuses this fall with a strict measure…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — At the beginning of March, Joey Conicella and Alex Marin were riding high. Their new Orlando restaurant, Hungry Pa…
VENICE — The U.S. reported more than 50,000 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, a new daily record. The record was broken the next day.
VENICE — Odds are that a number of Venice-area businesses have had an employee test positive for COVID-19 and not made the information public.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill L…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state recorded 108 new coronavirus cases Saturday, forcing authorities to lock down nine publ…
“Outside In,” the latest offering from children’s author Deborah Underwood, has been billed as the book we need now.
One of President Donald Trump’s top campaign fundraisers — and the girlfriend of his son Donald Trump Jr. — tested positive for coronavirus Fr…