Almost all flights in and out of Urumqi, capital of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, have been cancelled because of a coronavirus outbreak.

The city has just six confirmed cases with symptoms and 11 asymptomatic infections, official figures show.

Strict measures to rein in the virus include stopping the single metro line and many public…[Read more]

Travelers looking to cross the land border into Canada or Mexico will have to wait at least another month after the Department of Homeland Security extended closures at both borders due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Department of Homeland Security’s Acting Secretary, Chad Wolf, tweeted the news on Thursday.

“Based on the success of the existing…[Read more]

More than 1,000 inmates in a Texas federal prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a new report.

Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours.

The first case was reported in China in early January and it took three months to reach 1 million cases. It has taken just four days to climb to 14 million cases from 13…[Read more]

Louis Tomlinson has rescheduled his first world concert tour to 2021.

The 28-year-old singer announced new dates for the tour Thursday on Instagram after postponing shows due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Louis William Tomlinson is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One…[Read more]

Chuck Woolery – Game Show Host
Charles Herbert Woolery is an American former game show host, talk show host, and musician. He has had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of Wheel of Fortune, the original incarnation of Love Connection, Scrabble, Greed on Fox from 1999 to 2000, and Lingo on Game Show…[Read more]

Award-winning US author Joanna Cole, who wrote “The Magic School Bus” series and other children’s books, has died at the age of 75.

Cole lived in Sioux City, Iowa, and died on July 12, according to a statement from her publisher, Scholastic, sent on Thursday.

She was best known for “The Magic School Bus,” a science series that she launched in…[Read more]

Joanna Cole – Writer
Joanna Cole was an American writer of children’s books. She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series. She has written over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroaches to her famous series Magic School Bus, which is illustrated by Bruce Degen.

Born: Aug 11, 1944 · Newark, NJ
Died: Jul 12, 2020 · Sio…[Read more]

Florida reached another ominous mark Thursday with a record 156 deaths from the coronavirus reported in a single day as the state continues to experience a swift rise in cases. Officials in the hard-hit Miami area, meanwhile, were weighing another blanket lockdown.

The state Department of Health reported 13,965 new coronavirus cases in Florida,…[Read more]

Galyn Gorg, an actress who starred in “RoboCop 2” and “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” among other film and television roles, has died after battling cancer.

A representative for Gorg confirmed her passing in a statement on Thursday.

“Galyn was a beautiful soul who loved life, art and dance. She was a phenomenal woman who was not only a client but a…[Read more]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday a list of business sectors that will be required to close as the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase substantially across the state.

California’s average daily new cases hit 8,211 over the past week and 23 people died because of virus-related complications in the past 24 hours.

All…[Read more]

Grant Imahara, longtime co-host of the beloved Discovery Channel science series MythBusters, has died, he was 49.

“We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant,” a rep for Discovery Channel told stated on Monday night. “He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his…[Read more]

The World Health Organization has expanded its coronavirus guidance to include the possibility in certain circumstances of airborne transmission, in which the virus could be spread through tiny droplets that linger in the air.

The update came Thursday after an open letter signed by more than 200 scientists pressed the agency this week to…[Read more]

Cinderella Castle has sat silent for 116 days.
That’s how long Walt Disney World has closed its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday, Disney will welcome guests back to its flagship theme park in Orlando, Florida, and reopen a cornerstone of its business.

The Disney resort plans to begin a phased reopening on Saturday for its…[Read more]

Kentuckians will be required to wear face masks or coverings in public places beginning Friday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday.

The mandate comes after two of the highest days of daily COVID-19 cases the state has recorded since March. Kentucky announced 333 newly reported cases and four deaths on Thursday.

Beshear said the…[Read more]

The Chinese embassy warns its citizens in Kazakhstan that an “unknown pneumonia” has killed more patients this June than COVID-19
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Health is allegedly doing a study on this pneumonia and the novel coronavirus
The Kazakhstan health minister says pneumonia cases are 2.2 times higher in June 2020 than June 2019 but it’s…[Read more]

A White House reporter who attended press briefings on Monday and Wednesday has tested positive for COVID-19.

The unnamed journalist “wore a mask the entire time they were on the White House complex,” Jonathan Karl, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, stated in an email Thursday. “The individual is asymptomatic. We are…[Read more]

Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight.

Those were common scenes at the Mississippi Capitol in June — a month that saw a historic vote to remove the Confederate e…[Read more]