
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all the residents of the state to wear face coverings in public spaces to help slow the spread of COVID-19....

Pelosi on Thursday made the request in a letter to Cheryl Johnson, clerk of the House of Representatives, a day before Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, Xinhua news agency reported....

Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP), has refused to apologize for calling an MP racist in Parliament, saying that doing so would be the same as apologizing for standing up against systemic racism, it was reported....

A passenger on an American Airlines flight was removed after he refused to wear a face covering in compliance with its COVID-19 safety policy, it was reported on Friday. ...

Former US Vice President Joe Biden leads sitting President Donald Trump by 8 points nationally, according to a new poll released....

US stocks closed mixed after data showed more than 1.5 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week....

New York City will enter phase two of reopening on June 22, two weeks after it entered the first phase, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed. ...

The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the U.S. state of Texas hit record highs for seven consecutive days, local media reported Thursday....

The US Supreme Court has ruled against President Donald Trump's bid to end a programme that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation....
The number of initial jobless claims in the United States totalled 1.5 million last week despite continuous reopening efforts across the nation, the Labor Department said....