Ben and Jerry’s declared its support for the “defund the police” movement in a tweet marking Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of U.S. slavery.
Joe Biden is betting on Mark Hamill’s “Luke Skywalker” celebrity status to capture big bucks for his presidential campaign.
Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy says it’s time to find strangers and “shine their shoes” to combat racism in the U.S.
The Southeastern Conference is considering barring league championship events in Mississippi until the state changes its Confederate-based flag.
Kansans struggling to find work amid the coronavirus pandemic can receive unemployment for 13 more weeks.
Slovenian riot police on Friday removed protesters from a central square in the capital Ljubljana during weekly demonstrations against the center-right government.
Ohio reported a second consecutive daily spike in coronavirus cases on Friday, a day after Gov. Mike DeWine identified a “worrisome” rise in cases in five southwestern Ohio cases.
A tourist from Oklahoma who was supposed to be obeying Hawaii's 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving to the state, was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive in the ocean.
Rhode Islanders will be able to gather in larger groups and movie theaters, museums and other entertainment venues will be able to reopen starting in July, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Friday.
Multiple Texas counties and cities are ordering businesses to require customers and workers to wear face masks as the state sees a continued rise in the numbers of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
In the second week of returning to golf, Nick Watney became the first player to test positive for COVID-19.
Oklahoma's count of people with the illness caused by the new coronavirus continued to skyrocket Friday as the state reported its second-biggest daily increase.
Rap artist Hurricane Chris, known for the hit “A Bay Bay,” has been arrested on a murder charge in Louisiana.
The Philadelphia Phillies shut down their spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida, after five players and three staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Elsewhere in Florida, the Tampa Bay Lightning closed its practice rink down after three players and two staff reportedly tested positive for the virus.
Arkansas added a one-day record of more than 700 cases of COVID-19 on Friday and set a new daily record for the number of community-spread cases of the virus according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday.
An unidentified San Francisco 49ers player has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after an informal workout with teammates in Tennessee.
Tuition and fees at Tennessee's community colleges and applied technology colleges will not increase for the upcoming academic year, the Board of Regents said Friday.
California health officials so far report only a few people who attended protests against police brutality have tested positive for the coronavirus but already they are seeing the futility in trying to track down all in the crowds who could have been infected by them.
Louisiana has toughened its coronavirus testing requirements for nursing homes, with Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration telling the facilities they must regularly test residents and workers for COVID-19 or face financial penalties from the state.
Norwich’s hopes of staying in the English Premier League were dealt a blow by losing to Southampton 3-0 on Friday as the teams returned to action after the enforced three-month pandemic suspension.
The Cruise Lines International Association announced Friday that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Former national security adviser John Bolton created a “mess" of his own making by moving to publish his book without receiving final authorization that the manuscript was free of classified information, Trump administration lawyers argued Friday in urging a judge to block the book's release.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
Protesters took to the roads in Atlantic City on Friday regarding two of the biggest crises facing the nation: racial injustice and the coronavirus.
