The actor did not say exactly when he got infected with the new coronavirus, but indicated that it was ‘quite early on’ in the pandemic.
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Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
The Australian government plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content.
The Latest: Web of local, state quarantines messes with Americans’ travel plans
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. Families trying to squeeze in a summer vacation before school starts better do some homework on COVID-19 restrictions before loading up the minivan. The web of state and local quarantines is growing more tangled by the day: New York, New Jersey and […]
Fauci to tell House panel ‘unclear’ how long pandemic lasts
Dr. Anthony Fauci is returning to Capitol Hill and plans to testify there’s no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic.
House would overturn Trump’s transgender ban in military
The amendment would block the use of the defense spending bill’s funds to implement a policy that would bar transgender people from joining the military and even keep some transgender people already serving from staying in.
Protesters vary as much as their arrests, AP analysis shows
Those arrested during protests in Portland, Oregon, are self-described parents, Black Lives Matter activists and people taking advantage of the nightly chaos.
Former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan dies
Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui brought direct elections and other democratic changes despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling by China.
Trump floats idea of delaying election, a virtual impossibility
The date of the presidential election – the Tuesday after the first Monday in November – is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.
More than 1.4 million seek jobless aid as virus surges in South, West
A continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in coronavirus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses.
The Latest: U.K. scientists to immunize hundreds with experimental coronavirus vaccine
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. LONDON — Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number vaccinated so far. Dr. Robin Shattock, a professor at […]