Biden hits Trump on economic fallout amid COVID-19 pandemic in critical Pennsylvania county

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is blistering President Donald Trump as only pretending to care about the working-class voters who helped flip the Rust Belt to the Republican column four years ago.

Illinois State University decides students will get spring break, in spite of travel risk

An "overwhelming number" of students and faculty at ISU want spring break to happen in 2021, in spite of concerns about students traveling, partying and bringing coronavirus back to campus.

U of Rhode Island tells fraternity and sorority members to shelter-in-place for after outbreaks

The fraternities and sororities at U of Rhode Island are hotspots for the campus. Testing positivity rates for students in Greek housing are 11%; students in dorms are testing at 4%. The overall campus is just 0.65%.

2,905 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Illinois, 31 additional deaths

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,905 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 31 additional confirmed deaths.

Bears practice squad player put on reserve COVID-19 list

This does not mean that Badara Traore has the virus. The list was created for players who test positive or who have been quarantined after having been in close contact with an infected person or persons. 

Feds: Man stole $17M in COVID-19 relief, bought luxury cars, houses

A Texas man has been accused of stealing $17 million in COVID-19 relief funds and spending the money on luxury cars and houses.

Ex-NJ governor Chris Christie says he's out of the hospital

Christie announced Oct. 3 that he had tested positive and said hours later that he had checked himself into the hospital after deciding with his doctors that doing so would be “an important precautionary measure," given his history of asthma.

Suburban high school athletes to Pritzker, Ezike: 'Let us play'

Suburban high school athletes and their parents continue to fight to get back on the field, and court, as basketball season is not too far away.

Fauci calls White House coronavirus outbreak a ‘super-spreader event’

The nation’s leading infectious disease expert called the White House event in which Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, a “super-spreader event.”

UN: New daily record as COVID-19 cases hit more than 350,000

The new daily high of 350,766 cases surpasses a record set earlier this week by nearly 12,000. That tally includes more than 109,000 cases from Europe alone.

Illinois reports 2,818 new COVID-19 cases

Illinois health officials Friday reported 2,818 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 35 additional deaths.

Collective mourning for COVID-19 victims to take place tomorrow
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Kathleen Allan and Ashley Bernardi from A Time for Remembrance talk about the need for healing and processing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost due to COVID-19.

Newspaper: Trump official ignored virus rules at Atlanta wedding

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows hosted a large wedding for his daughter that appeared to violate a Georgia order and city of Atlanta guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, an Atlanta newspaper reported Thursday.