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UPDATE: Peoria County COVID-19 Cases Appear Racially Proportionate, So Far

UPDATED 5:30 PM| On Tuesday, Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson gave a breakdown of gender and race statistics for...

How Is The Coronavirus Affecting Black Americans?

Numbers emerging from a few cities and states suggest higher death rates for African-Americans from COVID-19. The findings also reveal deeper disparities.

'Take This Serious': Bus Driver Dies Of COVID-19 After Calling Out Coughing Rider

"I feel violated," Jason Hargrove said, in a widely shared video complaining of selfish behavior during the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly two weeks later, the Detroit driver is dead of the disease.

The Richard Neutra-designed home at 49 Hopkins Ave. in San Francisco, as seen in an old Google Street View photograph.

San Francisco Orders Man To Rebuild His Iconic Home After It Was Demolished

Built in 1936, it was one of only a handful of Bay Area projects by the renowned architect Richard Neutra.

U.S.-backed Kurdish militants seem to be in talks with the Syrian regime to hand over the city of Manbij. Turkey has threatened an offensive against the town if the Kurds remain in control. Here, members of the Kurdish internal security force are seen in a photo from March.

Syrian Army Amasses Outside Kurdish-Held Manbij, As Turkish Force Looms Over Border

Weeks ago, Turkey threatened to send its military over the border if Kurdish militants didn't leave Manbij. Now the U.S.-backed Kurds seem to be making a deal with the Syrian regime.

A man walks through a damaged store in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Springfield, Fla., last week. The area still lacks water and power. Many residents of Springfield and neighboring towns live paycheck to paycheck and can't return to work.

'This Is Where America Lives': Hurricane Michael Devastated Working-Class Towns

Michael was especially brutal to the working-class suburbs just east of Panama City, where communities that were just scraping by before the storm now face a daunting recovery.

Deadly Tornadoes Strike Midwest

Several tornadoes struck Missouri overnight, destroying homes and leaving at least three dead in the state. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

Volunteers bury the remains of more than 1,000 Holocaust victims at a cemetery just outside Brest, Belarus, on Wednesday.

More Than 1,000 Holocaust Victims Are Buried In Belarus After Mass Grave Discovered

The remains emerged at a construction site in January. "I think it's very late, but better late than never," said Marcel Drimer, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor.

Even rappelling from the rafters of the Philadelphia Flyers' arena, swinging to the tender tuneful power of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," Gritty can see you. He can see your soul.

Gritty, Stuff Of Nightmares, Has Been Officially Welcomed To Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Flyers' mascot looks like something that would hide under your bed as a child. "Gritty may be a hideous monster," says the city's official resolution, "but he is our hideous monster."

An interior view of the Hongshan Gymnasium, a venue converted into a makeshift hospital to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday.

Hong Kong Mandates Quarantine For Mainland Arrivals; Coronavirus Cases Surpass 31,000

Hong Kong authorities say that beginning Saturday they are mandating that anyone entering the city from mainland China "self-quarantine" for the 14-day incubation period of the virus.

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