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COVID-19

Oregon to offer quicker benefits to state’s unemployed workers

August 1, 2020, 7:23pm Northwest

Oregon officials said Friday that an administrative change will enable the state to offer early prepayments to “tens of thousands” of unemployed workers waiting to have their claims adjudicated. Read story

Sherry Cianni, from left, Madilynn Reagan and Gina Salt drive by Heather James&#039; home in Felida during a parade of support Saturday. James was diagnosed with breast cancer in April so her friends and co-workers decided to organize the socially-distanced parade. Cianni is also battling breast cancer, so she and James have been able to support each other.

Parade past Felida home supports nLIGHT employee with cancer

Sherry Cianni, from left, Madilynn Reagan and Gina Salt drive by Heather James&#039; home in Felida during a parade of support Saturday. James was diagnosed with breast cancer in April so her friends and co-workers decided to organize the socially-distanced parade. Cianni is also battling breast cancer, so she and James have been able to support each other.

August 1, 2020, 7:09pm Clark County News

Tears started to well up in Heather James’ eyes as the last of dozens of vehicles decorated with pink ribbons and hand-painted signs reading “Kick cancer’s ass” and “You are loved” passed her home in Felida on Saturday afternoon. Read story

Homicides, shootings rise sharply in Chicago

August 1, 2020, 3:52pm Nation & World

Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. Read story

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant solution inside the coffin of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, as the body arrives Monday at the crematorium at Xilotepec Cemetery in Xochimilco, Mexico City.

Mexico No. 3 in world in coronavirus deaths

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant solution inside the coffin of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, as the body arrives Monday at the crematorium at Xilotepec Cemetery in Xochimilco, Mexico City.

August 1, 2020, 2:25pm Nation & World

Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast on Saturday is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus. Read story

College students begin moving in for the fall semester at N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, July 31, 2020. The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren&#039;t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. At N.C. State, the return of students was staggered over 10 days and students were greeted Friday by socially distant volunteers donning masks and face shields. .

Students return to campus amid virus growth in some states

College students begin moving in for the fall semester at N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, July 31, 2020. The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren&#039;t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. At N.C. State, the return of students was staggered over 10 days and students were greeted Friday by socially distant volunteers donning masks and face shields. .

August 1, 2020, 2:23pm Nation & World

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. Read story

Aimee Rodriguez Webb works on her computer Tuesday at her dinning room table that she set up as a virtual classroom for a Cobb County school in Marietta, Ga. After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Webb is determined to do better this fall.

Virtual school: Teachers want to improve, but training varies

Aimee Rodriguez Webb works on her computer Tuesday at her dinning room table that she set up as a virtual classroom for a Cobb County school in Marietta, Ga. After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Webb is determined to do better this fall.

August 1, 2020, 2:21pm Nation & World

After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to broadcast school lessons. Read story

With Air Force One in the background, President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event with Florida Sheriffs in Tampa, Fla., Friday, July 31, 2020.

Trump makes campaign pitch in Florida, visiting during hurricane threat, pandemic

With Air Force One in the background, President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event with Florida Sheriffs in Tampa, Fla., Friday, July 31, 2020.

July 31, 2020, 6:55pm Politics

President Donald Trump took a Friday swing through Florida, a state critical to his reelection prospects and bracketed by two storms — one now bringing daily records on COVID-19 deaths and the other swirling just to the south in the form of Hurricane Isaias. Read story

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One new COVID-19 death, 22 cases reported in Clark County

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July 31, 2020, 11:42am Clark County Health

Clark County Public health reported another death this morning along with 22 new cases of COVID-19.  Read story

Airport officers wearing face masks line up as they hold flowers to welcome passengers at Bali airport, Indonesia on Friday, July 31, 2020. Indonesia&#039;s resort island of Bali reopened for domestic tourists after months of lockdown due to a new coronavirus.

Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism

Airport officers wearing face masks line up as they hold flowers to welcome passengers at Bali airport, Indonesia on Friday, July 31, 2020. Indonesia&#039;s resort island of Bali reopened for domestic tourists after months of lockdown due to a new coronavirus.

July 31, 2020, 8:40am Nation & World

With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire Valley’s chateaux, and no work on the immediate horizon, Paris tour guide Linda Zenou frets about how she’ll pay off a loan and continue to care for her ailing mother in the achingly lean months ahead. Read story

Virtual Give More 24! set for Sept. 24

July 31, 2020, 5:58am Clark County News

Regional day of giving Give More 24! takes place Sept. 24 and carries with it more urgency this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Read story