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A holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. A 16-year-old Honduran boy who entered the U.S. alone was scheduled to be deported Wednesday, but a federal judge has blocked his removal.

Judge Blocks Deportation Of Honduran Teenager Due To Pandemic

The 16-year-old boy was to be deported Wednesday under a new administration policy that applies federal health statutes, intended to mitigate the spread of disease, to immigration cases.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says "there was no unity around the world in the strategy to fight the pandemic."

U.N. Chief: Security Council Gridlock Blocks Effective Coronavirus Response

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to its knees, says U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. He says the global body requires more enforcement mechanisms and more "appetite to bite."

Protesters have staged nightly protests in Lansing against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. Now, those protests have turned into calls to defund the Lansing Police and for Mayor Andy Schor to resign.

"We ain't asking." Protesters continue call for Lansing mayor's resignation

More than one hundred protesters gathered on the state capitol steps Sunday marking a week of protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd,…

A census worker goes door to door in January to count some of Alaska's most remote residents in Toksook Bay. Warming temperatures and thawing permafrost are making it harder to get an accurate count for the 2020 census in some Alaska Native villages.

Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census

Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.

Luann Thibodeau recently celebrated her 40th anniversary with her husband, Jeff. They ate dinner from Olive Garden while she remained on the other side of his nursing room window. The Thibodeaus have not been in the same room since mid-March when visitors were banned from nursing homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Banned From Nursing Homes, Families See Shocking Decline In Their Loved Ones

Nursing homes banned all visitors and nonessential workers from their facilities in mid-March to stop the spread of COVID-19. Advocates and families want that ban to end.

Aysha Abu Shhab (right) and Noam Shuster-Eliassi (second from right) with other COVID-19 patients quarantined by the Israeli military at the Dan Jerusalem Hotel, which became known as "Hotel Corona."

'Everybody's Getting Along Here': How 'Hotel Corona' United Israelis And Palestinians

A Jerusalem hotel hosted 180 quarantined COVID-19 patients from different backgrounds. Despite concerns they might clash, some became friends. The biggest test of togetherness came during Passover.

Residents of the Auburn Gresham neighborhood in Chicago line up for boxes of food at a weekly pop-up food pantry.

Chicago Tackles COVID-19 Disparities In Hard-Hit Black And Latino Neighborhoods

The mayor calls the coronavirus a public health "red alarm." She has deployed a Racial Equity Rapid Response Team to fight the disease in black and Latinx neighborhoods.

Remembering Front-Line Workers Lost To COVID-19

The U.S. has lost more than 120,000 people since the coronavirus started sickening Americans five months ago. Here we remember a few of those who continued working during the pandemic, serving others.

Doctors are urging parents to keep all their child's vaccinations up to date — now, more than ever.

Don't Skip Your Child's Well Check: Delays In Vaccines Could Add Up To Big Problems

Telemedicine has its limits. And postponing shots could lead to a resurgence of diseases like measles. Doctors are taking steps to make their offices safe for kids who need to come in.

Rick Colyer votes at the Durham County Library North Regional in Durham, N.C., Tuesday.

4 Takeaways From The Big Primary Kickoff Night

Republicans dodged a big bullet with a convicted coal executive's loss of the GOP Senate primary. But they continue to be the party facing more division.

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