Kool & the Gang co-founder dies aged 70       

Yoiris Duran’s family had decided against the vaccine, saying they’d heard too many conflicting messages. That’s until they were all hospitalized with severe COVID symptoms. (Aug. 7)…

Struggling Queensland businesses and parents who’ve faced a week of home schooling are waiting to learn if a lockdown in the southeast will lift at 4pm.

Victoria has recorded 11 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, as the state nervously awaits a decision on whether it will leave lockdown on Thursday.

Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says he’ll resign; Thieves stage Britain’s ‘Great Train Robbery’; Nazi saboteurs in the U.S. executed during World War…

The Albany County sheriff held a news conference Saturday to discuss a criminal complaint his office received this week from an aide who says New York Gov….

The Senate has moved closer to passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted on Saturday to clear a key…

Olympic athletes show off funky nail art       

Glory days: Jessica Springsteen wins silver in her Olympic debut       

Burned cars, incinerated buildings and heavy smoke are left in the aftermath as California’s Dixie Fire, now the nation’s largest wildfire, rages on.       

Residents returned home in Ippokrateios Politeia, north of Athens on Saturday, to count their losses after a wildfire scorched houses and forests in the area. (Aug. 7)…

The story of the Marsh Tacky is the story of South Carolina, this country and the New World. Now, residents fight to ensure this horse has a…

Half of Americans are now fully vaccinated, with new vaccinations up 44% over two weeks, according to U.S. officials. Latest COVID-19 updates       

Britney Spears’ father says ‘no grounds’ for his removal       

NSW has recorded 319 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, with at least 51 of them infectious in the community during their entire incubation period.