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The number of people infected by the coronavirus in some of Brazil's poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods could be 30 times higher than the officially registered count, according to researchers.

A crane and a cherry picker soon arrived on the city's Monument Avenue to remove the statue of Stonewall Jackson before cheering crowds.

Georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency and called up the National Guard. It follows weeks of violent crime and property destruction in Atlanta. Thirty people were shot last weekend.

Zlatko Veleski was maintenance worker in Manhattan, who died of COVID-19 in April. His daughter Katerina Veleska remembers her father's dedication to his family and his love for his wife.

Crime, drugs and guns top the list of social issues most concerning to African Americans in Ohio, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday.A new…

Four Northeast Ohio municipalities — Cleveland, Canton, North Royalton and Mayfield Heights — all saw significant drops in traffic stops or tickets shortly after the coronavirus epidemic arrived in Ohio. Other potential effects, like a drop in overall calls for service or a spike in domestic violence, were less apparent in the early numbers.

In a recent letter to the community, Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Superintendent Steve Thompson, said the district is “at a crossroad.” It is a fiscal situation so dire that if the operating levy on the March ballot is not passed, there will have to be $5 million in cuts, on top of the millions cut from the schools that operating levies were voted down in August and November of last year.

Columbus officials on Saturday confirmed the city's first case of coronavirus. Mayor Andrew Ginther and Public Health Commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts…

"We don't want Dallas or New Orleans or Chicago to turn into the next New York," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday morning.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Annie Glenn, who overcame a profound stutter in mid-life, then became a champion for those with speech challenges. She died this week from COVID complications.