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Northeast Ohio’s local governments are sending home hundreds of workers in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The Summit County Executive’s Office is placing 147 employees on paid administrative leave and allowing another 101 to work from home, according to communications director Greta Johnson. Another 448 essential employees will continue to work on-site, Johnson said. The county has ordered additional work stations to allow more employees to work from home.

Some Oregonians are using social media to organize care for neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak. A Facebook group in Bend is teeming with requests and offers to help with childcare and errands.

Businesses in Cleveland’s Market District at West 25th Street have mixed feelings about the city’s curfew decisions, even as traffic comes back to the area. The rules of the curfew have changed almost daily since it was first announced.

The shift in Fort Worth is part of a national debate over how police and prosecutors should handle a range of charges stemming from nearly two weeks of widespread protests.

Georgia's primary election was marred by long lines and equipment problems. The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on elections things could be equally messy in November.

"I want to encourage the exchange of ideas and work to establish dialogue between law enforcement and protesters so that we may implement enduring systemic change," the LA district attorney said.

Two officers have been charged with second-degree assault, as the fallout spreads from a video showing the 75-year-old man injured. The officers' entire unit has requested reassignment.

Record labels and other organizations will participate in a daylong moratorium on "business as usual," though some argue the actions don't do enough to address the industry's history of exploitation.

Cincinnati City Council held its meeting at City Hall Wednesday as a protest took place outside the building on Plum Street.

The Senate Banking Committee took its first look at spending under the massive CARES Act approved in March. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said more should have been done to keep U.S. workers on the payroll.