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An employee with the city of Montgomery, Ohio lowers a wooden pergola onto a flatbed trailer. It will be transformed into a patriotic park scene with bunting, banners and flags. Many participants in the reverse parade are repurposing previous years' floats because of COVID-19 restrictions on gathering.

This Reverse Parade Will Allow July Fourth Revelry From A Social Distance

The pandemic pushed one community in suburban Cincinnati to get creative about its July Fourth festivities.

The Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology, is seen docked in quarantine in Castries, St. Lucia, on Thursday. The ship is now headed to the island of Curaçao, site of its home port.

Scientology Cruise Ship Heads To Curaçao After St. Lucia Quarantines It For Measles

It's unclear what will happen when the vessel arrives at its home port on the island. The ship was quarantined by St. Lucia after a crew member was confirmed to have the highly contagious disease.

This 1975 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria magnified 200X.

County STD Rates Rise For Third Consecutive Year

Reported cases and rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia rose in 2017 for the third consecutive year and are at the highest level in 20 years, the county's Health and Human Services Agency announced Tuesday.

Ocean Beach Pier gates open (top), May 24, 2019 and damage from winter storm to the pier (below) Jan. 18, 2019.

Ocean Beach Pier Reopens After Being Closed For Months

The Ocean Beach Pier was closed for more than four months after being battered by high surf. On Friday it officially reopened.

A restored and colorized image of British soldiers at the western front in Peter Jackson's World War I documentary, "They Shall Not Grow Old."

Peter Jackson Brings WWI Footage To Life For 'They Shall Not Grow Old'

New documentary opens Thursday and shows life of ordinary soldier

An ambulance pulls up outside a nursing home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Two senators have called for an investigation of five states, including New York, which ordered nursing homes to admit patients who tested positive for COVID-19.

Senators Call For Investigation Of States' Nursing Home Policies During Pandemic

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Greg Walden question some states' requirement that nursing homes accept COVID-19-positive patients from hospitals.

Huge crowds turn up each week to watch a game of baseball on a woodchip field, where the players wear snowshoes.

Crowds Gather Each Week In Wisconsin To Watch Their Teams Play Ball — In Snowshoes

Snowshoe baseball commentator Jimmy Soyck says you can't actually run in snowshoes. It's all in the shuffle.

Supreme Court Hands Abortion-Rights Advocates A Victory In Louisiana Case

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals, citing the court's adherence to precedent, to invalidate a law that required abortion providers to have hospital admitting.

A Pipistrel Taurus Electro electric two-seat airplane flies above Ajdovscina, Slovenia.

With An Eye Toward Lower Emissions, Clean Air Travel Gets Off The Ground

Air travel is set to grow dramatically. It will be a while before electric planes truly take off, but people are trying to reduce their carbon footprint now with offsets and "flight shaming."

Cars line up for coronavirus testing outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida is one of many states reporting spikes in COVID-19 cases in recent days, as the number of confirmed cases worldwide has topped 10 million.

Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 500,000

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on Sunday while deaths topped half a million. Health officials estimate the actual case count could be much higher.

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