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Worried registered nurses held a vigil in July at Sutter Health's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., to remember their colleague Janine Paiste-Ponder, who caught the coronavirus, likely from a patient, and died from complications.

Some Hospitals Fail To Separate COVID-19 Patients, Putting Others At Risk

Nurses say COVID-19 patients have sometimes been housed in the same units as uninfected patients. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.

Some Hospitals Fail To Separate COVID-19 Patients, Putting Others At Risk

Nurses say COVID-19 patients have sometimes been housed in the same units as uninfected patients. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.

A statue of King Leopold II stands defaced after protests this month in Brussels. Belgian King Philippe acknowledged "acts of violence and cruelty" in his country's colonial past in Africa.

Belgian King Conveys 'Deepest Regrets' For Brutal Colonial Past In Congo

King Philippe's ancestor, Leopold II, ruled the region as his personal property and started a notorious system that left millions dead. Now, the reigning king is expressing remorse for the first time.

The Manhattan district attorney says he will prosecute Amy Cooper, who called police after a black man asked her to leash her dog in New York's Central Park.

Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird-Watcher In Central Park To Be Charged

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it is initiating a prosecution of Amy Cooper over false reporting of an incident. In a cellphone video, she claimed a Black man was threatening her.

A protester speaks with a U.S. Park Police officer standing guard with a line of police closing off the area around Lafayette Square near the White House, after protesters tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in the park.

Jackson Statue Near White House Still Standing After Protesters Try To Topple It

The statue of the seventh president mounted on a rearing horse sits on a tall pedestal in Lafayette Square. Police fired chemical agents to clear the square of protesters.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms condemned weekend violence that included the killing of an 8-year-old girl. "You can't blame this on a police officer," Bottoms said. "You can't say this is about criminal justice reform."

'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed

Police are searching for those responsible in the death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner. She was shot over the weekend near the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed last month.

President Trump arrives in the press briefing room to speak about the coronavirus at the White House on Monday.

Poll: Americans Don't Trust What They're Hearing From Trump On Coronavirus

After the White House downplayed the coronavirus threat in the past month, the number of Republicans saying it has been blown out of proportion jumped, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

President Dwight Eisenhower helps unfurl the new 50-star flag on Aug. 21, 1959 after signing a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state of the union. At right is Daniel K. Inouye, Democratic congressman-elect from Hawaii.

Simmering Disputes Over Statehood Are About Politics And Race. They Always Have Been

Perhaps more than any other U.S. state or territory, Hawaii's path to statehood was paved with political obstacles and roadblocks stemming from racism.

A Maasai man in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, prays next to a mural of George Floyd, painted by the artist Allan Mwangi on June 3.

From Murals To Tweets: The Global South Shows Solidarity With George Floyd Protests

Whether by painting murals, tweeting or taking to the streets, people in countries struggling with conflict, poverty and other crises are showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Thomas Chatterton Williams, along with more than 150 journalists, authors and writers, published a letter decrying the "intolerant climate that has set in on all sides" of debate in Harper's Magazine.

Thomas Chatterton Williams On Debate, Criticism And The Letter In 'Harper's Magazine'

A letter on the importance of open debate was published by Harper's Magazine this week and was signed by more than 150 prominent writers and thinkers, fueling a controversy over debate and privilege.

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