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A customer looks at guns inside AO Sword Firearms in El Cajon, March 23, 2020.

Gun Stores Remain Open Despite 'Non-Essential' Classification

Gun stores in San Diego County are seeing record sales during the coronavirus outbreak, but are they allowed to stay open under Gov. Newsom's orders? County officials say no.

Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Mo., checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II (right) and Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg released a statement on Facebook on Saturday afternoon about the body camera footage related to the killing of Andrew Brown Jr.

N.C. Sheriff Says He Wants To Release Bodycam Footage In Killing Of Andrew Brown Jr.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says his office wants the footage related to the killing of the 42-year-old Black man to be made public. The local NAACP is demanding Wooten's resignation.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Friday, over the murder of George Floyd. He's seen here addressing the court at his sentencing hearing.

Derek Chauvin Is Sentenced To 22 ½ Years Over George Floyd's Murder

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. His defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

A machine makes masks in a medical-equipment factory in the U.S. on Feb. 15. When an N95 respirator shortage left hospitals scrambling in 2020, U.S. manufacturers stepped in. Now, some of those companies are struggling to sell their masks.

U.S. Companies Shifted To Make N95 Respirators During COVID. Now, They're Struggling

When an N95 respirator shortage left hospitals scrambling in 2020, U.S. manufacturers stepped in. Now, those companies are facing bankruptcies and layoffs as Chinese-made masks flood the market again.

Maricopa County, Ariz., elections officials count ballots on Nov. 4 in Phoenix. Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting.

The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions

The justices, in a 6-3 opinion, narrowed the only major section of the landmark Voting Rights Act that remains in effect.

A local gospel quintet entertains Sterling residents on a recent Tuesday evening.

Colleges That Keep Small Isolated Towns Vibrant Now Pose Public Health Threat

Many of those institutions hung on year-to-year even before the pandemic. Now COVID-19 threatens to cut off the oxygen sustaining these schools, and the sports programs that drive enrollment.

Palestinian volunteers and municipal workers clear the rubble of the Hanadi compound, recently destroyed by Israeli strikes, in Gaza City's Rimal district, on May 25, 2021.

For Americans With Family In Israel And Gaza, The Conflict Hit Home — And Still Does

Many stayed in constant touch with their loved ones during the hostilities. And despite the ceasefire, their fears and feelings about a conflict thousands of miles away are still raw.

Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist in Kansas City, checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially-distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

Regal Cinemas says it will reopen its U.S. theaters next month. A closed box office is seen here in Los Angeles in June, after theaters were closed due to the pandemic.

Regal Cinemas To Reopen Its Theaters In April

Cineworld announced a multiyear deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Group in the U.S. that will guarantee a period of exclusivity for films in theaters before being released more widely, starting in 2022.

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