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16 states report record highs of average daily new cases

Florida on Friday reported its seven-day average of new cases was 7,948 — the 26th consecutive day the state has set a record in its seven-day rolling average. And other hot spots are also seeing their rolling average of new cases hit record highs.

July 4 weekend could mark a crossroads for efforts to quell outbreak

Americans' willingness to forgo cookouts and patio parties may determine whether the country will withstand the coronavirus's recent surge.

More covid-19 patients are surviving ventilators in the ICU

Experts say it’s because clinicians have become more skilled and are deploying new tactics as they learn more about the course of covid-19.
Oscar Burnette, 2, has his temperature checked at Penn Quarter KinderCare in Washington, D.C., last month. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Post)
Oscar Burnette, 2, has his temperature checked at Penn Quarter KinderCare in Washington, D.C., last month. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Post)

The big factor holding back the U.S. economic recovery: Child care

The child-care crunch triggered by the pandemic has rapidly become a crisis for many workers and companies that is disproportionately harming women and threatening to leave deep scars for years to come.

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After he fatally shot an unarmed teen, a Kansas police officer was paid a $70,000 severance

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