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Brazil, hotbed for COVID-19 vaccine testing, may struggle to produce its own

Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID-19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year. Experts say it will take at least twice as long, leaving Brazil reliant on imports to slow the world's second-worst outbreak. If Brazil's underfunded medical institutions are unable to meet their ambitious goals, it would mark the latest failure by President Jair Bolsonaro's government to control the virus.

Video shows black girls on ground, handcuffed in mistaken stolen-car stop

The police officers in Aurora, Colorado, apologized to the group when they realized they had mistaken their car as stolen.

Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Number of Americans who plan to get vaccinated falls to 42% — a new low

The outlook for universal vaccination is clouded by political considerations from both sides: skepticism about medical authority and expertise on one side (more common among Trump supporters) and suspicions (mostly on the part of Democrats) that the administration is cutting corners on safety to rush a vaccine into production before the election. 

New York City's health commissioner resigns, criticizing coronavirus handling

Dr. Oxiris Barbot resigned as New York City's health commissioner, saying in her resignation letter that "the Health Department's incomparable disease control expertise was not used to the degree it could have been." "I leave my post today with deep disappointment," her resignation letter said, taking aim at Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.

Driver of stolen pickup truck rams 26 vehicles along Oregon coast, police say

At one point, he rammed into a vehicle from behind, then accelerated and tried to push it into an intersection, Oregon State Police say.

Coronavirus updates: UN warns of 'generational catastrophe' amid school closures

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 695,000 people worldwide. Over 18.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.

Murder charges filed in shooting death of 9-year-old Chicago boy

CHICAGO - Murder charges have been filed in the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Janari Ricks, who was killed last week while playing with friends behind the Cabrini-Green townhomes on the Near North Side. Darrell Johnson, 39, a onetime resident of a now-demolished Cabrini-Green building not far from the shooting, is expected to appear in court Tuesday. On Twitter Monday evening, his attorney ...

5 shot, 1 dead at Mulholland Drive mansion party in Los Angeles

Prior to the shooting, a NBC Los Angeles helicopter captured video of partygoers, a long line of cars in the driveway, and a party bus dropping off guests.

He should have stayed in Florida: Foodgod just got robbed of a $250,000 watch at gunpoint

We can’t believe we are writing this, but Jonathan Cheban should have stayed in Florida.

Should you send your child back to school? Here's how to weigh the coronavirus risks

As parents and caregivers grapple with whether to send their children to school for in-person learning this fall, Dr. Dara Kass, Yahoo News' medical contributor, explains how you can weigh the coronavirus risks based on CDC guidance.

Hearings for Chad Daybell, charged after missing Idaho kids found dead on his property, resume

Preliminary hearings resumed Tuesday for Chad Daybell, who is charged in the case of two Idaho children found dead in June after a monthslong search. Daybell's wife, Lori Vallow, who is the mother of the children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, has also been charged. The hearings began Monday and included harrowing testimonies from detectives who found the bodies of Tylee and JJ on Daybell's property on June 9.

Tropical Storm Isaias live updates: Latest damage, projected path

Tropical Storm Isaias is racing up the East Coast, battering New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania with heavy rain and rough winds. Long Beach Island on New Jersey reported a wind gust of 109 mph. Here's the 12pm Isaias advisory from @NHC_Atlantic: https://t.co/GoP8Ddl11R Center is 35 miles SW of Philly.

State attorneys general urge U.S. government to increase supply, lower price of remdesivir

Gilead has priced remdesivir, the antiviral drug at the forefront of the battle against the pandemic, at $2,340 per patient for wealthier nations and said will charge U.S. patients with commercial insurance, $3,120 per course, or $520 per vial. The United States signed a deal with Gilead in June for more than 500,000 courses of the treatment, which shortened hospital recovery time in a U.S. trial, making up most of the company's output through September. In a letter sent to the U.S. health agencies, the coalition led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra urged https://www.ag.state.la.us/Article/10770 the federal government to ensure Americans can afford and have reasonable access to sufficient supply of remdesivir during this pandemic.

Man charged in shooting death of 9-year-old Chicago boy

A 39-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally shot while playing in front of his home, Chicago Police said Tuesday. Janari Ricks was playing outside with friends in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood on the city's near North Side on Friday evening when he was shot once in the chest. Darrell Johnson, of Chicago, was arrested Sunday on the city’s South Side after he was identified as the person who shot Janari, according to a police news release.

Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs spill little-known facts about 'Charmed'

"Charmed" fans enjoyed a mini-reunion between stars Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs over the weekend, but two of the Halliwell sisters were noticeably absent -- Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty. The question was brought up while Combs stepped away, leaving McGowan to nonchalantly reply, "I'm pretty sure Alyssa and Shannen hate each other."

Singer Allie Colleen releases 2 new songs, 'Best Friend' and 'Road You Take'

Allie Colleen, youngest daughter of Garth Brooks, wants to take you on a journey of heartbreak and healing with her new music -- but one not typically explored in country music. On Friday, just a few short days after her 24th birthday, she released two new songs, "Best Friend" and "Road You Take." "What started as a song about the worst heartbreak I have ever experienced bloomed into this amazing journey of hard questions and healing," the singer, who recently battled COVID-19, said.

Greece reports 121 new coronavirus cases, highest in weeks

Greece's top scientific adviser warned against complacency on Tuesday over risks lurking from the coronavirus after the country reported its highest single-day increase in infections in weeks. Authorities reported 121 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday after a steady rise over the past 10 days. Tuesday's tally was the highest since April 22, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,855 since the start of the outbreak in late February.

SOS message saves men stranded on tiny, uninhabited island

Three men have been rescued from a remote, uninhabited island in the Micronesia archipelago after writing "SOS" in the sand, authorities said. The unnamed sailors had been missing in the western Pacific Ocean for nearly three days when their giant message outlined on the beach of tiny Pikelot Island was spotted from above by searchers in Australian and U.S. aircraft on Sunday. All three men were found in "good condition," according to a press release from the Australian government's Department of Defense.

Black-owned businesses more vulnerable to coronavirus crisis, NY Fed says

Many Black-owned businesses were already in a tough financial spot when the crisis hit, and were less equipped to outlast the prolonged business closures seen in areas with high infection rates, the New York Fed said in a report. "These firms had weaker financial cushions, weaker bank relationships, and preexisting funding gaps prior to the pandemic," Claire Kramer Mills, assistant vice president at the New York Fed and one of the authors of the study, said in a statement. "COVID-19 has exacerbated these issues and businesses in the hardest-hit communities have witnessed huge disparities in access to federal relief funds and a higher rate of business closures."

Firearms purchases spiking amid pandemic, FBI data suggest. These states have the most

Background checks related to firearms purchases hit an all-time high in June, records show.

Trial begins for man accused of trans teen's grisly murder

Andrew Vrba, 21, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse in the killing of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld.

Cannabis clinic welcomes patients in Bogota despite pandemic

Nelly Rodriguez found the answer to her chronic back pain just when she least expected it, in the middle of a coronavirus quarantine that had made her condition worse. The 70-year-old pensioner's salvation came in the form of Bogota's first medical cannabis clinic, which opened in March and says it has since treated nearly 1,000 patients. Clinic Zerenia only sells oils containing cannabidiol (CBD) or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or a mix of the two.

Paris wants to make mask-wearing mandatory in some outdoor areas - Le Monde

Paris wants to make the wearing of face masks mandatory in certain outdoor areas in order to prevent a new spike of coronavirus infections, French daily Le Monde reported on Tuesday. The paper said that mayor Anne Hidalgo would put in a formal request with the Paris prefecture about ordering the use of face coverings in specific areas, after the government on Friday gave local authorities the power to order the wearing of masks in outdoor public spaces. The outdoor areas targeted would be shopping streets, the banks of the river Seine, parks and gardens, open food markets and all areas where tourists or Parisians have to stand in line.

Stacey Abrams warns not to expect a U.S. presidential winner on Election Night

"The sheer volume of people who will be voting by mail is going to preclude the ability to count those ballots and adjudicate the outcome of the election by 11 p.m. on Election Night," Abrams, a Democrat and former leader in Georgia's state legislature, said in a virtual Reuters Newsmaker event. Democrats and voting rights groups have pushed voting by mail as a safer option to cast ballots during the pandemic, while President Donald Trump and his allies have proclaimed without evidence that expanded voting by mail will lead to widespread fraud. Abrams, once considered a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, said cuts in Postal Service overtime imposed by Louis DeJoy, a new Trump-appointed postmaster general, may cause delays in service as voting by mail ramps up.

'It is what it is': Trump addresses mounting COVID-19 deaths in wide-ranging interview

In an interview with Axios aired Monday night, Trump discussed the pandemic, Rep. John Lewis, the Civil Rights Act and Russian bounties.

Bayer says struggling to find patients for precision cancer drug Vitrakvi

Bayer said it is finding it hard to identify cases of the rare tumour types that qualify for treatment with Vitrakvi, a precision cancer drug which it hopes will improve prospects of its drugs division.

Indonesia eyes production of 250 million doses a year of coronavirus vaccine

Indonesia will have capacity to produce 250 million doses a year of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020 pending trials on humans, a minister said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to halt a wave of infections that has shown no sign of relent. Indonesia has confirmed 115,056 cases of COVID-19 and 5,388 deaths since its first infections in March. State-run pharmaceutical firm Bio Farma will begin phase three of clinical trials in humans this week using a vaccine produced by China's Sinovac.

Vietnam's new COVID-19 outbreak started in early July - government

Vietnam's recent coronavirus outbreak in the central city of Danang, which led to over 200 cases and eight deaths, appears to have started early in July, the government said on Tuesday, amid concern the virus may have been spreading undetected earlier. "After having conducted antibody tests on 5,000 samples collected from infected patients and their relatives, it can be concluded that the outbreak appears to have started in early July," Dang Duc Anh, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said in a government statement. Vietnam has registered 670 COVID-19 cases with eight deaths.

New Ford CEO Farley will wrestle with virus, restructuring

Farley, 58, who is chief operating officer, will succeed Jim Hackett as chief executive and president on Oct. 1, the auto maker said. Farley will be Ford’s fourth CEO since 2014. Executive Chairman Bill Ford said the company had not considered outside candidates because “our board felt that we were on the right path” with Farley.

Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'

President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases. The Republican president continued to press for U.S. schools to reopen in an overnight Twitter post, and defended his administration's response to the virus in an interview with the Axios news website released late on Monday. Coronavirus cases continue to surge in the country and dozens of U.S. states have had to pause or roll back their reopening plans.

Tornadoes tear through U.S. Northeast as Tropical Storm Isaias rages

The fast-moving storm threatened flash flooding in urban areas such as Philadelphia and could generate tornadoes throughout the Northeast. The center of the storm moved across Maryland and was about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Philadelphia as of 11 a.m. Eastern time (1500 GMT), the National Hurricane Center said. Packing maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 kph), Isaias was moving north-northwest at 35 mph (56 kph).

RIGHT AT HOME: Dining in the great outdoors, stylishly

Squeezing the most out of summer — especially this coronavirus summer — has often meant eating and entertaining outside, for those with the space to do it. To elevate your al fresco entertaining, she advises, begin with the layout.

Single mom sheds 55 pounds during quarantine -- and she's not quitting now

While the coronavirus pandemic has put a pause on life for many, one woman has used time in quarantine to restart hers. When the pandemic first hit, things weren't going great for Jackie Wilson, a single mom from Cincinnati, Ohio, who lost her job and had to juggle homeschooling her son after schools closed. "I just kept thinking to myself: 'At some point, my luck is going to run out,'" Wilson told "Good Morning America."

'The Lions of Fifth Avenue' is 'GMA''s August Book Club pick: Read an excerpt

"The Lions of Fifth Avenue" is our August "GMA" Book Club pick! The "Lions of Fifth Avenue," by Fiona Davis, is a novel set in the legendary New York Public Library; the storytelling alternates between the two smart. Laura is Sadie's estranged grandmother, whom she knows very little about.

Trump snubs civil right icon Lewis, cites absence at 2017 inauguration

President Donald Trump's personal grievances aired anew this week as he dismissed the legacy of the late U.S. Representative John Lewis after snubbing the civil rights icon and defended his decision not to pay his respects following Lewis' recent death. Lewis, who played an instrumental role in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was buried last week after an emotional service in Atlanta attended by three of the nation's four living past presidents.

New Dutch coronavirus cases spike in past week - health authorities

New confirmed coronavirus cases nearly doubled in the Netherlands over the past week to 2,588, health authorities said, continuing a steady surge ongoing since lockdown measures were eased at the start of July. The new cases registered in the week through Aug. 4 were up 95% from 1,329 in the week through July 28, the National Institute for health said in its weekly report published on Tuesday.

Researchers say UK faces a Brexit brain drain to the EU

The number of Britons moving to European Union countries soared after the Brexit vote in 2016, according to a U.K.-German study released Tuesday — an exodus comparable to those caused by major social or economic crises. An analysis of official statistics by the Oxford in Berlin research partnership and the Berlin-based WZB Social Science Center found that migration from the United Kingdom to other EU countries rose by 30%, from about 57,000 a year in 2008-2015 to more than 73,000 a year in 2016-2018. “These increases in numbers are of a magnitude that you would expect when a country is hit by a major economic or political crisis,” report co-author Daniel Auer said.

Gardening: How to reach a truce in the war with weeds

If you want to avoid chemical weedkillers but don't like the idea of hand hoeing or bouncing along behind a rototiller, you still have options to keep weeds from taking over your garden. For starters, there's mulches, which can smother weeds. Pile organic mulches such as leaves, grass clippings, or wood chips a few inches deep over the ground to slow evaporation of water from the soil and keep it cooler.

3 people shot, with 2 in critical condition, at luxury Los Angeles mansion

The Los Angeles Police Department had responded to a party at a mansion on the same block earlier but did not shut it down, CBS Los Angeles said.

Trump says Jeffrey Epstein may have been murdered and again wishes Ghislaine Maxwell ‘well’

Donald Trump suggested that Jeffrey Epstein may have been murdered before again sending his best wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in jail awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.President Trump, who has admitted meeting Ms Maxwell, 58, in Palm Beach, Florida – where some of her alleged crimes took place – attempted to bat away questions on why he voiced support for the British socialite in a press conference last month.