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President Biden and Vice President Harris are heading to Atlanta as pressure grows on police to file hate crime charges in the killings of 6 women of Asian descent.

Public schools across Florida closed down back in mid March as the new coronavirus began spreading. Schools districts quickly developed remote learning programs, and students finished out the school year from home. These plans were created on the fly out of necessity. The School District of Lee County has been working on its reopening plans for the fall semester for months. We get details from superintendent, Dr. Greg Adkins.

As students get ready to go back to school, the Delta variant of the Coronavirus has some parents nervous about sending their ineligible-for-vaccine kids into classrooms where Gov. Ron DeSantis had forbidden mask mandates.

A team from the international humanitarian medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders is in Immokalee in Collier County right now assisting with the local response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and particularly its impact on farmworkers, who make up a majority of the small town’s residents.

Thousands of lawsuits that ground to a halt because of COVID-19 are moving forward again as local, state and federal courts reopen around the U.S.

Florida agriculture faces mounting pressure from extreme weather conditions, including freezes, tropical systems and intense heat.

To prepare for logistical challenges brought on by the pandemic, the Census Bureau has moved up the start of in-person visits to households that haven't filled out their forms.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now recommends that visitors and residents, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, be allowed to meet in person under most circumstances.

The nation's confirmed coronavirus infections exceed 4.2 million, overtaking Brazil, with 4.1 million. The worst-affected country remains the U.S., far ahead with nearly 6.3 million cases.

With a spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitals in California's San Joaquin Valley are suffering from a staffing shortage. It's made worse because hundreds of health care workers are quarantined.