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Rally goers gather at a post office to protest the Trump administration's handling of the US Postal System at the Rally to Save the Post Office on August 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for MoveOn)

We’ll examine Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Congressional testimony, and what it reveals about the future of a Postal Service under attack.

Members of the San Diego Padres meet in the infield during baseball training last week at Petco Park in San Diego. Major League Baseball is taking steps to start the 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Nearly Every Major League Baseball Team Has Had A Coronavirus Test Come Back Positive

So far, 71 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the MLB said on Friday. "I'm actually kind of pleased it's as low as that," the league's medical director says.

Springfield School Board Votes For Remote Start

The Springfield School District 186 board reconsidered Thursday night its decision of how to start the school year. In an emergency meeting, the board…

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods speaks during a press conference in Ocala, Fla., in 2018. Woods sent an email Tuesday informing the approximately 900 people working in the department that "when you are on-duty/working as my employee and representing my Office – masks will not be worn," the Ocala<em> Star-Banner</em> reports.

Florida Sheriff Orders Deputies And Staff Not To Wear Face Masks

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says that "effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies ... wearing a mask will be asked to remove it."

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Thursday after a coronavirus briefing with health experts and his newly named running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del. Biden took off his mask to speak.

Joe Biden: For The Next 3 Months, All Americans Should Wear A Mask When Outside

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said every governor should mandate mask-wearing as a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Members of the National Organization for Women participate in the Women's March in January in Washington, D.C.

NOW President Resigns Amid Allegations Of Creating Toxic Work Environment

Toni Van Pelt cites health concerns in stepping down from leading the National Organization for Women. An internal investigation found evidence of "governance issues" but not racial discrimination.

Thomas Cook's collapse has left more than 150,000 travelers scrambling for details about how to get home. Here, a worker at a travel agency that partners with Thomas Cook talks on the phone at Larnaca International Airport in the Cypriot coastal city.

Thomas Cook Airline Collapse Triggers Largest Peacetime Repatriation In U.K. History

The Thomas Cook travel agency and airline abruptly collapsed Monday morning, with more than 150,000 travelers currently abroad.

Nearly 400 men and women worked for more than 14 years to carve the images of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln into Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D.

Last Living Mount Rushmore Carver Dies At 98

"I feel like Mount Rushmore was the greatest thing with which I was ever involved," Donald "Nick" Clifford said of his three years working on the iconic American monument.

The State Of A Potential Vaccine For The New Coronavirus

Several teams are working on a vaccine to protect against the new coronavirus. Although a vaccine is many months off, new technologies have helped build potential vaccines in record time.

An honor guard carries an urn with the cremated remains of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and a folded American flag up the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Brian Sicknick, Capitol Police Officer Slain By Mob, Lies In Honor In Rotunda

The cremated remains arrived with ceremony in a motorcade with members of Sicknick's family and were carried by colleagues into the Capitol. His urn rests on a pedestal next to a U.S. flag.

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