WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked ...

DALLAS (AP) — A ruling by a federal judge has ended — at least for now — the requirement that people wear masks on planes and public transportation, and there is plenty of confusion about the new, post-mask world of travel. The decision by a lone judge in Florida toppled 14 months of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida struck down the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation Monday, and the Biden administration said the rule would not be enforced while federal agencies decide how to respond to the judge’s order. The ...

Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big unknown? “We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at ...

Local data Thursday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and one in Iron County in the past seven days. Iron County also recorded five people reclassified this week as recovered from the virus since the last local update April 7, while Dickinson County had one ...

State data Wednesday showed only three confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and one in Iron County in a week’s time. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 73 confirmed positives to the Upper Peninsula’s tally since April 6: 18 ...