Price of gold soars to record high amid coronavirus pandemic

The price of gold surged to a record above $1,926 per ounce on Monday as investors moved money into an asset seen as a safe haven amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese tension and the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

LETTER: Wild horses

The BLM is making a mistake in its management of wild horses.

Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US

Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles in California and Virginia.

New Mexico’s national parks need millions in upgrades

The maintenance backlog at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is close to $40 million, but it doesn’t involve work on the elevators as it has in recent years.

 
Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power.

 
Carriage with John Lewis’ body crosses Selma bridge

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.

 
Actress Olivia de Havilland dies at 104

Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.

Cash, other everyday things wiped out by COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has radically altered nearly every aspect of everyday life that people once took for granted. Activities and commodities that were standard just a handful of months ago have become scarce, if not impossible to access.