Ben Platt says a chaperone overheard kids mentioning his sexuality on 8th grade trip, assumed he was being bullied; to preempt call to his parents, he told them about his sexuality

Trump downplays outbreak as 1,000 Americans die in 24 hours; global death toll surpasses 550,000; scientists say 'strong evidence' pregnant women can pass virus to unborn children

Weeks after being released to home confinement, US Bureau of Prisons says Cohen refused to honor the conditions and was therefore returned

State Department spokeswoman says report, which found American drone killing unlawful, exhibits 'special kind of intellectual dishonesty'

Analysis shows renewed outbreak focused more in Arab community, less in Haredi areas; study finds compliance with distancing rules fell when restaurants were reopened

Netanyahu hailed initial success in containing outbreak, but powerful second wave attracts global focus, with experts looking at Jewish state to try and learn what went wrong

Amy Cooper could face up to a year behind bars after calling police to say 'there's an African American man threatening my life' after man asked her to put her dog on a leash

Stephen Cooper, 78, an electrical engineer, was photographed running from the collapsing World Trade Center towers by the Associated Press's Suzanne Plunkett

Greg Abbott backtracks after previously saying government could not order individuals to wear face coverings, as infections spike in southern state

Despite President Donald Trump's hope that virus will 'sort of just disappear,' cases are rising in 40 of 50 US states