iStockBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- A federal appeals court has backed California Gov. Gavin Newsoms stay-at-home order banning in-church services to blunt the spread of coronavirus, rejecting an argument from clerics that the governor is treading on their First Amendment right to free exercise of their religious beliefs.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a split 2...

iStock/mattjeacockBy: NEIL GIARDINO, ABC News

(SEPAHUA, PERU) -- Mario Dispupidiwa recalls a way of life that is only a distant memory now.

"I watched my mother give birth in the forest and cradle the baby by the fire to keep it warm," he recalled. "We moved constantly from place to place."

But then the loggers and oil workers arrived, bringing with them terrifying diseases without cure, ending t...

iStock/JTSorrellBy: ADAM KELSEY, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As Americans continue to emerge from quarantines and stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump declared this week that "we are not closing our country if the United States is hit by a second wave of infections.

But in an interview on ABCs This Week Sunday, one of the leaders of the governments response to...

iStock/koto_fejaBy: CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Raymond Copeland took pride in his work and being called one of "New Yorks strongest."

The New York City Department of Sanitation worker even bought a plaque to display in his car reading "strongest," a nod to the epithet for the city agency, his daughter said.

The 46-year-old, who his daughter described as "hardworking" and "full ...

iStock/brightstarsBy: STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News

(GEORGIA) -- With Georgia successfully becoming one of the first states to open for business following the COVID-19 lockdowns,Gov. Brian P. Kempissued a "best practices"guide for film and TV crewsworking in the Peach State.

Georgia has become a massive hub for Hollywood productions, with everything from the Marvel movies toMacGyverandThe...

Viktor_Gladkov/iStockBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC NEWS

(NEW YORK) Guidance on non-essential travel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not relaxed because summer is upon us. "Travel increases your chances of getting infected and spreading COVID-19," the agency notes on its website. "Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from getting sick."

But with s...