Hello, Justice, Do You Hear Me? Supreme Court Meets By Phone
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a morning of firsts for the Supreme Court, the first time audio of the court's arguments will be heard live by the world and the first arguments by telephone...
China Mocks America In Satire Clip ‘Once Upon A Virus’
BEIJING, CHINA (VINnews) — In a satiric clip designed to answer American charges that China lied to the world about the extent of the coronavirus's potency and deadliness, the offi...
Nebraska Will Open Voting Sites For Primary Despite Concerns
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is forging ahead with plans to hold the nation's first in-person election in more than a month, despite health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic...
In Televised Town Hall, Trump Pushes For Economic Reopening
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxious to spur an economic recovery without risking lives, President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted that “you can satisfy both" — see some states gradually lift...
Americans Without Bank Accounts Must Wait For Federal Checks
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus crisis took hold, Akeil Smith’s employer slashed her work as a home health aide to 25 hours per week. Her $15-an-hour salary no longer provided e...
Faced With 19,000 Dead, Care Homes Seek Shield From Lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with 19,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort...
DHS Report: China Hid Virus’ Severity To Hoard Supplies
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to res...
In A Time Of Covid-19, ‘Obamacare’ Still Part Of The Action
WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 could have stamped a person “uninsurable” if not for the Affordable Care Act. The ban on insurers using preexisting conditions to deny coverage is a key ...
Bird-watching Soars Amid Covid-19 As Americans Head Outdoors
NEW YORK (AP) - Conner Brown, a 25-year-old law student at Stanford University, spent the early days of the pandemic following his brother as he spotted and collected characters in...
Michigan Militia Puts Armed Protest In The Spotlight
MICHIGAN (AP) - Gun-carrying protesters have been a common sight at some demonstrations calling for coronavirus-related restrictions to be lifted. But an armed militia’s involvemen...
A Referendum Election In November? Trump Allies See Risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months from Election Day, President Donald Trump’s prospects for winning a second term have been jolted by a historic pandemic and a cratering economy, rattli...
Man Arrested Trying To Quarantine On Private Disney Island
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida deputies arrested a man who had been living out his quarantine on a shuttered Disney World island, telling authorities it felt like a “tropical paradis...
Sidelined By Pandemic, Trump Campaign Turns To Digital Shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — The streaming video began and, within minutes, the president’s eldest son was musing that Osama bin Laden had endorsed Joe Biden.
Subtle, it was not. Welcome t...
County Has Highest Rate Of Covid-19 Cases On West Coast
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The highest rate of coronavirus cases of any county on the U.S. West Coast is in Washington state’s Yakima County.
Health experts point to a large number o...
Mistaken E-Mail Leads To Federal Inquiry Of False Claims By Dr Zelenko About Hydroxychloroquine
NEW YORK (VINnews) - A Washington Post report revealed that a preliminary inquiry had been opened by a federal prosecutor into whether a New York doctor who won White House attenti...
California City Official Ousted Over His Pandemic Remarks
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California city official has been ousted after he suggested on social media that sick, old and homeless people should be left to meet their “natur...
Health Official Says US Missed Some Chances To Slow Virus
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation, a top...
Cleaners Risk Health To Work During Pandemic, Then Lose Jobs
NEW YORK (AP) - Lissette Serrano asked for a mask while she did her job cleaning toilets and picking up trash at a busy rest stop on a Connecticut parkway. She was told there were ...
Alligator Attack Kills Woman At Kiawah Island, South Carolina Police Say
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Deputies in South Carolina shot and killed an alligator that fatally attacked a woman on Friday, authorities said.
The officers were called to a pond ...
US Allows Use Of 1st Drug Shown To Help Virus Recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for...