Pentagon Focusing On Most Vital Personnel For Virus Testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — With limited supplies of coronavirus tests available, the Pentagon is focusing first on testing those performing duties deemed most vital to national security. At...
Even Partial View Of Economic Damage From Virus Is Massive
NEW YORK (AP) - The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments related to the global economy, the work...
Coronavirus Relief Pushing US Deficits To Staggering Heights
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spend what it takes, Washington said as it confronted the coronavirus. Well over $2 trillion later, it’s unclear where that spending will end.
One of the lasti...
Bloomberg Moves Past Presidential Defeat With Virus Crusade
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two months after an embarrassing end to his presidential campaign, Mike Bloomberg is again deploying his massive personal fortune – this time to combat the c...
Some Nations Inch Toward Reopening As Virus Deaths Rise
BEIJING (AP) — Hawaii extended its stay-at-home order until the end of May, and California police closed a park because it got too crowded as U.S. states and nations around the wor...
Disinfectant Riff Is Latest Of Many Trump Science Clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest ep...
Stoop Show: Brooklyn Accordionist Entertains Neighbors
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Stein felt useless -- stuck in his Brooklyn brownstone apartment, watching his neighbors suffer deprivations as COVID-19 swept the city.
Then, on television...
Trump Forgoes WH Press Briefing For The First Time, Says ‘Not Worth The Effort
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his press briefings are “not worth the time & effort” as his administration prepares to adjust his public presence amid the coronavirus...
Lives Lost: A Jewish Man Who Studied Darkness, But Beamed Light
NEW YORK (AP) - He’d retreat to his basement, surrounded by thousands of books on the Holocaust. He’d return from Europe with photos of cemeteries. The lessons of relatives who wer...
Trump: Postal Service Must Charge Amazon More, Or No Loan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't approve a $10 billion loan for the U.S. Postal Service unless the agency raises charges for Amazon and other big ...
From Guns To Gopros, Asian Americans Seek To Deter Attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - When Eddie Song leaves his Manhattan home, it can feel like heading into battle. The Korean American startup founder and avid rider dons his armored motorcycle jack...
Pelosi: No More Virus Bailouts Without State And Local Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Friday that Congress’ next economic package provide billions for financially reeling state and local governments, foreshadowin...
U.S. States Build Stockpiles Of Malaria Drug Touted By Trump
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new...
Georgia Businesses Reopen Cautiously Amid Coronavirus Worry
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Some businesses in Georgia reopened cautiously Friday as the Republican governor eased a monthlong shutdown amid experts’ warnings of a potential new surge in ...
Trump Says Disinfectant Comments Were Sarcasm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his comments suggesting people can ingest or inject disinfectant to fight COVID-19 was an attempt at sarcasm.
Trump noted Thursday that ...
Pence A Voice Of Calm On Virus — Balancing Health, Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of ...
Sizing Up Trump’s Green-Card Halt: Is It Just Temporary?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pamela Austin, a recruiter at Adventist Health Bakersfield in California, made seven job offers to foreign nurses in February and just finished a first round of in...
FDA Warns Against Taking Trump-touted Malaria Drug To Treat Covid-19 Outside Of A Hospital Or Formal Study
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavir...
US Deaths Surpass 50,000, According To JHU Count
NEW YORK (AP) — US deaths surpass 50,000, according to JHU count.
Ex-US Rep Brown Out Of Prison Early Amid Virus Concerns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat, has been released from federal prison over coronavirus concerns after serving just over ...