Politics

Federal authorities are urging governors to use “extreme caution” in deciding when to resume visits at nursing homes, saying it shouldn't come before all residents and staff have tested negative...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants $2.9 billion to spend on future coronavirus-related expenses with little oversight from the Legislature. That is worrying some California lawmakers after the administration OK'd several several...

YouTube has set itself up as the world's thought police over Covid-19 and is shutting down the voices of highly respected experts. This has dangerous consequences for us all, as...

Don't expect a new world order to emerge post-Covid-19. It will be the current big three who dominate, with an informal alliance between Russia and China crucial to reining in...

As Walt Disney World prepares to allow some third-party shops and restaurants to open at its entertainment complex later this week, it's posting a warning. While enhanced safety measures are...

A San Francisco Bay Area county that reported the first known death from coronavirus in the U.S. said Monday it will allow some retail businesses to re-open, even as the...

Friends star Lisa Kudrow has said the show, so often labelled 'problematic', should be seen as a time capsule. She's right. If revisionist Culture Police delete the past, we'll never...

The gradual reopening of Missouri's economy continued Monday, as restaurants and most nonessential businesses began operating in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis, but residents were urged...

They were going too fast, and the police are furious. Atlanta Police said Monday that they arrested 44 people and issued 114 tickets over the weekend for offenses related to...

Illinois Republicans on Monday demanded a vote in the General Assembly on removing from the fall ballot Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed graduated income tax structure, saying the state's pandemic-pillaged economy...

One of California's largest tribal casinos reopened Monday to a large crowd as customers had their temperatures taken at the door and were ordered to wear facial coverings. The Viejas...

The emergence of a new illness affecting children has been seized upon by the media in an attempt to stir up yet more fear of coronavirus. Yet the truth is...

Officials in one Mississippi county are offering nearly $25 million in tax breaks to recruit two large solar farms. The Commercial Dispatch reports Lowndes County supervisors on Friday voted unanimously...

Local governments across Mexico pushed back Monday against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's call to reopen the economy in some 300 townships that do not have active cases of coronavirus,...

The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which...

J.C. Penney will close almost 30% of its 846 stores as part of a restructuring under bankruptcy protection. The Plano, Texas, retailer said Monday that it plans to close about...

Uber has cut 3,000 jobs from its workforce, its second major wave of layoffs in two weeks as the coronavirus slashed demand for rides. The San Francisco company has cut...

The most divisive issue of Brexit, the overhaul of the migration system to take back control of our borders, is causing friction again as the migrants it aimed to keep...

One of South Carolina's major universities has a back-to-campus plan that cancels fall break next semester and ends in-person classes before Thanksgiving to avoid getting caught in a second wave...

An upstate South Carolina highway bridge has reopened after long delays in replacing it. The Greenville News reports the State Road 20 bridge reopened Thursday in Greenville County after it...

Alabama lawmakers meet Monday for the final day of the legislative session amid a continuing dispute with Gov. Kay Ivey over how to use the state's $1.8 billion in federal...

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday. Study volunteers given either...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the early completion of highway projects on Monday, saying the state was able to take advantage of lighter traffic as people were stuck at...

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a dispute over whether the major pro sports leagues and the NCAA have to pay millions of dollars to a...

Grain futures were mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery lost 11.40 cents at $4.9460 a bushel; July corn was off .40...

New York City is ramping up its ability to test for the coronavirus, with testing available at more than 150 sites citywide and test kits made in the city now...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Players from Spanish soccer club Rayo Vallecano have refused to practice in protest against reduced...

The first new TV season of the coronavirus era is facing an understandably shaky start that comes with a tacit disclaimer: The comedy and drama series being trumpeted for fall...

Asian Americans, more than any other group, are using digital devices and streaming services for their television viewing, according to a report made public Monday. The Nielsen company study said...

The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century...

The global coronavirus pandemic has created a huge need for health care in the U.S., but it also is delivering a devastating financial blow to that sector. COVID-19 worries have...

Europe reopened more widely on Monday, allowing people into the Acropolis in Greece, shops in Italy, markets and museums in Belgium, golf courses in Ireland and beer gardens in Bavaria...

The Spanish league took another step toward restarting the soccer season by allowing teams to resume group training on Monday. Practice sessions were closer to routine as players were allowed...

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

Global stock markets and U.S. futures rebounded Monday from losses last week after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve expressed optimism that the American economy might start to recover...

Top Washington Republicans determined not to send federal money to states say their biggest fear is Democrats will use it to help reeling public employee pensions funds. The GOP leaders...

2020 isn't done with us yet. In an act of progressive seppuku, one of the world's largest streaming platforms gave a position of power to a girl who thinks she's...

A new restriction makes panhandling outside a Miami Beach business “temporarily unlawful" under guideline for the Phase 1 Reopening Order. The guidelines, signed Saturday by City Manager Jimmy Morales, said...

Tax flight drove several buyers from the northeast to South Florida prior to the pandemic. Now, the pandemic may be drawing new out-of-state residents. An undisclosed buyer from New York...