A confidential Treasury assessment of the Covid-19 crisis estimates it will cost the Exchequer over £300 billion this year, meaning a new wave of austerity is on its way, with...
May 14, 2020
Asian shares declined Thursday on pessimism about life getting back to normal soon amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as Japan prepared to let businesses reopen in some regions. Japan's Nikkei...
May 14, 2020
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...
May 14, 2020
From outdoor kids' movies for cooped up apartment dwellers in Rio to online shopping and worship around the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has communities adapting to the realities of living...
May 14, 2020
Federal land managers say it will take two decades and cost more than $1 billion over the first six years alone to slash wild horse populations to sustainable levels necessary...
May 14, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to reveal his plan Thursday for plugging an estimated $54.3 billion, coronavirus-created hole in the state budget. Four months ago, Newsom revealed a $222.2...
May 14, 2020
Businesses are going belly up, tens of millions have been laid off and, by some measures, the U.S. seems headed for another Great Depression. But Republicans surveying the wreckage aren't...
May 14, 2020
Businesses are going belly up, tens of millions have been laid off and, by some measures, the U.S. seems headed for another Great Depression. But Republicans surveying the wreckage aren't...
May 14, 2020
The CEO of the world's busiest airport for international travel wants to get the globe flying again, but even he acknowledges everything remains up in the air during the coronavirus...
May 14, 2020
Mississippi legislators voted late Wednesday to create grant programs for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, using some of the $1.25 billion in relief money that the federal government...
May 14, 2020
By many accounts, Gov. Tom Wolf has helped mitigate Pennsylvania's coronavirus outbreak and avoided the full-blown disasters seen elsewhere. His success in the next challenge — containing the growing resistance...
May 14, 2020
America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his...
May 14, 2020
At the height of China's coronavirus outbreak, the skincare-products maker Forest Cabin closed more than half of its 300 stores across the nation as shoppers stayed home. With sales plunging,...
May 14, 2020
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus stay-at-home order Wednesday, ruling that his administration overstepped its authority when it extended it for another month without consulting legislators....
May 14, 2020
Mike Garcia grew up a single-minded kid from Southern California: He just wanted to fly fighter jets. His decision to enter national politics wouldn't come until decades later, after he...
May 14, 2020
Mike Garcia grew up a single-minded kid from Southern California: He just wanted to fly fighter jets. His decision to enter national politics wouldn't come until decades later, after he...
May 13, 2020
A reality TV star in Atlanta used an emergency loan from the federal government to lease a Rolls Royce, make child support payments and purchase $85,000 worth of jewelry, authorities...
May 13, 2020
As the nation enters a third month of economic devastation, the coronavirus is proving ruinous to state budgets, forcing many governments to consider deep cuts to schools, universities, health care...
May 13, 2020
Sixty-five former U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams will join Major League Soccer's elite player development program. The federation's development academy was disbanded April 15 amid financial difficulties caused by the...
May 13, 2020
A meatpacking plant in the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday accepted the state's offer to test employees for the coronavirus as officials try to contain a cluster of infections connected to...
May 13, 2020
Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are requiring drivers and passengers to wear masks while using their services, joining a growing list of transportation companies hoping to mitigate the spread of...
May 13, 2020
Lawyers for XFL owner Vince McMahon argued in court filings Wednesday that the wrestling magnet was justified in firing league CEO Oliver Luck last month just before the football operation...
May 13, 2020
A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been confirmed in Washington County, leading to the voluntary shutdown of a food processing plant, Idaho health officials said Wednesday. Southwest District Health said...
May 13, 2020
The hundreds of contact tracers being trained in Texas' most populous county will help it manage any flare ups of the coronavirus, but it doesn't mean that things are back...
May 13, 2020
State governments that failed to contain coronavirus outbreaks by belatedly locking down entire societies now claim hiring thousands of contact-tracers to surveil sick and healthy alike will keep us safe....
May 13, 2020
California's bar and restaurant regulators are seeking emergency powers to immediately crack down on businesses that refuse to follow state rules intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus, “Bad...
May 13, 2020
A former chemical industry executive nominated to be the nation's top consumer safety watchdog was involved in sidelining detailed guideline s to help communities reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, internal...
May 13, 2020
An Arkansas theater will face consequences that could be enforced by the police if it proceeds with its plan to defy the state's coronavirus restrictions by holding what could be...
May 13, 2020
Republican attorneys general in 14 states asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to form a state-federal partnership to hold China accountable for damages caused by the spread of the new...
May 13, 2020
We get it. You're aching to get back to a bit of normalcy, and to look like a human being again. People won't to have wait much longer, at least...
May 13, 2020
As Miami-Dade's mayor prepares to allow most businesses to reopen Monday, he unveiled a color-coded system designed to help the public track the county's restrictions designed to curb the spread...
May 13, 2020
The lack of confidence that our political leaders have in us to act sensibly over Covid-19 is chilling and misguided – it's put our economies in grave peril and is...
May 13, 2020
America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his...
May 13, 2020
Players, caddies and key staff around them will be tested once a week for the new coronavirus, and everyone at the golf course will have their temperatures taken every day...
May 13, 2020
The professional soccer and ice hockey leagues in Switzerland are in line to get federal loans totaling 350 million Swiss francs ($360 million) to help teams cope with a loss...
May 13, 2020
On April 1, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emailed Nevada public health counterparts for lab reports on two travelers who had tested positive for the...
May 13, 2020
One of North Carolina's most powerful Republican elected officials has called on Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to give county governments the ability to reopen barbershops and hair salons now. Senate...
May 13, 2020
Georgia's lieutenant governor is saying “Not so fast” on a proposed June 11 restart date for the General Assembly. Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan released a statement Wednesday saying he wants...
May 13, 2020
A consulting firm owned by a former Miami congressman who was roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio and shared his anti-communist politics has been sued over allegedly breaking a $50 million...
May 13, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Year has been bad for coal Altoona Mirror May 13 Coal industry observers were experiencing “bad vibes” as this year...
