Politics

Brownsville Pedicab, a downtown-based taxi and historical tour service founded in December, is stepping up to assist residents at risk of contracting COVID-19 who cannot leave their homes. The small...

Homes and cars. They're selling big right now in Mississippi — something one might not expect in times of social distancing and widespread unemployment. But the COVID-19 pandemic has had...

The Easter season is usually a busy time of year for Schimpff's Confectionary in downtown Jeffersonville, and customers would normally be elbow-to-elbow within the shop. But with social distancing, the...

One morning in March shortly after the coronavirus shutdown, Dr. John Waits was at his clinic at Cahaba Medical Care in rural Bibb County. The clinic has seen a 30-40%...

On Nina Bennett's first day at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn, an epicenter of the coronavirus, stretchers snaked around the walls of the emergency room department like...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Professional Bull Riders returned from a 41-day break Saturday night in Guthrie, Oklahoma, for...

NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place...

At least 40 percent. That's how many of her students Nichol Everett, a teacher at Jason Lee Middle School in Tacoma, says she hasn't heard from since Washington Gov. Jay...

The Carolina Panthers sent a clear message over the weekend: It's time to upgrade the defense. General manager Marty Hurney and new coach Matt Rhule used all seven draft picks...

As Texas eases restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, one clothing store owner said Saturday that most of her customers so far are sticking to having orders...

As unemployment numbers skyrocket, small businesses struggle and neighboring states like Georgia begin their own reopening process, Floridians are left wondering about plans for the Sunshine State. As the total...

An appeals court has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge's decision to stop the checks that he said violate the constitutional...

A major league official testified he suggested Ángel Hernández be removed from consideration for the 2015 World Series because he did not think Commissioner Rob Manfred would approve the umpire...

A Miami-based movie theater chain with locations at Dolphin Mall, Brickell City Centre and throughout South Florida has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid the economic crisis caused by the...

A western Illinois pork-processing plant is suspending operations after some of its employees contracted COVID-19. Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant...

Dozens of farm workers at a Central Washington orchard have tested positive for COVID-19, though they weren't experiencing symptoms, according to a newspaper reported published Saturday. Stemilt Ag Services, which...

In farming, there are many unknowns. The economy, weather and customer demand can affect crops and ultimately a farmer's bottom line. This year the agricultural industry was thrown a curve...

The Seattle Opera will be able to rehire 180 workers for a period of time due to a $2.3 million loan that it received under the federal coronavirus stimulus plan,...

If anything, the coronavirus pandemic has been the opposite of a ‘great equalizer', throwing class inequality into sharp contrast. Even among the working class, the hand-to-mouth gig workers are taking...

A judge's ruling that the federal government didn't take adequate steps to protect endangered whales will probably result in another monthslong court battle, parties to the lawsuit said. Environmental groups...

The numbers on Florida's official layoff registry are starting to rack up, reflecting the stream of retail, hotel and restaurant layoffs already announced. The online site for so-called WARN notices...

For the last several weeks, Owensboro-area restaurants have had to shut down dining rooms and switch primarily to curbside service, pick-up windows and delivery. Though their profits are down, local...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a once strong potato market to make an abrupt about-face, leading some Idaho growers to dump surplus spuds from storage cellars or to feed them...

In Spain, children will be allowed to go outside again. In the U.S. state of Georgia, a handful of businesses opened their doors, performing manicures and haircuts in masks. Auto...

Florida nursing homes are pushing to be protected from liability for harm to residents during the COVID-19 public health emergency. But the industry's failure to fully comply with a 2018...

Journalists from around the U.S. are finding ways to help their colleagues simply pay rent or buy groceries as they face lost or reduced paychecks because of layoffs and furloughs...

Missouri health officials are hoping that a new testing strategy will help quickly identify people infected with the coronavirus at meatpacking and food plants throughout the state. Outbreaks of COVID-19,...

A land conservation group is getting $7 million in federal money to improve land and water in parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Georgia. Tallahassee-based Tall Timbers says it's...

When the gates to California's “island of romance” were all but locked to lovers and pretty much everybody else last month it may have saved the 4,000 residents from a...

Florida officials opened an online portal Saturday for the public to weigh in on reopening the state amid the coronavirus outbreak that has now shuttered schools and businesses for more...

A deadline is near for those who believe they were victims of a 2016 toxic gas release over the Kansas town of Atchison. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that federal prosecutor...

According to Variety, another 'Star Wars' show, described as even more “female-centric,” is in development, and will soon be available on the Disney+ streaming service. Don't they realise it's not...

Airlines are turning to governments for rescue money – but bailing out the massive capitalist ventures makes about as much sense as leaving the middle row empty to avoid the...

AutoNation said Friday it would return $77 million in aid it acquired through the federal Paycheck Protection Program. The Fort Lauderdale-based company said the aid was procured legitimately. On Friday,...

The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression — a menu of nationally scaled projects that were...

In woke culture, clapping has been banned on college campuses. It is considered ‘triggering.' But I wonder if, since Covid-19 can bring back clapping, perhaps it could cancel woke culture...

After weeks of France's strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out. His...

Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President Donald Trump's musings about...

Colin Poulton moved to Nashville in 2008 to study commercial guitar. He dropped out of college but stuck with the city and the guitar, first playing in a series of...

If you want a desiccated calculator as your leader, talking with all the passion of a Speak Your Weight machine, it's better if he has a head of hair that...