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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...

MINNEAPOLIS – Nearly every day for two weeks, at least one sizable pork-processing plant shut down after the new coronavirus ripped through its workforce. By the end of last week,...

On April 25, 1945, Soviet and American troops warmly embraced each other at the Elbe in Germany. The friendship between the two superpowers that existed then needs to be revived...

Toilet paper isn't the only thing being whisked off the grocery store shelves these days. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic settled in, agriculture producers have experienced a bean boom as...

A Florida construction worker called in a bomb threat to a water treatment facility to get a day off work, authorities said. Richard Hamilton, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged...

For the first time in years, sewing factories in the Gaza Strip are back to working at full capacity — producing masks, gloves and protective gowns, some of which are...

Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those evading quarantine. The...

California restaurants will get taxpayer money to feed millions of seniors during the coronavirius pandemic, but only if they can offer meals with fresh fruit, vegetables and no sugary drinks....

For Mark Roozen, the pandemic is no time for socially distant athletes to turn into couch potatoes. Instead, the certified strength and conditioning coach challenges them to double down on...

The Vermilion County Conservation District is bringing the great outdoors into homes across the area as well as some out of state. Even before Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this...

With draft beer sales virtually zeroed out thanks to the mandated closure of on-premise drinking due to the coronavirus pandemic, Charleston area brewers may soon have to dispose of full...

The Hardin family has seen a lot of changes to its business on County Road 1498 in the Eggville community. Bobby and Sarah Hardin opened Hardin's Country Store in 1986....

The anonymous tipster called the city's non-emergency line on a rainy February day last year. “Somebody I know ... they have a pet tiger in their house,” the caller said....

Union nurses are calling for the removal of five top administrators involved with oversight at Washington's largest psychiatric hospital, including the chief nursing officer and an assistant secretary with the...

The parent company of a West Virginia hospital that closed has agreed to pay $126,648 in matching 401(k) contributions for hospital workers, the state attorney general's office said Friday. California-based...

The federal government is proceeding with plans for a border wall even as communities where construction is ongoing protest the presence of workers, according to court documents. In the Yuma,...

Missouri lawmakers plan to cut the state spending plan by about $700 million because of the toll the coronavirus has taken on the state's economy, a top Republican budget leader...

The head of an economic recovery committee formed by Gov. Brad Little to help the state reopen for business while also battling the coronavirus said Friday he's optimistic Idaho will...

Taxpayers will pay restaurants to make meals for millions of California's seniors during the coronavirus pandemic, an initiative that could pump billions of dollars into a devastated industry while generating...

Even once Washington's economy fully reopens, the effect on state revenues from the coronavirus shutdown is expected to be felt for months and maybe years to come. State officials are...

Gyms, salons and retail stores could reopen in Miami Beach by mid-May if reported cases of coronavirus decrease and robust surveillance testing and contact tracing become available in Miami-Dade County....

The government is carrying on with plans for a border wall even as communities where construction is ongoing protest the presence of workers. In the Yuma area, the government modified...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of workers at a Smithfield Food plant in Missouri claims conditions at the plant are putting workers and the public at risk of contracting the...

More than a month after the company paused cruising across its multiple brands, Miami-based Carnival Corp. still has 100 guests and 72,000 crew members stuck at sea, the company told...

A company that hopes to make supersonic business jets is coming to Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that Aerion Supersonic has agreed relocate its headquarters to Melbourne, Florida, not...

A new $484 stimulus bill providing additional financial relief to businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic went into effect Friday. The ongoing need quickly outstretched the original $349...

Manchester United vice chairman Ed Woodward has told fans there will be reduced spending on players as the entire football industry deals with the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic....

Gov. Roy Cooper asked North Carolina legislators on Friday to distribute $1.4 billion in federal funds to cover immediate health, education, small business and government needs created by the COVID-19...

A handful of Texas businesses reopened Friday in defiance of state guidance in the fight against the coronavirus, which allows retailers to offer “to go” service but leaves other restrictions...

Amazon is keeping all of its French warehouses closed for the time being, after an appeals court upheld a ruling saying the company hadn't done enough to protect workers from...

As Florida surpasses 30,000 novel coronavirus cases and 1,000 deaths, Publix has confirmed to the Miami Herald 20 new stores have had confirmed cases. Other major grocery retailers haven't been...

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will furlough leadership and administrative employees beginning either next week or in early May because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the center's top executive says. Dr....

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...

Mississippi's governor said the state's stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus will expire Monday, but he urged residents to remain vigilant and continue safe practices to stop...

An Oxford University women's studies professor has lamented that if the college's scientists produce a successful Covid-19 vaccine, the “white savior” narrative will be unstoppable. Saving lives is apparently a...

The former CEO of a top investment company who got nine months in prison in the college admissions bribery scheme asked a judge if he could begin his sentence at...

The French and Dutch governments announced at least 9 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in bailout money Friday to rescue Air France and KLM, which are fighting for survival as most...

Thousands of constructions workers could soon be back on sites across the state to finish existing projects after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced a plan that allows those...

Federal prosecutors charged a New York retailer Friday with hoarding tons of disposable masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer in a Long Island warehouse and selling the items at huge...

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 shippers to...