Politics

By requiring Georgia voters to provide their own stamps for mail-in ballots, the state is effectively imposing a poll tax that is an unconstitutional barrier to the right to vote,...

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason:...

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ April 7 The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer on the new Centers for Disease Control guidance on masks: Last week, the...

Bracing for a steep drop in hospitality tax revenue because of the coronavirus crisis, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau has made pay and staffing cuts and redirected its...

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ April 4 The Miami Herald on the state's unemployment website: Florida's miserly unemployment compensation benefits, served up on a website that doesn't work, have...

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ April 7 Savannah Morning News on the legacy of Georgia Sen. Jack Hill: Georgia's fiscal budget is drafted by the governor's office and revised...

Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ April 7 The Index-Journal on Gov. Henry McMaster's stay-at-home order: Finally. Well, mostly at any rate. Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday took another...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Former Cleveland Browns teammates Joe Thomas and Andrew Hawkins have donated at least $50,000 to...

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Right call on airline cash The Citizen's Voice April 8 Airlines are among the businesses most severely affected by the...

The Vermont senator who preached revolutionary American politics has now bent the knee to the establishment not once, but twice. If Democrats believe his voters will follow his lead, it...

Day care employees and the families of first responders and other essential workers who need child care access during the COVID-19 crisis are getting financial help from North Carolina state...

As economies reel from the meltdown triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic, governments scramble to build the system back up. But it's the system that brought about the fall, and...

Employees at Publix supermarkets in Cutler Bay and downtown Miami have tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. The stores at 20425 Old Cutler Rd. and Mary Brickell Village...

A pharmaceutical company has given Arkansas 100,000 tablets of an anti-malarial drug that President Donald Trump is heavily pitching as a treatment for the coronavirus. Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and...

California will spend nearly $1 billion to purchase up to 200 million masks a month to boost the state's stockpile of protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak and could act...

A woman who ran a small Kansas post office has been sentenced to probation after she allegedly stole gift cards from the mail. Stacy A. Vasko was sentenced Tuesday to...

Dominion Energy Virginia recently told state regulators “significant build-out" of natural gas-fired power plants is no longer viable because of renewable energy legislation lawmakers passed earlier this year. The disclosure...

The Masters is so intertwined with Augusta, they added an extra day to spring break. You see, the first full week of April isn't just a blip in time for...

A federal judge has rejected a government attempt to block Sabre Corp. from buying Farelogix Inc. in a $360 million deal combining two companies that provide information about airline tickets...

A mayor in Hawaii is calling Florida man accused of trying to flout Hawaii's traveler quarantine a “covidiot.” Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami isn't taking credit for coining the word borne...

The World Health Organization was on the defensive Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump blasted the U.N. health body over its recommendations on the coronavirus and threatened to strip hundreds...

Britain's Treasury chief says Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition is improving in the intensive care unit of a London hospital. Rishi Sunak says Johnson has been sitting up in bed...

When Jose Andres first came to New York City, the wide-eyed sailor in the Spanish navy docked on West 30th Street full of ambition. Decades later, the award-winning chef has...

From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread...

By anyone's measure, Brussels has had a catastrophic 24 hours. The curtain has fallen away giving us a rare glimpse of the toxic political blend of careerism and arrogance that...

Missouri lawmakers have returned to the state Capitol to work on an emergency coronavirus funding bill. Lawmaker approval is needed for Republican Gov. Mike Parson to spend what could amount...

The group charged with monitoring gambling and punishing corruption in tennis found a near-doubling in the number of suspect matches during the first three months of 2020 — an increase...

Grain futures were lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery declined 5 cents at $5.46 a bushel; May corn lost 5.80 cents...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has ordered the creation of a committee to oversee the state's $1.25 billion share of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue package approved by Congress last...

Mounds of harvested zucchini and yellow squash ripened and then rotted in the hot Florida sun. Juicy tomatoes were left to wither — unpicked — in farmers' fields. Thousands of...

The top elected official in Missouri's largest county is seeking help from the Missouri National Guard in preparation for an expected surge in coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Democratic St. Louis County Executive...

With nearly half of the season already altered by the coronavirus pandemic, Formula One said Wednesday it will furlough half of its staff until the end of May and senior...

Short-term rental property owners in Pennsylvania continue to advertise lodging in defiance of Gov. Tom Wolf's coronavirus shutdown order, administration officials said Wednesday. Wolf banned short-term residential rentals last week...

The Burton snowboard company is donating 500,000 respirator masks to hospitals across the Northeast, harnessing the company's worldwide footprint to help put a dent in the country's lagging stockpile of...

The daily dance begins when he arrives at the door. I meet him, prop the door open and quickly take a few steps backward. I don't want to get too...

A Mississippi mayor says his online meeting was hacked with vulgar and racist words and images because of his recent comments about the new coronavirus in his city. Moss Point...

The federal government will buy 30,000 ventilators from General Motors by the end of August for $489.4 million. GM says it will cover its costs but won't make a profit...

Con artists are finding lots of marks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Watchdog groups and authorities report a surge of complaints about scams targeting people who fear catching the virus or...

While the world was looking the other way at the Covid-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia used the diversion to flood the oil market and push the US shale industry's head under....

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Formula One says it will furlough half of its staff until the end of May...