The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 318,200 people and killed more than 13,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but...
March 22, 2020
Aviation officials said a small aircraft crashed Saturday night near the Charleston Executive Airport on Johns Island. Spencer Pryor, communications director for the Charleston County Aviation Authority, told WCIV that...
March 22, 2020
The rapid worldwide spread of the coronavirus since it was first revealed in China less than three months ago has dealt an unparalleled shock to the global economy. Following are...
March 22, 2020
California has sold itself to the world with images of endless sunshine, the splendor of its natural beauty and iconic attractions. No sales pitch, though, is a match for the...
March 22, 2020
Pennsylvania is confirming another big increase in coronavirus cases Sunday as lawmakers are drafting legislation to delay the state's April 28 primary election and relax rules around how mail-in ballots...
March 22, 2020
A second patient at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Western State Hospital patient was on a different ward than the one who...
March 22, 2020
Jeff Sheppard works as a financial planner now, more than two decades removed from the time he helped Kentucky win the NCAA Tournament. Yet he still gets asked regularly about...
March 22, 2020
Ranchers in a southeastern New Mexico community and a potash company are locked in fight over water rights connected to the Pecos River. The Denver-based Intrepid Potash recently claimed ownership...
March 22, 2020
Confirmed coronavirus infections climbed to more than 200 in Mississippi, and the governor announced plans to provide quicker access to unemployment benefits for residents affected by the outbreak. The more...
March 22, 2020
The Reno News & Review has stopped publishing the alternative weekly it has been distributing in the “Biggest Little City” for nearly 30 years. The alternative weekly suspended the publication...
March 22, 2020
Could the unintended consequences of the coronavirus kill the movie theater industry? If Hollywood decides to shift its release strategy from theaters to streaming, it could spell the end for...
March 22, 2020
Three weeks ago, EmpireCLS was heading toward a second straight year of record business. A car service company in New Jersey, Empire couldn't even find enough chauffeurs and office workers...
March 22, 2020
One by one, asylum-seekers from El Salvador and Honduras who are waiting in Mexico for court hearings in the United States appeared before Judge Lee O'Connor to explain why, after...
March 22, 2020
Close to a deal, negotiators from Congress and the White House were set to resume talks Sunday, racing to push a $1.4 trillion economic rescue package across the finish line...
March 22, 2020
A city in northeast Mississippi is working toward building a new fire station and renovating a facility that is rented out for wedding receptions and other activities. The Tupelo City...
March 22, 2020
The owner of a popular Indiana resort that's been shuttered because of financial issues says it could reopen this year under new ownership. California-based Apex Parks Group, which owns Indiana...
March 22, 2020
Drive-thru sites have been opening around the United States to make it quicker and safer to test people for the new coronavirus. But much like the rest of the U.S....
March 22, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction and rumor from deliberate efforts to mislead. Already, text messages...
March 22, 2020
The spring of the coronavirus feels a lot like the summer of oil to residents along the Gulf Coast. Bars and restaurants are empty in Florida because of an invisible...
March 22, 2020
The coronavirus has flung the U.S. economy into a dangerous tailspin, and President Donald Trump's reelection hopes are caught in the sudden whirlwind. For the next seven months, Trump may...
March 22, 2020
Do we really think “it can't happen here” in America? Could we quarantine the constitution? Are we doing it already? Panics from pandemics unleash unchecked governmental power. The very premise...
March 22, 2020
In a new interview with Axios on HBO, Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald was asked if he thought his industry should have acted sooner to contain the new coronavirus and...
March 22, 2020
To offset the crushing costs of trying to stem a global epidemic, the World Bank and partners announced the creation of “pandemic bonds” several years ago: the idea was to...
March 22, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 307,200 people and killed more than 13,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but...
March 22, 2020
Pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit against a talk show host and two others he'd accused of taking part in leaking video of him having sex and using...
March 22, 2020
Another ‘fossil fuel' company has withdrawn from sponsorship of the arts because of eco-activists. But it's misguided — such funding is vital, particularly for artists who are shut out of...
March 22, 2020
The virus pandemic advanced Sunday after the U.S. and Europe reported soaring new cases, prompting a scramble in some regions to set up additional hospital beds and replenish much-needed medical...
March 22, 2020
Decatur resident Larry “LG” White has performed on stages across the country, meeting musicians Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. He even played guitar alongside Kenny Loggins...
March 22, 2020
Retired marine science professor Joan Holt has lived in Port “A” for 45 years, watching it become one of the state's most popular beach towns. More than 5 million visitors...
March 22, 2020
First they came for the hand sanitizer. Then the disinfectant. Then the toilet paper. By Friday afternoon (March 14), customers were accosting sales representative E.J. Nolen in the back parking...
March 22, 2020
It took about two rings for Joe Tappe to answer the phone the morning of March 18. And he kept it brief because he was busy. “We're open,” Tappe said....
March 22, 2020
Target Corp. apologized Saturday for selling face masks in Seattle stores while hospitals face a dire shortage amid a growing coronavirus outbreak. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said his office intervened...
March 21, 2020
More than 720 people in Florida have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday as he resisted an official's call to issue a statewide “stay-at-home” order....
March 21, 2020
Officials in Missouri's largest cities are ordering a mandatory stay-at-home rule to residents starting next week in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. St. Louis and St....
March 21, 2020
A tanker truck overturned down an embankment Saturday, spilling up to 6,000 gallons of crude oil into a river that flows into a dam and reservoir near the city of...
March 21, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a plea Saturday for retired health care workers to “join the fight" against the coronavirus as IIlinois' health care system braced for a surge of patients...
March 21, 2020
The death toll from the global coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 11,000 people worldwide and sickened more than 286,000. Traditional tourist magnets like London are eerily quiet. Presidential nominating contests in...
March 21, 2020
Pennsylvania's coronavirus death toll rose by one on Saturday as lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf asked a court to dismiss lawsuits challenging his authority to shutter “non-life-sustaining” businesses, declaring that...
March 21, 2020
South Carolina's largest public university said Saturday that 18 students living in a campus dormitory are being held in quarantine after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus. The...
March 21, 2020
When Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ordered a mass shutdown of “non essential” services across the county — and included hair salons and barbershops among the temporarily shuttered businesses — the...
