In Republican circles — with the notable exception of the man who leads the party — the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on. As a surge of infections hammers the South and West, GOP officials…
Today is Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Let's get caught up. These non-virus headlines are in the news this morning: Russia is awaiting results on an amendment that would allow Vladimir Putin to rule until 2036; Tuesday's primary elections in several…
The U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” with the coronavirus surging badly enough that Dr. Anthony Fauci told senators Tuesday some regions are putting the entire country at risk — just as schools and colleges are wrestling with how…
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a "second banana" to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy's front ranks as creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and straight…
The European Union announced Tuesday that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. Travelers from other…
Today is Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Let's get caught up. These non-virus headlines are in the news this morning: Top White House officials knew in 2019 that Russia was offering bounties for the killing of US troops, according to AP…
Amy McGrath won a closely-watched and surprisingly close Senate Democratic primary in Kentucky, CNN projected on Tuesday.A former Marine fighter pilot who had the backing of the national party establishment, McGrath will face off against Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
In a ruling that will open the door to more public funding for religious education, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of parents in Montana seeking to use a state scholarship program to send their children to religious…
The European Union has formally agreed a set of recommendations that will allow travelers from outside the bloc to visit EU countries, months after it shut its external borders in response to the outbreak of Covid-19.As had been widely expected,…
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, where mask-averse President Donald Trump plans to accept the Republican nomination in August, ordered the wearing of face coverings Monday, joining the list of state and local governments reversing course to try to beat back…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era. Chief…
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.…
Today is Monday, June 29, 2020. Let's get caught up. These non-virus headlines are in the news this morning: President Trump says he was never told about intelligence linking Russia to bounties for killing U.S. troops; Mississippi will retire the…
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberal justices on the Supreme Court on Monday to block a controversial Louisiana abortion law that critics said would have closed nearly every clinic in the state.The 5-4 ruling is a win for…
SEATTLE, Wash. - One man who was shot in the CHOP zone early Monday morning has died, while another man who was shot remains in critical condition, according to Susan Gregg with UW Medicine. "Two males suffering gunshot wounds have…
What's for dinner this week? Try these recipes for veggie burgers on the grill, an elevated breakfast for dinner and more. Also, salsa, eggplant dip and recipes for a Rome-inspired "staycation."
With infection numbers rising again in more than 30 states, the U.S. this past week set another daily record for new coronavirus cases. Here are seven charts that capture the situation as of today. U.S. officials estimate that 20 million…
With infection numbers rising in more than 30 states, the U.S. this past week set another daily record for new coronavirus cases. And federal health officials warned that the number of people who've been infected may be vastly undercounted. The…
The White House coronavirus task force is "seriously considering" pool testing for Covid-19 and acknowledged that the current testing strategy has proven inadequate. The way "pool testing" works is by mixing together several samples together into a "batch," or pool,…
Texas and Florida reversed course and clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation's biggest retreat yet as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. surged to an all-time high of 40,000. The two states…
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide…
The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona on Thursday, and the governor of Texas began to backtrack after making one of the most aggressive pushes in the nation to reopen, as the daily number of confirmed cases across the U.S. closed…
A new Government Accountability Office report out Thursday highlights how unprepared the U.S. government was to tackle the coronavirus and deal with the corresponding economic crisis that required Congress to get trillions in federal stimulus dollars out the door. The…
The number of laid-off workers who applied for unemployment benefits declined slightly to 1.48 million last week, the 12th straight drop and a sign that layoffs are slowing but are still at a painfully high level. The steady decline in…
