Senator tells VP failed virus testing is ‘dereliction’
WASHINGTON — Frustration boiled over into anger Friday on a private call with Vice President Mike Pence as Democratic senators questioned administrati...
Florida congressman flouts House rules with district lease
WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is paying a former legal client and donor $5,000 a month to rent space for his district office, a possible violat...
France finds more than 1,000 virus cases on aircraft carrier
PARIS — The French navy is investigating how the coronavirus infected more than 1,000 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, amid grow...
‘Heartbreaking’ report shows virus ravaging NY nursing homes
ALBANY, N.Y. — The despair wrought on nursing homes by the coronavirus was laid bare Friday in a state survey identifying numerous New York facilities...
China’s virus death toll revised up sharply after review
BEIJING — China’s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped sharply Friday as the hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision ...
Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders
While many Americans are filled with fear, Melissa Ackison says the coronavirus pandemic has filled her with anger. The stay-at-home orders are govern...
Trump gives governors options on how to reopen the economy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has given governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a ph...
The Latest: Arrests in China for mask production violations
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Business owners left out as lending program goes on hold
NEW YORK — The government’s lending program for small businesses is tapped out, leaving business owners who still need loans waiting for Congress to a...
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out a...
At Criterion Channel, programming a movable movie feast
NEW YORK — Arthouses are closed. Film festivals are canceled. But double features, matinees and film series continue to run unabated in one vital, vir...
US job losses mount as Trump presses plan to reopen business
WASHINGTON — The ranks of America's unemployed swelled toward Great Depression-era levels Thursday, and President Donald Trump reacted to the pressure...
US House considers proxy voting during coronavirus crisis
WASHINGTON — With Congress essentially closed, House Democrats are proposing a temporary rules change during the coronavirus crisis that would allow l...
‘E.T.,’ ‘Bugsy’ cinematographer Allen Daviau dies at 77
LOS ANGELES — Cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot three of Steven Spielberg’s films including “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” has died. A representat...
Layoffs and pay cuts are now striking more white collar jobs
WASHINGTON — First, it was bars, restaurants, hotels. And clothing stores, movie theaters, entertainment venues. And countless small businesses, from ...
Backup of bodies overwhelms nursing home amid outbreak
An extraordinary number of coronavirus-related deaths appears to have overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police found 18 bodies i...
EPA guts rule credited with cleaning up coal-plant toxic air
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country's coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury a...
VIRUS DIARY: In pandemic, a forlorn dog finds new purpose
BERKELEY, Calif. — “This feels like a good time to get another dog to help us get over the loss of Surfer,” the Professor announced in her FM radio-re...
Pandemic provokes spike in demand for food pantries in US
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Brooklyn Dotson needed food. Her first unemployment check had yet to arrive after she was let go by the warehouse where she used to ...
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
BANGKOK — Health concerns were on artist Danai Ussama’s mind when he returned to Thailand last month from a trip to Spain. He noticed that he and his ...
Asian stocks slide after weak US data add to global gloom
BEIJING — Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday after unexpectedly weak U.S. retail and other data added to gloom about the impact of the coronaviru...
American schools may look radically different as they reopen
SAN FRANCISCO — School administrators across America are trying to re-imagine classrooms — and the prospect of reopening schools — in the era of socia...
Mnuchin, Schumer rev up talks as small business aid runs dry
WASHINGTON — With a key coronavirus rescue fund nearly exhausted, negotiations are accelerating in Washington over President Donald Trump’s $250 billi...
Evidence of virus’ effect on US economy grows more ominous
WASHINGTON — Evidence of the coronavirus' devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.
Feds under pressure to publicly track nursing home outbreaks
NEW YORK — Federal health officials are coming under increasing pressure to start publicly tracking coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes...
Trade guru Navarro throws elbows for Trump on virus supplies
WASHINGTON — Peter Navarro’s eagerness to confront, attack and be, as one former associate put it, “a real jerk to people” didn’t serve him well as a ...
‘Hold your nose and vote:’ Progressives weigh backing Biden
CHICAGO — When Bernie Sanders didn't win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, Silvia Machado and Patrick Gibbons voted for Green Party cand...
US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up
WASHINGTON — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wedn...
Pentagon: $10B cloud contract that snubbed Amazon was legal
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog agency said Wednesday the Pentagon's process for awarding a highly lucrative cloud computing contract to Microsoft ...
Iran parliament: Virus deaths nearly double reported figures
TEHRAN, Iran — The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus pandemic is likely nearly double the officially reported figures, due to undercounting and ...