Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction
PORTLAND, Ore. — Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shopp...
DC fights to enforce distancing and braces for looming surge
WASHINGTON — Pick-up basketball games. Crowds gathering at an outdoor fish market. Family hikes along trails in Rock Creek Park. The warmer weather is...
Asian shares mostly lower on worries about pandemic damage
TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower, gyrating in early Wednesday trading amid uncertainty over the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to claim m...
NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks
NEW YORK — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus rose past 4,000 on Tuesday, eclipsing the number killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11. ...
Twitter’s Dorsey sets up $1B fund; consumers get some breaks
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to the gl...
Trump upends virus oversight, removing key official
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to challenge the authority and independence of agency watchdogs overseeing his administrati...
Trump shakes up press team as White House deals with virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump shook up his communications team on Tuesday, replacing his press secretary and adding new staffers as he grapples ...
Lawyers list drugs in driver’s system in motorcycle deaths
CONCORD, N.H. — A truck driver charged in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists had fentanyl, morphine and a chemical found in cocaine in his system...
UK’s Johnson in ICU, was given oxygen in battling virus
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition with the coronavirus Tuesday in a hospital intensive care unit, where he was giv...
China’s virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown
WUHAN, China — The lockdown that served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world has ended after 11 weeks: Chinese authoriti...
Hackers’ new target during pandemic: video conference calls
WASHINGTON — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words....
Lives Lost: A mismatched pair’s love story ends with virus
He was a by-the-book, buttoned-up conservative whose opinions could be quick and blunt. She was a free-thinking, authority-snubbing liberal who would ...
Asian shares rise, echoing Wall St optimism on virus battle
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday, echoing the rally on Wall Street, amid a few glimmers of hope that the coronavirus pandemic could be slowing.
Virus deaths slow in places, but British premier gets worse
NEW YORK — The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appeared to be leveling off Monday in hard-hit New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, ...
White House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors wary
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration kept up their out-sized promotion Monday of an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approve...
Trump slams watchdog report on hospitals engulfed by virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday disputed the veracity of a federal survey that found hospitals faced severe shortages of coronavirus tes...
‘Modern Family’ cast shares memories as series finale nears
LOS ANGELES — The group crying began after the final scene of the last episode of ABC’s “Modern Family” was taped — with the notable exception of Ed O...
O’Hara says ‘Schitt’s Creek’ went beyond her expectations
LOS ANGELES — In Moira Rose, Catherine O’Hara has created a character that will arguably go down as one of the best in TV history. Even though Moira l...
Trump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Joe Biden spoke over the phone Monday afternoon about the coronavirus outbreak, according to a top Biden campa...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened Monday...
Honor Blackman, who played Bond’s Pussy Galore, dies at 94
NEW YORK — Honor Blackman, the potent British actress who took James Bond's breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger" and who starred as the leather...
Review: Novelist Don Winslow goes small and succeeds wildly
“Broken” by Don Winslow (William Morrow)
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in t...
5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
Lives Lost: A man loved by many, a death at 80 alone in Rome
ROME — Nothing in the way Enrico Giancomoni lived during his 80-plus years in Rome corresponded to the way he died: alone.
US sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan’s global status
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push a cause that has long been an irritant in U.S. re...
FACT CHECK: Trump pitches drug not approved for coronavirus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe for their use. “...
Esper defends firing of Navy ship captain over virus warning
WASHINGTON — With the military under broad pressure to step up its coronavirus response, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday defended the firing of...
Palm Sunday services held without public; some on rooftops
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in the shelter of St. Peter's Basilica without the public because of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Americans brace for ‘hardest, saddest’ week of their lives
LONDON — Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives while Britain assumed ...