Civil rights activist and Emmett Till relative dies at 50
CHICAGO — Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching victim's legacy throu...
Pandemic postcard from California: ‘Wish you weren’t here’
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — California has sold itself to the world with images of endless sunshine, the splendor of its natural beauty and iconic attracti...
‘A really big experiment’: Parents turn teachers amid virus
BUFFALO, N.Y. — After her sixth-grade son's school in Buffalo, New York, closed amid the coronavirus outbreak, Roxanne Ojeda-Valentin returned to camp...
Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction and rumor from de...
McConnell: ‘Very close’ on rescue package topping $1T
WASHINGTON — Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House are pushing toward resolution on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescu...
N Korea says Trump’s letter offers anti-virus cooperation
SEOUL, South Korea — President Donald Trump sent a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking to maintain good relations and offering...
US tourists stranded abroad desperate to secure return
After being confined to a hotel room in Peru and watching “heavily armed guards” patrolling the streets, Linda Scruggs was awash with emotions Saturda...
As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies
MINNEAPOLIS — The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and...
Business Fallout: Airlines beg for aid; Google launches site
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 g...
Taking stock of strange days: The week that America changed
Change came to the United States of America during the third week of March in 2020.
Crossover country superstar Kenny Rogers dies at 81
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and ...
Trump vs Fauci: President’s gut sense collides with science
WASHINGTON — In a clash of gut instinct versus science, President Donald Trump and the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, ...
Nursing home outbreaks lay bare chronic industry problems
NEW YORK — Burgeoning coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes in Washington, Illinois, New Jersey and elsewhere are laying bare the industry’s long-run...
Congress toils on $1 trillion rescue, Trump unleashes fury
WASHINGTON — As leaders from Congress and the White House toiled in high-stakes negotiations on a mammoth $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package Fri...
Bravo’s Andy Cohen, ‘Bachelor’ Colton Underwood have virus
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 reac...
Senators deny trading on virus info as scrutiny mounts
WASHINGTON — Facing public outrage, senators in both political parties denied Friday that they exploited advance knowledge when they dumped stocks and...
Returning troops denied water, bathrooms under quarantine
WASHINGTON — It wasn’t the welcome home that U.S. soldiers expected when they returned from war zones in the Middle East in the past week.
Census Bureau delays deadline for 2020 count by 2 weeks
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau is delaying the deadline for counting everyone in the U.S. by two weeks because of the spreading novel coronavi...
Trump allows states to cancel school testing amid pandemic
The Trump administration announced Friday that states can cancel federally required school testing this year to protect students and teachers, a measu...
As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
NEW YORK — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carr...
Bloomberg to give $18M to DNC; state parties to get offices
WASHINGTON — Mike Bloomberg is transferring $18 million from his presidential campaign to the Democratic National Committee in the largest single such...
National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus.
In pandemic, word definitions shift and new lexicon emerges
PHILADELPHIA — Newscasts bring word of “hot zones” and “lockdowns.” Conversations are littered with talk of “quarantines” and “isolation.” Leaders urg...
2020 campaigns go digital amid fears of coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — No more rallies. No more door-knocking. And no more in-person fundraisers, raking in dollars from dozens of millionaires at once.
Joe Biden, nominee-in-waiting, with a long wait
WASHINGTON — In the three weeks since his blowout win in the South Carolina primary, Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee-in-w...
USDA now undecided on challenging judge’s food stamps ruling
WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department on Thursday backed off its statement that it would appeal a court decision blocking changes to the food stamp ...
McConnell unveils economic rescue plan amid virus shutdown
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a sweeping economic rescue plan Thursday to pump $1,200 direct checks to taxpayers, $300 ...
Tired of ‘Into the Wild’ rescues, locals want bus removed
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — They’re tired of the deaths and multiple rescues near a decrepit old bus whose legendary status continues to lure adventurers to o...
Trump focuses attention on possible coronavirus treatments
President Donald Trump focused attention on possible treatments for the new coronavirus on Thursday, citing potential use of a drug long used to treat...
Washington’s lieutenant governor leaving for the priesthood
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib said Thursday that he is not running for re-election and will join the Jesuit order of the Catholic C...