Tyson Foods idles largest pork plant as virus slams industry
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation's pork supply but was blamed for fueling ...
Think things are bad for airlines? It’s about to get worse
The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad.
News outlets, long resistant to government help, take loans
NEW YORK — The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when surv...
Hot Pockets heir seeks to avoid prison time, citing virus
An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune who was sentenced to five months in prison in the college admissions bribery scheme asked a judge Wednesday to allo...
US adds cameras at Mexico border despite drop in crossings
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the coronavirus pa...
As 4th virus relief bill nears passage, fight looms over 5th
WASHINGTON — Congress is on the verge of passing an almost $500 billion coronavirus relief bill, but battle lines already are forming over the next me...
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in ‘Extraction’
NEW YORK — The big-budget action thriller “Extraction” belongs, in many ways, to another world.
Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose care...
US to boost aid to Greenland in bid to counter Russia, China
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to announce an expanded diplomatic presence in Greenland and a new assistance package for the vast isl...
Chiefs GM poised to finally make first-round pick -- maybe
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brett Veach used his first two drafts as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs to put the finishing touches on a roster that wo...
Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight
BERLIN — Derided by many economists for years for insisting on a balanced budget and criticized for a health care system seen as bloated and overly ex...
New virus timeline: California had 2 deaths weeks earlier
SAN FRANCISCO — Two people with the coronavirus died in California as much as three weeks before the U.S. reported its first death from the disease in...
Iran-US tensions rise on Trump threat, Iran satellite launch
WASHINGTON — Tensions between Washington and Tehran flared anew Wednesday as Iran's Revolutionary Guard conducted a space launch that could advance th...
Volunteer + tutor = learning and fun for isolated students
NEW YORK — “Tell us about Vikings; tell us about shipwrecks; tells us about pirates and ancient myths.”
US states represent patchwork as they mull economic restarts
As governors around the country weigh reopening their economies amid the fight against COVID-19, a patchwork of stay-home orders and other business re...
UK slammed over testing amid warning over social distancing
LONDON — The British government came under sustained criticism Wednesday for responding slowly to the coronavirus pandemic as its chief medical advise...
Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw retires; won 2 national titles
Muffet McGraw abruptly retired Wednesday, stepping down from Notre Dame after a Hall of Fame coaching career that includes two national championships ...
The Latest: NBA coach says some players will need ample time
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Review: ‘Book of Longings’ has an ambitious, lasting power
“The Book of Longings,” by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
Pelosi calls off action on House proxy voting as GOP objects
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called off a Thursday vote on whether to allow House members to cast votes by proxy and is instead forming a bip...
Trump campaign tests lines of attack to define Biden
NEW YORK — Air Force One is mostly grounded. Fundraisers are canceled. And the closest thing to a campaign rally is President Donald Trump’s nightly c...
PG&E’s top exec to end short stint at beleaguered utility
BERKELEY, Calif. — PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson will step down from his job just 14 months after the nation's largest utility hired him to rescue i...
Logistics share draft spotlight with Joe Burrow, Chase Young
From his home in suburban New York, Roger Goodell will handle perhaps his most visible annual chore — announcing draft picks.
Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus
WASHINGTON — The financial conditions of the government’s two biggest benefits programs remain shaky, with Medicare projected to become insolvent in s...
Amid pandemic, homebrewing surges in popularity
SALEM, Ore. — On March 14, the day after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a national emergency in the United States, I decided to take up an activit...
Percy Harvin planning NFL comeback after 4-year hiatus
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Percy Harvin is planning an NFL comeback nearly four years after his last game.
Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic
NEW YORK — Esther Roman wasn’t even in the room when she witnessed what she describes as “probably the holiest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Sick of working from home? German hotels offer office rooms
FRANKFURT, Germany — Cats refreshing their typing skills, kitchen crises, children interrupting conference calls: Working from home during the coronav...
A24 to auction movie paraphernalia to benefit NYC charities
LOS ANGELES — How does an indie film shop give back to its hometown in this crisis? If you’re A24, you start by mining your prop, wardrobe and set dep...