Living outside lockdown: Barbers, beauty shops still open
ELGIN, S.C. — With South Carolina's first coronavirus hot spot just a short jaunt up the highway, Johellen Lee hadn't been out for anything but grocer...
Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
NEW YORK — Republicans who have spent the past decade howling about the danger of ballooning deficits embraced the coronavirus rescue package approved...
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewher...
A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness
GLEN ALLEN, Va. — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garde...
Indian authorities send buses to take unemployed to villages
NEW DELHI — Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital on Saturday to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying ...
The Latest: UN says 86 staffers around world reported cases
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia — They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already diffi...
NYC subway driver killed in fire being investigated as crime
NEW YORK — A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated...
Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be ‘appreciative’
WASHINGTON — After days of desperate pleas from the nation’s governors, President Donald Trump took a round of steps Friday to expand the federal gove...
NOT REAL NEWS: Debunking yet more false coronavirus content
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared wid...
‘The day the music died’: Coronavirus tests New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane...
Eiffel Tower says “Merci” to health workers fighting virus
PARIS — Health workers racing to save lives as France contends with one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks have received a huge show of gratit...
PG&E to use wildfire victims fund to pay for past crimes
BERKELEY, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t pay for ...
UN health agency settles in for long fight with virus
GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said Friday that widespread testing for the new coronavirus is crucial and countries should...
Closed caskets, empty chairs at funeral home in virus center
NEW YORK — The caskets are often closed these days, the chairs for mourners largely empty at the Gerard J. Neufeld Inc. funeral home.
Column: As we battle virus, don’t forget 1919 Stanley Cup
Anyone who scoffs at all these drastic measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, who wonders if it's really necessary to shut down sports around...
Florida orders Louisiana arrivals into quarantine
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday ordered anyone arriving in the state from Louisiana to self-quarantine like those arriving...
Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous acti...
Meadows toggles between legislator, White House roles
WASHINGTON — When it came time to heave the largest aid package in U.S. history over the finish line, Republican Rep. Mark Meadows was the closer, wor...
Stocks drop, but hold on to weekly gains after a big rally
Stocks are closing more than 3% lower on Wall Street, giving back part of the gains they piled up over the past three days. A rally this week pushed t...
Track worlds in limbo until new Olympic dates are set
LONDON — The date of the next world track championships is in limbo until the International Olympic Committee decides on a new schedule for the postpo...
‘Choppy waters’ await Navy as virus strikes aircraft carrier
WASHINGTON — The Navy, the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus, scrambled Friday to contain its first at-sea outbreak, with at least two d...
GOP’s Massie outrages House, Trump by seeking to stall vote
WASHINGTON — Rep. Thomas Massie has always gone his own way in Congress, ever since he first ran for office inspired by a fellow libertarian-leaning K...
For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways
One remembers the polio epidemic and the hardships of World War II. One is stoic about it all — because, he says, he's already “here past the welcome....
Hawaii telescope protesters leave camp due to virus concerns
HONOLULU — Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Hawaii's Big Island have pulled out of their camp due to concerns over the spread of the...
‘On My Block’ cast seeks truth in playing inner-city teens
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Cast members of Netflix’s “On My Block” say they feel honored to be able to represent teenagers who've long seen themselves p...
Stars of ‘Contagion’ reunite for a PSA
NEW YORK — The stars of the 2011 virus thriller “Contagion” — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements...
National bills coming due, with risk; consumers see it, too
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the g...
Keeping fit with no gyms open is a new NBA challenge
Denver’s players, if they're so willing, have the same assignment each day: Go to their phone or tablet, launch an app and view their individualized d...
From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Josna Begum lives with her son in a house with four other families in a slum in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, the world’s most den...