U.S. city Hoboken announces night curfew, restricts service in bars, restaurants due to coronavirus
The U.S. city of Hoboken, across the Hudson River from New York City, on Saturday announced a night curfew starting March 16 and ordered bars and restaurants to conduct only delivery services amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
American Airlines cutting international flights by 75% amid demand collapse
American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut 75% of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet, as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
American Airlines to suspend nearly all long-haul international flights starting March 16
American Airlines Group Inc on Saturday said it will implement a phased suspension of nearly all long-haul international flights starting March 16, amid reduced demand and travel restrictions due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. airlines start cutting flights due to UK, Ireland restrictions
United Airlines Co said late Saturday it would begin cutting flights to the United Kingdom after Washington expanded travel restrictions to Britain and Ireland, and Southwest Airlines moved toward flight cuts as the coronavirus outbreak sapped demand.
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, extends travel ban to Britain, Ireland
Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the U.S. president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.
No milk, no bleach: Americans awake to coronavirus panic buying
(This March 14 story has been refiled to fix typo in Silver Spring in paragraph 15)
Trump tests negative for coronavirus: White House doctor statement
U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus, the president’s physician, Sean Conley, said in a statement on Saturday.
Georgia delays presidential nominating election due to coronavirus
Georgia elections officials have delayed the state’s presidential primary set for March 24 until May 19 because of the coronavirus, the state’s top election official said Saturday.
Democrat Biden tacks left, backs Warren bankruptcy plan with student loan relief
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has endorsed former rival Elizabeth Warren’s plan to reform consumer bankruptcy laws including allowing relief of student loan debt, incorporating proposals by the party’s progressive wing into the moderate fro…
U.S. quarantined 17 travelers at airports, asked over 30,000 to self-quarantine at home, DHS official says
A senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that in the first six weeks of coronavirus vetting for travelers at American airports, 17 travelers had been placed under quarantine at medical facilities.
