Michael Avenatti temporarily freed from jail due to coronavirus threat
The convicted celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti has been granted temporary freedom from a New York City jail by a California federal judge who said the spread of the novel coronavirus was a compelling reason to release him.
Congressional Republicans double down on push for coronavirus business relief
The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats’ demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill.
Empty pews, empty collection baskets: coronavirus hits U.S. church finances
St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church in New York’s Brooklyn borough is used to limping along, month after month, at a budget deficit of several thousand dollars a week.
Trump orders U.S. government to help Italy in coronavirus fight
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered top U.S. administration officials to help Italy in fighting the novel coronavirus by providing medical supplies, humanitarian relief and other assistance.
U.S. coronavirus cases top 500,000: Reuters tally
U.S. coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections.
Seattle-area nursing home hit with wrongful death lawsuit over coronavirus death
A woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at a Seattle-area nursing home that was ravaged by the COVID-19 outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the company that owns the facility.
Using his own ‘metrics,’ Trump says ending U.S. shutdown is biggest decision yet
President Donald Trump said on Friday he faced his biggest decision yet with regard to when to re-open the U.S. economy from its coronavirus shutdown and pledged to listen to health experts when making that determination.
Harvey Weinstein hit with third sexual assault case in Los Angeles
Harvey Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles on Friday with a third sexual assault case, and prosecutors there said they have started the process of seeking his extradition from New York, where the former film producer is serving prison time for rape.
Empty churches, food drive mark start of Easter weekend in coronavirus-hit U.S.
Political leaders and health experts urged Americans celebrating Good Friday and the Easter weekend under threat of the coronavirus to avoid church gatherings and observe the holidays at home as the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 18,600.
One worker injured in fire at Valero’s Meraux, Louisiana, refinery
One worker was injured in a fire at Valero Energy Corp’s 125,000 barrel-per-day Meraux, Louisiana, refinery early Friday morning, a company spokeswoman said.
