Truce over: U.S. Congress heads to partisan battle on coronavirus aid for states
After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state of conflict, with leading Republicans lining up against aid for cities and states that Democrats say is ess…
On next COVID-19 front line, New York nurse tends to discharged patients at home
Nurse Flora Ajayi parks her car on a residential block in Queens, New York and pops open the trunk, revealing plastic bins full of personal protective gear. She dons gloves, a blue gown, two masks, a face shield and shoe covers and turns to enter the h…
Buildings closed by coronavirus face another risk: Legionnaires’ disease
Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires’ disease.
U.S. food banks run short on staples as hunger soars
By Michelle Conlin, Lisa Baertlein and Christopher Walljasper
U.S. coronavirus death toll expected to reach 50,000 on Friday
The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus is expected to reach 50,000 on Friday, doubling in 10 days and the highest in the world, according to a Reuters tally.
U.S. judge blocks California law that required background checks to buy ammunition
A U.S. federal judge has blocked a California law that required background checks for people buying ammunition, saying it violated the constitutional right to bear arms.
US judge blocks California law that required background checks to buy ammunition
A U.S. federal judge has blocked a California law that required background checks for people buying ammunition, saying it violated the constitutional right to bear arms.
U.S. to test some immigrants for coronavirus before deportation
The United States plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID-19 before deporting them, an official familiar with the effort said on Thursday, after infections among deportees in Guatemala, Haiti and Mexico.
New Yorkers sing ‘Lean on Me’ to honor essential workers during coronavirus pandemic
It starts as it has around the world with people leaning out of windows and standing on balconies clapping, cheering and banging pots and pans to honor essential workers still operating during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. House passes $500 billion coronavirus bill in latest relief package
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to an unprecedented near $3 trillion.
