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4 hours agoPandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reductionJust weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and requiring shoppers to bring reusable bags or pay a small ...
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4 hours ago'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deathsNew York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak.
4 hours agoBlack voters weigh history, health as they vote in WisconsinBlack voters in Milwaukee said the decision to go ahead with Tuesday's Wisconsin primary amid the coronavirus pandemic was especially problematic in their city, the state...
4 hours agoWisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracyIf Wisconsin was a test case for voting in the age of coronavirus, the test did not go well for many voters.
4 hours agoVoting-rights disputes in virus era spark court battlesBoth major political parties are preparing for a state-by-state legal battle over how Americans can vote during the coronavirus outbreak.
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6 hours agoWisconsin voters wait for hours, others stay home amid virusWisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday’s presidential primary election.
7 hours agoTrump upends virus oversight, removing key officialPresident Donald Trump’s removal of a watchdog tasked with overseeing how his administration spends the $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is the latest antagonism ...
8 hours agoTrump shakes up press team as White House deals with virusWhite House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post after never holding a single formal press briefing.
8 hours agoPressure builds to make Florida’s jobless claims retroactivePressure is mounting on Florida officials to make jobless benefits retroactive as the state's newly unemployed continue having problems filing claims because of the state...
15 hours agoUK's Johnson in ICU, was given oxygen in battling virusA British government minister says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital, but is not on a ventilator.
15 hours agoWith prime minister in ICU, Britain asks: Who's in charge?As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights the coronavirus in the intensive care unit of a London hospital, the people of his country are wishing him well and also wo...
15 hours agoMilitary promises Pakistani doctors gear to fight virusThe Pakistani military says dozens of doctors who were briefly jailed for protesting a lack of protective equipment to treat the growing number of coronavirus cases will ...
16 hours ago66 at South African hospital have coronavirus, mostly staffSixty-six people at a single hospital in South Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past few days.
16 hours agoSex. Drugs. Virus. Venezuela elites still party in pandemicA raucous beach party thrown by several children of Venezuela’s ruling elite has led to a cluster of coronavirus cases.
17 hours agoFinancial hits pile up for colleges as some fight to surviveColleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus outbreak triggered a series ...
17 hours agoRio firefighter trades hose for horn to extinguish the bluesRio de Janeiro firefighter Elielson Silva has devised a novel approach to curing the coronavirus blues: he boards a fire truck's retractable ladder that ferries him up to...
19 hours agoHealth agencies: No evidence ibuprofen worsens coronavirusThe World Health Organization and other leading agencies say there is no evidence to support the idea that taking painkillers like ibuprofen might worsen the symptoms of ...
21 hours agoWhite House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors waryThe debate over using an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting COVID-19 has erupted at the White House.
22 hours agoJohn Lewis, once Trump target, backs Joe Biden for presidentCivil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president.
1 day agoThe Latest: Hong Kong to remain closed to foreignersSouth Korea’s vice health minister has urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the new coronavirus.
1 day agoCongress, White House reach high for next virus billSpeaker Nancy Pelosi is telling House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package.
1 day agoWisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concernsWisconsin is moving ahead with plans to hold in-person voting for its presidential primary and spring election on Tuesday, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
1 day agoTrump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreakPresident Donald Trump and Joe Biden have spoken over the phone about the coronavirus outbreak.
1 day agoTrump slams watchdog report on hospitals engulfed by virusA federal report finds 3 out of 4 U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
1 day agoCalifornia lends 500 ventilators to 4 states, 2 territoriesCalifornia's governor says the state will loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of hospitalizations due...
1 day agoIn a first, US slaps sanctions on Russian white supremacistsThe Trump administration has designated a Russian white supremacist group a “foreign terrorist organization" and hit its members with sanctions.
1 day agoSupreme Court rejects church challenge to ban on bus adsThe Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Catholic church in Washington, D.
1 day ago2020 Watch: Can Trump avoid blame amid deaths, weak economy?President Donald Trump has entered the most critical stretch of his presidency.
1 day agoPolish govt fails to secure support for postal electionPoland’s government is divided and reportedly struggling for its survival over whether to hold a postal presidential election in May during the coronavirus pandemic.
1 day agoAP-NORC poll: Pandemic impact varies by age, income levelA new poll finds that Americans’ worries about infection with COVID-19 have increased dramatically in the past six weeks — including across age groups, race and ethnicity...
1 day agoAP-NORC poll: Americans increasing effort to avoid infectionA new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Americans in overwhelming numbers are actively avoiding others as much as possible...
1 day agoTrump tempers officials' grave assessments with optimismThe U.S. surgeon general is raising the specter of the gravest attacks against the nation in memory, 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, to steel anxious Americans for impending sorro...
1 day agoTrump sees limits of presidency in avoiding blame for virusPresident Donald Trump is governing through the most dangerous practical and political crisis forced upon any U.S. leader in nearly a century.
2 days agoThe Latest: South Korea health minister urges vigilanceAmerican nationals and permanent residents have boarded a flight out of Kathmandu in what was likely their last chance to head home as Nepal prepares to extend lockdown m...
2 days agoUS sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan's global status The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push the cause of Taiwan, long an irritant in U.S. relations with China.
2 days agoTrump tempers officials' grave assessments with optimismSurgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.
2 days agoIntelligence official 'disappointed' after ouster by TrumpThe ousted inspector general of the intelligence community says he is “disappointed and saddened” that President Donald Trump has fired him.
2 days agoFlorida mayor: 1 more death tied to virus-stricken cruiseAuthorities say 14 people have been taken to hospitals from a cruise ship that docked in Florida with coronavirus victims aboard and one of them has died at a hospital.
2 days agoPuerto Rico imposes stricter COVID-19 measures amid lawsuitThe ACLU says it it is seeking an injunction to block part of Puerto Rico’s strict curfew against the new coronavirus, arguing that some of its restrictions are unconstit...
2 days agoIsland mayor battles Georgia governor over virus limitationsThe mayor of small Georgia beach community is in very public battle with the state's governor over how to protect the public during the coronavirus outbreak.
2 days agoMexico: More social spending, no business bailout for virusMexico's president says there will be no huge economic stimulus program as the country faces the threat of coronavirus-induced crisis almost certainly unlike any it has s...
3 days agoNY gets 1,100 ventilators with help from China, OregonGov. Andrew Cuomo says New York is poised to get over 1,100 ventilators from China and Oregon as the state scrambles to line up more breathing machines for the sickest co...
3 days agoNew coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tensionDespite state and local limits on public gatherings, some houses of worship have persisted in holding in-person services -- a matter of religious freedom, they say, as th...
3 days agoWisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended votingWisconsin Republicans say they're asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday's primary.
3 days agoTrump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemicPresident Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot, as coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threa...
3 days agoBrazil lacks coronavirus tests, other equipment, report saysBrazilian health officials grappling with the coronavirus outbreak have issued a stark warning about a lack of hospital beds, masks, testing devices and trained staff acr...
3 days agoWhere will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus growsAuthorities are clamoring to secure additional body storage wherever possible as U.S. officials estimate the death toll from the coronavirus could reach as high as 240,00...
