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A California man faces federal charges after officials allege he ran a train "at full speed off the end of rail tracks" near the U.S. Naval Ship Mercy, the 1,000-bed floating hospital that arrived in the Port of…
Nothing is the same for college students, thanks to the coronavirus. Most have moved out of dorms. Their classes have moved online. Labs and performing arts classes now bear little resemblance to normal. But one…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's preeminent coronavirus expert, required a security detail Thursday as the nation braced for what President Donald Trump predicted would be a "horrific" couple of weeks. More than 1,000 people died of coronavirus…
HACKENSACK, N.J. – An East Orange General Hospital doctor on Wednesday became the first emergency physician to die from likely coronavirus complications, the American College of Emergency Physicians said in a statement. Frank Gabrin, 60,…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will get a security detail amid increased threats to his security, according to multiple reports. The 79-year-old doctor has been one of the…
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx detailed data models predicting 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the United States from coronavirus. Birx said that the numbers were shocking but much lower than the earlier…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The number of coronavirus-related deaths topped 4,000 in the U.S. on Tuesday night, just one day after reaching the…
JUPITER, Fla. ― Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to issue a statewide “stay-at-home” order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus because the disease has not hit many areas of the state, he…
Shanette Joyner isn't worried about making her rent payment on Wednesday. But her autistic daughter lost her job at a Panera Bread because of the pandemic, her brother in California lost his job at a bookstore,…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Some 15,000 Los Angeles high school students have not participated in any online learning since schools were forced to…
Federal authorities are reviewing the stock sales of four lawmakers just before the market slide triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Financial disclosure statements indicated that Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Jim Inhofe,…
The rapidly spreading novel coronavirus is supercharging a debate about the treatment of gig workers. The relief bill signed Friday by President Trump will provide a short-term lifeline. But some workers for companies such as…
In just a few weeks, the novel coronavirus outbreak has changed the way thousands of companies operate in an unprecedented manner. As business owners and employees navigate the new normal, here are some of the…
Veronica Velasquez’s job as a physical therapist at a Los Angeles community hospital has become riskier as the number of coronavirus patients rises. But the risk of losing her working papers and being deported hasn’t changed at…
Mark Naison, 73, had just days to move online his decades-old class, a history of music from rock-and-roll to hip hop. He wasn't sure how to preserve the raucous spirit of the course, but he had an…
NBC News host Chuck Todd asked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden if President Donald Trump has "blood" on his hands due to his management of the coronavirus pandemic. Todd posed the question to Biden during…
Authorities in Pennsylvania have identified the suspect accused of coughing on an estimated $35,000 worth of grocery store products in what they say was a "twisted prank" amid the coronavirus pandemic. Margaret Cirko, 35, was arrested and…
The federal government has been rolling out its response to the coronavirus crisis, trying to slow the spread and prop up the economy, which has taken a severe hit. House lawmakers scrambled back to Washington…
Joyce and James Foster live in a bucolic slice of Texas hill country blanketed in oaks, jumping with deer and dotted with lakes. But a less welcome addition to their landscape has arrived: COVID-19. Given their…
From her home in Falls Church, Virginia, teacher Kalpana Sharma gathered her props: three water bottles she made into puppets, paper for drawing a picture of her feelings and tinfoil shaped into boats that could float in the kitchen…
The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought the economy to a screeching halt -- sending stock markets reeling, unemployment rates surging and upending entire industries. As the health crisis wages on, here are some resources from…
Comedy clubs, bookstores and cocktail makers are among the millions of American small businesses facing a race against time in an unprecedented financial battle for survival. "It's not funny. You know, that needs to be…
The health crisis has increasingly become an economic one. March 26, 2020, 12:34 PM 2 min read The coronavirus pandemic has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a financial one, shuttering businesses, upending entire…
Those $1,200 stimulus checks were inching closer to America's mailboxes, U.S. deaths surged past 1,000, and jobless claims smashed a record Thursday as coronavirus tightened its grip on America. Late Wednesday, the Senate passed a $2 trillion emergency aid proposal,…