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1 hour 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...
7 hours agoPatients rush to join studies testing drug for coronavirusCoronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.
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11 hours 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...
13 hours agoWATCH: President Trump, White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force hold daily briefingPresident Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force is expected to hold its daily briefing Sunday afternoon.
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1 day 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...
1 day agoHunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperationIntense global demand to get protective equipment for doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus battle is prompting states and hospitals to compete against...
1 day agoWATCH: President Trump, White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force hold daily briefingPresident Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force is expected to hold its daily briefing Saturday afternoon.
1 day 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...
1 day agoVirus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spiritFor Pope Francis at the Vatican, and for Christians around the world, this will be an Easter like none other.
1 day agoSearch resumes for Kennedy Townsend's daughter, grandsonDivers and boats are back searching in the Chesapeake Bay for the bodies of the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend after they d...
2 days agoSocial Security beneficiaries don’t need to file abbreviated tax return to receive stimulus check
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2 days ago‘You think Zoom bombing is funny?’ -- Hackers disrupt digital meetings with pornAuthorities issued a warning this week about people hacking video teleconferences.
2 days agoFeeding the front lines, one duck confit at a timeA group of tech-savvy, entrepreneurial San Francisco friends wanted to help two groups devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
2 days agoFlorida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchersPassengers from an ill-fated cruise are being allowed to touch dry land for the first time in weeks.
2 days agoMormons hold signature conference virtually due to pandemicFor the first time in more than 70 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith’s signature conference this ...
2 days agoCoronavirus survivor: 'In my blood, there may be answers' As more and more people survive the new coronavirus, hospitals want them to line up to donate some blood.
2 days agoGovernment lawyer named as new Grand Canyon park leaderA veteran lawyer for the U.S. Interior Department has been appointed as the new superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, a crown jewel of the park system.
2 days agoTrump campaign kicks off Catholic voter outreach projectPresident Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is ramping up its courtship of Catholic voters ahead of a likely November matchup against a devout Catholic Democrat, former ...
3 days agoJobs report Friday is expected to end record hiring streak After a record 113 straight months of hiring, the government’s monthly jobs report Friday is expected to show that the American jobs machine came to a sudden halt in Marc...
3 days agoCleanup of US nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreadsThe U.S. government’s efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has lumbered along for decades, oft...
3 days agoTesting issues cloud scope of California's virus outbreakCalifornia is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of nearly 60,000 pending tests grows.
3 days ago'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surgeMany funeral homes in New York and around the globe are in crisis as they try to meet surging demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.
