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A federal judge ruled that Alabama cannot ban abortions as part of the state’s response to coronavirus By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press April 13, 2020, 2:03 AM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Sunday ruled that Alabama cannot ban abortions as […]

CHICAGO — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, surpassing 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt. With the New York area still deep

Image copyright Getty Images Mortuary suppliers have told BBC News they have no stocks of standard body bags left for sale, blaming stockpiling due to the coronavirus pandemic for the shortage. New stocks from overseas cannot be sourced for many weeks, they say. The NHS says it currently has adequate stocks but health workers report

A major California labor union that claimed to have discovered a stockpile of 39 million masks for health care workers fighting the coronavirus was duped in an elaborate scam uncovered by FBI investigators April 12, 2020, 6:37 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A

HONOLULU — People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from a coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures. An outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt began in late

Commuters who are stuck working from home during the coronavirus pandemic have suddenly found themselves with extra money — and many are spending it to help others who’ve been laid off By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press April 12, 2020, 8:30 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article

Christians the world over celebrate a solitary Easter amid a global virus pandemic April 12, 2020, 7:52 PM 5 min read 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Christians the world over celebrate a solitary Easter amid a global virus pandemic. Pope Francis calls for solidarity. At the Vatican, Francis celebrated Mass

WASHINGTON — By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22 played down the threat posed by the respiratory virus from China, which had just reached American shores

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until further notice, after dozens of employees tested positive for the coronavirus April 12, 2020, 6:11 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it

More than 2,600 deaths have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities nationwide, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks By BERNARD CONDON and RANDY HERSCHAFT Associated Press April 12, 2020, 4:50 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK