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Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The primaries for voting centers that had not received ballots by early afternoon are expected to be rescheduled, while voting would continue elsewhere, the commission said.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Associated Press
After negotiations with lawmakers on the next package of pandemic economic assistance hit a wall, Trump used what he said were the inherent powers of the presidency to forge ahead on tax and spending policy that Congress says it is granted by the Constitution.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Gray News staff
The principal of North Paulding High School in a suburb west of Atlanta sent a letter Saturday to parents disclosing the positive tests.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Gretchen Gerlach
As Wisconsin nears 1,000 COVID-related deaths, positive confirmed cases of the virus surpassed 60,000 Sunday according to Department of Health services numbers.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By DAN SEWELL and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
The Ohio governor’s positive, then negative, tests for COVID-19 have provided fuel for skeptics of government pandemic mandates and critics of his often-aggressive policies.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By NICOLE WINFIELD and LISA MARIE PANE
The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. reached 5 million Sunday, by far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2020 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The fourth COVID-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after he received conflicting positive and negative results two days before, ahead of a scheduled meeting with President Trump.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2020 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases reached a new high Saturday, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services numbers.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:38 PM CDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR
A breakdown in the talks would put at risk more than $100 billion to help reopen schools, a fresh round of $1,200 direct payments to most people and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments to help them avoid furloughing workers and cutting services as tax revenues shrivel.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Caroline Peterson
Health experts explain many have an increased desire to engage in more traditional summer activities, but certain gatherings can increase the risk of spreading and contracting the virus.
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Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 3:16 PM CDT
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is weakening hiring and the economic rebound.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 2:43 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The coronavirus has exposed racial fractures in the U.S. health care system, as Black, Hispanic and Native Americans have been hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at far higher rates than other groups.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 1:27 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Cardinals’ game Friday against the Chicago Cubs was postponed after another St. Louis player tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By MATTHEW DALY
The U.S. Postal Service says it lost $2.2 billion in the three months that ended in June as the beleaguered agency — hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic — piles up financial losses that officials warn could top $20 billion over two years.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
A Georgia high school student says she was suspended after she posted a photo of a crowded school hallway on social media.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 8:52 AM CDT
|By KFOX Staff
Five-year-old Wilburt Coleman has been going door-to door, giving care packages to families with essential workers and those most vulnerable to the virus.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:18 AM CDT
|By LEE ZURIK and MEGAN LUTHER
Employees say they were exposed to coworkers who tested positive for COVID-19 but were never informed by their employers. In most states, companies don't have to disclose cases.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By FARNOUSH AMIRI and DAN SEWELL
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead a planned meeting with President Donald Trump.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 9:11 PM CDT
|By JONATHAN LEMIRE
President Donald Trump is engaging in a deeply personal attack on Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president's faith in God.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL and PAUL WISEMAN
An unemployed makeup artist with two toddlers and a disabled husband needs help with food and rent. A hotel manager says his unemployment has deepened his anxiety and kept him awake at night. A dental hygienist, pregnant with her third child, is struggling to afford diapers and formula.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:50 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Both sides have set a goal of reaching a deal by week’s end.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By MATTHEW DALY
A Democratic senator said Thursday he is launching an investigation into changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deliveries across the country just as big volume increases are expected for mail-in election voting.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By PAUL WISEMAN
Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By Gray News staff
One child psychologist said he's seeing a significant increase in mental health issues among children.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By Gray News Staff
David Nagy, 79, of Jefferson, Texas,died a needless death, his family pointed out in his obituary.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:02 AM CDT
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people are getting sick and even dying from ingesting hand sanitizer.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:24 AM CDT
|By Associated Press and RALPH D. RUSSO
The NCAA Board of Governors handed off any decision on whether to hold championships for fall sports such as soccer and lower-level football to each division.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:03 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
All tickets sold for the 2020 show will be automatically refunded.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:02 AM CDT
|By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer
The league made changes to its 2020 operations manual after outbreaks on the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals led to 21 postponements in the first two weeks of a shortened 60-game season.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:09 PM CDT
|By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR
After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity is emerging in the bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By Associated Press and AMANDA SEITZ
The State Department says Russia is using social media, state-funded media and a loose network of proxy websites to amplify conspiracy theories and misinformation, most recently around the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 3:48 PM CDT
|By PAT EATON-ROBB
UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to suspend football because of the coronavirus pandemic, as other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and the governor was reluctant to allow UConn to travel to states with high infection rates.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By PAUL J. WEBER
For nearly a month, this borderland of 2 million people in South Texas pleaded for a field hospital, but not until Tuesday was one ready and accepting patients.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Gray News staff
Some in real estate say the coronavirus is pushing younger homebuyers out of the city and into their first homes.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:59 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The free Covidwise app is available in Apple and Android app stores as of Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By DEE-ANN DURBIN
With new coronavirus clusters sprouting aboard ships overseas, the U.S. cruise industry is extending its suspension of operations through October.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:11 PM CDT
|By CNN Staff
This might be the worst time to be homeless in America, and the nation may not have seen the worst of it yet.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:44 AM CDT
|By Anna Helhoski
Restarting payments for tens of millions of student loan borrowers will likely lead to delinquencies and defaults, experts say.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By MATTHEW PERRONE, NICKY FORSTER and MICHELLE LIU
An Associated Press analysis found that the number of tests per day slid 3.6% over the past two weeks to 750,000, with the count falling in 22 states. That includes places like Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri and Iowa where the percentage of positive tests is high and continuing to climb.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:21 AM CDT
One of the U.S. companies working on a COVID-19 vaccine has released an anticipated price range for doses.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Ed Payne
Starting at 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, families can sign up for a location near them at: TheWalmartDriveIn.com.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:58 AM CDT
Clorox's shortage of disinfectant cleaning materials will remain difficult to find well into 2021, according to their incoming CEO.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:47 AM CDT
|By JEFF AMY
Two suburban Atlanta school districts that began in-person classes Monday with mask-optional policies face more questions about COVID-19 safety protocols after on-campus pictures showed students packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 11:21 PM CDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the two sides set a goal of reaching an agreement by the end of the week to permit a vote next week.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Michelle Baik
Some students and parents in Lodi say they are unhappy with the school district’s decision to go all-virtual in the fall.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By PHIL MARCELO, CARLA K. JOHNSON and LISA MARIE PANE
Big house parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars and restaurants — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Health experts once thought 2020 might be the worst year yet for a rare paralyzing disease that has been hitting U.S. children for the past decade.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM CDT
|By Travis Leder
Retailers believe the coronavirus pandemic could bring increased back-to-school business.