Fed steps in once again to try to smooth out lending markets
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world's lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other cen...
Inflation in Europe sags amid outbreak, oil price decline
FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency sagged to 0.7% in March from 1.2% February as the virus outbreak and an ...
Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent
BELGRADE, Serbia — Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. The army guards an exhibition center-turned-makeshift-hospi...
The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — The countdown clocks have been reset and are ticking again for the Tokyo Olympics.
How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan
WASHINGTON — The two doctors spread out their charts on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
Pastor arrested for violating rules amid virus outbreak
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida officials have arrested the pastor of a megachurch after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and ...
Meadows resigns House seat, starts at White House on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Meadows is resigning his congressional seat effective 5 p.m. Monday as he assumes the post of White House chief of staff.
Time to ‘revenge shop’: China’s virus hot spot reopens
WUHAN, China — The city at the center of China's virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that l...
Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser wins Whitman award
NEW YORK — The Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser has won the Walt Whitman Award for best first book. Almontaser's “The Wild Fox of Yemen” comes ou...
Sesame Workshop enlists Elmo, Cookie Monster on hand washing
NEW YORK — Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on.
As virus makes goodbyes hard, fears of many more rise in US
NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as f...
Instacart workers seek strike as jobs get busier, riskier
NEW YORK — A possible strike by Instacart workers highlights the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the grocery delivery business, where workers ar...
Call to the wild: Great outdoors an escape in tough times
Jim Klug's office phone rings off the hook with anxious anglers inquiring about the status of their upcoming fly-fishing trips.
Iran defends virus response as Syria reports first death
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of authorities' lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle Eas...
In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At first, the coronavirus was just a fairy tale, a rumor along the dusty lanes of the displaced persons’ camp that Habiba Ali cal...
Off to the cafe: Sweden is outlier in virus restrictions
STOCKHOLM — The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. People still sit at outdoor cafes in the center of Sweden's capital. Vendors still se...
Germany’s Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes
BERLIN — In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and disci...
North Korea test fires missiles amid worries about outbreak
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, continuing a streak of wea...
Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ
NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, inst...
Locked up: No masks, sanitizer as virus spreads behind bars
Something was wrong. The chow hall line at New York’s Rikers Island jail had halted. For three hours, the men stood and waited, without food, until a ...
On Wall Street, some optimism penetrates the uncertainty
Stocks rallied this week as Washington acted to provide $2.2 trillion of relief to an economy shocked by the coronavirus outbreak, leaving some on Wal...
Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
NEW YORK — Republicans who have spent the past decade howling about the danger of ballooning deficits embraced the coronavirus rescue package approved...
NOT REAL NEWS: Debunking yet more false coronavirus content
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared wid...
Eiffel Tower says “Merci” to health workers fighting virus
PARIS — Health workers racing to save lives as France contends with one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks have received a huge show of gratit...
Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous acti...
Meadows toggles between legislator, White House roles
WASHINGTON — When it came time to heave the largest aid package in U.S. history over the finish line, Republican Rep. Mark Meadows was the closer, wor...
Stocks drop, but hold on to weekly gains after a big rally
Stocks are closing more than 3% lower on Wall Street, giving back part of the gains they piled up over the past three days. A rally this week pushed t...
‘On My Block’ cast seeks truth in playing inner-city teens
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Cast members of Netflix’s “On My Block” say they feel honored to be able to represent teenagers who've long seen themselves p...
National bills coming due, with risk; consumers see it, too
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the g...
Garment workers going unpaid as fashion labels cancel orders
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A survey of factory owners in Bangladesh found that major fashion retailers that are closing shops and laying off workers in Europ...