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“The Most Magical Place on Earth” is reopening after nearly four months with new rules in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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The Pac-12 has become the second major conference to shift to a conference-only fall schedule amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
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The agreements were tentatively agreed to on Monday, and approved nearly four months to the day since the NHL halted its season with 189 games remaining.
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|By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press
A federal judge in Indiana on Friday halted the first federal execution planned in 17 years scheduled three days from now over COVID-19 concerns.
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Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said he didn’t support shutting down the state the first time, and he doesn’t think the state or country will be shut down again.
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|By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press
When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections.
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Starting Wednesday, Starbucks will require it for all customers at all U.S. stores.
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|By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and HILARY POWELL
International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America.
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The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:12 PM CDT
A growing chorus of public health experts is urging federal, state and local officials to reconsider how they are reopening the broader economy and to prioritize K-12 schools.
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Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 9:05 PM CDT
Redfield commented a day after Trump complained the reopening guidelines were “very tough and expensive."
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Jovana Gec and Nick Perry
The virus isn't slowing in the three worst-affected countries: the United States, Brazil and India. They account for more than 60% of new cases globally.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 8:32 PM CDT
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, has been returned to federal prison.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 7:52 PM CDT
|By Jill Riepenhoff, Daniela Molina and Lee Zurik
Federal nursing home coronavirus case data remains flawed, and some members of Congress say that needs to change.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 3:12 PM CDT
|By Ed Payne
The “Science Guy” is out with a couple of face mask videos on TikTok that have captured the attention of millions.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 2:53 PM CDT
|By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Despite a huge surge of Floridians testing positive for the new coronavirus in recent weeks, two of Disney World's four parks are reopening Saturday. When they do, visitors to "The Most Magical Place on Earth" will find new rules in place.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM CDT
The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions — after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By DOUG FEINBERG and JIMMY GOLEN
A person with knowledge of the decision says the Ivy League will not play sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 11:27 AM CDT
|By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Researchers from Italy said Thursday that they studied 31 women with COVID-19 who delivered babies in March and April.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:11 AM CDT
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 8:09 AM CDT
Cloth masks are better than nothing at protecting people from disease, but they don’t compare to medical-grade masks.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 7:29 AM CDT
|By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer
The poll by the Japan News Network said only 17% thought it could be held next year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 9:25 PM CDT
|By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER Associated Press
Atlanta's mayor says she will sign an executive order mandating masks in Georgia's largest city Wednesday, defying Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to strongly encourage but not require face coverings.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 6:40 PM CDT
|By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer
The president unleashed his threat on Twitter.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press
Labs are reporting shortages of materials and don’t have enough workers to process the tests, leading to severe backups that could worsen as economies reopen and new infections emerge.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 5:00 PM CDT
President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June, along with large protests that accompanied it, “likely contributed” to a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases, Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
U.S. consumers reduced their borrowing for a third straight month May as the millions of jobs lost because of the coronavirus pandemic made households less eager to take on new debt.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 2:57 PM CDT
The man who took the video said the individual started to yell at and harass the elderly woman. When he cut in, the man started yelling at him.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 2:09 PM CDT
Multiple agencies were called to the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in Bradenton in connection with search warrants.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 2:03 PM CDT
|By JOSEPH PISANI and MATT OTT AP Business Writers
The coronavirus pandemic pushed the 200-year-old company to seek Chapter 11 protection Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 1:55 PM CDT
|By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer
The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states imposed new quarantine requirements.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Gray DC Newsroom
Deciding how to save USPS is a complicated and decades-long fight in Washington. Some are calling for Congress to bail it out, but new leadership at the postal service could mean changes for the historic institution.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL
Renters are nearing the end of their financial rope.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Lauren Schwahn, NerdWallet
Millions of newly out-of-work Americans are chasing employment simultaneously.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 10:34 AM CDT
A survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows only 45% of COVID-19 patients studied in nine states knew they had been in contact with someone who had the virus.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 8:49 AM CDT
The BD Max System COVID-19 diagnostic test from Becton Dickinson is showing an error rate of 3-percent false positives.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 7:20 AM CDT
Hearings and a jury trial to determine criminal sanity for a man who pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 6:24 AM CDT
|By MATTHEW DALY and BRIAN SLODYSKO
At least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to newly released government data, highlighting how Washington insiders were both author and beneficiary of one of the biggest government programs in U.S. history.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 3:41 AM CDT
|By Gray News Staff
Texas has seen a resurgence in coronavirus cases, recently surpassing 10,000 new cases in a single day for the first time.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:54 PM CDT
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two products for killing the novel coronavirus on surfaces following laboratory testing.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
An eviction moratorium is lifting. Extra unemployment benefits are ending. Parents are being called to work, but schools are struggling to reopen for fall as the COVID-19 crisis shows no signs of easing.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press
A national nursing union is concerned that gear has to be reused.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 7:14 PM CDT
In his interview with Van Susteren, President Trump discusses the treatment and vaccine timeline for COVID-19 and if the Republican Convention can still be held in Florida.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 5:24 PM CDT
At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after working several weeks in a Capitol where many people stood or sat close together and did not wear masks.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:45 PM CDT
|By COLLIN BINKLEY
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be “fully operational” even amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
Widespread and prolonged extreme heat is baking the contiguous United States and meteorologists see no relief in sight, except for a brief time in a corner of the Pacific Northwest.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 2:23 PM CDT
|By MARCELO DE SOUSA and DAVID BILLER
Bolsonaro confirmed the test results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters in capital Brasilia on Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 12:40 PM CDT
|By WILL WEISSERT
Joe Biden is promising to shift production of medical equipment and other key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil,” creating jobs and bolstering a domestic supply chain he says has been exposed as inadequate and vulnerable by the coronavirus outbreak.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:48 AM CDT
|By JEFF AMY Associated Press
Faculty and employees have increasingly been demanding that their institutions mandate masks to slow virus transmission, signing letters and petitions
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:05 AM CDT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out with updated guidelines for youth sports safety in the age of COVID-19.