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The astronaut Anne McClain had faced accusations that she had improperly accessed a bank account from the International Space Station. But prosecutors said her accuser lied about some details.

Former Hinsdale Central girls volleyball coach Tracey Marshall, a star player at Downers Grove South and Illinois, died unexpectedly April 2 at her home in Bolingbrook, according to a brief obituary on the McCauley Funer...

The majority of New York's more than 4,700 coronavirus deaths were men, and 86% of all deaths were among people who had underlying illnesses.       

During a private conference call with Democrats on Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at least $1 trillion will be needed for the next coronavirus relief package. Last month, Congress passed a $2.2 trilli...

President Trump said Monday that the USNS Comfort docked in New York will now be open to coronavirus patients, after the ship was initially meant to take only non-COVID-19 patients to free up beds in New York hospitals. ...

Even President Trump, who initially backed the acting secretary's handling of the issue, seemed to have second thoughts. "I may look into it," the president told reporters.

The president has frequently vilified and badgered members of the press, often women of color, in his daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephanie Grisham is leaving her role as White House press secretary without having ever held a single press briefing, according to a report.

Donald Trump talks second stimulus, while task force doctors and New York offer hope and stocks rally. Here are the latest coronavirus crisis updates.       

Inmates at the Cook County Jail are fighting to be released while they await trial amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds have already been freed over health concerns. CBS Chicago's Megan Hickey reports.

Austria and Denmark recently announced they would start easing restrictions after Easter.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce a state of emergency on Tuesday for the capital Tokyo and six other prefectures to stem a worrying rise in coronavirus infections in major population centres.

One of the many things this pandemic has taken from us is the chance to comfort the grieving. Here are just a handful of the many people we've lost.

A memo from Peter Navarro said failure to contain a coronavirus outbreak could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars in economic losses. It is the most direct warning known to have circulated a...

Keep these basic, yet essential cleaning items for a germ-free home.       

The Bronx Zoo tiger infected with COVID-19 is “showing evidence of improvement every day,” its chief veterinarian said this week. Nadia, a 4-year-old Malayan tiger, and at least a half dozen of the zoo’s other sick...

Two federal agencies have placed orders for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine — using taxpayer money — even as debate rages over its effectiveness in fighting the cor...

At least 173 sailors aboard the ship had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Monday

Radiation levels surged 17 times higher than normal this week near the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, as forest fires tore through the disaster area, officials said. Ukraine’s emergency services said a fir...

There has been no change in Boris Johnson's condition, two sources close to him said on Tuesday, after the British prime minister was taken into intensive care following a deterioration in his coronavirus symptoms.

Pell was regarded as the Vatican's third highest ranking official. He was convicted in 2018 of sexually assaulting two teen choirboys and had served 13 months of a six-year sentence.

Lawsuit alleges retailer failed to warn others after employee showed disease symptoms before being sent home and dying.