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As the virus hits Latin America, countries are trying different approaches to keep people off the street. In Bogotá, men and women are only allowed out on alternate days.

Trump threatened to invoke his authority to adjourn Congress to confirm nominations he said are needed to deal with the coronavirus crisis.       

Michigan’s governor said she believes the people who flooded the streets to rally against the state’s coronavirus lockdown could end up prolonging the stay-at-home orders they were protesting. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s...

Thae Yong Ho made history becoming the first North Korean defector elected lawmaker in South Korea.

The Polish parliament debated a controversial bill on Wednesday aimed at heavily limiting access to abortion.

A U.S. P-8A reconnaissance plane was soaring above the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday when a Russian SU-35 fighter jet appeared on its tail. For 42 minutes, U.S. Navy officials say, the Russian pilot flew in an “unsafe...

Researchers found that patients at China's Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital tested for high levels of the virus at the onset of symptoms, indicating that they had been contagious for days.

17 bodies found inside New Jersey nursing home amid COVID pandemic

The already tattered US-China relationship appears to be taking a hit as a growing chorus of GOP senators begins calling for and taking action against the communist nation over its involvement in the coronavirus pandemic...

On April 8, just before noon, Ivanka Trump tweeted an inspirational message to fellow Jews preparing to celebrate a first night of Passover like no other -- amid the social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines put in p...

About 2 million chickens will be slaughtered at Delaware and Maryland farms without ever making it to market — because of staff shortages at the food production company during the coronavirus crisis, according to new r...

A staggering number of people are now out of work in the United States as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship -- including the relationship between the government and the governed. And during a pandemic like this one, it's no abstract matter. When people trust their governme...

At least two dozen ethnic Rohingya died aboard a ship that was rescued on Wednesday with nearly 400 starving people aboard after failing to reach Malaysia and drifting for weeks, Bangladesh coast guard officials said on ...

Over 450 federal inmates and 280 Bureau of Prisons staff members have tested positive for the virus

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31,000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a post-virus life that would likely include public face coverings as ...

An anonymous person called the police department in Andover, New Jersey, on Monday to report that a corpse was being stored in a shed outside the largest licensed nursing home in the state. When officers arrived, they di...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday night that, if asked, she would be the vice presidential running mate of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Warren revealed her decision in an interview with MSNBC...

President Trump threatened Wednesday to circumvent the Senate and unilaterally name people to federal posts using recess appointments during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said he has the power to declare that both cham...

Two New York City hospitals tested more than 200 pregnant women for coronavirus when they were admitted for delivery, whether they showed symptoms or not. The results, published this week in the New England Journal of Me...

New York City emergency-medicine physician Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell sparked controversy when, two weeks ago, he posted a YouTube video claiming that ventilators may be harming COVID-19 patients more than they’re helping...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will now require people to wear face coverings in public places where they cannot keep six feet away from others