Starbucks is closing its cafes due to coronavirus, with some exceptions
Starbucks has closed its cafes in the United States and Canada for two weeks because of the spread of coronavirus, reducing services to drive-thru…
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Fact check: Joe Biden’s comments on gun control
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s the current front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, made several gun-related claims…
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Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus
A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…
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Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus
A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…
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A new novel imagines a global pandemic that kills millions. Its author has been called prescient before
Some works of fiction seem ripped from the headlines. Others anticipate the news, providing a prophetic vision of our future. Lawrence Wright’s…
Continue Reading Live broadcasts, online fundraising, one-on-one calls: How the Biden campaign is adjusting its tactics amid the coronavirus
Campaign staffers are hunkered down at home instead of working from their headquarters or in primary states. Traditional fundraisers, campaign…
Continue Reading Donald Trump starts 2020 in the worst polling position since Harry Truman
Poll of the week: A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 52% to 43% in a general…
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Stuck at home? Look to the skies
Observing celestial sights could connect us during a time when we’re forced to be physically apart. That was the idea of Megan Eaves, a writer…
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StormTRACK Weather: Shake off some cabin fever and enjoy the beautiful afternoon
Social distancing doesn’t have to doom your weekend, the rain will take a break so get out and enjoy the outdoors. It will be warmer, drier and…
Continue Reading NBC News staffers fire back at Trump, call his attack on reporter ‘outrageous’ and ‘absolutely nuts’
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Outrage inside NBC…
Continue Reading ‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic
As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…
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‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic
As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…
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Manchester Premier League rivals come together to support local food banks amid coronavirus pandemic
Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, two of England’s fiercest football rivals have put aside past resentment to help those affected by the…
Continue Reading Rites of passage are deferred as students adjust to school in isolation
A week ago Tess DeMeyer was sitting in class taking a midterm. Today, the Brown University senior is home in Georgia, waiting to learn whether her…
Continue Reading As governments limit nonessential travel, what becomes essential?
Freedom of movement at the world’s longest land border diminished on Wednesday when President Donald Trump announced restrictions on travel…
Continue Reading America is racing to contain the coronavirus spread. Here’s how the pandemic changed the country this week
America is coming to a halt while authorities race to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The normally bustling streets of New York City and…
Continue Reading 30 days that brought the world to the brink of a depression
Monday, February 17. The novel coronavirus outbreak is raging in China, but fewer than 1,000 people have been infected outside the country. With the…
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30 days that brought the world to the brink of a depression
Monday, February 17. The novel coronavirus outbreak is raging in China, but fewer than 1,000 people have been infected outside the country. With the…
Continue Reading Trump will be judged on one thing now — and it won’t be impeachment
Remember impeachment? Me either. There’s a worldwide pandemic and many Americans are confined to their homes as the US government tries to halt…
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She lost her mother, two brothers and a sister to coronavirus within a week
Elizabeth Fusco was still grieving her oldest sister’s death when she got another call this week. Her oldest brother had died, too. While she…
Continue Reading As Trump’s leadership is tested, he turns to states and the private sector
As coronavirus sends the country’s largest cities into lockdown and its hospitals into resource rationing, President Donald Trump has found…
Continue Reading New York nonprofit for developmentally disabled struggling for help with coronavirus
A New York nonprofit that helps the developmentally disabled says it is having trouble getting people tested and obtaining protective equipment, even…
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In a week, New York City became the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak
The city that never sleeps is faced with a “brand new reality,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. A dark Broadway. Empty streets. Shuttered bars…
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6 gráficas sobre el coronavirus: los reveladores datos de los contagiados en China
(CNN) – La mayorÃa de las personas que contrae el coronavirus experimenta sÃntomas leves, según revelan datos de la enfermedad en China, donde…
Continue Reading Japan asked the international media to change how we write their names. No one listened
In a full-page spread on March 2, 1979, the Los Angeles Times introduced its readers to Pinyin, a Chinese romanization system it said was changing…
Continue Reading Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat
President Donald Trump ignored reports from US intelligence agencies starting in January that warned of the scale and intensity of the coronavirus…
Continue Reading At least 30 cruise ships are at sea right now. Here’s what it’s like on board
Texan newlyweds Jay and Carmen Martinez went straight from celebrating their beachside wedding to embarking on a globe-trotting honeymoon cruise…
Continue Reading One of the symptoms of self-isolation is extreme boredom. Here are some of the creative ways people are keeping themselves entertained
The coronavirus has canceled your spring break plans, sporting events, concerts and late night rendezvous. You’re practicing social distancing,…
Continue Reading Three inmates test positive for coronavirus in Georgia as concerns grow over unprepared prison system
Three inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus in Georgia, raising concerns the pandemic could spread within tight prison quarters…
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Music legend and Texas-native Kenny Rogers dies at age 81
SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as…
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