Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery
The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a…
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Pastor makes a miraculous recovery from COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story High Point (WGHP) — Jeff Harmon went from the pulpit at Bible Truth Baptist Church…
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Trump contradicts US intel community by claiming he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in Chinese lab
President Donald Trump contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community by claiming Thursday that he has seen evidence…
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Hogan: Maryland protected coronavirus tests it secured from South Korea ‘like Fort Knox’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday the state is using the Maryland National Guard and state police to keep the coronavirus test kits it secured…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor orders Orange County beaches to close
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the closure of Orange County beaches Thursday after crowds packed the waterfront there during a heat wave last…
Continue ReadingThis family was randomly selected to take a coronavirus antibody test. Here’s what it’s like
Health workers are knocking on doors around metro Atlanta this week to conduct random antibody tests to see how many people have been infected with…
Continue ReadingCDC’s draft guidance for reopening amid coronavirus includes spaced-out seating in schools, disposable menus in restaurants
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drafted a 17-page document that details interim guidance on how businesses, schools, churches,…
Continue ReadingNASCAR heads back to the racetrack May 17
NASCAR drivers will back on the track in mid-May, making up for lost time by taking part in two Cup races within days of each other. After a…
Continue ReadingNASCAR heads back to the racetrack May 17
NASCAR drivers will back on the track in mid-May, making up for lost time by taking part in two Cup races within days of each other. After a…
Continue ReadingFoodborne illnesses continue to rise as efforts to prevent them fail
Cases of potentially dangerous foodborne illnesses caused by common bacteria in the United States food supply increased during 2019 compared to the…
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Mark Cuban has a plan to get more Americans working and spending
Billionaire Mark Cuban thinks the way to fix the battered US economy is to do it “bottom up” instead of “top down.”…
Continue ReadingUSA Gymnastics suspends coach Maggie Haney for 8 years
USA Gymnastics has suspended New Jersey gymnastics coach Maggie Haney — once the coach of Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez — for eight…
Continue ReadingUSA Gymnastics suspends coach Maggie Haney for 8 years
USA Gymnastics has suspended New Jersey gymnastics coach Maggie Haney — once the coach of Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez — for eight…
Continue ReadingHere’s how the major sports leagues are responding to the coronavirus
One of the many facets of life put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic are, to the anguish of many fans, sports. Days of obsessing over beloved teams…
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‘Anybody who says they’re not scared during this is lying to you.’ A day in the life of paramedics in a pandemic
The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the…
Continue Reading‘Anybody who says they’re not scared during this is lying to you.’ A day in the life of paramedics in a pandemic
The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the…
Continue ReadingRoger Goodell memo announces NFL staff furloughs and salary cuts
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has announced staff furloughs, salary reductions and cuts in the NFL’s pension plan in a memo sent to the league…
Continue ReadingNew York City’s subway trains will stop overnight for disinfecting, governor says
New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
Continue ReadingNew York City’s subway trains will stop overnight for disinfecting, governor says
New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
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Fact check: Hilton CEO shatters Trump’s testing conspiracy theory while sitting beside him
At a White House meeting with corporate executives on Wednesday, President Donald Trump repeated his conspiratorial suggestion that the media is…
Continue ReadingThis teacher paid his students’ utility bills with his stimulus check. He’s not the only one donating the money
Teacher Kent Chambers says he’s fortunate to still be able to work during the coronavirus pandemic, so when he and his wife received their…
Continue Reading‘Jeopardy!’ contestant thinks Janet Jackson is Ariana Grande — and there was video
Dear trivia nerds, we need you to do better by our black music icons. Coming on the heels of a contestant confusing Chaka Khan with Shaka Zulu,…
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Up to 60 bodies found in four trucks outside Brooklyn funeral home
Four trucks containing as many as 60 bodies have been discovered outside a Brooklyn funeral home after someone reported fluids dripping from the…
Continue ReadingUp to 60 bodies found in four trucks outside Brooklyn funeral home
Four trucks containing as many as 60 bodies have been discovered outside a Brooklyn funeral home after someone reported fluids dripping from the…
Continue Reading‘A Secret Love’ shines a warm light on a lesbian couple’s decades-long relationship
“A Secret Love” is several stories in one, each of them worthwhile. The Netflix documentary ostensibly focuses on the decades-long…
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Trump administration draws up plans to punish China over coronavirus outbreak
The Trump administration is formulating a long-term plan to punish China on multiple fronts for the coronavirus pandemic, injecting a rancorous new…
Continue ReadingRead this before you venture out in public
The best way to curb the spread of Covid-19 is to stay home if you can. That’s true even now that more than half of US states will start…
Continue ReadingColleges are facing a cash crunch and it could alter campus life
The coronavirus crisis is hitting every college in the United States, university leaders say, and will likely continue well beyond the fall semester.…
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Colleges are facing a cash crunch and it could alter campus life
The coronavirus crisis is hitting every college in the United States, university leaders say, and will likely continue well beyond the fall semester.…
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Remdesivir drug shows promise — but it is far from a coronavirus cure
The study showing that the experimental drug remdesivir might help Covid-19 patients recover more quickly is positively good news. Shortly afterward,…
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