No end in sight, Congress confronts new virus crisis rescue
WASHINGTON — It stands as the biggest economic rescue in U.S. history, the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill swiftly approved…
Georgia measure would stop officials mailing ballot requests
Republicans controlling a Georgia House committee have approved a bill to prevent election officials from proactively sending mail ballot request…
Watchdogs say Trump admin limiting oversight of virus aid
WASHINGTON — Government watchdogs are warning that a legal determination by the Trump administration could severely limit their ability to…
Michigan seeks disaster declaration after 2 dam failures
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she will request a federal disaster declaration for the Midland area, where a failure of…
China defends its coronavirus response in new report
Senior Chinese health officials have defended their country’s response to the new coronavirus pandemic, saying they provided information in a…
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent…
Lightning kills at least 10 in India amid heavy rain
A government official says lightning has killed at least 10 villagers during thunderstorms and heavy rain in eastern India April…
Report: Stockpile of 39 million masks exposed as fake
A major California labor union that claimed to have discovered a stockpile of 39 million masks for health care workers…
U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic
WASHINGTON — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might…
Georgia 2nd state to postpone pres. primaries over virus
Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus By…
UN health chief visits China to help with virus containment
BEIJING — 11:20 p.m. The director-general of the World Health Organization has flown to China to meet with government officials…
Tunnel collapse on Wyoming-Nebraska border threatens crops
Officials in Nebraska and Wyoming were scrambling Thursday to respond to an irrigation tunnel collapse that cut off water to…
Farmers risk loss of federal payments, loans, from shutdown
The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the…