Nation
March 24, 2020
Trump hopes to reopen U.S. 'very soon'

Trump hopes to reopen U.S. 'very soon'

The president says the rise in the stock market and bipartisan work on Capitol Hill are good signs in working towards the country getting back to normal amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Nation
March 24, 2020
White House: People leaving NYC should self-quarantine

White House: People leaving NYC should self-quarantine

A top member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force provided grim statistics about the spread of the coronavirus in New York City.
Nation
March 24, 2020
NYC residents spend time alone in parks

NYC residents spend time alone in parks

Foot traffic in New York City parks was light Tuesday as the city hunkers down on a "pause" order by the state's governor to slow the speed of the coronavirus.
Nation
March 24, 2020
Trump looks to reopen country in weeks, not months

Trump looks to reopen country in weeks, not months

President Donald Trump looked to reassure the public again Monday that the coronavirus outbreak will be short lived.
Local
March 23, 2020
Ecolab corporate headquarters building in St. Paul, Minn. (Ken Wolter/Dreamstime/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1520485 ORG XMIT: MIN1912191640489805

Ecolab seeing sharp rise in sales of disinfectants that can neutralize coronavirus

Nation
March 23, 2020
White House: Mobile beds, faster tests coming

White House: Mobile beds, faster tests coming

President Donald Trump says he's ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ship mobile hospital centers to the hard-hit states of Washington, California and New York amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Nation
March 21, 2020
Trump contradicts Fauci, slams reporter over drug

Trump contradicts Fauci, slams reporter over drug

In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred Friday on whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with coronavirus disease.
Nation
March 21, 2020
San Francisco pot shops open, called 'essential'

San Francisco pot shops open, called 'essential'

San Francisco dispensaries are allowed to sell marijuana for take out or delivery and no on-site consumption is allowed.
Nation
March 21, 2020
Festive lights invoke cheer amid coronavirus fears

Festive lights invoke cheer amid coronavirus fears

A town in New Hampshire is lighting its festive lights for real in the spring to help with the unsettling reality of the escalating pandemic.
Nation
March 20, 2020
Trump suspends standardized tests, loan payments

Trump suspends standardized tests, loan payments

President Donald Trump said students have "been through a lot" this year.
Nation
March 19, 2020
FDA 'looking at everything' to treat virus

FDA 'looking at everything' to treat virus

The Food and Drug Administration's Commissioner says they are looking at everything to help treat the novel coronavirus.
Nation
March 18, 2020
Strong earthquake rattles Utah, causes damage

Strong earthquake rattles Utah, causes damage

The 5.7-magnitude earthquake just after 7 a.m. shook Salt Lake City and suburbs, closing the airport.
Business
March 18, 2020
John Desteian, right, owner of Lompian Wines, a small importer of European wines, employs 10 people including operations manager Mark Mueller. Desteia

Days of wine and tariffs weigh heavily on Minnesota wine importers

Businesses find themselves in the middle of a U.S.-E.U. trade dispute over aircraft manufacturing
Business
March 16, 2020

Citing virus, U.S. Chamber calls for suspension of payroll taxes for businesses

Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health Dr. Anthony Fauci talks to reporters on the

Fauci: More tests available in 'a week or so'

The effort initially was hobbled by delays in getting testing kits out to public health labs, but the stumbles have continued, leading scientists to conclude that the virus has taken root in more places than government officials say.
Nation
March 13, 2020
Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency

Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak.
Nation
March 12, 2020
Trump announces ban on flights from Europe, except U.K.

Trump announces ban on flights from Europe, except U.K.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on flights from Europe into the US – with the exception of the UK – as America ramped up measures to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus.
Business
March 11, 2020

Military's use of disputed firefighting foam scrutinized at U.S. House hearing

Ex-copter pilot believes living on a military base exposed her to toxic levels of 3M product.
Nation
March 11, 2020
White House task force sees coronavirus with more gravity

White House task force sees coronavirus with more gravity

Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. health officials spoke in tones of greater gravity at the White House during a briefing about the spread of the coronavirus on a day when clusters of the virus swelled on both sides of the U.S.
Nation
March 10, 2020
White House sees coronavirus with more gravity

White House sees coronavirus with more gravity

Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. health officials spoke in tones of greater gravity at the White House during a briefing about the spread of the coronavirus.

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