Governments should stop wasting precious time needed to fight the coronavirus after squandering an opportunity to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s head said. “We squandered the first window of opportunity,” said WHO…

MADRID (AP) — The number of coronavirus infections was set to top a half-million worldwide today as both Italy and the United States appeared poised to surpass China, where the pandemic began, and Spain’s death…

LAS VEGAS — It was just two weeks ago that Las Vegas native Carlos Rosales Jr. told his cousin that business at his new barbershop was doing so well that he was considering hiring a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote Wednesday came despite misgivings on…

NEW YORK — Calls to New York City’s 911 medical services hit their highest levels since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to emergency workers’ unions, stretching staffs that have already seen their own…

The spread of COVID-19 is not stopping the action at Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy.  From her studio, owner and instructor Chelsea Lea is conducting classes via her computer screen. Lea reconfigured her class instruction just…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and some of the nation’s most prominent governors plunged into heated debate Tuesday over how much death they’re willing to risk in order to get the economy running again during…

The coronavirus outbreak hit home today among the well-born and the desperately poor alike as Britain’s Prince Charles tested positive and India’s 1.3 billion people, or one-sixth of the Earth’s population, found themselves under lockdown.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early today on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system…