PHILADELPHIA — Researchers around the world started work on a coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 11, the moment their Chinese counterparts published the microbe’s genetic code. At Inovio Pharmaceuticals in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., scientists made a…

BEIJING (AP) — Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus outbreak, as the government on Wednesday began lifting the…

As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, my fellow economists have reached deep into their bare cupboards of old ideas, and what have they found? Models that do not work: bailouts for big companies. Tax cuts for…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin today postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that include a change that would allow him to seek another term in power. Putin didn’t set a new…

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that Americans are left uniquely unprepared for such a crisis because our federal and state governments do a lousy job protecting us. Two…

Less is more. That’s the message USD 257 educators pressed when determining the best way to teach students now that in-person classes have been canceled for the remainder of the school year. It’s uncharted territory…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shelter-in-place orders are about to take effect for about a third of Kansas’ population to slow the spread of coronavirus, and Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that she will tighten restrictions…

Iolans may get a break on past-due utility bills, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City Council members  Monday spoke in favor of waiving fees associated with utility reconnections for as long as the city remains…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional and White House officials say they expect to reach a deal today on a nearly $2 trillion measure aimed at easing the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks closer to enactment in recent days despite the…