New York faces COVID-19 onslaught as state’s dead nears 9/11 toll
New York state has recorded more than 500 coronavirus-related deaths in a single day, bringing the statewide total to nearly 3,000, or about the same...
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Americans urged to wear masks outside as coronavirus pandemic worsens
The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic,...
NYC crematories work overtime
New York City crematories are extending their hours, burning bodies into the night. The state has started a running tally of all cremations and burials....
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number...
U.S. death toll spirals, Trump talks of very painful weeks ahead
The U.S. government raced on Tuesday to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities as healthcare systems were pushed to capacity, and sometimes beyond,...
U.S. coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country’s mounting crisis, while New York...
New York’s Cuomo pleads for doctors, nurses from other states to aid its hospitals
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on Monday for healthcare workers elsewhere to help the state’s overwhelmed hospitals battle the coronavirus and made a plea...
Trump backs off plan to reopen businesses by mid-April amid coronavirus warnings
President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and...
White House-led airlift of urgently needed medical supplies arrives in New York
A planeload of desperately needed medical supplies arrived in New York from China on Sunday, the first in a series of flights over the next...
Trump drops idea of New York lockdown as U.S. death count crosses 2,000
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would issue a travel warning for the hard-hit New York area to limit the spread of the...
Coronavirus outbreak is stretching New York’s ambulance service to breaking point
The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through New York City has pushed its ambulance service close to the breaking point, with hundreds of personnel out ill and...
Trump tells GM: Stop ‘wasting time’, build ventilators to address coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday invoked emergency powers to require General Motors Co to build much-needed ventilators for coronavirus patients after he accused the largest U.S....
Historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill passes U.S. House, becomes law
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2 trillion aid package – the largest in history – to help cope with the economic...
US overtakes China, Italy with most cases in the world
The number of U.S. coronavirus infections climbed above 85,500 on Friday morning, surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy, as New York, New Orleans...
US indicts Venezuela’s Maduro for ‘narco-terrorism’
The US government on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of “narco-terrorism,” the latest escalation of...
U.S. Senate passes $2 trln bill for “strange and evil” coronavirus crisis
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed a $2 trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic, as well...
U.S. Congress, negotiators reach deal on $2-trln coronavirus aid package
U.S. senators and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak,...
Tens of millions in lockdown in US
Three major American states are locking down their residents in the face of a rapidly advancing virus storm that is already severely straining health systems...
Trump says he has put Defense Production Act into gear to fight coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had put the wartime Defense Production Act into action to aid the fight against coronavirus after saying...
Venezuelans sew homemade face masks amid coronavirus quarantine
After two decades of sewing jackets and school uniforms, Venezuelan clothing designers Stalina Svieykowsky and Nelson Jimenez this month revamped their operations to make the...
