Coronavirus USA Updates: Number of Maryland COVID-19 patients continues to rapidly rise
Maryland's confirmed coronavirus cases have climbed sharply this week, bringing its total to 24,473 cases.
Since Monday, confirmed cases of the virus have risen by...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Chicago mayor rails against house parties
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a fiery press conference Saturday asking people to immediately stop holding large house parties.
"If you feel like having...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Fewer New Yorkers testing positive for antibodies
The rate of New Yorkers who tested positive for antibodies, meaning they had COVID-19 at some point, has decreased, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at...
Coronavirus Updates: US intel believes China hid severity of epidemic while stockpiling supplies
U.S. intelligence officials believe that the Chinese government misled the rest of the world about the contagiousness of COVID-19, all the while taking...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Nursing homes have accounted for 1 in 3 deaths in Florida
Nursing homes have continued to be a hotbed for spreading the novel coronavirus.
New data obtained by the Miami Herald reveals that nursing homes and...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Tennessee to test all inmates, prison staff after massive outbreak
All Tennessee inmates and correction staff will be tested for the coronavirus as part of a new widespread initiative to mitigate the spread of...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Fauci will testify before Senate
Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify before the GOP-led Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on May 12, a committee...
Coronavirus USA Updates: Mississippi extends stay-at-home order after spike in deaths
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he was prepared to unveil the easing of state restrictions Friday. He said he knows the economy needs to...
Coronavirus USA Updates: NCAA releases ‘core principles’ for restarting college sports
The NCAA released guidelines on Friday for how college sports will transition back campuses. Its plan closely follows the Centers for Disease Control...
Coronavirus USA Updates: New Mexico governor authorizes lockdown of Gallup
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has authorized locking down Gallup, a city in which she said the spread of the coronavirus is "frightful"...
Giant crocodile rescued in Sri Lanka (Video)
Giant crocodile rescued by Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka.
A giant crocodile measuring 17 feet and weighing close to 2,000 pounds was discovered Monday stuck...
Ohio father charged in meth Halloween, boy released from the hospital
Ohio father charged in meth Halloween, boy released from the hospital.
A Galion father is facing charges after police determined Halloween candy was not to...
Sea cucumber prison: Seafood company owner gets two years, Report
A Washington seafood company owner has been fined $1.5 million (£1.2 million) and sentenced to two years in prison for over-harvesting sea cucumbers.
The arrest...
Activist Amal Fathy jailed for sexual harassment video
A court in Egypt has given human rights activist Amal Fathy a two-year-suspended sentence and a fine for "spreading fake news".
She has been in...
Coronavirus USA Update: Black people overwhelmingly dying from COVID-19
Black Americans are overwhelmingly dying of coronavirus at much higher rates compared to other Americans in some major cities, but most federal officials and...
