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Canada unlikely to return to normal until there is a COVID-19 vaccine

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians will need to stay at home and practice physical distancing for months as the first wave of COVID-19 cases in the country won’t end until the summer.

Oil-producing nations seek global deal to stabilize market

By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press

Oil-producing countries including those of the OPEC cartel and Russia are trying to limit a crash in prices that, while welcome for consumers, has been straining government budgets and pushed energy companies toward bankruptcy.

U.S. economy unlikely to 'boom' post-pandemic

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

There are emerging signs any U.S. economic recovery will fail to match the speed and severity of the collapse that occurred in just a few weeks, despite President Donald Trump's promises of a strong rebound…

During pandemic, D.C. volunteers provide food for the needy

By Ashraf Khalil, Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press

Activists in Washington, D.C., are teaming up to feed the needy during the coronavirus outbreak. Southeast Washington was already a food desert with residents experiencing chronic nutritional and health issues even before the COVID-19 pandemic locked down the nation's capital,…

WATCH: White House task force urges men with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested

By Associated Press

So far, Dr. Deborah Birx says, 56% of the people tested for COVID-19 are female, and 16% of them tested positive for the virus. But for the men, 23% tested positive.

Wall Street climbs after Fed stuns markets again with aid

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve launched its latest unprecedented effort to support the economy through the coronavirus outbreak.

Record 16.6 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus

By Associated Press

The figures collectively constitute the largest and fastest string of job losses in records dating to 1948.

Trump to open more wildlife refuge land to hunting, fishing

By Brady McCombs, Associated Press

It's part of a proposal unveiled Wednesday that is aimed at giving Americans more recreational access on public lands.

Fed eases limit on Wells Fargo to make more small business loans

By Ken Sweet, Associated Press

The Federal Reserve is lifting its lending restrictions on Wells Fargo after some of the bank's thousands of small business customers were shut out of a program that's supposed to throw them a financial lifeline.

Wildlife group says gulf oil spill still affecting wildlife

By Tamara Lush, Associated Press

A decade after the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a wildlife advocacy organization says dolphins, turtles and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico are still seriously at risk.