Health

Wisconsin governor orders delay of Tuesday election to June

By Scott Bauer, Steve Peoples, Associated Press

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday issued an executive order to delay the state's presidential primary for two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, a move that will almost certainly prompt a court challenge and inject new uncertainty about whether…

From Iran's hot zone, Afghans flee back home and spread virus

By Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press

Mahdi Noori, a young Afghan refugee in Iran, joined a large migration of some 200,000 Afghans and counting who have been flowing home across the border for weeks — from a country that is one of the world’s biggest epicenters…

Stocks rise sharply on signs of progress in battling virus

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Stocks jumped in markets around the world Monday after some of the hardest-hit areas offered sparks of hope that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak may be on the horizon.

WATCH: Florida governor gives green light for some beaches to reopen

By Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will provide an update April 6 on how the state is responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

WATCH: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives coronavirus update

By Courtney Vinopal

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer provides an update on how the state is responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Governors plead for food stamp flexibility amid pandemic

By Astrid Galvan, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

State governments and food security activists across the country are imploring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make the food stamp program more flexible and easier to access at a time when so many people are losing their jobs and…

U.S., UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down

By Lori Hinnant, Danica Kirka, Associated Press

The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened.

Chaos and scrambling in the U.S. oil patch as prices plummet

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

The global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the oil industry in the U.S., which pumps more crude than any other country.

Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.

Japan's prime minister to declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, but that there will be no hard lockdowns.