Mar 16 Ohio plans to delay primary, but 3 states still planned By Terry Spencer, Associated Press Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Arizona are pushing forward with primary elections, although the coronavirus is causing headaches for some county elections supervisors as poll workers drop out in fear of catching the disease. Continue reading
Mar 16 Coronavirus vaccine test opens as U.S. volunteer gets 1st shot By Lauran Neergaard, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer's arm, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin an anxiously awaited first-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in record time after the new virus exploded from… Continue reading
Mar 16 Trump administration alleging foreign disinformation is stoking virus fears By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press The Trump administration is alleging that a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, three U.S. officials said Monday. Continue reading
Mar 16 Surgeon general says U.S. cases are at the point where Italy was 2 weeks ago By Hope Yen, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press "We are at a critical inflection point in this country, people. We are where Italy was two weeks ago in terms of our numbers," U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told Fox News. "When you look at the projections, there's… Continue reading
Mar 16 Countries go on lockdown erupt as world infections surpass those in China By Aritz Parra, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Spain officially became the fourth-most infected country in the world, surpassing South Korea as its arc of contagion curved higher. Continue reading
Mar 15 AP FACT CHECK: The Dems on pandemic, Social Security, more By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sparred one-on-one Sunday in a Democratic debate held without a live audience in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The growing crisis prompted some questionable statements from the presidential rivals, as… Continue reading
Mar 15 Governor: NYC schools to close Monday to fight coronavirus By Larry Neumeister, Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press New York City will close the nation's largest public school system on Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 4:00 Virtual campaigning 'a double-edged sword' for 2020 Dems By PBS NewsHour Tonight the 11th Democratic presidential debate will feature only two candidates, and this time there will be no audience as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders face off. But as the coronavirus shuts down much of traditional politics, virtual events are… Continue watching
Mar 15 Fed takes emergency steps to slash rates and ease bank rules By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve took emergency action Sunday and slashed its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to nearly zero and announced it would purchase more Treasury securities to encourage lending to try to offset the impact of the… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 5:17 What's being done to stop Russia's election interference? By PBS NewsHour Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has been well documented, and evidence shows Russia is again trying to undermine the 2020 election. But what is the federal government doing to stop it? Richard Hasen, founder of the Election… Continue watching