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Mississippi is latest state to delay elections amid pandemic

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

With Friday's announcement, Mississippi joins a number of other states that have postponed elections amid the global pandemic.

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

By Kat Stafford, Aaron Morrison, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has announced a package that suspends evictions and foreclosures for 60 days. But the vast majority of renters, who are generally low income and disproportionately African American, Latino and other minorities, will not be covered.

WATCH: New York Gov. Cuomo orders work from home

By Tim Sullivan, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Cuomo said is he directing all workers in nonessential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide.

WATCH: Trump to curtail U.S.-Mexico travel, invoke powers to spur virus supplies

By Jill Colvin, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

President Donald Trump and other administration officials will hold a briefing March 20 to give the latest updates on the government's response to COVID-19, which has so far infected more than 10,000 Americans.

Senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Senate records show that Burr and his wife sold between roughly $600,000 and $1.7 million in more than 30 separate transactions in late January and mid-February, just before the market began to fall and as government health officials began to…

Immigration courts are still open as coronavirus cases grow

By Yamiche Alcindor

Without more specific guidance, these unions say, immigration judges and other courtroom personnel have been largely left to make their own decisions on how to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

Senate Republicans draft 3rd relief bill as coronavirus cases surge across U.S.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the U.S. has surged past 11,000, and officials expect it to rise quickly in the coming days. Meanwhile, the Senate is working on a huge economic aid package, and President Trump is waiving…

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In $1 trillion virus response, McConnell proposes paying $1,200 per person

By Andrew Taylor, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Keeping paychecks flowing for idled workers as jobless claims skyrocket is a top priority for both the Republican and Democratic plans emerging from Congress.

Israelis accuse Netanyahu of exploiting virus to keep power

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

Netanyahu and his surrogates have shut down the court system, begun using sophisticated phone-surveillance technology on the general public and suspended the activities of parliament.

Postponed primaries leaves Democratic candidates in limbo

By Bill Barrow, Alexandra Jaffe, Will Weissert, Associated Press

The former vice president, who proudly calls himself a "tactile politician," can't chase those votes in public because he's essentially confined to his Delaware home like any other American in a quasi-national quarantine.