• WATCH: White House press secretary holds coronavirus briefing

    WATCH: White House press secretary holds coronavirus briefing

    May 28, 2020 05:49 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a coronavirus briefing on May 28. Watch the briefing in the player above. The White House will not release its official midyear economic update this summer, declining to put its stamp on data documenting the plunge into recession during the coronavirus ...

  • U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 milestone

    U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 milestone

    May 27, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... tracing and testing. Lisa Desjardins: India logged a new record number of daily infections as well, as its overall caseload topped 150,000. And with coronavirus cases surging across Latin America, hospitals in Brazil, Mexico, and Chile are struggling to keep up with the huge influx in patients. Meanwhile, hospitals ...

  • U.S. coronavirus deaths reach 100,000

    U.S. coronavirus deaths reach 100,000

    May 27, 2020 09:58 PM EDT

    ... vaccinated as soon as it’s available to better protect my family.” Most people who get COVID-19 have mild cases and recover. However, the coronavirus has been seen attacking in far stealthier ways — from blood clots to heart and kidney damage. Whatever the final statistics show about how often ...

  • EU proposes 750 billion-euro coronavirus recovery fund

    EU proposes 750 billion-euro coronavirus recovery fund

    May 27, 2020 05:40 PM EDT

    The European Union has proposed a recovery fund worth 750 billion euros, or $825 billion, to help countries weather a painful recession triggered by the coronavirus.

  • WATCH: New York City projects $9 billion revenue loss because of coronavirus

    WATCH: New York City projects $9 billion revenue loss because of coronavirus

    May 27, 2020 04:35 PM EDT

    New York City has lost an estimated $9 billion in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. He added that the city projects more losses beyond next fiscal year as a result of shutdowns meant to quell the virus spread. Watch the mayor's ...

  • Pence press secretary returns to work after coronavirus recovery

    Pence press secretary returns to work after coronavirus recovery

    May 26, 2020 06:31 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s chief spokeswoman said Tuesday that she has recovered from coronavirus and is back at work. President Donald Trump confirmed on May 8 that Katie Miller, Pence’s press secretary, had tested positive for COVID-19. She is one of two people working at ...

  • White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil

    White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil

    May 24, 2020 09:34 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world's coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases.

  • Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection

    Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection

    May 23, 2020 03:33 PM EDT

    In a note to investors in late April, Jefferies analyst Hamzah Mazari predicted that rival Avis would survive the coronavirus crisis but Hertz had only a 50-50 chance “given it was slower to cut costs.” On May 18, Hertz named operations chief Paul Stone as CEO and announced that ...

  • Alabama coronavirus outlook worsening amid state reopening

    Alabama coronavirus outlook worsening amid state reopening

    May 23, 2020 02:30 PM EDT

    ... trying to revive a lagging economy and prevent the spread of disease.As of Friday, more than 13,400 people had tested positive for the coronavirus in Alabama, and 533 had died. Most people recover from COVID-19, but patients with other health problems and the elderly are particularly susceptible ...

  • Coronavirus pandemic claims another victim: robocalls

    Coronavirus pandemic claims another victim: robocalls

    May 22, 2020 10:06 PM EDT

    Have you been missing something amid the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders? No, not human contact. Not even toilet paper. Robocalls. Industry experts say robocalls are way down — scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted millions ...