• NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic

    NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic

    May 03, 2020 05:53 PM EDT

    ... the Second, a group of NRA members seeking changes to the organization, called the recent cutbacks the result of poor choices for years not the coronavirus. In a recent email to its followers, the group disputed putting blame on the pandemic: “Mr. LaPierre, if your organization was squeaky clean and ...

  • Most states fall short of coronavirus testing thresholds

    Most states fall short of coronavirus testing thresholds

    May 02, 2020 06:06 PM EDT

    With no specific guidelines, states are left to figure out what a successful testing program should be while they simultaneously try to reopen their shattered economies.

  • Solar, wind energy struggle as coronavirus takes toll

    Solar, wind energy struggle as coronavirus takes toll

    May 02, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

    The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction, put thousands of skilled laborers out of work and sowed doubts about solar and wind projects on the drawing board.

  • How language differences can spark fear, racism amid the coronavirus pandemic

    How language differences can spark fear, racism amid the coronavirus pandemic

    May 01, 2020 10:19 PM EDT

    Concern about just this sort of prejudice silenced a University of South Carolina student from Connecticut in March. Southern attitudes toward Northerners aren’t always favorable, and the coronavirus outbreak in New York City hasn’t helped. The student was in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, convenience store when a ...

  • FDA allows emergency use of drug for coronavirus

    FDA allows emergency use of drug for coronavirus

    May 01, 2020 08:25 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide. President Donald Trump announced the news at ...

  • WATCH: California Gov. Newsom gives coronavirus update; rural county defies shutdown

    WATCH: California Gov. Newsom gives coronavirus update; rural county defies shutdown

    May 01, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

    ... the sands last weekend. Newsom scolded people for defying the spirit of his statewide stay-at-home order, designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus that has killed some 2,000 people in the state. “People that are congregating there, that weren’t practicing physical distancing ... may not even ...

  • Russian prime minister says he tested positive for coronavirus

    Russian prime minister says he tested positive for coronavirus

    Apr 30, 2020 10:39 PM EDT

    MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive for the new coronavirus and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will temporarily perform Mishustin’s duties. Mishustin, 54, was named prime minister in January. Also, the mayor of Moscow ...

  • WATCH: Trump meets with New Jersey governor to discuss coronavirus efforts

    WATCH: Trump meets with New Jersey governor to discuss coronavirus efforts

    Apr 30, 2020 05:33 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump met with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on April 30 to discuss a joint effort to battle the novel coronavirus pandemic in the state.

  • Critical study of Gilead drug shows coronavirus patients responding to treatment, NIH says

    Critical study of Gilead drug shows coronavirus patients responding to treatment, NIH says

    Apr 30, 2020 04:27 PM EDT

    Gilead said a government-run study of remdesivir, perhaps the most closely watched experimental drug to treat Covid-19, showed the medicine is effective.

  • WATCH: U.S. Navy hospital ship departs NYC after supporting coronavirus response

    WATCH: U.S. Navy hospital ship departs NYC after supporting coronavirus response

    Apr 30, 2020 03:40 PM EDT

    ... of up to 1,000 hospital beds, but according to New York City’s Office of Emergency Management, it had 427 set up for the coronavirus crisis — and all of those weren’t needed. Originally deployed to care for patients without coronavirus, the Comfort switched gears days after arriving to ...