National News
- Tornado tears through Arkansas college town, with 6 hurt March 29, 2020Officials in Arkansas say a tornado ripped through the northeast part of the state and hurt six people in the college town of Jonesboro
- Whitmer order halts water shutoffs during virus pandemic March 29, 2020Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Saturday requiring communities statewide to restore water service, effectively ending water shutoffs for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic
- Police: 6 dead after house fire in southern Indiana March 29, 2020Indiana State Police say six people died following an early morning house fire in Switzerland County, along the Kentucky border
- Relative says former US Sen. Tom Coburn, conservative political maverick and Oklahoma physician, has died March 28, 2020Relative says former US Sen. Tom Coburn, conservative political maverick and Oklahoma physician, has died
- UN chief says misinformation about COVID-19 is new enemy March 28, 2020U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world is not only fighting the “common enemy” of the coronavirus “but our enemy is also the growing surge of misinformation” about COVID-19
- Virus delays review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty March 28, 2020The United Nations says the 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemic
- California has surge of virus cases that threatens hospitals March 28, 2020California is beginning to see the surge of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm hospitals
- Sheriff: Girl, 4, found in woods; had been missing 2 days March 28, 2020Authorities say a search team has found a 4-year-old girl in good condition after she had gone missing for two days in some woods in Alabama
- Shop sells 'hundreds' of doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face March 28, 2020An upstate New York doughnut shop is featuring the likeness of the doctor leading the country's battle with coronavirus on its sweet treats
- 1 killed, multiple injured in NYC subway fire: Official March 28, 2020Officials say a New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a train fire that is being investigated as a crime
- PG&E to use wildfire victims fund to pay for past crimes March 28, 2020Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t pay for its crimes in a deadly wildfire by taking money away from a fund set up to compensate thousands of victims for their losses
- Cruise stocks sink after missing out on economic-relief bill March 27, 2020Congress has left cruise lines high and dry when it comes to emergency relief from the new virus outbreak
- Confirmed coronavirus infections top 100,000 in US, deaths at over 1,500, according to Johns Hopkins University tally March 27, 2020Confirmed coronavirus infections top 100,000 in US, deaths at over 1,500, according to Johns Hopkins University tally
- Pedestrian bridge falls onto freeway; no injuries March 27, 2020Authorities say a truck collided with a pedestrian bridge in Detroit, sending a portion of the span onto a freeway and blocking traffic
- IMF head says global economy now in recession March 27, 2020The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday it is clear that the global economy has now entered a recession that could be as bad or worse than the 2009 downturn
- Stocks are closing 3% lower on Wall Street but still held on to weekly gains after a rally this week as aid bill passed March 27, 2020Stocks are closing 3% lower on Wall Street but still held on to weekly gains after a rally this week as aid bill passed
- A few miles away yet worlds apart, 2 families wait out virus March 27, 2020A global pandemic may know no boundaries
- Iowa professor charged in gagging death released from jail March 27, 2020An Iowa college professor accused of murder in the gagging death of her husband has been released from jail because of concerns about the coronavirus
- Restaurants, trying to stay afloat, revamp menus, operations March 27, 2020With business sinking under coronavirus outbreak restrictions, restaurants are transforming operations and menus to try to stay afloat
- U of Rochester, ex-professors settle retaliation claims March 27, 2020The University of Rochester will pay $9.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by nine former professors and students who claimed they faced retaliation after bringing sexual misconduct claims against a professor
