OAK PARK, Illinois (AP) — One Tulsa bar owner said more than a dozen motorcyclists showed up unannounced, but he served them a round of shots anyway to celebrate a birthday. Another live-streamed a drag queen show on Facebook while up to 20 people drank inside the locked bar, ignoring police ...
Here are the latest stories worldwide on the coronavirus pandemic, including: — Washington, D.C., reports 67 new positive infections of coronavirus. — Mayor of Milan says reopening of city will be in phases. — Hoarding and price gouging task force finds 192,000 N-95 masks to ship ...
PARIS (AP) — The worldwide race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified today, pitting governments against each other as they buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside. ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons and a deep legacy. He was 85. "Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. The stunning report this morning from the Labor Department showed that ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report issued this morning that the U.S. government still must do better in communicating with them, though improvements have been made over the last five years. Several ...
Here are summaries of the latest worldwide headlines on the coronavirus pandemic, including: — Russian Foreign Ministry: U.S. paid for half of medical supplies sent from Russia. — Portugal extends state of emergency another 2 weeks. — World Medical Association says China's figures ...
Whether broadcasting a service or Mass live on social media, standing in a church parking lot with a microphone or handing out bags of communion wafers ahead of time to allow for participating at home are just some of the adjustments local churches have made for social distancing. At ...
POLAND — The Poland United Methodist Church has caught the attention of churchgoers and church leaders from other area churches with a unique new style of Sunday morning worship. The church has started a drive-in service where the Rev. Kenneth Gifford stands under a carport by the church ...
COLUMBUS — The number of COVID-19 deaths in Mahoning County more than doubled in a day, and it now has more deaths — nine — than any other county in Ohio. It also had 153 confirmed cases of the virus as of Tuesday , the third-most in the state despite being the 12th-most populous ...