Columbia Heights grocery store employees test positive for coronavirus

Three employees at the Giant store in Columbia Heights have tested positive for coronavirus, making the store the latest in the area to be hit by the disease.

Virginia juvenile detention center new coronavirus hotspot

Coronavirus has erupted inside a juvenile detention center in Virginia with 25 kids testing positive, accounting for a quarter of all cases reported at youth facilities nationwide, officials said Friday.

DC urges residents to request absentee ballots ahead of June elections

At Thursday's press conference with city officials, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reported nine additional coronavirus deaths and 153 new positive cases of COVID-19. Since the outbreak began, 81 people have died in the District from the coronavirus and 2,350 have tested positive.

Married for 70 years but separated by COVID-19, Mich. couple dies just hours apart

Lester and Lillian Shindler, a couple from West Bloomfield, Mich. separated after 70 years of marriage due to the pandemic, died within hours of each other.

USDA announces $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to support food producers

Farmers, ranchers and producers would receive $16 billion in direct payments from the program, while $3 billion would be dedicated to the purchase of food products to be distributed to Americans in need.

Maryland protesters push to reopen economy amid COVID-19 pandemic

As the national shutdown drags on, there’s a growing movement online and among protesters to ease restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19.

Outer Banks tourist ban brings surge of seashells to beaches

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, seashells began piling up at the Outer Banks in North Carolina as tourists are banned from the beaches.

Senators urge anti-bias police training over mask fears

Democratic lawmakers want police departments to be vigilant about any racially biased policing during the coronavirus pandemic, as people in communities of color express fears of being profiled while wearing masks or other face coverings in public.

Global coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, according to Johns Hopkins

More than 150,000 people across the globe have died from the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 — according to the most recent data collected by the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

DC to use convention center to house 500 coronavirus patients in 'worst case scenario'

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be used to house 500 coronavirus patients in a "worst case scenario," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference Friday. 

'LIBERATE!' Trump goads states to lift coronavirus restrictions

One day after laying out a roadmap for gradually reviving economic activity, President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors Friday, in effect encouraging protests against the stay-at-home restrictions against the coronavirus.