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Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and requiring shoppers to bring reusable bags or pay a small ...

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Food banks rely on donations from grocery stores. But as Texans rush stores, grocers have less to give.

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Analysis: A fast drop for the Texas economy — and for the state budget

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Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won't share the details.

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The Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spread

New Zealand’s health minister has described himself as an “idiot” and has been stripped of some responsibilities after breaching the country’s strict lockdown measures by...

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More have now died in New York City from the coronavirus than the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center

New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak.

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Trump seeks $250 billion for payrolls in virus aid showdown

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for up to $25,000 “heroes” pay for frontline health care and service industry workers as Congress pushes ahead with a ne...

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Texas can enforce abortion ban during coronavirus pandemic, federal appeals court rules

A New Orleans-based federal appeals court will, for now, allow Texas to enforce a ban on almost all abortions as the state battles the coronavirus pandemic.

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Parties ready for court battles over virus-era voting rights

Both major political parties are preparing for a state-by-state legal battle over how Americans can vote during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Navy boss resigns amid uproar over firing of ship captain

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly says the captain of the COVID-stricken aircraft carrier who was fired last week had betrayed his service and may have been “too naive o...

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Report: Outbreak triggers drop in climate-changing emissions

President Donald Trump will preside over one of America's sharpest drops in climate-changing emissions despite mocking the idea of climate change himself.

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Coronavirus in Texas cities: See how social distancing could reduce stress on hospitals

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White House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors wary

The debate over using an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting COVID-19 has erupted at the White House.

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John Lewis, once Trump target, backs Joe Biden for president

Civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president.

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Coronavirus in Texas 4/7: Texas prisoners sewing 20,000 masks per day

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The Latest: Hong Kong to remain closed to foreigners

South Korea’s vice health minister has urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the new coronavirus.

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Congress, White House reach high for next virus bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package.

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Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns

Wisconsin is moving ahead with plans to hold in-person voting for its presidential primary and spring election on Tuesday, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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AP-NORC poll: Americans increasing effort to avoid infection

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Americans in overwhelming numbers are actively avoiding others as much as possible...

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Trump tempers officials' grave assessments with optimism

The U.S. surgeon general is raising the specter of the gravest attacks against the nation in memory, 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, to steel anxious Americans for impending sorro...

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Trump sees limits of presidency in avoiding blame for virus

President Donald Trump is governing through the most dangerous practical and political crisis forced upon any U.S. leader in nearly a century.

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Fauci: Coronavirus could become seasonal; it’s unlikely to be under control globally

American nationals and permanent residents have boarded a flight out of Kathmandu in what was likely their last chance to head home as Nepal prepares to extend lockdown m...

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US sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan's global status

The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push the cause of Taiwan, long an irritant in U.S. relations with China.

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Trump tempers officials’ grave assessments with optimism

Surgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.