Spring-break partying falls victim to COVID-19 crisis VIEW
Colleges around the U.S. are scaling back spring break or canceling it entirely to discourage partying that could spread the virus and raise infection rates...
States easing virus restrictions despite experts’ warnings VIEW
Cases and hospitalizations have plunged since the end of January, and deaths have also dropped sharply, but the head of the CDC urged Americans not...
US tops 500,000 virus deaths, matching the toll of 3 wars VIEW
The country's COVID-19 death toll U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined....
In pandemic, more people choose to die at home VIEW
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since...
Officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader VIEW
Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then...
Chiefs under pressure to ditch the tomahawk chop celebration
Pressure is mounting for the Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs to abandon a popular tradition in which fans break into a “war chant” while making...
US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953
Lisa Montgomery, 52, was the 11th prisoner executed at the facility since July when President Donald Trump, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, resumed federal...