Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of “Jojo Rabbit” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” will direct a new “Star Wars” film. Waititi had for months been expected to take the reins of the galaxy far, far away, having already directed the season finale of the “Star Wars” streaming spinoff “The Mandalorian.”
Science has ticked off some major accomplishments over the last century. The world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet in many ways, 2020 is looking like 1918, the year the great influenza pandemic raged.
Around the world, lockdowns are starting to ease as some places get coronavirus outbreaks under control and others decide the economic pain of keeping businesses closed is too much to bear.
It’s a morning of firsts for the Supreme Court: the first time audio of the court’s arguments will be heard live by the world and the first arguments by telephone.
News that an experimental drug seems to be the first effective treatment for the new coronavirus has unleashed a flurry of interest — and a clamor to know how soon it might be available.
The US Supreme Court has planned test runs with lawyers for its first-ever livestreamed arguments next week and begun devising time limits for the justices' own questioning.
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.
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MARTIN CRUTSINGER, MARILYNN MARCHIONE and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press
Public health experts say a vaccine may be the best chance of stopping the coronavirus. Yet even though it could be months or years before a working vaccine is ready, groups that have spread misinformation about immunizations in the past are raising doubts.
The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end the longest expansion on record.
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
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STEVE KARNOWSKI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
Vice President Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask while touring the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. It's an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center's policy requiring them.
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SEAN MURPHY, BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
State leaders in Oklahoma and Utah are facing scrutiny over the spending of millions of dollars combined to purchase malaria drugs promoted by President Trump to treat COVID-19 patients that many other states obtained for free and that doctors warned shouldn’t be used without more testing.
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SEAN MURPHY, BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
Utah state leaders are being scrutinized after buying unproven malaria drugs promoted to treat COVID-19 patients that doctors warned needed more testing.
The National Transportation Safety Board is planning to release its findings on the cause of a tourist duck boat accident that killed 17 people on a Missouri lake in July 2018. The board will hold a virtual meeting Tuesday to announce the results of an investigation into the tragedy at Table Rock Lake near Branson.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s two-week absence has inspired speculation and rumors that he is gravely ill. But he is not the first member of the country's ruling elite to disappear from public view.
The state of Georgia has allowed restaurants to reopen for limited dine-in service. But some Georgia restaurants are still closed amid concerns of putting employees and customers at risk.
The Trump administration is reviewing new federal plans designed to guide restaurants, schools and others as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions.
