Walmart is enacting an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly U.S. workers that allowing them to take time off without penalty if they fear the spread of a new virus.
As U.S. sports leagues weigh whether to bar fans from ballparks and stadiums to help stall the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is one of the few players who can tell them exactly what that looks like.
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OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press
Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus are waiting anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if means being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A clash of two oil titans – Saudi Arabia and Russia – is sending shock waves through energy markets, with wide-ranging implications for consumers and oil companies, including those in the No. 1 producing country, the United States. The spat between these vital oil suppliers comes at a critical moment; the […]
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Matt Egan, Annalyn Kurtz, Allie Schmitz and Jen Tse, CNN Business
The longest bull market in American history turns 11 years old on Monday. But investors are hardly celebrating. The bull market faces its gravest test yet: a rapidly-spreading virus that threatens to tip the world economy into a recession.
An Australian newspaper has printed an extra eight pages to be used as toilet paper after coronavirus fears prompted customers to bulk buy supplies, leaving some supermarket shelves bare.
Countries on four continents have quarantined or kept at sea ships that have experienced outbreaks. But experts warn that the strategy can backfire. That's because the ventilation systems and close quarters of cruise ships make them ideal places for illness to jump from one person to the next.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are fulfilling their last royal commitment this week when they appear at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey.
Stocks plunged 7% on Wall Street Monday, triggering a trading halt for 15 minutes. The steep drop followed similar falls in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening fallout from the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
A state coronavirus-response team in Utah is calling comments from President Donald Trump ‘misinformation’ and warning people to stay home if they get sick.
President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence.
Factories in China that make the world's smartphones, toys and other consumer goods are trying to protect their employees from a virus outbreak as they resume production.
The Supreme Court is taking up the first major abortion case of the Trump era, an election year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll back previous rulings.
Bernie Sanders seized Super Tuesday's biggest prize with a victory in California, while a resurgent Joe Biden scored wins across the country in key states.
Strong storms and at least one tornado tore through Nashville and a swath of Middle Tennessee late Monday and early Tuesday, killing at least eight people -- including two in the state capital -- and leaving a number of homes and other buildings in ruins.
Lawyers for the adult niece of an Idaho woman whose two children have been missing for five months say their client is cooperating in the FBI’s investigation into the disappearance.
The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league’s latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis that has spread to most corners of the planet.
