TOKYO (AP) — The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896. The relay tradition started at Adolph Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics — the Games of the XI…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — House lawmakers must approve a bill that would require Kansas to develop annual academic report cards on all children in foster care because few graduate from high school on time, a…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a $1 trillion economic stimulus package to counter the effects of the coronavirus, including relief for small businesses and the airline industry, and sizable checks for Americans…

DETROIT — Detroit’s three automakers agreed late Tuesday to partially shut down plants to reduce contact between workers and extend periods between shifts to allow for more cleaning amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the United…

NEW YORK (AP) — The vicious swings keep coming for the stock market, and the S&P 500 sank more than 5% in early trading today to erase most of the prior’s day respite. Markets have…

Dr. Steven Pergam is like a Miss Manners for the age of coronavirus. His job title, after all, is “Infection Preventionist.” His Twitter avatar is a drawing of him with virus microbes floating in the…

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus today as another 147 people died, raising the country’s overall death toll to 1,135. The nearly 15% spike in deaths…

BEIJING (AP) — At least 13 American journalists stand to be expelled from China in retaliation for a new visa limit imposed by the Trump administration on Chinese state-owned media operating in the U.S. The…

To understand how the United States is dealing with the threat of coronavirus, you have to hold two truths in your mind simultaneously. First, the risk to any one individual in the United States is…

TORONTO (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced today as the two nations work to stem the spread of the coronavirus…