A mayor in Illinois directed the city's police department to issue citations and arrests after people defied the state's stay-at-home order. Less than 48 hours later, police broke up a gathering at a bar. Among those in attendance: the mayor's wife.

Pope Francis has said the coronavirus pandemic is one of "nature's responses" to humans ignoring the current ecological crisis.

The mental image many people have of Los Angeles is one obscured by smog. But with stay-at-home orders to stem coronavirus, LA saw some of the cleanest air of any major city in the world on Tuesday, according to a Swiss air quality technology company.

President Trump's enthusiasm about hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients has spurred hoarding of it — even though it is still being tested and might not even work against the virus. Now, people who need the drug are having trouble finding it.

New York. Gov Andrew Cuomo says all voters in the state will be able to cast their votes by absentee ballot this year.

New York Gov. Cuomo says more people died of coronavirus in the state yesterday than any other day before. He detailed how many died across the state over the past few days: April 2: 562 April 3: 630 April 4: 594 April 5: 599 April 6: 731 April 7: 779

A majority of Americans -- 55% -- now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus in the US, up eight points in about a week, according to a new CNN poll as the nationwide death toll from the virus rose above 12,000.

A 27-year-old Maryland grocery store clerk with cerebral palsy died of the coronavirus in her mother’s arms. Her mother said she helped older people load groceries into their carts and into cars, but she wasn’t given any masks or hand sanitizer.

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey says he's dedicating more than a quarter of his wealth to a new fund for charitable causes, with the immediate focus on coronavirus relief efforts