Texas’ lieutenant governor said Monday night that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the Centers for Disease Control says are at higher risk for the coronavirus, will “take care of ourselves.”

President Donald Trump is weighing how to refine nationwide social-distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job amid the coronavirus outbreak

The multibillion-dollar concert industry went to zero revenue in a matter of days after the outbreak of novel coronavirus in the United States

The International Olympic Committee has postponed this summer’s Tokyo Games for a year as coronavirus deaths mount around the world and U.S. lawmakers close in on a nearly $2 trillion deal to help cushion the economic damage from the crisis

President Donald Trump says that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and claims without evidence that continued closures could result in more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, U.S. infections continued to rise, hitting 46,000 cases and over 530 deaths. Worldwide, more than 392,000 people have been infected and 17,000 have died from the...

Stocks are surging on Wall Street Tuesday, joining a worldwide rally amid signs that Congress is nearing a deal on a big coronavirus relief bill

More than 700 people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have now been diagnosed with coronavirus and health officials say the virus has killed at least 13 in the region. The virus has infected a broad range of people, from elementary-school-age children to elderly nursing home residents. For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms including fever. shortness…

The 2020 TCM Classic Film Festival may have been canceled, but the film-loving folks at Turner Classic Movies have decided to take the festival into your home instead

The fallout from the coronavirus outbreak continues to hit the world of entertainment particularly hard as the number of events either being postponed or canceled outright continues to add up. Here’s a current list of some of the high profile concerts and festivals that have been impacted because of the virus.

The coronavirus pandemic and the nation’s crashing economy are scrambling the themes both major political parties thought would carry them to victory in this November’s elections

Airlines are canceling thousands of flights, and even those that remain are mostly empty

Officials in Lynchburg, Virginia, say they are fielding complaints and concerns about the hundreds of students that have returned from their spring break to Liberty University, where President Jerry Falwell Jr. has welcomed them back amid the coronavirus pandemic

As senior citizens deal with anxiety about the coronavirus, grocery store chains and other retailers have come up with a way to ease their fears: shopping times reserved exclusively for them.

Maryland is reporting its fourth death due to the coronavirus

Jaime King faced backlash after posting a video on Instagram Monday thanking COVID-19 for making the global population “appreciate the luxury we lived in”

The new coronavirus first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 has infected nearly 400,000 people and caused more than 17,000 deaths worldwide. Those numbers continue to rise. The number of people who recovered from the virus surpassed 103,000. COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, has killed thousands, sent millions more into quarantine and self-isolation and…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have offered encouraging words for the millions of people around the world whose lives have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the past few months, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been living with 10-month-old son Archie Harrison in Canada after previously residing in the U.K. Both countries are among the more than 150 nations affected by the...

Washington, D.C., plans to order nonessential businesses to close and stop in-person customer service at the Department of Motor Vehicle and other city offices to encourage social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday that she would sign an order directing nonessential businesses, including tattoo parlors, tanning salons, salons and barbershops, to close. The District...

Virtual technology shows the damage caused to the lungs of a coronavirus patient at George Washington University Hospital. Doctors hope these scans will show how dangerous the virus is, and encourage people to maintain social distancing. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.