Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Monday that schools statewide would remain shut “until further notice” and the stay-at-home orders intact until April 30 to deal with the growing coronavirus crisis. The extension comes one day after President Trump announced extended quarantine […]
FDNY reports its first coronavirus death: ‘One of those truly unsung heroes’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An auto mechanic for the FDNY died Sunday from coronavirus — the first death involving a staffer since the outbreak reached New York, the department announced. James Villecco worked for the FDNY Bureau of Fleet Services since 2014 and was […]
NYC may close churches, synagogues that don’t comply with coronavirus orders, de Blasio warns
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Friday that the city could shut down certain places of worship if people continued to violate the state’s stay-at-home mandates and continue congregating for religious services there. “A small number of religious communities, specific churches and specific synagogues are unfortunately not paying attention to this guidance even though it’s so […]
Spain enters period of mourning as coronavirus deaths continue to spike
Spain officially entered a period of mourning on Sunday as the coronavirus death toll jumped to an estimated 6,606. The government ordered that flags be flown at half-staff and a minute of silence be observed every day to pay respects for the dead even as the country has continued to grapple with the COVID-19 outbreak, which […]
Texas Gov. Abbott expands mandatory coronavirus quarantines to include travelers from Louisiana, other hard-hit areas
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott updated an executive order Sunday aimed at reducing the amount of travel into his state from Louisiana and other areas hit hard by the coronavirus. Drivers from Lousiana whom the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) pulls over […]
FDNY urges New Yorkers to call 911 for these specific reasons, amid large uptick in calls
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The FDNY has been swamped with thousands of calls in the last four days making it the busiest streak in the history of emergency medical services (EMS) in the midst of New York’s coronavirus crisis, the agency told Fox […]
Real ID deadline pushed back a year due to coronavirus, DHS secretary announces
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it would be delaying the deadline for Americans to apply and receive a Real ID — a driver’s license or identification card with a gold star in the top right corner — due […]
Real ID deadline pushed back a year due to coronavirus, DHS secretary announces
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it would be delaying the deadline for Americans to apply and receive a Real ID — a driver’s license or identification card with a gold star in the top right corner — due […]
Robert Levinson’s Iran death won’t stop FBI from trying to find answers, Wray says
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The FBI won’t give up on “finding out what happened” to former agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared from an Iranian island in 2007 and is believed to have died in Iranian custody, FBI Director Christopher Wray wrote in an email to his […]
Barr memo says some nonviolent inmates should serve time in home confinement rather than prison amid coronavirus
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move nonviolent inmates who are at risk of contracting the coronavirus out of prison facilities and allow them to serve out their sentences in home confinement. “Many inmates […]
