Category Archives: coronavirus
Raimondo: Primary postponed; plane travelers must self-quarantine
Gov. Gina Raimondo is seen briefing Rhode Islanders on the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic on a video screen set up at the State House March 23, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News ...
Mar 23, 2020
Massachusetts Gov. Baker orders non-essential businesses closed over virus
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered all nonessential businesses to close by Tuesday afternoon and remain closed until at least April 7 in an effort to sl...
Mar 23, 2020
Honeywell in Smithfield to ramp up face mask production
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island factory is ramping up production of specialized face masks in response to the federal fight against th...
Mar 23, 2020
$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores were accused of selling $26 thermometers and face masks at the "everyday low price" ...
Mar 19, 2020
How long will Americans be fighting the coronavirus?
By CHRISTINA LARSON and MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a matter of days, millions of Americans have seen their lives upended by measures to curb the spread of the new cor...
Mar 19, 2020
RI sees 10 new virus cases overnight
Gov. Gina Raimondo (left) and Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott brief reporters on coronavirus developments, aided by an interpreter for the hearing impaired on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Pho...
Mar 18, 2020
Trump invokes emergency authority; Big 3 automakers closing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to fight the coronavirus epidemic, as the economic damage ...
Mar 18, 2020
Trump: US, Canada to close border to nonessential travel
By ROB GILLIES and ELLIOT SPAGAT, The Associated Press TORONTO (AP) - The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced ...
Mar 18, 2020
World virus infections pass 200,000, Europe’s borders jammed
By DAVID RISING and CHRIS BLAKE, The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -Desperate travelers choked European border crossings Wednesday after countries implemented strict controls to try to slow the spread ...
Mar 18, 2020
Trump pushes for massive aid from Congress, checks to public
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a massive federal effort Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary...
Mar 17, 2020
