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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
Election board calls for Rhode Island to delay presidential primary
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By PHILIP MARCELO, The Associated Press Rhode Island election officials want the state to delay its presidential primary by more than a month...
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
Massachusetts: No plans for statewide shelter-in-place order
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he's not planning to issue a shelter-in-place order for the state but continues to urge people limit their interactions...
Mar 17, 2020
Charity fund established, business loans available for virus in Rhode Island
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Help is on the way for Rhode Island businesses struggling amid the widening coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and other off...
Mar 17, 2020
US moves nearer to shutdown amid coronavirus fears
By TERRY SPENCER and TERESA CRAWFORD, The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health...
Mar 15, 2020
Massachusetts to shut schools, ban dining out to fight virus
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Schools in Massachusetts will close for at least three weeks, and all gatherings of more than 25 people will be banned in the latest attempt to arrest the spr...
Mar 15, 2020
Governor asks child care centers to close amid outbreak, no new cases confirmed Sunday
The Rhode Island Department of health headquarters in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo on Sunday asked child care centers to cl...
Mar 15, 2020
