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Retiring Sister Judy Lund recognized with Spirit of Montana award for 'lifetime of service'
Students and teachers at St. Matthew’s Catholic School rose for a standing ovation as Gov. Greg Gianforte bestowed…
Arizona governor issues stay-at-home order effective Tuesday
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Doug Ducey on Monday imposed a stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus that will take effect at the close of busine…
Kansas death toll from new coronavirus grows to 9
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As a statewide stay-at-home order took effect Monday and Kansas' coronavirus death toll grew to nine, President Donald Trump issued a major…
Ohio school closure extended; FDA OKs mask-sanitizing system
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday extended the Ohio schools' shutdown order until May 1 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, while a fede…
Whitmer OKs $150M to fight pandemic, vetoes other spending
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed onto a $150 million funding package to fight the coronavirus pandemic while vetoing $167 million s…
Doctors in India are being infected, trolled and evicted as they battle coronavirus
MUMBAI, India — After a patient at a hospital in northern India tested positive for COVID-19, it wasn’t long before some of the medical staff began showing symptoms, too.
Montana asks tourists to keep away during stay-at home order
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's governor asked tourists to stop coming to the state state while residents are under a stay-at-home directive to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
US Rep. who sought to stall virus aid touts fundraising haul
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — He drew the president's wrath for seeking to slow congressional approval of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus-relief package, and now U.S. Rep.…
Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues
WASHINGTON (AP) — Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social dist…
Missouri's reports more than 1,000 confirmed cases, 13 dead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri surpassed 1,000 on Monday and the state's death toll rose to 13.
USA Rugby filing for bankruptcy amid coronavirus shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — USA Rugby has decided to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because its financial woes have been exacerbated by the coronavirus shutdown.
More than a dozen COVID-19 cases at psychiatric hospital
SEATTLE (AP) — At least 12 workers and four patients at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital have tested positive for the new coronavirus and one pa…
Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing
Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the…
Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantine
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of viol…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The governors of California and New York are moving to rapidly expand their health care work forces, as the death toll from COVID-19 in New York surged past 1,…
Kansas businessman enters GOP Senate primary
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas businessman Bob Hamilton on Monday announced he's running as a Republican for U.S. Senate.