Washington D.C. (AP) — U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now docked in Guam. Navy leaders say…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. This is despite his administration’s projections that tens of thousands of Americans are likely to be killed by the disease. One by one, though, states are increasingly pushing shutdown orders of their…
(KTRS) St. Louis County announced Wednesday that non-essential businesses that have not closed and are in violation of St. Louis County’s stay-at-home executive order will soon be forced to close. Examples of non-essential businesses include dine-in restaurants, beauty salons and gyms. County residents are being asked to report businesses violating the order at the website…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) Police identify the woman who was shot and killed in Belleville Monday afternoon. According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, 20-year-old Nalisia Barnes of East St. Louis was at a home located in the 2500 block of Lucy Drive with 4 others at the time of the shooting. Police said there…
Berlin, Germany (AP) — Germany has seen a steady rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, but so far deaths have been low compared to many of its European neighbors. Labs were quick to ramp up their testing capacity and now experts say up to 500,000 tests can be conducted in Germany each week.…