Jerusalem, Israel (AP) — Christians are commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic. A small group of clerics are to hold a closed-door service in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, built on the…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Governor Parson says Missouri is moving forward with the state’s first alternate care site in order to treat an increasing number of COVID-19 patients. A hotel in Florissant is currently being converted – and could be utilized as early as next week. The Florissant site will be able to accommodate more than…
San Diego, CA (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly shut down the nation’s asylum system for the first time in decades amid the coronavirus. The U.S. has used an obscure public health law to justify one of its most aggressive border enforcement tactics ever. People seeking refuge in the U.S. are whisked to the…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are taking extraordinary steps to return to the usually crowded state Capitol on Tuesday to work on an emergency coronavirus funding bill. The Capitol has been closed to everyone except essential staff since March 24. But lawmaker approval is needed for Gov. Mike Parson to spend what could…
Wuhan, China (AP) — After more than two months indoors, Wuhan resident Tong Zhengkun was one of millions of people enjoying a renewed sense of freedom Wednesday when the Chinese city’s 76-day coronavirus lockdown was lifted. “I haven’t been outside for more than 70 days,” an emotional Tong said as he watched a celebratory light…
Washington D.C. (AP) – Congressional leaders are pushing ahead with another coronavirus rescue package as President Donald Trump agrees that Americans will need more help as the economy grinds almost to a halt during the pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has…
Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200,000 Afghans and counting have returned from Iran to their home country after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic or out of fear of getting infected. They are flowing across the border from a country that has one of the world’s worst outbreaks to an impoverished nation that is…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Rockwood School District is also joining the COVID-19 fight. The 3D printers inside Rockwood schools – once idled by the COVID-19 schools closure, are idle no more. Instead, volunteer staff members are using them to make personal protective equipment for medical personnel combating coronavirus.
New York (AP) — As more and more people survive the new coronavirus, hospitals want them to line up to donate some blood. Doctors want to use blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat the sick, giving them a dose of the immune system antibodies that fight the virus. There’s no proof it works.…
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…