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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to increase the number of National Guard personnel on "strike teams" that have been sent to long-term care facilities in the state to identify COVID-19 cases.

A group of tourists were breaking the rules — lounging on the banks of the Ganges River. For their punishment they had to write: "I did not follow the rules of lockdown. I am very sorry" 500 times.

We told you about the Pennsylvania woman who is at home in self-quarantine. She became Internet-famous when she was photographed at a window with a sign: "I need more beer!" Coors Light sent 10 cases.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker about the president's claim that the federal government has the ultimate authority to determine when COVID-19 restrictions should be lifted.

Many of the retired health care workers who volunteered to help New York during the COVID-19 outbreak can’t join the frontlines. Because they risk…

It's a technique widely used in other countries to slow the spread of infection. Here's how contact tracing works — and how it can help the U.S. start to get back to normal.

As incomes dry up for low-paid Pakistanis during the COVID-19 crisis, the government is massively expanding a program that gives cash to the out-of-work. But concerns are being raised about its reach.

The three-week cycling race will now begin in late August. Organizers dismissed the idea of holding the Tour while banning spectators from lining the course.

Turkey is one of the hardest-hit countries in the Middle East, often reporting 4,000 or more new COVID-19 cases per day. The government hopes short-term stay-home measures will curb the outbreak.

A federal appeals court is allowing medication abortions to proceed in Texas despite an order suspending nonessential procedures.