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Lee County officials urge people to follow social distancing guidelines.

A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors

Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.

The CEO of New Horizons Behavioral Health in Columbus, Andrea Winston, said the stress of the pandemic can be triggering to people who already have mental health disorders.

Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson said his office was able to help St. Francis locate five additional ventilators.

The church’s Easter service will be online at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday instead of at the Columbus Civic Center. Cascade Hills would usually have about 10,000 people at the service.

Senators in both parties have faced questions about the stock transactions they made in the weeks before the coronavirus upended the U.S. economy.

Scientists offered more evidence Wednesday that the coronavirus is spread by seemingly healthy people who show no clear symptoms, and the federal government issued new guidance warning that anyone exposed to the disease can be considered a

Some counties in the country have zero ICU beds; others are on pace to need more than available for COVID-19 cases. Part of the reason may be legislation prohibiting expansion.

The mission is part of the U.S.’s previously announced commitment to enhance anti-drug operations in the hemisphere.