CHICAGO (AP) — Wake Sharp got to see his family on Father's Day — see them, not hug them, not kiss them, not even shake hands. Because of the terrible toll taken by the coronavirus on older people in nursing homes and other institutions, the 93-year-old Navy veteran and his loved ones ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The world saw the largest daily increases yet in coronavirus cases, with infections soaring in India’s rural villages after migrant workers fled major cities. India’s coronavirus caseload climbed by nearly 15,000 as of today to 425,282, with more than 13,000 deaths, ...
DETROIT — When Amanda Stein heard the schools were shutting down as the coronavirus spread, she set up a food pantry in Madison Heights. Three months later, it serves 1,000 people a week. “When the schools closed, I had an idea of what might be coming,” said Stein, a licensed social ...
MARQUETTE — State Rep. Sara Cambensy, D-Marquette, testified before the Michigan Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic Thursday to speak about her letter urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reopen Unemployment Insurance Agency district offices. This, she said, would allow Michigan residents to file and resolve claims directly in person. “I appreciate the opportunity to be able to testify today before the bi-partisan COVID-19 committee and make my case on why the reopening of our regional UIA offices and phone lines are critical,” Cambensy said. “The ...
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans can wine and dine at restaurants, work out at the gym and socialize with no more than five people at a time as of today, when the city-state removed most of its pandemic lockdown restrictions. The latest relaxation comes as reopenings in many places around the ...
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday extended Michigan's coronavirus emergency declaration through July 16, enabling her to keep intact certain business closures, longer unemployment benefits and other changes after she previously lifted a stay-at-home order. The Democratic ...
