By ELANA SCHOR Associated Press NEW YORK — Black clergy leaders are joining forces with the United Way of New York City for a new initiative designed to combat the coronavirus’ outsized toll on African Americans through ramped-up testing, contact tracing and treatment ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections. It’s now sequestering soon-to-be cardinals in town for this weekend’s ceremony to get their red hats: A handful are in protective coronavirus quarantine, confined to their rooms on ...

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — St. Michael’s College managed to keep coronavirus cases at bay for almost two months this fall with students tested upon arrival and once every three weeks. But in mid-October, cases at the small Vermont school started to climb. The outbreak was linked to an ice ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she’s only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — surge before the holidays. But on a recent sunny day, COVID-19 seemed far away ...

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask — and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intention of following it. “No one is going to tell me what I can or not do in my ...

MARQUETTE — A judge on Friday declined to immediately stop a three-week ban on indoor dining in Michigan, the latest COVID-19 restriction imposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, The Associated Press reported. A restraining order wasn’t appropriate, especially when the state ...

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Township tree lighting on Tuesday will look a little different this year, but officials are determined that neither COVID-19 or the Grinch will steal Christmas this year. Marquette Township Manager Jon Kangas said the event will go on as planned on Tuesday, with a ...

MARQUETTE — UP Health System-Marquette again is implementing certain visitor restrictions since the Upper Peninsula continues to see a rising number of COVID-19 cases and increased transmission rate. UPHS-Marquette announced that its previous limited visitation for inpatients only has been ...

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Marquette Area Public Schools Superintendent Bill Saunders on Tuesday issued a letter to parents and guardians of MAPS students that explains some of the school district’s activities in the coming weeks. On Sunday, the Michigan ...

MARQUETTE — A new list shows nearly 90% of Michiganders live within 30 minutes of a free COVID-19 testing site. Sorted by the MI Safe Start Michigan Economic Recovery Council regions, the list shows all known testing locations in Michigan. The list is available at ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University President Fritz Erickson has outlined what NMU life will be like following the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Sunday announcement of a three-week emergency order containing new COVID-19 restrictions. The order lasts through Dec. ...

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a new emergency order targeting indoor social gatherings on Sunday. Under the order, which takes effect Wednesday for a duration of three weeks, Michigan restaurants, bars and casinos will be closed to indoor dining. ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Sunday ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and stopped organized sports — including the football playoffs — in a bid to curb Michigan's spiking coronavirus cases. The ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The crowds filling shopping areas ahead of the Diwali festival of lights today are raising hopes of India’s distressed business community after months of lockdown losses but also spawning fears of a massive coronavirus upsurge. People who’ve restricted their purchases ...

LONDON (AP) — Some tentative signs emerged Friday to suggest that the U.K.’s coronavirus resurgence is leveling off after wide-ranging restrictions were imposed. In its weekly survey of new infections, Britain’s statistics agency said the rate of growth of the virus in England appeared ...

MARQUETTE — COVID-19 cases continue to spike in parts of the eastern Upper Peninsula. The Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department reported on Friday that those four counties have a combined total of 134 cases. As of Thursday, the total across those counties is 547, an ...

LONDON (AP) — Last-minute shoppers in England were out in force Wednesday and thirsty drinkers planned their final freshly poured pints in a pub for the next month as Britain prepared to join large swathes of Europe in a coronavirus lockdown designed to save its health care system from being ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are canceled. But it’s a different story in Trumpland. Thousands of President Donald Trump’s ...

DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An entire police department north of Lansing is off duty because of the coronavirus. DeWitt Township closed the department Wednesday due to some positive cases. Other officers and staff were told to quarantine, township manager Andrew Dymczyk said. “We’ll ...

MARQUETTE — Mental health experts at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are launching a statewide media campaign this week urging residents to seek relief from COVID-19-related emotional distress by talking to a trained crisis counselor and learning about other help ...