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The global coronavirus pandemic has brought water shutoffs in Detroit and communities across the nation into sharp focus at a crucial time when officials are urging Americans to practice basic hand-washing techniques to stop the spread

Doctors and nurses in Italy’s overwhelmed northern hospitals are cautiously optimistic about a slight stabilizing of coronavirus infections this week, but the virus is spreading south 18 days into an extreme nationwide shutdown

Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the virus

Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Hawaii’s Big Island have left their camp because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus

Police departments across the U.S. are taking a lead role in enforcing social distancing rules that health officials say are critical to containing COVID-19

The newly established U.S. Space Force has launched its first national security satellite

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival has been chosen as the new speaker of parliament

U.S. hospitals are rushing to find beds for a coming flood of COVID-19 patients, opening older closed hospitals and re-purposing other medical buildings

Egypt has expelled a foreign journalist for a report citing a study that challenged the official count of coronavirus cases in the Arab world’s most populous country

The coronavirus pandemic has managed to do what various wars could not in Lebanon: Close bars, restaurants and entertainment spots across the tiny Mediterranean country