Dow falls nearly 1,000 points as market volatility continues

The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 both closed down about 3.5 percent.
Medics load a patient into an ambulance at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Wash., linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases. (Reuters)
Medics load a patient into an ambulance at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Wash., linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases. (Reuters)

Health-care workers worry about whether they are adequately protected

As caregivers fall sick with covid-19 or are in isolation, staffing hospitals and nursing homes is a critical challenge.

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The coronavirus has infected tens of thousands of people and has killed more than 3,000.

Documents show $157,000 in additional payments by Secret Service to Trump properties

Eric Trump, the Trump Organization’s executive vice president, said last year that the company charges “like, 50 bucks.” Receipts show the company charged taxpayers $396.15 per night for rooms at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee

The independent expenditure campaign would be a way for Michael Bloomberg to spend money on advertising in six swing states — Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida and North Carolina.

Warren ends presidential campaign

Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts who ran on an anti-corruption message and delivered a raft of plans, ended her campaign after a string of poor primary results.

What Warren’s departure means for the 2020 field

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The comments from Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) came amid outrage about his remarks about Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had called “dangerous.”
After complaints from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the company removed the ads for violating its policy against misleading references to the U.S. census.
Top lawyers under President Trump are increasingly using a rare power to take control over immigration cases that have already been decided.
The Cookeville tornado — rated EF-4 on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for tornado intensity — was blamed for 18 of the 24 deaths in Middle Tennessee.
The announcement by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin comes as the risk of direct military confrontation between their nations has increased sharply in the past week.
Social media accounts that oversell the severity of weather events have become a big concern.
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Curry is poised to return after missing four months with a broken hand, an absence that provided an opportunity to take stock of his glittery past and less certain future.
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VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk

Systemic misunderstanding of the law within VA about which veterans to care for has triggered improper mass denial of care since 1980, a study has found.
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A family’s medical crisis spiraled well beyond their Westchester County home.
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