Washington state has a billion pounds of potatoes -- with no destination

When Texas' energy-dependent economy stalled, mass layoffs hit skilled middle-class workers.

The aggressive nationalism of China's diplomats matches the swagger of Xi Jinping's China, which is determined to deflect blame for the coronavirus.

Los Angeles Times journalists Christopher Knight and Molly O'Toole won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, bringing the newspaper's total to 47.

Most presidents act as consoler-in-chief in times of national crisis. Trump has struggled to show any empathy with victims or survivors of COVID-19.

As more states reopen their economies, officials say fighting the coronavirus outbreak means wearing a face covering. But some are balking at restrictions.

U.S. deportation flights to Guatemala resume -- with promises of testing for coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening Mexico's fragile public health infrastructure.

A mutation in the novel coronavirus has led to a new strain viewed as more contagious than the virus that emerged from China, according to a new study.

While much of the world is under lockdown, baseball returned to South Korea on a day when the country reported just three new cases of COVID-19.

Italy Easing Lockdown

Rick Bright, pushed out of a job heading a federal research agency, files a complaint saying he was retaliated against for resisting Trump's plans.

De Blasio says he needs Trump to lift New York City from the ashes of COVID-19. But the president says no 'bailout' is coming for his old hometown.

The White House is considering shutting down its coronavirus task force by the end of May and handing responsibilities to FEMA even as some models project a sharp increase in COVID-19 deaths in the coming weeks.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, the Supreme Court said.

As many as 20% to 25% of healthcare workers in hard-hit areas, experts say, are likely to develop disorders such as anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress.

The coronavirus is pitching the U.S. and China into a new Cold War -- a confrontation over ideology as well as trade and security. It's happening partly because President Trump needs an issue to run on -- and it's dangerous

As COVID-19 deaths keep rising, Trump's message has shifted from 'one is too many' to praising Americans as warriors fighting to open the economy.

As states lift coronavirus restrictions, none has met federal benchmarks, a health expert warns. The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. surpasses 73,000.

A desperate attempt to halt coronavirus cases is underway on the country's largest reservation, which spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

For decades, Jaime Montejo fought to bring dignity to sex workers in Mexico City, protecting them from police, pimps and eventually the coronavirus. Then he got sick.

Federal indictments were down 75 percent in April and 25 percent in march as prosecutors and investigators were forced to curtail operations in response to coronavirus.

Risk guides much of our medical care system. COVID-19 is showing us, unless we have developed immunity, we are all at risk.

More than two months after an unarmed black man was shot in south Georgia, protesters across America are asking why it took so long for police to investigate.

Washington state fruit growers say that a ban on bunk beds in farmworker housing would cut their seasonal work force in half, likely leading to food shortages and price hikes.

We are on the precipice of spread COVID-19 from dialysis centers to nursing homes. But there is a safer way to administer this lifesaving care.

Syria's Bashar Assad faces dissent from his rich cousin Rami Makhlouf

Mother's Day weekend will be summery in California and wintery with snow in parts of the East

For many Americans, Arbery's killing harks back to the old Jim Crow days when white mobs hunted black men down and killed them with impunity. In Brunswick, the shooting has sparked an uneasy conversation about race and power.

Shops and restaurants are selling less, but goods are still arriving at warehouses around the UK.

Artificial intelligence technology is being rapidly deployed worldwide to help tackle Covid-19.

Monica Miller explains the alphabet soup of possible recession shapes for the coronavirus-hit global economy.

Since March, many ports are refusing to allow crew changes or shore leave.

With imports slowing, many African nations are learning the importance of local manufacturing.

Switching products to suit the times: the floor tile manufacturer now making masks for the NHS.

A look at the different ways nations are trying to cushion the blow from the virus shutdowns.

A tie-up is agreed that will create one of the UK's largest mobile, broadband and media firms.

The retail chain will expand its online beauty concept to shopping centres when the lockdown ends.

Data shows roughly one-fifth of the US workforce has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March.

The airport has been granted permission to appeal a block on its expansion plans

The owner of Stansted and Manchester airports says passengers must cover their faces and wear gloves.

Boris Johnson needs to prioritise the environment as the UK recovers from coronavirus, firms say.

Wizz Air's József Váradi says budget airlines will be in high demand once the pandemic ends.

Train operators and the government are planning to increase rail services from mid-May onwards.

The former Nissan chief's sensational escape involved being smuggled from Tokyo to Lebanon via Istanbul.

US unemployment rises to its highest level since the 1930s as coronavirus devastates the economy.

A report by the John Lewis group gives a snapshot of what consumers are buying during the pandemic.

How bars and restaurants could look when coronavirus restrictions are eased.

Waterstones CEO: How I keep selling books while my bookshops are shut down.

David Downes is one of a number of artists in the East of England using the pandemic as inspiration.