NEW YORK – (AP) Tourists trapped away from their home countries because of the coronavirus and the plight of a Tennessee couple illustrates the desperation they are facing. Linda Scruggs and Mike Rustici trained months to hike to Peru’s Machu Pinchu Inca ruins and arrived in Peru this ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a plea for retired health care workers to “join the fight” against the coronavirus as IIlinois’ health care system braced for a surge of patients amid the pandemic that’s now killed six state residents. Illinois confirmed 168 ...Read more
DIXON – All results are negative so far in the latest 33 results of COVID-19 testing in Lee County, with 103 test results still pending. Lee County Emergency Management officials emphasize they are still operating under the belief that there are unconfirmed cases in the county. Two ...Read more
MENDOTA, Illinois – When Tony Yost of Mendota proposed to Connie See in November, they weren’t planning a lavish ceremony and reception, but were at least expecting a large gathering with friends and family. Friday night, however, in the middle of a pandemic crisis worldwide, the ...Read more
DEKALB – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Saturday that DeKalb County has its first case of COVID-19, the coronavirus that is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic. No specific details were released on the person who was tested positive. Saturday evening marked ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House, narrowing differences on a sweeping $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, were set to resume top-level talks Saturday after President Donald Trump unleashed fury on those questioning his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. ...Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students and shoppers to stay home as a precaution against spreading the virus that ...Read more
DIXON – Lee County still reports no confirmed cases of COVID-19, they did put another 28 people into isolation since Wednesday. Isolation is used to keep those feeling ill from healthy individuals and so far 61 persons meet that requirment in the county. According to the Lee County ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has called off what was to be its first two regular-season games in Mexico City. Also lost to the new coronavirus was a three-game series in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Arizona and San Diego were to have played in Mexico on April 18 and 19, and the New York ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) – There’s a new type of social policing out there that’s developed almost as quickly as the viral disease that spurred its arrival. It’s called “quarantine shaming,” calling out those who are leaving the house for daily activities or who ...Read more
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