COVID-19

Urban planners say cities must make it possible to return to the streets and shop without losing the safety of physical distancing.

Michelle Lee, a Safeway cashier, wishes customers would be more patient about shortages. "They can't understand why they keep coming back and we don't have" items such as toilet paper, she says.

Small businesses across North Carolina have applied for federal loans to help stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.

Across the U.S., convention centers and empty fields were transformed into emergency field hospitals at a cost to federal taxpayers of more than $660 million. Most haven't treated a single patient.

While the Transportation Security Administration is not mandating that passengers wear face coverings, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is requiring all travelers at LAX to do so starting May 11.

As health care professionals begin providing more services in the days to come, some things will look different when you head to the doctor's office. 

Tourists' absence from the ancient city has made way for the cats, dogs, birds and other creatures to take over.