Coronavirus

Arnold Guevara started with his Huntington Beach, California-based horse therapy program two weeks after losing his dad in a work accident. “Where I grew up there was sometimes shooting and fires and things like that,” he told NBCLX. “And it gets me worried because I feel like… that’s going to happen to my family.” On one of his first...

Facebook removed a video post from President Donald Trump’s page on Wednesday that included “false claims” from the president that children are “almost immune” to COVID-19. A few hours later, Twitter temporarily blocked the Trump campaign from tweeting from its account, until it removed a post with the same video. Meanwhile, top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed...

COVID-19 checkpoints at major transportation hubs in the city are now in effect. Katherine Creag with the latest.

Stocks are drifting on Wall Street Thursday after a report showed the pace of layoffs across the country is slowing, though it remains incredibly high

After lowering the capacity of indoor events earlier in the week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is keeping a close eye on the the spread of coronavirus in the Garden State. The state is also reporting the death of a 7-month-old who tested positive for COVID-19 after death.

An animal therapy program in California is using rescue horses to help at-risk children in Los Angeles overcome their trauma. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based program, called Free Rein, uses formerly wild horses that might otherwise be destined for a slaughterhouse to connect with children struggling with violence, abuse and grief.

Lebanon was struggling with a severe economic downturn and the pandemic before a massive explosion of ammonium nitrate devastated the city of Beirut. Paul Mihailidis is an associate professor at Emerson University who also works summers as a professor at Lebanese American University in Beirut. He joined LX News to discuss the many challenges the country now faces and the...

Where are you from and where are you going? Those are the questions New York City sheriff deputies have started asking random drivers entering the city at several COVID-19 checkpoints to help enforce Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mandatory travel quarantine order. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the president going back to Fox News after stepping out of his media bubble for an interview with Axios.

Major League Baseball is cracking down on coronavirus safety protocols, mandating that players and staff wear face coverings at all times, including in the dugouts and bullpens, except for players on the field of play

Stocks are mixed in Asia as investors watch to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is poised to lead the group representing the nation’s governors, which has played a pivotal role in pushing the Trump administration about state needs during the coronavirus pandemic

After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity is coming to bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill

Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City would start implementing checkpoints across the five boroughs to help enforce Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s quarantine order for travelers from viral hotspots, citing the ongoing national COVID threat. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Some of the NYC zip codes with the highest coronavirus infection rates are also the ones with the fewest complaints about overcrowding and masks

Despite recommendations and measures requiring face masks, some still are refusing to wear them as mask fatigue sets in months into the COVID pandemic. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports on where some of the most violations have been reported.

“It is what it is,” President Donald Trump said of the United States’ 157,000 coronavirus deaths in an interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan that aired on HBO Monday night. Trump also told reporters at the White House on Monday that “the virus is receding” and said that they’ve seen “slow improvements” in hot spots across the South and the West,…

To date, more than 650,000 people in the tri-state area — the lion’s share in New York City — have tested positive for the potentially deadly novel coronavirus that began spreading at the end of last year in China. Thousands of deaths have been reported in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. While states won’t give out medical or personal…

More than 650,000 tri-state residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. New York’s first positive case was announced on Sunday, March 1; the state’s first death was announced nearly two weeks later, on March 14. New York City accounts for the vast majority of cases and deaths in the state. The numbers — and fatalities — in New York,…

White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that he and his family have required continued security in the face of harassment and death threats from people angry over his guidance on the coronavirus pandemic.  “The unseemingly things that crises bring out in the world, it brings out the best of people and the worst of people, and getting...