Baseball's back: MLB sets 60-game season, opens July 23 or 24

Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony.

TABC continues Operation Safe Open this weekend

TABC says the enforcement effort follows nearly six weeks of outreach to educate business owners about health and safety requirements enacted by Gov. Greg Abbott in May.

Northern Virginia couple charged in $1.5 million coronavirus fraud scheme

A northern Virginia couple has been charged with fraud after prosecutors say they received nearly $1.5 million in federal funds meant for businesses struggling under the coronavirus pandemic.

Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life

As the coronavirus spreads, soaring demand for oxygen is bringing out a stark global truth: Even the right to breathe depends on money.

IMF downgrades outlook for global economy in face of virus

The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago.

July 4th celebration in Georgetown canceled due to COVID-19

One factor in the decision was concern that residents in nearby cities that have canceled their own fireworks displays would come to Georgetown and potentially increase crowding in city parks. 

Heading to these 3 states? Quarantine might be in the cards

What was presented as a “travel advisory” that starts Thursday affects three adjacent Northeastern states that managed to check the spread of the virus this spring as New York City became a hot spot for the pandemic, the Associated Press reports.

NY, NJ, and CT order quarantine for visitors from states with high infection numbers

The governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are ordering a mandatory 14-day quarantine on visitors from states with high COVID-19 cases.  They made the announcement on Wednesday morning in a joint news conference.

'Coming back and biting us': US sees coronavirus resurgence

A coronavirus resurgence is wiping out two months of progress in the U.S. and sending infections to dire new levels across the South and West, with administrators and health experts warning on Wednesday that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are letting a disaster unfold.

US inmates got coronavirus relief checks, and IRS wants them back

The legislation authorizing the payments during the pandemic doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates, and the IRS has refused to say exactly what legal authority it has to retrieve the money.

Woman 'devastated' to learn her cancer went from Stage 1 to Stage 4 during COVID lockdown

When COVID-19 began sweeping the nation, local hospitals postponed elective surgeries. The goal was to minimize the use of masks and gowns, and to keep hospital beds open. But because of that shutdown, one local woman says she's now fighting for her life.

Texas Hospital Association reports substantial capacity for COVID-19 patients

THA says that in order to meet demand, hospitals can adjust the flow of their patients, including slowing or pausing non-COVID-19-related procedures and increase bed capacity at the volume of patients fluctuate.

CVS to offer COVID-19 testing solution for employers, universities

CVS will offer customizable COVID-19 testing to employers and universities to aid with returning workers and students back to normalcy.

Coronavirus cases surging among the young, endangering the elderly

In Mississippi, Florida, Texas and Arizona, young people have started going out again, many without masks, in what health experts see as irresponsible behavior.