The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of intensive care Thursday at the London hospital where he is being treated for the new coronavirus, as his government told Britons to prepare for several more weeks in lockdown.

Department of Public Safety officials say even though traffic volume has dropped by about 50 percent since the stay-at-home order, fatalities on Minnesota roadways increased 50 percent over the past few weeks.

One of the men charged with fatally shooting a man after drinking with him at a Rochester bar has pleaded not guilty to felony charges.

Democrats want to funnel the extra funding through community-based financial institutions, which they say help businesses owned by minorities, veterans and rural Americans across the country.

The predicted death toll has fallen, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, due to Americans' embrace of physical separation and other restrictions.

Racist and pornographic attacks on video conferences are a problem for anyone holding online meetings, but especially for governments and organizations that must make their meetings public.

In its latest salvo, the Federal Reserve announced $2.3 trillion in new lending programs in an effort to keep businesses and local governments afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is calling on residents to go outside and sing "God Bless America" at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays "until this is over" to honor the front-line workers who are fighting COVID-19.

Kevin Garnett recently found out that he's going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. He's struggling, as so many are, with the news and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. He also has dreams to chase, and one of them is that he would like to see the NBA back in Seattle one day.

Plus, Art Hounds recommend music by The Nightingale Trio and a community celebration in Red Wing.

With fear of infection on our minds these days, it's easy to get panicky about everyday choices. Infectious disease and food safety experts weigh in on ordering dinner to go.

Smithfield Foods says its pork processing plant in South Dakota will temporarily close for cleaning after over 80 employees were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The company plans to suspend operations in a large section of the Sioux Falls plant on Saturday, then completely close on Sunday and Monday.

Minnesota House and Senate negotiators finalized an agreement Wednesday for supplying insulin to people who cannot afford it.

In a study of the early coronavirus epidemic in the U.S., a third of people who were hospitalized were African American. Top risk factors were high blood pressure and obesity.

President Trump and congressional Democrats are haggling over the size of the next bill designed to help Americans through the crisis.

Republicans on a Minnesota House elections committee made it clear that they don’t support Secretary of State Steve Simon’s proposal to expand mail voting this year.

The horror writer says he understands why fans have said the COVID-19 pandemic feels like living inside one of his novels. King says he doesn't feel panic or terror, but rather, a "gnawing anxiety."