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The Dow plummeted more than 1,300 points after President Trump announced new emergency steps. The New York Stock Exchange said that to protect its employees, it will close its trading floor Monday.

Event coordinators without events to coordinate. Truck drivers without cargo. Many find themselves applying for unemployment, dipping into savings and job searching in the middle of a pandemic.

Officials announce a new strategy to create more hospital capacity for a growing number of coronavirus patients. It includes joint operations in the Portland area and delaying other types of care.

Officials in San Francisco reversed course and are allowing dispensaries to stay open during the "shelter in place" order. New York made a similar declaration for its medical marijuana businesses.

Nearly 20% of U.S. households have experienced either a layoff or a reduction in work hours because of the coronavirus, according to a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll.

The president said the border would close by "mutual consent," the latest development in the coronavirus pandemic.

Governors in California and Ohio have suggested they might follow Kansas' lead, as officials across the U.S. step up efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Facebook post has warned African Americans to not participate in the census. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jeri Green, from the National Urban League, about efforts to combat disinformation.

The multi-day music event based in Manchester, Tenn., has bumped its scheduled dates back from June until September. It's one of a number of major events to change their plans due to the coronavirus.

Modelers of epidemics at Imperial College of London now say months of strict social distancing may be needed to prevent overwhelming the U.S. health care system with COVID-19 cases.