Coronavirus
Negotiators Near Agreement on Long-Delayed COVID-19 Aid Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) by Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
Top congressional leaders are closing in on an agreement on a long-delayed COVID-19 relief package, hoping to seal a deal as early as Dec. 16.
December 16, 2020Drones Could Help Bridge the Economic, Social Divides for Vaccine Distribution
Drones could be used to get the COVID-19 vaccines to remote and impoverished areas off Florida's coast. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News)
The challenge of ensuring equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is one of global scale, and the city of Miami provides a backdrop for the social and economic divides that the medical community must overcome.
December 16, 2020Retail Sales Fall 1.1% in November for Biggest Drop in Seven Months
A nearly empty parking lot at the Mall of New Hampshire on Dec. 10, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press)
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, as Americans held back on spending at the start of the holiday shopping season.
December 16, 2020Trucking Seeks Liability Protections as Congress Debates New COVID-19 Aid
A truck driver wears a mask. American Trucking Associations in a Dec. 11 letter asked congressional leaders to include provisions on the matter of liability protection for truckers. (andresr/Getty Images)
As lawmakers work on legislation that will provide additional relief funds to the transportation sector, the trucking industry is asking Congress to include provisions that ensure liability protection for motor carriers on the front lines of the coronavirus relief effort.
December 15, 2020Trucks Carry First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Hospitals Across the US
A UPS truck loaded with COVID-19 vaccine leaves the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant on Dec. 13. (Morry Gash/Pool/Associated Press)
As the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine begin to ship, trucking experts on the ground level of the distribution effort said the logistical elements are in place for a successful rollout of an estimated 50 million doses of the vaccine between now and the end of January.
December 15, 2020OPEC’s President Says Oil Cartel Cannot Rush Output Increases
Simon Dawson/Bloomberg News
The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reiterated that the oil producers’ cartel shouldn’t rush to increase output early next year and said energy demand was still fragile with the coronavirus raging across parts of the world.
December 15, 2020Crunch Time for COVID-19 Relief as Bipartisan Bills Unveiled
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers was unveiling a detailed COVID-19 aid proposal Dec. 14 as Congress labored toward a final agreement on a new round of virus relief.
December 14, 2020The Coronavirus Crisis
The spread of the coronavirus in the United States was having an impact on travel, business, the economy and many other aspects of American life. Here are some images of that impact.
December 14, 2020Federal Maritime Commission Worries About Delays at Ports
Port Jersey Marine Terminal in 2018 by Craig Warga/Bloomberg News
The leadership of the Federal Maritime Commission says it is becoming worried that ocean carriers may be assessing unfair detention and demurrage charges at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
December 14, 2020UPS, FedEx Trucks Begin Vaccine Shipments
A UPS truck loaded with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine leaves the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Dec. 13, 2020. (Morry Gash, Pool/Associated Press)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed Dec. 13 from Michigan to distribution centers across the country, with the first shots expected to be given in the coming week to health care workers and at nursing homes.
December 13, 2020