The latest on the coronavirus pandemic.  Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business. The Estero, Florida-based company’s lenders were unwilling to grant it another extension on its auto lease debt payments past a Friday […]

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON — President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled Thursday at the White House as Republicans staked out new plans to phase out coronavirus-related unemployment benefits to encourage Americans to go back to work. Revamping jobless aid is fast becoming the focus of debate over the next […]

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. The president’s tweets targeting Michigan and Nevada marked an escalation in his campaign against voting by mail, […]

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still were falling short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. […]