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President Nayib Bukele authorized officers to use lethal force against gang members who allegedly were responsible for dozens of murders while police were focused on the COVID-19 lockdown.

David Calhoun says airlines are "grounding fleets, deferring airplane orders, postponing acceptance of completed orders, and slowing down or stopping payments."

Any gradual loosening of the statewide stay-at-home orders will depend on people's adherence to social distancing guidelines, the governor stressed in a news conference Monday.

Japan currently conducts about 9,000 tests per day, and the move for dentists to administer them is aimed at relieving the burden on doctors and boosting capacity.

Vice President Mike Pence has been at the center of the coronavirus response — a crisis that has elevated his profile and conventional style, and may well define his future political ambitions.

Venezuela's economy and health care systems collapsed long before coronavirus. Venezuelan refugees in Colombia have run out of cash and are returning home.

The Trump administration wants some of the trillions of dollars in congressional coronavirus relief funding to help the fossil fuel industry. But Democrats hope to use it to address climate change.

Health care workers are working relentlessly to save Americans from the coronavirus, putting themselves at risk. Kansas City nurses mourn a colleague's death and call for better protection.

Right-wing populists in Italy are battling more liberal politicians who want to give work permits to undocumented immigrants, who could fill seasonal labor shortages in the agriculture sector.

Governments worldwide are tracing people with COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker about the state's contact tracing efforts.