Some beloved Chicago restaurants closing permanently due to COVID-19

Local restaurant owners are trying their best to weather the coronavirus pandemic, but as the stay-at-home order gets longer and longer, many are being forced to keep their "Closed" signs up for good.

Lawsuit: US citizens with immigrant spouses should get help

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has sued the federal government over its denial of coronavirus relief payments to U.S. citizens who are married to immigrants without social security numbers.

Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Donald Trump took executive action Tuesday to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation’s food supply.

Gloomy summer looms as coronavirus pandemic cancels US festivals, trips

From Cape Cod to California, festivals are being nixed, businesses in tourist havens are looking at empty reservation books, and people who have been cooped up through a dismal spring are worrying summer will bring just more of the same.

Northwestern joins other universities rejecting coronavirus relief aid

Northwestern University is rejecting the $8.5 million in federal assistance it was allotted earlier this month to help those adversely affected financially by the coronavirus pandemic, school officials said Tuesday.

VP Mike Pence doesn't wear mask during tour of Mayo Clinic COVID-19 research, treatment facilities

Vice President Mike Pence ignored a Mayo Clinic policy designed to slow the spread of coronavirus and did not wear a mask during his tour of Mayo's research and treatment facilities Tuesday.

10 die from COVID-19 at Cicero nursing home, including employee

More than 200 residents and staff of a Cicero nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, while 10 of them — including one staff member — have died from the disease, city officials announced Tuesday.

Stock rally takes breather ahead of Starbucks, Google earnings

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as many as 378 points, or 1.57 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained as much as 1.48 percent and 1.15 percent, respectively.

Pritzker rips into lawmaker who filed lawsuit over stay-at-home order: 'Cheap political stunt'

Governor JB Pritzker lambasted a state lawmaker on Tuesday after a judge in southern Illinois sided with the representative’s lawsuit that the governor’s extension of the stay-at-home-order exceeds his emergency authority and violates individual civil rights.

Super Bowl champ puts medical degree to work helping in coronavirus fight

Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is stepping off the field and onto the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic just months after winning the Super Bowl.

Indiana’s confirmed coronavirus death toll tops 900

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 57 additional deaths, boosting the state’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll to 901 since the first fatality was recorded seven weeks ago.