Florida man kidnaps girl, 17, to drive him through coronavirus highway checkpoint: police

A Florida man was arrested last week on kidnapping charges after allegedly threatening a 17-year-old girl in a grocery store parking lot and forcing her to drive him and another woman through a coronavirus highway checkpoint into the Florida Keys, authorities said.

Visitors make most of reopened beaches, boardwalks amid pandemic

Memorial Day weekend typically signals the unofficial start of summertime down at the Jersey shore, but this year things look radically different.

$93K sought from Pennsylvania nursing homes amid inspections

State health officials say civil penalties totaling more than $93,000 have been assessed against nursing care facilities in Pennsylvania amid hundreds of complaint investigations during the coronavirus pandemic.

NBA says it is talking with Disney about plan to resume season

The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July.

Community hosts parade honoring NJ boy, 5, battling cancer

Five-year-old Johnny, also known as Johnny the Brave, recently finished his fifth round of chemotherapy treatment and has one more to complete before he gets to ring the Victory Bell at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

‘I face each day with anxiety’: Grocery workers union estimates 10K infected or exposed to COVID-19

According to a new internal report by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), at least 68 grocery workers have died and more than 10,000 have been infected or exposed to the novel coronavirus.

Robocall volume is way down amid coronavirus pandemic, experts say

Industry experts say robocalls are way down — scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted millions of job losses, and scammers have not been immune.

AP-NORC poll: Many in US won't return to gym or dining out

About a quarter of Americans say someone in their household has lost a job amid that downturn, and about half have lost household income, including layoffs, pay cuts, cut hours or unpaid time off.

Murphy boosts NJ's outdoor gathering limit from 10 to 25

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he is lifting the limit on outdoor gatherings from 10 people to 25 and that Memorial Day cookouts can go forward if people maintain social distancing.

Coronavirus pandemic disrupts crucial vaccination for 80 million children

A new report says the coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunization against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children at risk.