Coronavirus Pandemic

Lyft is laying off 982 employees — 17% of its workforce — as it tries to reduce costs amid plummeting demand for rides.

Philadelphia will start lifting its coronavirus restrictions by reopening golf courses and resuming construction projects.

U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.

Gov. John Carney’s latest executive order took effect Tuesday morning. His public health director says it should last “for quite some time.”

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About 70 percent of new cases reported Wednesday by the Delaware Division of Public Health were in Sussex County, the state’s coronavirus hot spot.

The state could need to conduct about 19,000 tests per day and employ as many as 2,000 contact tracers, numbers that far exceed current levels.

Comcast is pledging to not disconnect a customer’s Xfinity internet or impose late fees if the individual contacts the company saying they cannot afford payments this month.

The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.

The money helps centers continue to pay staff so they will be prepared to reopen. But it also pays for other needs, such as activity packets for children.

"Literally, ‘Pay me now and maybe you will get some stuff some time in the future,’ is where some vendors are starting," said one Berks County official.

More Americans have now died from coronavirus in less than two months than in the entire nine years of the Vietnam war — more than 58,000.

Ubiquitous and necessary, the corner store or bodega is a staple of modern urban life. Now these small businesses face unprecedented headwinds.

How can you, a small business owner, stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis? Here’s some advice from financial experts and some fellow business owners.

Charlie Secrest’s family remembers a complicated man: stubborn, yet a patient teacher. Rough around the edges, yet loving — in his own way.