As the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on global markets, U.S. consumers are catching a break in one area: at the pump. For the first time in four years, the national average for a gallon of gas is below $2, AAA said in a statement Tuesday. At $1.99, the current average price for a gallon is 18.4%, or 45 cents, lower than…

Asian shares are mixed as worries about economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic grow

From furloughed workers to front-line responders, Americans across the spectrum wrote in to describe their new, bewildering reality.

The new coronavirus first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 has infected more than 850,000 people and caused more than 41,000 deaths worldwide. The number of people who have recovered from the virus surpassed 176,000. The U.S. has tested one million people, with nearly 184,000 cases confirmed and more than 3,100 dead. Those num...

Schools across the U.S. are scrambling to find new ways to provide remote instruction to students with disabilities as instruction moves online amid the coronavirus pandemic

The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore.

Calls are mounting for the federal government to close Grand Canyon National Park after a resident of the iconic park tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in isolation.

A Canadian company says it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline running from Canada through the U.S. Midwest in April.

The Trump administration is prepared to lift crippling sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government requiring both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó to step aside in favor of a five-person governing council, U.S. officials said.

As schools, workplaces and public services shut down in the age of coronavirus, online connections are keeping Americans in touch with vital institutions and each other. But that’s not much of an option when fast internet service is hard to come by.

The biggest U.S. mall owner, Simon Property Group, has furloughed about 30% of its workforce, CNBC has learned, as the company copes with all of its properties being temporarily shut because of the coronavirus pandemic. The furloughs impact full- and part-time workers, at its Indianapolis headquarters and at its malls and outlet cent...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “hell of a bad two weeks” ahead as the White House projected there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained.

At a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to brace themselves for a difficult period ahead as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States. Coronavirus task force members Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci also gave updates on the extended social distancing guidelines, saying “now is the ...