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Updated: 10:56 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The Plain Dealer will lay off 22 staffers later this month, including 18 members of the Cleveland newspaper’s union, Local 1 of the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild. The layoffs are “strictly financial,” Editor-in-Chief Tim Warsinskey said in a statement published on cleveland.com, news website that is also owned by the paper’s sister company, Advance Local.

Iran has released tens of thousands of prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Babak Namazi, whose brother is still detained.

He had one trip to the moon — not to tread the surface, but to orbit in the craft that would return the two moonwalkers to Earth. All three got in trouble later over the sale of space mementos.

States are now reporting a sudden, sharp spike in jobless claims as the coronavirus crisis stalls business around the country.

The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration is unusual in that it would give Americans more spending money, even as many spending outlets have been closed by the pandemic.

Coronavirus testing is still woefully inadequate across the U.S. Some experts worry about some of the steps the Trump administration is taking in the rush to make up for the slow start in testing.

Officials in San Francisco reversed course and are allowing dispensaries to stay open during the "shelter in place" order. New York made a similar declaration for its medical marijuana businesses.

Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams each said they experienced symptoms starting Saturday evening. At least five other lawmakers who were in contact with them are self-quarantining.

The Dow plummeted more than 1,300 points after President Trump announced new emergency steps. The New York Stock Exchange said that to protect its employees, it will close its trading floor Monday.

Several state legislatures have called off their 2020 sessions due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving necessary lawmaking in question.