New York businesses can refuse entrance to anyone who doesn't wear a face mask, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday, under his executive order that gives store owners the authority to decide whether patrons must wear a mask or other face coverings to enter.

Face masks are "amazingly" effective in slowing the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the governor said.

"People have a right to jeopardize their own health (I don't recommend it).," Cuomo said via Twitter. "People don't have a right to jeopardize other people's health."

The coronavirus pandemic has put nearly 14 million people in the Caribbean and Latin America at risk of missing meals, according to a report released Wednesday from the U.N.'s World Food Programme.

Trump administration officials defended their handling of worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic at a congressional hearing Thursday in Washington, D.C. But they acknowledged a grim new tally of deaths among doctors and nurses is "likely to be an underestimate," according to testimony from Dr. John Howard, head of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The economic crisis due to coronavirus has led to record unemployment. The economic devastation follows ten years of steady job growth, specifically for black and Latino workers. Many of these jobs might not return.

Unemployment rates have surged during the pandemic. But which demographics are most affected by it?

Schools across America are getting out for the summer. In the past, that would have meant kids running down school halls, emptying backpacks into trash cans and blasting car stereos on the way to the beach.

In a pandemic, the last day of school for many students means simply closing a laptop or mailing that final packet of workbooks.

Even though the Pennsylvania House approved rules changes in March to allow nearly all members to vote remotely, some lawmakers have returned to the Capitol in Harrisburg to conduct business.