Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional ...

What we know, and what we don’t, about Trump’s diagnosis

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some answers emerged Saturday on President Donald Trump's condition as he battles the coronavirus, but Trump's medical team withheld some key information in their first full, televised update. Here's what we ...

GOP seeks to call off Senate work, but not Barrett hearings

By LAURIE KELLMAN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The coroniavirus reached further into Republican ranks on Saturday, forcing the Senate to call off lawmaking as a third GOP senator tested positive for COVID-19. Even so, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared he ...

Chris Christie hospitalized with ‘mild’ virus symptoms

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tweeted Saturday that he's checked himself into a hospital, hours after he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Christie said that after consulting with his doctors, he went to Morristown Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. He said ...

Wheeling Park High School student tests positive for COVID-19

Wheeling Park High School has its first positive COVID-19 test in a student. School principal Meredith Dailer posted a note on the high school's Schoology platform late Saturday notifying of the positive test. A call also was sent out to parents. "A single positive COVID-19 case has been identified at Wheeling Park High School. The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department notified the Ohio County Board of Education that a student tested positive on Oct. 1, 2020. The health department and school officials have investigated and identified the students and staff that were direct contacts. ...

Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19; Hospitalized With Mild Symptoms of Virus

By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Friday night after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White ...