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It was not the joyous homecoming Fatehi Darhan had dreamed about while he lay alone for two weeks in a hospital room in Queens, fighting the coronavirus. He came close to death.

State government in Nevada is feeling the side effects of the coronavirus, with interim legislative committee meetings being cancelled or postponed in an effort to keep the virus from spreading.

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., voted for and helped pass into law legislation last week to provide relief for the nation’s small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic …

If the final pitch of the 2020 baseball season comes closer to Christmas than Halloween, that’s fine with the players.

The coronavirus continued its unrelenting spread across the United States with fatalities doubling in two days and authorities saying Saturday that an infant who tested positive had died.

Part of the parking lot at Cashman Center in downtown Las Vegas has been transformed into a temporary homeless shelter as city and county officials work …

Four more people with coronavirus disease have died in Clark County to bring the total number of virus-related deaths in the Las Vegas area to 14 …

There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the memories linger in New Orleans like remnants of a bad dream.

There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the memories linger in New Orleans like remnants of a bad dream.

As confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States led the world — with more than 105,000 infections — cities such as Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans grew as hotspots Saturday …