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Funeral home workers put on protective gear to retrieve a body from a refrigerated truck outside a Brooklyn hospital in early April. As of Sunday, the U.S. reported the most coronavirus deaths in the world, surpassing Italy.

U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World

More than 20,600 people have died from the virus as of early Sunday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Takeaways From The Final Presidential Debate Of 2020

The final presidential debate of the 2020 election season was more calm and policy-oriented than the first. But did either candidate change the dynamics of the race?

People cross an empty downtown Kansas City, Mo., street on Wednesday while stay-at-home orders continue in the state and much of the rest of the United States as part of an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

White House Plan For Reopening States Leaves Testing Question Unanswered

The plan describes three phases of loosening social restrictions. Experts say the guidance lacks firm goals and thresholds for testing and leaves states to answer many questions on their own.

An ethnic Hui Muslim man stands in front of Laohuasi Mosque in Linxia, Gansu province, in 2018. Chinese Muslims are most densely clustered in the northwestern regions of Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang, but live across the country, as they have for more than a millennium.

China Targets Muslim Scholars And Writers With Increasingly Harsh Restrictions

The intellectual heart of China's Muslim community is under threat as scholars, writers, religious leaders and their families are under constant state surveillance.

With a growing number of imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid those costs by falsely labeling Chinese products as manufactured elsewhere.

A Mysterious Pencil Factory Sharpens Focus On Tariff Scams

With more imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid the taxes by falsely labeling Chinese products as made elsewhere. One case traces to a dusty factory in the Philippines.

A lot of Iowa business owners in towns like Mount Pleasant are facing chronic labor shortages. One solution is to encourage more outsiders to come to the state, including immigrants.

With Workers Hard To Find, Immigration Crackdown Leaves Iowa Town In A Bind

Business leaders worry that tough laws against undocumented workers will discourage legal immigrants from coming to the state to work. Iowa's low jobless rate has left businesses struggling to hire.

Employees work in a call center run by Uttar Pradesh state police in Lucknow, India, in April.

Trump's Freeze On H-1B Work Visas Disproportionately Affects Indians

Last year, Indians received 72% of H-1B visas. Thousands who'd planned to come to the U.S. this year must scrap or delay their plans. But some suggest the freeze may work to India's advantage.

Lachlan Morton, pictured in 2014, is the latest person to set a record "Everesting" on a bicycle.

Lachlan Morton Sets A Bicycling 'Everesting' Record

More and more bicyclists are breaking records of "Everesting": climbing the height equal to Mount Everest by riding a single hill, up and down, over and over again.

Protesters march to an Amazon store to raise awareness of Amazon's facilitation of surveillance efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Hundreds Of Musicians Pledge To Cut Ties With Amazon In 'No Music For ICE' Letter

The letter, which has been signed by Deerhoof, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Damon & Naomi and more, comes in light of a music festival put on by Amazon Web Services.

People crowd a convenience store in central Istanbul to buy last-minute groceries, after Turkish authorities announced a weekend curfew just hours before it took effect overnight Friday.

Turkey Imposes 48-Hour Coronavirus Curfew In Major Cities With Little Warning

The order was announced shortly before it took effect midnight Friday, drawing crowds of last-minute shoppers in cities such as Istanbul. Turkey has reported over 47,000 confirmed cases of the virus.

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