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Authorities are setting up a temporary hospital with 1,000 beds at the Jacob K. Javits Center on Friday in New York City. The city is bracing for an overwhelming tide of patients, as its number of confirmed cases continues to rise.

More Than 2,000 Americans Have Now Died From The Coronavirus

The U.S. hit the grim milestone on Saturday night after the number of coronavirus-related deaths doubled in two days.

An arch reads Kent State University. Behind it are the building and trees that make up the entrance to Kent State's campus.

A KSU degree program aims to fill rural Ohio gaps in mental health care

Ohio’s rural areas struggle with access to mental health care providers. Kent State University’s new social work degree hopes to build a bigger workforce.

Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, "You don't have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy."

A Good Friday funeral in Texas. Baby Halo's parents had few choices in post-Roe Texas

When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."

In the Thursday announcement, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said, "Every student should be able to have the full experience of attending school in America, including participating in athletics, free from discrimination."

The Biden administration moves to make broad, transgender sports bans illegal

The proposed changes to Title IX would still give schools some flexibility to ban transgender athletes depending on age and sport.

Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj.

From Daft Punk to ballet: Thomas Bangalter makes full swing to classical

Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.

People walk past a Chipotle store in New York City. The fast casual restaurant known for its burritos and bowls is suing Sweetgreen over alleged trademark infringement.

Chipotle and Sweetgreen's short-lived beef over a chicken burrito bowl gets resolved

Chipotle had argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Sweetgreen was attempting to profit off of the burrito chain's popular chipotle chicken burrito bowl by allegedly making a near-identical menu item.

A resident signs an initiative petition supporting a gun safety ballot measure on June 7, 2022, outside a library in Salem, Ore., as a signature gatherer holds the clipboard.

The price of a ballot signature is way up, and experts worry it's encouraging fraud

A scandal affecting Michigan Republicans last year highlighted instances of suspected fraud in the signature-gathering process. Some states are now looking to crack down on bad actors.

A man accused of dealing drugs that led to Michael K. Williams' death pleads guilty

Irvin Cartagena, 39, allegedly sold fentanyl-laced drugs to an undercover NYPD officer on several occasions. Narcotics found in Williams' apartment were linked back to Cartagena, police say.

Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip, Friday, April 7, 2023.

Israeli medics say 2 are killed in an attack in the West Bank

An alleged shooting attack in the northern occupied West Bank killed two women and seriously wounded another, Israeli medics said on Friday.

Aeroflot passengers planes are seen parked at Sheremetyevo Airport, outside Moscow, on Tuesday. Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, said Monday that it suspended flights to New York, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles because Canada had closed its airspace to Russian planes.

A ban of Russian aircraft from U.S. airspace has gone into effect

The FAA's order prohibiting Russian flights from entering U.S. airspace is now in effect. Russia is expected to respond in kind, forcing airlines to take longer routes around the massive country

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