By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on record and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81. …

By TIM SULLIVAN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press New York state moved to join California on Friday in ordering nearly all residents to stay in their homes, as governors undertook their most sweeping efforts yet to contain the coronavirus and fend off the kind of onslaught of patients that has …

APNEWSALERT: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York governor orders all employers to keep workers at home, except essential s… https://t.co/ENw8TwW1ye

APNEWSALERT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Mnuchin: Income tax filing deadline moved from April 15 to July 15.

Dear UTC Community: Our original intent was to modify the ARC hours for our members.  While complying with Chattanooga Mayor Berke’s executive order, effective, Friday, March 20th and until the end of the semester, the ARC will be closed. We will provide online programming and fitness classes during the closure. To …

Now, the party is suddenly and decisively over. Coronavirus dread has settled uncomfortably over this most social of cities, where public gatherings are banned and 15 of Louisiana's 20 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded as of Saturday.

On Wednesday evening, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga officials were informed that a member of the UTC campus community had tested positive for COVID-19. In accordance with guidance from public health officials at the county and state levels, this notice is being sent to inform UTC faculty, staff and students …

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Wednesday it wants to dedicate $500 billion to start issuing direct payments to Americans by early next month as the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy as the coronavirus epidemic threatens a body slam …

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic cost of the coronavirus outbreak, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. “The president has instructed me …