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Under pressure from the spreading pandemic, as well as anxious athletes and corporate sponsors, Japan finally conceded that it may have no choice but to postpone this summer's Tokyo Olympics.

California's Bay Area has been sheltering in place longer than most. People are finding ways to cope but worry the worst is yet to come as the health crisis leads to an economic one.

Father Scott Holmer sits on a chair in the parking lot of St. Edward Church in Bowie, Md., and parishioners confess from the front seat of their cars. The drive-thru lane is open seven days a week.

The pregnant customer went into labor in the toilet paper aisle. Fortunately plenty of people were around. A nearby nurse leapt into action and the store manager held up a sheet for privacy.

Seven U.S. states are now reporting 1,000 or more cases of COVID-19, and experts believe the number of infected people will rise further as testing becomes more available.

Speaking before Parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "[W]e may have no choice but to decide to postpone the Games." The Olympics are set to start on July 24.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other U.S. stock indexes fell again Monday as central bankers and lawmakers struggled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic's economic damage.

"We don't want Dallas or New Orleans or Chicago to turn into the next New York," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday morning.

President Trump has issued contradictory statements about whether he's ordering private companies to ramp up production of medical goods. At the center of all this is the Defense Production Act.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiated late into the night with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and spoke hopefully of a deal coming together on Tuesday.