Reese Dixon-Waters, one of the nation's top guard prospects, commits to USC. Dixon-Waters, who will be a senior next season, plays at Playa del Rey St. Bernard.

USC football players looking forward to pro day will not get the chance to participate in it because of the coronavirus pandemic.

USC coach Andy Enfield says the Trojans were good enough to make a run in the NCAA tournament. But because of the coronavirus, he'll never know.

Malik Thomas of La Verne Damien committed to USC on Friday as the Trojans' 2021 class landed another highly rated shooting guard within the same week.

Former USC linebacker Quinton Powell is pleading for others to stay safe after being hospitalized while experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus illness.

Abdul-Malik and Munir McClain, who play football at USC, are living a new normal during the pandemic. It's virtual classrooms and virtual lessons from coaches.

USC's football staff continued its run of recruiting success with the commitment from safety Anthony Beavers Jr., a four-star prospect from Narbonne High.

USC received a commitment Friday from St. John Bosco offensive lineman Maximus Gibbs as the Trojans continued a momentous run on the recruiting trail.

Pasadena Muir four-star defensive back Calen Bullock, who also plays wide receiver, became the third player in four days to commit to the Trojans.

USC wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the second pick of the second round in the NFL draft.

USC athletic director Mike Bohn and coaches Clay Helton and Andy Enfield are giving back a combined $1 million in salary to help the school during the coronavirus pandemic.

China's reporting obfuscations are blamed for the lack of U.S. preparedness. But other governments recognized the situation in China months ago and took action.

Conservative skepticism toward both science and government intervention has shifted from an ideology to a pathology.

A doctor leaves the calm of home to work in the charged atmosphere of the hospital where sober conversations abound about the possibility of being overrun with COVID-19 cases.

The court's slapdash intervention didn't serve the Constitution, just the GOP's chances in one election. Sound familiar?

More humans may be exercising more flexibility and cooperation, in vaster global numbers, than at any other time in human history.

May we find the grace to discern hope and meaning in this season of faith and crisis.

Dispatch from the pandemic: Times of stress can be life or death for a recovering alcoholic or addict

A touching video of Jane Goodall releasing a chimp into the wild makes my son sob. His tears may reveal frustration over our coronavirus-altered lives.

He was a very sick man when he arrived in our emergency room, but he was more worried about the hospital staff than about himself.

A graph of the spread of fake news -- conspiracy theories, propaganda and disinformation -- would likely run parallel to that of the coronavirus itself.

Dispatch from the pandemic: Circumstances have forced my family to practice extreme social distancing

Rather than using his powers during the pandemic, Trump simply wants to be adored for having them.

If only such important decisions weren't in the hands of Trump, a president so obviously unprepared and ill-equipped to make them.

I'm running low on toilet paper, thanks to hoarding in response to the coronavirus outbreak. I'm not worried, because I'm done with TP for good.

Autocratic regimes in Russia, Turkey and Venezuela are already maneuvering to exploit the coronavirus crisis to further entrench their rule.

Since FDR, presidents have taken on the role of comforter-in-chief in moments of national crisis.

Americans required to "shelter in place" should also be entitled to "shelter in job."

Agricultural employers and state health authorities need to act immediately before COVID-19 becomes a major crisis among workers who provide our food supply.

Trump cedes power to the states when it suits him, and claims it for the federal government when it suits.

Anthony Fauci, our national truth-teller, spoke plainly before he was forced to make a retraction by a president more comfortable with lies.

Popular Science Editor Corinne Iozzio talks about how to make the tricky science of coronavirus understandable to an online audience.

In these frightening times, I am struck by the heroic and merciful acts I first encountered as a young child behind barbed wire.

Two state pandemic coalitions represent a refusal to bow and scrape to Trump or to fight one another for federal resources.

Other presidents have expanded their executive power during national crises. Trump is trying, but he's so bad at the job, he won't succeed.

The left blames the right, the right blames China and the World Health Organization. Governors blame the president, and he blames them right back.

22 million Americans have filed jobless claims in recent weeks. Millions of them have also lost their employer-based health insurance at the worst possible time.

Saving Wall Street in the 2008 crash didn't save Main Street. We can't let that happen again.

Collecting and analyzing real-time data on the number of cases and deaths during a disease outbreak is crucial. Here's why we've failed.

With American flags and Trump banners waving, angry citizens are taking to the streets to protest stay-at-home edicts.

Chaos in the face of a crisis like COVID-19 is just the American way.

We already know far more about this virus than scientists ever knew during the Spanish flu epidemic

California could restart its economy by creating a "virus alert" system that would regulate COVID risk by automatically reinstating shelter-in-place orders when infection or death rates get too high.

Pearl's beheading opened the door to more violence against journalists. Those who abducted him should remain in prison.

Why are Trump and his advisors praising people for protesting against policies the administration has endorsed?

Research has been paused on everything but COVID-19, which could have serious consequences on cures for other diseases for generations to come.

I've learned that a moment always comes along to remind you that your race defines you above all else.

A model predicts COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. will drop to zero by June. Another suggests without a vaccine, the coronavirus will be with us for years.

The Justice Department weighed in on a social distancing case in Mississippi to strike a blow for Trump's side in the coronavirus culture wars.

In this pandemic, we need an emergency increase in the number of green cards issued to immigrants with critically required skills.