Virus accelerates in Italy; US urges citizens to avoid north
MILAN (AP) — Coronavirus infections in Italy rose 50% Sunday and the U.S. government issued its strongest travel warning...
Virus fears close down France’s famed Louvre Museum
PARIS (AP) — The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France’s Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers who guard its ...
Analysis: Biden positions himself as leading moderate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden bought himself time. It’s unclear how much. Biden’s victory in South Carolina on Saturday wa...
Agency: 2nd US case of person who got virus from community
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’S EARLIER STORY IS BELOW: Health officials have confirmed th...
What’s happening: Virus fears hit Africa, markets, schools
PARIS (AP) — Amusement parks, sporting events, religious gatherings, reality TV shows, even schools. More and more of da...
Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such rep...
Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life
TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus claimed its first victim in the U.S. Saturday as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy...
Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of ...
Feds reject removal of 4 US Northwest dams in key report
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on ...
Turkey, Russia talk tensions in Syria as migrants push west
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose si...
Teens love the video app TikTok. Do they love it too much?
From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud...
Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their ca...
Virus outbreak in Iran sickens hundreds, including leaders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After facing sanctions and the risk of war amid tensions with the United States, Iran...
Market corrections: scary but also, in some cases, necessary
NEW YORK (AP) — After six days of being pounded by a virus-induced, global sell-off, U.S. markets hit a milestone this w...
Global stocks fall again on fear of virus impact on economy
Global stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading fears over the impact of the new coronavirus, with some indexes...
Democrats eye Super Tuesday even as South Carolina looms
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days....
Parents of ‘terrified’ Africans stranded in China want help
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — She wakes every day long before dawn to chat with her three stranded daughters on the other side ...
Asia stocks tumble on virus fears after Wall Street plunge
Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured ...
A Baltimore scandal ends as ex-mayor gets 3 years in prison
BALTIMORE (AP) — Yet another embarrassing chapter in Baltimore’s troubled history ended Thursday when the city’s ex-mayo...
29 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria air strike
BEIRUT (AP) — An air strike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish officia...
Feds cite new evidence against former Mexico security chief
NEW YORK (AP) — New evidence against Mexico’s former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with ...
Sanders’ rise fuels Dems’ angst; Pelosi won’t intervene
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ascendancy as Democrats’ leading presidential hopeful fueled growing unease as la...
Amid virus, Saudis close Islam’s holiest sites to foreigners
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday closed off the holiest sites in Islam to foreign pilgrims ov...
Virus response in Mideast tainted by political views of Iran
BEIRUT (AP) — In the Middle East, even virus outbreaks are political. The coronavirus has killed 26 people in Iran -- th...
UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
LONDON (AP) — Campaigners won a court ruling Thursday to block the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on enviro...
Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities fo...
Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide cam...
Asian shares slump after Trump announcement on virus plans
Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. was stepping up its efforts to combat th...
The Latest: Biden not worried about Trump refusing to leave
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):9:05 p.m.Democ...
Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery before taking own life
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five f...