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World Cup skiing finals in Cortina canceled because of virus

Mikaela Shiffrin’s chances of extending her three-year reign as overall champion took another hit when the World Cup skiing finals were canceled Frida...
16:49 6 March 2020

Nashville musicians to hold concert for tornado relief

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Dan Auerbach and more Nashville artists will hold a benefit concert to raise money for p...
16:26 6 March 2020

University of Michigan won’t change investigation into abuse

ANN ARBOR, Mich, — The University of Michigan said Friday that it will not change the way it is handling the investigation into allegations of sexual ...
14:48 6 March 2020

Klobuchar calls for independent review of black man’s case

MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked a top Minnesota prosecutor to initiate an independent investigation into the case of Myon Burrell, a black man ...
14:09 6 March 2020

India’s beleaguered health system braces for virus surge

NEW DELHI — India is bracing for a potential explosion of coronavirus cases as authorities rush to trace, test and quarantine contacts of 31 people co...
12:51 6 March 2020

Swiss gruyere named best in world cheese competition

MADISON, Wis. — A gruyere from Switzerland has been named the world's best cheese, chosen from a record number of entrants from 26 nations in the Worl...
12:43 6 March 2020

Global markets slide further on pessimism over virus impact

TOKYO — World stocks and the price of oil dropped sharply again Friday as pessimism prevailed over hopes for central bank action to counter the econom...
12:30 6 March 2020

Great Barrier Reef enters crucial period in coral bleaching

CANBERRA, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef is facing a critical period of heat stress over the coming weeks following the most widespread coral blea...
11:20 6 March 2020

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

BUDAPEST, Hungary — No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus.
10:56 6 March 2020

Kovalchuk finds home with Capitals after whirlwind journey

ARLINGTON, Va. — Ilya Kovalchuk and Brenden Dillon broke bread in a Northern Virginia restaurant, leaving their temporary home away from home hotel an...
7:59 6 March 2020

Businessman, ex-congressman Amory Houghton Jr. dead at 93

CORNING, N.Y. — Amory Houghton Jr., who led his family's glass company in upstate New York and later spent nearly two decades in Congress as a Republi...
7:41 6 March 2020

MH17 families hope truth emerges from unprecedented trial

AMSTERDAM — United by grief across oceans and continents, families who lost loved ones when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in 2014 hope tha...
7:37 6 March 2020

A promising 2020 presidential campaign for women falls short

At her home in suburban Detroit, Jill Warren spent Thursday morning glued to her phone, searching for news about the woman she fiercely believed shoul...
5:05 6 March 2020

US hiring was likely solid in February before virus spread

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy likely added jobs at a solid pace in February before an escalation of the coronavirus outbreak disrupted factory supply ...
5:01 6 March 2020

Kawhi Leonard has 25 points, Clippers rout Rockets 120-105

HOUSTON — Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled over the Houston Rockets 120-105 on Thursday night for their sixth straig...
4:25 6 March 2020

Zibanejad scores 5 goals to lead Rangers past Caps in OT

NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad scored five goals to match the New York Rangers’ record, capping the scoring spree 33 seconds into overtime in a wild 6-5 vi...
3:17 6 March 2020

Pence pledges ‘full support’ to Wash. in coronavirus fight

CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — Vice President Mike Pence pledged the Trump administration's full support to Washington state officials Thursday as the coronavir...
3:01 6 March 2020

US labs await virus-testing kits promised by administration

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials doubled down on their promise to deliver 1 million tests for the coronavirus this week as states reported ...
2:37 6 March 2020

Latest: China’s virus outbreak steady, with 143 new cases

BANGKOK — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
1:55 6 March 2020

Trump defends his rhetoric in 1st TV town hall of 2020

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Donald Trump defended his administration's response to the new coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling pol...
0:57 6 March 2020

Every delivers again at Bay Hill, leads McIlroy by 1 shot

ORLANDO, Fla. — The leading two players at Bay Hill are no surprise, even if they have next to nothing in common.
0:22 6 March 2020

Review: Stephen Malkmus tests folk music’s limits on album

Stephen Malkmus, “Traditional Techniques” (Matador Records)
23:11 5 March 2020

Henry Cobb, architect of Boston’s Hancock Tower, dies at 93

NEW YORK — Architect Henry N. Cobb, who designed the tallest building in New England, has died. He was 93.
23:04 5 March 2020

AP sources: Feds investigate contraband flow at Epstein jail

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into potential misconduct by guards as officials keep inmates locked down at t...
22:46 5 March 2020

Sanders struggles to expand supporter base after Warren exit

WASHINGTON — It took Joe Biden's moderate rivals just hours to unite behind his presidential campaign after they left the race. Bernie Sanders hasn't ...
22:34 5 March 2020

Yeshiva U team: Hotel cancels reservation over virus fears

A hotel in a Baltimore suburb on Thursday canceled the reservation of the Yeshiva University men's basketball team over fears of novel coronavirus, th...
22:30 5 March 2020

Prosecutor: Victim confided in Durst and it got her killed

LOS ANGELES — Susan Berman sealed her fate when she told best friend Robert Durst, falsely, that detectives had asked to talk to her about Durst's wif...
22:17 5 March 2020

What’s Happening: Virus prompts motel purchase, dog tested

Factories are gradually reopening in China months after the new coronavirus that first emerged there upended daily routines. As the country looks for ...
22:17 5 March 2020

Russia, Turkey reach cease-fire deal in northwestern Syria

MOSCOW — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreement on a cease-fire to begin at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where es...
21:37 5 March 2020

Warren ends presidential campaign, centering race on 2 men

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren ended her once-promising presidential campaign on Thursday after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the...
21:24 5 March 2020