The Latest: Investors unsure how virus will impact profits
NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):
Talking to kids about virus? Experts say be calm and honest
It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but i...
Nervous consumers around world pull back amid viral outbreak
WASHINGTON — Buffeted by fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus, consumers in the United States and overseas are showing increasing signs of cutting ...
Heartbreak hotel: No Elvis or Route 66 for barred Europeans
PARIS — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that ...
Trump clamps limits on travel from Europe to US for 30 days
WASHINGTON — Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump announced he is sharply restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. ...
Iraq will investigate attack on base that killed US troops
BAGHDAD — Iraq's military Thursday said it opened an investigation into a rocket attack hours earlier that killed three servicemen, including two Amer...
The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
BEIRUT — As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and...
Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news
TOKYO — Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street.
The Latest: US advises Americans to reconsider travel abroad
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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday.
NCAA tournaments are on _ for now _ but mostly without fans
The NCAA basketball tournaments are on — for now — though the buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments will take place in mostly empty...
The Latest: Stock futures signal more losses in US markets
NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):
Iditarod’s oldest musher quits, another gives dogs CBD oil
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose.
Will heat stop the spread of new virus? No one really knows
JAKARTA, Indonesia — As outbreaks of the new coronavirus that first emerged in China continue to spread in more than 100 countries — particularly thos...
Tiger Woods elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Already among the greatest on the golf course, Tiger Woods will join them in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Trump, GOP allies move quickly to discredit, attack Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies are planning sustained personal and reputational attacks against Joe Biden, casting him as ill-equi...
House votes to tighten oversight of federal surveillance
WASHINGTON — Congress has taken a first step toward addressing errors made by the FBI during its investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia, with ...
What’s Happening: Pandemic declared, virus survival studied
New clusters of the novel coronavirus are expanding in the United States and Europe as Italy replaces China as the current epicenter of a worldwide ou...
US appeals judges hear Down syndrome abortion arguments
CINCINNATI — Federal judges on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio law that faces doctors with a felony charge if they per...
Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein pleaded for mercy and said he was “totally confused” by the sex crime case that got him sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in...
AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel
CHANTILLY, Va. — In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutte...
US budget deficit up 14.8% for first 5 months of fiscal year
WASHINGTON — The U.S. budget deficit through the first five months of this budget year is up 14.8% from the same period a year ago, keeping the countr...
Russian lawmakers move to keep Putin in power past 2024
MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until...
It’s cloudy with a chance of iron rain at hot, faraway world
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At one hot, faraway world, it's always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers pushed Wednesday for a ban on imports from a vast area of northwest China where the government has detained more than a mi...
World markets subdued amid virus worries, hope for help
TOKYO — European stock markets edged up Wednesday after Asian shares mostly declined, as governments were ramping up aid for economies reeling from th...
Virus could test Latin America’s already ailing economy
PROGRESO, Ecuador — For years, Dionisio Romero has relied for his livelihood on a magenta-colored dragon fruit that is wildly popular in Asia, plantin...
Facing recession, Europe grasps for ways to limit damage
FRANKFURT, Germany — Suddenly staring recession in the face, European leaders are lining up an array of tax breaks, financial support for companies an...
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ in...
Virus locks down Italy amid global push to contain outbreak
ROME — The boisterous hum of Rome dwindled to a whisper and police patrols kept people apart in cafes as Italy enforced an extraordinary, sweeping loc...