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Hundreds attend service for NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson

HAMPTON, Va. — Three black astronauts joined hundreds of other mourners Saturday at a memorial service for pioneering African American mathematician a...
22:45 7 March 2020

American Film Institute postponing gala with Julie Andrews

NEW YORK — The American Film Institute says it is postponing its 48th annual AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute honoring Julie Andrews in an appa...
20:08 7 March 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s sunny side up take on coronavirus

WASHINGTON — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trum...
14:04 7 March 2020

Now this: Tornado clobbers African American North Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On a frigid Friday morning in North Nashville, Ishvicka Howell stood in her driveway and peered down the street at several utility ...
13:20 7 March 2020

Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested positive for virus

MIAMI — Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outb...
5:41 7 March 2020

One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presiden...
5:01 7 March 2020

Biden invokes Obama, swipes at Sanders with six-state ad buy

ATLANTA — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is plowing $12 million into a six-state ad buy ahead of the March 10 and March 17 primaries, his largest s...
3:48 7 March 2020

The Latest: Biden says he’s feeling good about 2020 race now

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 election (all times local):
0:03 7 March 2020

US sending military police to two border crossings

PHOENIX — The U.S. government says it is sending 160 military police and engineers to two official border crossings to deal with asylum seekers in cas...
23:50 6 March 2020

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus, including 19 crew mem...
23:41 6 March 2020

Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy

WASHINGTON — The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Stre...
22:53 6 March 2020

North Dakota’s remade caucuses tested in Biden, Sanders race

FARGO, N.D. — New rules for North Dakota's presidential caucuses are likely to drive up turnout and could shrink Bernie Sanders' organizational advant...
22:33 6 March 2020

EU seeks united front to tackle medical shortages from virus

BRUSSELS — Fearing a possible shortage in masks and protective equipment to fight the new coronavirus, top European Union officials are urging members...
19:47 6 March 2020

Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year's botched test flight of its Starliner crew capsule, NASA said Friday.
19:38 6 March 2020

With spreading virus comes fears -- and lots of stockpiling

NEW YORK — As an Arizonan, Gregory Cohen has never had to stock up ahead of a hurricane or other natural disaster.
17:58 6 March 2020

US job market looked robust before virus outbreak escalated

WASHINGTON — Hiring in the United States jumped in February as employers added 273,000 positions, evidence that the job market was in strong shape bef...
15:55 6 March 2020

Iran warns it could use ‘force’ to halt travel amid virus

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Friday the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned the...
11:25 6 March 2020

Washington, DC, gets its first coronavirus pop-up shop

WASHINGTON — The nation's capital has pop up shops for food and drink, even marijuana. And now, coronavirus prevention supplies.
7:47 6 March 2020

Trump set to sign $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus outbreak

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide...
5:08 6 March 2020

Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers

ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man was executed Thu...
4:50 6 March 2020

Asian shares drop as virus fears grip markets again

TOKYO — Asian shares slipped Friday as fears about the virus outbreak once again dominated financial markets.
4:12 6 March 2020

Judge sharply rebukes Barr’s handling of Mueller report

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying Barr ...
23:52 5 March 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mislaid blame on Obama for virus test

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his officials are falsely asserting that they’ve accelerated coronavirus testing by easing a restrictive polic...
23:47 5 March 2020

The Latest: Dems haven’t requested Secret Service protection

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
23:38 5 March 2020

Esper says new virus won’t prevent military operations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military and its warfighting command centers in the Pentagon are prepared to continue operations even if there is a local outbre...
23:12 5 March 2020

‘Simple greed’: Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption

DETROIT — Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he conspired with others to embezz...
20:37 5 March 2020

Virus cancels exams and jeopardizes Chinese students’ plans

HARTFORD, Conn. — Universities that rely on international enrollment are expected to take a big hit in the next academic year as canceled entrance exa...
19:26 5 March 2020

Worries over virus prompt changes in many worship services

NEW YORK — A rising number of churches across the United States are making changes in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including a decision by nu...
18:13 5 March 2020

Critics of Oprah book club title put new novel on trial

TUCSON, Arizona — When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog abou...
17:02 5 March 2020

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship to hold off the California coast Thursday to await testing ...
16:58 5 March 2020