Trump vs Fauci: President and doctor spar over unproven drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred Friday on whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with coronavirus disease.
US virus testing faces new headwind: Lab supply shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn’t work. Then there weren’t enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of a new roadblock: dire shortages of testing supplies.
Italy's virus epicenter grapples with huge toll, some hidden
BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — The priest gave a final benediction. There were no flowers, no embraces. Francesca Steffanoni and her mother hurried away from Bergamo’s main cemetery, their furtive farewell lasting no more than 5 minutes.
Joe Biden, nominee-in-waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the three weeks since his blowout win in the South Carolina primary, Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting. But, amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, put the emphasis on waiting.
Gabbard ends long-shot 2020 bid, throws support to Biden
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign on Thursday, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Clinton and raising fears among Democrats that she would mount a third-party 2020 bid.
Israel's Netanyahu accused of exploiting virus crisis
JERUSALEM (AP) — With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing accusations that he is exploiting the crisis to entrench himself in power and undermining the country’s democratic foundations.
Trump dubs COVID-19 ‘Chinese virus' despite hate crime risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t think calling COVID-19 the “Chinese virus” — or the “kung-flu,” as one administration official reportedly called it — puts Asian Americans at risk of retaliation despite growing reports they are facing virus-related discrimination.
Clean water access for India's poor spawns virus concerns
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dharam Singh Rajput can’t afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his community.
Watchdog says Israel's West Bank settlements surged in 2019
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank surged ahead in 2019, a watchdog group said in a report Tuesday, maintaining a rapid pace that has drawn strength from the friendly policies of the Trump administration.
Coronavirus pandemic leads Amazon to ban many non-essential items
Faced with merchandise shortages in the United States and Europe due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Amazon has instituted sweeping changes on which products it will store and ship from its warehouses over the next three weeks, in a move it said was aimed at keeping essential items in stock and speeding up orders.
A cruel paradox: Beating virus means causing US recession
WASHINGTON (AP) — No one knows how long it will last or how much it will hurt. But the U.S. economy is either sliding into a recession for the first time since 2009 or is already in one — a sudden victim of the coronavirus outbreak.
Spreading birthday card love in the time of coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Mona Helgeland was sad for her children. Their birthdays were coming up but they were self-quarantined because of the coronavirus and going to miss celebrating with friends and family.
Dear Corona Diary: German patient gives updates on Twitter
BERLIN (AP) — On the fifth day after she fell ill with COVID-19 respiratory disease, Karoline Preisler could breathe again without wincing through severe pain in her chest.
Coronavirus news is dominating readers' attention
If you feel like you’ve been glued to the news lately, you’re not alone. We’re collectively reading much more news during the novel coronavirus pandemic than normal, according to new publisher traffic data.
The Health Department website was attacked in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic
The US Health and Human Services Department was the victim of a cyberattack yesterday, the agency confirmed to Recode.
Bloomberg, which was first to report the attack on Monday morning, initially described it as a hack, but updates to its story removed the word “hack,” instead referring to it as “multiple incidents of a cyber intrusion.
Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures
BERLIN (AP) — It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx’s three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for its first customers.
With borders and businesses closing, world hunkers down
BANGKOK (AP) — With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government calls to isolate themselves and slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus means The Hunt and Trolls get early streaming rental options
You can’t go to the movies. So some movies are going to come to you.
That’s the message from media giant NBCUniversal, whose movie studio is going to start letting customers rent a selection of movies that are supposed to be in theaters now.
Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The world’s largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep. A gun store in Los Angeles had lines that stretched down the block.
US officials: Foreign disinformation stoking virus fears
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is alleging that a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, three U.
Virus toll in Iran climbs as lockdowns deepen across Mideast
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran reported another 129 fatalities from the new coronavirus on Monday, the largest one-day rise in deaths since it began battling the Middle East’s worst outbreak, which has claimed more than 850 lives and infected a number of senior officials in the country.
Google's coronavirus website isn't what Trump described
Two days after President Donald Trump announced that Google was racing to build a site to help Americans find coronavirus testing, people are still confused about what’s actually going on.
Asia urges vigilance to maintain hard-won infection drops
TOKYO (AP) — Millions of people began holing up at home, stocking up on supplies and keeping a wary eye on how close they got to friends and neighbors as fear of the coronavirus spread to more places around the world Monday.
CDC's latest guidance could mean no sports for much longer
The already-delayed professional sports seasons in North America could be on hiatus for significantly longer than first planned after federal officials said Sunday that they recommend all in-person events involving 50 people or more be called off for the next eight weeks.
Hospitals fear any surge of virus cases, supply shortages
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Government and hospital leaders are increasingly sounding the alarm about the health care system in the U.S. and its readiness to absorb waves of patients in the worst-case scenario involving the new coronavirus outbreak.
Dream of a lifetime: Transgender man yearns to join military
LISBON, Ohio (AP) — Nic Talbott keeps himself busy, working as a substitute teacher, studying for a master’s degree, helping with chores at his grandmother’s farm.
Countries around the world announce more virus restrictions
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus Sunday, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions spreading.
Amazon Go cashierless store technology will get sold to other retailers
Last month, Amazon showcased its cashierless, no-checkout-line technology in its own full-size grocery store. Now, Amazon says it wants other retailers to use it, too.
What's Happening: Spain to go on lockdown to combat virus
Governments are responding to the coronavirus pandemic by imposing tight restrictions on businesses and ordering people to stay home. Spain is expected to be the latest country to follow Italy’s example by imposing nationwide restrictions.
Coronavirus prompts Microsoft, Google, and Zoom to offer free software
As the number of infections and deaths from the novel coronavirus rise drastically, governments, schools, and companies around the world are instituting more drastic measures to rein in the virus’s spread.
Trump's latest travel ban highlights gaps in containment net
NEW YORK (AP) — In the weeks before President Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office to announce restrictions on travelers from more than two dozen countries in Europe, thousands of people from the region already had stepped off planes at U.
House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump on Friday declared the outbreak a national emergency, freeing up money and resources to fight it, then threw his support behind the congressional aid package.
Masters, Boston Marathon postponed due to coronavirus
The shock waves from the coronavirus outbreak rattled sports for another day as two rites of spring, the Masters and Boston Marathon, were postponed.
There was at least some relief Friday that those events are expected to take place later in the year, unlike the stunning announcement the day before that the NCAA was canceling March Madness, one of the biggest events on the U.
US hospitals brace for ‘tremendous strain' from new virus
U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.
Pandemic increasingly takes over daily lives, roils markets
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has taken over daily lives around the globe, overwhelming hospitals, shuttering schools and offices, halting U.S. presidential campaign rallies and world sports while increasing fears about the financial toll.
1 year later, New Zealand mosque attacks alter many lives
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Fifty-one people were killed and dozens more injured when a lone gunman attacked two mosques in Christchurch last year. New Zealanders will commemorate those who died on the anniversary of the mass killing Sunday.
Analysis: With unease, Americans lurch into coronavirus era
So this is where we are:
Major League Baseball’s opening day postponed. Broadway and Hollywood grinding to a halt, and March Madness canceled. Universities from Harvard to UCLA telling students to stay away.
Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard’s president, a former president of the New York Federal Reserve and a renowned academic considered one of the world’s authorities on the Great Depression.
Nervous consumers around world pull back amid viral outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — Buffeted by fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus, consumers in the United States and overseas are showing increasing signs of cutting back on spending in what amounts to a severe threat to economic growth.
Locked out: Europeans grapple with new US travel ban
PARIS (AP) — 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 took months to prepare: On ice, too.
The NBA is suspended after a player tested positive for coronavirus
“If even one player comes down with coronavirus, the [NBA] would suspend instantaneously because of the cascading effect of quarantines,” ESPN basketball reporter Brian Windhorst told me on Wednesday afternoon.
The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
BEIRUT (AP) — 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 Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape.
Corporate debt loads a rising risk as virus hits economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gyrating stock market is seizing headlines as the coronavirus threatens corporate profits and economic growth. Yet it’s in the normally temperate bond market, where companies go to borrow money, where the gravest dangers may lurk.
AP sources: Feds wiretap former DEA supervisor in leak probe
MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators took the unusual step of wiretapping a retired supervisor in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office as part of an inquiry into whether sensitive case information was leaked to attorneys for suspected drug traffickers in Colombia, current and former law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Italy's lockdown reshapes family life in time of coronavirus
SOAVE, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte’s decision to lock down the entire country brought some welcome clarity to my family life after weeks of growing uncertainty about how to behave in a time of coronavirus.
Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and how worried they should be.
Thousands on virus-hit cruise ship await disembarkation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.
Coronavirus phishing attacks and email scams are on the rise
If you didn’t have enough to worry about with the new coronavirus, here’s one more thing: Scammers are using the outbreak to steal your information through phishing attempts or to lure you into downloading a different kind of virus.
Schools wrestle with fairness of closures during outbreak
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the new coronavirus surfaced at Saint Raphael Academy after a school group returned from a trip to Italy, officials decided to close the Rhode Island Catholic high school for two weeks.
Stakes rise for Sanders heading into Michigan primary
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Bernie Sanders proved he was a serious presidential candidate in 2016 with an upset victory in Michigan powered by his opposition to free trade and appeal among working-class voters.
Saudi-Russia oil fight melts markets, targets US oil patch
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A clash of the oil titans – Saudi Arabia and Russia – is sending shock waves through energy markets, with wide-ranging implications for consumers and oil companies, including those in the No.
Officials set to receive thousands from ship hit by virus
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal and state officials in California were preparing Monday to receive thousands of people from a cruise ship that has been idling off the cost of San Francisco with at least 21 people aboard infected with the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus price gougers can't be stopped by Amazon
If you searched for hand sanitizer on Amazon on Thursday, one of the first listings that greeted you was a two-pack of Purell in 1-liter bottles selling for $350.
60 years later, ‘An Appeal for Human Rights' still resonates
ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a segregated South and channeled her frustrations into writing “An Appeal for Human Rights.
With painted faces, artists fight facial recognition tech
LONDON (AP) — As night falls in London, Georgina Rowlands and Anna Hart start applying makeup. Instead of lipstick and eyeliner, they’re covering their faces with geometric shapes.
It looks like Trump is trying to trick people into filling out "census" forms online
Shortly ahead of the US National 2020 census, President Trump’s campaign is running ads on Facebook that some are saying are misleading users into thinking that a data-gathering and fundraising survey for the Trump presidential campaign is actually the official US national census.
Official: White House didn't want to tell seniors not to fly
NEW YORK (AP) — The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press.
Saudis' arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two senior princes in Saudi Arabia are under arrest for not supporting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has consolidated control of all major levers of power with the support of his father, King Salman, two people close to the royal family said Saturday.
Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine
Cruise ships hit by coronavirus outbreaks have quickly found themselves with no ports for thousands of passengers as countries on four continents have quarantined vessels or kept them at sea for days.
Suburbanites are voting and that's good news for Joe Biden
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again.
Now this: Tornado clobbers African American North Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On a frigid Friday morning in North Nashville, Ishvicka Howell stood in her driveway and peered down the street at several utility trucks.
US cruise ship in limbo as anti-virus controls spread
BEIJING (AP) — Officials in California were deciding Saturday where to dock a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases aboard and four U.S. universities canceled in-person classes as Western countries imitate China by imposing travel controls and shutting down public events to contain the outbreak.
Facebook, Twitter want Russian coronavirus disinformation details
State Department officials are claiming that disinformation related to the coronavirus — including some pushed by Russia — is rampant across popular social media platforms. But the government seems cagey about reporting the details to the companies involved.
Trump's challenge: keeping his act fresh in reelection year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump show has a consistent script. Same villains. Same nicknames. Same grievances. Same hero: himself.
At raucous friendly rallies — mostly in states friendly to him — the president tell his audiences he could be presidential if he chose to be, even Lincolnesque.
Stocks sink, bond yields take another breathtaking drop
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks kept falling Friday, and bond yields took more breathtaking drops as a brutal, dizzying couple weeks of trading showed no sign of letting up.
Migrants, police clash again on Greek-Turkish border
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey Friday morning, while Turkish authorities fired volleys of tear gas onto the Greek side of the frontier.
US labs await virus-testing kits promised by administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration officials doubled down on their promise to deliver 1 million tests for the coronavirus this week as states reported limited testing supplies and federal lawmakers expressed doubts about the government’s timeline.
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid, not endorsing anyone yet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday, days after the onetime front-runner failed to win a single Super Tuesday state, not even her own.
US worshippers grapple with virus burdens others have borne
NEW YORK (AP) — A rising number of churches across the United States are making changes in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including a decision by numerous Catholic dioceses to suspend the serving of wine during Communion.
China's factories try to shield workers as output revives
BEIJING (AP) — To keep his 40 employees indoors and away from China’s virus outbreak, the manager of an electronics factory in Dongguan, near Hong Kong, says he hired a cook and arranged dormitories for them.
Noose placed on Wisconsin brewery shooter's locker in 2015
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Someone placed a noose several years ago on the locker of a Wisconsin brewery employee who last week opened fire on his co-workers, the brewery operator said Wednesday, confirming at least one instance of racial harassment against him as police continue to piece together his motive.
Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic treasure in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its voters and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca, whereas Iran canceled Friday prayers in principal cities.
Biden wins 8 Super Tuesday states; Sanders takes California
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Huge Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential inform that used to be teetering on the threshold of catastrophe correct days earlier.
Apple hit with $500 million iPhone lawsuit settlement
Apple has agreed to pay as much as $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its phone batteries — and you would possibly glean a (little) decrease of that.
Dow sinks 2.9% after rate cut fails to stem market's dread
NEW YORK (AP) — Peril and uncertainty proceed to manipulate Wall Road, and stocks fell sharply Tuesday after an emergency interest-rate cleave by the Federal Reserve failed to reassure markets wracked by worries that a quick-spreading virus will slam corporate earnings and the economic system.
Virus spread prompts Fed to slash rates in surprise move
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a shock switch, the Federal Reserve slash its benchmark hobby rate by a good half-percentage point Tuesday as a ability to beef up the financial system within the face of the spreading coronavirus.
Iran orders troops to fight coronavirus outbreak as 77 dead
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme chief build the Islamic Republic’s protection force on alert Tuesday to encourage correctly being officers in combating the outbreak of the fresh coronavirus — the deadliest inaugurate air of China — that authorities deliver has killed 77 folks.
North Korean swagger may conceal brewing virus disaster
TOKYO (AP) — On this day of infection and fright, a recent propaganda picture sums up the image North Korea needs to demonstrate the environment, as successfully as its individuals: Troopers with sunless surgical masks surround chief Kim Jong Un, ensconced in a leather-essentially based totally overcoat and sans masks as he oversees a defiant military drill.
Disaster: Tornadoes shred 40 buildings around Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — No longer less than two tornadoes touched down early Tuesday in central Tennessee, including one who ripped across downtown Nashville and ended in about 40 buildings to collapse across the metropolis, police talked about as they sought for injured of us.
Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Thousands of migrants looked for methods to immoral Greece’s land border on Tuesday, days after Turkey made lawful on a longtime risk to commence its borders for those making an try for to immoral illegally into Europe.
Tokyo falls back, other Asian markets track Wall St gains
TOKYO (AP) — Shares in most Asian markets tracked in a single day beneficial properties on Wall Aspect road, nonetheless Tokyo’s benchmark fell aid Tuesday as gnawing considerations over the virus outbreak chilled shopping sentiment.
Virus alarms sound worldwide, but China sees crisis ebbing
BEIJING (AP) — Iranians hoarded medical gives, Italians entreated medical doctors out of retirement and South Koreans ready to pump billions into reduction efforts Tuesday because the virus epidemic firmed its lend a hand all the absolute best method by method of the globe.
Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews retired from his “Hardball” point out on Monday, apologizing for making contaminated comments about females and following a brutal week the put he additionally took warmth from supporters of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Exit polls: Netanyahu just short of majority in Israel vote
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a solid edge over his main rival in Israel’s third election in beneath a 365 days, exit polls indicated Monday night, but it undoubtedly used to be unclear whether he can clinch the parliamentary majority wished to direct victory.
Media faces challenges in covering coronavirus outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — Preserving the coronavirus sage requires cautious navigation and genuine attention.
Files organizations attempting to responsibly portray on the rising well being crisis are confronted with the project of conveying its seriousness without provoking terror, maintaining with a torrent of recordsdata whereas noteworthy remains a mystery and continually advising readers and viewers easy how one can end safe.
Child dies as migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Neutral a exiguous one died when a boat beefy of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, half of a wave of thousands seeking to push thru Greece’s land and sea borders after Turkey declared the capacity used to be start for migrants and refugees to enter Europe.
Pete Buttigieg Dropped Out and It's Reshaping the Race
The once-enormous Democratic presidential primary field has suddenly gotten quite small
Pete Buttigieg always thought a step ahead. With reporters, the former South Bend, Indiana mayor was deliberate in every word he spoke.
Virus kills member of council advising Iran's supreme leader
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader died Monday after falling unwell from the fresh coronavirus, dispute radio reported, turning into the first high first rate to succumb to the sickness that has effects on members of the Islamic Republic’s management.
Patients fill hospitals in more places as new virus expands
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Virus cases in South Korea surged and millions of teens in Japan stayed dwelling from school Monday as officers struggled to dangle the epidemic in bigger than 60 countries, together with the United States, the attach two folks possess died and signs of an even bigger outbreak loomed.
Biden fights for momentum in Democrats' shifting primary
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An emboldened Joe Biden is attempting to solid himself as the decided reasonable different to revolutionary Bernie Sanders as the Democrats’ fearful presidential field raced in direction of Neat Tuesday.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey could be ousted by activist investors
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That shouldn’t proceed to any extent further, says an funding community, who wishes Dorsey to quit running Twitter — or, not not up to, quit running every firms on the a similar time.
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest, dies at 95
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Ernesto Cardenal, the favorite poet and Roman Catholic cleric who turned a symbol of innovative verse in Nicaragua and spherical Latin The US, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St.
Faith before basketball for Yeshiva University champions
NEW YORK (AP) — Every of the mighty Maccabees has his role on the men’s basketball personnel. Gabriel Leifer sinks three-pointers; Daniel Katz is the protection wizard; Simcha Halpert makes the correct alley-oop passes to Ryan Turell who soars for dunks.
Officials seek to calm public as new US virus cases reported
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The coronavirus would possibly moreover fair were circulating for weeks undetected in Washington disclose, a preliminary finding that will moreover mean a total bunch of undiagnosed cases within the disclose that’s also dwelling to the nation’s first confirmed an infection and now the first death, researchers acknowledged Sunday after examining genetic samples of the pathogens.
Markets want Fed to save them. Why its tools might not work.
NEW YORK (AP) — As stocks at some level of the arena tumble on worries about a swiftly-spreading virus, investors were clamoring for the superheroes of the financial world to stride to the rescue yet again.
After trying year, Dayton rallies around college hoops team
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Trey Landers survived one of his fatherland’s worst moments. Now he’s contributing to at least one of its very best.
A Dayton native, the senior guard has helped lead the University of Dayton basketball team to its very best commence ever at 27-2 and to No.
Facebook canceled a major annual tech conference because of coronavirus. It's not alone.
The Covid-19 coronavirus is prompting predominant tech conferences spherical the sector to waste their events — so far, several predominant ones bear been called off completely, including Facebook’s annual F8 developer convention.
US and Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Acknowledging a protection power stalemate after when it comes to 2 decades of battle, the United States on Saturday signed a peace settlement with the Taliban that is geared toward ending The US’s longest battle and bringing U.
Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency
The governor of Washington declared a convey of emergency Saturday after a person died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the US. Extra than 50 of us in a nursing facility are sick and being examined for the virus.
Trump seeks high court approval to speed deportations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The particular person slipped into the U.S.from Tijuana, Mexico, and made it upright 25 yards from the border earlier than he was arrested.
Laurene Powell Jobs's charity is going to give away almost all of its money
Laurene Powell Jobs, one in all the richest females on the earth, shared critical details, buried in a brand new interview, about what she plans to complete alongside with her wealth.
Teens love the video app TikTok. Do they love it too much?
From the perspective of teenagers, TikTok is a predominant original outlet for self-expression, one proudly dwelling to the silly, the loud and the unusual.
To others, the Chinese-owned online video provider is an unnerving dusky field that might perchance per chance also very smartly be sharing records with the Chinese govt, facilitating espionage, or appropriate selling videos and songs some other folks take into consideration lewd.
The Catholic Church and Pope Francis plan to fight back against AI
On Friday, Pope Francis backed a doc that outlines how synthetic intelligence, in conjunction with facial recognition technology, desires to be regulated. This so-known as “Rome Demand AI Ethics” carries the endorsement of the Vatican as smartly as Microsoft and IBM.
Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe's markets, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Coulombe envisioned a brand sleek know-how of young grocery consumers rising in the 1960s, one which wanted wholesome, tasty, excessive-quality meals they couldn’t salvage in most supermarkets and couldn’t manage to pay for to buy in the few excessive-waste connoisseur outlets.
Virus effects take hold as Trump calls criticisms a ‘hoax'
TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak’s affect on the arena economy grew extra alarming on Saturday, even as President Donald Trump denounced criticisms of his response to the threat as a “hoax” cooked up by his political enemies.
Grandfather, Navy vet among 5 victims of Wisconsin shooting
The 5 males who were killed by a co-employee at a Milwaukee brewery consist of an electrician, a Navy original, a father of two microscopic formative years, a fisherman and a grandfather who’s being remembered as somebody who “constantly build his family’s wants sooner than his possess.
Global stocks fall again on fear of virus impact on economy
Global stock markets plunged extra Friday on spreading fears over the influence of the present coronavirus, with some indexes location to shut out their worst week for the reason that depths of the monetary disaster in 2008.
Parents of ‘terrified' Africans stranded in China want help
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — She wakes every day long prior to interrupt of day to suppose along with her three stranded daughters on the assorted facet of the sphere in China’s locked-down metropolis of Wuhan, anxious to see they’ve started a brand contemporary day virus-free.
iBaby's smart baby monitor cameras are vulnerable to hacks
As any fresh parent will picture you, exiguous one shows are fundamental. They’ll allow you to glean a shut understand in your most important cargo as it rolls around in the crib they customarily even will allow you to talk to the exiguous tyke.
Virus epidemic growing by day hits schools, concerts, parks
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s schools ready to cease for nearly a month and entertainers, topped by Okay-pop superstars BTS, canceled events as an outbreak epidemic extended its unfold thru Asia into Europe and on Friday, into sub-Saharan Africa.
Turkey raises death toll to 33 troops in Syrian airstrike
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Friday raised the loss of life toll from a Syrian authorities airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria the outdated night to 33 Turkish troops, the ideal number of Turkish troopers killed in a single day since Ankara first intervened within the Syrian battle in 2016.
Afghans view US-Taliban deal with well-earned skepticism
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghans glimpse Saturday’s expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace address a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism. They’ve spent decades dwelling in a country at war — some their complete lives — and charm if they can ever reach a say of peace.
Stocks just ‘corrected,' a regular but still scary event
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market’s fresh creep hit a tall milestone Thursday after indexes bought pounded for a sixth straight day.
The S&P 500 has dropped bigger than 10% from its file excessive, space honest over a week ago, as worries luxuriate in increased that a hasty-spreading new virus will slam economies and company earnings around the sector.
Coronavirus is the first test for AI, robots, and drones that can prevent pandemics
The unconventional coronavirus that first appeared in mainland China has now spread internationally, with greater than 82,000 reported conditions and nearly 3,000 deaths, as of Thursday.
In scramble to stop virus, testing raises tough questions
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials confronted complicated questions and doubts Thursday about testing to intercept the short-spreading virus, with scrutiny centered on a four-day lengthen in screening an contaminated California girl despite her doctors’ early calls to form so.
Facebook is suing OneAudience for improperly harvesting user data
Facebook filed a federal lawsuit in California on Thursday against OneAudience, a marketing firm that it says paid app developers to use the “login with Facebook” feature to improperly make fetch entry to to non-public recordsdata with out customers’ permission.
Walmart will soon test an Amazon Prime competitor called Walmart+
When Amazon launched a icy membership program called Amazon Top in 2005, Walmart boasted increased earnings than Amazon had earnings. Fifteen years later, despite the indisputable truth that, Top is the main motive for Amazon’s dominance over Walmart in on-line sales.
AP-NORC poll: How Americans describe 2020 Democrats, Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Competent, a fighter, trusty. Worn, out of contact, disingenuous. And, obviously: who’s that?
As the 2020 campaign intensifies, a poll from The Connected Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Be taught requested Americans to assert what be aware or phrase involves mind after they assume the tip candidates, alongside with incumbent President Donald Trump.
Stocks go on a wild ride as virus threatens economic damage
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares went on a wild trip Thursday as traders battle to gauge the aptitude affect of the coronavirus outbreak on the arena economy.
Tesla's Autopilot keeps causing its cars to crash
Tesla is facing heat from federal officers following yet another fatal accident keen Autopilot. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) currently found that Tesla’s semi-self ample riding feature turned into in part accountable in a 2018 fatal automobile break, adding yet yet another accident to the expertise’s already worrisome myth.
Virus response in Mideast tainted by political views of Iran
BEIRUT (AP) — Within the Middle East, even virus outbreaks are political.
The coronavirus has killed 26 americans in Iran — the wonderful toll outdoors of China where it originated.
AP-NORC poll: Election security, integrity worry Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Individuals contain accepted concerns regarding the safety and integrity of elections, with few announcing they contain got excessive self perception that votes in the 2020 presidential election will likely be counted precisely.
AP Interview: Al-Qaida, IS affiliates group up in West Africa
THIES, Senegal (AP) — The fully discipline on this planet the set fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic Negate community are cooperating is in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel quandary, giving the extremists bigger depth as they push into unusual areas, in accordance with the commander of the U.
Trump urges tranquil even as US reports worrisome recent virus case
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the recent respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as high well being authorities at his aspect warned Americans that more infections are coming.
Trump faces credibility test as he performs down virus threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a well-known challenge in grappling with the brand new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to trust him after he and high advisers maintain contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat.
Statement of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz
Open Meeting on Proposed Rule: Amendments to the Real-Time Public Reporting Requirements (Part 43); Proposed Rule: Amendments to the Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements (Part 45); and Reopening of Comment Period: Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements (Part 49 Verification) February 20, 2020
Scientists reveal three-dimensional molecular map of Coronavirus
US scientists have published in the journal “Science” the first triple molecular map of a section of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) responsible for infecting human cells, an important step that may contribute to developing appropriate treatments and vaccines to counter the virus.
America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Census Bureau Joins With National and Local Organizations to Count Young Children in 2020
The U.S. Statistics Bureau is uniting with schools and national accomplices to help guarantee the 2020 Census includes all kids living in the United States.
Trump impeachment case: a six-year "drama" with a farce behind it
Impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted by the Senate … In just 50 days, Trump, the 45th President of the United States, experienced two very historic moments during his tenure.
Why is there no specific medicine against Coronavirus in the world so far?
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that broke out in Guangdong in February 2003 and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) that broke out in Saudi Arabia in September 2012 were caused by SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV coronaviruses, respectively.
Trump opens a new way in trade wars
American Foreign Policy said that President Donald Trump will try – by applying a new currency rule – to repair the damage caused by the tariff imposed by him, but he might end up causing more devastation resulting from his protectionist trade policies.
"The culture at school has changed"
The physical education teacher opened the door, but the wrong one. He suddenly found himself in the changing room of school girls. What was that now Evil intention?
Boeing to Suspend Production of 737
The aircraft manufacturer announced on Monday that the production of its flagship aircraft will be suspended from next month. Despite the 737 MAX’s flight ban for nine months, Boeing had continued production at its Renton plant.
These are the most important economic challenges for the expected Algerian president
The presidential elections will be held in Algeria next Thursday, December 12th, which does not receive the approval of a good part of the popular movement that started since the beginning of 2019, as the movement demands the exclusion of all officials during the era of “Bouteflika” as well as representatives All institutions that supported the environment of political and economic corruption during the last period before any elections were held there.
Foreign Policy and NATO Why does Trump adopt the principle of "America first"?
US President Donald Trump’s participation in the NATO summit in London, marking the 70th anniversary of the alliance, raises questions about Trump’s vision of foreign policy issues.
Warnings of economic chaos in Lebanon
Lebanon is experiencing an unprecedented financial and economic crisis. The popular movement, which has not ceased its demand for 45 days for a national rescue government that works to find quick solutions to the financial and economic crises, is confronted by the ruling political class, as it calls it, which is unable to produce a new government that draws up rapid plans to curb From the deteriorating economic situation.
12 practical steps recommended by experts to control your budget and reduce your expenses
Budgeting and sticking to it are the first steps toward financial independence, readers’ Digest reported.
Your budget is your plan to spend money over the next week, month or year, and is based on the money you earn and the money you spend.
Here are expert tips to invest in the stock exchange
With the cost of living, price inflation and the burdens of everyday life, Hamed, a salesperson for a major electronics store in Kuwait for nearly nine years, is trying to find a way to improve his limited income.
List of 15 countries witnessing angry protests
On various continents, many countries are witnessing angry protests on Sunday, most demanding better economic conditions and jobs for youth and political reforms conducive to the renewal of the ruling elites.
Beijing's weapons in battle and Why America waged a trade war on China
In the aftermath of the Cold War, the United States changed its policy and priorities and viewed China’s economic emergence as a major threat to its interests in the decades to come.
Israel and Iran: dangerous vortex and deterrence
In the face of Hezbollah, which is building a new front, and the Iranian threat, whose nature is changing from time to time, the Israeli army is building a concrete wall and advanced observation posts near the northern border, in a constant battle between parade and deterrence.
The White House Refuses to Cooperate with Investigations The move would put the United States in a constitutional crisis
The White House has decided to refuse to cooperate with ongoing investigations that Democrats are seeking to begin proceedings to isolate President Donald Trump, arguing that the investigation lacks “constitutional legitimacy” and would put the United States in a constitutional crisis.
The Kurds and the Syria Crisis From the Equation to the Board
Much water has flowed since the return of Kurdish Democratic Union leader Saleh Muslim Mohammad to the northern Syrian city of Qamishli in April 2011, coming from the PKK strongholds in the Qandil mountains of northern Iraq.
Trump news conference with president of Finland
Look at all the press that you attract you believe that’s very impressive enough talk to me. I hope not you lucky. Thank you very much today.
Does net neutrality gone ? No. Net neutrality explained, the Compendium
Net neutrality has had through the last several years many apparent meanings and served to provoke a lot of debates across specialist from different fields of expertise, the issues that call on the term vary depending on geography, economics, business conditions, and regulatory environment, the debates and arguments advanced for or against net neutrality has evolved through the years from different perspectives to become inconsistent for comparison.
Eugenia Cooney heartwarming Return On Shane Dawson Crazy Documentary
So as a lot of you guys have probably seen or maybe you haven’t seen it yet, but I think over half a million people have already and has only been up for a few hours, Shane Dawson just posted a new video after months and not posting anything with Eugenia Cooney, if you don’t know who Eugenia Cooney is she is a YouTuber who has over a million subscribers and her content kind of based around beauty fashion she has like this very Tim Burton aesthetic and style her videos were really cool and she had been recently getting a lot of online bullying because of her weight because she was extremely thin and people were sometimes worried about her health for the right reasons because they just honestly cared about her or they were just making fun of her and making her feel really bad about herself which if somebody is struggling it’s not anyone’s place to try to make them feel bad about themselves what pushes her to disappear from social media life and people was even thinking she is dead.
The Most Daring Red Carpet Looks in Grammy Awards History
The best part of awards shows isn’t the presenters or the montages or even the awards. The best part, naturally, is the red carpet. That’s what we end up remembering years after the show goes off the air.