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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trump offers $225 million in foreign assistance

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
AP PHOTOS: Virus haunts the destitute living on the margins

In a housing complex in the Moroccan city of Sale, over 900 people live in crowded rooms without running water or an income to support them. While the North African country entered total lockdown in mid-March, self…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state reported 731 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, its biggest jump since the start of the outbreak, dampening some of the cautious optimism officials have expressed about efforts to stop the …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
New York records 731 new coronavirus deaths in its worst day yet of the outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — New York records 731 new coronavirus deaths in its worst day yet of the outbreak.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: New York City virus deaths top Sept. 11 attack

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
NY records 731 new coronavirus deaths in its worst day yet

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak. The state’s death toll since the beginning of the outbreak is now 5,489, according to Go…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
One fortunate 90-year-old survived COVID-19, and offers hope

Anna Fortunato, a 90-year-old survivor of COVID-19, has a message for the rest of us:

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Judge grants Iowa inmate's request for DNA test in 1976 case

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ordered DNA testing on a hat left at the scene of a fatal 1976 shooting that

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Customers get some breathing room; layoffs keep coming

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: U.N. estimates loss of 195M full-time jobs

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
When leaders are stricken in office, how do nations act?

LONDON (AP) — The measure of a nation — its DNA, or sometimes its political system — becomes more visible when its leader is stricken in office. How to respond, and what to tell — or not tell — the populace?

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Virus puts UK PM in intensive care; US top doctor hopeful

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday with the coronavirus, while Japan's leader declared a monthlong state of emergency for Tokyo and six other regions to keep the virus …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Global stock rally zooms into Day 2 on hopes for virus peak

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are climbing on Wall Street Tuesday as markets around the world pile on even more gains following their huge rally a day earlier.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: US Surgeon General Adams touts social distancing

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…