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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home
ROME (AP) — Italy's deaths from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United States and other countries increasingly enlisted the militar…
Senator sold off stock before market losses from virus began
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus epidemic.
China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus
BEIJING (AP) — China has exonerated a doctor who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease, a startling admission of error by the ruling Communist Party tha…
Olympic flame from Greece arrives in Japan for handover to Tokyo Games
MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) — Olympic flame from Greece arrives in Japan for handover to Tokyo Games.
The Latest: S. Korea to test travelers from Europe for virus
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 240,000 people and killed more than 9,800. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more lik…
Olympic flame lands in Japan as doubts grow over Tokyo Games
MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) — The Olympic flame on Friday completed its difficult journey from Greece to Japan.
California governor orders statewide stay-at-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered the state's 40 million residents to stay at home, restricting non-essential movements to control the spread of the coronavirus that threate…
The Latest: California governor issues stay-at-home order
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 240,000 people and killed more than 9,800. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more lik…
California governor issues statewide order for people to stay at home amid virus outbreak.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor issues statewide order for people to stay at home amid virus outbreak.
A timeline of events after fatal gang rape that shook India
NEW DELHI (AP) — The brutal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus in 2012 exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted stiffer penalties and other changes to the country's rape laws.
RoboPony: Chinese robot maker sees demand surge amid virus
BEIJING (AP) — While other industries struggle, Liu Zhiyong says China’s virus outbreak is boosting demand for his knee-high, bright yellow robots to deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail…
The Latest: Mexico, U.S. discussing travel restrictions
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 240,000 people and killed more than 9,800. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more lik…
Most renters will not receive protections under WH proposal
NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for eviction protections, despite what …
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Italian death toll overtakes China's as virus spreads
Newsom seeks medical ship, says half of state may get virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he's asked the president to deploy a U.S. Navy medical ship to help the state expand its medical capacity and warned that more than half of peopl…