Norwegian musher has commanding lead in Iditarod race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Norwegian running in only his second Iditarod has a commanding lead as mushers enter the final stretch of this year’s sled dog race across Alaska, one of the few U.S. sports not canceled …

China to restrict US journalists after US curbs on its media

BEIJING (AP) — China says it will revoke the credentials of Americans at three U.S. newspapers in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese media.

The Latest: Mnuchin says financial markets will stay open

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local):

Coronavirus' local spread beginning to take off in Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus is now spreading locally within a dozen African nations, continental health authorities said Tuesday, while a cruise ship was quarantined off Cape Town after several passengers s…

US sued to stop deportation of 3 children to El Salvador

HOUSTON (AP) — After being denied U.S. asylum in Texas and returned to a squalid camp in Mexico, a mother from El Salvador chose to send her three children back across the border alone. Now, those children face dep…

AP PHOTOS: Around the world, classrooms are eerily empty

Schools have shut their doors to students as tens of millions of people around the world are hunkered down in government-ordered isolation in hopes of stopping or at least slowing the advance of the coronavirus pan…

Stocks add to gains as Trump unveils new virus measures

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are adding sharply to their gains on Wall Street after President Donald Trump and his team announced more measures to combat the cornonavirus outbreak. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said …

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Mnuchin: Trump wants checks sent to public in virus response

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic cost of the coronavirus outbreak, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …

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What's Happening: Virus moves west, 'Big Brother' gets real

Borders have slammed shut, schools and businesses have closed and increasingly draconian restrictions on movement have been enforced to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

Heavy fighting in central Yemen leaves at least 38 dead

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Heavy fighting in Yemen between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels killed more than three dozen people in the previous 24 hours, Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said Tuesday.

Stocks move higher on Wall Street after worst drop since '87

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are pushing higher on Wall Street Tuesday, a day after their worst plunge in more than three decades, as more aid appears on the way from Washington for an economy struggling under the

To keep seniors safe at home, Medicare expands telemedicine

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Tuesday it will immediately expand coverage for telemedicine nationwide to help seniors with health problems stay home to avoid

Ohio Democrats object to delay of state's primary election

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democrats expressed frustration Tuesday and said they were weighing their options after Ohio's Republican elected leaders postponed primary election voting amid coronavirus concerns.