Nation/World
Want to follow the latest in world news? Keep reading below for today's national and world news headlines!
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 …
Ohio officials agree on plan to split any opioid settlements
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Local officials representing nearly 85% of Ohio's residents have agreed to a plan to share any money brought in from settlements with companies over the toll of opioids.
Weariness hits residents in New York's 'containment area'
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — At the center of one of the nation's biggest clusters of coronavirus cases, restaurant owner Joshua Berkowitz has adopted what he calls a “drop and dash” method of delivering food to custo…
US appeals judges hear Down syndrome abortion arguments
CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal judges on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio law that faces doctors with a felony charge if they perform abortions aimed at preventing the birth of a baby with…
Russia, Ukraine negotiate another prisoner exchange
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A Kremlin envoy to the talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine said Wednesday that another exchange of prisoners is being negotiated.
Q&A: What the WHO pandemic declaration means
The new coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic. So what does that mean?
Report: Land for $9.4B complex could hold 7 slave cemeteries
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Land bought for a Taiwan company's planned $9.4 billion plastics complex may hold as many as seven slave cemeteries — five more than previously thought, local activists said Wednesday.
Italy says all stores except pharmacies and food markets will be closed in response to the country's new virus outbreak
ROME (AP) — Italy says all stores except pharmacies and food markets will be closed in response to the country's new virus outbreak.
Man dies after Missouri deputy uses stun gun on him
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 37-year-old man has died after a St. Louis sheriff's deputy used a stun gun on him while serving a restraining order, authorities said Wednesday.
After police shoot him, North Carolina man faces charges
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A police shooting that wounded a suspect during a foot chase in North Carolina sparked protests early Wednesday from hundreds who demanded answers and burned a flag outside the governor's mansi…
Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments
The buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments of this year’s NCAA tournaments will be played in mostly empty arenas.
Dow sinks 1,400, or 6.4%, as investors await virus response
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street, erasing more than 1,400 points from the Dow industrials, as investors wait for a more aggressive response from the U.S. government to economic fallou…
Morgan Freeman's census ad tweaked after concerns raised
Officials in Mississippi have scrambled to edit a public service announcement about the 2020 U.S. Census that led viewers to an incorrect website.
Cluster of coronavirus cases is tied to US biotech meeting
BOSTON (AP) — A biotech meeting at a hotel in downtown Boston appears to be the source of a cluster of the coronavirus in the U.S. — and a warning for employers who are still holding big gatherings as the outbreak …
Dow sinks 1,300 points as fear of virus fallout grips market
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street Wednesday as fears of economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak grip markets again.
Editorial Roundup: US
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: