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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 …
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2,281 of 2,281 precincts - 100 percent
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 1st Add,400
Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Bennet +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 2nd Add,400
Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
The Latest: Mideast stock markets sharply drop on virus fear
ROME (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak(all times local):
Mideast stock markets sharply drop on oil, coronavirus fears
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stocks markets in the Mideast suffered sharp drops in early trading Sunday over fears about the new coronavirus and falling demand for crude oil amid a failure by OPEC and allied …
Italy quarantines northern regions to stop virus' advance
ROME (AP) — Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of its population in a bid to limit contagions and end the virus' advance at the epicenter of Europe's ou…
A cruise ship hit by the coronavirus is headed to the port of Oakland, California, the captain tells passengers
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A cruise ship hit by the coronavirus is headed to the port of Oakland, California, the captain tells passengers.
Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away
MARION, Ala. (AP) — Della Simpson Maynor remembers the mounted police officer cracking her elbow with a baton. She recalls the panicked marchers unable to escape the onslaught, and the scuffle between officers and …
Italy announces virus quarantine affecting 16 million people
ROME (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of…
Yeshiva basketball team reaches first Sweet 16
BALTIMORE (AP) — First came the prayer ceremony at the conclusion of the Sabbath with their families, then, the celebration on the basketball court and the overflowing joy of March Madness victory.
4 dead in collapse of Chinese hotel used for virus control
BEIJING (AP) — At least four people were killed in the collapse of hotel in southeastern China that was being used for medical observation of people who had arrived from areas hit by the coronavirus outbreak, autho…
Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
BEIJING (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter…
Officials confirm first coronavirus case in nation's capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in his 50s tested positive for coronavirus — the first presumptively confirmed case in the nation’s capital — and another person who traveled through the city has also tested positive in Mar…
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Frustration mounts over virus-stalled ship in California
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 federa…