Authorities confirm state's 1st case of coronavirus

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hospital system employee who recently traveled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday.

Protesters say LA DA's husband pointed gun at them

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Black Lives Matter protesters say the husband of the Los Angeles County district attorney pointed a gun at them before sunrise Monday as they demanded a meeting with her at her home.

The Latest: Officials: US has 91 coronavirus cases, 2 dead

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the new coronavirus outbreak (all times local):

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Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking official within the Islamic Republic's Shiite theocracy to be killed b…

American Jewish history museum seeks bankruptcy protection

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking relief from debt brought by construction efforts.

From Russia, with fruit: Arctic mission gets record resupply

BERLIN (AP) — A Russian icebreaker has made a successful supply run to exchange crew and deliver goods to an international expedition that's been adrift in the high Arctic for months trying to improve scientific un…

'I am not a traitor': Malaysia's new PM appeals for support

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, appealed Monday to the divided nation for a chance to prove his mettle amid doubts over his legitimacy, and vowed to form a corruption-…

Virus spreads in the West as crisis seems to ease in China

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The coronavirus appeared for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin and clusters of the disease surged around the world, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in …

Stock rise sharply on Wall Street following a 7-day rout

Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of the losses they took in a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy.

Half of world's sandy beaches at risk from climate change

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say that half of the world's sandy beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked.

New US guidelines urge a hepatitis C check for most adults

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most American adults need to be checked for hepatitis C, say guidelines released Monday that urge millions more people to get screened for the liver-damaging virus that can fester for decades it's…

Japanese mothers struggle to cope after virus shuts schools

TOKYO (AP) — Keiko Kobayashi brought her 7-year-old son to her Tokyo office on Monday after his school, like most others in Japan, suddenly closed for four weeks in a government effort to slow the rapid spread of t…

Grounded cargo ship causes oil off Brazilian coast

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A cargo ship grounded off the coast of Brazil has produced a sheen of oil on the sea, the country's environmental enforcement agency said Friday.

Japanese minister in Lebanon, seeks return of fugitive Ghosn

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's president on Monday suggested to visiting Japanese deputy justice minister that Nissan’s fugitive ex-boss Carlos Ghosn won't be extradited back to Japan and remains in the hands of Lebanon's…