NASA: Katherine Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film “Hidden Figures,” has died

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — NASA: Katherine Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film “Hidden Figures,” has died.

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Iran says 12 dead from new virus, rejects higher death toll

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's government said Monday that 12 people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher death toll by a lawmaker from the city of Qom that has…

Thailand prepares tough measures to control spread of virus

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say they are taking steps to wield emergency legal powers to control the spread of the new virus and limit its economic and social impact.

Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died.

Car hits crowd at German carnival; several injured

BERLIN (AP) — A car slammed into a crowd at a Carnival procession in a German town on Monday, injuring several people, police said.

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German police say several people injured after car hits crowd at carnival procession

BERLIN (AP) — German police say several people injured after car hits crowd at carnival procession.

Japan govt panel experts say ship quarantine was not perfect

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese health officials and experts on a government panel acknowledged Monday that the quarantine of the virus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess was not perfect, but defended Japan's decision to relea…

N. Macedonia: 4 in critical condition after deadly gas blast

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Three women and a 10-year-old boy remain in critical condition in North Macedonia, a day after a home cooking-gas explosion that killed another four members of their extended family, …

Global markets fall sharply as virus cases spread past Asia

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumpedmore than 800points Monday amid a broad global markets sell-off as a surge in virus cases and a worrisome spread of the disease outside China sent investors running for safet…

Women Holocaust survivors find joy in fighting poverty

NEW YORK (AP) — Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking through trash — how the woman scavenged a box of baked goods from a dumpster in front of a Brooklyn synagogue.

Canadian police move to clear indigenous protest in Ontario

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police moved Monday to clear an indigenous rail blockade in Ontario that has crippled freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three weeks.

Amid China virus fears, even a haircut is a major operation

BEIJING (AP) — Need a trim in Beijing? You might have to wait.