US stocks fall as new virus cases spike outside of China

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell in early trading Friday as cases of the new virus swelled in South Korea and more companies warned investors about a hit to their profits and revenue.

Naval Academy midshipman found dead in dorm

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Naval Academy midshipman was found dead in a dorm at the Maryland school.

Thai college student arrested for tweeting about monarchy

BANGKOK (AP) — A legal aid group in Thailand says police have arrested a 20-year-old college student for allegedly posting messages on Twitter considered derogatory to the country's monarchy.

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Mexico extradites son of Jalisco cartel to face US charges

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico extradited the son of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to face drug charges in the United States, leading to fears his powerful gang may stage retaliations.

Stocks open lower on Wall Street following weakness overseas

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower again on Wall Street, putting the market on track for a weekly loss after two weeks of gains. Overseas markets were also weaker Friday after a rise in virus cases in South K…

Greece: Police officers implicated in major passport scam

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Six police officers and 27 other people are under investigation in a major passport fraud case that included issuing Greek state identity documents under false pretenses to criminal fugitives …

Germany indicts Iraqi man over death of Yazidi slave girl

BERLIN (AP) — An Iraqi man who allegedly left a 5-year-old Yazidi girl he and his wife kept as a slave in Iraq to die of thirst in the heat has been indicted on murder and terror charges, prosecutors said Friday.

Flash flood kills 6 students on Indonesian school trip

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A flash flood hit hundreds of students and teachers who were hiking along a river on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing at least six of the students, officials said. Five others w…

Pompeo meets with Oman's new ruler amid US pressure on Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Friday with the new ruler of Oman, a Gulf Arab country that has close ties with both Washington and Tehran and that has previously provided…

Firm wants to recover the Titanic's iconic telegraph machine

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship's…

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Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out

HANAU, Germany (AP) — Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered.

Ukraine condemns virus unrest; Italy seeks self-quarantines

NOVI SANZHARY, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian village where residents clashed with riot police and threw rocks at buses while protesting the local quarantine of people evacuated from China is under control, but the unr…