As coronavirus spreads, attendees

LONDON (AP) — The impact on travel and commerce from the viral outbreak in China is playing out ahead of one of the world's biggest technology fairs scheduled later this month in Europe.

AP Interview: DM says Turkey won't pull out amid Syria push

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's defense minister said Tuesday as many as four observation posts and two military positions are now in Syrian government-controlled territory as Syrian forces continue their advance in…

Police: Driver traveling 79 mph when Oklahoma students hit

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pickup truck was traveling 79 mph (127 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) zone when it struck members of a high school cross-country team on a sidewalk in suburban Oklahoma City, killing two and injur…

Lebanese Cabinet wins vote of confidence from Parliament

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's new Cabinet won a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for it to try and tackle the country's crippling economic and financial crisis, despite a day of protests and …

Roads flooded, rivers rising across the Deep South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Roads were flooded and rivers were rising across the Deep South on Tuesday after a day of heavy rains that once again filled a Mississippi lake where a dam previously was in danger of failin…

Va. lawmakers to vote on major renewable energy bills

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia House and Senate were prepared to vote Tuesday on sweeping energy legislation that would overhaul how Virginia's utilities generate electricity and, supporters say, take the state …

AP source: Feds back away from Stone sentencing proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will take the extraordinary step of lowering the recommended prison time for Roger Stone, an ally of President Donald Trump, a federal official said Tuesday, just hours afte…

Couple weds in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

LONDON (AP) — Two women tied the knot Tuesday in Northern Ireland’s first same-sex wedding, after the region became the last part of the United Kingdom to legalize gay marriage.

Coast Guard officer accused of terror plot appeals sentence

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is appealing his prison sentence of more than 13 years.

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Many winter residential evictions banned in pricey Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — Many residential evictions in pricey Seattle have been banned for the city's coldest and wettest months of December, January and February but city leaders decided against invoking the ban for Novembe…

Done with homework: More than 200 schools in UAE cancel it

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Students at more than 250 government-run schools in the United Arab Emirates are officially done with homework.

Opposition backers in Venezuela ask what's next for Guaidó

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Few places in Venezuela have a higher concentration of backers for opposition leader Juan Guaidó than the campus of the Central University of Venezuela, a hotbed of anti-government sentime…

Most winter residential evictions banned in pricey Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — Most residential evictions in pricey Seattle have been banned for the city's coldest and wettest months of December, January and February but the city leaders decided against invoking the ban for Nov…

Guardian for elderly arrested on abuse, neglect charges

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former guardian for the elderly and incapacitated who was accused of filing "do not resuscitate" orders without her clients' permission has been arrested in Florida on felony charges.