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April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: South Korea hopes for vigilance during holiday

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April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Asia Today: Concerns raised over Malaysia lockdown penalties

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian lawyers and an international rights group have voiced concern over what they say is excessive sentencing of violators of the country’s coronavirus lockdown.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Orioles 1B Mancini expects to miss season to treat cancer

BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini is undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 colon cancer and expects to miss the season if major leaguers return this summer.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Starbucks sales tumble as global shutdowns hit its stores

Starbucks said Tuesday that its global sales tumbled in the first three months of the year as coronavirus-related shutdowns gripped its operations.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

GDP report to show a damaged economy sliding into recession

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy began 2020 riding the crest of a record-long expansion with every expectation that its 11th year of growth would not be its last.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Google's growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Federal Reserve likely to pledge support for ailing economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. economy gripped by its worst crisis since the 1930s, Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to offer sweeping assurances Wednesday that they will act as needed to help prevent the damage from growing even worse.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Sailors head back to aircraft carrier hit by virus outbreak

WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy sailors who have been quarantined on Guam for weeks will begin moving back to the USS Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday night, U.S. officials said. A coronavirus outbreak sidelined the aircraft carrier in late March.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hotels, Airbnb beef up cleaning standards to calm travelers

Hotels and home-sharing companies are beefing up their cleaning efforts in order to soothe jittery travelers.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Japan's medical head says vaccine needed quickly

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

In rural US, fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Washington psychiatric hospital staff say virus tests unsafe

SEATTLE (AP) — Workers who had been exposed to the coronavirus at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital were herded into a small building to be tested. Inside, few wore masks. They were given test kits by people without gloves and told to swirl a swab inside their noses.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

China to convene Congress, showing confidence in virus fight

BEIJING (AP) — China, taking a step toward a return to business as normal, announced Wednesday that its previously postponed national legislature session will be held in late May.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Fishing, hunting, golfing can resume in Washington May 5

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Fishing, hunting and golfing can resume on May 5 in Washington, at which time people can also return to state parks and other state lands for day trips, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Indian news media fight virus on financial, political fronts

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's news publishers face a delicate balancing act as they look to offset financial losses from sinking ad sales with support from a government seeking to control the narrative on the coronavirus, sometimes by prosecuting journalists for reporting on the detrimental consequences of official pandemic policy.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Stephen Sondheim gets starry but tardy 90th birthday concert

NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Groban, Nathan Lane and Jake Gyllenhaal honored composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim on Sunday with an online 90th birthday concert that was stuffed with his songs, but delayed by technical difficulties.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Biden wins Ohio's mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden won Ohio’s presidential primary Tuesday, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the coronavirus.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Ford burns up billions of dollars in 1Q, posts $2B net loss

DETROIT (AP) — The coronavirus crisis is forcing Ford Motor Co. to burn through cash at an alarming rate, but its chief financial officer says there's enough money to make it through the year —even if U.S. factories aren't restarted.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Women who dare dissent targeted for abuse by Yemen's rebels

CAIRO (AP) — Samera al-Huri’s fellow activists were disappearing, one by one. When she asked their families, each gave the same cryptic reply: “She’s traveling.” A few of the women re-emerged. But they seemed broken and refused to say where they had been for months.

April 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most remote Alaska communities — many with unreliable internet — can overcome further isolation brought on by the coronavirus.