Passengers depart docked ship after virus quarantine ends
Feb 19, 2020
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much-criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan,…
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Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing
Feb 18, 2020
By DAVID CRARY AP - Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old…
GM plans to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand
Feb 17, 2020
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — General Motors decision to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don’t produce adequate returns on investments raised dismay…
Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids
Feb 14, 2020
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade. The number of child deaths and…
China reports spike in virus cases with new way of counting
Feb 13, 2020
By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday reported a sharp spike in deaths and infections from a new virus after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that broadens the…
Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago
Feb 12, 2020
By DON BABWIN and HERB McCANN CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday for a second time on charges of lying to police about a racist and anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on…
New Hampshire hopes to clarify unsettled Democratic contest
Feb 11, 2020
By STEVE PEOPLES, KATHLEEN RONAYNE, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HUNTER WOODALL MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democrats are hoping that voters in New Hampshire will reset the party’s presidential nomination fight on Tuesday and bring clarity to…
Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
Feb 10, 2020
By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced…
Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history
Feb 03, 2020
By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial unfolded Monday more for history than to sway votes, one final chance to influence public opinion and set…
US advises no travel to China, where virus deaths top 200
Jan 31, 2020
By KEN MORITSUGU BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death…