Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death in US
Mar 02, 2020
By CARLA K. JOHNSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus — a man in his 70s from a…
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Wall Street has worst week since 2008 as S&P 500 drops 11.5%
Feb 28, 2020
By ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP - Stocks sank again Friday after another wild day on Wall Street, extending a rout that handed the market its worst week since October 2008 at the…
Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps
Feb 27, 2020
By MATT SEDENSKY and JON GAMBRELL BANGKOK (AP) — Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick…
Stocks slide on Wall Street, extending steep drops this week
Feb 26, 2020
By ALEX VEIGA AP NEWS - U.S. stocks shed the modest gains they had made in early trading and veered mostly lower in Wednesday afternoon, deepening the market’s losses for the week. Worry about economic…
Desperate to stop virus’ spread, countries limit travel
Feb 25, 2020
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MATT SEDENSKY SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, guests were confined to their rooms in a hotel in the Canary Islands, governments issued travel warnings and…
Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment
Feb 24, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and was immediately handcuffed and led off to jail, sealing his…
US: Taliban’s ‘reduction of violence’ deal to start tonight
Feb 21, 2020
By KATHY GANNON and MATTHEW LEE ISLAMABAD (AP) — The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will…
Fear returns to stock market, S&P 500 falls from record
Feb 20, 2020
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Fear swept back through the stock market on Thursday as worries about the viral outbreak in China knocked the S&P 500 off its record high and had it…
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,…
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…