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Friday 03/27/2020
Coronavirus strikes on aircraft carrier Posted: 27 March 2020 [09:29 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy, the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus, scrambled Friday to contain its first at-sea outbreak, with…
Driver dies after fire on NYC subway train Posted: 27 March 2020 [09:27 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - A fire in a shopping cart on a New York City subway train led to the death of…
Thursday 03/26/2020
Posted: 26 March 2020 [06:59 PM] The human and economic toll of the lockdowns against the coronavirus mounted Thursday as India struggled to feed the multitudes, Italy shut down most of its industry, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in a single…
Posted: 26 March 2020 [06:57 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The coronavirus is taking a growing toll on the U.S. military, and commanders and senior officials are bracing for worse. From nuclear missile fields at home to war zones abroad, from flight lines to ships at sea,…
Posted: 26 March 2020 [06:54 PM] WASHINGTON - For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie. Not since World War II, when people…
Posted: 26 March 2020 [06:52 PM] MIAMI (AP) - Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country, the Justice Department charged in several indictments…
Posted: 26 March 2020 [06:50 PM] DETROIT (AP) - Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota took steps Thursday to restart North American factories that have been closed to protect workers from the coronavirus. The plants would reopen in early or mid-April, restoring the largest source of…
Wednesday 03/25/2020
Posted: 25 March 2020 [07:49 PM] KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A lone Islamic State gunman rampaged through a Sikh house of worship in the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, killing 25 worshippers and wounding eight, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said. The gunman held many…
Posted: 25 March 2020 [07:43 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate leaders raced to unravel last-minute snags Wednesday and win passage of an unparalleled $2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The measure is…
Posted: 25 March 2020 [07:38 PM] NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants. Today, he’s cooking for himself, at home - laid off along with hundreds of…
Posted: 25 March 2020 [07:37 PM] DUFUR, Ore. (AP) - The social distancing rules repeated like a mantra in America’s urban centers, where the coronavirus is spreading exponentially, might seem silly in wide-open places where neighbors live miles apart and “working from home” means another day…
Tuesday 03/24/2020
Posted: 24 March 2020 [07:40 PM] Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty. Even with sharply reduced schedules, airlines are consolidating some of the remaining…
Posted: 24 March 2020 [07:38 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. new home sales fell 4.4% in February with bigger declines expected in coming months as the coronavirus puts a major crimp on home sales. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that February sales dropped to a seasonally…
Posted: 24 March 2020 [07:36 PM] UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations on Tuesday to adopt a “wartime” plan including a stimulus package “in the trillions of dollars” for businesses, workers and households in developing countries…
Monday 03/23/2020
Posted: 23 March 2020 [08:21 PM] KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Afghanistan on Monday without saying whether he was able to broker an agreement between the country’s squabbling political leaders. Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit to…
Posted: 23 March 2020 [08:20 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Connecticut’s appeal of a ruling that overturned a state law limiting the length of Tweed-New Haven Airport’s main runway, handing the small airport a victory in its attempts to expand…
Posted: 23 March 2020 [08:17 PM] ROME (AP) - Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said while cautioning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with the world’s second-biggest…
Posted: 23 March 2020 [08:16 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Tensions flared Monday as Washington strained to respond to the worsening coronavirus outbreak, with Congress arguing over a nearly $2 trillion economic rescue package and an impatient President Donald Trump musing openly about letting the 15-day shutdown…
Sunday 03/22/2020
Posted: 22 March 2020 [09:07 PM] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on records and on TV,…
Posted: 22 March 2020 [09:02 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Three weeks ago, EmpireCLS was heading toward a second straight year of record business. A car service company in New Jersey, Empire couldn’t even find enough chauffeurs and office workers to meet its needs. Now? With stunning…
Posted: 22 March 2020 [08:58 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - New York City’s mayor was preparing to order his city behind closed doors in an attempt to slow a pandemic that has swept across the globe and threatened to make the city of 8.5 million one…
Friday 03/20/2020
Trump berates reporter; is contradicted by Fauci over medicine Posted: 20 March 2020 [09:15 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and…
Posted: 20 March 2020 [09:09 PM] The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus, meaning years of preparation by some of the country’s top spellers could go for naught. Scripps cited state and federal recommendations against large gatherings…
Congress, White House race to seal $1 trillion rescue deal Posted: 20 March 2020 [09:05 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders and the White House buckled down for high-stakes negotiations Friday racing to draft a mammoth $1 trillion-plus…
Thursday 03/19/2020
Posted: 19 March 2020 [08:57 PM] JOHANNESBURG (AP) - More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into an alarming new front for the pandemic. “About 10 days ago we had about five…
Posted: 19 March 2020 [08:55 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday the government should take an equity stake in some companies that need bailouts because of devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy. Trump told a briefing he has executive…
Posted: 19 March 2020 [08:48 PM] ROME (AP) - The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus overtook China’s on Thursday, and infections in the United States climbed past 10,000, in a stark illustration of how the crisis has pivoted toward the West. Italy, with a…
Wednesday 03/18/2020
Posted: 18 March 2020 [08:43 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn't think calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus" - or the "kung-flu," as one administration official reportedly called it - puts Asian Americans at risk of retaliation despite growing reports they…
Posted: 18 March 2020 [08:41 PM] SEATTLE (AP) - Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday. Thirty-five coronavirus deaths have been linked to Life…
Posted: 18 March 2020 [08:40 PM] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the crisis mounted with word that nearly the entire U.S. auto industry is shutting down its North…
Tuesday 03/17/2020
Posted: 17 March 2020 [08:58 PM] BEIJING (AP) - China said Wednesday it will revoke the media credentials of all American journalists at three major U.S. news organizations, in effect expelling them from the country, in response to U.S. restrictions on Chinese state-controlled media. The…
Posted: 17 March 2020 [08:56 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - In a massive federal effort Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary people - particularly socially active millennials - to do their part…
Posted: 17 March 2020 [08:54 PM] BERLIN (AP) - Mass disruptions shuddered across the globe Tuesday as governments struggled to slow the spread of the coronavirus while also trying to keep their economies afloat. The chaos stretched from Lithuania, where border traffic jams were nearly 40…
Posted: 17 March 2020 [08:53 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the Florida and Illinois primaries on Tuesday, building on a remarkable surge as he barrels toward the Democratic presidential nomination at a time when the nation is gripped by concern about the new coronavirus.…
Monday 03/16/2020
Posted: 16 March 2020 [08:54 PM] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Millions of Americans began the work week holed up at home against the coronavirus Monday, worried not just about getting sick but about what the unprecedented near-shutdown of the U.S. could do to their jobs and their…
Posted: 16 March 2020 [08:44 PM] SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A man fired randomly from his vehicle several times while driving through a southwest Missouri city before eventually crashing into a convenience store, where he walked inside, opened fire and left five people dead, including a…
Sunday 03/15/2020
Posted: 15 March 2020 [09:08 PM] JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz will be given the first opportunity to form a new government, the country’s president said Sunday, raising questions about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future following an inconclusive national election earlier this…
Lamont, legislators seek to blunt economic impact of virus Posted: 15 March 2020 [09:08 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Connecticut legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont are considering additional ways to mitigate the impact of the new coronavirus on…
Posted: 15 March 2020 [09:07 PM] LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An explosion hit Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos early Sunday, killing at least 15 people and sparking search-and- rescue efforts to save people still trapped in collapsed buildings, emergency officials said. The explosion in the Amuwo…
Posted: 15 March 2020 [09:07 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve took emergency action Sunday and slashed its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to nearly zero and announced it would purchase more Treasury securities to encourage lending to try to offset the…
Lamont orders schools closed amid outbreak Posted: 15 March 2020 [07:50 PM] HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Public schools in Connecticut must close beginning Tuesday for at least two weeks to help fight the spread…
Friday 03/13/2020
Airstrikes destroy weapons depots Posted: 13 March 2020 [08:05 PM] WASHINGTON - The U.S. retaliatory airstrikes against militants in Iraq destroyed five weapons depots, but the top U.S commander for the Middle…
Shuttered schools scrambling to feed students Posted: 13 March 2020 [08:02 PM] ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Kiyana Esco needs free school lunches and breakfasts to feed her six children. But with schools shutting…
In Italy, virus is 'not a wave, it's a tsunami' Posted: 13 March 2020 [08:00 PM] ROME (AP) - Talk of a 400-bed field hospital in Milan’s fairgrounds. A team of Chinese experts and surplus ventilators arriving on…
Census recruits 2.6 million applicants Posted: 13 March 2020 [07:56 PM] ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for…
Thursday 03/12/2020
Walt Disney World to close theme parks through end of month Posted: 12 March 2020 [10:21 PM] Associated Press MIAMI - Theme parks at Walt…
Posted: 12 March 2020 [08:54 PM] As he looks ahead to a potential general election matchup with President Donald Trump, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has shaken up his campaign leadership again by naming a veteran of Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s White House bids as…
Posted: 12 March 2020 [08:52 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, American officials said, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad. Officials…
Wednesday 03/11/2020
Posted: 11 March 2020 [09:22 PM] BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign. He told reporters in Burlington on Wednesday that he’s not quitting despite key primary losses to Joe Biden the night before. The Vermont senator’s…