NOT REAL NEWS: Falsehoods around the virus and politics
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared wid...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump misrepresents Obama’s actions on H1N1
WASHINGTON — One day, President Donald Trump boasted of “smooth” coronavirus testing across the country. The next day, he pronounced the testing syste...
Louisiana governor to move primary because of coronavirus
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's governor said Friday that he intended to postpone the state's presidential primaries due to fears of the coronavirus, w...
Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count th...
Canada shuts Parliament, Trudeau in quarantine, no travel
TORONTO — Canada shut down Parliament and advised against all nonessential travel outside the country while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau governed rem...
US general: US strikes destroy weapons depots, more remain
WASHINGTON — The U.S. retaliatory airstrikes against militants in Iraq destroyed five weapons depots, but the top U.S commander for the Middle East ac...
Iraq army says US strikes kill 5 security forces, 1 civilian
BAGHDAD — Iraq's military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage of U.S. airstrikes launched hours afte...
Asian shares plunge after Wall Street’s worst day since ’87
NEW YORK — Shares have plunged in Asia, with Japan’s benchmark sinking 10% after Wall Street suffered its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of...
Biden pivots focus to Trump amid coronavirus concerns
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden blasted President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday and outlined how he would combat the th...
As central banks intervene to calm markets, few see solution
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank moved Thursday to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. ...
Coronavirus brings entertainment world to a standstill
NEW YORK — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies...
The Latest: Investors unsure how virus will impact profits
NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):
Talking to kids about virus? Experts say be calm and honest
It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but i...
Nervous consumers around world pull back amid viral outbreak
WASHINGTON — Buffeted by fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus, consumers in the United States and overseas are showing increasing signs of cutting ...
Heartbreak hotel: No Elvis or Route 66 for barred Europeans
PARIS — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that ...
Trump clamps limits on travel from Europe to US for 30 days
WASHINGTON — Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump announced he is sharply restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. ...
Iraq will investigate attack on base that killed US troops
BAGHDAD — Iraq's military Thursday said it opened an investigation into a rocket attack hours earlier that killed three servicemen, including two Amer...
The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
BEIRUT — As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and...
Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news
TOKYO — Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street.
The Latest: US advises Americans to reconsider travel abroad
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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday.
NCAA tournaments are on _ for now _ but mostly without fans
The NCAA basketball tournaments are on — for now — though the buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments will take place in mostly empty...
The Latest: Stock futures signal more losses in US markets
NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):
Iditarod’s oldest musher quits, another gives dogs CBD oil
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose.
Will heat stop the spread of new virus? No one really knows
JAKARTA, Indonesia — As outbreaks of the new coronavirus that first emerged in China continue to spread in more than 100 countries — particularly thos...
Tiger Woods elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Already among the greatest on the golf course, Tiger Woods will join them in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Trump, GOP allies move quickly to discredit, attack Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies are planning sustained personal and reputational attacks against Joe Biden, casting him as ill-equi...
House votes to tighten oversight of federal surveillance
WASHINGTON — Congress has taken a first step toward addressing errors made by the FBI during its investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia, with ...
What’s Happening: Pandemic declared, virus survival studied
New clusters of the novel coronavirus are expanding in the United States and Europe as Italy replaces China as the current epicenter of a worldwide ou...
US appeals judges hear Down syndrome abortion arguments
CINCINNATI — Federal judges on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio law that faces doctors with a felony charge if they per...