WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic, U.S. stocks plunge
Mar 11, 2020
By JAMEY KEATEN, MARIA CHENG and JOHN LEICESTER GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and…
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New York sending in National Guard to control virus
Mar 10, 2020
By MARINA VILLENEUVE and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ New York’s governor announced Tuesday he is sending the National Guard into a New York City suburb to help fight what is believed to be the nation’s biggest…
Dow loses 1,200 points, bond yields tumble as oil crashes
Mar 09, 2020
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply Monday on Wall Street on a combination of coronavirus fears and plunging oil prices, triggering a brief, automatic halt in trading to let investors catch…
US added robust 273K jobs in February before virus escalated
Mar 06, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring in the United States jumped in February as employers added 273,000 jobs, evidence that the economy was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the…
Report: Russian social accounts sow election discord - again
Mar 05, 2020
By AMANDA SEITZ and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP - Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow’s campaign hasn’t let up and…
Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Mar 04, 2020
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone’s body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to…
Tornadoes devastate Tennessee, killing at least 22 people
Mar 03, 2020
By TRAVIS LOLLER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as people slept early Tuesday, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 22 people. Authorities described painstaking efforts to…
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…
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…