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'Tired to the bone': Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases

Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical cen...

Nov 18, 2020

New York City schools to close again as city fights virus

New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to br...

Nov 18, 2020

US charges against former Mexican general are dropped

NEW YORK - A U.S. judge on Wednesday granted the Department of Justice's request to drop the drug trafficking and money laundering case against former Mexican Defence Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos and...

Nov 18, 2020

Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments

BOSTON - Dolly Parton is being celebrated in song - a rewritten version of her own "Jolene" - for her contribution to an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Northeastern University associate English pro...

Nov 18, 2020

In McQueen's 'Small Axe,' an epic of West Indian heritage

NEW YORK - For Steve McQueen, bringing back the London of his childhood began with remembering the scents of his youth. In "Small Axe," McQueen's ambitious five-film anthology about London's West Indi...

Nov 18, 2020

FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again

After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing's 737 Max for flight. The nation's air safety agency announced the move early Wednesday, sa...

Nov 18, 2020

As virus cases spiral, Los Angeles readies plan for curfew

Los Angeles County imposed new restrictions on businesses Tuesday and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew for all but essential workers if coronavirus cases keep spiking. The county of 10 million...

Nov 17, 2020

Biden, Modi discuss US-India ties in phone conversation

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first phone conversation with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, and they agreed to work closely to further advance the Indo-U.S. comprehensive gl...

Nov 17, 2020

US paid for ambassador to New Zealand to fly on private jet

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The United States government paid for ambassador Scott Brown and his wife to fly domestically in New Zealand on a private jet so they could avoid going into quarantine at the...

Nov 17, 2020

3 former pro-democracy lawmakers arrested in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrested three former opposition lawmakers Wednesday for disrupting legislative meetings several months ago, as concerns grow over a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy camp. Posts ...

Nov 17, 2020