World

Strong earthquake shakes Croatia, damages buildings

ZAGREB, Croatia - A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. Some casualties were reported. The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the ear...

Mar 22, 2020

New York reviewing sites for more hospital beds, Cuomo says

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention centre and some state university campuses, Gov. ...

Mar 21, 2020

Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81

Actor-singer 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...

Mar 20, 2020

US home sales jumped to 13-year high before viral outbreak

WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as people stop showing their property out of fear of infection in the...

Mar 20, 2020

Fed to boost lending to $1 trillion a day to ease credit

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak...

Mar 20, 2020

Netflix establishes $100 million virus relief fund

LOS ANGELES - Netflix said Friday it is establishing a $100 million relief fund for workers in the worldwide creative community affected by the coronavirus-caused halt of most film and television prod...

Mar 20, 2020

1st Ohio coronavirus death; 11 nursing home cases suspected

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine confirmed the state's first death from the coronavirus was a 76-year-old attorney from the Toledo area who recently travelled to California. Near Dayton, 11 resi...

Mar 20, 2020

USA Swimming urges USOPC to ask for delay of Tokyo Games

DENVER - The head of USA Swimming urged the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to push for a 12-month postponement of the Tokyo Games, signalling the first fissure between powerful American faction...

Mar 20, 2020

Illinois governor orders residents to stay at home

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered all state residents to remain in their homes except for essentials, joining similar dramatic efforts in California and New York to lim...

Mar 20, 2020

Army closing recruit stations, moves to online recruiting

WASHINGTON - The top Army officer said Friday that all of the service's recruiting stations are now closing, as the military takes more dramatic steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gen. Ja...

Mar 20, 2020