World

Trump changes tone, gets real on virus threat

WASHINGTON - He called on the country to come together. He warned of pain to come. And he deferred to the nation's public health experts while at least momentarily putting aside petty squabbling. Afte...

Mar 16, 2020

Health chief halts Ohio primary; 3 other states forge ahead

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent fur...

Mar 16, 2020

Uncertainty surrounds Democratic primary as Ohio scraps vote

WASHINGTON - The Democratic presidential primary is consumed with uncertainty after leaders in Ohio called off Tuesday's election just hours before polls were set to open, citing the need to combat th...

Mar 16, 2020

With borders and businesses closing, world hunkers down

BANGKOK - With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government ca...

Mar 16, 2020

Puerto Rico cracks down on violators of coronavirus curfew

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sirens blared across Puerto Rico's busiest beaches on Monday as police cleared hundreds of tourists from the U.S. territory's coast in a crackdown on people violating a newly i...

Mar 16, 2020

US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds

WASHINGTON - Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House on Monday released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of ...

Mar 16, 2020

Brazil’s biggest favela seeks foreigner ban on virus fears

RIO DE JANEIRO - Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, nations have begun imposing travel restrictions and closing their borders to contain the pandemic's spread. The latest attempt to impose con...

Mar 16, 2020

As Congress eyes economic package, Democrats seek $750B

WASHINGTON - With an urgency unseen since the Great Recession, Congress is rushing to develop a sweeping economic lifeline for American households and businesses suddenly capsized by the coronavirus o...

Mar 16, 2020

Coronavirus strikes journalists, others change way they work

NEW YORK - Six people at CBS News have tested positive for coronavirus, including a correspondent stationed in Italy, as media organizations fought Monday against the same epidemic they're charged wit...

Mar 16, 2020

Mexico's AMLO says he'll end public events when time's right

MEXICO CITY - President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador said Monday he will suspend his tours of the countryside and intimate, person-to-person interactions with large numbers of supporters when his coronav...

Mar 16, 2020