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No visitors: Congress hunkers down against coronavirus

WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...

Mar 14, 2020

Reports: Spain locks down as coronavirus infections spike

MADRID - Spanish media are reporting that Spain's government will announce Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movement for the nation of 46 million people while declaring a two-week sta...

Mar 14, 2020

Trump declares emergency; world steps up fight against virus

WASHINGTON - The United States declared a state of emergency Friday as many European countries went on a war footing amid mounting deaths as the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pande...

Mar 14, 2020

German intel deems part of far-right AfD party 'extremist'

BERLIN - German authorities are formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist, the country's domestic intelligence agency s...

Mar 14, 2020

AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel

CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...

Mar 14, 2020

Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom

SEATTLE - Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. The ...

Mar 13, 2020

House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency

WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump...

Mar 13, 2020

Trump says top cruise ship companies stopping trips from US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that four major cruise ship companies have agreed to suspend trips from the U.S. for 30 days, effective at midnight. Trump said that Carnival, Roy...

Mar 13, 2020

Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay

LOS ANGELES - The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night and daytime television, a TV fan festival and far beyond to the series "Survivor" in Fiji. Nicke...

Mar 13, 2020

Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments

The buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments of this year's NCAA tournaments will be played in mostly empty arenas. Trying to avoid spreading the new coronavirus that has become a glob...

Mar 13, 2020