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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson in Australian hospital with new virus

SYDNEY, Australia - Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are isolated in stable condition in an Australian hospital Thursday after contracting the new coronavirus, the actor and Australian officials sai...

Mar 12, 2020

Dow sinks 8% as a sell-off slamming global markets deepens

NEW YORK - The sell-off bludgeoning financial markets around the world got even worse Thursday as the economic pain caused by the coronavirus became more painfully clear. Worries are rising that the W...

Mar 12, 2020

Broadway shows will go on despite virus concerns

NEW YORK - The new coronavirus has reached Broadway, but the shows on the Great White Way are scheduled to go on as planned. A part-time usher and security guard who worked at two theatres in recent d...

Mar 12, 2020

World markets subdued amid virus worries, hope for help

TOKYO - European stock markets edged up Wednesday after Asian shares mostly declined, as governments were ramping up aid for economies reeling from the virus outbreak. France's CAC 40 gained 0.8% to 4...

Mar 12, 2020

US Capitol closing to public until April amid virus outbreak

WASHINGTON - Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. The House and Senate sergeants at arms s...

Mar 12, 2020

Mother of 3 of Floyd Mayweather Jr's children found dead

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - An ex-girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. who was the mother of three of his children was found dead in a Southern California suburb, authorities said. The coroner's offic...

Mar 12, 2020

Princess Cruises suspending global operations for 60 days

MIAMI - Princess Cruises, which had one of its ships quarantined off the coast of Japan last month, is suspending global operations through early May because of the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise li...

Mar 12, 2020

Israeli court rejects Netanyahu request to delay trial

JERUSALEM - An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to delay the start of his corruption trial, clearing the way for proceedings to begin as planned next week....

Mar 12, 2020

Travel bans grow amid warnings viral pandemic will worsen

ROME - Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and slowing the engines of commerce to try to stem the unfolding coronavirus...

Mar 12, 2020

Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives

ROME - Natalina De Santis' three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't let them in any more. Widowed a few months a...

Mar 12, 2020