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China postpones key political meetings because of virus

BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...

Feb 24, 2020

Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread

CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have made Italy the focal point of the outb...

Feb 24, 2020

Iran now says 6th person dead of new virus

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient w...

Feb 24, 2020

Iran says 4 more died of new virus; total death toll at 12

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV says the death toll in the country from the new coronavirus has risen to 12, after four more people died. The TV quoted lawmaker Asadollah Abbasi as saying on Monday th...

Feb 24, 2020

S. Korea reports 161 new virus cases, bringing total to 763

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea has reported 161 new cases of the new virus that has spread rapidly in the region surrounding its southwest city of Daegu, bringing its total number of cases to...

Feb 23, 2020

Infections climb in South Korea as world fights virus

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections Saturday with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital, while the death toll in Iran climbed...

Feb 23, 2020

Man guilty of killing 2 who tried to stop his slurs on train

PORTLAND, Ore. - A man accused of fatally stabbing two people who prosecutors say tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train was convicted of m...

Feb 23, 2020

Man accused of racist threats expected to plead guilty

A white man charged with cyberstalking and making racist online threats against a black activist in Virginia is expected to plead guilty next month, according to court records and a spokesman for fede...

Feb 23, 2020

Picketing, pigeons, politics: Scenes from the Nevada caucus

LAS VEGAS - Candidates have hustled past tourists and slot machines to ask housekeepers and cooks for their votes in the back of flashy casinos. They've made their pitches over plates of tamales, taco...

Feb 23, 2020

Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...

Feb 23, 2020