World

WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, urges aggressive action

GENEVA - The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and several Ame...

Mar 13, 2020

Mormons to hold major conference without attendees

SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees because o...

Mar 13, 2020

Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile. He travelled to Florida last weekend and di...

Mar 13, 2020

AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries

WASHINGTON - The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here's a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi - ...

Mar 13, 2020

'Very much alive': Biden victorious in 4 more primary states

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vic...

Mar 13, 2020

Spain to declare state of emergency over virus outbreak

MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez says the government will declare a two-week state of emergency in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. Snchez said Friday that Spain will "mobili...

Mar 13, 2020

Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns

BOSTON - Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet's most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh a...

Mar 13, 2020

Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news

TOKYO - Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 4.9% to 18,468.99. Austral...

Mar 13, 2020

Stocks surge on Wall Street; Dow jumps 800 points, or 4%

NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 800 points, or 4% early Friday. That's far less than half of ...

Mar 13, 2020

Philadelphia officer shot and killed while serving warrant

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed early Friday as he served a homicide warrant at a home. Cpl. James O'Connor, 46, was shot around 5:45 a.m. in the city's Frankford sect...

Mar 13, 2020