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First lady pushes back against critics of her tennis tweet

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Melania Trump pushed back Saturday after photos she tweeted of herself overseeing a White House construction project generated an online backlash. "I encourage everyone who cho...

Mar 07, 2020

A record low on average 30-year fixed mortgage: 3.29%

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates have sunk to a record low, giving many homeowners an opening to refinance their loans to free up money to spend or save. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit ...

Mar 07, 2020

Handcuffed Ronaldinho and brother appear in Paraguayan court

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Former soccer star Ronaldinho and his brother were taken in handcuffs to a courthouse in Paraguay on Saturday following their arrest for allegedly entering the country with falsif...

Mar 07, 2020

'Simple greed': Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption

DETROIT - Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he plotted with others to embezzle more than $1 million to splurge on private villas...

Mar 07, 2020

Virus fears grip markets again; stocks and bond yields slide

NEW YORK - Fear dominated financial markets again on Thursday, and stocks fell sharply on worries about the fast-spreading virus outbreak. It's the latest shudder in Wall Street's most volatile week i...

Mar 07, 2020

Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit

BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while...

Mar 07, 2020

'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus

BANGKOK - The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out "all the stops" to slow the epidemic, as it drained colour from I...

Mar 07, 2020

Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested COVID-19 positive

MIAMI - Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Friday. Th...

Mar 06, 2020

Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

LIMA, Peru - Javier Prez de Cullar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help ...

Mar 06, 2020

WSJ: Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup

NEW YORK - Saudi officials arrested two members of the royal family early Friday for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and the son he has designated to succeed him, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salm...

Mar 06, 2020