(AP) China is expanding its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushing to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims as the outbreak cast a pall over Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest and most festive holiday. The number of confirmed cases around the world has climbed sharply…
Beijing, China (AP) China is swiftly building a hospital dedicated to treating patients infected by a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted lockdowns of at least 10 cities on the eve of the country’s most important holiday. Transportation was halted and streets were eerily quiet in the locked-down cities as…
Osage, IA (AP) With Iowa caucus voting just over a week away, each of the Democratic Party’s leading presidential candidates has glaring holes in his or her political bases. The gaps raise questions about the candidates’ ability to build a coalition like the one Barack Obama built. The Democratic Party’s last successful nominee relied largely…
New York, NY (AP) Actress Annabella Sciorra is confronting Harvey Weinstein at his New York City rape trial. With her voice quivering, Sciorra testified Thursday about an accusation she kept largely private for decades: That Weinstein pushed his way into her apartment, pinned her to a bed and raped her in the early 1990s. It’s…
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to the effort, stoking anti-American feelings that Tehran hopes to exploit to help realize the goal. The Jan. 3 killing has…
Washington, D.C. (AP) The Senate has wrapped up a late session approving rules for President Donald Trump’s trial on two articles of impeachment. The Democrats failed in their efforts to gain Republican agreement for issuing subpoenas for documents and witnesses, though such issues can be revisited. A Democratic victory came earlier in the day when…
(AP) The U.S. has its first case of a new virus that was found only last month in China. A U.S. resident who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus. Health officials said Tuesday that the man returned to the Seattle area in the middle of last…
(AP) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year’s gathering of top business and political leaders in the Swiss Alps. Trump addressed the annual…
Richmond, VA (AP) Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation, a move that has become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence. The size of Monday’s rally and the expected…
Honolulu, HI (AP) Authorities and neighbors say Hawaii man with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors was facing eviction when he stabbed his landlord and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be in caught fire. Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard said Sunday that police found a…