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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
The most active season on record in the eastern Pacific was 1992, when there were 25 named storms, Rosencrans said…
Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread
NEW YORK (AP) — In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.
Dayton's Obi Toppin leads Associated Press All-America team, joined by Garza, Howard, Powell and Pritchard on first team
NEW YORK (AP) — Dayton's Obi Toppin leads Associated Press All-America team, joined by Garza, Howard, Powell and Pritchard on first team.
High-stakes negotiations begin on $1T economic rescue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trump administration officials descended Friday on Capitol Hill to launch high-stakes negotiations with…
National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus.
Fleeing virus for resort homes, some find welcome mat yanked
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Some city folk have been fleeing to their second homes in resort areas to ride out the coronavirus outbreak near the beach or the ski s…
In pandemic, word definitions shift and new lexicon emerges
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Newscasts bring word of “hot zones” and “lockdowns.” Conversations are littered with talk of “quarantines” and “isolation.” Leaders urge “s…
Governors raise alarm as coronavirus taxes health systems
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a day of dizzying developments, governors across the U.S. sounded a perilous alarm about the rapid spread of the new coronavirus and…
State athletics body argues it is not subject to Title IX
The organization that oversees high school sports in Connecticut is arguing in a court filing that it is not subject to the federal law that guarantees equal a…
$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at …
Trump focuses attention on possible coronavirus treatments
President Donald Trump focused attention on possible treatments for the new coronavirus on Thursday, citing potential use of a drug long used to treat malaria …
No family, fanfare for NASA astronaut launching next month
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut who's about to leave the planet for six months will blast off without any family or fanfare because of the coronav…
Layoffs spike in US, Europe as virus shuts businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a couple of weeks ago, Erika Vega hoped her temp job at a cafeteria would soon become permanent. But instead, the viral outbreak shut do…
Houston pleads for more tests, gear as cars pack hospital
HOUSTON (AP) — Cars lined up for more than a mile outside a Houston hospital Thursday as the nation's fourth-largest city began drive-thru testing for the coro…
A day after musher wins Iditarod, others face woes on trail
ANCHORAGE, Alasak (AP) — Nearly a third of the 57 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have quit the race before finishing, including a musher w…
'Downton Abbey' creator turns to the beautiful game
NEW YORK (AP) — With global soccer shut down these days, fans desperate for a fix of the beautiful game may find it from a rather unlikely source — the creator…