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Q&A: What's next for the Tokyo Olympics as virus spreads?
TOKYO - The spreading virus from China has been reported in more than 60 countries and puts the Tokyo Olympics at risk. The Olympics are to open on July 24 - less than five months away. The Paralympic...
Mar 03, 2020
Factories expand despite virus, though deliveries slow
WASHINGTON - American factories expanded in February for the second straight month, despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The winning streak, however, may prove short-lived. The Inst...
Mar 03, 2020
Nik vs. the volcano: How Wallenda is prepping for new stunt
NEW YORK - Intense heat, poisonous gasses, molten lava - the conditions for Nik Wallenda's latest tightrope walk are downright hellish, and that's just the way he wants it. Wallenda will traverse the ...
Mar 03, 2020
Jack Welch, the GE chief who became a superstar, has died
BOSTON - Jack Welch, who transformed General Electric Co. into a highly profitable multinational conglomerate and parlayed his legendary business acumen into a retirement career as a corporate leaders...
Mar 03, 2020
Long-rumoured Woody Allen memoir coming in April
NEW YORK - A memoir by Woody Allen, rumoured for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, is coming out next month. Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, announce...
Mar 03, 2020
Opera union board member alleges coverup in Domingo scandal
SAN FRANCISCO - A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a coverup in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment...
Mar 03, 2020
Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice-president's White Ho...
Mar 03, 2020
Sri Lankan Parliament dissolved, elections set for April
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's president dissolved Parliament ahead of schedule on Monday and set new elections for April in which he aims to secure a strong majority allowing him to push for consti...
Mar 03, 2020
Supreme Court will decide the fate of Obama health care law
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, a case that will keep health care squarely in front of voters even though a decision won'...
Mar 03, 2020
Authorities confirm New Hampshire's 1st case of coronavirus
CONCORD, N.H. - A hospital employee who recently travelled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday. The male patient is expe...
Mar 03, 2020