World

Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teams

NEW YORK - Here's an assignment to humble even the most confident doctor: Assess a patient's condition before millions of people without being able to examine him or see a complete medical chart. That...

Oct 08, 2020

Uncertainty in Madrid as court nixes partial virus lockdown

MADRID - A court in Madrid on Thursday struck down a national government order that imposed a partial lockdown in the Spanish capital and its suburbs, siding with regional officials who had resisted s...

Oct 08, 2020

Germany, which had virus under control, sees a jump in cases

BERLIN - Germany is seeing a sharp jump in new coronavirus infections, a development that is raising fears the pandemic is picking up pace in a country that so far has coped better than many of its Eu...

Oct 08, 2020

Wallen dropped as 'SNL' performer after breaking COVID rules

LOS ANGELES - Morgan Wallen has been dropped from performing on "Saturday Night Live" after breaking the show's COVID-19 protocols. The country singer posted a two-plus minute video on social media We...

Oct 08, 2020

Second debate with Biden going virtual amid Trump's COVID-19

WASHINGTON - The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will take place virtually amid the fallout from the president's diagnosis of COVID-19. The n...

Oct 08, 2020

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize

STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glck on Thursday "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." The p...

Oct 08, 2020

Greek court to sentence former Golden Dawn lawmakers

ATHENS, Greece - A Greek court is expected Thursday to sentence the 18 former lawmakers of the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party, including its leader, a day after the three-member panel of judges ...

Oct 08, 2020

Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting

WASHINGTON - The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard ...

Oct 07, 2020

Texas governor gives OK for bars to begin reopening

AUSTIN, Texas - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday allowed bars to begin reopening in Texas for the first time since June, ending a lockdown that began during a massive coronavirus outbreak that...

Oct 07, 2020

Tech worker pleads guilty in Utah college student's death

SALT LAKE CITY - A tech worker pleaded guilty in the death of a Utah college student Wednesday, more than a year after her disappearance sparked a large-scale search that ended with the discovery of h...

Oct 07, 2020