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Mississippi is latest state to delay elections amid pandemic

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday that he is postponing the March 31 Republican primary runoff in the state's 2nd Congressional District because of the coronavirus. The ne...

Mar 20, 2020

Italy sees biggest day-to-day rise in coronavirus deaths

ROME - Italy has recorded its highest day-to-day-rise in the number of deaths of people infected with the new coronavirus. Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli said Friday the country recorded 627 m...

Mar 20, 2020

Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread

NEW YORK - In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king. A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by ten...

Mar 20, 2020

US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus

SAN DIEGO - Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. Mexico, the U.S. and Can...

Mar 20, 2020

Johnny Depp's libel case against UK tabloid stalled by virus

LONDON - Johnny Depp's libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Depp is suing the newspaper's parent company, News Group Newspapers, a...

Mar 20, 2020

Trump moves on invoking powers to spur virus supplies

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has invoked the Defence Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilizing the federal government to marshal t...

Mar 20, 2020

Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration has decided to push the income tax filing date to July 15 from April 15. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday s...

Mar 20, 2020

Dutch court convicts tram shooter of deadly terror attack

A Dutch court convicted a radicalized Muslim man Friday of murder with a terrorist motive and sentenced him to life imprisonment for opening fire on a tram and killing four people last year. The defen...

Mar 20, 2020

Music festival, barbecue championship postponed in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Memphis in May ...

Mar 19, 2020

India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape

NEW DELHI - Four convicts were hanged Friday for the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi. The men were hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, Pres...

Mar 19, 2020