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The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close

NEW YORK - Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound...

Mar 14, 2020

As central banks intervene to calm markets, few see solution

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank moved Thursday to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. It didn't quite work. The central banks are facing...

Mar 14, 2020

European Central Bank deploys stimulus to ease virus damage

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank deployed targeted new stimulus measures to cushion the shock to the economy from the virus outbreak, but its president said monetary policy couldn't do it alone a...

Mar 14, 2020

AP sources: Travel ban to extend to United Kingdom, Ireland

WASHINGTON - The White House is expected to announce that the U.S. will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list. Under the restrictions, American citizens, g...

Mar 14, 2020

Tour, festival cancellations ramp up due to virus outbreak

Tours, awards shows, conventions and festivals are announcing cancellations and postponements daily due to the new coronavirus outbreak, causing a major impact on entertainment events both in the Stat...

Mar 14, 2020

White House now conducting temperature checks amid outbreak

WASHINGTON - The White House announced Saturday that it is now conducting temperature checks on anyone who is in close contact with President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence. The move is be...

Mar 14, 2020

Iraq officials: 2nd attack in days hits base with US troops

BAGHDAD - A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen,...

Mar 14, 2020

Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The...

Mar 14, 2020

Virus locks down Italy amid global push to contain outbreak

ROME - The boisterous hum of Rome dwindled to a whisper and police patrols kept people apart in cafes as Italy enforced an extraordinary, sweeping lockdown in hopes of not becoming the next epicenter ...

Mar 14, 2020

Saudi Aramco to boost capacity; Abu Dhabi to increase supply

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia steamed ahead on Wednesday with its new energy play by directing the kingdom's oil company Aramco on Wednesday to increase its maximum production capacity, w...

Mar 14, 2020