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On virus response, Trump pitches tax relief to wary Congress

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's proposed payroll tax break met with bipartisan resistance Tuesday on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to...

Mar 11, 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 11, 2020

NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus

MIAMI - The NBA has suspended its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league's o...

Mar 11, 2020

NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus

MIAMI - The NBA has suspended its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league's o...

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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus

NEW YORK - Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday. Hanks said the couple were in Australia and felt tired, ...

Mar 11, 2020

Trump suspends travel between US and Europe for 30 days

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is suspending all travel between the U.S. and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic. Trump made the announcem...

Mar 11, 2020

Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments

NCAA tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both th...

Mar 11, 2020

Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay

LOS ANGELES - The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night television and far beyond to the series "Survivor" in Fiji. "The Tonight Show" and other late-ni...

Mar 11, 2020

Administration weighs delaying tax deadline amid outbreak

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is working on plans to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline for some taxpayers in a bid to soften the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the U.S. economy. T...

Mar 11, 2020

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway' fight

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal "Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco handed the ma...

Mar 11, 2020