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Madrid to close all schools for 2 weeks after virus spike

MADRID - Spain's health minister reported a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in and around Madrid and said all schools in the capital region, from kindergartens and universities, would close for two w...

Mar 11, 2020

Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower ...

Mar 11, 2020

Ex-CFL football player to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scam

BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player will plead guilty to paying US$200,000 to have someone take a college entrance exam in place of his two sons as part of an admissions cheating scheme,...

Mar 11, 2020

AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel

CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...

Mar 11, 2020

3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Three former student-athletes who say they were sexually abused by a track coach on Wednesday sued the NCAA, its board of governors and the coach, alleging the governing body doesn'...

Mar 11, 2020

WHO declares COVID-19 crisis is now a pandemic

ROME - Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hea...

Mar 11, 2020

Mormons to hold major conference without attendees

SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees because o...

Mar 11, 2020

US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says

WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, the U.S. military confirmed Monday, amid political chaos in K...

Mar 11, 2020

Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states

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

Mar 11, 2020

AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries

WASHINGTON - The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here's a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi - ...

Mar 11, 2020