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1st Ohio coronavirus death; 11 nursing home cases suspected

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine confirmed the state's first death from the coronavirus was a 76-year-old attorney from the Toledo area who recently travelled to California. Near Dayton, 11 resi...

Mar 20, 2020

USA Swimming urges USOPC to ask for delay of Tokyo Games

DENVER - The head of USA Swimming urged the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to push for a 12-month postponement of the Tokyo Games, signalling the first fissure between powerful American faction...

Mar 20, 2020

Illinois governor orders residents to stay at home

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered all state residents to remain in their homes except for essentials, joining similar dramatic efforts in California and New York to lim...

Mar 20, 2020

Army closing recruit stations, moves to online recruiting

WASHINGTON - The top Army officer said Friday that all of the service's recruiting stations are now closing, as the military takes more dramatic steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gen. Ja...

Mar 20, 2020

Indiana's May 5 primary postponed due to coronavirus threat

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's political leaders announced Friday that they agreed to push back the state primary by nearly a month, to June 2, and to allow all voters to cast mail-in ballots due to the cor...

Mar 20, 2020

Cuomo bans gatherings, nonessential workers to stay home

ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict the ability of more than 19 million New York state residents to gather and socialize and to require worker...

Mar 20, 2020

Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000

SAN FRANCISCO - Superstar Plcido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps ope...

Mar 20, 2020

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