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China reports 508 more virus cases, South Korea has 60 more

BEIJING - China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe. Another 71 deaths were reported, 68 of them in the city of Wuhan, where ...

Feb 24, 2020

Michael Jordan's poignant Kobe tribute: 'A piece of me died'

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jordan says he didn't see Kobe Bryant as his rival for the mythical honour of being recognized as the best basketball player ever. Instead, he came to love Bryant as the little b...

Feb 24, 2020

Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project

ALBANY, N.Y. - The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England, has been ...

Feb 24, 2020

Ex-coach gets 6 months in college scam, runs from courthouse

BOSTON - The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from a scrum of reporters and his own lawyers Monday after he was sentenced to six months in prison for taking...

Feb 24, 2020

Los Angeles honours Kobe, Gianna Bryant with public memorial

LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant's wife offered a poignant portrait of her NBA superstar husband and their daughter Monday at a sold-out memorial service for the two, who were among nine people killed last m...

Feb 24, 2020

‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball

DALLAS - The "Leaning Tower of Dallas," a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured scores of blows from a wrecking ball Monday. Dozens of people gathered in th...

Feb 24, 2020

Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

LOS ANGELES - The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vane...

Feb 24, 2020

Virus outbreak chills markets, outlook for global economy

FRANKFURT - The widening coronavirus outbreak threatens to seriously disrupt the global economy just as it was steadying itself against headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Stocks fell sharply...

Feb 24, 2020

The Latest: Prosecutor calls Weinstein 'vicious' predator

NEW YORK - The Latest on a verdict in the rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance praised the women who came forward and "c...

Feb 24, 2020

'Promises kept' mantra doesn't always match Trump's reality

WASHINGTON - "It's been three years of promises made and promises kept, but we're just getting started, (insert state here)." That line from Vice-President Mike Pence is a hallmark of how he introduce...

Feb 24, 2020