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S. Korea reports 161 new virus cases, bringing total to 763

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea has reported 161 new cases of the new virus that has spread rapidly in the region surrounding its southwest city of Daegu, bringing its total number of cases to...

Feb 23, 2020

Infections climb in South Korea as world fights virus

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections Saturday with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital, while the death toll in Iran climbed...

Feb 23, 2020

Man guilty of killing 2 who tried to stop his slurs on train

PORTLAND, Ore. - A man accused of fatally stabbing two people who prosecutors say tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train was convicted of m...

Feb 23, 2020

Man accused of racist threats expected to plead guilty

A white man charged with cyberstalking and making racist online threats against a black activist in Virginia is expected to plead guilty next month, according to court records and a spokesman for fede...

Feb 23, 2020

Picketing, pigeons, politics: Scenes from the Nevada caucus

LAS VEGAS - Candidates have hustled past tourists and slot machines to ask housekeepers and cooks for their votes in the back of flashy casinos. They've made their pitches over plates of tamales, taco...

Feb 23, 2020

Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...

Feb 23, 2020

Parent pleads guilty in college admissions scheme

BOSTON - A woman charged in the college admissions scandal pleaded guilty Friday to paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit. Xiaoning Su...

Feb 23, 2020

Bloomberg : 3 women can be released on non-disclosure deals

WASHINGTON - Mike Bloomberg said Friday he'd free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him ove...

Feb 23, 2020

Weinstein jury indicates it is split on most serious counts

NEW YORK - The jury in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial indicated Friday that it is deadlocked on the most serious charges, but the judge told the panel it must keep working. In a note to the judge late ...

Feb 23, 2020

Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch has book deal

NEW YORK - Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and h...

Feb 23, 2020