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Italian premier locks down entire country to stop virus
MILAN – Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte put his entire country on lockdown Monday to combat…
‘Exorcist’ actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90
COPENHAGEN – Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through…
Edited Biden video portends social media challenges in 2020
CHICAGO – As former Vice-President Joe Biden’s drive for the White House gains momentum, the…
Mexico: Thousands stay in to protest violence against women
MEXICO CITY – Untold thousands of women across Mexico stayed home from work and school…
Mask-clad Chinese workers cautiously return to the office
BEIJING – Riding the subway for the first time after weeks of working remotely from…
Wall Street circuit breakers trip; markets, crude plunge
NEW YORK – U.S. companies buffeted by supply chain chaos and a growing awareness of…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Stocks plummet amid coronavirus fears and oil-price crash Stocks took their worst one-day beating on…
NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS closing locker rooms amid virus scare
MIAMI – The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access…
AP Interview: Billionaire bids anxious farewell to Picasso
MONACO – Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can’t fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,”…
‘Odd’ quirk raises delegate stakes in Tuesday’s elections
WASHINGTON – A quirk in how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules is raising…
60 years later, ‘An Appeal for Human Rights’ still resonates
ATLANTA – Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a…
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked…
Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would reach around globe
TOKYO – The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it…
Global markets pick up after plunge on virus, oil
BEIJING – Global stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after U.S. President Donald Trump…
ILO says working conditions improve in Thai seafood sector
BANGKOK – A report issued Tuesday by the U.N.’s International Labor Organization credits Thailand with…
Rating agencies warn Lebanon over $1.2 billion loan default
BEIRUT – Credit ratings agency Moody’s warned Tuesday that Lebanon’s first-ever default on paying its…
Police: Man slain outside Atlanta mall was a Tennessean
Atlanta police have identified a man shot to death outside an upscale mall as a…
3 infected at company that greets Florida cruise passengers
MIAMI – Three employees of a company that greets cruise ship passengers in Florida have…
Patient No. 1 is out of ICU as virus pushes Italy to brink
ROME – Italian doctors celebrated one small victory in their battle against the coronavirus after…
Missouri virus case shows 1 exposure can mean major response
CLAYTON, Mo. – The 20-something college student didn’t know she had the new coronavirus as…
UN rights chief airs concerns about NKorea detention centres
GENEVA – The United Nations’ human rights chief said Tuesday that “apparently systematic” human rights…
Glenn Greenwald writing book on Brazilian politics
NEW YORK – Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is working on a book about his reporting…
Western art museum in Montana postpones exhibition, auction
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A Western art museum in Montana has postponed its annual exhibition…
Dutch prosecutors: Russia wants to thwart MH17 investigation
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands – A Dutch prosecutor said Tuesday that there are “strong indications” Russia wants…