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UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact
LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...
Mar 13, 2020
Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US
NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...
Mar 13, 2020
Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US
NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...
Mar 13, 2020
Pentagon: US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base
WASHINGTON - The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shiite militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British ...
Mar 13, 2020
In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in
BEIJING - From quarantining arriving travellers from overseas to nabbing those sneaking in with fevers, China and other parts of Asia are scrambling to prevent the new coronavirus from coming back to ...
Mar 12, 2020
Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows
New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening...
Mar 12, 2020
Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wad...
Mar 12, 2020
North Korea's Kim guides another round of artillery drills
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean state media said Friday that leader Kim Jong Un has supervised another round of artillery exercises, the latest in a series of exercises believed aimed at boos...
Mar 12, 2020
Ducks' Deslauriers gets natural hat trick in win over Ottawa
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Nicolas Deslauriers is known as a grinder and an enforcer, not a goal scorer. But the Anaheim left wing put himself in the Ducks' record book in a way he least expected. Deslauriers ...
Mar 12, 2020
Miller scores lone goal in shootout as Canucks top Islanders 5-4
VANCOUVER - With two desperate teams fighting for a playoff spot, the Vancouver Canucks were able to dig deep when they needed it the most. J.T. Miller scored the only goal in the shootout as the Canu...
Mar 12, 2020