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Abbey Westbury
Politics mixes with science as states turn to virus models
State leaders are relying on a hodgepodge of statistical models with wide-ranging numbers to guide…
Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside
CHICAGO – The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops…
Virus sends Holocaust survivors behind doors, back in time
OAK PARK, Ill. – For Olga Weiss, the order to stay at home is about…
African nations, US decry racism against blacks in China
JOHANNESBURG – African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of…
Doctor gambles on clot-busting drug to save virus patients
WASHINGTON – The woman was dying. New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital was about to call…
Every 15 seconds: Outbreak overwhelms NYC’s emergency system
NEW YORK – The coronavirus crisis is taxing New York City’s 911 system like never…
He led a neo-Nazi group linked to bomb plots. He was 13.
HELSINKI – He called himself “Commander” online. He was a leader of an international neo-Nazi…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels sentence 4 reporters to death
SANAA, Yemen – A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday sentenced four journalists…
Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter
GENEVA – In a legal victory for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, federal prosecutors in…
Inmate found dead after Russian prison fire, unrest
MOSCOW – One inmate has been found dead at a Siberian prison colony where a…
‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
OTTAWA – When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to…
Taliban meet with US general amid tensions over peace deal
ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have met with the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to…
AP PHOTOS: Pandemic meets religious holidays in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia – Sarajevo, a religious melting pot throughout its more than five-centuries-long history, would…
Italy begins to grapple with how to ease virus restrictions
SOAVE, Italy – With warmer weather beckoning, Italians are straining against a strict lockdown to…
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano shoots ash, lava
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano spewed a column of ash 500 metres (1,640…
3 rebels linked to Indonesia gold mine attack die in clash
TIMIKA, Indonesia – Indonesian security forces shot and killed three separatist rebels who were suspected…
Indonesian starts business to make hazmat suit for hospitals
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Her friends who worked in hospitals cried, and Indonesian businesswoman Maryati Dimursi…
Lives Lost: An Egyptian doctor, the ‘backbone’ of his family
CAIRO – Dr. Ahmed el-Lawah liked to gather the whole family every week at his…
Worker at corrections facility tests positive for COVID-19
JUNEAU, Alaska – A staff member at a state-run prison in Juneau tested positive for…
Hopeful birdsong, foreboding sirens: A pandemic in sound
NEW YORK – Hopeful birdsong and foreboding sirens. Chiming church bells and bleating ferry horns.…
Calling Trump: When connections help steer virus supplies
WASHINGTON – It was early on a Friday when Jared Kushner said he received a…
Trump winery eligible for bailout in virus relief law
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s Virginia vineyard could be eligible for a federal bailout under…
The Latest: Electric bands for Koreans who break quarantine
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for…
New York area walloped as global virus deaths pass 100,000
NEW YORK – The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 Friday as…