European shares suffer worst day since 2016 as virus spreads
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s share markets suffered their biggest slump since mid- 2016 on Monday, as a jump in coronavirus…
Authorities: Virginia farmer holds goat thief at gunpoint
A sheriff’s office in Virginia says a property owner held a suspect accused of stealing goats from his farm at…
College student dies of flu before 911 rescuers can find him
Authorities say a college student was found dead in his home of the flu after a garbled 911 call left…
Family of man killed by trooper seeking more than $10M
Relatives of a Connecticut man killed by a state trooper are seeking more than $10 million in wrongful death damages…
Mom, daughter plead not guilty to slaying 5 close relatives
A mother and her adult daughter have pleaded not guilty to killing five of their close relatives, including three children,…
Police: Man forced woman to watch ‘Roots’ for racism lessons
Court records say an Iowa man made a woman watch the miniseries “Roots” and told her it would make her…
Nonprofit hospitals with healthiest finances offer little charity care
(Reuters Health) – Among nonprofit hospitals, those with the highest net incomes tend to devote the smallest proportion of their…
Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif./GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for…
U.S. flies 338 Americans home from cruise ship, including 14 with coronavirus
(Reuters) – More than 300 Americans who had been stuck on a cruise ship affected by the coronavirus were back…
Alibaba offers $2.86 billion in loans to firms hit by coronavirus outbreak
(This Feb 10 story refiles to add bylines) SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holdings (BABA.N) said on Monday its affiliate…
GM shuts Australia, NZ operations; sells Thai plant to Great Wall
NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said it would wind down its Australian and New Zealand operations and…
EU industry chief warns of more onerous tech rules by year end
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will decide by the end of the year whether to impose rules reining in…
Thyssenkrupp shortlists buyout firms for elevator unit, Kone out
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) has shortlisted two private equity consortia in the sale of its 16 billion…
New York drops fight against T-Mobile-Sprint merger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York on Sunday dropped its fight against the $40 billion merger of U.S. wireless carriers…
Oil edges up as output cut hopes offset coronavirus concern
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices inched up on Monday as concerns over the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak…
EU industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EU, not other way round
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton said on Monday it was for Facebook to adapt to Europe’s standards,…
Xerox courts HP shareholders as takeover battle heats up
(Reuters) – U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp (XRX.N) is hosting a dinner for HP Inc (HPQ.N) shareholders this week…
Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10 billion to climate change fight
FILE PHOTO: Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos speaks during an event about Blue Origin’s space exploration…
U.S. mulls cutting Huawei off from global chip suppliers, with TSMC in crosshairs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering changing U.S. regulations to allow it to block shipments of chips to…
Apple unlikely to meet revenue guidance due to coronavirus impact
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it would not meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter because…
Televangelist, ex-pastor settle lawsuit alleging sex abuse
A confidential settlement has been reached in a former Ohio megachurch pastor’s lawsuit alleging televangelist Ernest Angley sexually abused and…
SWAT team fatally shoots murder suspect after standoff
A Florida SWAT team has fatally shot a murder suspect after a long standoff February 17, 2020, 3:48 PM 2…
Stacey Abrams ‘absolutely’ wants to run for president one day, but says she’d accept a VP slot in 2020
Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate who’s now focusing on tackling voter suppression head on, said she “absolutely” sees…
Judge: City can remove 176-year-old slave auction block
A judge has ruled that officials in a Virginia city have the authority to approve the removal of a 176-year-old…
Honeymoon ends in handcuffs: Wrong Louisiana woman arrested
A case of mistaken identity caused a Louisiana woman to leave her honeymoon in handcuffs and spend 36 hours in…
Man gets 1 year in case of dog left in cage with tide rising
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to a year in prison on an animal cruelty conviction after authorities said…
Mississippi braces for flooding amid cresting river
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday amid fears the Pearl River at Jackson could reach its…
DA deciding whether to investigate James Brown’s death
A prosecutor in Atlanta is deciding whether to open a formal investigation into singer James Brown’s death February 13, 2020,…
Sheriff: Texas man accused of hanging puppy `out of boredom’
A 21-year-old Texas man is accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a…
Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in ‘Sex and the City,’ dies
An actress best known for playing the nanny Magda in “Sex and the City” has died at age 86 February…
In Alaska, rural living complicates access to Real ID
JUNEAU, Alaska — For many Americans, going to a state motor vehicle office can be a tedious time suck. For…
Feds: Florida doctor stole $26M to fund political ambition
Federal authorities have accused a Florida vascular surgeon of bilking the government and health insurers of more than $26 million…
Missouri dad sues over crash that killed 3 of his children
A father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the deaths of three of his children last year in a…
Man hunts down alleged hit-and-run driver after wife killed
A California man who made it his mission to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and mother…
Iran again fails to put satellite into orbit amid US worries
Iranian state television says the country’s space program has failed to launch into orbit a satellite By AMIR VAHDAT and…
‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed…
I’m not reckless: China courier braves coronavirus to keep city supplied
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Guo Qiang, a deliveryman, knows his family is worried that he’s returned to work during the coronavirus…
Coronavirus hits trade fairs, conferences
(Reuters) – Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit…
China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as country plans halting return to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed…
Wreckage of small jet found north of Atlanta
The wreckage of a small jet has been found in a remote area of Georgia, north of Atlanta February 9,…
Puppy in crime: Deputies take man, dog into custody in theft
A Florida man and his furry “accomplice” were taken into custody by authorities who said the man shoplifted from a…
Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree
University officials in Colorado have received state approval to offer a cannabis-related degree program February 8, 2020, 5:45 PM 2…
Purdue University to offer free tampons, pads in bathrooms
Purdue University will offer free tampons and other feminine hygiene products in campus bathrooms in response to student advocates who…
Leader of al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen killed in US operation: White House
President Donald Trump hinted at al-Rimi’s death over the weekend on Twitter. February 7, 2020, 12:35 AM 4 min read…
Speaker Pelosi fires back at President Trump, says she prays ‘very hard’ for him
“He’s impeached forever. You’re never getting rid of that scar,” she said. February 6, 2020, 6:55 PM 7 min read…
Man finds missing ashes of woman on Las Vegas bus stop bench
Nevada authorities have confirmed a missing box filled with the ashes of a woman was recovered by a passerby a…
Uber loses $1.1B investing in food delivery, driverless cars
Uber is still losing money as it invests in its food delivery business and developing technology for driverless cars By…
China virus claims second life off mainland, Macau casinos told to close
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday, compounding the international financial…
U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to…
Tulsa searches for remains of victims of 1921 race massacre
Tulsa is continuing efforts to search for remains of victims of a 1921 race massacre February 4, 2020, 9:36 PM…
North Carolina police arrest man they say set woman on fire
Police in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of dousing a woman in flammable liquid and lighting her on…
Iran to execute man accused of being ‘CIA spy’, with sentence to be carried out ‘soon’
The announcement was made by the judiciary spokesperson Tuesday. February 4, 2020, 6:31 PM 4 min read TEHRAN — The…
Fight over public urination ends with Alabama man shot
A sheriff’s office in Alabama says a man confronted a neighbor for urinating in public and was shot in the…
Irish regulator probes Google, Tinder over data processing
Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google and dating app Tinder over their processing of user data, in a…
U.S. declares coronavirus health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China
WASHINGTON Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public…
Earnings volatility set to kick in as coronavirus worries mount
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Concerns over the outbreak of coronavirus from China have largely overshadowed corporate results, but the back…
PG&E proposes board revamp in revised bankruptcy plan
FILE PHOTO – A PG&E truck carrying an American Flag drives past PG&E repair trucks in Paradise, California, U.S. November…
Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop as virus fear mounts worldwide
CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) – Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global…