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Military faces limitations in responding to virus outbreak
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is already helping combat the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and is considering ways to do more. But the military faces limits. Its health care system is geared mo...
Mar 17, 2020
Trump changes tone, gets real on virus threat
WASHINGTON - He called on the country to come together. He warned of pain to come. And he deferred to the nation's public health experts while at least momentarily putting aside petty squabbling. Afte...
Mar 17, 2020
Health chief halts Ohio primary; 3 other states forge ahead
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent fur...
Mar 17, 2020
Uncertainty surrounds Democratic primary as Ohio scraps vote
WASHINGTON - The Democratic presidential primary is consumed with uncertainty after leaders in Ohio called off Tuesday's election just hours before polls were set to open, citing the need to combat th...
Mar 17, 2020
With borders and businesses closing, world hunkers down
BANGKOK - With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government ca...
Mar 17, 2020
Puerto Rico cracks down on violators of coronavirus curfew
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sirens blared across Puerto Rico's busiest beaches on Monday as police cleared hundreds of tourists from the U.S. territory's coast in a crackdown on people violating a newly i...
Mar 16, 2020
US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds
WASHINGTON - Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House on Monday released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of ...
Mar 16, 2020
Alberta RCMP updates detachment services amidst COVID-19 spread
Edmonton, AB - RCMP STATEMENT:In light of recent developments and evolving information surrounding the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Alberta RCMP detachments and offices may defer or arrange to pr...
Mar 16, 2020 RCMP shoulder patch
Cineplex to close theatres nationwide in response to COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's largest movie exhibitor Cineplex Inc. says it's closing all of its 165 theatres nationwide until at least April 2 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The chain also was to tempora...
Mar 16, 2020
Brazil’s biggest favela seeks foreigner ban on virus fears
RIO DE JANEIRO - Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, nations have begun imposing travel restrictions and closing their borders to contain the pandemic's spread. The latest attempt to impose con...
Mar 16, 2020