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Sports was hit by another wave of disruptions Thursday because of the new coronavirus. A look at the latest developments: COLLEGE BASKETBALL The NCAA canceled the men's and women's NCAA...

A truck driver transporting a horse trailer crashed into an airplane Thursday morning at Kentucky's Blue Grass Airport, authorities said. The driver was hospitalized and the severity of his injuries...

Miami paywall drop embed Fifth-grader Marcos Andujar was looking forward to showing off his lambs at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair on Friday. Then his family received a phone call....

Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered schools and other facilities closed in Montgomery County, a Philadelphia suburb of more than 800,000 people hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, as he discouraged...

The U.S. lag in coronavirus testing is “a failing,” a top federal health official said Thursday, and public health experts say they still don't have a good understanding of how...

The Metropolitan Opera canceled performances and rehearsals through March 31 due to fears of the coronavirus spreading, leaving singers scrambling to get home and costing the financially-challenged company millions of...

Florida deputies fatally shot an armed man Wednesday afternoon following a vehicle chase through two counties, authorities said. The shooting occurred near the St. Johns County Fairgrounds, which are southwest...

A look at developments related to the coronavirus as Ohio tests for additional cases after confirming its first five. ___ TESTING Health officials say five people in the state have...

Miami paywall drop embed Rick Sanchez, a 56-year-old bellman at the Fontainebleau hotel, suddenly finds himself with a lot of unwanted free time. “I'm over here having this interview with...

The stock market had its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of 1987 Thursday as fears of economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis deepened. The sell-off, which sent the...

Less than a week after the Tennessee Valley Authority said it was looking at out-of-state sites to move millions of tons of coal ash, a South Carolina senator filed a...

The US government's efforts to punish truth-tellers like Chelsea Manning is in part vengeance, but the ultimate goal is to terrify, to ensure there will never be another Manning or...

Federal regulators are recommending licensing a proposed multibillion-dollar complex in southern New Mexico that would temporarily store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors around the United States. But the recommendation...

Miami paywall drop embed Four Miami-Dade County firefighters have been self-quarantined for the past eight days after attending an Emergency Medical Services Conference in Tampa earlier this month in which...

Lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly on Thursday faced a deadline to advance legislation from one chamber to the other. While issues can be resurrected later using legislative rules, the...

Basketball and bourbon — two Kentucky staples — weren't immune to the fallout from the new coronavirus Thursday. State high school basketball tournaments were postponed Thursday and tours at Jim...

Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United...

Washington lawmakers are moving closer to adjourning their 60-day legislative session Thursday, hoping to finish their work quickly amid growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Democratic...

A proposal sought by pesticide-spraying crop dusters that opponents say will leave people susceptible to getting hit with poison from above received significant pushback with a Senate committee vote on...

Iran said Thursday it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan to fight the coronavirus, the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that it has sought...

Another person in Indiana has been sickened by the coronavirus, increasing the state's number of cases to 12, the Indiana State Department of Health announced Thursday. The latest new case...

New York's governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and...

During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard's president, a former president of the...

Alabama lawmakers approved additional money Thursday for coronavirus testing and response to increase the number of people being screened for the rapidly spreading illness. Alabama lawmakers approved a $5 million...

Major League Baseball is likely to cancel the rest of its spring training game schedule due to the coronavirus and probably will announce that the start of the season will...

NFL teams are curtailing or completely stopping scouting operations as a safeguard against the spread of the new coronavirus. The Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York...

National responses to tackling the coronavirus pandemic in China and Italy have given rise to jaw-dropping double standards at The New York Times. For it seems that locking down around...

Georgia lawmakers agreed Thursday with Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to dip into the state's rainy day fund for $100 million that the Republican governor can spend to combat COVID-19. “This...

The NHL is following the NBA's lead and suspending its season because of the coronavirus pandemic. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Thursday it is pausing its season, one day after...

Amid a flurry of cancellations of college classes, athletic events and St. Patrick's Day parades in South Carolina over the coronavirus outbreak, one institution plans to keep going — the...

Renee and Michael Brown planned to open a third location for their coffee company — and put their plans on hold when the coronavirus hit. Sales at the Browns' San...

Iran's foreign minister demanded Thursday that the United States immediately halt what he called a “campaign of economic terrorism” and lift sanctions, saying they have made it increasingly difficult for...

The Federal Reserve is stepping up its purchases of Treasurys to try to ease jitters in the financial markets over the coronavirus outbreak. The Fed is injecting $500 billion into...

Multi-platinum rock band Third Eye Blind had never canceled a tour, even when its members “all had salmonella poisoning and we were all green and vomiting,” as bandleader Stephan Jenkins...

French-American filmmaker and actress Tonie Marshall, the only female director to ever win a Cesar award — France's equivalent of the Oscars — has died. She was 68. France's Equalities...

The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local): 12:40 p.m. The breadth of the market's latest sell-off is eye-popping, with the S&P 500 a sea of...

Universal Pictures is moving back the release of the ninth Fast and Furious film by a year amid the coronavirus outbreak. The studio on Thursday said that “F9” will now...

President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19. The industry has not...

Buffeted by fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus, consumers in the United States and overseas are showing increasing signs of cutting back on spending in what amounts to a severe threat...

A ride in a horse-drawn carriage in downtown Chicago may turn into nothing but a memory after a City Council committee voted in favor banning them at the start of...