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Defense Secretary Mark Esper, left, listens as South Korean National Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, right, speaks during a news conference at Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US and SKorea may cut back military moves due to coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and South Korea are considering curtailing joint military exercises due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus, officials said Monday. After a meeting at … more
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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats controlling the House wrote HHS Secretary Alex Azar earlier this month to request funds to help speed development of a coronavirus vaccine, expand laboratory capacity, and beef up screening efforts at U.S. entry points. Azar is slated to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and the U.S. response to the outbreak is sure to be a major topic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
White House readying coronavirus response request
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is readying an urgent budget request to address the whose rapid spread is spooking financial markets and restricting international travel. The request is still … more
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Residents wear masks and line up to enter a supermarket which is controlling the numbers of shoppers in Beijing, China on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The new virus took aim at a broadening swath of the globe Monday, with officials in Europe and the Middle East scrambling to limit the spread of an outbreak that showed signs of stabilizing at its Chinese epicenter but posed new threats far beyond. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
As concern grows, China, South Korea report more virus cases
BEIJING (AP) — China and South Korea on Tuesday reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in North Asia but is creating worrisome, increasing clusters in the Middle East … more
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during First in the South Dinner, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
After Nevada, moderates try to slow Sanders' momentum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats worried that … more
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Ontario Provincial Police officers make arrests at a rail blockade in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ont., on Monday Feb. 24, 2020, as they protest in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs attempting to halt construction of a natural gas pipeline on their traditional territories.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian police move to clear indigenous protest in Ontario
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police moved on Monday to clear an indigenous rail blockade in Ontario that has crippled freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three … more
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during First in the South Dinner, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Latest: Steyer's wife at helm of presidential campaign
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Billionaire Tom Steyer‘s wife is now chair of his presidential campaign. Steyer told supporters during an event Sunday night in Yemasse, South Carolina, that his wife, … more
FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., left, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington. Upton announced Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 he will seek re-election to his Sixth Congressional District seat located in the southwest corner of the state. In announcing his bid for an 18th term, Upton said there is "unfinished" business that has to be completed, including fighting the opioid epidemic and immigration reform. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Rep. Fred Upton announces he will seek 18th term in Congress
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republican congressman Fred Upton announced Monday he will seek re-election to his Sixth Congressional District seat located in the southwest corner of the … more
FILE - In this March 10, 2019 file photo, Thelma Aldana, Guatemala's former chief prosecutor, listens to a journalist's question as she gives a press conference during her campaign event for president, in Guatemala City. The United States has granted political asylum to Aldana on Monday, Feb. 23, 2020, after she was subject to death threats and political persecution. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros, File)
Ex-Guatemala prosecutor granted asylum in U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's former chief prosecutor said Monday she has been granted asylum in the United States, in the face of charges filed in her home country that she claims are … more
This combination of undated photos provided by the The Tennessee Department of Correction shows Pervis Payne, left, and Byron Black. Tennessee has set two new execution dates, just days after putting to death its seventh inmate in the past year-and-a-half. On Monday, the Tennessee Supreme Court ordered an Oct. 8 execution date for inmate Black and a Dec. 3 execution date for Payne. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)
Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee on Monday set two new execution dates, days after its seventh inmate in the past year and a half. The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered an Oct. 8 execution date … more
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Minnesota prosecutor defends Burrell conviction
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor said Monday his office has spent weeks reviewing a raised by Amy Klobuchar on the presidential debate stage, saying he believes the evidence that sent a … more
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, police officers keep an eye on handcuffed men at the east entrance to John Ascuaga's Nugget hotel-casino after a shooting in Sparks, Nev. Eight accused Vagos biker gang members were acquitted Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, of all charges including allegations they were part of a broad criminal racketeering enterprise that committed violent crimes including the killing of a rival Hells Angels leader in a northern Nevada casino shootout in 2011. (The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)
Members of Vagos bikers cleared of all charges in US court
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight accused Vagos biker gang members were acquitted Monday of all charges alleging they were part of a broad criminal racketeering enterprise that committed violent crimes for … more
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This undated photo provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows two cheetah cubs. Ohio zoo officials announced Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, that the two cheetah cubs have been born through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer to a surrogate mother for the first time. (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium via AP)
World's first in vitro cheetah cubs born at Ohio zoo
POWELL, Ohio (AP) — Two cheetah cubs have been born through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer to a surrogate mother for the first time, Ohio zoo officials announced Monday. The male and … more
FILE - This March 21, 2006 file photo shows the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992 on Stampede Road near Healy, Alaska. An Italian man suffering from frostbite and four other tourists were rescued in the Alaska wilderness after visiting the abandoned bus that's become a lure for adventurers since it was featured in the "Into the Wild" book and movie. Alaska State Troopers say the five were rescued Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 from a camp they set up after visiting the bus on the Stampede Trail near the interior town of Healy. Sean Penn's movie "Into the Wild" and Jon Krakauer's book of the same name is causing people from all over the world to retrace McCandless's steps to the 1940s-era International Harvester bus near Healy, Alaska where his body was found. (AP Photo/ Jillian Rogers, File )
Italian hikers rescued in Alaska after visiting infamous bus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Italian man suffering from frostbite and four other tourists were rescued in the Alaska wilderness after visiting an abandoned bus that’s become a lure for adventurers … more
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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, left, cries as he listens to testimony from Shayla Edwards Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, on Day 5 of the capital murder trial of Godbolt at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. A witness testified Tuesday that Godbolt, on trial in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, showed up at her house the night of the killings and that he was carrying two rifles and told her that he had killed a sheriff's deputy. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)
Man charged with killing 8 won't testify in his own trial
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with killing a deputy sheriff and seven other people in Mississippi in 2017 said Monday that he did not want to testify in his own trial where he could face … more
Arizona off-roading family, dog saved from raging flood
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona family and their dog narrowly avoided being swept away after their mini sports utility vehicle got stuck in rushing floodwaters. broadcast by media outlets from the … more
South Korea reports 60 more cases of new virus, bringing its total to 893
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reports 60 more cases of new virus, bringing its total to 893. more
China reports 508 new cases in viral outbreak and 71 new deaths, most of them in the epicenter city of Wuhan
BEIJING (AP) — China reports 508 new cases in viral outbreak and 71 new deaths, most of them in the epicenter city of Wuhan. more
This April 11, 2019 photo provided by the Phoenix Police Department shows Warren Jose's bullet-riddled Chevy Trailblazer, left, facing two unmarked pickup trucks driven by plainclothes Homeland Security Investigations agents in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix, Ariz. The suspect's SUV spun 180 degrees after crashing into a truck driven by a n HSI agent and then was rammed head-on by another HSI truck attempting to stop it. The shooting although extreme, was not an isolated incident. Since 2011, there have been at least 13 shootings involving HSI agents, most of them in 2018-19, according to an investigation by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. (Phoenix Police Department via AP)
Agents' shootings escape scrutiny, use-of-force reforms
PHOENIX (AP) — First came the crash, reverberating off the walls of the retirement community like a “mini atom bomb,” then a barrage of gunfire shattered the desert morning calm. Neighbors … more
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This photo provided by Jared Machado shows him at the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Like many young voters in Florida, Machado is concerned about rising sea levels, college tuition and landing a job when he graduates in a few months. But the political science and history major can't ignore how his father and grandparents came to the United States: as refugees fleeing communist Cuba. (Jared Machado via AP)
Sanders comments on Castro could pose hurdles in Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Like many young voters in Florida, Jared Machado is concerned about rising sea levels, college tuition and landing a job when he graduates from the University of Florida in a few … more
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Alabama inmate spared by dementia argument dies on death row
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate spared from execution by questions over whether dementia had erased memories of his crime has died on death row at the age of 69, state officials said … more
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