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Global shares mostly lower amid worries on pandemic toll

Global shares mostly fell Wednesday amid uncertainty over the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to claim more lives ...

Black voters weigh history, health as they vote in Wisconsin

After going to sleep angry and afraid to vote, Xavier Thomas woke up on Election Day in Wisconsin thinking about how hard ...

Passover in isolation dampens holiday mood in Israel

Each year, Patricia Sheetrit and her family gather with in-laws for the first night of Passover, bringing together some 20 ...

With Johnson hospitalized, who's who in Britain's Cabinet?

With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus, who's left to run ...

Cardboard cutouts pose as guests for wedding amid COVID-19

Cardboard cutout wedding guests will make for a not-so-cookie-cutter wedding as a Michigan couple prepares to tie the knot ...

Dr. Fauci's face will soon be on a bobblehead

The United States' top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead. The creation from the National Bobblehead ...

Voting rights disputes in virus era spark court battles

Wisconsin's chaotic primary may just be the beginning. Both major parties are preparing for a monthslong, state-by-state ...

DC fights to enforce distancing and braces for looming surge

Pick-up basketball games. Crowds gathering at an outdoor fish market. Family hikes along trails in Rock Creek Park.

Quarantined drag queens land TV show in Israel

As Israel imposed a nationwide virus lockdown, shuttering theaters, clubs and bars, the country's drag queens found ...

Japan's state of emergency is no lockdown. What's in it?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify ...

Making plans, defiantly, amid the chaos and madness

As owners of a wedding and event-planning business, Karina Lopez and Curtis Rogers have always known how the best-laid plans ...

Rio samba schools start sewing scrubs in coronavirus effort

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools usually spend the year furiously sewing costumes for the city's blowout Carnival celebration.

Italy, Spain ICU pressures decline, but emotional toll rises

Maddalena Ferrari lets herself cry when she takes off the surgical mask she wears even at home to protect her elderly parents ...

New York's virus toll tops 9/11, while Wuhan ends lockdown

As New York City faced one of its darkest days with the death toll from the coronavirus surging past 4,000 — more than the ...

Census sends paper forms to laggards as Midwest sets pace

If you're a census slacker and haven't yet filled out the form for the 2020 head count, the federal government is trying ...

Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating ...

Lives Lost: A Louisiana grandmother 'took care of everyone'

Mary Louise Brown Morgan kept a garden full of rosebushes and just about every kind of fruit tree, from plums to satsuma ...

The Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spread

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

New York state reported 731 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, its biggest jump since the start of the outbreak, dampening some of ...

Stuck at home, Alesso and Liam Payne still film music video

The coronavirus has halted many plans in the music industry, from tour cancellations to album pushbacks, but it didn’t stop ...