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What is known and not known about China's COVID-19 numbers Every few days brings another grim milestone in the coronavirus outbreak. First Italy and Spain surpassed China in reported deaths. Then, this week, the U.S. and France did. by Associated Press Published Apr. 2 2020 @ 1:29am

Coronavirus deaths in United States surpass China's The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as New York's mammoth convention center started taking patients to ease the burden on the city's overwhelmed health system and the tennis center where the U.S. Open is held was being turned into a hospital. by Associated Press Published Mar. 31 2020 @ 4:45pm

'Calling all scientists': Experts volunteer for virus fight NEW YORK — Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when — on the same day the pandemic forced his lab to temporarily close — he decided to create his own opportunity. by Associated Press Published Mar. 31 2020 @ 2:26am

Time to 'revenge shop': China's virus hot spot reopens WUHAN, China — The city at the center of China's virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months. "I want to revenge shop," declared an excited customer at one of Wuhan's major shopping streets. by Associated Press Published Mar. 31 2020 @ 2:24am

Fit, healthy man, 33, recounts ordeal with coronavirus Andrea Napoli didn't fit the usual profile of a coronavirus patient. by Paolo Santalucia | The Associated Press Published Mar. 30 2020 @ 1:57am

Prime Minister Modi apologizes to Indians for 21-day lockdown hardships Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to the public on Sunday for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but "needed to win" the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. by Emily Schmall and Aijaz Hussain | The Associated Press Published Mar. 30 2020 @ 12:29am

Whales face more fatal ship collisions as waters warm Climate change is imperiling the world's largest animals by increasing the likelihood of fatal collisions between whales and big ships that ply the same waters. by Associated Press Published Mar. 29 2020 @ 2:07am

North Korea fires missiles into the sea North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea said, calling it "very inappropriate" at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic. by Associated Press Published Mar. 29 2020 @ 2:03am

India's 1.3 billion locked down as U.S. reaches virus aid deal NEW DELHI — The world's largest democracy went under the world's biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India's 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home in a bid to stop the coronavirus pandemic, while in the U.S., lawmakers and the White House agreed on a massive $2 trillion domestic aid package to help those impacted by the outbreak. by Associated Press Published Mar. 26 2020 @ 12:50am

Britain's Prince Charles, 71, tests positive for coronavirus Prince Charles, 71-year-old son of Queen Elizabeth II and the heir to the throne, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the British royal family said on Wednesday. by Associated Press Published Mar. 26 2020 @ 12:46am

Bodies found in Spanish nursing homes Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people suspected of dying from the new coronavirus, authorities said Tuesday. by Associated Press Published Mar. 25 2020 @ 1:59am

Tokyo Olympics postponed | U.S. closes in on relief package The Tokyo Olympics were scrubbed until next year as coronavirus deaths and infections surged in Europe and the U.S. on Tuesday, with New York warning it is about to get hit by a "bullet train." In Washington, lawmakers closed in on a nearly $2 trillion deal to blunt the outbreak's economic damage. by Associated Press Published Mar. 24 2020 @ 7:19pm

In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world's population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe. by Associated Press Published Mar. 24 2020 @ 12:54am

More Cooper Tire plants temporarily shut down due to virus outbreak Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, said manufacturing facilities in England and Serbia have temporarily shut down, according to a news report filed Monday morning by the Toledo Blade. Published Mar. 23 2020 @ 8:26pm

During virus, priests master livestream at Gothic cathedral MARSEILLE, France — Recent restrictions on gatherings in France to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus have forced religious communities to adapt the way they express their faith. by Associated Press Published Mar. 23 2020 @ 12:44am

Italy sees biggest day-to-day rise in coronavirus deaths Italy has recorded its highest day-to-day-rise in the number of deaths of people infected with the new coronavirus. by Associated Press Published Mar. 21 2020 @ 2:42am

Poland's idle restaurants send free food to medical 'heroes' A popular Warsaw entertainment center looks empty and closed amid a government ordered shutdown from the coronavirus, but inside, cook Bozena Legowska is busy. by Associated Press Published Mar. 21 2020 @ 2:40am

Haitian immigrants struggle after Hurricane Dorian Five months after Hurricane Dorian devastated Marsh Harbour, Abaco, the sounds of children giggling and running echo through the once eerily silent island air. by Fresh Take Published Mar. 21 2020 @ 2:09am

Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000 Superstar Plcido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps opera employees in crisis, the union said Friday. by Associated Press Published Mar. 21 2020 @ 1:37am

VIDEO | One Good Thing: Europeans sing health workers' praises nightly from windows The adulation is for the doctors, nurses and other health care workers putting themselves at risk on the front lines of the pandemic that is forcing most residents to stay home. by LORI HINNANT/The Associated Press Published Mar. 20 2020 @ 8:38am

Americans are heading into Mexico to buy toilet paper They're bringing cash. They're bringing credit cards. They're wipers. And some, Mexico assumes, are good people. Americans are going over the Mexican border in search of toilet paper and other household goods that are in short supply in the U.S., according to WKBN 27 News. by Brian Niemietz/New York Daily News Published Mar. 20 2020 @ 8:22am

European experts accuse Russia of spreading fake virus news Russian state media and news outlets supporting President Vladimir Putin are waging a fake news campaign aimed at undermining public confidence in the ability of European health care systems to cope with the coronavirus, according to a European Union analysis. by LORNE COOK/Associated Press Published Mar. 20 2020 @ 8:05am

China to expel American reporters following U.S. media restrictions China announced that it will revoke the media credentials of all American journalists at three major U.S. news organizations, in effect expelling them from the country, in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese state-controlled media. by Associated Press Published Mar. 18 2020 @ 12:06am