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Trump meets with black supporters, vows equal opportunity
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday cited low unemployment rates for African Americans and passage of a criminal justice bill providing earlier release for thousands of federal drug offend...
Feb 28, 2020
Virus fears lead K-pop superstars BTS to cancel Seoul shows
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - K-pop superstars BTS cancelled an upcoming concert series in South Korea's capital as the country that exports entertainment worldwide tries to contain a soaring virus outb...
Feb 28, 2020
Japan's Hokkaido declares state of emergency over virus
TOKYO - Japan's northern island of Hokkaido declared a state of emergency on Friday over the rapid spread of the new virus there. Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki said the emergency will continue until m...
Feb 28, 2020
US consumer spending slowed in January while incomes jumped
WASHINGTON - Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavirus arose. The Commerce Department s...
Feb 28, 2020
The prince and the pop star work on charity single in London
LONDON - Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios in London on Friday as the singer recorded a charity single to support the foundation that oversees the Invictus Games - a multinational...
Feb 28, 2020
'Boy Next Door' Killer expected to get death for 2 murders
LOS ANGELES - A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call "The Boy Next Door Killer," who was found guilty of the home-invasion murders of two women. A Los Angeles ju...
Feb 28, 2020
White House hopefuls target Trump on coronavirus response
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democratic White House hopefuls are seizing on President Donald Trump's delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, calling it the latest evidence of his incompetence and warning ...
Feb 28, 2020
Parents of 'terrified' Africans stranded in China want help
KAMPALA, Uganda - She wakes every day long before dawn to chat with her three stranded daughters on the other side of the world in China's locked-down city of Wuhan, anxious to see they have started a...
Feb 28, 2020
Geneva auto show cancelled as Swiss ban big events over virus
GENEVA - The Geneva auto show was cancelled after the Swiss government put an immediate ban Friday on all public and private events involving more than 1,000 people in order to halt the spread of the ...
Feb 28, 2020
Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. Hugo Lopez-Gatell said one of the patients is in Mexico City and...
Feb 28, 2020
