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April 11, 2020 at 9:38 am

U.S. surpasses Italy for most confirmed coronavirus deaths

The United States on Saturday surpassed Italy for the most confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the world, a figure experts have called 'an underestimation.' The news...

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An undated photo provided by the National Institutes of Health, a transmission electron microscope image of 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. The coronavirus, which appeared in China in December 2019 and has stricken more than 83,000 people around the world, killing nearly 3,000, has already exposed significant vulnerabilities in the ability of the U.S. to respond to serious health emergencies. (National Instittues of Health via The new York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. — XNYT127 XNYT127

March 4, 2020 at 2:40 am

Q&A: When to stay home, when to see a doctor, when to get a coronavirus test

So how do you know if you have coronavirus, and when should you see a doctor? We asked experts some of your most common questions...

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FILE – In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Donald Stratton, center, a USS Arizona survivor, acknowledges a friend at Kilo Pier next to the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu. Stratton passed away in his sleep at his Colorado Springs home Saturday, Feb. 16, 2020 with his family in attendance. Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that killed 1,100 Arizona crew members. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File) LA702 LA702

February 17, 2020 at 1:46 pm

Survivor of Pearl Harbor attack dies, leaving three who fled USS Arizona

The water appeared to be on fire, and the scent of burning oil filled the air.Donald Stratton stood on the deck of the USS Arizona...

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February 1, 2020 at 6:36 am

Border restrictions intensify as coronavirus takes root; U.S. confirms 8th case

TOKYO — Borders are closing and flights are being canceled as coronavirus rapidly takes root in China and spreads around the world, with approximately 14,500...

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January 19, 2020 at 5:42 pm

A singer-songwriter apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died on stage

Singer-songwriter David Olney, 71, died while performing on Saturday - apologizing, closing his eyes and not opening them again. During his second show of the...

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January 16, 2020 at 4:34 am

Lawsuit says Jeffrey Epstein trafficked and abused girls on his private island as recently as 2018

The top law enforcement officer in the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the estate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he...

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January 11, 2020 at 10:02 am

The latest trouble at the border: Vultures are pooping all over a CBP radio tower

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has a problem with vultures — specifically, roughly 300 of them that are defecating and urinating all over a radio...

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December 29, 2019 at 3:36 pm

Rep. John Lewis says he has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon known for promoting voting rights, announced Sunday that he has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and vowed to fight...

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December 19, 2019 at 6:26 pm

After a toddler’s death, a church has tried for days to resurrect her — with prayer

Music echoed throughout the cavernous space as hundreds of congregants of a church in Redding, California, jumped up and down with their hands in the...

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December 15, 2019 at 7:30 am

The Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re building a ship named after him.

By the time Harvey Milk's supervisors in the U.S. Navy officially questioned him about his sexuality, he had graduated from officer school and served as...

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