South Korea protests Japan’s quarantine plans over coronavirus
South Korea strongly protested on Friday Japan’s decision to impose a two-week quarantine for visitors from South Korea, calling it “unreasonable, excessive and extremely regrettable”.
Warren ends White House bid, leaving Biden and Sanders to fight for Democratic nod
Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination, leaving behind a two-man battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders.
U.S. Supreme court halts scheduled execution of Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers
The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an Alabama man on Thursday just 30 minutes before he was due to be put to death for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers while they were attempting to arrest him for dealing drugs.
Three coronavirus cases confirmed in Maryland: governor
Maryland’s public health laboratory has confirmed three coronavirus cases, Governor Larry Hogan said in a statement on Thursday.
United States urges citizens to avoid travel to Haiti
The U.S. State Department on Thursday raised its travel advisory on Haiti to “do not travel” from “reconsider travel” citing risks of crime, civil unrest and kidnapping on the impoverished Caribbean island nation.
U.S. Supreme court halts execution for Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of an Alabama man just minutes before he was due to be put to death for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers at his apartment where they were attempting to arrest him for dealing …
Coronavirus death toll hits 12 in U.S., helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San F…
Hip hop museum to open in its birthplace in the Bronx
(This March 5 story, corrects spelling of Africa Bambaataa in fourth paragraph)
Australia orders first school closure after pupil contracts coronavirus
Australia ordered its first school closure on Friday after a 16-year-old pupil tested positive for the coronavirus, as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak in the country.
Coronavirus test kits flown to cruise ship idled off San Francisco
Coronavirus test kits were delivered at sea on Thursday to an ocean liner barred from returning to port in San Francisco after at least 35 people developed flu-like symptoms aboard the vessel, which has been linked to two other confirmed cases of COVID…
