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American Dream, the recently opened megamall and entertainment complex in northern New Jersey, will close Monday for the rest of the month due to the coronavirus outbreak By DAVID PORTER Associated Press March 13, 2020, 9:42 PM 2 min read American Dream, the recently opened megamall and entertainment complex in northern New Jersey, will close […]

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping travel ban in his Wednesday evening address to the nation about the coronavirus pandemic. “To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,” he stated. “The new rules will go into effect Friday

Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. PELIATAN, BALI, Indonesia — She was a tiny 12-year-old girl with wide, darting eyes and a big headdress, undulating across the stage in the graceful, highly stylized dance of Bali. Her arms floated and twined, as

The Latest on financial markets: German ship operator Aida Cruises says it is suspending all of its cruises due to “massive restrictions” being implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rostock-based company told The Associated Press on Friday that it would be suspending all cruises until April 5, and that all cruises currently underway

What if I am a foreign national in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus or Romania? I’m fine, right? These four countries are not included in the travel ban. However, there are no direct flights from these countries to the United States. Passengers will need to travel through a country affected by the travel ban — such as

The recent revival of downtown Raleigh hasn’t garnered as much attention as that of neighboring Durham. But North Carolina’s capital, with its inviting new train station, restored warehouses and celebrated food scene, is no less impressive. “It’s a place that is so surprisingly and unboisterously diverse,” said Cheetie Kumar, a local chef and rock guitarist

MADRID — It’s hard to imagine that the property on the corner with the whitewashed windows and the potted plants flanking the front door was ever anything but a three-bedroom family home. All that remains of its former life as an Irish pub is a faded red Coca-Cola crate propped against the wall. The graffitied

From art shows to weddings, closures and cancellations due to the new coronavirus are rapidly mounting across California By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press March 13, 2020, 12:39 AM 4 min read LOS ANGELES — Much of California is shutting down, with theme parks, horse-racing tracks and concert halls locking their doors while some people postpone

When your phone rings at 2:15 a.m., it’s a safe bet the news isn’t good. Turns out the odds are even better when you’re an American traveling overseas amid the coronavirus pandemic. The voice on the other end was our daughter, wanting to make sure my wife and I had heard that “President Trump just

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it would close the Disneyland resort in Anaheim for the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks, and just the fourth time in its 65-year history, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure — two adjoining, but separately ticketed theme