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Wild swings in U.S. markets — mostly declines — are becoming the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic March 12, 2020, 9:56 PM 5 min read Seven weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., the outbreak is now classified as a pandemic and it’s doing widespread damage to critical economic […]

In the face of a rapidly expanding global coronavirus pandemic that has already killed dozens and infected at least 1,200 within the United States, President Donald Trump delivered a strange Oval Office speech Wednesday in which he focused on banning travel from Europe, said nothing about the lack of available testing across the country, and

The restrictions apply only to the 26 nations in the Schengen Area. After Mr. Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, leaving the impression that all of Europe would be subject to the travel restrictions, the government scrambled to clarify. The restrictions apply only to people who are not U.S. citizens who in the

The travel industry as a whole is suffering due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, which as of Wednesday had infected more than 120,000 people globally. But it’s cruise ships, in particular, that have become notorious hotbeds for the disease. Last month, a Diamond Princess cruise ship was quarantined at a port in

A passenger who flew on a JetBlue flight from New York to West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday night learned midair that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said, raising questions about possible widespread exposure. The passenger, who had previously been tested for the virus and was awaiting results, got a notification toward

All 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are down as the index slumps again a day after it closed in a bear market for the first time in more than a decade March 12, 2020, 3:24 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all

Across Europe on Thursday, Americans scrambled to make sense of conflicting messages from Washington about if and when they would be allowed to return to the United States. They awoke to the news that President Trump had announced a 30-day suspension of most travel from Europe in a bid to stem the spread of the

Stocks are sharply lower after resuming trading as traders fear that not enough is being done to contain the economic damange from the coronavirus pandemic March 12, 2020, 2:03 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — Stocks are sharply lower after resuming trading as traders fear that not enough is being done to contain the

TOKYO — Global stocks plunged Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban on most of Europe and offered little in the way of new measures to contain the economic impact of the virus outbreak. European markets sank, with shares in airlines like Air France and Lufthansa down about 10%. Wall Street futures

“We were worried about coronavirus as we saw things closing down and hoped we could still get our trip in,” Ms. Cotherman said, adding that her family was washing their hands and using hand sanitizer regularly. Corey Higgins, a mother of two who was at the park with her husband and children for the third