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Investors are fleeing from airline and cruise-line stocks as fear grows that the new virus could spread dramatically beyond China By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer February 24, 2020, 9:23 PM 2 min read The stocks of American Airlines and several cruise lines were among the worst performers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index […]

A U.S.-based chemical company is fighting to obtain a visa for a Ukrainian software developer who has spent years working on a complex computer system the company considers crucial to continuing to do business By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press February 24, 2020, 7:22 PM 2 min read A U.S.-based chemical company is fighting to obtain

Firefighters are battling a forest fire for a second day on the New Jersey side of a popular hiking area that straddles the state’s border with Pennsylvania February 24, 2020, 3:29 PM 2 min read HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day early

Even the most casual visitor to Vienna can’t help but be bombarded by the city’s Mozart-industrial complex. Mozart’s face peers out from the wrappers of ubiquitous chocolate-covered candies called Mozart Kugeln, grand cafes offer Mozart tortes, and souvenir shops sell Mozart key chains, stuffed Mozarts, and even Mozart rubber duckies. Hawkers outside major sights aren’t

MADRID — Winds from the Sahara continued to send streams of sand drifting over the Canary Islands on Monday, creating chaos as the swirling sands forced planes to be grounded, disrupted traffic and exacerbated wildfires. Ángel Víctor Torres, the regional president of the islands, which are a Spanish archipelago, told Spanish national television that it

Regulators in China have promised tax cuts and other aid to help companies recover from its virus outbreak while a spike in new cases abroad raised the prospect of wider disruption to tourism and other industries By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer February 24, 2020, 11:55 AM 4 min read BEIJING — China’s government promised

Cäcilia Fischer, a neighbor, later recalled the young Beethoven “leaning in the window with his head in both hands and staring fixedly at one spot. ”A tall, odd-looking metal sculpture by the Japanese-born sculptor Yukako Ando now marks the site, showing desks climbing skyward, topped by a window. Standing there, looking at the one thing

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade into a long-running battle between developers of a 605-mile natural gas pipeline and environmental groups who oppose the project By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press February 24, 2020, 6:37 AM 3 min read The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade into a long-running battle between developers of

Jewel, a nature-themed complex at the Changi Airport, reflected the malaise. At the Rain Vortex indoor waterfall, usually crowded with people jostling to take selfies, there was plenty of space to take a photo alone. Apple Store employees in their dark blue T-shirts outnumbered shoppers two to one. Jeanne Liu, the owner of Rich &

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places – but don’t look for many mentions of slavery in the government’s official record of places with historic significance. The register’s written entries on the