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China building a hospital to treat virus, expands lockdowns
BEIJING (AP) — China is swiftly building a 1,000-bed hospital dedicated to patients infected with a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted unprecedented lockdowns of cities during the country's most important holiday. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, transportation was shut...
Social controls, SARS experience help China close off cities
BEIJING (AP) — Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party’s extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS. ...
Airports taking precautions after China virus outbreak
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airports are adding passenger screenings and taking other precautions to prevent a new virus from being spread by Chinese tourists going abroad for the Lunar New Year holidays. China has imposed an unprecedented, open-ended shutdown of Wuhan, the city of 11 million people...
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — China moved to lock down at least three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar New Year holiday. The open-ended...
Spain-Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation
MADRID (AP) — A secretive meeting this week by the tarmac of Madrid's international airport between two prominent officials from Spain and Venezuela triggered a political storm on Thursday, with conservative parties pressing Spain's left-wing government for full disclosure. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy...
NYC subway chief Andy Byford resigns after 2 years
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who earned the unlikely nickname “Train Daddy” as chief of New York City’s beleaguered transit agency announced Thursday that he was taking himself out of service, resigning after two years of trying to improve the Big Apple’s often frustrating subway and...
Lawsuit cites negligence after disabled student assaulted
DOBSON, N.C. (AP) — A disabled student was sexually assaulted by a van driver because the North Carolina school system responsible for her transportation was negligent and systematically violated school policies, according to a lawsuit. A hearing was held this week in the lawsuit, filed in Stokes County...
Xerox nominates 11 to replace HP board
NEW YORK (AP) — Xerox will nominate 11 people to replace HP's board, a company that it is targeting for a takeover. In November, the computer and printer maker rejected a roughly $33.5 billion buyout offer from Xerox, saying that the deal would undervalue HP. HP said at the time that it remained open to...
Grounded Boeing jet holds back profits, growth at airlines
DALLAS (AP) — The three big U.S. airlines that own Boeing 737 Max jets don’t expect the grounded plane back in their fleets until after the the peak summer travel season, and that promises to lead to thousands more canceled flights and higher costs well into another year. On Thursday, American...
Fallout from Boeing 737 MAX spreads in Kansas, Oklahoma
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Layoffs at Spirit AeroSystems spread Thursday to the airplane parts-maker's plants in Oklahoma amid the widening fallout in its home state of Kansas caused by the halt in production of the troubled Boeing 737 MAX. Spirit filed notice with the state of Oklahoma warning that it planned...
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