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Coronavirus Infections Approach 90,000, U.S. Scrambles to Slow Spread: Live Updates

In many countries, the epidemic continues to grow at a fast pace. It has killed five people in the United States and spread to more than a dozen states.

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Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown

A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.

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Moderate Klobuchar’s ‘stealth campaign’ for U.S. presidency comes to an end

Amy Klobuchar, a U.S. senator from Minnesota whose wit and straightforward Midwestern style won key endorsements and bolstered her long-shot campaign, is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsing fellow moderate Joe Biden, her campaign said on

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Wall Street buys the dip as investors bet on stimulus

Wall Street surged on Monday as investors hunted for bargains following reassurances by central banks that they stood ready to counter the economic impact from the coronavirus following last week’s steep sell-off.

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U.S. Supreme Court takes up Democratic bid to defend Obamacare

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful, taking up a bid by 20 Democratic-led states including California and New York to preserve the landmark healthcare law.

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World ‘in uncharted territory’ as coronavirus spreads: WHO

Coronavirus is now spreading much more rapidly outside China than within the country, leading the world into uncharted territory, but the outbreak can still be contained, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world

Coronavirus is now spreading much more rapidly outside China than within the country, leading the world into uncharted territory, but the outbreak can still be contained, the World Health Organization said.

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Three More Coronavirus Deaths in Washington State, Site of Nursing Facility Outbreak

A county leader in the Seattle area signed an emergency declaration and said it was in the process of buying a motel and using modular homes as places for virus isolation.

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‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton dies at 93

Lipton interviewed hundreds of master actors and Hollywood luminaries for nearly 25 years on Bravo’s “Inside the Actors Studio,” including Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro and Glenn Close.

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Six coronavirus deaths in Washington state, King County declares emergency – Q13 News Seattle

Six coronavirus deaths in Washington state, King County declares emergency  Q13 News Seattle 6 people have died from novel coronavirus in the US as cases nationwide surge  CNN Six Now Dead in the US as Covid-19 Takes Further Toll in Seattle Area  Redheaded

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