All Stories from March 18, 2020 (Change date)
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Europe's central bank launches new program to calm marketsMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank is launching a new, expanded program to buy financial assets in a bid to calm markets as monetary authorities struggl...
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United Airlines, Chevron fall; FedEx, Citrix riseMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: Boeing Co., down $22.25 to $101.89. The troubled jet maker has fully drawn about $13.8 bi...
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Two 20-somethings extend 'invisible hands' in virus outbreakMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Liam Elkind's big heart and his break from college was a highlight of 83-year-old Carol Sterling's week. The retired arts administrator has been shelteri...
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New Zealand passes landmark law to decriminalize abortionMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Margaret Sparrow was 21 years old when she drank a concoction to induce an abortion, at a time when the procedure was both illegal and soc...
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Argentine tennis player Kicker has match-fixing ban reducedMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - An Argentine tennis player banned for match-fixing had his suspension reduced Wednesday after agreeing to help educate other players about corruption in th...
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Lack of clean water for India's poor spawns virus concernsMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Dharam Singh Rajput can't afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his community. The Rajput family co...
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AP source: Jaguars signing DL Gunter to 3-year, $18M dealMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A person familiar with the transaction says former Arizona defensive lineman Rodney Gunter has agreed to a three-year contract worth $18 millio...
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Watchdog says Israel's West Bank settlements surged in 2019Mar 18, 2020 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank surged ahead in 2019, a watchdog group said in a report Tuesday, maintaining a rapid pace that has drawn st...
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All Indiana schools closed amid virus; Lilly to help testingMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - All public schools across Indiana are closed to students and at least one district will not to resume in-person classes this academic year in an atte...
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Rio's Christ statue closes and state of emergency decreedMar 18, 2020 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the eleme...