Scott Neuman

The milestone for a country that saw 14,000 new cases in a single day last month was tempered by the new cases imported from abroad — 34 in mainland China and another 25 in Hong Kong.

The infection at a delivery station is the first at a U.S.-based warehouse. Amazon says the facility in Queens has been temporarily shut down for cleaning.

Developments on the ground in the past 24 hours come as the worldwide total of confirmed infections edged toward 200,000, with some 8,000 dead from COVID-19.

Using advanced techniques such as scanning electron microscopes, a team of researchers concluded that all 16 scroll fragments at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., are modern forgeries.

The European Union's extraordinary measure reverses an earlier reluctance by member states and follow suit with the U.S., which has banned non-citizens from EU countries.

With the number of cases worldwide from the novel coronavirus surpassing 150,000 and some 6,000 deaths, governments continue their struggle to contain the pandemic.

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate to near zero — a dramatic move not seen since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. The Bank of England and Bank of Japan made similar moves.

The office of the prime minister said Thursday that Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had begun experiencing a low-grade fever and other mild flu-like symptoms, prompting the test.

The resignation of Carlos Cordeiro, who served for two years as the president of the governing body, is effective immediately. He is replaced by the federation's vice president, Cindy Parlow Cone.

The two-time Oscar winner tweeted from Australia, where he is preparing to shoot a film about Elvis Presley. Hanks and Wilson are both 63, which places them in a somewhat elevated risk category.

The United Kingdom's health minister has also been diagnosed with coronavirus – one of nearly 400 confirmed cases in that country, as Turkey on Wednesday announced its first case.

A proposed constitutional amendment would reset term limits, giving the Russian president the ability to run again when his current term expires in 2024.

The case of Nathaniel Woods garnered national attention, including from Martin Luther King III — the son of the late civil rights leader — who was among those who fought to block the execution.

Dimon, 63, who is the longest-serving head of a major U.S. bank, experienced "an acute aortic dissection" and underwent surgery to repair it Thursday morning, a JPMorgan memo said.

The quasi cease-fire was hammered out during protracted negotiations in Qatar that began in 2018 and could ultimately lead to a significant reduction in U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

More than 200 new infections have been identified in a prison in eastern Shandong province. Meanwhile, in South Korea, dozens from the same religious sect have contracted the virus.

"Racism is a poison. Hate is a poison," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, as evidence pointed to the gunman being motivated by extreme views.

Richard Grenell, the vocal and frequently controversial U.S. envoy in Berlin, replaces another acting director. Grenell, a Trump loyalist, has no background in intelligence.

The move comes a day after the U.S. State Department designated five Chinese state media outlets as foreign government missions, thus treating them as extensions of Beijing.

Indigenous protesters are using snowplows and wooden barricades to block a vital cross-country railway to protest construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which they say runs through their land.