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• Americans evacuated from quarantined cruise ship land in the U.S. • 99 new infections confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship • Death toll from novel coronavirus reaches more than 1,800 • Scramble to track Cambodia cruise passengers after coronavirus case reported • Japanese health ministry staffer tests positive for coronavirus • Japan on […]

The building was supposed to come down Sunday morning, but a failed demolition left it with a distinctive tilt — and nickname: “the leaning tower of Dallas.” The implosion by Lloyd D. Nabors Demolition was part of The Central, a 27-acre, $2.5 billion development project that will bring an office building, a hotel, eateries and […]

Michelle Wu, a City Council member in Boston, wants everyone to ride for free on subways and buses that crisscross the region. Wu says the city is experiencing a “transportation crisis” as ridership declines, rush-hour traffic rises and the infrastructure of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority continues to crumble. The transportation authority needs salvation and […]

The Tohono O’odham Nation, a Native American tribe in southern Arizona opposed to building a border wall that could imperil wildlife and artifacts in the area’s fragile landscape, is accusing the Defense Department of failing to consult with it in line with federal requirements. In a letter Feb. 7 to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, tribal […]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with gun […]

A man playing a video game in a mobile home in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City was fatally shot Sunday, apparently in an accident, by his best friend who was cleaning a gun, police said. Joshua Allen, 21, died from a single shot to the chest Sunday afternoon at Village Oaks Trailer Park, […]

An Indiana professor who called the police after a student declined to change seats during class last month has been suspended, the school said. In a statement released Thursday, Ball State University in Muncie said marketing professor Shaheen Borna will not teach for the rest of the semester. “This decision is in the best interest […]