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The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Islamic worship in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca and Iran canceled Friday prayers in major cities. The decisions affected both

The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Islamic worship in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca and Iran canceled Friday prayers in major cities. The decisions affected both

A San Antonio official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a mall after their release from a two-week quarantine. City spokeswoman Laura Mayes says that was one reason the

Ronan Farrow, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on allegations of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein helped spark the #MeToo movement, said Tuesday that he will no longer work with Hachette Book Group because it is publishing a memoir by Woody Allen,

President Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday sued the The Washington Post, alleging defamation in two opinion articles published last year that it said falsely claimed the campaign conspired with Russia.

Italy is marking 500 years since the death of Renaissance master Raphael with a blockbuster exhibition whose preparations were marred by a row over a treasured portrait some feared was too fragile to move. The show at Rome’s imposing Scuderie

He had staked his candidacy on doing well on Super Tuesday, spending more than half a billion dollars on advertising alone.

He had staked his candidacy on doing well on Super Tuesday, spending more than half a billion dollars on advertising alone.

Companies are canceling employee travel and airlines are slashing hundreds of flights amid fear of the spreading coronavirus. The slump is hitting the travel industry and related businesses hard. (Image credit: Jack Guez /AFP via Getty Images)