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The actor and his wife Rita Wilson now in self-isolation and 'feeling a lot better', says their son • Coronavirus and culture - a list of major cancellations• Coronavirus - latest updates• See all our coronavirus c...

Trump stood by his use of the phrase -- which critics say is loaded with troubling racist connotations -- as a way of going tit-for-tat with China.

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John Lee Cowell faces life in prison after a San Francisco judge ruled that he was sane when he fatally stabbed Nia Wilson on an Oakland train platform.

Expand Myanmar military representatives stand during a regular session of the Union Parliament, March. 11, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo In a world beset by the coronavirus pandemic, denial is becoming an increasi...

March 17, 2020 Video Greece: End Violence Against Asylum Seekers at Border Security Forces and Unidentified Men Abuse, Strip and Summarily Deport Thousands (Athens) - Greek security forces and unidentified armed men at t...

Joseph Auga Matamata, who brought people to Hastings where they were forced to work without pay and subjected to abuse, also convicted of slavery A New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been found guilty of human traffickin...

Coronavirus fears led to another terrible day for stocks Monday, amid growing concerns the world may be headed into a new recession. Consumer spending makes up 68% of the U.S. economy. CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schl...

Politicians, actors and commentators denounced the president's xenophobic description of the coronavirus.

An annual Atlanta gathering of people dressed in furry suits that was scheduled for May has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns. The non-profit organizer of the convention, Furry Weekend Atlanta, made the announcem...

A Tennessee father who announced he was the state's first coronavirus case described in a lengthy Facebook post what it was like to be "patient zero." "These past few weeks have certainly been interesting, to say the lea...

Holiday for minimum security prisoners is cancelled because of outbreak, so many simply run off Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from four semi-open prisons in São Paulo state in the south-east of Brazil after Easter ...

Federal guidelines warned against gatherings of more than 10 people as a London report predicted high fatalities in the U.S. without dramatic action.

Around 25,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers used the bones from 60 mammoths to build a large circular structure in Russia.

President Trump said Americans could be hunkered down and practicing social distancing at least until July or August because of the coronavirus.       

The central bank will buy commercial paper, taking a page from the 2008 financial crisis playbook.

Keeping your behavior in check -- and being considerate of other people -- is not only good manners, but it may help flatten the so-called curve.       

Amer Fakhoury allegedly ran a prison notorious for torture during Israeli occupation A military tribunal in Beirut has ordered the release of an American citizen accused of running a southern Lebanese prison notorious fo...

"The majority of these infections are mild, with few symptoms at all," said Columbia University's Jeffrey Shaman.

Coronavirus has left us without any sports to stave off a quarantine, and everyone is suffering. Even President Trump. Trump, once reportedly convinced that the COVID-19 outbreak wasn't a big deal, has since undoubtedly ...

Religious authorities around the world limit contact and close places of worship Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Iranian police have dispersed crowds who forced their way into two popular sh...