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Cases in South Korea surge as officials focus on a church. South Korea said on Friday that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection rose to 156, a near tripling over three days. Among the 52 new cases reported on Friday, 41 are in Daegu, a city of about two and half million people …

The latest: With another 5,000 reported Friday, the number of cases in mainland China has now surged past 63,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the 15th case of coronavirus in the United States. Are you in isolation or quarantine because of the coronavirus? We want to hear about it. Have you seen …

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. https://apnews.com/Globe%2520Newswire/553aa517a48d98a225cb2db230900773 Click to copy Memphis, TN, Jan. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Surge Holdings, Inc. (“Surge”) (OTCQB: SURG), developer of the SurgePays™ Marketplace Network for convenience stores, bodegas and community markets that provide products to the underbanked, today announced …

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO), surged past expectations as it debuted on the country’s stock exchange on Wednesday morning. Shares of the state-owned oil company rose to 35.2 Saudi riyals ($9.38) from 32 riyals in early deals in Riyadh, up 10% and hitting their daily limit. The price gives it a …

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) —  The Sunday after Thanksgiving is notorious for a record amount of travelers. Amtrak had its largest passenger count to date during last year’s Thanksgiving week. “We hauled about 860,000 passengers over the river and through the woods and we expect to do even better this thanksgiving season,” said Marc Magliari, a …

Hitching a ride on a sailing boat across the Atlantic might sound like a far-fetched endeavour reserved for the famous and well-connected. But Greta Thunberg has now managed it twice in three months – and her antics appear to be inspiring a growing, if nascent, movement in sail-hitching. Maritime hitchhiking has hitherto been reserved for …

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins,10-4, in Game 1 of their American League Divisional Series on Friday. It was a back-and-forth offensive battle between two of the league’s top home run hitting teams, until the Bronx Bombers eventually pulled away at home.  The Yankees blew the game open in the sixth and seventh …

A woman smokes an E-Cigarette at Digital Ciggz in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The number of cases of a deadly vaping illness continues to rise “at a brisk pace” with 18 confirmed deaths and more than 1,000 cases in almost every state across the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease …

The Drug Enforcement Administration authorized large increases in the production of painkillers even as the number of opioid-related deaths in the United States soared, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a harsh review on Tuesday. The watchdog office said that the D.E.A. was “slow to respond” to the opioid crisis, adding that more than …

Trump, in a series of tweets, said that he had ordered that oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, be used “if needed.” He said he would use enough oil “sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied.” The news came as oil prices soared on Sunday evening. US crude futures jumped as much as 15% …