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President Trump boasted that the U.S. would send $100 million in medical supplies to Italy despite American hospitals fretting about shortages at home due to the coronavirus epidemic.   ‘We’re going to be sending approximately $100 million worth of things, of surgical and medical and hospital things to Italy,’ Trump told reporters Monday in the White …

No one can predict earthquakes, but what if cities in seismically unstable regions could receive advance notice of a major temblor’s shock waves? Could a few seconds’ warning save lives or reduce damage? The technology exists and is being deployed along the West Coast, where 50 million people inhabit a region that could get a …

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech is issuing a warning for students and staff as the threat of coronavirus continues to grow across the United States and internationally. The university’s spring break begins on March 7. Knowing that many students will be traveling, the university issued a warning on Thursday: “If your travels take you through …

The month of March means families around Dallas-Fort Worth are getting ready for spring break, as the outbreak of coronavirus grows in the U.S. and in countries such as China, South Korea, Italy and Iran. James Hill said he and his teenage daughter are going to spend spring break in Milan. “We’re leaving Saturday and …

With two deaths confirmed in the U.S. and scientists warning the new coronavirus could already have spread much more widely than believed in one state, the disease that emerged in central China was taking a mounting toll on American nerves by Monday morning. Stores in regions with COVID-19 clusters were selling out of basic goods …

A security guard checks the temperature of customers at the entrance of an Apple store in Shanghai. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)  Ctrl + N Fears that coronavirus will hurt tech companies’ business are already becoming a reality.  Microsoft became the second U.S. tech giant to warn investors that the impact of the flulike virus on its …

The coronavirus epidemic that started in China late last year continues to spread around the world, with hundreds more cases confirmed in South Korea on Wednesday and Italy and Iran racing to try and control smaller, but equally worrying outbreaks. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans Tuesday to be prepared for …

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Storm Ciara brought widespread flooding Coastal communities face “serious questions” about their long-term safety from rising seas, a senior Environment Agency official has warned. People have become used to a ‘myth of protection’, according to John Curtin, head of floods and coastal management. “We are in a cycle of …

ORANGE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Police in Orange are issuing a warning to residents after a series of vehicle break-ins. Orange Police officials tell us that these break-ins occurred during the overnight hours in the area of Memory Lane and Memorial Drive. Officers found that items from the vehicles that were broken into were found outside …

A suburban woman is warning residents in several towns to be extra careful after thieves got into her unlocked car and then used a garage door opener to gain access to her garage. “It seemed like they had an agenda. They were in and out quickly,” the woman, who asked not to be identified, said. …