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Advocates say transgender woman sexually assaulted at ICE facility

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

Several groups say the woman from Mexico is suffering from PTSD and should be released on humanitarian grounds while she awaits an appeal to her asylum denial.

Stocks surge on new pandemic measures

By Alex Veiga, Damian J. Troise, Associated Press

The rally came at the end of a week of turbulent trading fueled by heightened fears that the fallout from the coronavirus could bring on a global recession.

Trump declares national emergency, Pelosi announces aid deal

By Andrew Taylor, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump says the emergency will open up nearly $50 billion for state and local governments to respond to the outbreak.

As virus inches closer to Trump, questions swirl on testing

By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The White House is grappling with a string of potential and confirmed exposures. A top Brazilian official tested positive after spending time with Trump and others at the president's private club in Florida last weekend.

Countries turn to wartime tactics to fight coronavirus foe

By Aritz Parra, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press

World leaders are warning of nearly wartime measures to come to contain the spreading pandemic.

Schools scramble to feed students after coronavirus closures

By Cuneyt Dil, Hope Yen, Associated Press

Many schools are rushing to arrange grab-and-go lunch bags or set up delivery routes so America's poorest children don't go hungry while classes are out of session.

Already stretched universities now face huge endowment losses from market meltdown

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

With attention focused on classes being canceled and students being sent home, the coronavirus presents another threat to U.S. universities and colleges: tens of billions of dollars in potential endowment losses.

WATCH: Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak.

Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns

By William J. Kole, Associated Press

The Boston Marathon has never been canceled outright since its first running in 1897, though there was a de facto cancellation in 1918, when the end of World War I and a global influenza pandemic prompted organizers to switch to…

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the U.S.

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

The ongoing fears surrounding the coronavirus have shuttered places where Americans — and foreign visitors — have long gathered to escape the world and also to engage with it.