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The Dow and other stock indexes plunged as cases surged in several states and the Federal Reserve warned that the pandemic "will weigh heavily on economic activity."

Dubbed Hollywood's first Asian American movie star, Wong championed the need for more representation and less stereotypical roles for Asian Americans on screen. She will be featured on new quarters.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has turned himself in at the FBI field office in Washington. He faces charges of contempt of Congress.

If the monthly jobless numbers aren't saying much, the longer-term employment trends in the United States speak volumes about the economy. The people the numbers leave out are those who've given up hope of finding work.

Russian missiles hit cities in western Ukraine throughout the weekend, an escalation that has punctured the relative lull in fighting in and around Kyiv.

On Thursday, former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on an Oakland train platform last year. A Justice Department spokesman announced Friday that the civil rights division will review the case.

Everyone's heard of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. But who knew that China had its very own Leaning Tower? Certainly not most Chinese. What's more, the 900-year-old pagoda outside Shanghai could well be the most tilted building in the world.

These are the first adjustments to social measures since the country began a long-awaited transition to a new phase in pandemic response in early November and lifted most of the restrictions.

Sales of new homes scored an unexpected 4.8 percent gain in September while orders for large manufactured goods unexpectedly fell 1.7 perrcent. A new government report estimates a possible 2 million foreclosures within the next 18 months.

Police were called to the Return to Nature Funeral Home earlier this month after receiving reports of a strong odor. What they found inside was "horrific," the county sheriff said.