Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel

LONDON (AP) — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heavingRead More

Gas prices down 7 cents per gallon to $2.53 in past 2 weeks

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 7 cents per gallon to $2.53 over the past two weeks. Industry analystRead More

A restaurant opened early to serve a 3-year-old cancer patient her favorite meal

(CNN) — Adelaide Stanley can’t go out in public or be around people. Seven months of cancer treatment has left the 3-year-old with a weakenedRead More

A man posed as an Uber or Lyft driver to lure women into his car, police say. They want other potential victims to come forward

(CNN) — A California man accused of posing as a rideshare driver faces charges including burglary, false imprisonment and attempted sexual battery. Now police areRead More

Martin Luther King Jr. explains the meaning of love in rare handwritten note

(CNN) — Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a rare handwritten note by Martin Luther King Jr. on the meaning of love has been discovered.Read More

Man carrying knife arrested outside White House after threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a U.S. Secret Service officer that he wasRead More

Two NYPD officers were shot in the Bronx in what the mayor has called assassination attempts

(CNN) — Two New York Police Department officers were shot and injured in the Bronx over the past day in separate incidents that officials saidRead More

Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine

SHANGHAI (AP) — For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central ChineseRead More

Thai mass shooting that killed 29 lasted 16 hours

BANGKOK (AP) — A soldier angry about a land dispute went on a 16-hour shooting rampage in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozensRead More

China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall

BEIJING (AP) — China’s virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, butRead More