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A resident wearing a face mask walks under red lanterns setup for the Lunar New Year holidays in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. As China gets back to business after a muted Chinese New Year holiday that coincided with the start of the pandemic-restricted Beijing Olympic Winter Games, the feeling inside and out of the bubble in this auspicious Year of the Tiger is that festivities for the most sacred and important holiday for the country were limited and underwhelming. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

By Sally Ho And Ken Moritsugu Feb. 07, 2022 04:53 AM EST

Fort Wayne Children's Zoo tigers test positive for COVID-19

Feb. 07, 2021 01:19 PM EST
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two tigers at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, zoo officials have announced. Zoo...

FILE - German illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of the duo " Siegfried & Roy" holds their trophies after receiving the World Entertainment Award at the World Award 2003 ceremony in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Oct.22, 2003. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)
Siegfried Fischbacher, of illusion duo Siegfried & Roy, dies

By Ken Ritter Jan. 14, 2021 08:58 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona counties are dropping all existing possession of marijuana cases even before a new voter-approved law eliminating criminal penalties for having small amounts of the drug takes effect when results of the Nov. 3, 2020 election are certified. An Associated Press survey of county attorneys received responses from 13 of 15 elected county attorneys, all of whom said they were either immediately dropping existing cases or in one case pausing prosecutions and planning to drop them when Proposition 207 goes into effect. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

By Matthew Daly Dec. 04, 2020 01:14 PM EST

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to reporters about Georgia's COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp says that Georgia is making progress in reducing coronavirus infections, but is urging people to get a flu shot in addition to practicing social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP)
The Latest: Kentucky sees near-record number of new cases

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2020 04:27 AM EDT

This March 2011 photo provided by the Wildlife Trust of India shows a tiger skin which was seized when it was being delivered to a suspected buyer in a hotel in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Since the country announced its 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, at least four tigers and six leopards have been killed by poachers, Wildlife Protection Society of India said. (WTI via AP)
Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Michael Casey Jun. 22, 2020 12:27 AM EDT

This May 22, 2020 photo shows a boy looking at the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan in Deulbari village, in South 24 Parganas district in the Sundarbans, West Bengal state, India. The cyclone that struck India and Bangladesh last month passed through the Sundarbans, devastating the islands that are home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests and is a UNESCO world heritage site. (Samrat Paul via AP)
Sundarbans devastated by cyclone, as virus halts migration

By Aniruddha Ghosal Jun. 02, 2020 01:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, file photo, magicians Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn appear at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, where Horn received an award from the Clark County Public Education Foundation. Horn, one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications from the coronavirus, Friday, May 8, 2020. He was 75. (Ralph Fountain/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

May. 08, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

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Can I get the coronavirus from my pet?

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2020 02:51 PM EDT

2 cats in NY become first US pets to test positive for virus

By Jennifer Peltz Apr. 22, 2020 01:34 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United...

A man sleeps on an empty M train during to the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, April 10, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York virus deaths rise fast, but hospitalizations slow

By Marina Villeneuve, Jennifer Peltz And Michael Hill Apr. 10, 2020 09:43 AM EDT

Two people carry their groceries past the Oculus at the World Trade Center, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in New York, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Stay home rules extended in NY amid glimmer of hope

By Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak And Michael Hill Apr. 06, 2020 10:51 AM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows Nadia, a Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Nadia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

By Jennifer Peltz Apr. 05, 2020 04:51 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows Nadia, a Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Nadia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2020 12:06 PM EDT

CORRECTS THE MONTH - Coral Princess cruise passengers wait to board the bus at PortMiami as the coronavirus pandemic continues on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Miami. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
The Latest: South Korea health minister urges vigilance

The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2020 03:41 AM EDT