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CoronavirusThe state reported an additional 32 positive tests for the respiratory illness Thursday morning, bringing the total to 709. Written By: Sydney Mook | Apr 23rd 2020 - 11am. × This illustration shows the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Image courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BISMARCK – Another person has died in…

TOKYO — South Korea said Tuesday it was not true that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, was gravely ill, contradicting U.S. media reports, although his absence from recent public events has sparked speculation about his health and refocused attention on his eventual succession.The nuclear-armed leader is only 36 years old, but he is clearly…

Santa Barbara County reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, all of them in the North County, which has been hard hit by the virulent virus. The county Public Health Department also confirmed a fourth death, a Lompoc prison inmate whose passing was reported Friday night by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The latest cases…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The dearth of tourists on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks due to the coronavirus pandemic has created a seashell-lover's dream.The Cape Lookout National Seashore shared a video to Facebook showing large piles of colorful shells spread across a beach as waves splash over them.CORONAVIRUS IN…

Two North Korean defectors of very different personal backgrounds have won seats in South Korea’s parliament, signaling potentially rising political influence in Seoul for individuals who’ve fled the North’s dictatorship. Thae Yong-ho, a 58-year-old former North Korean elite who was once second-in-command at Pyongyang’s embassy in London and who defected in 2016, won a conservative…