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From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud and the weird.

To others, the Chinese-owned online video service is an unnerving black box that could be sharing information with the Chinese government, facilitating espionage or promoting videos and songs some parents consider lewd.

TOKYO – The COVID-19 virus claimed its first victim in the U.S. Saturday as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak continued to shake the global economy.

The virus altered daily life around the world as governments moved to combat the contagion.

WASHINGTON – Seeking to reassure the American public, President Donald Trump said Saturday there was "no reason to panic" as the new COVID-19 virus claimed its first victim inside the U.S.

WASHINGTON – Health officials reported the first U.S. drug shortage tied to the viral outbreak that is disrupting production in China, but they declined to identify the manufacturer or the product.

The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that the drug's maker recently contacted officials about the shortage, which it blamed on a manufacturing issue with the medicine's key ingredient.

DOHA, Qatar – Acknowledging a military stalemate after nearly two decades of conflict, the U.S. on Saturday signed a peace agreement with the Taliban that is aimed at ending America’s longest war and bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan more than 18 years after they invaded in the wake of the Sept.

WASHINGTON – Americans have widespread concerns about the security and integrity of elections, with few saying they have high confidence that votes in the 2020 presidential election will be counted accurately.

A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds skepticism about the democratic process in the United States.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has for weeks looked to the black voters of South Carolina to hand a win to his flagging campaign. On Saturday, they delivered.

Biden won about half the votes cast by African Americans, dominating a crowded Democratic field with a group that can make up more than half the Democratic electorate.

The Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health announced another Illinois patient has presumptively tested positive for coronavirus.

The patient’s test will be confirmed by the Center for Disease Control.

According to the IDPH, the patient is hospitalized in isolation and CDC protocols have been implemented.

The IDPH did not release any identifying information about the person in the case, including where the patient is from or where the patient

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Joe Biden scored a thundering victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, riding a wave of African American support and ending progressive rival Bernie Sanders’ winning streak.

Biden’s win came at a do-or-die moment in his 2020 bid as the moderate Democrat bounced back from underwhelming performances in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

TOKYO (AP) — Concerns about the coronavirus outbreak's threat to the world economy grew Saturday, even after President Donald Trump denounced criticism of his response to the threat as a “hoax" cooked up by his political enemies.

China’s manufacturing plunged in February by an even wider margin than expected after efforts to contain the virus shut down much of the world’s second-largest economy, an official survey showed.

The survey, coming as global stock markets fall sharply on fears that the virus will spread