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Italy's health experts haven't been able to trace how the coronavirus got a foothold. The WHO's chief says COVID-19 has the potential to be a pandemic.

Sarah and Andy were in love and also advocates, determined to keep drug users from dying. But when his own addiction reemerged, Andy's fear of returning to prison kept him from the best treatment.

Rumors and untruths are spreading online — from conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus to outlandish treatments.

The crash spread out over nearly two-thirds of a mile. According to police, two people were killed and 29 were injured.

Pyongyang says it has mobilized to fight for its "national survival." Experts say North Korea's track record of fighting epidemics does not bode well for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

The total number of reported influenza cases increased for the first time in several weeks, with 1,637 reported last week. The previous week saw 1,548 lab-confirmed cases. To date, San Diego County has had 16,706 cases of influenza.

U.S. officials said the people infected with the virus were isolated from the other passengers. The two evacuation flights landed at military bases in California and Texas.

The State Department informed U.S. citizens aboard the quarantined ship that it would send a charter plane to remove them. This comes as 67 more COVID-19 cases were identified on the ship.

Most cases of the illness are characterized as mild, with symptoms similar to those of a common cold or the flu. But there have been over 1,300 deaths.

The attorney general says the officer was justified because the man was running toward the victim with a firearm. A lawyer for the dead man's family says the police "feared a black man with a gun."