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Vice President Mike Pence said Friday 21 people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship idled off the coast of California have tested positive for COVID-19.

The long-awaited bitcoin ETF has hit yet another wall, and at this point, some expect a central bank cryptocurrency or tethered coin to come sooner.

Automakers General Motors and Ford are raking in cash and industry awards selling high-end versions of the stalwart workhorse of vehicles, the pickup truck.

After devastating tornadoes struck Nashville, Tennessee, the growing business hub has seen tech giants Amazon and Google, as well as local and regional entrepreneurs, join relief efforts.

Africa now has more than 600 active technology hubs, with facilities and support for digital entrepreneurs. Twitter, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants are starting to act.

Mulvaney was under increased scrutiny and criticism for his role in the Trump administration's efforts to have Ukraine announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.

"I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke, if you want to take everyone's AR-15s in America, why don't you swing by my office in Washington, D.C., and start with this one," Rep. Ken Buck said in a video.

Earlier in the outbreak, U.S. health officials said there was a hypothesis among mathematical modelers that the outbreak "could potentially be seasonal" and relent in warmer conditions.

U.S. health officials started the week by defending themselves to members of Congress for a shortage of coronavirus tests across the country. That shortage allowed infected people to go undetected and further spread COVID-19, say health experts.

SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.

Amazon says it has removed 530,000 offers from the marketplace for coronavirus-based price gouging and suspended more than 2,500 seller accounts in its U.S. marketplace for violating its price-gouging policies

As the number of coronavirus cases around the world continues to climb, the World Health Organization is warning of a potential shortage of personal protective equipment, and manufacturers such as Medicom are ramping up production globally in response.

The big Y Combinator Demo Day, where start-ups pitch investors, was scheduled to happen in-person, as it has in the past, on March 23. Now it will be held online only.

President Donald Trump's reelection campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday, following similar suits against The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday that people are overreacting about the deadly COVID-19, while health officials across the world prepare for a possible pandemic.

There are 44 people in the state under mandatory quarantine, nine of whom are in New York City, Gov. Cuomo said.

As fear over the new coronavirus in New York spreads faster than the outbreak, people have started to steal masks and other medical equipment from local hospitals.

Vice President Mike Pence, along with other members of the coronavirus task force, is expected to hold a press briefing Friday.

The steep plunge in interest rates this week is reflecting fear about the future and also is planting seeds for a recovery once the coronavirus scare subsides.

Friday's stock market rout and a fresh record low in government bond yields pushed traders to assign a 65% chance of a 75 basis point reduction by the March 17-18 Federal Open Market Committee meeting