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A passengers from the British cruise ship MS Braemar cheers from the plane's door before being flown to the UK, at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Cuba authorized on Wednesday the British cruise ship MS Braemar, with five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and more than 1000 people on board, to dock on the island, from where its passengers will be repatriated by plane. (Yamil Lage/Pool photo via AP)

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Trump invokes emergency authority, no new cases in Wuhan
March 18, 2020 10:48 p.m.

Trump invokes emergency authority, no new cases in Wuhan

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the pandemic mounted Wednesday with major U.S. auto manufacturers saying they are shutting down their North American factories.