BEIJING (AP) — As hundreds of Americans prepare to evacuate Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of a new virus outbreak that has killed over 100, San Francisco native Doug Perez is staying behind.

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, medical workers in protective gear help a patient near an ambulance in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province.As Beijing instates one of the largest quarantines in modern history, locking down over 50 million people in Hubei province, questio…

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, ambulance crew members dispose of protective gear in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. As Beijing instates one of the largest quarantines in modern history, locking down over 50 million people in Hubei province, questions are swirling …

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. As Beijing instates one of the largest quarantines in modern …

In this Jan. 23, 2020, photo, a medical worker rests in a chair next to a patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. As Beijing instates one of the largest quarantines in modern history, locking down over 50 million people in Hubei province, questions are swirling arou…

The body is transferred from a boat to an ambulance during a search and rescue operation near Sibenik, Croatia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense …

A Croatian military helicopter hovers above the sea during a search and rescue operation near Sibenik, Croatia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense …

A diver is lifted by a Croatian military helicopter during a search and rescue operation near Sibenik, Croatia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense …

A Croatian military helicopter hovers during search and rescue operation near Sibenik, Croatia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense minister said.

Catalonia's ex-regional vice-president Oriol Junqueras speaks at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Six former members of Catalonia's regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament in Barcelona.

Catalonia's ex-regional vice-president Oriol Junqueras speaks at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Six former members of Catalonia's regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament in Barcelona.

Catalonia's ex-regional vice-president Oriol Junqueras speaks at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Six former members of Catalonia's regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament in Barcelona.

Demonstrators, holding pictures of Catalan former regional Catalan cabinet member Jordi Turull protest outside at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The imprisoned leader of the Catalan separatist ERC party Oriol Junqueras and five other former regional …

Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras, centre, arrives at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The imprisoned leader of the Catalan separatist ERC party Oriol Junqueras and five other former regional Cabinet members who pushed ahead with an illegal independen…

TOKYO (AP) — Panic and pollution drive the market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of the virus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing the new normal.

Varias personas compran cítricos en un supermercado de Beijing, protegidos por una mascarilla facial, en Beijing, China, el 28 de enero de 2020.

El político catalán Oriol Junqueras, en el centro, llega al Parlamento catalán en Barcelona, España, el martes 28 de enero de 2020.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, hablan con reporteros antes de una reunión en la Oficina Oval en la Casa Blanca, el 27 de enero de 2020, en Washington.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin.

Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras, centre, arrives at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The imprisoned leader of the Catalan separatist ERC party Oriol Junqueras and five other former regional Cabinet members who pushed ahead with an illegal independen…

Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras, left, arrives at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The imprisoned leader of the Catalan pro-independence ERC party Oriol Junqueras and five other former regional Cabinet members who pushed ahead with a unilateral inde…

Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras, centre, arrives at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The imprisoned leader of the Catalan pro-independence ERC party Oriol Junqueras and five other former regional Cabinet members who pushed ahead with a unilateral in…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points -- his opponent accumulated seven! -- no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in.

It’s that time again.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jeered like a traitor just a few miles from the high school where he won a state title, Kobe Bryant stewed on the bench as the final minutes of the 2002 All-Star game ticked away. Nearly every fan in Philadelphia had booed the hometown guy whenever he touched the ball.

BEIJING (AP) — China's death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern rose by 25 to at least 106 on Tuesday as the United States and other governments prepared to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk with reporters before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Washington.

Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after defeating Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. in their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.

DENVER (AP) — Folded conveniently into the narratives about his “complicated past” was the detail about Kobe Bryant that could’ve wrecked him.

The NBA absolutely made the right call in postponing Tuesday night’s game in Los Angeles between the Lakers and the Clippers.

Un grupo de gentes, protegidos con máscarillas quirúrgicas, en el distrito comercial de Ginza, en Tokio, el 28 de junio de 2020.

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at pre-legislative news conference on in Tallahassee, Fla. The state of Florida is asking a U.S. appellate court in Georgia to set aside an earlier judge's ruling that allowed some impoverished felons to regain access to the b…

Harvey Weinstein, center, exits following his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in New York.

Attorney Donna Rotunno, center, arrives with her client Harvey Weinstein, second from left, for his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in New York.

Harvey Weinstein, center, exits following his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in New York.

Chinese tourists wear masks at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new virus. Most have been in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak began in December. More than 45 cases have been confirmed in other places with nea…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group's self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine.

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said.

Cristin Milioti, left, and Andy Samberg pose for a portrait to promote the film "Palm Springs" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

Andy Samberg poses for a portrait to promote the film "Palm Springs" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg attend the premiere of "Palm Springs" at the Library Center Theatre during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

Andy Samberg attends the premiere of "Palm Springs" at the Library Center Theatre during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

A fisherman sits along the slough, Monday Jan. 27, 2020, where the body of an infant, Nikko Lee Perez, was discovered in Yolo County in 2007, near Woodland, Calif. Paul Perez, a California father about to be freed from prison, has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-old ki…

This photo shows part of the slough, Monday Jan. 27, 2020, where the body of an infant, Nikko Lee Perez, was discovered in Yolo County in 2007, near Woodland, Calif. Paul Perez, a California father about to be freed from prison, has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-old …

Vehicles cross a bridge, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, over the irrigation slough where the body of an infant, Nikko Lee Perez, was discovered in Yolo County in 2007, near Woodland, Calif. A California father about to be freed from prison has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-o…

FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, Jon Guerrero, charged with killing three homeless men and an elderly woman in a series of San Diego attacks, is escorted out of the courtroom in San Diego after his arraignment. Guerrero, with a criminal record and history of mental illness, pleaded g…

This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows preparations at a rocket launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan p…

This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. Iranian officials …