Today is Monday, February 17th.

What to know today about the American stuck on a

quarantine cruise ship, which state is prepping for historic flooding,

and the tributes and takeaways from the NBA All-Star game,

plus Delta's billion dollar announcement and Facebook's newest app.

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U.S. evacuated hundreds of Americans who were stranded on a

quarantine cruise ship in Japan. Everyone on that ship has been confined to the

rooms for roughly two weeks because of that new coronavirus now called COVID-19. 350 passengers on this

cruise ship were sick with the new virus. But now after a long wait the US Charter

two flights to bring almost all of the Americans home, at least the healthy ones.

More than 40 Americans tested positive for the virus so they're going to have to stay hospitalized

overseas until they're better.

As for those coming home, they're not exactly in the clear yet either.

They have to endure another quarantine now.

NPR reports they're going to be kept in isolation for two more weeks

at military bases in California and Texas just in case.

And in China more questions about whether the country's president there, she Xin Ping, did too little

too late when the outbreak first started. The AP reports he published a timeline

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