//NC senator sold stock before steep market losses from virus

NC senator sold stock before steep market losses from virus

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus epidemic.

Senate records show that Burr and his wife sold between roughly $600,000 and $1.7 million in more than 30