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Stocks jump as Trump promises to 'go big' on aid for economy
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks jumped Tuesday as President Donald Trump promised he's “going big” with plans to blunt th...
US government executes killer obsessed with witchcraft
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday executed a former soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him.
U.S. government executes former soldier who said obsession with witchcraft led him to kill Georgia nurse
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — U.S. government executes former soldier who said obsession with witchcraft led him to kill Georgia nurse.
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'Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
Pence's jet returns to airport after hitting bird on takeoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence's airplane struck a bird Tuesday on takeoff in New Hampshire, causing the pilot to return to the airport out of caution, the White House said.
World powers clash, virus stirs anger at virtual UN meeting
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the U.N. chief exhorted them...
Warrant issued for man accused of driving toward protesters
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of driving a pickup truck toward a group of people demonstrating against racism and police brutality in Virginia after he failed to s...
Trump expands ban on US money for certain diversity training
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an order that he said will expand a ban on the use of federal money for certain diversity training.
House passes government-wide temporary funding bill in sweeping bipartisan vote, averting shutdown threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes government-wide temporary funding bill in sweeping bipartisan vote, averting shutdown threat.
The Latest: Nigeria urges vaccine to be available to all
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT):
Attorney: Black man shot by LA deputies wasn't holding a gun
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked ...
Man, 77, charged in 1974 murder of Texas teenage girl
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man was arrested and charged in the 1974 killing of a Texas teenage girl after nearly 50 years of investigation and the advancement of DNA technology, police said Tuesday.
California reopens more widely as infections hit lowest rate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More of California was cleared to reopen additional businesses Tuesday, including most of the San Francisco Bay Area and one of Southern California's largest counties, as coronavirus infection ...
Video shows final moments as police shoot Black man
A video released by New Jersey’s attorney general’s office Tuesday shows a police officer abruptly shooting a Black man in the doorway of an Asbury Park home after trying to convince him over the course of a long...
Trump supporter charged with hitting girl with flagpole
ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — A man was arrested last week after striking a 12-year-old girl in the face with a flagpole during a small rally for President Donald Trump near a Florida intersection, authorities said.
Cuban-American judge Barbara Lagoa on Trump high court list
MIAMI (AP) — A daughter of Cuban exiles who has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge is on President Donald Trump's short list to replace