South African healthcare workers protest, threaten strike

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African healthcare workers have protested against poor working conditions and urged the government to end corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment.

The Latest: Arkansas reports largest single-day deaths

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas reported its largest single-day increase in deaths from the coronavirus, while the number of cases at the University of Arkansas’ Fayetteville campus increased to nearly 400.

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want …

Services sector slows in August to reading of 56.9, down from July, indicating virus problems remain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Services sector slows in August to reading of 56.9, down from July, indicating virus problems remain.

Ex-Kosovo rebel army chief summoned as a war crimes suspect

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s rebel army commander during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia said Thursday he has been summoned by prosecutors of the international court looking into suspicions of war crimes.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS-INITIAL CLAIMS — Chart. This digital embed shows the national weekly initial jobless claims of U.S. workers over time, which has been at abnormally high levels since the coronav…

Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

LONDON (AP) — An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materia…

4 family members killed by gas fumes after surviving Laura

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Four members of a Louisiana family were killed and a fifth was critically injured when a generator leaked carbon monoxide into their home, hours after they survived Hurricane Laura's deadly…

Stocks open lower on Wall Street, led by drops in technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street tapped the brakes on its record-setting run Thursday, pulling the S&P 500 down 0.6% in early trading. Technology stocks led the way lower, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 1.5%. Apple a…

Worker says he was fired from shipyard for wearing Trump hat

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man says he was fired from his job at a shipyard for refusing to remove a hat supporting President Donald Trump.

Xi praises resistance spirit in marking end of Pacific War

BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping on Thursday praised China’s spirit of resistance in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, saying any attempt to alter the nation’s course …

Businessman acquitted in murders of Slovak reporter, fiancee

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A panel of judges in Slovakia on Thursday acquitted a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist who had written about him and the journalist's fi…

The Latest: Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at US plants

OMAHA, Neb. -- Tyson Foods says it is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus.

NYC's new sex crimes chief has a background in nursing

NEW YORK (AP) — The new head of New York City's sex crimes unit is not only a veteran police investigator, but also a forensic nurse who has conducted the physical exams and evidence collection vital to solving suc…