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Health officials are quitting or getting fired amid outbreak

Masks up: Mississippi lawmakers return amid virus outbreak

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most Mississippi legislators wore masks and practiced social distancing Monday as they returned to the state Capitol for the first time since the start of the largest

Alabama parents charged in death of child left in car

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two parents in Alabama have been arrested after their 3-year-old child was found dead inside a hot car, authorities said Monday.

Board of evangelical Liberty University names interim leader while Jerry Falwell Jr. on leave after photo uproar

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Board of evangelical Liberty University names interim leader while Jerry Falwell Jr. on leave after photo uproar.

Trump abruptly escorted from White House briefing

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon.

Protesters met with jeers by crowd with guns in Nevada city

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Several dozen Black Lives Matter demonstrators at a weekend protest in rural Nevada were greeted by a far larger group of counter-demonstrators, including some bearing military-style weapons and…

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In virus talks, Pelosi holds firm; Mnuchin wants a deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not about to blink.

11 members of family die in Panama flooding

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian officials traveled Monday to a remote riverside community where floodwaters over the weekend drowned 11 members of a family, nine of them children.

Liberty University names acting leader with Falwell on leave

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University in Virginia announced Monday that its board had chosen an interim president to lead the school days after Jerry Falwell Jr. began an indefinite leave of absence after one of …

Protester dies in clashes after disputed Belarus vote

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A protester died amid clashes between police and thousands of people gathered for a second straight night Monday in Belarus after official results from weekend elections — dismissed by the opp…

Belarusian Interior Ministry says one protester has died in clashes with police in the capital

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian Interior Ministry says one protester has died in clashes with police in the capital.

Belarus ministry: 1 protester dies in clashes with police

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Belarusian Interior Ministry says one protester has died in clashes with police in the capital Minsk.

Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest on Monday, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage …

Democrats, Biden still juggling virtual convention details

ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential nominating convention will highlight the U.S. political spectrum from the left flank of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the Republican old guard of former Ohio Gov.…